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Olov realized that Qin Siyang, who had regained the initiative, seemed to be extremely resistant to him.
He understood.
When facing people or things one doesn't fully understand, one should always maintain a skeptical attitude.
Olov decided to lay his cards on the table.
"Student Qin Siyang, I believe your sequence might be humanity's hope to counterattack the gods, so I hope you can cooperate..."
"Cooperate with what? Human experiments? Or biological dissection?"
Qin Siyang sneered, "Don't give me that 'hope of humanity' nonsense. When I had no hope of living, humanity didn't come to save me."
Olov sighed, "Sometimes, life is nothing but emptiness. When you look back, you realize nothing is left behind. You're still young, so you may not understand."
Qin Siyang was even more disdainful.
'You and I are both humans. What makes you qualified to teach me how to live?'
"If Detective Olov is so selfless, why not tell me about your adventures roaming freely outside the safe zone? I believe everyone inside the safe zone would be very interested in your story."
Olov shook his head, "It's not that I don't want to say it. I can't say it."
"Same here," Qin Siyang's attitude was resolute, as unyielding as an indestructible mountain, leaving Olov feeling powerless.
"Since you refuse to believe me, then I won't say anything more. Of course, I won't force my thoughts and intentions on you. Some things—you'll understand in the future," After speaking, Olov wrapped his scarf around his neck once more and got up from the sofa.
"Talking to you today was enjoyable. Thank you for taking the time to chat with me."
"I don't want to have too much involvement with you, Detective Olov, because it would make others think I'm a morally corrupt student. If there's nothing else, let's not meet again in the future."
Olov shrugged but still said, "That might not be as you wish. Until we meet again."
"Until we never meet again."
———
After sending Olov off, Qin Siyang let out a long sigh of relief.
This was the most dangerous moment he had encountered since his rebirth.
'I was this close to getting sliced up by that old man. Close call.'
Qin Siyang had no interest in probing into Olov's secrets.
It was obvious—if his guess was correct, then Olov was the first person to travel beyond the safe zone.
Something like that couldn't possibly be achieved by an ordinary [Order] sequence.
Either that, or there was a powerful organization backing him.
A tangled web of complications.
Either way, it was far more complex than Qin Siyang's current situation.
His only secret was his sequence.
———
Li Tianming walked in and asked, "How was your chat with Detective Olov?"
Qin Siyang shook his head, "Not great. That old man is ridiculously sharp. He basically knows everything I did."
"The key thing is, I didn't leave any decisive evidence behind, but he still managed to trace it all back to me."
Li Tianming patted Qin Siyang's shoulder, "Don't overthink it. If he had any real evidence, he wouldn't be questioning you in my office—he'd be interrogating you in the Bureau's detention room, right?"
"Fair point. But still, Olov is really strange."
"Strange? Oh, he's very strange."
"Principal Li, you know him?"
"Of course. Back when I was a vice dean at the university, there was a serious case of a sequence user committing murder. The local police and the Bureau had no leads at all, so they escalated it. The United Government sent the police chief, Olov, to lead the investigation."
"He's terrifyingly capable. A case that had everyone stumped for a month—he solved it in three to five days and caught the culprit."
Thinking about his own experience, Qin Siyang realized that Olov had pinpointed him just by piecing together small clues.
Calling him a detective might actually be an understatement.
To Qin Siyang, taking three to five days to solve a case was probably Olov underperforming.
"Where's the strange part?"
"His career history, of course. He never made any mistakes, yet when he was in line for a mid-level officer position in the police department under the United Government, he was suddenly transferred out to this godforsaken place."
"And he's not even a police chief here, just a detective. That kind of demotion? You could call it a meteor crashing to earth."
"So, you should stay away from him," Li Tianming offered Qin Siyang a timely warning.
"I know."
"No, I can see that you want to challenge him. So what I mean is—don't provoke him, don't get close to him, stay as far away as possible."
"If he messes with me, I can't mess with him?"
"It's not him you can't mess with—it's the trouble behind him."
"How much trouble are we talking about?", Li Tianming sat on the sofa and pulled out a cigarette.
Qin Siyang frowned impatiently, "He just smoked a cigarette, and now you're smoking too? Can you stop making me inhale secondhand smoke?"
"But this is my office."
"Fine."
Li Tianming blew out a smoke ring and continued, "Look at my record. It clearly states why I was demoted to this rundown school as the principal."
"And what does that tell you? It tells you that whoever I pissed off still had some scruples. They needed to pin a legitimate crime on me to make my demotion seem justified."
"But Olov's record? It's as clean as a blank sheet of paper. It only states his job history—no explanation for such an unreasonable transfer."
"This means the trouble behind him is so big, they didn't even bother coming up with an excuse. I have a feeling—the mess he got into is way bigger than mine."
Qin Siyang listened and slowly nodded.
"Qin, I know you have a background. You have connections."
Qin Siyang was slightly taken aback.
He had almost forgotten that in Li Tianming's eyes, he was also supposed to be someone with a powerful background.
If not for this reminder, he might have accidentally exposed himself.
"I don't have anything to say about that."
Li Tianming continued, "Your orphan records are flawless. I couldn't even trace back to when exactly you were abandoned near the edge of the safe zone."
"The forces behind you and the trouble they bring? Probably off the charts."
Qin Siyang shot Li Tianming an annoyed glance.
Seemed like he wasn't too happy about Li Tianming digging into his background.
"Don't look at me like that. I had to understand you before deciding whether to work with you, right?"
"Besides, this is just another warning. The core of the safe zone is full of tangled factions. You might have sky-high connections, but his connections might have already pierced through the heavens. Don't think you can provoke anyone you want."
"That 'I'm the strongest in the world' mindset—I trust you don't have that, Qin?"
"Of course not. If I did, our partnership would've fallen apart ages ago. I'd have just pocketed your forty silver coins, and you wouldn't be able to say a thing."
"That would be completely unreasonable."
"If I'm the strongest in the world, do I need to be reasonable?"
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