A Joyful Moment of the Investigation Team

"Is it our new colleague?!" Lei Ting and Liu Wang had astonished expressions, and their incredulous gazes shifted back and forth between Jiang Yun and the Soul Devourer.

"Yeah." Jiang Yun nodded, and even Xu Zhi and Tang Xiuxiu did the same.

"It's just a cat?!" Liu Wang was very confused.

"It's an extraordinary cat. Moreover, it has reached the 'Transformation' realm and has awakened its spiritual intelligence. It's not less intelligent than you." Jiang Yun replied.

"Did the captain agree?" Lei Ting regained his calmness and asked a practical question.

"Of course." Jiang Yun nodded and added:

"Rather, it was the captain's idea to recruit the Soul Devourer. And this idea has been approved by the headquarters. The Soul Devourer has also expressed no objection. So it is already your new colleague now."

"Meow." The Soul Devourer let out a sound, seemingly expressing its approval of Jiang Yun's words.

"In that case, I have no objection either." Lei Ting stated.

Now he understood why this cat had been obediently following him since leaving the pet hospital. It turned out that it wanted him to lead the way.

As for when this cat had agreed to join, he could only assume that someone else had talked to it in advance.

Seeing that the matter was settled, Liu Wang knew that it was useless to object any further. So he frowned and slowly nodded.

Seeing that both of them had agreed, Jiang Yun clapped her hands and said:

"Since everyone has agreed, then let's discuss whose place it will stay at. Forget about me. It's too troublesome to clean up the cat's shedding fur."

Seeing that Jiang Yun had brought up a new issue and singled herself out, Liu Wang was speechless for a moment. He wanted to curse but didn't dare.

"Can't it just stay at the firm?" Lei Ting asked.

Jiang Yun shook her head and replied:

"No. The first floor is too small. On the second floor, there is a study, a toilet, and an archive room. There are no empty rooms left."

Does the cat also need an entire room? Just as Lei Ting was about to ask this question, he suddenly felt a sharp gaze directed at him, making him break out in goosebumps.

He turned his head and saw that the owner of that gaze was the Soul Devourer. So he had to swallow that question back.

"I can't either." Xu Zhi, who had run from the sofa to the stairs at some point, was the second to refuse.

"I'm allergic to cat fur." He rubbed his slightly red nose and explained.

"My home is too far away." Kong Chen was the third to refuse.

The reasons of the two of them were reasonable and were recognized by the others.

Then, there were only three people left on the spot.

"I... I..." Liu Wang also wanted to refuse, but he couldn't think of a legitimate reason for a while.

After all, he basically went home to sleep every day. During his college days, in order to create a gentle persona, he had also raised a cat. He had rich experience in cat-raising, and he had several empty rooms. Moreover, the cleaning aunt who came twice a week was responsible for the hygiene, and he wasn't allergic to cat fur...

After thinking left and right, he felt that he was the most suitable candidate. But he really didn't want to raise a cat, especially an extraordinary cat that he didn't like.

There was no way. In order to decline, he had to use his trump card. Taking a deep breath, Liu Wang said firmly:

"I can't! Because I'm a 'dog'!"

As soon as these words were spoken, the whole room fell silent.

"Awesome!" After a silence of more than ten seconds, Xu Zhi was the first to break the silence and gave the other party a thumbs-up.

"Hahaha—" Lei Ting followed suit and burst into laughter, even though he knew what "dog" meant in Liu Wang's words.

"Xiaowang, you don't have to deliberately belittle yourself just to avoid raising a cat." Jiang Yun still had a smile on her face, but there was an obvious look of speechlessness in her expression. Combined, it really resembled the sweating soybean emoji on the Internet.

Tang Xiuxiu had her legs together and raised, and she buried her face in them, as if holding back laughter or feeling embarrassed for Liu Wang.

Even the Soul Devourer tilted its head and looked at Liu Wang with a puzzled gaze.

Only Kong Chen didn't lift his head throughout. He continued to sit in his original position, staring straight at the screen of his laptop and tapping on the keyboard in silence.

After a while, everyone finally understood the true meaning of "dog" in Liu Wang's words through his explanation. And after a on-site test, he successfully obtained the "exemption from cat-raising qualification".

After Liu Wang withdrew, there were only Lei Ting and Tang Xiuxiu left as the target candidates.

Just as Lei Ting was thinking about what reason to find to refuse, Tang Xiuxiu raised her little hand and said:

"Let it stay at my place. I also raised a tricolor cat when I was a child, and there are still empty rooms at home."

Hearing this, Lei Ting felt a sense of relief and immediately expressed his willingness to give this rare opportunity to the other party.

Jiang Yun had no objection either. After all, being proactive was better than being passive.

Seeing that its new home had been decided, the Soul Devourer, which could understand most human words, stood up, took small steps to Tang Xiuxiu's side, rubbed against her arm, nestled down, and let out purring sounds.

"Damn, you're actually a 'human'!" This scene immediately elicited an exclamation from Liu Wang.

"Of course I'm human." Tang Xiuxiu said faintly and retorted:

"But you're not necessarily. After all, you said you were a dog yourself."

In an instant, the detective firm was filled with a joyful atmosphere again.

...

The fourth basement floor of the detective firm.

After a period of sorting, the five of them finally managed to sort out the confidential documents that were scattered all over the place.

Surprisingly, they had originally thought that "Q" would take away or destroy a lot of documents to confuse them and prevent them from knowing what the "Ace" organization really wanted to know.

However, "Q" didn't seem to bother doing that. Not only did it not cause any damage, but it only stole very few documents. They were the lists of branch personnel in several major cities in the eastern coastal provinces of China, as well as the files of all supernatural events that had occurred in Shanglu City in the past ten years and their investigation results.

And these parts accounted for less than two percent of all the confidential documents. The other documents that were theoretically more valuable to the "Ace" organization, such as "Clues to the identities of the 'Thirteen Supreme Seats' of the 'Ace' organization and overall speculations", "The latest summary of research achievements on supernatural abilities", "The sum of the abilities and realms of high-level supernatural beings across the country", and other confidential information, hadn't been taken. It was even possible that "Q" hadn't even touched them. How could this not be surprising?

However, the unique behavior of "Q" also made Lin Yuexiang recall something that happened eight years ago...

At that time, he was still young, hadn't become the minister of the Shanglu branch, and his realm was only "Transcending Mortality". Just a few days after he had narrowly surpassed the "Heavenly Path", he was working under the old branch minister.

Then that year, he encountered the most severe supernatural case in the history of Shanglu City, and there was no other case that could compare to it.