Chapter 131 118: I've Been Caught

"I'm not the president, I'm the proxy president," said Jian Liu.The young man's deep eyes were as calm as an ancient well.

He was speaking to Ning beside him, but his gaze remained fixed on a direction not far away.

Members of the Eye Association gathered at the entrance of the security booth, all showing signs of confusion. A blue-haired girl stood in front of them all, her expression resolute and determined.

"Miss, we are members of the Eye Association. Do you see our uniforms? Obstructing the association's official duties is a violation of regulations."

A member of the Eye Association patiently explained.

Tang Xin was the center of attention, with everyone's eyes on her. She couldn't care less about losing composure, recalling the earlier look of the blonde girl, her mind racing.

"Where... where is your investigation order?"

She had never done anything out of line since she was a child, let alone imagined one day she would stand in opposition to a group of security members.

Her face was burning, and due to her nervousness, her voice trembled a little.

"Even as members of the Eye Association, in Star of Art, you must abide by Article 61 of the Starry Melody Security Law, forcing entry without an investigation order into someone else's residence is a violation!"

"I have the right to refuse you entry for investigation. If you insist on breaking in, I, I will resist!"

"Ah, this."

The association members were quite helpless. They rushed here as soon as the incident occurred and naturally didn't have the leisure to consider these things. Although they never carried investigation orders on ordinary days either.

"Why still bother talking to her?"

A member of the association furrowed his eyebrows, stepping forward intending to forcibly pull the girl away, but unexpectedly, a barrier of water formed around the blue-haired girl. The soft and agile Water Element quickly gathered in the air, light and mysterious, bursting forth with powerful might, like a vortex, directly blasting that member of the association away, crashing him against a wall, leaving him dazed and dizzy.

"I-I'm sorry! I didn't mean to!" Tang Xin's voice grew smaller. "I didn't mean to..."

The fellow beside the association member was dumbfounded; before he could speak, another whirl of vortex water blasted him away too.

"Wait, girl, calm down!"

Seeing the water ripples undulating towards them from Tang Xin's hands, the remaining association members hurriedly gestured for her to stop.

The scene was ludicrous yet somewhat comedic; watching this, Ning couldn't help but chuckle.

"This is quite interesting."

Jian Liu rubbed his chin: "Don't you think, this scene is very much like a mother duck protecting her ducklings? Doing her best to spread her bountiful wings, making herself look imposing, to scare others away."

"But she seems quite young." Ning was taken aback.

Jian Liu sighed helplessly: "It's just a metaphor, not that she's actually a mom."

"I see." Ning's mouth formed an 'O', "Then could the child she's protecting actually be that mythical creature? This entire building hasn't been searched, apart from this room."

"And judging by the instrument's data, that mythical creature is right around here," Ning said.

He raised a metal ring-like detection device in his hand, the pollution index on its electronic screen far exceeding normal values several times over.

"Protecting a mythical creature, from what I remember, only those whose minds are severely twisted and polluted, whose appearances have mutated beyond recognition, would do such things. Because their minds have already collapsed, they can't think straight. Who knows what their world looks like through their eyes; maybe they really see the mythical creature as their child?"

"Aren't the people here referred to as the Exhausted when they become completely out of control?"

"She doesn't look like an Exhausted person, at least not in appearance," Ning said.

Jian Liu's gaze was calm: "Just watch."

"This farce ends here."

Just as a stalemate was forming, a spirited voice shouted from the corridor, accompanied by a heavy, intimidating aura.

Tang Xin turned her head, and a black-haired, white-clothed investigator walked over. Upon seeing the Three-Winged Badge on their shoulder, her heartbeat skipped a beat.

Was the person a Three-winged Investigator?

What should she do next?

Openly confronting a Three-winged Investigator would land her in jail, wouldn't it?

Should she hand You over? No, no, definitely not!

If she went all out, could she at least withstand two moves from the opponent? Tang Xin hadn't realized that her thoughts were veering into dangerous territory.

Is she going to live the life of a fugitive soon?

Lost in her thoughts, Bai Nian'an had already reached her, speaking in a cold tone.

"Move aside now, and I can pretend nothing happened."

What to do, what to do, Little Blue Bird, think of a solution quickly!

Just then, a familiar yet weak voice came from behind.

"It's okay, Tang Xin."

"You?"

She turned around, slightly stunned upon seeing Xu Xiaoyou's current appearance. The blond girl, apart from looking slightly pale and her voice a bit weak, seemed no different from normal, as if the earlier out-of-control state was just her imagination.

"It's okay," Xu Xiaoyou said.

Tang Xin stood there, stunned, while the association members and Bai Nian'an entered the house one after another.

Seeing Bai Nian'an for the first time, Xu Xiaoyou admitted she had the impulse to turn and run.

But after observing the person carefully, she confirmed that the person was not the black-haired girl from her memory.

Although their appearances were strikingly similar, whether in figure or facial features, Bai Youyou's eyes were like clear, bright red gemstones, while this investigator resembled more of a subdued red agate, with a slight difference in temperament too.

"Hmm?"

Upon seeing Xu Xiaoyou's appearance, Bai Nian'an became puzzled.

The person still carried the residual aura of a mythical creature, but that sensation wasn't strong, and they seemed to maintain rationality. She had never heard of a mythical creature being capable of rational thought.

A mythical creature, no matter how similar in appearance to a normal person, whether born from people's mental fantasies or from a meme-polluted ordinary person, ultimately is a being dominated by primitive desires and twisted traits.

Everyone's gaze was now fixated on Xu Xiaoyou, who had stepped out.

They must know that they had just detected the spiritual fluctuations of a disaster-level mythical creature.

This seemingly ordinary blond girl was an unstable bomb. If she were to act up, most of the people in this building or even the whole street would perish.

Quite a few association members even summoned their Mimicry weapons directly—mace, gun, sword, bow, knife, etc.—all ready and waiting, the gunpowder in the air so heavy it seemed tangible, as if any misfire would ignite the oppressive atmosphere!

In the face of everyone's watchful eyes, Xu Xiaoyou did something unexpected; she raised her hands expressionlessly:

"Yes, I just encountered an attack."