Truth

Are there actually a great many people with special abilities in this world?

On the way home, Su Mian had been pondering this question.

She had lived in this world for nearly twenty years, and because she had never encountered any special existence other than herself, she used to wonder if she truly was the only one.

However, recently, since meeting that Officer Jiang, all sorts of strange things had suddenly begun to pop up in clusters!

Was this due to pure luck, or were there other factors at play?

Su Mian could not figure it out.

Then she could not help but think of that person from just now.

‘I wonder if I was discovered just now…’

She did not feel any issues when they brushed past each other, but afterward, Su Mian clearly sensed that the girl with the ball-bun hair, who was suspected of having special powers, suddenly stopped and watched her for a while!

Although she ultimately said nothing, it was unclear whether she failed to notice anything or if she had noticed but pretended not to.

Furthermore, regarding that girl just now, Su Mian did not know if she was an official ability user like Officer Jiang or a wild ability user like herself.

Oh, wait… she was technically a demon, but that girl certainly was not, so thinking carefully, they were still different.

Then how many demons like herself were there in this world?

Also, that girl and her companion looked like students, and judging by the direction they were headed, there was a high probability they were students of Yujing University.

So she was actually a senior?

Su Mian blinked, feeling a bit strange, because after being at the same school for over a year, she had never managed to notice!

This feeling was very much like an alien enthusiast who had been searching for aliens for decades, only to suddenly discover one day that their neighbor was an alien.

It was quite marvelous.

Moreover, if there were such special existences within the school, she would have to be even more careful when using the Stone of the Lost in the future, otherwise she might be exposed one day.

“Sigh.”

Su Mian felt somewhat mentally exhausted; with all the troubles and accidents recently, she did not know when it would end.

She was also very confused about her future.

The awakening of the demon power was becoming faster and faster, and although her other self had not said it, she knew very well that the day was definitely not far off.

What would happen then? What if she really could not change back? Was she really going to live in a woman’s body for the rest of her life?

Although she had relevant experiences a few times before and had been transforming very frequently lately, to be honest, Su Mian was still very unadjusted.

For example, when dressing, when using the restroom, when bathing, and so on.

Don’t look at how she acted like nothing was wrong, that was only because she could still change back, so to her, it was just an experience.

But if this form became fixed permanently, it would not be a fun thing at all.

It was like wearing an Ultraman suit to look cool; if you knew you could take it off, it naturally did not matter, but if you put it on and suddenly found it had become a permanent skin…

Of course, some people would say how great it is to become Ultraman, but the problem is you can only be Ultraman, you cannot change back to a human, and you still have to live in the human world.

And Su Mian’s biggest worry lay in the fact that she had no idea how to explain it to others. Could she tell her sister and her friends that she actually was not human, but a demon? Or would she really have to rely on the power of the Stone of the Lost to bluff her way through for a lifetime?

Just thinking about it made her feel very frustrated.

‘Perhaps I could hand myself over to the state? See if I can let others help research it?’

She returned home amidst her wild thoughts and, having nothing to do, threw herself directly onto the bed. She buried her head under the pillow like an ostrich, as if as long as she could not see it, none of it would happen, and all her troubles would stay away from her.

On the other side.

After sending the Kinship Seeker back to the university, Jiang Xun and the other person immediately returned. They found An Ye at the police station, who had gotten off the car early to return and search the archives, and soon received some unexpected news.

“During the period when Yu Fu recovered from cancer, there were indeed a large number of missing persons.”

In a secret room, the youth wearing glasses placed several documents in front of Jiang Xun. As the latter lowered his head to flip them open, An Ye explained: “But the relevant records have nothing to do with Yuansheng or him; instead, they clearly point toward the Truth Society!”

“The Truth Society?”

“Yes, this is top-secret information. I only managed to pull some of it out by using your authority, Captain.”

An Ye nodded.

“About thirteen years ago, the illegal organization Truth Society had an ultra-large-scale operation in Yujing. They were attempting to use some kind of sacrificial ritual to summon a high-level demon!”

“The Truth Society…”

Jiang Xun frowned slightly. He actually had some understanding of this organization; they were a bunch of true lunatics!

The specific founding time of the Truth Society and who the original creator was were completely unknown, but it was certain that this organization had existed for a considerable amount of time; they were just very low-profile in the past.

What truly made them famous was the Blue Ship Incident sixty years ago. They held a ritual on the then-largest blue giant ship, the Azure, sacrificing over three thousand one hundred people on board to summon a Lord Demon from the abyss!

That ship was occupied and corrupted by the Lord Demon, and since then, it had been shuttling between the ocean and the abyss. The Bureau had detected its route multiple times and tried to destroy it, but the results were always unsatisfactory.

Later, because the ship no longer approached areas of human activity after being heavily damaged several times and only occasionally appeared in deep-sea regions, the Bureau had to give up continuing to target it.

But because of this, the Truth Society, which had created all of this, became the Bureau’s primary target for crackdown at the time.

However, the result was also not very good.

Because the Truth Society did not become arrogant after doing something big; instead, under the leadership of their leader at the time—a man known as Mr. Truth—they broke into pieces and went into hiding.

Although the Bureau conducted the maximum degree of investigation and search for them, they still failed to hurt their foundation.

In the following decades, although the frequency of the Truth Society jumping out to cause trouble was not high, almost every time it was a major event. Even a certain incident that caused the destruction of a city over thirty years ago was found to have their involvement behind it.

Therefore, in the Bureau’s risk rating, the Truth Society had always been at the highest danger level, a target that needed to be completely annihilated.

However, this organization had supposedly been eradicated over ten years ago.

Jiang Xun only knew that the Bureau had paid a considerable price at that time, but because this matter was a top secret within the Bureau, he had not understood much before.

It was only at this moment he learned that thirteen years ago, they actually wanted to summon a high-level demon in Yujing!

Were they preparing to replicate the Blue Ship Incident of back then?

But none of that mattered. The key was that if all the people who went missing back then were only related to the Truth Society, then many of the previous speculations regarding Yu Fu were unreliable.

They had previously suspected that Yu Fu was able to cure his illness back then by sacrificing living people in exchange for a demon’s help, and now stealing that necklace and kidnapping living people was preparing to repeat the same thing again.

If a lot of people truly went missing mysteriously during that period back then, then this possibility would undoubtedly increase significantly.

As a result, it was now pointed out that many people did indeed go missing back then, but they all pointed to the Truth Society and had nothing to do with Yu Fu.

The past lost its direction, and everything now was merely speculation.

Putting aside that necklace which was still missing for now, it could not even be confirmed if it truly was related to Yuansheng. And as the mastermind behind the disappearance cases, although the Eye Hunter had clearly said he was commissioned by someone, his running into the Yuansheng Building and eventually dying inside looked very suspicious, making one unable to help but suspect that Yuansheng was that mastermind.

But this was still just speculation!

The Eye Hunter was already dead; dead men tell no tales.

And even the Bureau could not simply take action based on speculation, let alone against a colossus like the Yuansheng Group. To move against them, there had to be a proper reason.

“Tsk, truly a hassle.”

Jiang Xun put down the documents and rubbed his temples. When it involved such large enterprises and families, investigating was always so irritating.

However, Old He, who had been silent beside him, was thoughtful and suddenly spoke: “Captain, do you think this Yu Fu might have collaborated with the Truth Society back then? That way everything would be explainable.”

“Impossible.”

The young man shook his head without even thinking. “Given the Bureau’s attitude toward the Truth Society, if Yu Fu truly had some connection with them back then, it would be impossible not to find out. Even the Yuansheng Group and the family behind it could not protect him.”

“Then could it be because his luck was too good? Those people he kidnapped back then were accidentally credited to the Truth Society by the Bureau?”

“…”

Jiang Xun did not immediately deny it, because strictly speaking, it was possible. But in the end, he still shook his head and said: “If you really want to put it that way, there are too many possibilities. And the key is evidence; speculation alone is meaningless.”

“True…”

Hearing this, Old He was also a bit dejected. Even if they guessed everything correctly, they had no way to deal with that Yu Fu because speculation was just speculation, especially since this was all something from over ten years ago.

The room was silent for a while. Finally, Old He could not help but scratch his bald head and spoke again: “Then what should we do next? Continue investigating Yu Fu?”

“Wait.”

“Uh, wait for what?”

Old He’s face was full of confusion, while Jiang Xun resumed a calm posture after putting down the documents, leaning back in his chair and saying indifferently: “I mean do not be anxious, because we are not the ones who should be anxious.”

“Then who should be anxious? Yuansheng?”

Old He was definitely a qualified hype-man.

Jiang Xun smiled: “If this matter truly has nothing to do with Yuansheng, then they naturally do not need to be anxious. But if our speculation comes true, then knowing they are already suspected or even being investigated by us, can the Yuansheng side truly resist doing nothing?”

The man sat up straight.

“And no matter what they do, as long as they move, they will always reveal a flaw.”

Looking at Jiang Xun’s composed appearance, Old He first nodded, then suddenly looked at An Ye beside him and said: “See, no wonder the Captain is the Captain; this brain is just more flexible than ours.”

Then he saw the youth wearing glasses roll his eyes for once.

In short, although the development of the matter was somewhat unexpected, their target next would definitely be placed on the Yuansheng side. Although there was no evidence, they were only investigating, so suspicion alone was sufficient.

And as it turned out, what Jiang Xun said was indeed correct.

In fact, the news came much faster than they had anticipated.