Lord of the Mysteries

Stole two sedan cars in a row… This is probably a crime syndicate. How can one person drive two cars? I can’t help but mutter inwardly.

This is the cultivation I’ve gone through as a fan of courtroom dramas and detective series, as well as me being a loyal reader of crime deduction novels.

Of course, I don’t say it out loud. I believe that people with standard intelligence can come to a similar conclusion.

When the guard on duty calls to confirm my identity, I take out my phone and check the time.

There’s more than enough time… I let out a sigh of relief as I unhurriedly circle around the pond in the middle of the courtyard and enter the building facing the main entrance.

After I run through the possible exchange in my mind, I knock on the door of the target’s office three minutes early.

“Please come in.” A mellow voice sounds from inside.

“O-Officer Deng…” As soon as I push open the door and enter, I realize that the officer sitting behind the desk is the one who had come to check on my residence permit!

I always imagined that he’s a police officer at the police station, but I never expected him to have an office at the Municipal Public Security Bureau. He even has the room to himself!

“You are?” Officer Deng raises his hand to comb his receding hairline and asks with a puzzled look, “Do we know each other?”

“Last night, you checked on my residence permit and reminded me of a mysterious cult. Later, we met again in Lawson. I even reported a woman suspected to be a member of the cult.” I begin to suspect that the person in front of me is Officer Deng’s biological brother, but I still give the details.

Officer Deng is enlightened.

“Zhou-Zhou Mingrui, right?

“I’m face-blind, and I don’t have a good memory. It was night, so I couldn’t see clearly.”

I don’t need you to tell me that your memory isn’t good or how you have face-blindness. I can tell… I politely smile.

“Today, I’m representing the Intis Group to take over the previous project.”

meet at four.” Officer Deng points at

that I just bought on the table. I will then flip it to the middle—I can’t let Officer Deng notice that I

the notebook and

picks up the phone

Intis Group is here. Come over for

puts down the phone and smiles at

We can’t decide on our own. Yes, the other party’s representative will be here

aware of that.” I’ve read the relevant documents in the morning and know

given such an answer. I

long after I sit down, I hear Officer Deng’s office door

stand up politely and look back. I see an old man in a long black

white, and the wrinkles at the edge of his eyes and

his chest. He looks like a priest from a

priest… I nod with a smile, fully displaying my

find this old man a little familiar, just like the first time I

inexplicable reason. Is this the after-effect of the

moment, Officer Deng introduces, “Old Neil,

Neil.” I quickly greet

speak. He sizes me up and

have you been

tell? I’m shocked. I don’t know if I should admit it or hide it from a

Old Neil smiles and points

“A little…” I mutter.

Old Neil immediately laughs. “You’re still too young. You confessed the moment I called you out. Actually, I’m not that sure. Yes, I’m a priest. I have the ability to expel

front of a police officer? I open

and very naturally picks up the

you’re still a believer of the Goddess, I can even

past, but I am now!

two

already found a