Upon hearing this voice, the three members of the "Superpower Investigation Team" immediately became alert, as if facing a formidable enemy. They knew that the owner of this voice was the murderer who killed Wang Yue. But Qicheng couldn't help feeling dazed. It seemed that he had heard this voice somewhere, but when he thought about it carefully, he couldn't find even the slightest trace in his past memories.
The next second, the figure of a woman walked into the projected image.
She was wearing a bright red dress and high heels. Her black hair was like a waterfall, her figure was slender, and her skin was smooth and fair.
However, when the perspective changed from the side and back to the front, everyone was stunned to find that the woman's face was shrouded in a layer of grayish-white fog, making it impossible to see her true appearance clearly.
"Liu Wang, what's going on?" Lin Yuexiang was also seeing this situation for the first time.
Liu Wang shook his head and said, "I'm not sure either. It was the same when I watched it just now. The woman's face is completely covered by this fog, and it seems that it's not a real cover. Well, I don't know how to explain it exactly, but you'll understand as you keep watching."
The projection continued to play...
"Meow!" In the image, upon seeing the woman in the red dress who suddenly appeared, "Soul Devourer" continued to maintain an attacking posture, staring fiercely at the other party.
But the woman in the red dress didn't care about the murderous gaze of "Soul Devourer". Instead, with a speed that the naked eye couldn't catch, she flashed behind the rooftop fence, and with her face facing downwards, she stuck out her head.
"I fell down suddenly when I was in mid-air of the residential building because I saw the woman's head out of the corner of my eye." Lin Yuexiang explained the reason why he fell to the others, and then added:
"But if I remember correctly, when I saw her head, her face wasn't covered by any fog. Although I couldn't see her specific appearance clearly, I'm sure that what I saw was the color of human skin, a human face."
The projection continued...
After sticking out her head, the woman in the red dress quickly retracted it. The next second, two rather loud thuds of something hitting the ground sounded one after another.
Upon hearing these sounds, the woman in the red dress nodded in satisfaction, and then turned her gaze back to "Soul Devourer". She pitched her voice and said in a thin and sharp voice, "Say, little cat, why are you here instead of catching mice? And why are you looking at me with such a fierce gaze? Am I not pretty, sister?"
(The following continues from the latter part of Chapter 44, "The Cat and the Rat (Final)")
After watching the projection, everyone fell into a long silence. Everyone was brainstorming and conducting their own analysis.
I don't know how long it took before Lin Yuexiang, the eldest among them, was the first to speak: "What we can confirm now is that the woman in the red dress, which we'll simply call the 'Woman in Red' hereafter, is the mastermind behind this incident. She is a high-level superpowered individual, and her specific realm is not lower than the 'Change' realm. She has the ability similar to'mental control'. The victim most likely jumped off the building voluntarily because he was controlled by her.
"Then there's that cat. We can also confirm that it has indeed surpassed the 'Heavenly Dao'. It is also a high-level superpowered individual, at least in the 'Transcendence' realm, and it has awakened its spiritual intelligence. Its ability is just as Qicheng said, it belongs to the soul category, and it seems to have the ability to contain and control ghosts... Lei Ting, Liu Wang, do you have anything to add?"
"No." Lei Ting shook his head. Basically, everything he could think of had been said by the captain.
"Neither do I." Liu Wang also shook his head.
"I have something to say." Qicheng raised his hand. "Okay. Also, please keep everything you know today confidential." Lin Yuexiang admonished.
"No problem." Qicheng first responded to Lin Yuexiang's admonition and then said what he wanted to say, "I want to know what will happen to 'Soul Devourer'. It has been confirmed that it has no direct connection to this incident, and it hasn't hurt anyone. It shouldn't be captured, right, Captain?" As he said this, Qicheng looked at Lin Yuexiang with an almost pleading look.
Regarding Qicheng's plea, Lin Yuexiang pondered for a moment and said, "Actually, our 'Superpower Investigation Team' has the obligation to control and contain supernatural creatures when we encounter them and transfer them to a specific institution later..."
Upon hearing Lin Yuexiang's answer, Qicheng's face fell.
"But..." Lin Yuexiang suddenly made a turn in his words, giving Qicheng new hope.
"But... the prerequisite is that we have to be able to see it. Currently, I only know that this creature exists, but I don't know where it is or how to find it. It's not that I'm pretending not to be able to find it. I really can't find it. It seems that this cat has some special ability that can block my perception. As long as it doesn't lift this ability and doesn't appear in front of me on its own initiative, I'm afraid I'll never be able to find it."
Lin Yuexiang's words were quite clear. Since "Soul Devourer" hadn't hurt anyone and he couldn't find or catch it, he had to pretend that it didn't exist.
However, the reason for his decision wasn't just that it "hadn't hurt anyone". The key was that in the projection just now, it had clearly tried to save Wang Yue and had taken action, although it hadn't succeeded. That's why Lin Yuexiang finally decided to turn a blind eye to it.
"Thank you! Thank you! Thank you!" Understanding what Lin Yuexiang meant, the haze in Qicheng's heart was instantly dispelled. He was so excited that he thanked him repeatedly, and even the psychological shadow caused by Wang Yue's death was relieved a lot.
"However..." Lin Yuexiang coughed lightly and then said, "Although the cat hasn't hurt anyone now, we can't guarantee that it won't hurt anyone in the future. So, Qicheng, are you willing to vouch for it? If you are willing to vouch for it and it really doesn't hurt anyone in the future, then everything will be fine. But if it hurts someone in the future, you, who vouched for it, will also need to be punished. And if you choose not to vouch for it, then if we 'see' it in the future, we will have to fulfill our responsibility."
"Yes! I am willing!" Qicheng agreed without hesitation. He believed that "Soul Devourer" wouldn't hurt anyone now and wouldn't hurt anyone in the future either.
"Since you're willing, then it's settled. Because this is an oral agreement, we won't sign any contract. Anyway, even if there is a contract, it won't have any legal effect. But don't worry, I'm very trustworthy." Lin Yuexiang said.
"I trust you, Captain." Qicheng expressed that he didn't mind.
...
After some time, the four of them walked downstairs and returned outside the residential building.
At this time, the scene had been protected by the arriving criminal police. The leader of them was Captain Cheng from the General Administration of Public Security.
"You can go back first today." After going downstairs, Lin Yuexiang said to Qicheng again, "After all, you're not a member of our 'Superpower Investigation Team' or the police. It's already against the rules to let you stay at the crime scene for so long. Hurry up and leave before others notice you."
"Yes." Qicheng also understood this. Since the safety of "Soul Devourer" had been guaranteed by the captain of the official superpowered individuals, he had no reason to stay here any longer.
After agreeing, Qicheng identified the direction and turned to leave.
At this time, it was already past nine o'clock.