Chapter 552: Investigation Mystery (Part 2)

This is... telling me to be careful of him?

After receiving the reminder from the red-haired Director, Li Ang's expression instantly tightened.

Unlike the "drunken limited edition" from last night, the Director had sobered up and returned to her normal state. In this state, the Director was quite reliable.

So if she told him to be careful of this old investigator, there must be a reason! Even the deliberate "provocation" just now probably had its considerations; he absolutely couldn't ignore her reminder!

"By the way, Mr. Li Ang."

Completely unaware that he had been "marked," the old investigator turned back after a few seconds of not seeing Li Ang take the initiative to strike up a conversation, and asked with a gentle expression:

"Looking at your file, you've been on the job for over a month, right? Are you used to staying in the Virgo Branch?"

"Quite used to it."

After secretly switching out the 【Elite Performer】 badge, Li Ang restrained the vigilance in his eyes, smiled, and answered:

"Although there are fewer people in the Bureau and the work is quite dangerous, both the Director and the seniors have been very caring toward me. Everyone in the Bureau is a good person."

"..."

Everyone in the Bureau... are good people?

Hearing Li Ang's words, the old investigator's mouth couldn't help but twitch slightly.

If it were other investigators, they might not be very clear about the situation of the Virgo Cleaning Bureau, but he, who had come to investigate many times over the years, knew very well that the people in the Virgo Cleaning Bureau weren't exactly evil, but they didn't really have much to do with being "good people."

The Blood Hair Lady, who could ruthlessly destroy a country and kill over 100 million people, went without saying. Even the two Level 1 disaster handlers, the Gambler Tom and the Corpse Coffin Executioner Ai Ma, were also regulars in the investigation department.

The former clearly violated countless rules but acted extremely carefully, so the Bureau just couldn't catch any evidence. The latter's methods were too ruthless and cruel, and the scene after completing a cleaning mission was even more terrifying than the rampage of an anomalous object. She had been warned repeatedly but still refused to change her ways.

The rest, like Tape Guy Harry, Sewer Emperor Jerry, Silver Demon Peony, and Poison Plague Pharmacist Senior Amien... none of these Level 2s were easy to deal with. In those large-scale joint missions involving cross-branch law enforcement, they belonged to the category of being hated by humans and dogs alike, and basically, no one wanted to deal with them.

To be honest, the biggest reason these guys could stay in the Virgo Cleaning Bureau for several years wasn't the Blood Hair Lady's personal charm, but that other branches simply didn't want to accept them; they had nowhere else to go if they left the Virgo Bureau.

And a guy who could get along well with such a bunch of people, and even sincerely believe they were all good people...

Looking at Li Ang, who had a handsome face and a gentle smile, and who looked like an ordinary civil servant of the Kingdom no matter how you looked at him, except for his slightly thin build, the elderly investigator took a deep breath and secretly sensed the aura on Li Ang's body.

The demonic flames are soaring... Sure enough, it's impossible for someone who can get along with this bunch to be a normal person.

Feeling the aura behind him, which was no different from ordinary demon-type anomalous objects, and even more ferocious and dark, the elderly investigator sighed in his heart and had already started to ponder the nickname for this new employee of the Virgo Bureau.

This person had extremely high compatibility with demon-type anomalous objects, looked scholarly and refined, just like those intellectuals in college, and even proposed an anomalous object measurement method called the Li Ang Value, seeming quite proficient in research...

How about... Demon Scholar?

Not knowing that the old investigator was secretly giving him a nickname, Li Ang followed him into his office, first invited the two investigators to sit on the sofa, then moved a chair and sat opposite them, quite cooperatively taking the initiative to say:

"Two, you can ask whatever questions you have."

"Then I'll start."

The young female investigator had already controlled her emotions. Although her expression was still cold, it was no longer the confrontational attitude from before. She took out a stack of documents, flipped through them, and then said in a business-like manner:

"First question: Do you have any personal grudges against the people of the Bobby Laien family, especially Bobby Bobby Laien, who controls the Wild Ambition Heart?"

"This... I'm not sure if it counts..."

Li Ang hesitated upon hearing this, but still answered truthfully:

"Before I joined the Cleaning Bureau, my younger sister suffered from lung disease due to a waste gas leak at a chemical plant. Because I couldn't get the compensation I deserved, she almost died in the hospital. And that chemical plant was an industry under Bobby Laien Military Industry. The person responsible for the compensation incident at the Road Administration Department also had marriage ties with the Bobby Laien family, so it counts as a member of the Bobby Laien family."

"Although they were just side branches of the Bobby Laien family, if you count it that way, I should indeed have some grudges against the Bobby Laien family."

"..."

Hearing Li Ang's honest answer, the female investigator was slightly stunned, then looked down at the file in her hand and bit her lip unwillingly.

What Li Ang said was exactly what she had worked hard to investigate today.

According to the situation on the surface, he had no substantial intersection with the Bobby Laien family before the Bobby Laien Blood Night, so to avoid suspicion, he would mostly deny having any grudges against the Bobby Laien family.

At that time, she only needed to say these things to puncture his "lies" and "cover-ups," and then in the subsequent questioning, she could raise more "reasonable" doubts about his answers.

But she didn't expect him to admit it directly, stating bluntly that he might have grudges against the Bobby Laien family. And since the Bobby Laien family's business was so widespread, it was hard not to have intersections with them while living in the Capital. Plus, the ones he had grudges against were only side branches, which was far from enough to constitute a motive for launching the Bobby Laien Blood Night.

The things she had spent so much effort investigating had now become a pile of useless waste paper in the face of his active honesty, and at most, they could only serve as a little corroborating evidence...

Damn it, how could someone not try to clear their suspicion when facing an investigation, but instead actively draw it onto themselves?

After biting her lip in annoyance, the female investigator shoved the file in her hand to the bottom and said coldly:

"Next question: After the Bobby Laien Blood Night, were you able to benefit from it?"

"Yes."

Li Ang sighed and said:

"I was incompetent and failed to stop Bobby Bobby Laien's atrocities. On the day of the Bobby Laien Blood Night, I was almost killed by him several times and was seriously injured."

"However, I seem to be a member of the Bobby Laien family. All the heirs ahead of me were crippled by Bobby Bobby Laien, so I was dragged over while I was recovering and forcibly arranged to be the new Duke. Tuesday is the succession ceremony."

Hearing Li Ang's words, the female investigator was shocked and sneered, pulling the corners of her mouth:

"So you admit that you are the biggest beneficiary after the Bobby Laien Blood Night incident, right!"

"Wrong."

Li Ang shook his head and said:

"I have no interest in this title, whether it's the wealth it represents or the power behind it; it has no meaning to me."

"At the succession ceremony tomorrow, I will propose donating all the industries to the Royal Family through marriage, thereby forcing them to change someone else to inherit this title."

"It just so happens that the succession ceremony is tomorrow. If you don't believe me, you can wait one more day to see if I will do that."

"..."

Damn it... even the family business of an entire Duke family is something he's willing to give up?

Seeing that Li Ang's expression didn't seem fake, and he really seemed prepared to do so, the female investigator's lips were almost bitten through. After closing her eyes and sensing the evil aura of the demon all over Li Ang, she clenched her fists tightly and finally couldn't help but sneer:

"Hehe, it sounds like a saint... but if you don't want anything, how do you explain this smell that is even more evil than a demon?"

(End of chapter) ===== CHAPTER 553 =====