Chapter 19: Review

Qin Chuan took a big detour into a quiet alley, picked up the school uniform jacket on the ground, shook off the dust and threw it on, then took off the baseball cap on his head and tucked it into his pocket.

After doing all that, Qin Chuan walked along the alley and soon returned to the vicinity of the small vegetable stall.

"Qin Chuan, where did you go?"

Xiao Pang, who had been waiting nearby, strode over with big steps, his face showing some worry.

Qin Chuan smiled but did not reveal the truth, saying, "Just now I saw an acquaintance and went to say hello."

"Really?" Xiao Pang eyed Qin Chuan suspiciously, "Where's your cap?"

"I gave it to that acquaintance." Qin Chuan kept a calm face, eyes wide as he lied, "He's bald, his wig broke, I lent it to him to cover up."

"Bald-headed..." Xiao Pang couldn't help touching his own hair, "About time, let's head back to class."

"Okay."

When the two returned to the classroom, many people were already seated inside.

His changing of clothes took place in an area without surveillance.

It was lunchtime now, and everyone tacitly kept quiet, each doing their own thing.

"Indeed." The youth's superior smiled, "The Special Affairs Group has just been established, all neglected affairs are awaiting revival; we urgently need to win a striking battle to deter those who, having gained supernatural powers, are restless."

"Knock knock knock~" A knocking sound rang out at this moment, immediately followed by a tall, slender figure striding in, holding a sealed document, "Boss, there's a problem."

Hearing this, the members of the Special Affairs Group in the office all cheered.

If nothing unexpected happens, the captured Zhang Zhe's fate will inevitably be the death penalty, with no chance to retaliate against me, but I'm somewhat worried that Zhang Zhe might have accomplices or people close to him.

Behind Zhang Zhe's wanted poster, several new wanted posters were added, but these are not in his city, not even in the same province.

"I will request merit for you all; later everyone will receive a reward!"

One's own identity is not so easily discovered.

"What's the problem?" Looking at the youth's stern expression, the superior's smile gradually faded, "Is Zhang Zhe refusing to admit guilt?"

In the temporarily designated Special Affairs Group office, a youth who participated in the capture had an excited smile on his face.

After confirming these, Qin Chuan's expression eased slightly.

The carefree Xiao Pang pulled a pillow from the drawer, lay on the desk and quickly fell into a sweet sleep, while Qin Chuan beside him couldn't sleep.

Moreover, throughout the entire process of his action, he did it very covertly.

There were surveillance cameras on the road, but they did not cover everywhere.

After the impulse, he still felt a bit of lingering fear.

Let's leave it to the supernatural beings of other provinces and cities to resolve.

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"Boss, we caught Zhang Zhe so quickly; our Changxing City Special Affairs Group can also be considered to have shown face before our peers."

He took out his phone, opened the Dream Forum; the previously posted wanted notice for Zhang Zhe has now dimmed, indicating the criminal has been apprehended.

Therefore, leaning back in the chair with arms crossed, Qin Chuan solemnly reviewed the entire process of his pursuit and return.

After all, he had just done a major deed.

"Not exactly." The youth shook his head slightly.

"Zixiu brother, don't keep us in suspense." A short-haired girl sitting in the office couldn't help but speak, "What exactly is the problem?"

"I think..." Zhou Zixiu pondered, "There's something off about our capture of Zhang Zhe; his final fall was not ordinary."

"Pfft! Just that." The youth who spoke first waved his hand nonchalantly, "He had bad luck, stepped in a puddle and slipped!"

"If you ask me, this is heavenly will; such a beast, even heaven wants to take him."

"I used to think that as well." Zhou Zixiu spoke in a deep voice, then raised the document in his hand, "This is Zhang Zhe's confession; he claims his final fall was due to something tripping him, not a slip."

Upon hearing this, everyone in the office looked at each other.

And superior Lan Cheng also showed a thoughtful expression.

Because the matter was urgent, these members of the Special Affairs Group were actually temporarily drawn from various local governmental departments.

Zhou Zixiu is the only member coming from the criminal investigation department.

Even to better carry out the work, he rejected a contract request for a Level 10 Spirit Beast, choosing instead a contract Spirit Beast whose abilities suited search and capture work.

Zhang Zhe's whereabouts were first pinpointed by him through clues and the supernatural power of the contract Spirit Beast.

It can be said that being able to capture Zhang Zhe in such a short time, Zhou Zixiu deserves the chief credit.

Although he felt that the exact cause of Zhang Zhe's fall was merely a minor issue, he still chose to respect Zhou Zixiu's opinion.

"Zixiu, what do you think we should investigate?" Lan Cheng spoke slowly.

"Check the surveillance footage; I want to see the full process of Zhang Zhe being tripped." Zhou Zixiu spoke without hesitation.

"I'll cooperate." The short-haired girl who had just spoken walked out with a laptop, her slender fingers flying over the keyboard, quickly pulling up the needed surveillance.

Zhang Zhe stepped out of the alley, one foot landing in a puddle and then being tripped; the whole process appeared before everyone's eyes.

"Click!" Seeing the moment Zhang Zhe was tripped, Zhou Zixiu quickly hit pause, his eyes flashing with sharp light, he dragged the progress bar back one second with the mouse, then began to examine it at the slowest speed.

The surveillance footage was quite blurry, but Zhou Zixiu still quickly spotted clues.

"Here." He pressed pause again, pointing at the puddle beneath Zhang Zhe's feet.

"At this moment the ripples in the puddle should continue outward, but they froze." Zhou Zixiu said in a deep voice, "Although only an instant, there is undoubtedly supernatural interference."

"Du You, what do you think?"

"It's water-type." A bespectacled man with a scholarly air pushed his glasses, "It should be a water-type control skill."

"So, at that moment a supernatural being was present, blocking Zhang Zhe's escape." Zhou Zixiu said solemnly, "Rewind the surveillance; I want to see how the puddle formed."

The short-haired girl nodded, continuing to operate the surveillance to rewind to the moment before the puddle appeared.

Soon, the surveillance showed a figure hurrying forward; that figure, in a rush, knocked over a bucket of water placed in front of a stall nearby.

Zhou Zixiu quickly glanced at the surveillance timestamp.

The time this bucket of water was knocked over and the time Zhang Zhe stepped on it differed by less than half a minute!

He instantly fixed his gaze on the figure wearing a baseball cap in the surveillance footage.

In the surveillance footage, that figure kept apologizing to the stall owner after knocking over the bucket, even though the stall owner waved his hand indicating it was fine, the figure continued apologizing.

Until Zhang Zhe fell to the ground, he glanced at Zhang Zhe, then turned and left.

Inside the office, the atmosphere instantly turned strange.

(End of chapter)