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Before long, when Fang Ze opened his eyes again, he had already arrived at the Late-Night Investigation Room.

Approaching the desk, he checked the summon list.

The name of the robust Commissioner he had seen today was not there: Kai Shi.

Fang Ze didn't pay much attention to it.

After all, he had gone to sleep early tonight. It was normal for Kai Shi to have not yet gone to bed.

Thus, taking advantage of the time, Fang Ze also squatted in a horse stance while starting to contemplate how to deal with that Commissioner tonight using the Late-Night Investigation Room.

Firstly, Fang Ze felt that he definitely couldn't handle this Commissioner in the previous manner.

Whether it was pretending to be Gods and Ghosts like with Wang Hao and Miaomiao, or extreme interrogations like with the ranger and Golden Fox, both were likely to cause problems.

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After all, Kai Shi was on the government's payroll, had the Security Bureau as a backing, and had experienced many bizarre Awakener incidents.

The former approach probably wouldn't fool him. He might just turn around and report it to the Security Bureau, demanding a thorough investigation into the matter.

The latter was similar. After all, Kai Shi was a Commissioner of the Security Bureau. His position was not low; he was a second-level Commissioner. If Fang Ze were to perform an extreme interrogation, he would undoubtedly have to kill him afterwards for the sake of secrecy.

This could likely provoke the fury of the Security Bureau, leading to a frenzied investigation into the matter.

Moreover, since the Late-Night Investigation Room wasn't able to directly kill anyone, if killing was needed, it still depended on Fang Ze.

Thus, it was likely to leave behind some Traces. If those leads were traced back to Fang Ze, it would be setting himself on fire.

Hence, Fang Ze had to think of a completely new method to "investigate" and "punish" Kai Shi.

It should be able to gather intelligence and yet not arouse suspicion, ideally making Kai Shi doubt whether everything was real.

While contemplating, Fang Ze suddenly had an epiphany, coming up with a method......

Just like that, Fang Ze paid back a few more hours of debt until Kai Shi finally appeared.

Seeing Kai Shi's figure appearing on the summon list, Fang Ze adjusted the layout of the entire room, and then..... clicked on Kai Shi's three-dimensional image.....

......

Kai Shi was rather panicky today. He was genuinely frightened enough.

Despite his burly and simple-minded appearance suitable for a Martial Combat-type, he was actually... very astute.

He knew that for an ordinary person to thrive and get promoted in the Security Bureau, the most important thing wasn't to establish merit, but to find a strong backing.

So, since he first entered the Security Bureau five or six years ago, he had secretly observed all the mid and high-level officials, picked a target he thought suitable, and pledged allegiance to him.

And he was well aware of his function to his patron: to handle the dirty and exhausting tasks.

Thus, he had intentionally shaped himself in the bureau as someone simple-minded, prone to anger, and impulsive.

This way, when he did something outrageous on behalf of his patron, nobody would suspect him; they would just think... that was his nature.

Despite being punished afterwards, these were not major issues.

After all, disciplinary actions could be rescinded, and the punishment... his superior would doubly compensate him for it.

Due to his loyalty and not fearing being tainted by filthy tasks, his patron valued him increasingly more over the years. Not only did he receive many extra rewards, but he also gained many resources, helping him step by step to become a high-rank Awakener and even securing the position of a second-level Commissioner.

As long as he rose one more step, fused with a new ability, and became a Fuser, he could transcend the inferior ranks of the Security Bureau and enter the reserve management tier, truly leaping from being a koi to a dragon.

Therefore, he also exerted great effort in his tasks.

Today, upon receiving an order from his patron, he didn't hesitate to obey the command to test the new second-level Commissioner.

Honestly, before the test, he, like most of the Security Bureau, looked down on Fang Ze somewhat.

He thought that Fang Ze, much like himself, must have curried favor with a superior for all his achievements to have been arranged.

Indeed, he had even imagined the true narrative:

It was that Bai Zhi had killed dozens of Fusers. Feeling that so many achievements were useless to her, she divided five and gave them to Fang Ze to curry favor with him.

Thus, when he provoked Fang Ze, he was fully confident.

He thought, as a high-rank Martial Combat Awakener, subduing a low-rank Awakener would be easily within reach, wouldn't it?

Until....... that terrifying strike passed by his ear.Nôv(el)B\\jnn

At that moment, Kai Shi truly sensed the whiff of death.

His Petrification defense hadn't served any purpose at all; it was directly penetrated!

This meant that, if the opponent wished to kill him, only one strike was required!

And seeing the opponent's attitude of treating life as worthless and those eyes filled with murderous intent, Kai Shi didn't doubt for a second that the opponent intended to kill him!

Thus, he cowered, resolutely cowering!

He immediately dropped his facade, and under the shocked gazes of the others, scurried away in a pitiful state!

Although the mission was important, it wasn't as important as his own life!

Without life, of what use were all the resources?

Later, when he went to see his patron with a disheartened look, he thought for sure that he would be scolded.

But.... his patron didn't blame him. Instead, he consoled him a bit, even gave him a vacation, telling him to go home and rest.

This deeply moved Kai Shi, making him feel that he had not followed the wrong person over these years.

After returning home, Kai Shi hadn't really recovered from the shock. After all, this was the closest he had come to death in recent years.