Once, I wanted to be a good person

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Thus, he arrived at the entrance to Paradise District without any obstacles, presenting the Qingfeng Silver Plaque, Fang Ze successfully entered.

After paying a fee of 4000 Lini again, Fang Ze gritted his teeth and swore to have the Shadow Organization reimburse him as he entered Qingfeng Ancient Street...

And so, he arrived at the steamed bun shop.

The steamed bun shop owner was still chopping meat filling.

Upon seeing Fang Ze, he tilted his head slightly, signaling, and then put down the cleaver to lead the way into the inside room.

Ever since the last time, when Fang Ze followed the steamed bun shop owner into the back room and was seen by quite a few customers, many people had tried to trigger the shop owner's quest during this period.

Quite a few succeeded and followed the shop owner into the back room.

What they found was a large side quest requiring the completion of seven minor tasks before earning a mysterious reward.

Everyone came here to have fun after work, not to work.

Apart from one or two customers who went to do the quest, the rest mostly walked away on the spot.

So when Fang Ze followed the steamed bun shop owner into the back room, the customers eating steamed buns outside didn't think much of it, assuming he was just another greenhorn who had heard about the quest and wanted to try his luck...

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Following the liaison to the back room, Fang Ze got straight to the point, "Have you brought the person?"

The liaison gave a nonchalant "Hmm."

Fang Ze said, "Then let me do the interrogation. Let's see what information we can extract."

Upon hearing Fang Ze's words, the liaison fell silent for a while and then said, "He's dead."

Fang Ze immediately feigned a shocked expression, "Dead?!"

"How did he die?"

The liaison glanced at Fang Ze and spoke hoarsely, "I don't know."

He fell silent again and then said, "He might have been silenced."

Fang Ze frowned deeply and started pacing around the room.

After a moment, he scolded with a disappointed look, "You're really something! I told you, this was the only lead!"

"And you managed to lose him after bringing him here!"

"How am I supposed to continue the investigation now?!"

"Do you have a problem with me! Are you deliberately trying to trip me up here?"

After hearing Fang Ze's words, the liaison stayed silent for a while, then went to the bedside, lifted the covers, and took out a palm-sized cloth bag from underneath.

He then picked up the bag and tossed it to Fang Ze, saying, "There are goods worth 300,000 Lini in here."

"It's your reward for providing information this time."

"Though Hua Jian is dead, his superior is still alive."

"It'll be troublesome, but you'll have to try to extract the origins and whereabouts of 'Qin 28' from their mouths now."

"Also, I've made a move, so according to the organization's rules, I'll be temporarily reassigned to lay low. Within a week, a new liaison will arrive in Emerald City."

"The new method and location for contact are written in code and also placed inside the bag. After you've read it, remember to burn it."

Hearing what the liaison said, Fang Ze took the bag and opened it with suspicion.

The bag was just an ordinary one, containing a tiny slip of paper and several pieces of precious metal, each the size of a pinky finger.

They made a "ling ling" clear tinkling sound when gently shaken.

Fang Ze reached in to grab one, but to his surprise, found his hand shrinking within the bag as well.

He picked up a piece of precious metal and pulled it out.

In his view, his hand and the metal piece gradually grew from small to large until, once fully removed, the metal piece became an ingot.

He weighed it in his hand; it felt heavy and seemed quite valuable.

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So he pocketed the bag and said coldly, "I understand."

"I will contact the liaison."

Having said that, he turned and left the place.

After he left, the liaison watched his back and then slowly said, "Do you think... it was his doing?"

As his question hung in the air, Director Pang's figure gradually appeared in the room.

He watched Fang Ze's retreating back and chuckled, "I'm not sure if it was his doing, but... he must be an informer."

"After all, his act was overdone."

"Killing a senior manager of the Security Bureau, what's that to a lawless character like him? Why be so shocked and angry?"

Without answering, the liaison asked, "But how did he do it? How did he deceive me?"

"He surely hasn't reached the Spirit Ascension stage."

"So, could it be... he's in cahoots with another Spirit Ascension master? One to lure us into action and the other to kill Hua Jian, framing us for the deed?"

Director Pang laughed, "Perhaps... his Awakening Ability isn't just in the Mind Category but is a long-range mental ability, one that can affect reality?"

The liaison fell silent for a while.

Then he said, "That would be terrifying!"

He paused, then added, "But it still doesn't add up. I've placed a Law Prohibition Order on Hua Jian. Normally, any Awakening Ability should be nullified around him."

"Fang Ze shouldn't be able to assassinate from a distance!"

Director Pang chuckled, "It's just an immature guess."

"And besides, don't overthink it..."

"Weren't we already prepared to take the fall, and then continue to get information from him?"

"Now that the objective is fulfilled, that's enough."

The liaison slowly nodded...

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The night passed without incident.

The next day, Fang Ze carefully packed the jade-like mermaid, which had dried in the bathroom, into a box, had it wrapped up, and then placed it into the small cloth bag given to him by the previous day's liaison.

After dressing himself properly, Fang Ze strolled leisurely to the Security Bureau.

Today, he had many important tasks to do.

He needed to try "borrowing" Wang Hao's Awakening Ability in the "Intermediate Credit World" for the first time, as well as deliver a gift to Bai Zhi, and resolve a misunderstanding with his theoretical class instructor.

Finally, there was the private lesson with Qing Ya in the evening.

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