Once, I wanted to be a good person

Chapter 45 Miaomiao's identity really has a problem (asking for monthly votes!)

"I don't know why, but when Fang Ze asked, I just told him,"

"I suspect it's related to my ability."

"You know what my ability is."

If it were any other time, faced with Bai Ling's words, Bai Zhi might have started to show hesitation, but this time she remained unmoved.

She merely held the sculpture of the Twenty-Two Winged Angel, staring coldly at Bai Ling and said, "Whether it's true or not, a test will tell."

"Bai Ling. Now I'm asking you. Besides being a member of the Security Bureau, do you have any other identities..."

Upon hearing Bai Zhi's words, Bai Ling quickly shook her head, "I don't. I'm not. I only have one identity at the Security Bureau."

Bai Zhi looked at the Twenty-Two Winged Angel in her hand.

After a while, the statue showed no change.

Bai Zhi's eyes involuntarily widened.

Then she looked at Bai Ling with a bit of disbelief and asked again, "Why did you tell Fang Ze so many secrets, even going into detail about the realms of the Awakener, Law Prohibition, and such?"

Bai Ling blinked her large, confused eyes and said in a daze, "I... I didn't know I wasn't supposed to talk about it."

"You told everyone before that he's just an ordinary criminal, watched by us. He can't escape, he won't leak information. So to make the act realistic, you're supposed to treat him like a normal colleague."

"Aside from his identity, whatever he asks, you answer, to avoid giving anything away."

"So, when he asked me questions, I just answered."

"Moreover..." she muttered softly, "he even gave me money..."

Bai Zhi: ...

Bai Zhi looked again at the Twenty-Two Winged Angel in her hand. The angel remained unchanged.

She thought for a moment, and then said, "Tell a lie."

Bai Ling looked at Bai Zhi, her large eyes moving slightly, and then with a flattering smile said, "I hate Sister Bai Zhi the most."

The feathers of the Twenty-Two Winged Angel turned black at her words.

Seeing that the prop was not ineffective, Bai Zhi was truly bewildered this time.

Is she really not an undercover agent, just a fool?

Then who is the undercover agent?

It couldn't be me, could it?

And at that moment, the sculpture of the Twenty-Two Winged Angel in her hand suddenly shattered, crumbling to the ground: this indicated the artifact had tested 22 lies and was now thoroughly spent...

Normally, it was just a case of the artifact expiring, but Bai Zhi was first taken aback, then let out a surprised "Huh?"

She looked at the fragments on the ground and the remnants of the angel in her hand, as if she suddenly thought of something, a hint of contemplation appeared on her face...

'I think I know how to narrow down the suspects and find that undercover agent...'

......

While Bai Zhi began deducing the identity of the undercover agent, Fang Ze had also finished today's "investigation test."

His test content today was very simple; he wanted to see if his always successful investigations were due to his own MAX luck, if the investigation room had a buff for probability up on the first 10 times, or if the two people he had picked "had issues."

So today, he randomly chose a person who had been in contact with his original body, who looked very ordinary, and then used the methods he had used to hoodwink Wang Hao to deceive the other party.

The other party, perhaps because he was just an ordinary person, believed Fang Ze when he silently transferred him here, and then he confessed in detail about having an affair with the woman next door and conspiring to poison her husband.

Fang Ze was shocked after hearing this, and then recorded the person's information... planning to have Stick One and Stick Two pay a visit to the man's home later.

By rights, uncovering such secret and shocking information should have brought him some reward.

Unfortunately for Fang Ze, his reward turned out to be just an ordinary porcelain bowl.

Fang Ze found it somewhat nauseating, so he tossed it into the corner of the room, no longer paying it any attention.

However, despite his disappointment, Fang Ze had finally ascertained that his recent good fortune was not due to the heavens favoring him with MAX luck but rather simply because the two individuals he had chosen for the investigation were extraordinary in their own rights.

Especially Miaomiao, from whom Fang Ze had apparently not obtained any information, yet he kept receiving the Shadow Warrior.

This indicated that her identity or potential must be incredibly extraordinary.

Maybe... the Shadow Warrior is the minimum reward for investigating her.

So, Fang Ze felt... he might just be able to get some good returns by probing into her past a bit, uncovering some secrets about her.

And perhaps... he might even obtain the critical artifact he needed to escape.

Fang Ze felt... maybe he could take a gamble on Miaomiao tomorrow.

After finalizing his plans, Fang Ze stopped thinking about this matter and once again began exercising in the interrogation room late into the night.

Ever since taking on that "loan," he felt a renewed sense of diligence.

It must be said, "credit" truly was a sharp blade for cutting leeks...

With it, the leeks naturally began to strive for growth without any need for whipping...

......

The next day.

Rain.

This was Fang Ze's first encounter with rain in Another World.

Unlike in his original world.

The rain in this world was dark red, like tears of blood. Yet when it fell on buildings or the ground, it turned colorless and clear.

Initially surprised and concerned at the sight of this rain, Fang Ze soon became curious.

Wondering if it was some kind of disaster from the heavens.

Still, Wang Hao looked at him with a confused face and said that's just what rain looks like.

Fang Ze suspected... above the sky of this world, there might be some sort of glass-like treasure causing the refraction of light, turning the originally colorless rain into a dark red hue.

Or perhaps, there was some substance in the air reacting chemically with the rainwater.

Unfortunately, these conjectures were something Fang Ze could only ponder by himself, as there was no one he could discuss them with.

Because... in the eyes of everyone else, this is the color of rain, and it had always been this color from their birth; there was simply no need for discussion...

But with the rain, Fang Ze's range of movement was significantly restricted; he used to be able to make the excuse of searching for clues in the jungle to go out for a run, but now... he could only stay in the villa practicing the Horse Stance.

The only difference from a few days ago was that, since the prohibition was lifted, no one continued to watch him.

After a morning of hard work, by noon, Fang Ze finally completed one of the tasks of repaying his debts, the "Horse Stance."

Only running and sparring remained uncompleted.

And after a morning of training, he felt a strange change in his body once again.

The muscles in his legs seemed to start heating up along with the muscles in the rest of his body.

Now when he exerted himself, the muscles in his limbs, back, and other parts of his body connected as one, twisting into a single cord.

Without guidance, Fang Ze wasn't sure if this was normal.

He could only estimate based on the phenomenon that he must be improving...

Perhaps after "borrowing" the 30-day effect a few more times, he could reach the level of an intermediate Awakener? Then maybe he could gain further control of his Awakening Ability?

Thinking this, Fang Ze continued to immerse himself in his training...

...

Meanwhile, as Fang Ze was earnestly training,

in the villa's jungle, a figure in uniform was looking down, searching for clues while "talking to himself,"

"That Periphery Member is definitely a bit strange. The more I interact with him, the less I understand him."

"I always feel like he's hiding some secret."

"And... he seems to have sensed the danger too, constantly training as if preparing to run away."

"However, during my interactions with him these past few days, I've already left a mark on him. No matter where he runs, he can be found; there's no worry about him causing trouble."

"Hmm..."

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"I know...

"You need to have some faith in me."

"There's already a lead on that item."

"I have verified that it must still be inside the villa. It hasn't been taken away."

"Just give me a few more days, and I should be able to find it."

"Bai Zhi?"

"Hahaha."

"She's probably still having a headache over Han Kaiwei's death. Her attention has been completely diverted to searching for the spy."

"She has no idea that this is exactly what I intended."

"If she hadn't been distracted, how could I have searched for that item?"

"And... don't worry too much."

"She is at a critical point of promotion. She took initiative in this matter to earn a grand merit and overtake that person."

"So, as long as things don't get too bad, she will definitely keep pushing through."

"Hahaha."

"Yes. Her abilities are indeed terrible. But she isn't part of the brainy kind."

"If that person were to come, I might have to be more cautious."

"But her? She won't find me out."

"I know. I'll be careful."

"That's why I have transferred here all the forces I've cultivated over the past years, just in case."

"Actually, I'm not worried about her, but I've always been somewhat uneasy about that Periphery Member."

"I have a feeling that something is not quite right with him."

"If it weren't for the fact that he is Bai Zhi's last hope, his presence preventing her from going mad, giving me time to continue my search, I would have silenced him long ago."

"But now, finding that item is the most important thing."

"We can't afford to lose that item, you should know this better than I do."

While speaking, he raised his head and looked towards the direction of the villa, his eyes narrowing into slits, like a wily fox, "So, when necessary, annihilating the entire Special Case Team is also an option."

"In the entire Special Case Team, only Bai Zhi is a bit of a challenge..."

"The others are not to be feared..."

...

At the same time,

at the secret residence of the Security Bureau's Special Case Team,

Bai Zhi was also in the Security Bureau's secret base, staring blankly at several piles of Twenty-Two Winged Angel fragments, with a sheet of paper full of numerical calculations spread out before her...