Free Web NovelLittle Silver Flower interrupted Mingxi from continuing to poison her own stomach.
It said, "Ring."
Ring?
Mingxi looked down and # Nоvеlight # saw two metal rings embedded in the man's navel.
One was a plain ring, and the other, set on the plain ring, was inlaid with a gemstone.
Little Silver Flower was pointing to the small, gem-inlaid ring.
"Is this his spatial artifact?"
Little Silver Flower nodded.
Mingxi felt a cold sweat.
What kind of decent person would use a spatial artifact as a belly button ring?
A pervert!
Should she be grateful that the old man's repressed perversion had some bottom line, being just a belly button ring and not *that* kind of ring?
What was this called? Not afraid of evil people, only afraid of perverted ones.
Neither she nor Little Silver Flower wanted to touch it, so in the end, they could only trouble Golden Yuanbao.
Golden Yuanbao used its paw to cut the plain ring, and only then did Mingxi tear off a piece of her clothing to wrap the spatial artifact. The broken plain ring was also collected, and she suppressed her nausea as she put it into the Time Realm.
Now that the reward time was ample again, she could be a little extravagant.
Other people's spatial artifacts needed to be unbound before their contents could be viewed.
And unbinding was not an easy task.
Don't even mention killing the original owner.
It was useless; most spatial artifacts had self-destruct programs set up, meaning that if the owner died, the spatial artifact would self-destruct.
This was also to minimize the occurrence of things like murder for treasure.
Otherwise, Beast Tamers with spatial artifacts would be obvious targets.
So, while the spatial artifact was found, whether she could retrieve her own spatial button and personal terminal was still an unknown.
"Wee-woo wee-woo..."
Though late, they had arrived.
Ignoring her discomfort, Mingxi quickly tidied the man's clothes.
Henglong City Special Criminal Bureau.
The so-called Special Criminal Bureau was the Special Criminal Cases Investigation Bureau, only responsible for major criminal cases related to Beast Tamers and Transcendent creatures.
All investigators were Beast Tamers, generally referred to as Special Investigators, or simply Special Investigators.
Mingxi wasn't surprised that the Special Criminal Bureau would take over her case, after all, this wasn't an ordinary kidnapping. ƒrēewebnoѵёl.cσm
Mingxi sat in a less-than-ladylike posture on the cold chair in the interrogation room.
Golden Yuanbao and Little Silver Flower stood beside her like the Hum and Ha Generals, both with similar stern expressions, forming a king-to-king standoff with the two Special Investigators sitting opposite, who were presumably there to take their statements.
"Little Silver Flower, give me a Holy Healing."
Mingxi rubbed her lower abdomen, her brows slightly furrowed, ignoring the inexplicably tense atmosphere around her.
After leaving the basement, she had felt a bit uncomfortable.
At first, she thought it was a lingering effect of vomiting.
But now she had to suspect that her youthful vitality was about to leave her forever.
Her lower abdomen ached, her body felt sore, and it was accompanied by irritability and an urge to fight monsters.
This familiar feeling was clearly a premonition that her unwelcome relative was about to visit, just like in her previous life.
Was this body finally moving to the next stage?
But it picked the worst timing.
"Luo Luo?" What's wrong with you?
"Lei Lei?" Are you getting carried away again?
The two beasts once again expressed their confusion in unison.
Mingxi sighed: "It's nothing, I accidentally strained my back with youth."
The troubles of growing up always came so unexpectedly.
Although Little Silver Flower didn't understand, it didn't stop it from casting its skill.
In an instant, the serious and cold interrogation room was enveloped in a pink aura. freewebnovёl.ƈom
The two Special Investigators and their companion pet, the Reverse-Ear Rat, all widened their eyes.
"What level of healing skill is this?"
The younger of the two Special Investigators couldn't help but ask.
Mingxi touched her much more comfortable lower abdomen, "Heavenly-Rank."
The young Special Investigator: "..."
It was the first time in his life he had seen a Heavenly-Rank skill, and he was inexplicably excited.
The older Special Investigator, however, frowned, forced a fake smile, and said coldly, "Alright, stop dawdling, let's start taking the statement!"
Mingxi glanced at him.
"Name?"
"Mingxi."
As Mingxi answered, the pure white Lie-Detecting Rat crouching on the Old Special Investigator's left side perked up its left ear.
Lie-Detecting Rats are generally low-level pets, Transcendent creatures that all Special Criminal Bureaus on Blue Star are basically equipped with, because they can discern whether someone is lying or telling the truth.
If it's the truth, the left ear will perk up.
If it's a lie, the right ear will perk up.
So it was also called the Truth-Lie Rat.
"Age?"
"14."
"..."
The Old Special Investigator asked, "Are you from the Jianghuai region? Why did you suddenly come to our Henglong City?"
Mingxi: "I came to participate in the Hailam Cup Dragon-type Pet Beauty Pageant."
It was 3:30 AM now, and she didn't know if she would still make it to the competition.
"Elaborate on the entire incident, tell us everything you know, don't miss any details, and absolutely do not conceal anything!
Do you understand?"
The Old Special Investigator's gaze was sharp, and his tone carried pressure.
Mingxi simply said, "Oh."
Then she began to explain from when she got off the plane, detailing how she encountered the Xuyun Beast, how she successfully called the police while being surrounded by two people and two beasts, and how she escaped the basement.
Her talent in literature was very mediocre, so the entire process was narrated in a straightforward manner, like an emotionless, running account machine.
But she articulated the time, place, people, and events very clearly.
...Before today, on the evening of April 25th, on the Ta113 express train from Haizhou City to Cheng Yan City, I encountered Wei Yangang and Liu Yong. At that time, I had a small conflict with Liu Yong, so I remembered them both.
On May 4th, when I was challenging the second floor of the Limit Tower for the E-rank promotion assessment, I encountered Jiang Yuning, who was also undertaking a challenge mission. I remembered his voice at that time.
Based on his voice, the person who appeared in the basement tonight was Jiang Yuning."
As her voice fell, the Lie-Detecting Rat also perked up its left ear.
The Old Special Investigator tapped his pen, looking at her expressionlessly: "So you didn't actually see Jiang Yuning himself, but you're just identifying the so-called boss as Jiang Yuning based on hearing someone's voice by chance once?
Xiao Guniang, do you know that your actions are already bordering on slander?"
The young Special Investigator responsible for taking notes frowned.
Mingxi stared steadily at the Old Special Investigator for a while.
After entering the Special Criminal Bureau, she had sensed that this Old Special Investigator was hostile towards her.
At first, she didn't understand why.
Now she understood, because of Jiang Yuning.
She slightly curled the corners of her mouth, looking at the Old Special Investigator with a half-smile: "Old Special Investigator, you must get lost often, right?"
Both Special Investigators were bewildered by her question.
What did this mean? Why did she suddenly bring up getting lost?
Mingxi didn't need an answer. She tilted her small mouth, as if the Dragon King possessed her.
"You are a Special Investigator. You can speak haphazardly, but you cannot be so inconsistent.
You were the one who asked me to elaborate on the details and not omit anything, and you are also the one who says I'm slandering when I provide a clue?
You are so confused, may I ask if you even know whether you usually travel by water or by land?"
