How was he supposed to answer that?
Chapter 49
Fortunately, before Xie Chiyuan could come up with a reason, Bai Xia, who was lying on the steps, reacted.
Bai Xia half-opened her eyes and weakly called out to them.
Xie Chiyuan walked over in a few steps, approached her, and helped her up: "How are you? Where are you hurt?"
Bai Xia's clothes were stained with blood, but she calmly said, "I'm fine, I'm not badly injured."
Bai Xia, who can serve as the head of the investigators, is certainly not just a figurehead; she is capable of protecting herself.
Two of the investigators who were with Bai Xia were gone, leaving only Bai Xia and one and a half. The reason for saying one and a half is that half of them were left uneaten by the little deformed creature.
Bai Xia glanced at his subordinate, who was now only half-finished, squatted down, and closed his stubbornly open eyes.
The atmosphere in the air was inexplicably heavy.
Bai Xia said coldly, "I will report the charges of illegally possessing mutants in the North District and attacking investigators from the Joint Organization when I get back."
Xie Chiyuan said calmly, "Given Chief Xin's personality, even though we didn't die this time, he should have already found someone to take the blame."
Bai Xia had also thought of this, but she was confident: "Chief Xin's mismanagement of the North District will also lead to his trial."
Bai Xia was still injured and didn't want to stay there waiting.
Despite her weakened state, she persevered and finished searching for the evidence. Afterward, the group returned to the hotel, where she had brought her own first-aid kit.
"You get some rest. Call me if you need anything."
Xie Chiyuan's room was next to Bai Xia's, so he could quickly notice if Bai Xia made any move.
"Thank you," Bai Xia said, closing the door behind her.
Without Bai Xia, only Xie Chiyuan and Yu An were standing in the corridor.
It was getting late, so Yu An followed Xie Chiyuan into the room and settled Chongchong and Duoduo in. One of them was asleep, and the other was awake.
"uncle."
The sleepy little insect opened its little hands, first calling out to Xie Chiyuan, and then calling out to Yu An, "Brother."
Xie Chiyuan didn't hug him, but just picked him up and handed him to Yu An: "I'm going to take a shower, you two hug each other."
Yu An was cleaner than Xie Chiyuan; at least there were no bloodstains on his clothes.
It wasn't that Chongchong only had eyes for Xie Chiyuan; he just felt insecure and wanted an adult to hold him.
Yu An held him and gently patted his back, and sure enough, he soon coaxed him to sleep.
When Xie Chiyuan finished showering and came out, Yu An had already returned to his room.
The next room.
The two little ones were also waiting for their big brother. They went up to him and sniffed carefully: "Big brother, what did you eat? It smells delicious."
"Hmm, I had some snacks."
Looking at the two children, Yu An began to regret his actions: "I'm sorry, I forgot to bring you any. There was a little green flower that was very delicious, and I ate it all."
Yu An didn't hide anything from the children and told them everything that had happened.
Of course, he overlooked the fact that the imposter Xie Chiyuan and the imposter Yu An were in bed together, and he also overlooked the situation of his own imposter posing provocatively inside.
The eldest brother's dignity still needs to be protected.
Yu An told the two cubs the abridged version of her experience. After hearing that Yu An ate the flower at the end, the two cubs did not show any craving.
"If you want to eat it, then eat it yourself."
The kids nuzzled him and said, "If you want to eat these kinds of snacks again, Xiao Jiu and I will go outside and find some for you."
"No."
Yu An touched the little butterfly's wings, checking whether the wounds on them had completely healed.
After chatting with the kids for a while, Yu An took a shower and went to bed.
Shortly after he fell asleep, Xiao Jiu released mycelium, which enveloped Yu An's bed, and Yu An seemed to sleep even more soundly.
"Alright."
The little butterfly fluttered its wings and reminded, "While the investigators are resting now, and Xie is sleeping next door, let's go get Big Brother some more food."
The little white mushroom nimbly leaped onto the butterfly's wing, and the next second, the two little ones flew away together.
They weren't flying aimlessly, but rather according to the address Yu An gave them.
Sure enough, they found a small deformed creature in the place where Yu An and Xie Chiyuan had been. The little deformed creature was angrily searching, trying to find the person who had eaten its flower.
When the three mutants met, none of them moved.
The little deformed creature was somewhat wary of them, and after standing there for a while, it was about to leave.
"stop."
The little butterfly called out to him, her tone commanding: "Bloom a few more flowers, my older brother wants to eat them."
The deformed child asked warily, "Who's your older brother?"
The little butterfly didn't waste any words with him, flapped its wings, and flew towards him.
Meanwhile, Xiao Jiu wasn't idle either. When it comes to superpowers, Xiao Jiu could be considered the ancestor of the deformed little creature in front of her.
Once A09's superpower is activated, he is destined to be buried.
The little deformed creature wanted to escape, but it was too late.
"I...we are the same kind!" the little deformed creature roared as it lay dying. "Why do you have to kill me! We are already fewer in number than humans. If you kill me, we will only become even more scarce!"
The little butterfly and the little mushroom remained unmoved.
They approached the little deformed creature, their tone full of disdain: "So what if we're declining? Do you think we care? If my brother asks, we'll grant him his wish, even if he wants all deformed creatures in the world to disappear completely."
The little deformed boy's eyes were filled with shock, and his face seemed to clearly say, "Are you all crazy?!"
The two kids, too lazy to waste any more words, simply and cleanly ended the conversation.
The small, deformed flower bloomed for the last time.
Xiao Jiu took the flowers, boarded the self-service butterfly mini-plane, and returned to the hotel.
Xia Tian didn't notice the little deformity's demise immediately. He showed little emotion, only glancing regretfully out the window.
It's clean once it's gone.
That's perfect, so Xie Chiyuan won't single her out and hand her over to that meddlesome female investigator.
As Xia Tian hadn't expected, Xie Chiyuan went out again that night.
Unfortunately, he couldn't fly; he was a little later than the little butterfly.
Two or three days passed unnoticed in the North District, and most of the investigators were killed. Bai Xia made a final demand to arrest Xia Tianwu.
Xin Yao completely shirked responsibility for the aberration that harmed the investigators, as well as the previous small boat incident.
“Xia Tianwu is not from the North District; his household registration is not here.”
Xin Yao directly revoked Xia Tianwu's household registration. He feigned innocence and said, "I never knew that Xia Tianwu wanted to use the mutant to destroy the peace of the Fourth District. You know, I have always been a pacifist."
"I've only ever seen two aberrations as offspring. Those two were given to the West District, not here. By the way, I wonder if Xiao Xie managed to eliminate those two aberrations in time?"
The last question was posed to Xie Chiyuan. Xie Chiyuan's expression did not change, but Yu Anxian retorted first: "The evil things that the mutants have done now were all done by people from the North District. You are the boss of the North District, so you are definitely not innocent."
"A person who is not innocent has no right to question others!"
Yu An was aggressive and would argue with anything Xin Yao said.
If it were anyone else, Yu An would never have been so rude. But this person in front of her was someone who had repeatedly used the mutant to cause trouble.
Regardless of his identity, he had definitely stepped on Yu An's landmine.
Xin Yao's face turned ashen, and he snapped, "Who do you think you are?! How dare you speak to me like that!"
Xie Chiyuan replied calmly, "He's from my West District, Chief Xin. Do you think people from our West District aren't worthy to speak to you?"
With Xie Chiyuan, this fearsome figure, intimidating him, Xin Yao finally swallowed his anger and kept it inside.
After spending a few days in the North District and using up all three search devices, no other aberrations were found besides the small one from that night.
On the last day, Xie Chiyuan, together with Bai Xia, went to arrest Xia Tianwu.
Xin Yao didn't stop him much, only pretending to say, "Do as you please. If you catch him, you can send him here, and I will deal with him too."
Xie Chiyuan ignored him.
Summer's place is a small, detached apartment building. It's in a slightly out-of-the-way location, but it's quite spacious. The entrance is filled with flowers and plants, making for a rather pleasant view.
Yu An followed Xie Chiyuan, but the group found nothing.
Upon checking the surveillance footage, it was discovered that Xia Tianwu had already left. He only drove one car and left the North District.
Xie Chiyuan forcibly broke down the apartment door.
Inside the door, none of the decorations had been removed or taken away. On the coffee table, there was even an opened pack of cigarettes.
Looking at the entire apartment, it seemed as if the owner had just gotten up early to take out the trash and would be back soon.
Why didn't he pack his luggage?
Yu An looked at all this, a little confused: "Is he coming back? Should we wait here?"
Xie Chiyuan glanced around and said calmly, "He won't come back."
The remaining household items look numerous, but none of them are important or necessities; they can easily be replaced in another location.
After searching the apartment for a while, the group found nothing.
They couldn't even see a photo of Xia Tianwu, and Xin Yao couldn't produce one either. According to the latter, Xia Tianwu never appears in photos.
Xie Chiyuan notified the West District, while Bai Xia submitted a report to the United Organization.
The wanted notice for Xia Tianwu was issued quickly.