Chapter 687: Work Order

Du Zhengyi returned to Qionglin. The area around Qionglin had experienced a rapid temperature rise; the snow in the woods had vanished overnight, and the small stream was gurgling along. He stayed in the woods for a while, smoking a few cigarettes. The pale tree trunks reflected the sunlight, and he felt uncomfortable staying here for too long.

Many possibilities swirled in his mind, but none offered any inspiration. The conversation with Mage Chu Jin was meaningful, but it provided no immediate help for the current situation. She might not have told the complete truth; for instance, she might have met their Luo Qi earlier.

Because she trusted him too much, almost laying out her biggest secret, there was likely only one possibility for Chu Jin to trust him to this extent: she had met Luo Qi, and Luo Qi had told her that he was completely trustworthy.

He guessed that their meeting must have been very brief. Luo Qi might have needed to obtain some data from the Calculator, or perhaps he wanted to take the opportunity to see his aunt. Luo Qi would not move to dig into his aunt's brain; he was not that kind of person, so the secret of the Clownfish was likely still preserved. He felt slightly relieved; he absolutely did not want Luo Qi to discover this. People sometimes find it hardest to see themselves clearly; it was difficult for Luo Qi to realize who the cold, twisted Clownfish really was.

He added this new information to his speculations from the past few days, trying his best to vaguely reconstruct what happened after he lost consciousness. Luo Qi had successfully brought them out at the moment the Seal Land closed, and with the help of the Progenitor Mage's Magic, he had repaired his severely injured body.

After they escaped, a sudden incident must have occurred, a terrible incident that made Luo Qi feel that things were out of control. That was why his emotions were both broken and agitated when he recorded the video; he said he had to take Guan Xinyue away, and they had to avoid Pei Shu.

Two keywords: Guan Xinyue, Pei Shu.

At first glance, the most likely reason for having to take Guan Xinyue away was that the Lotus Burners had gone mad at the time. But that was not right. If the Lotus Burners were to go on a killing spree without a Seal Beast, it would only happen if the Clownfish were present. If the Clownfish were present, Luo Qi would not have been in a cursing, agitated mood; he would not treat a powerful opponent with such emotions, especially when the opponent was also a Mind Mage.

In fact, synthesizing the information obtained today, Du Zhengyi could be almost certain that the Clownfish was not present. The Clownfish only used the Lotus Burners; he might have already achieved his goal for the trip by that time, having obtained some information about the Seal Land by following Du Zhengyi. Before Luo Qi figured out a way to get everyone out, the Clownfish might have already left the Seal Land, not caring at all about those left behind.

Then the remaining Lotus Burners would not be a match for Luo Qi plus a group of Battle Mages; Luo Qi would not take a human away just because he was afraid of them.

Then the matter became: Guan Xinyue was not in danger, but Guan Xinyue could not meet Pei Shu, so Luo Qi had to take her away and completely cut off his contact with the Mages. Changing the scene, wasn't that a reenactment of the story between himself and Luo Qi? He, too, had once taken Luo Qi to hide from Qionglin's sight because Luo Qi had made moves suspected of being a High-Reaction Mage, posing a threat to Qionglin.

Guan Xinyue had discovered or somehow acquired the ability to harm Mages; Luo Qi was left in a wretched, cursing state by this sudden incident, and after hastily leaving him a message, he disappeared with Guan Xinyue.

Had Guan Xinyue found the nuclear bomb left behind by the Progenitor Mage and detonated it at the Mages?

But regardless, the greatest possibility for the deduction lay here. After coming into contact with the core secret left behind by the Progenitor Mage, to put it euphemistically, Guan Xinyue had done something that harmed Mage society. This was also consistent with Pei Shu's action of erasing the memories of Mahjong and Liu Ziyu and the others; her actions might have created huge unrest for the Magic World.

He believed it was not Luo Qi who acted to erase their memories; Luo Qi was too gentle in such matters... Perhaps saying it this way was too personally biased; he tried to switch to a more objective line of thought—if Luo Qi had proactively and on a large scale erased everyone's memories, then the Pei Shu who arrived later would have immediately labeled Luo Qi an anomaly and would have had to eliminate him. So doing this made no sense for Luo Qi; he would not be the one who altered memories.

Mahjong did not leave with them. Perhaps Mahjong stayed behind to take care of him, but he really wished Mahjong had been brave enough at the time to follow Luo Qi and Guan Xinyue. Mahjong was like a stabilizing factor from the old era, but now, the two most unstable small ones had disappeared on their own.

After finishing the entire pack of cigarettes he had just bought, Du Zhengyi turned and walked into the Qionglin building. He issued a request for assistance in Qionglin, asking to review the cause of Xiang Qian's death, but received no response.

Du Zhengyi waited for a while but realized he really couldn't wait any longer. He checked the death list of the Battle Mages who had the incident that day and saw Yan Hao in the missing list; the missing list could not confirm life or death.

He thought for a while and submitted a request to be assigned to investigate the cause of Xiang Qian's death; the request was rejected, with the reason shown that Execution Mages and Battle Mages were already following up.

He tried to issue a new work request again, asking to be assigned to the job of finding Yan Hao. The work was rejected again; this time the reason was because a work order with a higher priority had already been issued to him.

Two work orders with higher priority popped up one after another. Du Zhengyi looked at the first work order, and a name made his pupils shrink.

First work order

【Dangerous individual: Great Raccoon King

Associated dangerous individuals: All Mages who have had contact with the Great Raccoon King (List 1.1 attached)

Work content: All Mages in List 1.1 are required to go to Qionglin to await screening; all available Mind Mages are required to go to Qionglin to conduct identification work (List 1.2 attached)

Recipients: List 1.1, List 1.2】

He touched List 1.1; his name was on the list. He was stunned for a moment, then touched the second work order. The text in the work order spiraled open:

Second work order

【Dangerous individuals: Lotus Burner & Da Hei Heaven

Monitored situation: Lotus Burner has lost its leader, internal strife between two factions, the new faction is codenamed Da Hei Heaven

Work content: Capture Lotus Burners, monitor and reduce the risk of Mage exposure, and reduce damage to human society.

Recipients: List 2.1】

The content of the first work order was related to Luo Qi, and the second work order was related to the Clownfish. The Clownfish would not let the Lotus Burners go; he didn't even want to kill them himself; he had created a more effortless, self-destructive internal strife.

But he almost didn't want to think about why Luo Qi was referred to by a codename. He sent an appeal letter to the source of the first work order, clarifying that he could not be checked in the head by a Mind Mage, nor could he be infiltrated by a Mind Mage.

After a while, he received a letter stating the appeal was approved, and there was an attachment at the end of the formal document. He opened the attachment, which read: Sorry brother, forgot to delete your name. The signature at the end was Zhou Quan; only then did he see that the main text was also sent on behalf of Zhou Quan.

Forgot, my foot. Only then did Du Zhengyi realize that Zhou Quan seemed to have reminded him twice already that he should go find him, and they should have a talk.

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