Chapter 46: Why Not?

Yang Ming sat in the car in silence for a long time, his expression dark and unsettled. After a moment, he suddenly turned the car around and floored the accelerator, speeding toward Qingbei Town.

Although he didn't fully believe Fang Xiu's words, in such matters, it was better to err on the side of caution, especially since Fang Xiu had accurately revealed the secret of his laxative.

In the restroom, Fang Xiu finished the hot water in his cup and waited for a long time before Shen Lingxue finally arrived.

This time, their report took significantly longer than the previous one. Clearly, Fang Xiu's ability to foresee the future had shocked them, causing them to say more during this report.

"Fang Xiu, I'm going to perform a mental pollution test on you," Shen Lingxue said with a complex expression.

Fang Xiu nodded, then picked up the spiritual lie detector on his own, skillfully attaching the device to his hand under Shen Lingxue's stunned gaze.

Shen Lingxue froze for two seconds before reacting: "The first question is…"

"I choose option one: fight the anomalies," Fang Xiu interrupted directly.

Shen Lingxue: "..."

Fang Xiu ignored Shen Lingxue's stunned expression and continued speaking on his own: "The second question: I will not join the supernatural side, even if the supernatural offers me great power and a position, and promises to protect my family, friends, and loved ones from harm. I will not join.

My family will not side with the supernatural, because I have no family.

If Zhao Hao joins the mysterious side and asks me to betray them, I will personally send him on his way.

Third question: After becoming a Spirit Tamer, the first thing I want to do is kill all the mysterious beings in the world..."

Fang Xiu didn't even wait for Shen Lingxue to ask before blurting out all the answers to the questions.

The spiritual lie detector didn't beep once throughout the entire process.

After finishing, Fang Xiu stood up and calmly said to Shen Lingxue, who was speechless, "The test is passed. Let's go see Wang Dehai."

He then walked out of the restroom, while Shen Lingxue remained seated, staring blankly for a long time.

For a moment, it was unclear who was testing whom...

...

Wang Dehai's office.

Upon seeing Wang Dehai, he did not introduce himself as he had before, but instead stared at Fang Xiu intently and said, "Mr. Fang, since you already know my name, I suppose there is no need for me to introduce myself. Please sit down."

Fang Xiu sat down, and Wang Dehai continued, "To be honest, Mr. Fang, even after hearing their reports, I still find it hard to believe that you can foresee the future. This ability is far beyond that of other spirit masters. Do you understand what I mean? Typically, a first-tier spirit master's abilities are limited to fire, strength, speed, and so on, but your abilities are clearly superior to theirs."

"You're saying I'm not on the same level as them, right?" " Fang Xiu suddenly interrupted, "The ability to predict the future shouldn't be present in a first-tier spirit master."

Wang Dehai nodded, "That's right. If you were a third-tier spirit master with the ability to accurately predict the future, I wouldn't be too surprised. But you're just a newly promoted spirit master. Logically speaking, even if you could predict the future, you'd probably only be able to predict the next second or a few seconds ahead.

But you foresaw the arrival of Xiao Shen and his group, foresaw the Investigation Bureau, and even foresaw the lottery numbers for tonight. That's simply beyond comprehension."

"Director Wang, have you ever considered that perhaps I'm simply not on the same level as them? This world always has people who are born with abilities that defy conventional logic."

"Indeed, some people are born geniuses, and there are no shortage of genius spirit masters. But Mr. Fang, if you saw a newborn baby who could sing, dance, and play basketball from the moment they were born, would you consider them a genius?"

Fang Xiu smiled faintly: "Why wouldn't they be?"

Wang Dehai: "....."

He took a deep breath. For some reason, hearing the phrase "Why wouldn't they be?" suddenly made him feel like hitting someone.

"Since Mr. Fang thinks so, I have nothing more to say. By the way, Xiao Shen, where is Mr. Fang's mental pollution test report?"

Shen Lingxue seemed a bit out of it, so much so that she didn't even hear Wang Dehai's words. She just sat there staring blankly.

Wang Dehai furrowed his brows slightly and called out again, "Xiao Shen!"

"Oh." Shen Lingxue snapped out of her daze and looked at Wang Dehai with a puzzled expression, asking, "What's wrong, Director Wang?"

"The report! Mr. Fang's mental pollution test report!"

Shen Lingxue instinctively reached for the report, but froze instantly—she hadn't written the report.

She hadn't even asked the questions yet, and Fang Xiu had already answered them. She was so shocked at the time that she forgot to take notes.

"I... I didn't write the report."

"You didn't write it?!" Wang Dehai felt his blood pressure rising. "Xiao Shen, you're an experienced investigator. Have you become so negligent?"

"No, Director Wang, I didn't forget to write the report. I just didn't ask the mental pollution test questions."

"What!?" Wang Dehai's voice suddenly rose. He felt Shen Lingxue was deliberately defying him—not only had she not written the report, but she hadn't even asked the questions?

Shen Lingxue quickly realized her words were ambiguous and hurried to explain: "That's not what I meant. I originally planned to ask the mental pollution test questions, but Fang Xiu had already anticipated all the questions. He didn't even wait for me to ask; he just blurted out all the answers, and they were perfect. The spiritual lie detector didn't even beep."

Wang Dehai stared at Fang Xiu in shock, speechless for a long time.

After a moment, he asked, "Mr. Fang, even if you can truly foresee the future, doesn't that come at a cost? Can you just foresee anything you want?"

Fang Xiu shook his head. "The cost of foreseeing the future isn't high, but there's a significant price to pay."

"Price?" Wang Dehai asked curiously.

"Spiritual loss of control."

At those four words, Wang Dehai and Shen Lingxue both paled slightly.

Because spiritual loss of control is something every spirit master must face, and in fact, the Investigation Bureau had once suffered extremely severe losses due to spiritual loss of control.

"Mr. Fang, are you saying that every time you predict the future, it increases the risk of spiritual loss of control?" Wang Dehai asked solemnly.