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Leaning against the dilapidated, nearly totaled car, Qiu Tu glanced at the countdown timer. Only one hour and twenty minutes remained until the crisis was over.

Qiu Tu wasn't in a hurry. He lit a cigarette, smoked it quietly, and waited patiently...

Time slowly passed, one minute, two minutes, three minutes...

After finishing his cigarette, Qiu Tu threw the butt on the ground, stomped it out, and then turned around to get into the car to continue waiting.

As a result, just as he opened the car door and stepped into the car with one foot!

Suddenly, the shadows on the ground seemed to come alive and writhe wildly.

The next second, a dark shadow silently rose up from the shadows on the ground!

A knife!

Just one cut!

Qiu Tu's head was completely separated from his body!

Qiu Tu's eyes still clearly showed astonishment and disbelief, as if he didn't understand what had happened!

The next second, with two muffled thuds, his head and body slammed onto the muddy road...

Upon seeing this, the dark figure grinned, then approached Qiu Tu step by step in the shadows. As he walked, his figure slowly grew taller, as if he were emerging from the darkness.

As he approached Qiu Tu's head, the still-bleeding head suddenly grinned eerily, "Minister. You've lost this round."

Upon hearing Qiu Tu's words, the shadowy figure's scarlet eyes widened suddenly. He looked down sharply and saw that Qiu Tu, who was clearly decapitated, vanished into thin air in a flash!

The next second, several middle-aged men in white uniforms slowly walked out of the villa.

They looked at Jia Shu with disappointment, then said solemnly, "Jia Shu, you're under arrest."

As he spoke, the middle-aged man in the lead waved his hand, and a white cage suddenly descended from the sky, trapping Jia Shu, who was preparing to escape!

At that moment, even Jia Shu, who was usually unswayed by emotions, could hardly control his expression!

As he was bound and fell to the ground, he cried out incredulously, "Inspector! Why are you here!"

Why are you here?!

"Impossible, this is impossible!"

The next second, having probably guessed Qiu Tu's entire plan and all his trump cards, Jia Shu suddenly froze, his expression frozen.

After a moment, he burst into somewhat manic laughter, "Hahahaha, hehehe. So that's how it is, so that's how it is..."

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Chapter 171: The Plan After Jia Shu's Arrest Revealed (1.1 words, please subscribe!)

Hearing Jia Shu's somewhat delusional and inexplicable words, the three white-clad inspectors said nothing, but simply looked at him with indifference.

Just then, a series of footsteps approached from afar.

A moment later, Tang Feifei emerged from the darkness, fully clothed and looking relaxed.

She was dragging a masked man in a suit along in her arms like a dead dog.

In contrast to her nonchalant demeanor, the man in the suit was in a much worse state—not only were his clothes torn, but he was also covered in bruises, with no intact patches of skin, and his head was swollen like a pig's head; he had already passed out.

Upon reaching the villa's entrance, Tang Feifei tossed the masked man in the suit she was holding toward Jia Shu as if throwing away trash.

With a muffled thud, the masked man in the suit landed beside Jia Shu like a rag doll.

During the collision, the mask on his face fell off, revealing a handsome face that seemed somewhat similar to Jia Shu's, yet was not quite the same.

Seeing this, Jia Shu, who was tied to the ground, was not much surprised.

Having figured out all of Qiu Tu's arrangements, he still had the leisure to laugh. His bloodshot eyes were fixed on Tang Feifei, filled with coldness and madness.

"Director Tang, I didn't expect Qiu Tu to have joined forces with you so early on."

"No wonder you acted so strangely at the last high-level meeting. At the time, everyone thought you were suppressing Qiu Tu, but actually... you were deliberately paving the way for Qiu Tu's promotion, weren't you?"

"If I'm not mistaken, the inspector's men were also invited by the two of you, right?"

The Inspector General, directly under the Supreme Council of the Shelter, is a special agency that oversees high-level criminal activity within the planned areas of the Shelter. Although their rank is not high, their power and influence are immense.

Previously, Tang Feifei and Qiu Tu had been discussing applying to the shelter for an investigation, citing Jia Shu's alleged dereliction of duty and being a prime suspect in a cover-up. Their goal was to get that department involved.

Upon hearing Jia Shu's question, Tang Feifei gave him a cold look, showing no interest in talking to a loser.

She simply looked at the three white-clad men of the inspectorate and said, "I believe you have all recorded the entire process tonight."

"Jia Shu, I'll leave you all here. I'll go back to cleaning up the mess now."

She pointed to the gunfire in the darkness not far away and said, "Those guys are a bit tough; the others probably can't handle them."

The white-clad man at the head of the group grunted in agreement and gestured, "Director Tang, please make yourself at home. No one can escape from our grasp."

Seeing this, Tang Feifei didn't linger any longer. Instead, she suddenly jerked off and rushed into the darkness, heading towards the source of the gunfire in the distance!

......

Meanwhile.

The Investigation Bureau building. Ninth floor. Tang Feifei's office lounge.

Qiu Tu, dressed in a bathrobe and already clean, was squatting on the ground, looking at the "head" that had rolled to his feet with a pained expression.

The head looked exactly like Qiu Tu's, with no discernible difference, just like Qiu Tu's real head: even... blood was still gushing out from the broken neck.

Picking up "his own" head, Qiu Tu placed it on the headless corpse next to it, and then, as planned, used his cataclysmic ability, "Order Space."

"As long as my mental energy isn't depleted, the 'Unwavering Dummy' possesses self-repair capabilities and will repair itself at the fastest possible speed!"

As Qiu Tu set his own power rules, a bunch of disgusting fleshy sprouts immediately grew from the severed neck of the "head" in front of him, and then reconnected with the headless corpse...

While the "Unyielding Dummy" was being repaired, Qiu Tu squatted on the ground, quietly recalling his entire plan for the evening...

In fact, as early as when Wang Xi heard the titles "Big Brother" and "Seventh Brother" in his memory but did not see anyone else, Qiu Tu had already guessed that the man in the suit or Jia Shu might have the ability to create clones or split bodies.

Therefore, he knew that even if he were attacked by Jia Shu tonight, Jia Shu would most likely be fully prepared and have a solid alibi.

His only worry was: what if Jia Shu's "real body" was the one providing an alibi, and then... remotely controlled other "clones" or other people to attack him?

That's why Qiu Tu deliberately wrote a promotion application today and went to meet Jia Shu, just to confirm whether Jia Shu was real or not.

The result reassured Qiu Tu: the "Jia Shu" in the office, although he looked exactly like Jia Shu in appearance, tone, and handwriting, some details still made Qiu Tu feel that something was wrong.

This suggests that Jia Shu did not remain in a safe position and remotely direct the attack from his office tonight, but rather took matters into his own hands to ensure success.

This result put Qiu Tu's mind at ease.

That leaves only two questions.

1. How many clones does Jia Shu and the man in the suit have? How can we exhaust all of Jia Shu and the man in the suit's clones, so that Jia Shu will personally take action and fall into the trap?

2. How can Qiu Tu save his life when Jia Shu has revealed all his secrets?

The former is already quite obvious. In order to exhaust those clones one after another, Qiu Tu has really used up all the connections and plans he had accumulated during this period.

Yan Chen arranged for Lin Ting, the head of the Special Operations Department; the action team from the Security Bureau's Investigation Section; Committee Member Jiang's secret force; Tang Feifei; and the inspector Tang Feifei invited from the shelter...

Almost all the forces that were watching tonight's operation were dragged into Qiu Tu's scheme!

And they did not disappoint Qiu Tu's expectations, successfully holding back Jia Shu and the four clones of the man in the suit!

This forced Jia Shu to take action personally, ultimately leading him into Qiu Tu's trap!

And the latter...

Thinking of this, Qiu Tu couldn't help but look at the "Bugou Fake Man" that had been repaired.

Then he reached out and beckoned.

The next second, "Bugou Fake Man" vomited a lot of blood, and then his body shrank rapidly.

Before long, "Qiu Tu," who was over 1.8 meters tall, turned into a tiny mannequin the size of a thumb, with a stiff body and no face or features.

This is one of the two Cataclysmic Treasures that Qiu Tu obtained in the "Salvage Game" a couple of days ago.

Its function is: as long as it absorbs enough blood, it can become the user's second body.

The user's spirit and soul can enter this body and control the dummy as if it were another body, and the dummy can complete all the user's operations "meticulously".

A fairly ordinary clone-type cataclysmic Noble Phantasm. Moreover, it comes at a considerable cost—not only must it consume blood every two days, but the amount of blood consumed is also extremely large.

Given Qiu Tu's catastrophic constitution, he was nearly drained of energy just to activate this dummy; otherwise, he wouldn't still be so pale...

However, it was precisely because of this catastrophic artifact that Qiu Tu was able to successfully stage such a grand performance tonight—

After saying goodbye to Liu Fuping, he went to the restroom.

In the toilet, Qiu Tu cut his arm with a knife and used a large amount of blood to activate the "Unscrupulous Dummy".

Afterwards, in the toilet, he took off his uniform and gave it to "Bugou Dummies".

"Bugou Jiaren" took his place in the restroom to begin tonight's performance.

He then put on the spare clothes he had prepared beforehand, and while no one was paying attention, he quietly slipped into Tang Feifei's lounge and hid there to carry out remote operations.

To ensure the play was realistic enough to successfully lure out Jia Shu, and also to avoid leaks, Qiu Tu kept the plan a secret from everyone except Tang Feifei.

Moreover, he went all out, leaving the valuable "trigger paper doll" given to him by Tang Feifei on the "Bugou dummy"! He dealt with Jia Shu's first attack and successfully fooled everyone!

Later, before the second attack, Qiu Tu drank the "Iron Spirit Potion," which strengthened his will, improved his concentration, and quickened his reflexes. This allowed him to evade the second attack from the man in the suit!

Then, Tang Feifei took the initiative to step in and protect Qiu Tu from the third attack!

Thus, the deception of "not feigning one's identity" remained undetected. Ultimately, it lured Jia Shu out of hiding, allowing him to personally assassinate Qiu Tu!

At that time, due to the wear-off of the "Iron Spirit Potion" and Jia Shu's overwhelming strength, Qiu Tu's reaction speed was completely unable to keep up, and "Bu Gou Jia Ren" could only be beheaded with one strike!

However, at this point, the mission of "not being a hypocrite" has been completely accomplished!

After exposing his whereabouts, Jia Shu completely fell into Qiu Tu's trap and was captured by the inspector. His painstakingly constructed alibi also became invalid...

The entire plan was tightly linked, and Qiu Tu almost used all his trump cards. Only by relying on the pull of various forces, the accumulated cataclysmic treasures, and the valuable information gap, did he finally win a round against Jia Shu!

However, while "not relying on others" is the core of this plan, it is not indispensable. A similar effect can be achieved using "ownership seals."

After all, once Qiu Tu went to the first and second villas, it was tantamount to telling Jia Shu that his next destination would definitely be the other three villas.

Therefore, Jia Shu's true form is most likely hiding near the fourth or fifth villa, preparing for a final gamble.

At that time, Qiu Tu only needs to drive to the fifth villa. He will not need to suffer Jia Shu's assassination attempt. He can directly use the "ownership seal" to have Qin Shuman summon him away.

Jia Shu, who had been lured there, was left to face the inspector alone.

However, since Jia Shu hasn't actually attacked Qiu Tu yet, it can't be considered catching a thief red-handed. There's still some room for argument—for example, he's been following Qiu Tu to protect him.

So in the end, for safety and to ensure nothing went wrong, Qiu Tu still chose to use the "Unscrupulous Dummy," which came at a considerable cost.

In this way, the "ownership seal" that was saved was used by him on "not being a hypocrite".

Therefore, after "Bu Gou Jia Ren" was killed by Jia Shu in one blow, Qiu Tu immediately used the "Ownership Seal" to retrieve it.

And immediately used the "order space" that was deliberately saved today to repair it.

After all, although this cataclysmic artifact comes at a high price, it can still play a very important role at certain crucial moments!

Qiu Tu went over all his plans for the evening and took a deep breath. He felt utterly exhausted...

This kind of exhaustion is not only physical, but also mental.

Having been tense all night, he was now completely exhausted after suddenly relaxing...

Thinking this, Qiu Tu put away "Uncompromising Man" and then deactivated his catastrophic abilities.

As the cataclysmic power was removed, the waves of pain that felt like my brain had been emptied out returned.

Qiu Tu remained calm, took out the "Nightmare Crystal Bottle" he had prepared beforehand, opened it, and drank it all in one gulp.

As the restorative liquid went down his throat, Qiu Tu's mental energy was quickly replenished, and his tense mind, which had been strained all night, was somewhat relieved...

He sat quietly on the ground for a while. Then, Qiu Tu slowly got up.

He walked to the window of Tang Feifei's lounge, wearing slippers, and gazed at the still dark sky over the New Territories with a deep look in his eyes.

Although he successfully lured Jia Shu into a trap with his meticulously planned schemes.

With the inspector personally making the arrest, Jia Shu had virtually no chance of turning the tables.