Inside the interrogation room.

"Your accomplice has already confessed. Now it's your turn." Mu Fei said coldly to the terrier, obviously bluffing it.

The terrier's head was bandaged and it was still a bit dizzy. The pearl's strike on it was really painful. It glanced at Mu Fei and whimpered, shaking its head like a pitiful stray puppy, ignorant and aggrieved.

"You committed a crime in Nanchu. Don't you know who covers the Chu lands?" Mu Fei clapped once and the door opened. Kong Xuan slowly stepped in, his clothes changed from a school uniform to splendid robes, even more imposing.

The part of the Huodou inside its body was pulsating. The terrier felt fear.

The Primordial Phoenix clan had protected the Chu lands for many years, having an extremely close relationship with Zhurong. The terrier was extremely anxious, looking like it wanted to say something but stopped under Kong Xuan's intimidation.

"If you confess now, it will count as atoning for your crimes with meritorious deeds." Kong Xuan said coldly.

The terrier was in a daze. After a long while, it lowered its head with a whimper.

They had just interrogated the Beagle earlier too. The Beagle was more slippery than the terrier, even putting on the airs of wanting to be a fence-sitter and a bootlicker. But it also played dead when asked critical questions.

Tan Xiao tapped the table with his finger and stood up. "You know what? Confessing nothing is also a kind of message."

Being able to withstand Kong Xuan's intimidation, besides showing the fearsomeness of the Huodou itself, it also showed that its master or accomplice made it not dare to betray them.

Mu Fei also nodded. Their Bureau 404 had always been doing a census. The hidden powerhouses in the human realm were also the key targets of their ordering and census work. Combining with the sniper leaving no traces, could it be that some big shot was throwing a tantrum?

The terrier shuddered, not because of Tan Xiao's speculation, but out of fear of Tan Xiao himself.

- Even with the terrier's ferocity, it was deeply impressed by Tan Xiao's calm demeanor when he took out the slingshot and sniped during the fight!

"It's good that you know to be afraid. Do you believe our brother Tan Xiao will give you another shot? Your forehead will be shattered!" Mu Fei slammed the table hard, scaring terrier so much that it immediately clenched its hind legs.

It was truly subdued, but also truly didn't dare to make a sound.

Kong Xuan noticed something unusual. He suspended the dog's head in the air and poked it to confirm, "Its hun and po souls are not in its own body at all, no wonder it doesn't dare to speak and can't speak." There was also an illusion blocking people from discovering it at first glance.

At this point, Mu Fei almost completely ruled out the possibility of terrier or Beagle being companions of the sniper. To be precise, their status was not equal.

"At first we thought the Tiangou's nature was to devour, so they must have wanted to devour the demons themselves."

But now it seems uncertain. Hunting dogs can't devour all the prey themselves.

Mu Fei's ringtone sounded, breaking her contemplation. She answered and listened, her expression quite calm. The caller said that no clues were found at the scene, including the shell casings and ballistics. In theory, the origin of firearms should be relatively easy to investigate, especially with such strict control domestically.

Mu Fei said helplessly, "Could it be that this person hand-crafted a sniper rifle?"

The interrogation could only end here.

"Well, it's a bit late. Why don't you stay and eat with us, Tan Xiao, and we can discuss further." Mu Fei invited Tan Xiao and Kong Xuan to have a late-night snack together at the Bureau 404.

Every time they worked overtime, they would eat the canteen's overtime snacks together in the office.

This time was no exception, everyone gathered together.

"Sister Mu, what do you think?" Tan Xiao asked.

"What do I think? Investigate immediately, find out who is playing tricks, and then slau...sentence them." Kong Xuan was in high spirits, looking like he wanted to roll up his sleeves and get to work right away. But after receiving education for so long, he at least knew to change his wording.

"Investigation is definitely necessary." Mu Fei's face was very green. Who knows how wide the scope of this investigation would be, at least a whole province, considering that a Yorkshire Terrier had also appeared by the edge of Yunmeng Marsh.

"It's such a big case. We also need to warn the demon tribes to be careful not only of demon-slaying traps, but also when traveling. The old demons are fine, but I'm afraid for the new demons like Aperture and the others."

Aperture pushed a small cart to deliver the late-night snacks. Aperture had changed into Yu Zhenzhen's skin again, probably because this was the user it liked most.

The diligent girl was arranging the dishes.

And its current master Mu Fei, holding a cell phone in one hand, suddenly cursed, "Damn it!"

Everyone looked at her, what happened?

"I just urgently reported this matter. Do you still remember Mr. Xu?" Mu Fei asked Tan Xiao. Tan Xiao naturally remembered. That was the one they met in the Chu emperor's tomb before, Mu Fei's former partner. Later, it was said that there was an important case in another province and they were short on manpower, so he was transferred there.

"Mr. Xu said that the serial murder case he had been working on for a long time in Qi Province, the recent clue he found was that the culprit might be - a Yorkshire Terrier." After Mu Fei finished speaking, she saw that everyone, like herself, was dumbfounded.

Mu Fei even had a feeling that since she wasn't the only one who would be busy until going bald, she felt relieved. She relaxed and said, "Now we definitely need to combine the investigations. Haha, everyone eat first."

Tan Xiao said to Kong Xuan, whose aura was a bit restless beside him, "If school wasn't starting soon, would you want to immediately call me to go hunt it down?"

"No." Kong Xuan was puzzled. He had only thought about the hunting issue for three seconds. Until just now, he had been thinking about something else. "I... didn't you say you had good news to tell me when you came back."

But Kong Xuan had waited for so long and Tan Xiao still hadn't said anything, making him a little bit troubled.

"You heard?" This was unexpected but made sense. Tan Xiao directly pulled up the network disk. "I prepared it long ago. Inside are the real test questions Yu Zhenzhen gave me. I copied them onto a memory card for you. You can view it on your phone or print it out."

Kong Xuan: "............"

Kong Xuan said through gritted teeth, "Great."

"Mm, I looked at it. This set of questions is really, really good!" Tan Xiao praised. "Yu Zhenzhen is very generous."

"Hey, everyone sit down and eat. Don't all stand. It's not a meeting." Mu Fei urged everyone to take a seat. The food was all laid out.

Aperture listened to its master's words and found a sofa to sit on. Then it realized there were more people than seats. Mu Fei took out some red plastic stools. Tan Xiao also sat on a single sofa, but Kong Xuan was still standing.

Aperture, as a complete newbie, was already a bit fidgety. Seeing this, it panicked even more, feeling that it still had much to learn in terms of receiving great gods. It stood up to offer its seat and said stiffly, "Great God Peacock, please sit here."

Kong Xuan glared at it. What were its intentions?!

Kong Xuan only looked down on it for imitating himself. Mainly, this guy was still using Yu Zhenzhen's appearance, so how could Kong Xuan not be angry seeing it. Not to mention its inappropriate words. Without a word, he directly sat sideways on the armrest of Tan Xiao's sofa.

Aperture: "......"

Aperture sat back down dejectedly.

After eating, Tan Xiao took the initiative to say he would go to the kitchen to cut some fruit. The others once again gathered around Mu Fei's Xianyu page and expressed their admiration, and they all proposed wanting to carefully appreciate Mu Fei's daughter again.

"She's basking in the moonlight. Don't rush. As soon as she turns one month old, I'll have her work. It's already agreed that she'll make bullets for Tan Xiao. Hahaha." When Mu Fei mentioned Tan Xiao's bullets, everyone smiled knowingly.

As a group that had fought together, everyone knew this inside joke - Tan Xiao's exceptionally fierce Taiyin slingshot.

Except for Kong Xuan.

He once again felt the divide! Even though he had only been away for less than a month, what was this about Tan Xiao's bullets? The more the others joked around, the more irritated Kong Xuan became. The sourness that had been appeased by Tan Xiao for a while rose up again.

Kong Xuan asked in a strange tone, "Sounds like Tan Xiao's ultimate move now is some slingshot?"

He had thought that Tan Xiao's ultimate move should be summoning the peacock god.

The atmosphere changed again.

Who dared to speak? Although this classmate Tan Xiao was formidable and his spiritual ability was truly powerful, the great god was also truly hard to serve...

With Tan Xiao not present, no one felt they could appease the peacock.

Aperture had already excitedly bounced up from its seat, "That's right! Great God, you weren't there! You didn't see anything!"

Kong Xuan coldly said, "Yeah, I didn't see it."

"I saw it, haha!" Aperture laughed cheerfully, finally finding his niche.

Everyone: "..."

Aperture... danger!

Mu Fei was on the verge of tears, worried about her hard-earned newcomer.

However, Aperture stepped forward, clasped his hands together, and transformed into a display screen. He chuckled, "And I captured it all, especially this set of close-ups. This is where the Spirit Master used his ability to create the Taiyin Slingshot to injure that villainous dog's master. It was so perilous at the time!"

On the screen, the composition was full of tension. Dark clouds loomed overhead as Tan Xiao drew the Taiyin Slingshot, the pellet swiftly shooting out with the momentum of thunder and runes—

Kong Xuan stared intently, his dissatisfaction unknowingly dissipating. He could almost feel the gathering winds of change from that moment in the image. It was Tan Xiao's calm gaze, once again using his self-control technique (weapon), that laid the foundation for victory.

"Let's see the others," Kong Xuan said. "Your resolution is pretty good."