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That's because Qiu Tu and Tang Feifei are strong, not because she is weak.

She was a second-tier Cataclysm user, wielding a Disguise Cataclysm artifact and an Offensive Cataclysm artifact, along with her own physical strength and limbs.

Ordinary Tier 2 Cataclysms are no match for her. In fact... some unsuspecting Tier 3 Cataclysms might even be killed by her.

Sure enough, after glancing at the two Cataclysmic Artifacts that Qiu Tu had found, Tang Feifei slowly said, "Crimson Widow."

"The notorious black market killer in the planned area."

"A second-tier Cataclysm user of the 'Chaos' pathway, with extensive combat experience and immense physical strength. Their Cataclysm ability is called 'Crimson Transformation,' which doubles their physical strength and grants them two additional arms!"

"Even a third-tier Cataclysm would find it difficult to break free from a sudden attack."

"And she also possesses two Cataclysmic Treasures: 'Substitute Realm' and 'Threads of Water'."

"The former allows her to change her appearance and body shape at will, becoming another person; the latter has the sharpness to easily cut through those below the fourth-tier Cataclysm."

"Therefore, as long as we lower our guard and let her get close, even a third-tier Cataclysm would have a hard time avoiding her assassination."

"So... her bounty at the sanctuary is as high as 60 goldfish."

At this point, Tang Feifei looked at Qiu Tu and asked, "So... how exactly did you discover her disguise?"

Hearing Tang Feifei's words, Qiu Tu contentedly stuffed the two Cataclysmic Treasures into his pocket, then said to Tang Feifei, "It's simple. Aura..."

"Elegance?" Tang Feifei was a little puzzled.

Qiu Tu pointed at the Scarlet Widow and said, "She's too worldly; she doesn't have the air of a respectable young woman at all."

Seeing that Tang Feifei seemed a little thoughtful, Qiu Tu continued to "pluck the bag".

While looting the bag, Qiu Tu couldn't help but recall the entire process of how he saw through the Scarlet Widow's disguise.

Actually... as early as yesterday, when Qiu Tu first saw the Scarlet Widow in Yan Chen's office, he already had a bad feeling.

He wondered at the time: With the New Territories in such a chaotic state, why would Yan Chen send his daughter there? (Chapter 314)

This is a bit unreasonable.

Immediately afterwards, the Scarlet Widow pointed at Qiu Tu rather rudely and said she wanted Qiu Tu...

To be honest, Scarlet Widow's performance really captured the essence of a "second-generation rich kid," and she certainly had the domineering presence of the daughter of one of the three tycoons of the New Territories. (Chapter 314)

But the problem is... this doesn't make sense. Yan Chen is one of the three bigwigs in the New Territories, but he's just an ordinary mid-level manager at the shelter. How could his daughter have developed such an arrogant and domineering personality!

Of course... at this point, Qiu Tu only felt something was slightly off, but didn't pay much attention to it—after all, there were many examples of people who became arrogant after learning that their father held a high position of power.

Therefore, when he met the Scarlet Widow today, he still treated her as Yan Yan.

The turning point came when Qiu Tu saw Yan Yan off.

Don't forget, because he was worried that Yan Yan was setting a trap, Qiu Tu turned on the video camera before meeting Yan Yan today.

So after seeing Yan Yan off and closing the door, Qiu Tu turned off the video recorder and took out the videotape. Then, as usual, he checked the contents of the videotape.

The camera was positioned behind Qiu Tu.

Therefore, all of Yan Yan's expressions and movements can be captured clearly.

At that moment, Qiu Tu lit a cigarette and quietly watched as he smoked it.

The content on the video was exactly the same as what Qiu Tu had seen. Yan Yan's expressions and movements were all perfectly natural and without any problems.

But... as he looked, Qiu Tu frowned, realizing something was wrong.

Because he felt that... this Yan Yan was somewhat different from the Yan Yan he "remembered".

In his "impression," Yan Yan was a little shy, a little innocent, and a little sentimental.

Although that was Larilu in disguise... don't forget, Larilu was supposed to impersonate Yan Yan and infiltrate Yan Chen's side!

If she hadn't figured out Yan Yan's personality and wasn't absolutely certain, would she have dared to impersonate Yan Yan beside Yan Chen?

Yan Chen is not someone like Qiu Tu who has never met Yan Yan; he is Yan Yan's biological father!

Thinking of this, Qiu Tu immediately sensed something was wrong. So he stubbed out his cigarette in the ashtray, then got up, opened the safe, and woke up Larilu, the tool of the evil god, again, and questioned her carefully.

As expected, before impersonating Yan Yan, La Ri Luo had Jia Wei and Old Qin conduct a thorough investigation of Yan Yan.

Because Yan Yan grew up in a shelter, she has a somewhat naive personality; in addition, her mother passed away early, and Yan Chen was busy with work and didn't give her much care. Therefore, she is a bit sensitive and quiet...

This is so different from Yan Yan, who was so audacious and reckless, flirting with Qiu Tu and even saying things like "so handsome that he could ovulate!"

Therefore, Qiu Tu immediately confirmed his suspicion: that Yan Yan was most likely an imposter!

Analyzing the situation from Yan Chen's failure to expose Yan Yan's true identity, and Yan Yan's continued attempts to get close to Qiu Tu...

Qiu Tu felt that Yan Chen might have the same idea as him: they both wanted to overturn the table and humanely destroy each other.

In fact, the two of them even had the same idea: to have a third party intervene.

If Qiu Tu's guess is correct: Yan Yan has indeed come to the New Territories.

Moreover, it must have been secretly protected elsewhere by Yan Chen's confidants.

Only after the assassin disguised as Yan Yan kills Qiu Tu and escapes will the real Yan Yan appear with an alibi.

Thus, the situation became: an assassin learned that Yan Chen's daughter had come to New Territories City, and took the opportunity to impersonate Yan Chen's daughter to get close to Qiu Tu and have an ambiguous relationship with him.

Qiu Tu, still lustful, actually went behind Yan Chen's back and started flirting with "his daughter," which allowed the assassin to get close and eventually succeed.

As for the flaws revealed by the fake Yan Yan, Qiu Tu felt that Yan Chen was aware of them, but... everyone has their own temperament. Forcing an assassin to pretend to be an innocent and virtuous woman would probably only make things more obvious.

In addition, Yan Chen felt that Qiu Tu had never met Yan Yan and had no way to understand the real Yan Yan's personality in a short period of time, so he tacitly accepted the assassin's disguise.

Moreover, in their view... even if Qiu Tu noticed something was wrong, it wouldn't affect the assassin's work.

Because the assassin wasn't trying to gain Qiu Tu's trust; he just needed to get close to Qiu Tu to make his move!

In fact, given the Scarlet Widow's strength and Qiu Tu's audacity, their plan could have succeeded if they had been a little more cautious.

But it was precisely those tiny flaws that led Qiu Tu to discover the anomaly, ultimately causing the entire plan to fail.

Upon discovering that Yan Chen was planning to assassinate him, the ever-cautious Qiu Tu immediately began to gather people and have "Bugou Jiaren" impersonate him.

To complete the performance, Qiu Tu even placed a "trigger paper doll" on the "Bu Gou fake man."

The result was obvious: "Silk of a Thousand Waters" was indeed not something that ordinary defensive treasures could withstand, and "Unyielding Dummy" was directly torn to pieces!

After reviewing his entire emotional journey that day, Qiu Tu also finished searching the "Scarlet Widow's" body.

After confirming that there were no other spoils of war, Qiu Tu walked over to Bu Gou's dummy.

He first put the "Unscrupulous Man" into his "Gold-Obsessed Wallet." Then, he put the "Gold-Obsessed Wallet" aside.

Then, he picked up the "Silk of Ten Thousand Waters" and wrapped it around himself!

Finally, he grabbed both ends of the "Ten Thousand Waters Silk" with both hands, and then, with a ferocious expression, he exerted a slight force.

The next second, his clothes and skin were cut open!

Blood splattered, staining the floor red.

The skin was torn open, and you could even see the white bones!

Tang Feifei watched Qiu Tu's actions with a cold eye, a slight fluctuation in her eyes.

In contrast, Tan Huimin and Su Xiaowan were not so calm. Upon witnessing Qiu Tu's ruthless self-harm, they couldn't help but gasp in shock, covering their mouths.

Tan Huimin felt even more sorry for him and wanted to step forward.

But at that moment, Tang Feifei stopped her, "Don't come over, he's setting up a trap."

Upon hearing Tang Feifei's words, Tan Huimin paused for a moment before stopping in her tracks.

Hearing their conversation, Qiu Tu, whose face was contorted with pain, forced a smile at Tan Huimin and reassured her, "I'm fine. Listen to Director Tang."

After saying that, Qiu Tu put away the "Ten Thousand Waters Silk" and the "Gold-Loving Wallet," and then... lay down in the pool of blood of the False Man.

Blood was all over his body, and coupled with his deep, bone-revealing wounds, anyone would think he had been attacked and was about to die.

Seeing that Qiu Tu had finished everything, Tang Feifei suddenly threw a punch behind her!

The next second, the wall of Qiu Tu's luxuriously decorated office shattered!

A deafening roar erupted! Dust billowed everywhere!

Tang Feifei looked at Tan Huimin and said, "It's your turn."

Upon hearing this, Tan Huimin immediately ran towards the 12th-floor corridor with her long, slender legs, shouting loudly, "Assassin! Assassin! Help! Help!"

Tang Feifei's kick and punch were already quite loud, attracting the attention of offices on the 12th floor.

At this moment, upon hearing Tan Huimin's loud cries for help, the senior executives, department heads, and section chiefs who were discussing matters in their respective offices rushed over!

Upon seeing Qiu Tu and the Scarlet Widow lying in a pool of blood, they were all surprised, their faces filled with shock.

After all... the attack on and injury, and even death, of a high-ranking officer in the Investigation Bureau in his office is a major event for the entire Bureau!

Fortunately... it seems the killer has been killed or captured. Otherwise, everyone would be blamed and held accountable by the state.

Thinking this, Yu Zhengyi, the highest-ranking deputy director in the crowd, couldn't help but look at Tang Feifei and asked with a serious expression, "Deputy Director Tang, what happened?"

"What exactly is going on? What's wrong with Minister Qiu?"

Upon hearing Yu Zhengyi's words, Tang Feifei slowly turned around.

Then, with a cold expression, she glanced at the crowd that had gathered around her, then looked at Yu Zhengyi before asking, "What happened?"

"As you can see... Minister Qiu was attacked by an assassin."

“If I hadn’t happened to be visiting Minister Qiu’s office, he might have died on the spot.”

At this point, she pointed to the Scarlet Widow lying on the ground, her life hanging in the balance, and said, "As for the murderer, it's her: the second-tier Cataclysm, the Scarlet Widow. A black market assassin skilled in disguise and assassination."

"But... what I don't quite understand is: why is this assassin disguised as Director Yan's daughter?"

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At this point, Tang Feifei glanced around at everyone present and then slowly said, "Moreover, Minister Qiu told me this afternoon that he met with this 'assassin' disguised as Director Yan's daughter yesterday and this morning."

"And yesterday's incident was even in front of Director Yan."

Is there something wrong with this?

Upon hearing Tang Feifei's series of questions, the high- and mid-level officials of the Investigation Bureau, who were gathered around, fell silent for a moment.

If they were simply checking on things before and didn't understand what was happening, Tang Feifei's words immediately made them realize the truth: this was yet another clash between the Tang faction and the Yan faction!

Although it is unclear what exactly happened, it is not difficult to tell from the scene that either Yan Chen could not bear it any longer, overturned the table, and assassinated Qiu Tu, or Qiu Tu and Tang Feifei were plotting to frame Yan Chen.

But... in either case, it signifies that a massive storm is brewing!

To be honest... if it were before, there wouldn't have been any storm at all. These middle and upper management would definitely have already sided with Yan Chen, starting to smooth things over or defend Yan Chen.

After all, Yan Chen used to be the local tyrant of the New Territories City Investigation Department, and all the middle and senior-level officials were his cronies. Following him meant a promising future.

But now... after Qiu Tu and Tang Feifei's repeated counterattacks, leaving Yan Chen at a loss, the New Territories City Investigation Department has realized... times seem to have changed.

Yan Chen no longer seems to be the local tyrant who had the final say in the investigation department.

In addition, the fact that Yan Chen transferred Qiu Tu last time, but the shelter personally promoted Qiu Tu... has been causing a rumor to circulate within the Investigation Bureau recently.

Rumors suggest that when Yan Chen was selecting high-ranking officials in the New Territories, he chose only people from his own faction, violating a taboo in officialdom.

The shelter was very dissatisfied with Yan Chen's behavior of turning the New Territories City Investigation Department into a monolithic entity, treating it as his own independent kingdom.

When the New Territories City was first established, there should have been only three directors: one director and two deputy directors. However, the addition of Tang Feifei as a deputy director at the last minute was a signal.

However, Yan Chen did not understand the shelter's good intentions and instead went further, marginalizing Tang Feifei.

It was only because the New Territories City was newly established and everything needed to be stable that the shelter did not take action against Yan Chen.

Now, after a year and a half, the situation in the New Territories has stabilized. The shelter has finally taken action again: Qiu Tu's meteoric rise to become the Special Branch Secretary is the signal that the shelter has stepped in!

This rumor was spread with great detail; although it sounded a bit exaggerated, it was actually quite plausible.

Therefore, the minds of the mid-to-high-level officers of the Investigation Bureau have all wavered during this period.

Some even secretly began to associate with Tang Feifei...

Therefore, now caught in the struggle between the Yan faction and the Tang faction, the middle and upper-level officials present fell silent for a moment...