After returning to the Peacekeeping Agency, Wu Xiangnan and Wen Qimo were still discussing the unknown Forbidden Relic wielder they discovered today; Si Xiaonan was treating Hong Ying's injuries; Leng Xuan was wiping his gun nearby; Zhao Kongcheng was still wondering if his charm was failing.
Just then, a heavy footsteps echoed from the entrance of the Peacekeeping Agency.
A man in a dark red cloak, stained with blood, walked in.
Upon seeing the man enter, everyone in the agency immediately put down what they were doing and stood up to greet him:
"Captain, you're back."
Chen Muye looked up at his team members and nodded slightly, "Yes, I'm back. But... the Ghost Mask King escaped."
Everyone's eyes narrowed, their brows furrowed with seriousness.
"Wu Xiangnan, analyze the Ghost Mask King's possible locations and continuously monitor Cangnan City for abnormal energy reactions."
"Yes!"
Wu Xiangnan, suddenly remembering something, explained what had happened tonight to Chen Muye and analyzed, "Captain, the unknown Forbidden Relic wielder, as far as we can tell, holds no hostility towards us.
Moreover, a Forbidden Relic that can manipulate water is currently unheard of, so we could try to recruit her into the Night Watcher.
However, we currently have no information about her, only that she possesses a video or picture of the Seraphim Agent killing the Ghost-faced Man tonight, and that her hair or accessories that day were white."
Chen Muye listened to Wu Xiangnan's analysis and sat down. After Wu Xiangnan finished his last sentence, he pondered for a moment, then tapped the table and said:
"We can try to recruit her. But for now, the priority is recruiting the Seraphim Agent and finding and killing the Ghost Mask King, especially recruiting the Seraphim Agent. This task has a higher priority than the other two."
Upon hearing this, Zhao Kongcheng immediately stood up, "Captain, leave the task of recruiting the Seraphim Agent to me. I guarantee I'll bring him back to you tomorrow."
Wu Xiangnan opened his mouth as if to say something when he saw this, but in the end, he couldn't speak... The next morning, at the entrance of Cangnan Second High School.
Zhao Kongcheng, wearing sunglasses and a shirt, a cigarette dangling from his mouth, stared intently at the school gate. He looked exactly like a jilted wife showing up to confront her husband. If it weren't for the sunglasses, his gaze alone would have scared away several students on their way to school.
Around the corner not far away, a white-haired figure peeked out, looking around, and quickly spotted Zhao Kongcheng, who looked like he was there to catch someone in the act.
"Poor Zhao Kongcheng, he has no idea Lin Qiye skipped class today. To keep him from waiting in vain, I'll remind him again tonight. Hehe."
Then she walked into a nearby camera store: "Boss, I'll take all your high-end cameras. Make them all top-of-the-line; money is no object."
As she spoke, she pulled a black card from her pocket and placed it on the counter... At the school gate, Zhao Kongcheng vaguely felt a pair of playful eyes watching him, but after looking around, he couldn't find the eyes that were observing him.
Finally, he could only scratch his head silently, "Never mind, it's probably just a feeling."
...Meanwhile, at Sunshine Mental Hospital.
Furina successfully entered Sunshine Mental Hospital and murmured, "Sneaking into a mental hospital doesn't seem to be that difficult, does it? Could it be that my personal charm is too dazzling?"
As she was talking to herself, a doctor walked by, looked at the self-talking Furina, and shook his head regretfully, "Alas, what a lovely girl, what a pity she has a mental illness."
Furina, who was about to continue searching for Lin Qiye, happened to hear the doctor's words and instantly froze in place.
It wasn't until the doctor passed her that she remembered to retort, "Doctor, I'm not mentally ill!"
As soon as she finished speaking, the doctor, as if by instinct, replied, "Yes, you are not mentally ill. So, young lady, who is your attending physician?"
The doctor's experienced and nonchalant demeanor made Furina's mouth twitch involuntarily.
"I said, I'm not mentally ill. I'm just here to see my friend."
"Yes, you are not mentally ill. So, young lady, who are you looking for? Which doctor? You look a bit unfamiliar, are you new here?"
Furina: ... (;one_one)
In the end, Furina, despite all her efforts, couldn't convince the doctor in front of her that she wasn't a mental patient. So Furina decided to take the doctor to see Lin Qiye.
The original work did not provide the specific address where Lin Qiye consulted Nyx about her condition. However, Furina had planted a water seed on Lin Qiye during class yesterday, allowing her to pinpoint his location at any time.
Moreover, since water seeds belong to elemental power, and Slay the Gods primarily cultivates spiritual power, their power systems are different, and fewer than ten people in this world could detect them.
As Furina led the doctor to the room where Lin Qiye was inquiring about the illness, she happened to see Lin Qiye holding the doctor inside with one hand and stroking the few remaining hairs on the doctor's head with the other, openly saying, "My good son, Daddy has finally found you."
Furina: (´｡✪ω✪｡｀) I made it!
Doctor: (●—●) Oh no, this girl really came to see a friend. But her friend... is quite sick. I can't rule out that this girl has been influenced by her friend.
Furina looked at the "warm" scene in the room and quickly pulled out a camera from her Serenitea Pot to capture it.
The doctor beside her stared blankly at the incredible scene before him. He felt that he had been around too many mental patients and was perhaps becoming a little mentally ill himself. Otherwise, how could the young girl in front of him conjure a camera out of thin air?
Furina looked at the doctor, who was questioning his sanity, with a puzzled expression as he left, starting to doubt his mental state.
He wouldn't have become mentally ill from being around mental patients for too long, would he? Could what they say online be true, that mental illness is contagious?
Or perhaps he wasn't a doctor, but a mental patient disguised as a doctor?
Soon, Furina cast all her suspicions aside.
Forget it, why am I thinking so much? I've already got Lin Qiye's embarrassing past, and it's time for me to leave. If I have time, I can still tease Old Zhao.
Thinking this, Furina walked to the entrance of Sunshine Mental Hospital and was stopped again by the security guard.
After repeatedly explaining that she wasn't mentally ill to no avail, Furina could only pull out the embarrassing photo of Lin Qiye she had just taken.
"Sorry, Qiye, I have to sacrifice you to get out. I'm sure you don't mind, right?" Furina muttered to herself as she showed the photo to the security guard.
"Since you're not answering, I'll take that as a 'yes'."
The old security guard's face fell when he saw the photo. After taking the photo from Furina, he let her out and quickly returned to the security room to make a phone call:
"Hello, Director? I'm reporting... I have evidence!"
Furina, who hadn't walked far, almost stumbled when she heard what the old security guard said and prayed for Lin Qiye: "Qiye, Qiye. I didn't mean to, I hope you can still get out."
At this moment, Lin Qiye, who was explaining to a doctor that he wasn't mentally ill, suddenly sneezed.
He rubbed his nose and muttered, "Who's cursing me?" before preparing to continue arguing with the doctor in front of him. Suddenly, the room door opened, and a large group of doctors and nurses crowded in.
The one at the very front, facing the director who was arguing with Lin Qiye, said, "I know it's stressful to deal with mental patients, but you can't talk about homosexuality with a patient!"
Without waiting for Lin Qiye and the doctor opposite him to speak, the director continued, "Alright, take both of them away first."