"Wait, isn't that right? Can Acheron find the way back?"
Stelle, who had just parted ways with her, suddenly realized something, but when she looked back, Acheron's figure had already vanished.
She scratched her head in confusion and tilted her head to the side.
"Forget it. Good people have their own good fortune; it shouldn't be a big problem."
Stelle shrugged and turned to leave.
Next, she still had to...
Meow~
Stelle: (✪ ω ✪)
...
On the other side, Acheron, as expected, had lost her way again.
However, led by a kind stranger, she returned to the interrogation room of the Ability Bureau.
It was the same familiar spot and the same familiar setup.
The difference was that this time, Director Yanxi was conducting the interrogation personally.
"Do you know exactly what you were doing a few days ago?"
"Taking a walk."
"Don't try to play dumb; you know what I'm asking."
Acheron blinked, her pale purple eyes sweeping calmly over Director Yan in front of her, as well as Captain Chen, whom she had met once before, standing beside her.
She knew clearly that the other party had a motive for suddenly seeking her out, but she really wasn't in the mood to play games with them right now.
With that thought, Acheron slowly raised her gaze, her purple eyes calm and deep, shimmering with a faint luster under the dim lights.
"There's no need to test me any further. I will answer honestly whatever you want to ask."
"Hmph, fine then."
Captain Chen, standing to the side, took out a photograph at the right moment.
Director Yanxi took it and placed it in front of Acheron, waiting for her response.
"Do you recognize this person? Why did you kill her?" Director Yanxi's voice carried a hint of coldness, her eyes fixed intently on Acheron.
Acheron slowly lifted her gaze to look at the photograph on the table.
The woman in the photo was gaunt, nothing but skin and bones, with hollow eyes that seemed to have lost their soul.
At first glance, this person seemed to be... who was it again?
Acheron blinked blankly and tilted her head unconsciously, revealing a perfectly timed look of confusion in the eyes of Director Yanxi and Captain Chen.
Her tone carried a hint of bewilderment. "Who is this person?"
Director Yanxi frowned. "Hmph, don't tell me you don't recognize her!"
As she spoke, she took the video recording handed over by Captain Chen and placed it with a "slap" on the table in front of Acheron.
Acheron, not understanding the situation, began to examine the video recording seriously.
The video did not capture Acheron in the act, but it clearly recorded the crucial timeline—the woman had lost her life shortly after Acheron left.
When the people from the Ability Bureau arrived after receiving the tip, they only saw the woman lying on the cold ground, her state of death horrifying: the blood in her body seemed to have been completely drained, her already gaunt body appearing even more shriveled, her skin clinging tightly to her bones, her eye sockets sunken, and even her lips having lost every trace of color, making one shudder in fear.
Just as Acheron was focused on the screen, watching the video carefully...
Director Yanxi and Chen Yuxuan leaned casually against the table, waiting... yeah, right.
Director Yanxi maintained a calm expression on her face, but her fingertips were unconsciously rubbing the edge of the table, a flicker of doubt quietly rising in her heart.
This was because her Special Ability told her that Acheron had actually not been lying just now.
She seemed to truly not recognize the person in the photo.
But that was simply impossible!
Just as Director Yanxi furrowed her brows, lost in deep thought, Acheron finished watching the video.
She closed her eyes, gradually recalling the person's appearance in her mind, and a flash of realization crossed her heart.
"Do you have anything else to say in your defense now?"
Facing the other party's interrogation, Acheron shook her head quite calmly, her purple eyes placid and unrippled.
"I did indeed have a brief encounter with this person, but she was not killed by me."
Upon hearing this answer, Director Yanxi was visibly taken aback, but she still kept a straight face and demanded, "You... the evidence is conclusive now; do you think such meaningless quibbling is useful?"
However, Acheron was not intimidated, slowly opening her eyes.
In an instant, Director Yanxi's body trembled violently, and Captain Chen, standing to the side, subconsciously took a step back, his heart pounding uncontrollably.
Just in that moment, they clearly saw a flash of eerie blood-red pupils in Acheron's eyes, a color so dense it was like congealed blood, carrying a suffocating sense of oppression.
Yet in the blink of an eye, those eyes returned to their original clear purple, calm and unrippled, as if everything just now had been an illusion.
Acheron looked at Director Yanxi calmly, a hint of understanding in her eyes.
"Since you already know the answer, there is no need to test me any further."
"What?" Director Yanxi's expression froze, not understanding what Acheron meant.
Acheron did not mind their reactions; her thin lips parted slightly, her voice cold and clear.
"Your reactions, along with the emotions you inadvertently revealed, have already explained everything.
I surmise that this must be your Special Ability—a power that can distinguish truth from falsehood and perceive emotions."
After hearing Acheron's explanation, both of them were shocked.
They hadn't expected that in just a few sentences, this person would be able to roughly deduce Director Yanxi's Special Ability; this level of observation and reasoning was simply beyond imagination.
The person involved, Director Yanxi, was even more astonished. She muttered to herself inwardly: although she wasn't an expert at acting, she could at least maintain a basic poker face. She had clearly been very careful just now, so how did she still get caught?
It seems this Acheron is even more formidable than imagined.
Before the two could refute, Acheron continued to speak:
"Besides, if you have investigated the deceased's background, you should already know her history."
Having said this, her gaze turned toward the two.
So the purpose of this trip was simply to test her, or to probe the connection between her and the deceased.
The two immediately understood the meaning in her eyes, and both felt somewhat awkward in their hearts.
That's right; in front of Acheron, their little schemes were basically obvious and couldn't be hidden at all.
At this moment, even Captain Chen, who was still a bit confused, vaguely realized that they had most likely misunderstood Acheron today.
Therefore, having met her once before, he took the initiative to ease the tension. "Apologies, the situation at the Ability Bureau has been very severe recently, so we have no reason to let any clues slip by. We ask for your understanding."
Acheron nodded slightly and didn't hold it against them, or perhaps she simply didn't care at all.
She stood up directly, and under their astonished gazes, applied a little force with both hands.
Snap!
This pair of specially made iron handcuffs shattered just like that.
Director Yanxi & Chen Yuxuan: (● — ●)
These special handcuffs couldn't exactly be called unbreakable, but they weren't something just anyone could easily destroy either.
Yet...
Acheron ignored their wide-eyed stares.
Instead, once again in their bewildered eyes, she pulled out a... peach from her sleeve?
Director Yanxi & Chen Yuxuan: (๑ ° ⌓ ° ๑)?
Acheron: (๑ •. • ๑)?
Acheron was also taken aback for a moment.
After a few seconds of silence, she still took a small bite.
It was quite sweet.
Then, she put the peach back and instead pulled out a mobile phone.