Chapter 111: Toy

The suspect was brought back after being stopped on the highway.

By the time Qin Qing arrived, the interrogation had already begun.

She observed from outside the room.

At first, the person inside denied everything, even threatening to report the officers for misconduct.

It was all just a repetitive cycle of words.

The interrogation couldn’t proceed effectively, so they had no choice but to take a DNA sample.

The suspect didn’t resist, even boasting, “You’ll see that I’m innocent.”

Given the situation, the captain of the task force asked Qin Qing for her opinion.

She did notice something unusual.

Previously, Qin Qing used a kinship diagram to indirectly view logs related to individuals. Although brief, no important information was missed.

This time, she discovered that part of the suspect’s information was blocked when viewed through his relatives’ logs.

Now standing in front of the real person, the blocked information resurfaced.

Blocking doesn’t mean the logs were blank.

Every three months, the suspect’s logs had a blank period, and this had been going on for five years.

At least it proved they had the right person.

Thinking of the case file where a teacher suddenly acquired a Golden Bell Shield-like defense ability, Qin Qing paid special attention to this person’s basic information system panel.

Intelligence, physical strength, and combat power were all average, with no special talents.

She felt relieved, as long as he couldn’t escape, it was fine.

The only thing blocked in the suspect’s kinship diagram was that he was hiding something called “Thousand Faces,” though its location was unknown.

Asking wouldn’t yield any answers.

Qin Qing looked at Meng Yuan beside her, who was happily enjoying a milk tea in one hand and an ice slush in the other.

She asked, “The person inside is hiding something important to him. Where do you think it’s hidden?”

Meng Yuan slurped her drink, her eyes wide.

“I don’t know, how could I possibly know? Can’t you figure it out, sis?”

Qin Qing: “…”

Then Meng Yuan added, “That person’s hands are ugly, and he’s wearing an even uglier ring. It’s such an eyesore.”

Qin Qing looked at the man’s hand. To her, both the hand and the ring seemed ordinary. The ring was a simple wedding band, nothing special.

Thinking of Meng Yuan’s luck.

Qin Qing relayed a message inside: “Take off his ring.”

The people inside followed orders and asked the suspect.

The suspect extended his hand generously, “This wedding ring has been on for ten years, never taken off. It’s not that I’m uncooperative, it’s just been on so long I can’t take it off myself. If you want it, you can try.”

The ring didn’t seem tight, yet the two officers in the interrogation room couldn’t remove it.

The suspect shrugged, “I told you so.”

This made it even more suspicious.

Qin Qing didn’t plan to try herself.

She made a wish to the system panel.

【Remove Wang Chaozhong’s ring from his ring finger, costs 50 Merit Value, proceed with exchange?】

A bit pricey, but much cheaper than the 1000 points needed to display blank logs.

【Proceed.】

As soon as Qin Qing completed the operation, inside the interrogation room, the suspect’s finger became inexplicably slippery, and to his horror, the ring quickly slid off.

The suspect’s frantic attempts to stop it were futile.

With a crisp “click,” it fell to the floor, quickly picked up by a sharp-eyed officer.

Simultaneously, like a magic trick, the air around the suspect briefly distorted, and the person in the chair transformed back to Wang Chaozhong’s original appearance.

Now everything made sense.

With Wang Chaozhong’s disguise lifted, Qin Qing no longer needed to focus on him. She wanted to examine the ring.

As she stood up, Meng Yuan also started to walk away.

“Where are you going?”

Meng Yuan didn’t look back, “Too scary, too scary, I’m going to get some ice cream to calm down.”

Qin Qing: “…”

She understood why Cisha liked to scold Meng Yuan; her blatant slacking off was too obvious.

The ring was handed to Qin Qing.

After sliding off Wang Chaozhong’s hand, it transformed from a simple band into a transparent ring-like object.

Its material was indiscernible.

Qin Qing made another wish to the system panel, wanting to know the ring’s origin and use.

The system panel remained silent.

Oh, even the most magical inanimate object couldn’t be read.

Qin Qing tentatively put the ring on her fingertip, and the system panel remained silent.

No danger!

As she pointed her finger upwards, the ring instantly slid down to the base.

Once settled, the ring’s appearance changed, becoming a piece that perfectly matched Qin Qing’s aesthetic.

Qin Qing nudged the person next to her.

“Captain, do I look any different?”

The captain shook his head.

Thinking for a moment, Qin Qing concentrated on Meng Yuan’s features.

Instantly, her perspective seemed to drop by at least ten centimeters.

The captain beside her still wore an expression of surprise.

Without a mirror, Qin Qing looked down at her own hands. Her once slender, well-defined fingers had become shorter, paler, and chubbier, with unfamiliar dimples at the joints.

Curiously, she poked them, finding them soft.

So this is what chubby girls’ hands feel like?

“Tap, tap, tap…”

Footsteps approached.

Qin Qing looked up.

There stood Meng Yuan, her eyes wide with shock.

The ice cream in her hand had been squeezed too hard, causing the cone to break and the ice cream to fall to the floor.

Qin Qing: “…Hi?”

Meng Yuan’s eyes glazed over, and she fell straight back.

Luckily, the captain’s long arm caught her just in time.

This captain, who never acted like a superior, finally cast a disapproving look at Qin Qing.

Qin Qing: “…”

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After careful study (curious play), Qin Qing discovered the ring had two main functions and one auxiliary function.

Main Function 1: Completely transform into another person’s appearance, whether real or imagined, as long as the wearer can imagine it in detail.

Main Function 2: Keep one’s appearance unchanged, but appear differently to others.

The auxiliary function was simple: it could disguise its style according to the wearer’s preference and could not be removed without the wearer’s consent.

The ring was passed around among the team members. Not everyone could use it properly.

Some people’s simulated appearances looked like incomplete evolutions, with features seemingly poked randomly onto their faces.

They could go straight into a horror movie.

Meng Yuan, who had just woken up, fainted again upon seeing this…

Considering the ring’s non-removable function could be bypassed by the system panel, it wasn’t invincible.

While everyone played, Qin Qing made a request to the system panel to see the true form beneath the simulated appearance.

50 Merit Value.

Confirmed, the system panel was more advanced than this ring.

The captain confiscated the ring, locking it securely in a special handheld box.

He looked at Qin Qing, who was having the most fun, “This is important evidence and needs to be submitted.”

Qin Qing: “…”

Why was he only addressing her? She wasn’t the only one playing with the ring.

The captain returned to the Beifu headquarters overnight to report.

Qin Qing thought he was worrying unnecessarily.

The ring was a good thing.

But Qin Qing had no greedy desire to keep it for herself.

To her, it was just a highly entertaining toy.

Inspired by the ring’s function, Qin Qing once made a wish to the system panel to achieve the ring’s effect, requiring only 100 Merit Value.

The effect had no time limit.

Thanks to the bureau’s tasks, she was now a Merit Value tycoon.

100 Merit Value was a lot.

But using it wasn’t as painful as it used to be.

In necessary times, spending a little was no problem.

She had to admit, her imagination had been too limited before.

Perhaps her proper use and development of the system panel hadn’t reached even 10%…

From Wang Chaozhong, Qin Qing directly traced the traces of other individuals in the case file.

To avoid the blunder of capturing Wang Chaozhong, Qin Qing and Meng Yuan didn’t act separately but joined the Arrest Operation directly.

Initially worried about Meng Yuan’s agility.

But it turned out, aside from not being able to fight, she could run and jump, quite agile, keeping up with the main team while sucking on a lollipop.

There were four people in the case file.

But in Wang Chaozhong’s logs, Qin Qing found there were six in their group.

She reported the names directly.

The captain, returning from his report, brought back information on the other two.

Qin Qing glanced at it.

Sigh, not as much as she had.

With Qin Qing and Meng Yuan’s support.

The capture of the next three went smoothly.

These three had information similar to Wang Chaozhong’s.

The only new information Qin Qing obtained was that one of them had an item called “Empty as Nothing.”

Its use was unknown, but it sounded like another toy similar to “Thousand Faces.”

This toy had been lent to a friend, Liu Xiangjun.

Liu Xiangjun was one of the two hidden members of the six-person group.

The other was named Hong Du.

The six had some special way of contacting each other.

After Wang Chaozhong was caught, the other five moved towards the city where the Action Team was located.

Conveniently allowing them to be caught in one sweep.

After the other three were captured, Liu Xiangjun and Hong Du fled in different directions.

Their movements didn’t use public transport.

But they quickly moved between cities.

Clearly using their own methods to evade capture.

These two must have other powerful means, as the surveillance system couldn’t capture their images.

Initially, Qin Qing and her team followed the compass pointer.

But each time they came up empty-handed.

Like rabbits burrowing, their actions left the Action Team spinning in circles, much to the captain’s frustration.

Meng Yuan handed over her homework notebook, “Want to solve some calculus to cool down?”

Captain: “…”

Meng Yuan: “It’s really hard. I’ve been at it for two hours and haven’t written a single line.”

The captain wasn’t angry anymore, just amused.

He was just taking a break and happened to see the team mascot struggling with math problems, scratching her head in frustration. Out of kindness, he helped explain the homework. And now he’s stuck with her?

Qin Qing watched the whole thing.

It seemed like Meng Yuan’s world always spun in ways she couldn’t comprehend.

If it weren’t for this girl’s charm rating of 95, wouldn’t such behavior get her into trouble?

Right?

In the temporary meeting room borrowed from the local unit, the only sound was the scribbling of pens on paper.

After helping Meng Yuan with her homework, the Captain had calmed down.

He asked, “Shall we continue the chase?”

The question was directed at Qin Qing.

Qin Qing looked up from her notebook.

Flicking the pages, she replied, “No, we won’t chase. We’ll head to Zhenjiang to intercept them. Their final destination is there.

Right now, these two have their assets frozen and urgently need funds to cover their expenses.

They’ve just targeted a wealthy individual for a large transaction.

With only the two of them left in their team, they will definitely show up in person.”