Deity Investigation Report

Chapter 61 The Spell of "Emptiness"
"Is Miss Raven so easily moved?"

Noticing Miss Crow's reaction, Han Su became even more curious.

When he saw Zhang Chiguo's stern expression, he knew the matter was under control. If the consequences were truly severe, Old Zhang wouldn't be in the mood to scold him now; he would be taking responsibility for the problem himself, and there wouldn't be any repercussions.

Besides, even if there are consequences, they should be borne by oneself. Why should Miss Crow react like this?

"Shut up, I haven't even said anything to you yet!"

Upon hearing Han Su's words, Zhang Chiguo immediately turned and glared at him, causing Han Su to lower his head and appear to have learned a great lesson.

But after this outburst, Zhang Chiguo stopped talking. He glanced at Miss Crow, frowned, but softened his tone a little, and said, "Keep my words in mind. Now go back and reflect on your actions."

“I’ll tell your teacher about the punishment. You don’t need to write a self-criticism. You’re in a terrible mental state right now. Get some rest and recover. I don’t want to get a scolding from her.”

"..."

Miss Crow raised her head somewhat blankly, seemingly not expecting that such a stern reprimand would be followed by a request for her to rest.

Is he really going to have to suffer this punishment?
Before leaving, she glanced back at Han Su, who simply smiled gratefully at her.

Miss Crow did me a huge favor; this difficult time is finally over.

Zhang Chiguo waved his hand, signaling everyone else to leave, and then said to Han Su, "As for you, stay at the Disaster Management Bureau for observation today. Also, I have some things I'd like to discuss with you."

Han Su nodded and stayed there.

Seeing this, Secretary Cui Qiao packed up the things she had just used for testing and left the training room with the other security personnel, leaving the large training room empty.

"Judging from your performance in the previous cipher spell test, your mental infiltration should not have been so easy to achieve."

Seeing the training room door close, Zhang Chiguo's relaxed expression suddenly changed slightly as he looked at Han Su: "Xiao Han, is there something you're hiding from me?"

Han Su was slightly taken aback, not knowing what he meant by asking that question, but it reminded him of a question that had been on his mind for a while.

Should I tell Zhang Chiguo about my being kidnapped and sent back to the past?
The spell Song Chu cast on himself, and the various inexplicable and mysterious powers that were activated because of the monsters in the castle...

But in that brief moment of distraction, Zhang Chiguo's pupils contracted slightly, and he nodded, saying, "I understand."

Han Su looked up: 'What do you understand?'

Some things don't need an answer.

Zhang Chiguo waved his hand, naturally changing the subject, and said, "This matter is extremely risky. Even for someone with her natural talent, trying to help an ordinary person achieve mental infiltration is a very risky thing, you know?"

"I was quite prescient in giving you an A grade when you were tested for your talent in cipher spells."

"Otherwise, just because you so easily achieved mental infiltration, it might attract some unnecessary investigations."

Do you understand?

"..."

Han Su nodded slowly, looked at Zhang Chiguo, and said slowly, "So, Uncle Zhang, after completing the mental infiltration, what should I do next?"

"What you can do now is to calm down, rest well, and try not to think about this feeling for the time being, so as to avoid losing control of your mental energy."

Zhang Chiguo said with a cold expression, "When the person I invited comes back to help you with the training of mysterious powers, you can then explore the mental penetration aspect. At least, there will be a guarantee of safety."

"I will have someone bring you a glove. You should wear this glove on your right hand until you begin your formal mental strength training."

As he spoke, he seemed to have thought of something, and shook his head with a slight sigh: "It's too sudden. It's probably hard to keep the fact that you have a notch in your right hand from others."

Han Su felt a slight curiosity arise: "A gap?"

"The gap that allows spiritual power to seep into reality is also the secret that every possessor of mysterious power needs to keep the most."

Zhang Chiguo said, "In the confrontation of mysterious forces, the key to whether you can seize the initiative is whether you can identify the opponent's weakness in the first instance when you encounter them unexpectedly."

"Therefore, many training exercises involving mental infiltration are conducted in secrecy. For some special individuals, their information doesn't even need to be entered into the database. But your words are no longer important; they have already been seen by too many people."

"Of course, this is just what needs to be considered at the beginning. Once you become a mature investigator, you will naturally be able to open up other gaps. But then again, isn't it precisely in the early stages that the most dangerous situations require the most secrecy?"

"..." Han Su suddenly thought of something from his words, but he didn't speak immediately, lost in thought.

Zhang Chiguo also realized that there was no point in saying too much to Han Su now, and gently shook his head: "After the training is over, we can transfer you out of the hands of the strange bird investigators."

Han Su was slightly taken aback: "How long will it take?"

"I still do not know yet."

Zhang Chiguo said, "The teacher I found for you is currently busy with a very important matter. I originally planned that she might be back within a week."

"In fact, although the strange bird investigator submitted an application, I planned to approve it only when she returned."

"But now, I have no choice but to approve it ahead of schedule."

"Otherwise, according to the bureau's regulations, just the fact that she helped you complete the task of mental infiltration would be enough to lower that girl's evaluation significantly."

"..."

A week is neither long nor short, but it seems enough for many things to change.

The time it takes for my next teleport to arrive is just as I predicted, which is enough time for me to learn the spell and go back.

From spiritual penetration to the transformation of power, it seems as if three steps have been taken.

But why do I feel that these three steps have already been completed naturally?
A little unsure of what was going on, she subconsciously asked, "So, what exactly is she busy with right now?"

Zhang Chiguo was slightly taken aback and said, "I'm doing something that's also somewhat related to you. Do you remember what happened during the Song-Chu period?"

Upon hearing this name unexpectedly, Han Su quickly looked up. Zhang Chiguo said, "She was pursuing Song Chu."

“This dangerous person appeared in Qinggang City before and met with you. Since then, the Disaster Management Bureau has been looking for him. The person I asked to train you in mysterious powers is the one who is in charge of this matter.”

Han Su listened with some surprise: "During the Song-Chu era, it was still in Qinggang?"

……

……

"Has she fallen in love with you?"

At the same time, outside Qinggang City, in a row of simple houses where workers lived in a large complex farm, Song Chushi was sitting at a small table, quietly eating his only meal of the day.

From the silver leather case standing beside him, came a frustrated grumble: "They're chasing me so closely, I can't even have a peaceful meal."

During the Song-Chu period, he simply ate his meal quietly and ignored it.

But the voice from inside the box wouldn't stop for a moment, complaining, "What exactly did you come back for?"

"Just to get that kid into the Disaster Management Bureau? If he really has a problem, he'll be taken in sooner or later anyway. Why would you take this risk to arrange this step for him?"

"..."

"It's not just about getting him into the disaster management agency."

Song Chushi paused slightly at this point, took a sip of coffee, and said, "I originally planned to give him a gift. The reason I went to the deepest part of that ruin was for this purpose."

"I always felt that if you're going to push someone into the deepest part of the vortex, then you should at least give them a corresponding gift to keep them safe."

"But who could have imagined..."

His eyes also seemed to become somewhat mysterious: "It is clearly a site that has not been invaded by anyone, it is clearly an S-level forbidden spell that has been sealed long ago and is only recorded in classical texts, and it can be confirmed that this seal has not been opened by anyone."

"And I, as the first person in a thousand years to enter these ruins, and the first to break the seal, have seen this forbidden spell..."

"...became empty?"

"Who else could have been here before me?"

(End of this chapter)