My Future Refreshes Weekly

Chapter 36: You’re Not Allowed to Be a Detective

Jiang He had not planned to take part in this incident.

But since the security officer had already come to him for help, he could not just turn a blind eye.

After all, tracking down the culprit was far too simple—something that required barely any effort at all.

Qiu Qiyuan said joyfully: “Come, I’ll take you to the scene……”

“Wait!” Zhang Zhiyong cut him off.

Since Jiang He had agreed to the request, Zhang Zhiyong could not stop him.

However, there was no way he could allow Jiang He to go to the crime scene alone. That would be far too dangerous.

“I’ll go with you.”

“I’ll come too.” Du Lingwei immediately followed.

He Xue, Chen Zhengyi, and the others also walked over.

“I’ll help as well.”

“Me too.”

“I……”

“Silence! Do you think this is a student field trip?” Zhang Zhiyong scolded them, sweeping his gaze across the group.

Even if they were not members of the Arc Light Organization, the transcendent criminals who attacked the security bureau were by no means weak. These team members only had D-rank strength. If they encountered danger, they would only become a burden.

Du Lingwei, however, was different. Not only was her strength close to the peak of C-rank, she also carried an A-rank talent. If danger arose, she could use 【Flame Spirit Guardian】 to protect Jiang He.

“Little Du coming with us is enough. The rest of you, stay put in the bureau.”

The firefighting squad members were left behind.

The few of them left the fire station and took a car toward the security bureau.

Jiang He and Du Lingwei sat in the back seat. White Crane did not sit inside but instead on top of the car.

Since he was in his invisible form, no one else could see him.

Taking advantage of the ride, Jiang He quickly sent a sound transmission to White Crane.

“White Crane, who’s the culprit?”

“……You’re not allowed to read detective novels.” White Crane grumbled, then said: “It’s Principal Jiang Li of Third High, a B-rank transcendent.”

“Principal of Third High?” Jiang He’s pupils contracted.

In the transcendent era, schools carried extraordinary significance, and the position of principal was of great importance.

Take Zhong Honglian, for example—an outstanding A-rank transcendent and a quasi-council member, yet she served as a principal in Central State City.

But this Principal Jiang of Central State’s Third High School had disguised himself as a transcendent criminal and openly attacked a security bureau?

Was the world insane?

“So what if he’s a principal? Even S-rank transcendent beings have private desires, let alone a mere B-rank transcendent.”

White Crane explained: “High-rank transcendent beings live longer, but their probability of producing offspring decreases. Jiang Li once had an only son, whom he doted on excessively.”

“Growing up under such conditions, his son became arrogant, domineering, and self-centered.”

“Such a temperament naturally led to conflicts—since ancient times, even ordinary men could be roused to rage. All the more so in the transcendent era.”

“So, a few years ago, his son clashed with someone else. A great battle broke out, sweeping through half a district, leveling large numbers of buildings, and leaving countless civilians dead.”

Jiang He found it all disturbingly familiar. His heartbeat quickened, and his fists clenched tight.

“That battle was……”

White Crane’s eyes turned icy cold: “It was the very battle in which our parents were killed.”

Jiang He’s fists tightened further, his heart pounding violently.

The people in the car, all C-rank transcendent beings, even without paying close attention, sensed the changes in his body.

Du Lingwei looked at him with concern: “Jiang He?”

“……It’s nothing, just a little nervous.”

Jiang He took a deep breath, forcing himself to calm down.

In that moment, he understood 【Transcendent Rampage】.

He had just now been overcome with thoughts of vengeance.

White Crane, too, understood his thoughts and said: “Too late. His son is already dead.”

“Though his son was stronger than the other C-rank transcendent and won the battle, the impact was simply too severe.”

“The security bureau arrested his son, and after trial, he was sentenced to death.”

Jiang He’s rage eased slightly. At least the culprit had paid the price.

But then came the question: “What does that have to do with this incident?”

White Crane said: “That was Jiang Li’s only son. Even if he committed crimes, Jiang Li did not want him executed. He ran everywhere back then, trying to change the sentence.”

“In the end, he failed to save his son. Instead, he came to hate the security officers who had ‘stood by and done nothing’.”

“A few days ago, during the Arc Light Organization’s attack, he carried out his 【Revenge】.”

The rest did not need to be said. Jiang He understood clearly.

Jiang Li had killed the security officers, but not cleanly enough, leaving behind clues.

When exposure loomed, he somehow found a group of people, disguised them as Arc Light Organization criminals, and had them attack the security bureau.

Jiang He could not help but mutter: “And someone like that can still be a principal?”

White Crane said: “Personality and strength have no correlation. Besides, his role as a principal left little room for suspicion. Naturally, it had no effect.”

No effect, huh……

Jiang He closed his eyes, emotions in turmoil.

Before long, Qiu Qiyuan drove them to the Jianghua District Security Bureau.

This was a branch of the security bureau in that jurisdiction. It did not cover a large area, yet now it, along with several nearby buildings, had collapsed into ruins.

The four of them crossed the cordon and approached the wreckage, where several security officers were already standing.

Among them, a middle-aged officer who looked older than the rest stepped forward and said:

“Hello, I’m Chen Zhenbang, Chief of the Security Bureau. And this must be Student Jiang He?”

Central State City had only two A-rank powerhouses: Zhong Honglian, the principal of First High, and Mayor Chi Zhenshan.

This Chief Chen of the Security Bureau, like the Fire Department Chief, was a B-rank transcendent.

Of course, to high school students, a B-rank transcendent was already someone to look up to—let alone a security bureau chief.

However, after all that Jiang He had experienced these past days, he no longer reacted with the same shock.

On top of that, his mood was poor, so even when facing the bureau chief, he only gave a small nod.

“Hello, Chief Chen.”

“No need to be so formal, just call me Uncle Chen.” Chen Zhenbang stepped aside, revealing the ruins before them.

“I ask you to investigate these ruins and see if you can find any clues about the culprit.”

Clues?

Jiang He had already pieced together the culprit’s motive and the entire backstory.

But of course, he could not simply state the answer outright. The process still had to be followed.

He willed it silently.

“White Crane.”

“Here.”

The youth in white ceremonial attire stepped out from behind him and overlapped with Jiang He.

【Heroic Spirit Possession】

Naturally, no one else could see this.

All they saw was Jiang He pause briefly, before speaking aloud.

「Reenact」

The culprit could erase corpses, erase blood, erase traces of transcendent power……

But they could not erase everything. They could not erase all the 「dust」.

As the Word-Spirit was released, under the influence of transcendent force, countless motes of dust rose from the ruins, drifting from all directions. They were like gray sprites, gathering together, forming outlines in the air—

Tables, walls, security officers, criminals.

In that moment, the events of the past reappeared, woven in dust.

This was 「the memory of the world」.

Chen Zhenbang and the others were dumbstruck.

The attackers had erased the evidence, and despite their best efforts, the officers had been helpless.

Yet now, with only two simple words, everything was effortlessly restored!

So this was the power of 【Word-Spirit】?!

Jiang He walked up to the gray dust-formed criminals, who wore cloaks and masks, and reached out his hand to touch them.

He said:

「Return」

The dust shattered, forming a gray wind that drifted off into the distance.

Jiang He turned to the others and said: “Follow it, and you’ll find the attackers.”

Chen Zhenbang: “……”

Come on, he had only asked for a clue—why did this kid go ahead and practically locate the criminals outright?