I Start with a Mysterious Island

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The bushes by the roadside began to shake. Lin Li, who had just taken his phone out of his pocket to call the Superpower Administration Bureau, immediately looked toward the source of the sound.

"She’s here," Tie Qiu Heng said from his seat on the ground, looking at the rustling bushes. He knew the Investigator had arrived.

PANT... Gritting her teeth, Liu Jialin, who had been sprinting nonstop, emerged breathlessly from the bushes.

Beads of sweat dotted her forehead, soaking the bangs that were now plastered flat against her skin.

’It’s over. The target really got away this time.’

Just as Liu Jialin, who thought she had lost Tie Qiu Heng, ran out of the bushes, she immediately spotted two people on the road.

The pitiful-looking bald man sitting on the ground, in particular, captured her full attention.

"An Investigator?!!" Lin Li was surprised to see the girl in an Investigator’s uniform.

He hadn’t expected an Investigator to pop out of the bushes the moment he was about to call the Superpower Administration Bureau.

Lin Li put his phone away and said to Liu Jialin, "Miss Investigator, this guy just tried to steal my car, but I subdued him. Could you please cuff him and take him back to the bureau?"

"Carjacking?" Hearing Lin Li’s words, Liu Jialin finally turned her gaze to the other young man at the scene.

’This person is...?’ Liu Jialin looked at Lin Li’s face and suddenly found the young man familiar. A scene then surfaced in her mind.

It was from half a month ago, when she was undercover arresting a criminal and ran into a helpful young passerby.

The face of that young man instantly overlapped with the one before her now.

"It’s you!!!" Liu Jialin exclaimed, looking at Lin Li in surprise.

"What?" Lin Li was completely baffled as the Investigator stared at him in astonishment.

"It’s me! Half a month ago, I was undercover catching a criminal, and you helped me stop him from escaping... I had blonde hair back then," Liu Jialin explained to Lin Li.

After hearing Liu Jialin’s explanation, especially her mention of blonde hair, a memory that Lin Li had nearly forgotten instantly resurfaced.

On a deserted street, a fashionable, beautiful woman, about twenty-seven or twenty-eight, with long, wavy blonde hair. She was wearing a camisole, a miniskirt that reached mid-thigh, and black high heels.

"You’re the one with the big blonde waves," Lin Li blurted out, recalling that this was the plainclothes Investigator he had met once before.

"Uh..." Hearing Lin Li refer to her by her hairstyle, Liu Jialin’s pretty face froze for a moment. She’d never been given a nickname like that in her entire life.

"Uh... sorry. It’s just that your long, blonde, wavy hair from back then was really memorable."

When Lin Li saw her expression freeze, he realized that what he had just blurted out unconsciously was a bit rude, and he quickly apologized.

"It’s fine. That outfit was just to catch those two targets. I don’t normally dress like that..." Liu Jialin said, waving her hand dismissively and offering an explanation.

Then, she looked at Tie Qiu Heng, who was sitting on the ground looking miserable and completely devoid of fighting spirit, and asked Lin Li, "Did you do this to him?"

"Uh... yes, but it was self-defense. He was the one who stopped my car first. Then he tried to drag me out and steal it, so I fought back," Lin Li quickly explained to Liu Jialin.

"I see!" Liu Jialin nodded. Then, she perceived the Spiritual Energy Wave emanating from Lin Li, which was no weaker than her own. Her mouth fell slightly open, and a look of shock appeared on her face.

’How does this person have Second Order Middle Stage cultivation?!!! Didn’t he only have Tier One Peak cultivation before?

It seems he was hiding his strength last time and didn’t use his full power against that criminal at all.’

When Lin Li saw that Liu Jialin didn’t say much after his explanation, he breathed a sigh of relief. However, he then noticed an incredulous expression suddenly appear on her face as she stared blankly at him.

’What’s wrong with this Investigator? Why the sudden change in expression?’

For a young man who was clearly several years younger than her to possess the same level of strength, it was hard for Liu Jialin not to be shocked.

Taking a deep breath, Liu Jialin calmed the shock she felt over Lin Li’s cultivation level and said to him with a smile.

"My name is Liu Jialin. As you can see, I’m an Investigator. What’s your name?"

"I’m Lin Li, an Exotic Beast Hunter." Seeing Liu Jialin’s expression return to normal as she introduced herself, Lin Li also gave his name and occupation.

"Last time, I thought you were a Tier One Peak Cultivator. I didn’t realize you were hiding your strength!" Liu Jialin said.

Hearing her words, Lin Li roughly understood why Liu Jialin had looked so shocked earlier.

He quickly stopped circulating the Spiritual Energy in his body, and the Second Order Middle Stage Spiritual Energy Wave he was emitting instantly vanished. He then explained to Liu Jialin,

"I wasn’t trying to hide my strength last time. It’s just that the criminal wasn’t worth me using my full power."

"To have a Second Order Middle Stage cultivation level at your age, you just happen to meet the special recruitment requirements for our Superpower Administration Bureau.

What do you think? Would you consider becoming an Investigator for our Superpower Administration Bureau?" Liu Jialin extended an invitation to Lin Li on behalf of her bureau.

Although Liu Jialin’s position within the Superpower Administration Bureau wasn’t high, and she didn’t have the authority to directly recruit outsiders as Investigators,

this young man before her had helped her subdue criminals twice in a row. He was clearly a young man with a strong sense of justice.

Coupled with his Second Order Middle Stage cultivation at such a young age, one didn’t even have to think to know his cultivation aptitude was far better than that of an average Cultivator.

If they could recruit him into the Superpower Administration Bureau and train him, he would surely become one of the bureau’s greatest assets in a few years.

For a talent like this, it was better to act first and report it later. She would extend the olive branch now and inform her superiors afterward.

Knowing her superior’s personality and how much they valued talent, she wouldn’t be criticized for acting first. In fact, she would likely be praised for it.

Lin Li never expected Liu Jialin would extend an olive branch and invite him to join the Superpower Administration Bureau. He was momentarily stunned.

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