I Start with a Mysterious Island

’Sigh. If I were just an ordinary Cultivator, the temptation of joining the Superpower Administration Bureau and becoming an Investigator would be impossible to resist. Too bad I can’t join the Superpower Administration Bureau...’

Because of the Mysterious Small Island, Lin Li was fated to stay far away from these government agencies.

"Miss Liu, thank you for your invitation... Right now, I just want to be an Exotic Beast Hunter, hunt Mutant Beasts, and earn money. I have no plans to become an Investigator at the moment." Lin Li shook his head, declining Liu Jialin’s invitation.

"..."

Liu Jialin hadn’t expected Lin Li to actually refuse her invitation, and she was very surprised.

For a moment, she fell silent, not knowing what to say.

After all, joining the Superpower Administration Bureau to become an Investigator was something countless people dreamed of.

Letting out a light breath, Liu Jialin smiled and said to Lin Li.

"Everyone has their own aspirations; you can’t force these things. Let’s add each other on WeChat. If you ever think about joining in the future, you can contact me anytime."

’She wants to add me on WeChat, too...’ Lin Li, who tried to keep Investigators at a respectful distance, hadn’t expected Liu Jialin to suggest adding him on WeChat.

He thought about it quickly. He felt that since he had already refused her invitation, refusing her request to add him on WeChat would be going a little too far.

So he nodded, took his phone out of his pocket, and they added each other on WeChat.

"Miss Liu... if there’s nothing else, can I leave now?" Lin Li asked after they had added each other on WeChat.

"You can."

Just as Lin Li was about to leave, Liu Jialin called out to him again. "Um... wait a moment."

"Hm?" Lin Li, who was about to leave, stopped, turned around, and looked at Liu Jialin with some confusion.

"This man is connected to an important case, and you helped us catch him.

Once the case is closed, the Bureau will issue you a cash reward. When that happens, I’ll notify you on WeChat to come and collect it," Liu Jialin said with a smile.

’I didn’t expect there to be a reward! I wonder how much it is...’ Lin Li smiled, nodded, and said, "Okay, I’ll be waiting for your notification, Miss Liu."

"You’re welcome. It’s no trouble at all. By the way, you can just call me by my name. You’ve helped me catch criminals twice now; it feels like we’re fated to meet. Let’s be friends," said Liu Jialin, who had a naturally carefree and straightforward personality, with a cheerful laugh.

"Alright," Lin Li said, nodding as he raised a hand to scratch his head.

He then opened his car door, started the engine, and drove the minivan away from the scene, continuing toward the city.

As he drove, Lin Li glanced at the beautiful Investigator in his rearview mirror and muttered to himself.

’What a mess. I actually added an Investigator on WeChat and even became friends with her. From now on, I should avoid contacting her if at all possible.’

...

Liu Jialin watched the minivan drive away. After it disappeared around a corner, she turned to Tie Qiu Heng, who was sitting on the ground with considerable injuries, and spoke.

"Look at you. I told you to surrender. And now look at you, what a miserable state you’re in."

In response to Liu Jialin’s taunt, the silent Tie Qiu Heng just shot her a glance before turning his head to look away.

In truth, he was fuming internally. It wasn’t Liu Jialin who had defeated him at all, but that Exotic Beast Hunter who had just driven off.

If it weren’t for that Exotic Beast Hunter, he would have made a clean getaway by now.

CLICK.

As Liu Jialin was putting special handcuffs on Tie Qiu Heng, she suddenly heard a rustling sound from the grass at the side of the road.

She turned to look and saw a figure emerge from the bushes.

It was Qian Qiang, the Investigator whom Tie Qiu Heng had kicked into the river at the beginning.

"Huff... Liu Jialin, I finally found you," said Qian Qiang, who had arrived late, panting for breath.

From the way he was panting, it seemed he had been running nonstop to catch up to Liu Jialin and Tie Qiu Heng, using up a lot of his stamina.

"Qian Qiang, you sure took your sweet time!" Liu Jialin complained to her partner.

"You guys were the ones running too fast! It took everything I had to catch up..." Qian Qiang said helplessly after catching his breath a little.

"You! In the end, you’re just not strong enough yet. You’ll have to cultivate harder from now on and try to break through to the Second Order Middle Stage as soon as possible," Liu Jialin said with a laugh.

"My cultivation aptitude is what it is. Breaking through to the Second Order Middle Stage is impossible in the short term..." Qian Qiang chuckled, then looked at the silent, handcuffed Tie Qiu Heng sitting on the ground and clicked his tongue.

"Tsk... Liu Jialin, you really don’t pull your punches, do you? Look what you did to him."

"I wasn’t the one who beat him up. And even if I was, it would have been completely justified and by the book. Who told him to resist?" Liu Jialin said nonchalantly.

"Huh? It wasn’t you? Besides you, who else could it be?

Could it have been Wang Qi? No, that’s not right. He went in another direction after a different target. There’s no way he could have gotten here to back you up faster than me."

Qian Qiang looked around, but seeing no other colleagues, he asked in confusion.

"When I arrived, he was already beaten up like this. The person who did it was a passing Exotic Beast Hunter."

"You’re saying a passing Exotic Beast Hunter did this to him? What exactly happened? Tell me, quick."

"It’s actually kind of funny, now that I think about it. This guy could have shaken my pursuit... but in a stroke of terrible luck, he just had to stop a passing Exotic Beast Hunter’s car, wanting to hijack it to get away.

As it turns out, he picked the wrong person to mess with. That Exotic Beast Hunter was at the Second Order Middle Stage of cultivation and beat the hell out of him on the spot."

After hearing Liu Jialin’s story, Qian Qiang turned to the silent Tie Qiu Heng on the ground and asked in bewilderment, "What on earth were you thinking? How could you try to hijack an Exotic Beast Hunter’s car?"

"..." Faced with Qian Qiang’s question, the silent Tie Qiu Heng surprisingly didn’t remain silent this time.

He didn’t want these two Investigators to think he was a brainless idiot, so he spoke up to explain.

"What kind of Exotic Beast Hunter drives a minivan?! At first, I thought he was just a truck driver passing by.

And he was so young! Even if I knew he was an Exotic Beast Hunter, I wouldn’t have thought his strength would be greater than mine...

You can only say that fate plays cruel tricks. I was caught by you this time because of that Exotic Beast Hunter. It’s my bad luck. I accept my defeat."

After hearing Tie Qiu Heng’s explanation, Liu Jialin snorted coldly.

"Hmph. This is what they call the long arm of the law. If you do illegal things like this, it’s only a matter of time before you fall into our hands."

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