"The Super Management Bureau is an official law enforcement agency of our empire. Its full name is... um..."
Daisy, who had not said much along the way, suddenly said, "Superhuman Affairs Administration."
"Yes, that's it!" Gary said "Oh" as if he suddenly realized something and looked at his daughter with a little confusion, as if he was surprised that she could say this word.
Without going into this further, he thought for a while and then said:
"They are responsible for managing all matters related to superhumans... Since the people who hired the robbers are superhumans, it's always right to hand it over to the Superhuman Management Bureau."
"I understand. Just call the police." Qi Ji nodded slightly with a smile, and then snorted a few times in self-deprecation:
I didn’t even think of a simple and direct method… I guess I’ve been a lone wolf investigator for too long and got too immersed in the role, so when I encountered a problem, I didn’t think of seeking help from the state…
"Okay, go ahead, I'll protect your safety in secret."
Qi Ji had just finished speaking when her figure blurred and then disappeared, like a phantom in the sunlight.
"Forehead?!"
The couple were both stunned at the same time. They subconsciously turned their necks and looked around, but they could not find Qi Ji.
"Miss Yaoliuliu..." Gary stroked his chin and muttered to himself uncertainly, "She's gone?"
"She should be protecting us in the dark," Mrs. Gary trusted Qi Ji's assurance, with a faint smile on her face, "Let's go to the Super Management Bureau quickly."
Gary nodded imperceptibly and led his family of four deeper into the city, his pace somewhat anxious.
Although it was a bright and wide street, he was very nervous. His eyes kept moving around, wandering around every person and every inconspicuous corner around him.
It was as if a group of masked thugs would suddenly emerge from that dark alley, or as if a passerby who happened to be walking this way would suddenly draw a weapon.
Mrs. Gary was also a little nervous. She held Daisy's hand tightly and always stood in front of her.
As she walked, she suddenly discovered that...her daughter seemed to be in a strange mental state.
"Daisy, what's wrong? Are you feeling unwell?"
Mrs. Gary noticed that her eyes were always looking at the same place, and her expression was puzzled and confused, which made the mother feel a little worried.
"Uh, uh?" Daisy was in a trance, as if she was awakened from sleepwalking, and her small and delicate eyebrows were frowned. "Nothing, nothing..."
"Baby, if you feel uncomfortable, you must tell me." Seeing her like this, Mrs. Gary became even more worried. She stopped, bent her legs slightly, put her hands on her knees, and looked at her daughter straight in the eyes:
"I'd be very...worried."
Facing her mother's worried and concerned eyes, Daisy's heart was moved. After hesitating for a few seconds, she whispered:
"I seem to see... No, not see, I 'feel' that place... there is, there is something... something very strange, very familiar..."
As she spoke, she pointed in a direction.
Mrs. Gary looked in the direction of her hand and saw only the brick-paved sidewalk. Occasionally, pedestrians in various clothes passed by there, but there was nothing unusual.
"Where is the... uh."
Before she could even utter a word of doubt, Mrs. Gary suddenly recalled scenes from various horror stories, and thought of how her daughter had almost entered the underworld just a few minutes ago...
She couldn't help but shudder, and quickly stopped talking, and tried to comfort him in a calm voice:
"It's okay, it's okay, there's nothing to be afraid of..."
"I'm not scared," Daisy shook her head, without a trace of fear in her tone, "I feel that... uh, that 'thing' has no ill intentions, I don't..."
"I understand," Mrs. Gary interrupted her daughter's explanation and changed the subject. "I understand. Let's not worry about this for now. Let's go to the Super Management Bureau first, and then take you to the hospital for a check-up..."
Daisy touched her throat: "No, I'm fine, no need to go to the hospital..."
Seeing that her daughter's attention was drawn elsewhere, Mrs. Gary achieved her goal. She did not argue with her anymore, but took her hand and followed her husband and son.
"Dear," she whispered in her husband's ear in a very low voice, "After we go to the Superintendent's Office, it's better to go to the church again..."
Chapter 120: Master of Invisibility
"Hey, can she see me?"
Looking at Daisy's confused and bewildered eyes, Qi Ji felt a little surprised, but it was soon replaced by enlightenment:
"Yes, I gave her a drop of blood, which is equivalent to retaining a part of my power in her body. If some kind of strange chemical... uh, mystical reaction occurs as a result... causing her to vaguely sense my existence, it is not unreasonable..."
As for that drop of her own blood, she didn't care.
It was just a drop of blood. For her, it was equivalent to an ordinary person losing a hair. The strength lost as a result was so negligible and not worth mentioning that it could be completely restored in less than a second.
"Supervisory Management Bureau... If the law enforcement forces of this country were not as friendly with the evil forces as Stio is, then things would be much simpler."
Looking at the backs of the family of four, Qi Ji couldn't help but sigh that how to make ordinary people trust official organizations is a difficult problem that many rulers in ancient and modern times, both at home and abroad, have failed to solve.
She stood at the edge of the sidewalk, the hood of her cloak down.
Her soft, beautiful long black hair and breathtaking appearance were displayed without any obstruction, but the passers-by who occasionally passed by her did not show any envy, but just walked past without even a glance.
It was as if she didn't exist at all.
This is because she used some tricks to conceal her presence.
Not only is she visually invisible, but all external influences that could prove her real existence, such as heat radiation, smell, air disturbance, spiritual fluctuations, etc., are also highly shielded.
If she had wanted to bypass the surveillance of the Grace Church and sneak into the noble mansion when she was in Stio a few days ago, she would have needed to use her superb reaction, agility, coordination and speed to "defeat force with cleverness"...
Now, she can walk into the core of the church from the main entrance without worrying about being discovered by any detection means!
The main reason she was able to do this was due to the spiritual remnant of the black puppet in the woods, which was the thing she captured and later used to kill the robbers.
Through reverse analysis and learning, she gained not only the spells of "transformation" and "control" that she had cast before, but the most valuable thing was...
The breath is hidden.
According to Qi Ji's criteria, the most commendable thing about that thing was not that it could act independently, but that it could actually bypass her perception and kill people right under her nose!
Although this was also because she did not pay special attention to it, it was a case of taking advantage of the situation. If she had been a little more careful beforehand, she was confident that she would have noticed it immediately.
But no matter what, she didn't find it. If the target of the attack was not the robbers, but the Gary family behind her, she would regret it.
In order to avoid this from happening, she fully absorbed the skills in this area and improved them. Soon, she independently designed a set of "invisibility techniques" that could completely block all traces of her own breath and interaction.
"There is a 'Locard Material Exchange Law' on Earth, which states that whenever objects come into contact with each other, there will be a transfer of matter. So... whenever there is any interaction with the environment, it is impossible not to leave traces."
Qi Ji muttered to himself in his heart, and suddenly a smile of confidence mixed with a hint of teasing appeared on the corner of his mouth:
"But I'm afraid this law will be invalid for me. As long as I fully use this 'invisibility technique', even if I leave traces... almost no one will notice."
A pedestrian happened to pass by, and Qi Ji reached out and pushed his shoulder as if to show off to some audience outside the fourth wall.
The man was taking a normal walk when he suddenly felt a force to the side. He was pushed to the side without any preparation and lost his balance. He staggered and almost fell.
However, he did not show any shock, curiosity, worry or the like. He just stood firm, patted his shoulders and straightened his clothes, and continued walking along the original route.
Other passers-by saw him almost fall for no apparent reason, but they did not show any other emotions and continued to do their own things without being affected by anything.
It was as if nothing had happened and everything was normal.
Qi Ji has reason to believe that the magician or psychic warrior who created the puppet would never be able to reproduce a similar effect even if he spent his entire life in this field, let alone completely copy it.
This spell not only conceals the physical aura, but also distorts the perception of the people around you...
In other words, unless a wizard is fully proficient in mental spells, energy-shaping spells, and puppet-making spell systems at the same time, this "invisibility spell"... is an absolutely unsolvable bug!
"But then again, this spell seems to have many evil uses..."
Qi Ji's thoughts couldn't help but wander endlessly, until the backs of Gary's family of four were about to disappear from her sight, she suddenly woke up, quickly gathered her thoughts, and her face returned to seriousness.
"Restrain yourself! Qi Ji, you are a civilized person who has received modern education and has a full sense of morality!"
She shook her head, throwing away all distracting thoughts, and her figure turned into a blurry phantom, appearing about ten meters behind the four people.
The reason for such a long distance was not because of fear of being discovered, but to ensure that none of the four people could move out of his sight.
Then, she opened up her senses and collected as much information as possible from the entire city.
Firstly, he wanted to compare all the spiritual fluctuations he perceived with the characteristics of the black puppet, and try to find some clues.
It would be great if we could find out the maker directly.
Secondly, I wanted to use this method to understand the customs and culture of another country and see the differences between the Empire and the Templar State.
"Yes, there are many mages."
The first difference she noticed, besides the architectural style... was the composition of the extraordinary people.
Most of the extraordinary people in the wild in Stio are warriors, and there are very few mages. Most of them come from other places and stop by Stio temporarily.
But the city of Loen is completely different. Not only has the number of extraordinary people here increased significantly, but the proportion of mages has also increased to nearly half.
But apart from this, she did not find any other meaningful clues.
"It's hard to support it alone..."
Qi Ji's perception and thinking are indeed powerful, but a medium-sized city with a radius of nearly ten kilometers, a population of more than one hundred thousand, and a three-dimensional structure...
It was really difficult for her to grasp every detail and to distinguish the part she wanted from the unimaginably complex sensory information.
However, after experiencing the sudden increase in strength after a good night's sleep, she realized that there was still a lot of room for improvement in all aspects of her functions.
The potential of this body...is far from being fully unlocked.
Maybe once she completely unlocks the memory in her mind and fully masters her own power, she will be able to completely control every movement in a continent...?
"Tsk, thinking too far ahead..." She put her attention back to the present, and suddenly thought of a solution. She spread out her palms and simulated a spiritual fluctuation.
Suddenly, countless black filaments emitting dark red light extended from her palm, intertwining and entwining with each other in mid-air, quickly outlining a three-dimensional outline.
This is a...pure black flying bird, small and exquisite, and can be completely held by two hands.
Qi Ji's hand waved slightly, and the dark and reddish bird seemed to be given life. It flapped its wings and flew into the sky, circling over the city like a reconnaissance plane.
Chapter 121 A brief explanation of some basic common sense
This was her own puppet that she created by imitating the black puppet's technique after she mastered some of the refining techniques.
It has independent perception capabilities, including inspiration, and can autonomously conduct reconnaissance over the city according to a predetermined route. It can screen the collected intelligence and send it to Qi Ji in real time, and has a certain degree of adaptability.
It is perfect to fill the gap in Qi Ji's perception and replace her searching for the black puppet maker all over the city.
In fact, the magic refining system that Qi Ji analyzed through the black puppet only includes functions such as "transformation", "manipulation" and "domination", and does not include creating things out of thin air.
And this little reconnaissance bird appeared directly from her hand, seemingly out of nothing.
But that’s not actually the case.
Because, "air" can also be "transformed"...
She did not close her outstretched palm, but continued to extend a large number of black and red filaments, quickly creating reconnaissance puppets of various shapes and sizes.
Lizards, spiders, ants, butterflies, mice, cockroaches...
She made various small animals to suit different occasions.
These small reconnaissance planes can collect information and report to Qi Ji. Because of their generally small size, they can hide in various places without being noticed.
And as long as it is an appropriate occasion, it is difficult to arouse the other party's vigilance even if discovered.
After all, it is normal to have cockroaches and rats in dirty alleys; not many people would pay attention to lizards and ants hiding in the corners of ordinary rooms; it is even more normal to see spiders and butterflies in farmland and green spaces; people who are plotting on the rooftop would probably not pay attention to a bird flying by.
However, it is best not to allow anyone to find a chance to observe them closely, because these puppets are just shaped like small animals, with no details such as patterns or spots, they are all solid red and black.
If you look closely at them, you can easily find something strange about them, and they don't feel like real insects at all.
However, the probability of such a thing happening is very low - how many people, when seeing small animals such as cockroaches, spiders, ants, etc. in the corner, have the first reaction of grabbing them in their hands and looking at them from left to right?
All in all, these makeshift gadgets should be of great help.
She scattered hundreds of small animal reconnaissance puppets along the way. Once they were "born", they scattered in all directions and disappeared in various hard-to-detect hidden corners such as sewers, alleys, door cracks, and gaps between floor tiles in the blink of an eye.
Except for Qi Ji himself, no one noticed... a large number of small objects with reconnaissance capabilities were spreading across the entire urban area of Loen at a very fast speed.
In the smelly and humid sewers, in the clear and dim sky, among the green flower fields and woods, in the corners of old and dusty rooms, in those hard-to-clean dead corners of high-rise buildings...all are gradually covered by their perception range.
Before long, most areas of Loen City, which has a population of over 100,000 and an area of nearly 10 kilometers, were covered with the footprints of countless mini reconnaissance puppets.
However, Qi Ji did not let these reconnaissance puppets send all the information they sensed to himself.
The reconnaissance puppets have no self-awareness and are not "alive", but they have intelligence in a certain sense and can independently screen and analyze the various intelligence they have collected.
Only information that is obviously abnormal will be sent to Qi Ji himself, and the other reconnaissance puppets will digest it internally.
