Deity Investigation Report

Chapter 109 Investigator Authority

He hesitated, then typed in the message: "If the mission is complete, can I become an investigator?"

Ms. Ai replied: "I'm just a machine, responsible for issuing and reviewing tasks. The agreement between Butcher and others in the Anomaly Assessment Bureau is beyond my authority! By my standards, Mr. Butcher should have been promoted to Investigator long ago."

Han Su nodded slightly, then changed his question: "So, what changes will occur after I'm promoted to investigator?"

Ms. Ai paused slightly, then began typing a large amount of text: [After an executor is promoted to investigator, their initial evaluation as an executor will be reset to zero, returning to a D+ status. Improvement will then be achieved through performance in investigating and executing a series of tasks.]

[Basic information related to mysterious infiltration will be made available to Mr. Butcher. The mission locking function and the permission to request the deployment of executors will also be made available to Mr. Butcher. The three sequences of cipher texts and spells of mysterious power and the core training permission will be unlocked simultaneously.]

[Promotion to Investigator means an increase in data confidentiality, placing you under my personal supervision. Within my capabilities, I will protect Mr. Butcher!]

【…】

'Is this the Miss Ai who Song Chushi was talking about, the one who would protect me?'

Han Su's heart stirred slightly, and he quickly replied: [What exactly are the manifestations of this protection?]

Miss Ai didn't reply as quickly this time; after a while, the message finally appeared: "You'll find out then."

'? '

Is this something a machine should say?
Confused, Miss Ai continued sending messages: "Meanwhile, Mr. Butcher will receive a new Investigator's briefcase."

Han Su frowned: [What's the use of the briefcase?]

Ms. Ai sent him some informational material: "In the work of the Disaster Management Bureau, briefcases play a very important auxiliary role and can also be used to distinguish between different functional levels."

Junior officers typically use the most basic black briefcases, which offer only fundamental functions such as bulletproofing and infiltration protection. Execution team leaders, senior officers, and investigator assistants usually use gray briefcases with similar functions.

Investigators will be equipped with a special high-end silver briefcase, standard issue with the Disaster Management Agency, featuring multiple functions including bulletproof, fireproof, location-based, and fingerprint unlocking.

"Black, gray, silver..."

Han Su listened with interest and asked with a smile, "What about even higher levels?"

Ms. Ai said: "[Higher-level investigators also have specially customized briefcases, which they can choose their preferred color. Some senior investigators can even specify the color of their briefcases.]"

However, at the level of independent investigator and above, they tend to prefer using older boxes.

"An old box?"

Han Su was reminded of the time of Song and Chu.

What he always carried seemed to be an old suitcase, with many signs of wear and tear.

As he was thinking, Miss Ai spoke again: "Furthermore, investigators have the authority to search for suspicious events in Qinggang City and submit reports. Even events that have already been classified can be resubmitted and investigations reopened after new evidence is found!"

【…】

"Ok?"

If you only talk about other privileges and benefits, Han Su doesn't feel anything.

But upon seeing Miss Ai's last reply, he suddenly sat up straight: "Information on the suspicious incident, resubmit?"

Miss Ai, are you implying that even the kidnapping case that has already been settled can be reopened for investigation?
【certainly. 】

As he was pondering, Miss Ai sent him a message: "Investigating a certain dangerous incident involves immense risk and malice. Before proceeding, Mr. Butcher, please upgrade yourself to ensure you have the ability to withstand these risks!"

Here we go again, with another modal particle...

Whenever Miss Ai used an interjection, Han Su would have a very strange feeling, and quickly asked, "So, how do you think I should level up?"

Ms. Ai: [I'm just a machine, but I think before upgrading, one needs to have a good understanding of oneself. Some garbage code might run, but I don't think it can go very far!]

"Shit Mountain Code?"

Han Su narrowed his eyes at the form of address and curiously typed: 【What does this mean?】

Miss Ai replied: [The first stage of the mysterious power is activation, penetration, and transformation. The second stage involves understanding, stealing, and mastering authority. While the first stage can certainly achieve an improvement in one's level through various coded incantations, it is merely superficial.]

[Those who cannot understand the essence of mystical and spiritual powers will encounter significant setbacks when entering the second stage!]

【…】

After sending these messages, the screen flickered, and she actually left the chat on her own?

Most importantly, Han Su saw that the last few messages she sent were gradually fading and then disappearing.

'She actually retracted the message?'

Han Su's strange feeling deepened.

Miss Ai's words touched a chord in his heart, reminding him of the copper-colored blood flowing from the back of his left hand when he subdued the ghost truck, and of his ability to summon the ghost truck.

I was certain that the key to everything lay in that one sentence that slipped out.

The words that had followed him from the castle into reality caused copper-colored blood to seep from the back of his left hand.

This blood covered the core of the ghost truck, which allowed them to take control of it.

Why does that sentence have such a mysterious effect?
Han Su has only undergone about ten days of training with the mysterious power, so his foundation is not solid.

But I also began to try to connect the knowledge I had acquired with the changes in my own body, and analyzed the specific answers: 'The first stage of the mysterious power has three phases: activation, penetration, and transformation, which must be completed step by step.'

But what if someone doesn't follow these three stages of development?

"Just like my left hand, which had a scar before. Mental power can be concentrated on that scar, granting terrifying strength, but it cannot penetrate that area."

"In other words, it has actually always been in the active stage."

'Until this time when the incantation was recited, blood seeped from the cross-shaped scar on his left hand, turning a bronze color; this was the true sign of penetration.'

"Actually, by this point, the strength on the back of my left hand had reached the same level as the strength in my right eye."

'...'

Silently sorting through the information, he slowly let out a sigh of relief. The various changes brought about by his left hand were so obvious that they helped him understand the core of the mysterious power training.

Mystery is not mysterious at all; once you apply a theory to it, everything becomes traceable.

But because of this, he suddenly thought of his right eye.

'The power in my right eye also doesn't follow these three changes.'

"The recitation of the fishermen's chant activated, penetrated, and transformed the power in my right eye all at once."

'But if we follow this principle...'

'...'

A sudden thought struck him, and he slowly reached out and covered his left eye.

I see the world with only my right eye.

A small portion of spiritual power was activated and concentrated in the right eye. Instantly, the world seen by this one eye began to become somewhat blurry, and everything began to appear as double images. Then, the shadows separated layer by layer.

"Fuck!"

Han Su suddenly understood, and felt a pleasant surprise in his heart.

Just like my left hand, my right eye also has a first level of utilization besides infiltration, which I had previously overlooked.

And this power manifests itself in...

Han Su looked at the all-metal style rest room. At first, he felt that everything around him was a double image and not clear. Moreover, the more he concentrated his mental power, the stronger the double image became. But there were no other abnormalities until he suddenly saw a shadow.

The shadow seeped out from the ceiling, plunging the room into darkness.

Suddenly, a slight pain shot through my right eye, as if I had fallen into darkness and seen a blood-red pupil staring intently at me.

"..."

"Shh!"

Han Su felt a chill of fear run through his body, and the hairs on his body stood on end.

My gaze shifted slightly, and I saw that the water glass I habitually placed beside me was now rippling as if it had been shaken, like goosebumps rising on my skin.

'Is that monster spying on me?'

He immediately thought of Song Chushi's previous warning. He had always been very careful, but he had never been so surprised to find himself hitting it off with the other party.

The other person already knew he had seen him, and a fierce determination arose in their heart. They simply looked directly at him.

You keep looking at me, so it's only right that I look at you too, isn't it?
We're not outside the city now, we're at the Disaster Management Bureau's base. If you really dare to kill me, why didn't you do it sooner?

His direct gaze clearly enraged the eye. It seemed to have only wanted to take a sneaky look, but this time it was discovered, and an indescribable resentment surged forth, piling up towards Han Su's location through some connection outside of reality.

In that instant, Han Su felt as if his skin was being peeled away layer by layer. He knew this was not real, but rather the result of the other party's overwhelming mental power suppressing him, causing this painful sensation of his own disguise being torn apart.

But at that very moment, a crisp warning suddenly rang in Han Su's ears: "We're in the base now, you're really underestimating me, aren't you?"

As the voice rang out, Han Su heard a cold, hard feeling that only a mechanical sound could produce. The voice clearly sounded a bit like Miss Ai's, but it was full of human warmth.

The next moment, he seemed to see countless metallic tentacles, hazy and overwhelming, rising from the deepest part of the endless abyss, one after another, piercing into the eyeball, breaking open its eye, and penetrating into the deepest part of his eyeball.

At the same time, a cold voice said, "Since you're looking around recklessly, you might as well throw away this eye!"

"what……"

An indescribable scream of agony rang out, accompanied by a shocked and angry voice: "He hasn't gotten his investigator's license yet!"

More tentacles rose from the abyss, frantically burrowing into the eyeball, as if trying to rip out its brain. At the same time, a voice strikingly similar to Miss Ai's coldly said, "But he's already under my protection..."

Boom!

An endless shock spread out, and Han Su suddenly regained consciousness.

The screams still seemed to echo in his ears, filling him with shock and anger, but even more so, with a sense of pleasure.

Is this how Miss Ai protected me?
I initially thought it was an interweaving and confrontation of some mysterious forces, but it looks more like someone wielding a watermelon knife to chop someone up.

His heart was in turmoil. He waited for a long time, but there was no further movement. Miss Ai did not send any messages, and the water in his glass remained still. It was as if everything had fallen into tranquility.

That level of confrontation did not cause the slightest ripple in reality.

Only then did Han Su slowly lift the glass of water: 'My right eye, in its first manifestation, is actually seeing a mysterious power?'

In theory, Han Su did not actually "obtain" this power; he simply discovered it within himself.

But the encouragement he felt was unlike anything he had ever experienced before.

This was not only because the spying monster suffered a loss, but also because of the understanding of mysterious forces.

Previously, I could use it, but I didn't understand it. Is this what Miss Ai meant by "shit mountain code"?
But now, in addition to using it, there is a sense of understanding. Only now does the mysterious power within him finally belong to him, and is no longer just a remnant left on him by the monster from the castle...

wrong……

He immediately realized that what he now actually owned wasn't truly his; it was just something he "happened" to be able to use.

If you truly want to make this power your own, then you should be in the next stage:
steal?

"Finally, I can find my place in this mysterious world."

Han Su let out a soft sigh: "Without chanting the fishermen's song, I'm just an ordinary investigator with two advanced spells."

"If the incantation is recited..."

"...I'm just an ordinary investigator with some kind of cheat code!"

(End of this chapter)