Chapter 78

Chapter 78

Inside the Fiend Investigation Bureau.

Bang!

Swan slammed her palm down hard on the table.

“I sent you to investigate the situation, and what did you do? You got yourselves arrested and dragged to the police station for stealing underwear. No, seriously, I just don’t understand-when did you two pick up a kink like that?”

Frog and Xiaoshuai tried to explain, but Swan cut them off.

“I don’t want to hear your excuses. First, tell me what you’ve found over the past two days.”

Originally, they had thought Huicheng High School was just an ordinary private school for the rich. Aside from the tuition being a little expensive and the students being a little unruly, there did not seem to be any real problem.

In fact, many children of Huicheng’s high-ranking officials attended school there.

That impression lasted until John joined the Fiend Investigation Bureau and they finally sensed something was wrong.

Of course, John was not the one who discovered it. It was Miss Zhang, who was attached to him.

She was a Fiend who was extremely sensitive where John was concerned. Anyone who came near him was enough to make her fly into a rage.

And John was handsome and rich, so naturally, he was very popular.

On the very day the livestream incident had just ended, a woman came over and flirted with him.

Miss Zhang blew up on the spot.

“Shameless little vixen! Your child is already more than ten years old, and you still have the nerve to seduce someone else!”

The moment she said that, John’s brow furrowed.

“Sister Feng has always been single. Where would she get a child?”

When Miss Zhang heard that, she immediately grew nervous.

“You don’t actually have a thing for her, do you? So you like the slightly mature type? Boo-hoo-hoo…”

“Stop messing around. I’m asking about her child. Why did you say she has one?”

John’s expression was grave. In his memory, Sister Feng had always been single and had never had a child. So why would Miss Zhang say that?

“How could she not? Didn’t she show you a photo of her son just a few days ago?”

After Miss Zhang said that, she could not help feeling worried. Why had her darling’s memory gotten worse? Was it because work had been too stressful lately? Should she learn a few nourishing dishes to help him recover?

The instant John heard those words, his expression changed drastically.

He immediately reported the matter to Swan.

Swan recognized the severity of the situation at once.

She would not refuse to believe John just because he had no evidence.

Because the first rule in the Fiend Investigation Bureau’s code was: never ignore any piece of information you obtain.

Especially when it had happened inside the Fiend Investigation Bureau itself.

Swan immediately brought people with her, first putting Sister Feng under control before going to search her home.

The search instantly revealed something wrong.

In several photos, Sister Feng was the only person in the frame. Yet her hands were always positioned unnaturally, as if resting on something, or as if she were holding something in her arms.

Swan immediately asked John whether he still remembered what Sister Feng’s son looked like.

John had Miss Zhang describe him at once, then drew him out.

When he took the picture to Sister Feng and showed it to her, Sister Feng said with a blank expression, “I don’t know him.”

But the moment she finished speaking, a tear suddenly slipped from the corner of her eye.

“I… I’m certain I don’t know him. But for some reason, when I see him, I just… I just feel awful inside.”

Swan fell silent. The matter was already very clear. Sister Feng had indeed had a son, but for some unknown reason, she had suddenly forgotten him.

Then Swan began combing through the entire Fiend Investigation Bureau. Soon after, they discovered that within the whole bureau, there were actually more than a hundred people in situations similar to Sister Feng’s. They should have had children of their own, yet all of them had suddenly forgotten them.
That was simply Terror.

Swan immediately launched an investigation, but found nothing. These people were spread across every age group and had no common traits. There was no way to tell what sort of trigger their children had come into contact with before vanishing.

John was baffled too, but he had a solution. When in doubt, ask Brother Liu!

“Director, where is Brother Liu right now?”

“Liu Ye? You want to ask him for help?” Swan’s eyes lit up. Right-how had she forgotten about him?

“Hurry and look into it. Where is Liu Ye?”

Her subordinates rushed off to investigate.

“Director, the target Liu Ye appears to be applying to work as a teacher at Huicheng High School!” a staff member reported.

Of course, this was the System at work, and Liu Ye himself knew nothing about it. After all, even when the System issued a mission, it still needed to make some preparations.

But John and the others had no way of knowing that.

“He’s a university professor. Why would he suddenly go become a high school teacher?” Swan asked, puzzled.

The moment she said that, John’s eyes lit up.

“I get it! So that’s how it is!” John shot to his feet in excitement, then turned to Sister Feng and asked, “Sister Feng, if-I mean, if-you had a child, which school would you send them to?”

“Huicheng High School, of course. It’s the best school in our city. If I had a child, I’d definitely send them there!”

“It matches!”

John immediately went to ask the others. No matter the time period, even people from more than ten years ago would still choose Huicheng High School.

“We’ve found the connection! Those children disappeared at Huicheng High School!” John declared with absolute certainty.

“Brother Liu never does anything meaningless. Since he applied to enter Huicheng High School, there has to be a reason. Most likely, he discovered this problem and decided to infiltrate the place.”

Swan stood there completely stunned. She was shocked by John’s reaction, but even more shocked by Liu Ye’s unfathomable depth.

Before this, her understanding of Liu Ye’s intelligence had come entirely from John’s descriptions. Deep down, she had never truly understood just how formidable Liu Ye was.

But today, she finally realized that this man was simply Terror. How many days had it been since the livestream incident? Yet he had already discovered something wrong with Huicheng High School and taken action at the first possible moment. This man was terrifying.

“We can’t rely solely on an outsider. We need to take action too.” Swan took a deep breath, then spoke.

“Exactly. Bring Xu Fei here. That guy might know something.”

After Xiaoshuai was brought over, he heard John’s questions and immediately smiled.

“I do know a little about Huicheng High School, but why should I tell you?”

“You’d better understand the situation you’re in right now!” Swan slammed the table and snapped.

“Of course I understand. Worst case, you kill me.” Xiaoshuai sounded utterly unconcerned. He even had a nail clipper in hand and was trimming his nails.

The only reason he had been captured was because Liu Ye had been beside him at the time, and he hadn’t dared act rashly. That was why he had obediently let himself be taken away. But after entering the Fiend Investigation Bureau, getting out would be all too easy for him.

The only reason he was still honestly staying here now was to hide from disaster.