Zhu Ge Ni and Liu Yanwei quickly drove to the farmhouse where Ye Lin had been before. The place had been completely burned down by the infernal fire, and the ground was a dark brown color.
"Here... it's definitely the smell of infernal fire..." Zhu Ge Ni's expression was full of doubt and surprise.
Zhu Ge Ni was extremely sensitive to fire elements. The smell of this power was exactly the same as that of Lingye in the novice secret realm. The person who burned this place down must be Lingye without a doubt, but why did he do this?
There were rules in the city. Even if a transmigrator was in the city, they couldn't kill people at will. Otherwise, they would be arrested, and if the crime was serious enough, they would be killed on the spot.
The Investigation Bureau was the organization responsible for maintaining the rules in the city. The scene had already been sealed off by the Investigation Bureau. Soon after the two arrived, a middle-aged investigator came forward to greet them.
"Miss Zhu Ge, Miss Liu, hello. I'm sorry to call you here so late. My name is Huang. You can call me Investigator Huang."
After introducing himself, Investigator Huang skillfully took out a pen and paper.
"I'll get straight to the point. Miss Zhu Ge, you said that you saw a person named Lingye in the novice secret realm who could use infernal fire and killed an eighth-level monster with one strike, right?"
"Yes," Zhu Ge Ni answered truthfully.
"Then can you find him?" Investigator Huang continued to ask.
"I'm also looking for him, but he's like he vanished into thin air. I can't find him at all," Zhu Ge Ni said.
"Okay, then let's change the question. Do you know Ye Lin?" Investigator Huang calmly looked into Zhu Ge Ni's eyes, his gaze filled with a determined force as if he could pierce through her psychological defenses.
"I know him. A coward who's afraid of death," Zhu Ge Ni's face flashed with an undisguised look of disgust.
"So far, according to our Investigation Bureau's investigation results, the possibility that this Ye Lin is Lingye is very high," Investigator Huang said. He then continued to stare at Zhu Ge Ni, hoping to find a breakthrough from her.
After all, Ye Lin was also a college entrance examination candidate. At this moment, he was in the Ji Group. If they arrested someone without sufficient evidence, the consequences would be too severe for them to bear.
"Ye Lin and Lingye are the same person? Investigator Huang, don't joke with me," Zhu Ge Ni's face showed a cold smile. "That guy ran away right in front of me. He couldn't possibly be Lingye, and he doesn't know anything about infernal fire."
"Hmm? Are you so sure?" Investigator Huang frowned. This clearly didn't match their investigation results.
"Of course! I'm the only one who has seen Lingye with my own eyes. He can't possibly be Ye Lin, that coward!" Zhu Ge Ni said with unwavering determination.
Investigator Huang was silent for a moment, then picked up the pen and drew an X on Ye Lin's name.
He was also a transmigrator, a life-supporting [Lie Detector].
With his experience, interrogating Zhu Ge Ni was a piece of cake for him. He could be sure that everything Zhu Ge Ni had said so far was the truth.
If Ye Lin wasn't Lingye, then continuing to investigate this lead would be a waste of time. There was no need for it.
Investigator Huang rubbed his temples in frustration. If Lingye wasn't Ye Lin, then the lead was completely cut off. This fire had burned too cleanly.
And it had burned on Ken Sen's territory. All the dead were Ken Sen's people. Ken Sen wouldn't cooperate with their Investigation Bureau at all. They couldn't even determine who the deceased were.
It seemed that this case could only become an unsolved mystery. Transmigrators' abilities were all over the place. Every year, there were several unsolved mysteries that couldn't be cracked. Investigator Huang was already used to it.
"Miss Zhu Ge, thank you for your cooperation. Do you have any other leads to provide?" Investigator Huang politely asked.
"No," Zhu Ge Ni shook her head. Inspector Huang felt a jolt in his heart because from this sentence, he detected an emotional fluctuation in Zhuge Ni. Zhuge Ni... was lying! She obviously knew some information about that Ling Ye but hadn't told him. "Alright, thank you. You can leave now." Inspector Huang clicked a lighter and lit a cigarette.
Although he knew that Zhuge Ni was deceiving him, he could do nothing about it. After all, she was the daughter of Mr. Zhuge. Sometimes in this world, the truth wasn't always necessary.
Even if their investigation bureau really caught that Ling Ye, when Zhuge Ni brought out Zhuge Qianxing to insist on protecting Ling Ye, they would most likely have to compromise in the end.
"Vivi, let's go. I might be able to find Ling Ye soon!" Zhuge Ni's rosy little face was full of excitement.
"Huh? Then why didn't you tell Investigator Huang just now? Ling Ye killed dozens of people!" Liu Yanwei covered her mouth in surprise.
"He must have his reasons! I have to find him first and ask him clearly! Don't worry, if Ling Ye is really a cold-blooded killer, I won't protect him!" Zhuge Ni said firmly.
"Nini... You're just being a love-struck girl. You're already thinking about him before you two are even together." Liu Yanwei's mouth twitched.
"Don't say that! How could I be a love-struck girl!" Zhuge Ni chased along a road. If Ye Lin were here, he would surely notice that the road Zhuge Ni was taking was the same one he had taken when he fled after killing the heartless boss and Manager Wang.
"Nini, how are you going to find him?" Liu Yanwei, who was following behind, couldn't help but ask.
"I'm extremely sensitive to the smell of fire elements. Although it's been a day or two, I can still sense the faint trace left by the hellfire!" Zhuge Ni's eyes were full of excitement. In the entire Qingcheng, only she, an SSS-level fire mage, could sense it.
Fortunately, it hadn't rained in the past two days; otherwise, Zhuge Ni would have been helpless. She felt very lucky and believed it was a predestined fate.
Zhuge Ni followed the trace of the hellfire left by Ye Lin and directly chased into the slums.
In the slums where sewage flowed and garbage was everywhere, Zhuge Ni and Liu Yanwei, the two girls in elegant long dresses, seemed out of place.
Their brows couldn't help but furrow. They had never seen such a dirty and chaotic place in their lives.
During the chase, there were even some greedy and lustful men who wanted to attack them, but after Zhuge Ni threw a fireball at them, no one dared to make a move against her and Liu Yanwei anymore. Transcenders weren't something ordinary people could mess with.
They walked and stopped, and soon Zhuge Ni stopped in front of Ye Lin's house.
"The smell of the hellfire disappeared in this house. It seems this is Ling Ye's home."
Zhuge Ni looked excitedly at the door in front of her. The Ling Ye she had been thinking about day and night was behind this door!
She wanted to knock on the door, but she couldn't help but pause, straightening her clothes and hair, and then looked at Liu Yanwei and asked.
"Vivi, is my makeup still okay?"
"It's fine. You look great." Liu Yanwei said impatiently.
"That's good, that's good!"
Zhuge Ni took several deep breaths, then gathered her courage and walked up to knock on Ye Lin's door, her heart pounding like a frightened deer.