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Then, trembling all over, she pulled out her communicator and sent a shaky text message to Qiu Tu.

"Chief! We've found the evil god's clone!"

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Perhaps because she was too scared, Guan Xiao pressed the wrong button several times with trembling hands.

She pressed the button several times before she finally finished editing the message and sent it.

After doing all this, Guan Xiao felt as if she had finally accomplished a major life event. She slumped into her chair, panting heavily, her broad chest heaving violently.

If someone happened to be passing by her car window at that moment, they would notice that her face was covered in sweat and her back was soaked.

Clearly... she hadn't just been terrified for a short while, but for a very long time.

Nestled in her arms, Miao Xiaoxiao, in her black cat form, tilted her head and glanced at her before asking blankly, "Sister Xiao, is something wrong?"

Guan Xiao hummed in agreement, then said, "Wait a moment, let me catch my breath."

As she spoke, her hand trembled as she touched Miao Xiaoxiao.

Miao Xiaoxiao nodded obediently, then jumped into the passenger seat and sat quietly. Her orange-yellow cat eyes looked at Guan Xiao with concern.

After resting for more than ten minutes, Guan Xiao finally seemed to have recovered and slowly sat up from the chair.

She took out a handkerchief and wiped the sweat from her face, then touched her face, looked at the black cat in the passenger seat, and asked, "Meow, is my makeup ruined?"

"You're meeting the director soon, so you need to maintain a good image."

Miao Xiaoxiao tilted her head and looked at it carefully for a moment, then said, "No money was spent."

Guan Xiao breathed a sigh of relief, then started the car and headed towards the Investigation Bureau building, explaining to Miao Xiaoxiao as he went.

She said with a serious expression, "Actually... last night, when I got near Deputy Director Wu's house, I felt something was wrong."

She said, "You know about my cataclysmic abilities."

The black cat, sitting obediently in the passenger seat, nodded slightly. "A mother insect connected to you."

"Through that mother insect, you can control small creatures such as insects and birds, and communicate with them."

Guan Xiao nodded. Her abilities weren't actually that strong, in fact... they were rather weak. She had almost no combat skills.

However, it would be too powerful if placed within an intelligence system.

Many people, including catastrophe hunters, pay attention to humans or medium to large-sized creatures, but have little wariness of small insects and birds.

Guan Xiao used the mother insect to control insect birds, mainly insects, to infiltrate various departments of the city hall, the investigation department, and the military to gather intelligence.

This is why the intelligence department's work is so excellent, and why her personal intelligence capabilities are so strong. (Chapter 325)

The reason she was so well-informed about Qiu Tu's whereabouts, even knowing the moment he arrived at the office and following him, was because of this. (Chapter 335)

The reason she discovered Miao Xiaoxiao in the first place was actually because she accidentally learned from insects and birds that there was a strange black cat in the New Territories.

Later, out of curiosity, she went to look for her and that's how she met Miao Xiaoxiao...

Therefore, her and Miao Xiaoxiao's actions have always been a combination of one overt and one covert.

Miao Xiaoxiao is in the light, she is in the dark.

Miao Xiaoxiao transforms and goes to search for intelligence, while she controls mosquitoes and birds to obtain information.

The two have always worked together seamlessly.

But...things started to go wrong last night, after we got to the vicinity of Deputy Director Wu's villa...

Guan Xiao noticed that there were very few mosquitoes at Deputy Director Wu's house.

Even though winter has arrived, the numbers are alarmingly low—there aren't even any insects or birds that hibernate in the soil or cracks in walls...

Something's definitely not right.

So, Guan Xiao used the flying insects he controlled to search around for any surviving insects and birds, wanting to "ask" them about the reason.

The result... was only a few intermittent emotions: fear, running away, and not daring to approach.

This further fueled Guan Xiao's suspicions.

So, she used an infrared telescope to observe Deputy Director Wu's house from outside, trying to see what was inside and why the insects and birds were so afraid of him...

As a result, she found no intelligence or clues whatsoever. This only fueled her suspicions—after all, the absence of any problems was the biggest problem in itself!

Therefore, Guan Xiao was already somewhat convinced that there was something wrong with Deputy Director Wu's family.

Just as Guan Xiao felt that his disaster recovery capabilities had once again proven their worth and was preparing to call for reinforcements to further monitor Deputy Director Wu and his family!

Suddenly, she received a warning from the mother insect!

The mother insect told her that there was an eye, invisible to ordinary people, watching her from behind!

This immediately gave her a fright!

She knew she had hit the jackpot. She had actually encountered an evil god's clone!

But she also knew that this prize was too big! She and Miao Xiaoxiao had probably been discovered by the evil god's clone as soon as they arrived in this area!

If she dares to show even the slightest abnormality, the evil god could very well kill her and Miao Xiaoxiao!

So, her mind raced, trying to figure out how to break this deadlock.

Finally, she realized that she absolutely could not run away, could not retreat suddenly, and could not reveal even the slightest sign of discovering the evil god! She also couldn't let Miao Xiaoxiao notice anything amiss!

Therefore, she had no choice but to use all her acting skills and forcefully interact with Miao Xiaoxiao according to the intelligence gathering process.

Tell Miao Xiaoxiao that everything is normal and instruct her to continue monitoring Deputy Director Wu's family as planned!

Meanwhile, she, filled with fear and anxiety, stayed on the rooftop not far away, keeping watch with Miao Xiaoxiao for the entire night...

Only after Deputy Director Wu left home did she breathe a sigh of relief, pretending to believe him, and sent a message to Miao Xiaoxiao, telling her to retreat.

Guan Xiao was in constant torment until she left the vicinity of Deputy Director Wu's home!

That's why, after escaping for several kilometers, she sent Qiu Tu a text message, her voice trembling.

Not for any other reason than that she had been suffering all night, and the string in her heart was about to snap...

She felt that she wasn't driven crazy; it was all luck...

Thinking this way, Guan Xiao told Miao Xiaoxiao about her entire emotional journey last night.

Miao Xiaoxiao listened attentively, nodded blankly, and commented cutely, "That was really thrilling."

Her words were devoid of emotion. But Guan Xiao didn't seem to care.

As early as after discovering Miao Xiaoxiao, Guan Xiao realized that, perhaps due to her family environment and other changes, Miao Xiaoxiao seemed to have lost some emotions.

For example... she is unable to empathize with others, and she doesn't feel sadness, grief, or even shame...

It is precisely because of this quality that she can become Guan Xiao's trump card...

In addition, Miao Xiaoxiao's traits are somewhat similar to Guan Xiao's: Guan Xiao is emotional, passionate, and... has no sense of shame.

Therefore, the two have always had a good relationship.

And so, while thinking about their past together, Guan Xiao drove Miao Xiaoxiao to the Investigation Bureau's office building.

On the way, she received a call from Qiu Tu. He didn't say much on the phone, just told her to go back to the station and go directly to Qiu Tu.

So, after getting out of the car, she took Miao Xiaoxiao in her arms and rode the elevator straight to the deputy director's office on the 12th floor.

Upon arriving at the deputy director's office, a row of section chiefs and division chiefs were already lined up outside the office door.

Dressed in a business suit, Tan Huimin, with her shapely figure, was patiently handling the reception work.

Guan Xiao had only ever encountered such a scene before, at the door of Yan Chen's office.

Unexpectedly, I've run into Qiu Tu outside his office...

This indicates that the power and morale of the Investigation Bureau are gradually shifting towards Qiu Tu.

'I knew I didn't follow the wrong person...'

At the same time, Tan Huimin also saw Guan Xiao.

Her eyes lit up the moment she saw Guan Xiao.

She whispered a few words to the deputy director of the Special Operations Department next to her, then quickly walked over to Guan Xiao and said, "Director Guan, the Director is waiting for you."

Guan Xiao nodded slightly, and then walked into Qiu Tu's office under the watchful eyes of all the section chiefs and department heads.

Eyes followed the two into the office. The section chiefs and department heads exchanged familiar glances, all sensing a hint of ambiguity in each other's eyes...

Qiu Tu's fondness for beautiful women is no secret within the Detective Agency, or even the entire New Territories.

It is said that Qiu Tu's mistresses range from teenage girls to young women, from ordinary people to department heads, and so on.

There are even rumors that Yu Die, the head of the security department, has an ambiguous relationship with Qiu Tu.

Considering Qiu Tu's recent revelation of his strength as a third-tier Cataclysm user, many people privately suspect that Qiu Tu's path to cataclysm is related to women...

Furthermore, Qiu Tu brought a beautiful young woman to the investigation department today, so it's inevitable that everyone will have more to think about...

Meanwhile, while the section chiefs and department heads in the office were making wild guesses, Guan Xiao and Miao Xiaoxiao entered the office and met the beautiful girl.

The girl looked young, maybe sixteen or seventeen. She had big, bright, watery eyes, and when she spoke, she revealed two small tiger teeth, making her look fierce but not at all easy to mess with.

In addition, her inherent arrogance makes it clear at a glance that she comes from a shelter, not a planned area like the New Territories.

At that moment, the girl was standing next to Qiu Tu, watching him carefully correct the documents.

Guan Xiao's gaze lingered on the girl for a moment, but because he was unsure of the girl's relationship with Qiu Tu, he didn't flirt with her.

Instead, he gave Qiu Tu a proper salute, "Director!"

Upon hearing Guan Xiao's words, Qiu Tu, dressed in a director's uniform, looked up at her and then waved to Tan Huimin.

Tan Huimin nodded slightly, quickly walked out of the office, and then closed the door from the outside.

Once only the three people and the cat were in the office, Qiu Tu leaned back in his chair and slowly asked, "Minister Guan, you said you found the evil god's clone?"

"where is it?"

Upon hearing Qiu Tu's words, Guan Xiao began in a standard three-part reporting style, saying, "At the City Hall, at Deputy Director Wu's home."

After stating the results, she began to recount the process: "Yesterday, I led the Political Department's intelligence task force to investigate the situation of all officials in the City Hall, the Investigation Bureau, and the Military who had shown any unusual behavior during this period."

"Among them... Deputy Director Wu has been added to our list."

"He's been very irritable and prone to outbursts in the department lately. He'll start beating and scolding his subordinates at the slightest thing that doesn't go his way."

"Furthermore... according to our intelligence, he recently sent someone to purchase some disaster relief materials."

"These anomalies led us to put him on our first list of suspects."

"So... last night, Section Chief Miao and I went to Deputy Director Wu's house to conduct an investigation."

At this point, the black cat in Guan Xiao's arms kicked off her ample bosom and jumped to the ground.

Then the black cat's body slowly grew larger and expanded, eventually transforming into a petite loli with a cat's tail.

She saluted Qiu Tu and said, "Good morning, Director. Miao Xiaoxiao is reporting for duty."

Qiu Tu nodded slightly, then looked at Guan Xiao again.

Guan Xiao brushed a stray hair from her cheek, blinked her foxy eyes, and then reported the whole incident from last night to Qiu Tu in detail.

When Qiu Tu heard that neither instruments nor Miao Xiaoxiao's personal inspections had revealed anything unusual, yet the insects and birds dared not approach and there were even eyes spying on them, he couldn't help but frown.

He asked, "Are you sure this is the identity of an evil god? Is it possible that it possesses some kind of catastrophic ability or is a catastrophic creature?"

Guan Xiao hesitated for a moment, then thought carefully for a moment before slowly shaking her head.

She said, "Although my disaster recovery ability is relatively weak, it can be improved very quickly."

"Therefore, I became a second-tier Cataclysm last year."

"I can't detect those eyes at all, which proves that the owner of those eyes is at least a third-tier Cataclysm."

"Deputy Director Wu seems to be just an ordinary cataclysmic being; he shouldn't have this kind of power."

"And more importantly... although I can't see Him, and I can't feel Him."