"I really don't know, I really don't know … I've never seen her before and I've never heard anything about her. She just eats, sleeps, sits and reads. Your team can be my witness, I'm not lying … I'm the vice minister of the Zoogs, I've made great contributions, I didn't betray the Zoogs …"
Inside the study of the restaurant, Lucky slapped the floor and was interrogated by Li Zhenjing and Zhang Jingjing with tears and snot running down his face.
The Special Ops searched the area. First the restaurant and then the main room. They dug 3 feet into the ground and everything was taken away. Lucky's heart ached when he saw this. It felt like a tall building had collapsed.
Lou Xiaoning, Uncle Dan and the few newbies were locked up. The headquarters would impose additional punishment on them because they dared to defy orders.
Tong Ye had not returned from the headquarters. It was unclear whether he was still there or locked up.
The base continued to be managed by Professor Shen, and he was being held back in all aspects.
But Lucky knew, as surprised as everyone was, they were comforted by Dirty-minded Yu's escape. That was probably the best result they could hope for.
The Zoogs were a well-informed species. After Lucky found out about Wu Shiyu's escape, he immediately went to visit her parents to tell them not to worry. Even though Wu Shiyu's parents were under surveillance, things happened too fast. Before the Zoogs knew what was going on, she had already escaped with the sofa.
Wu Shiyu appeared to have mastered teleportation or some kind of spell but the Ancient Seal Net did not respond to her at the time.
Teleportation had always been a major research field in parapsychology but it only existed in the realm of imagination and theory.
Even a traveler like Lucky had no idea which place or race in Dreamlands had this kind of ability.
Therefore, he really did not know, he was not lying.
"Then did you hear her say anything suspicious?" Li Zhenjing asked. His brows were still creased.
"What do you mean by 'suspicious'?" Lucky really could not tell. Dirty-minded Yu was known to speak differently from normal people. Even though he was not human, he could sense that her mind was unpredictable. Jill asked, "Just this morning, she said she was going to bungee jump on her 100th birthday. Does that count?"
Li Zhenjing was silent. Zhang Jingjing said to Jill, "After we search this place, we will give you a detailed investigation. You must remember everything she said."
"No problem, no problem." Jill patted his chest. On the surface, he agreed, but in fact, he was thinking about how to escape …
However, things were different now. The heavy supervision was like a rat cage trapping it. It was not easy for it to escape again.
Lucky couldn't help but grumble, 'Dirty-minded Yu, why didn't you bring me along? Am I less important than a sofa?
At the same time, Li Zhenjing watched as the study room became emptier and emptier, and his colleagues who were busy everywhere still didn't find anything special. His expression couldn't help but become more and more solemn.
The result of the search was already in front of them — not a single clue could be found.
The higher-ups were shocked and enraged by Wu Shiyu's escape.
If she was really a traitor, and she had such a teleportation ability that was beyond the current scientific level of human understanding, she could go wherever she wanted, and there were too many things she could do. This meant that she was already an extremely dangerous person, a potential time bomb.
The higher-ups had to consider this. If Wu Shiyu decided to assassinate one of the higher-ups, how would they stop her?
The Special Ops had to take responsibility for this. She had come and gone so freely before their eyes, twice.
Now, no one knew where Wu Shiyu had gone. Had she gone to the Mysterium World? After the incident, Phecda immediately contacted Mysterium to request for cooperation on apprehension. Mysterium's reply was that they had not found anything yet.
"Jill, do you think Wu Shiyu might have gone to the Dreamlands?" Li Zhenjing asked.
He and Zhang Jingjing had not been to the Dreamlands or Ulthar. They only knew that there were many cats at Ulthar. They were not normal cats, the cat tribe there was very powerful.
This was not a formal investigation but they paid close attention to Lucky's reaction.
"I don't know." Jill signed, "If she has gone to Ulthar, you won't be able to do anything about it. Ulthar is the cat's territory."
This was harsh but both Li Zhenjing and Zhang Jingjing knew it was the truth. Phecda could not control Ulthar.
Furthermore, if the relationship with the cat tribe was not handled well, there would be no alliance with the Zoogs.
What did Wu Shiyu mean by 'cat power'?
This was a question the Special Ops had to answer.
Since Li Zhenjing was a high-ranking member of the Spell Department and was now directly responsible for the capture of Wu Shiyu, he knew more about this.
There were many opinions from the higher-ups. Some suspected Wu Shiyu was lying and that it was actually the black goat's power; but during the war at Mo Bei last year, she had drawn a cat. According to her, Gu Jun and Yu Chi, she even turned into a cat herself. That seemed to be related to Nyarlathotep's power.
However, based on Phecda's information, the 'cat' might be related to the Egyptian cat god Bastet.
Gu Jun, Yu Chi and now Wu Shiyu were all studying ancient Egyptian mythology.
If Apep corresponded to Nyarlathotep and Amon corresponded to the black goat, then the cat god Bastet probably existed in one form or another.
In ancient Egyptian mythology, the cat god Bastet represented protection, family, warmth and joy. Together with other lion goddesses, they were known as the Eye of Ra — they were the subordinates of the sun god Amon. Therefore, Bastet's nemesis was also the Snake of Chaos, Apep. There was also a legend about a male cat standing before the holy tree and killing Apep with a blade.
If Bastet's power belonged to the black goat, then Wu Shiyu might have gained this power through interacting with the black goat's power.
However, based on the incident at Mo Bei and the fact that Wu Shiyu was chosen by Nyarlathotep to become his disciple, this was a contradictory situation.
This was a contradictory situation, but it was not contradictory at the same time. Was it because Wu Siyu was favored by Bast that Nyarlathotep wanted to recruit her?
Various speculations floated in Li Zhenjing's mind. He could not get any useful information from Lucky. Zhang Jingjing nodded silently, indicating that he was not lying. From what the supervision team had seen recently, Wu Shiyu did not behave strangely. She read novels every day, and they were all about Keigo Higashino.
If there was anything unusual, it would be that she would flip through the pages very quickly. It did not look like she was reading, but more like she was spacing out.
Why? Why?
Li Zhenjing really could not understand. She did not take the books with her. Some were on the shelf, some were on the table, and one was left behind.
As he thought about it, he picked up a short story collection and flipped through it. Since he did not see anything special, he flipped faster and faster until he was done.
Li Zhenjing read the words on the pages in a disorderly manner. He couldn't remember anything in his mind, so he couldn't read them clearly at all. However, there was a field in parapsychology that believed that the brain could still receive information when reading like this. With training, one could read quickly. This field of research was even used by some people to make money.
He could not see clearly, and perhaps no one could …
However, what if there was no need to read at all?
Wu Shiyu had synesthesia.
Li Zhenjing's heart skipped a beat. There was a faint light that revealed a possibility. He mumbled, "She has completed her research in her mind …"
He looked around the study room and the rest of the room. There was nothing drawn, written or arranged.
But what if there was something but they could not see it?
Even Gu Jun could not see some of the things that Wu Shiyu saw. Only she could see it because it was her synesthesia. This was not a secret in the Spell Department.
"Wu Shiyu does not need to write or draw them, she can complete them with her imagination … these novels will give her inspiration, synesthesia …"
Li Zhenjing voiced his thought with a heavy tone. Zhang Jingjing was excited when she heard that but her heart turned cold and flustered. They did not have synesthesia. Furthermore, synesthesia varied from person to person. Even if they found a few more synesthetics patients to read these books, they would not be able to understand what Wu Shiyu was feeling or imagining.
These novels were the clues but they had no chance to understand her research.
What a … monster …
But was there such a monster in the Special Ops?
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