"Can you describe the features of that monstrous creature a bit?"

Returning from her thoughts, Xu Xiaoyou hesitated for a moment and said, "She has fur."

"And a pair of sharp claws, no human ears..."

Listening to the girl's description, Bai Nian'an was moved and paused while taking notes.

The features described by the other party seemed similar to the Dye Thief that appeared not long ago, but according to the information, the Dye Thief was merely a hazardous level monstrous creature, not even reaching the nightmare level of the 'Nest City Monstrous Tales', which is a more common disaster level in the Star of Art.

However, the mental fluctuations detected by the association near the Dream of the Black Swan apartment were at a disaster level, spanning two whole levels!

Disaster-level monstrous creatures born in the history of the Star of Art could be counted on one hand, and the association attached great importance to this. If the situation worsened further, Prism Tier Cleaners would be dispatched to resolve it.

She vaguely sensed something wrong in the girl's words but couldn't pinpoint it.

Xiaomi didn't react, indicating that the girl wasn't lying about the description of the features.

"She has a human shape, like some kind of animal."

"Mole?" Bai Nian'an decisively pinpointed the key issue.

Xu Xiaoyou's face did not show any surprise. After assuming a thoughtful expression, she shook her head.

"Not quite, it was a bit dark at the time, didn't see her clearly, just remembered some features."

Bai Nian'an's peripheral vision swept over the top pocket of Xu Xiaoyou's jacket, pointing to an object poking out of it.

"What's that?"

It looked like a stamp, with a border of light red paint, and the pattern in the center was a pink rose.

"Sorry, sorry."

Xu Xiaoyou pulled it out then quickly stuffed it back into her pocket, her whole demeanor unnatural, her eyes darting around, looking very guilty.

"Flower Coupon?" Bai Nian'an blurted out.

Her expression turned odd in an instant.

In her impression, only the 'Flower Guests' who frequently visit Flower Street would carry such flower coupons. Usually, only VIP customers in flower shops would receive flower coupons, and the shop employees' monthly performance and level of attention were closely related to these.

The service providers in the flower shops naturally included both men and women, collectively called Flower Buds. She had heard of rich women from high society going to flower shops and booking dozens of male buds in one evening.

"You..." Bai Nian'an was momentarily at a loss for words.

She recognized the girl's flower coupon, a ticket from Rose Street, right in the Queens District, just two streets away from the Dream of the Black Swan apartment. The flower shops on Rose Street were quite famous, operating under the gimmick of pure Flower Bud personnel.

Xu Xiaoyou lowered her head in shame: "I don't usually go to such places, tonight was just an exception..."

At this moment, Xiaomi in the dreamland was startled awake, flipped its belly, and its fan-like wide ears flapped rapidly, emitting a piercing 'huff huff' alarm sound!

Bai Nian'an looked at the girl with more complexity in her eyes. The girl's gentle appearance was highly deceptive, who would have thought she'd be a regular at such a place.

Seeing Bai Nian'an's expression, Xu Xiaoyou internally chuckled.

The lie she told was not that "I don't go to flower shops often," but "tonight was."

The Flower Coupon Card she got from drawing cards was unexpectedly used here. These Flower Coupon Cards could be exchanged for tickets to any flower street, and as a person of morals, she naturally had no interest in such industry nor the desire to spend.

If she could, she wouldn't want to step into such a place at all.

"Then what happened after the attack? Why did you hide in the room, and why did that blue-haired girl stop us?"

Xu Xiaoyou sighed heavily: "To be honest, after being attacked by that monstrous creature, I lost a section of my memory."

"I was extremely scared at the time, instinctively seeking protection, this is not her fault."

She indeed couldn't recall the few seconds of nearly losing control clearly. If Tang Xin hadn't noticed the anomaly in time, the situation would've been even more troublesome.

For some reason, the Spiritual Gaze within her resonated extremely strongly with Angelina at that moment, almost going berserk.

Bai Nian'an wanted to say something but stopped.

So far, most of what the other party stated seemed to match the Dye Thief, except for some features.

From the approximate appearance to fitting its routine wandering habits at the flower street, to the amnesia symptoms after being attacked, if there were cerebral lesions in the following days...

She thought of a possibility, the Dye Thief developed new traits, and at some point, exploded with higher mental fluctuations, just as this girl in front of her was being attacked.

She was aware of cases where monstrous creatures gained new attributes, leading to disaster level upgrading.

As for minor differences in appearance features? That's not important; changes in traits often accompany fundamental changes in the nature of monstrous creatures, never mind morphing from a mole to another animal, even from a human form to a red gelatin-like slime wouldn't surprise her.

If that's the case, then the girl here is indeed just a victim in this incident. The real monstrous creature had already escaped their encirclement at the beginning, utilizing the feature of being invisible in the 'black'.

Moreover, the initial residual monstrous aura on her had mostly dissipated; she had no reason to suspect the girl further.

Never did they expect a seemingly insignificant hazardous level monstrous tale to grow to a disaster level in a single night. They severely underestimated the growth potential of the Dye Thief; this must be reported to the association immediately.

In the next ten minutes, Bai Nian'an inquired about some not very important information, Xu Xiaoyou responded calmly.

Deep into the night, this long interrogation finally ended.

The two Tuners in the room were about to fall asleep standing, but when the inquiry ended, they perked up and straightened their shoulders.

"You were likely attacked by the Dye Thief," Bai Nian'an said.

"Dye Thief?" Xu Xiaoyou looked up.

"Yes." Bai Nian'an pulled a card from the pocket of her investigator's uniform and handed it to Xu Xiaoyou. "This has my contact information, I'll be coming back to see you in the coming days."

"Rest assured, it's just to take you for some tests. No one knows if you'll suffer severe cerebral lesions after gaining new traits," Bai Nian'an smiled.

Seeing Xu Xiaoyou's face not looking so good, she gently comforted, "No one can really say anything for sure about those monstrous creatures, maybe nothing will happen?"

Xu Xiaoyou nodded, the heavy stone in her heart finally dropped.

It seems she had passed this hurdle by the skin of her teeth; mental abilities are universally known to be tricky.

Montage-style lies, using reverse order, altering language expressions, or combining real fragments to ultimately present information as a lie.

She doesn't like lying, and this Xiaomi could vouch for.

"I'll take you back." Bai Nian'an opened the interrogation room door. "It's snowing hard outside, it's late, and not convenient for you to go back alone."

"It's okay, no need."

As Xu Xiaoyou stepped out, she immediately noticed the figure sitting on the metal chair in the corridor outside the door. Tang Xin was covered with that thick military coat, not knowing how long she had been waiting outside. At this moment, she seemed asleep, her head gently tilted on the bench, the wind brushing her face, slightly messy hair sticking to the girl's lips, serene and beautiful.

She lightly patted Tang Xin's shoulder, the latter slowly opening her eyes, sitting up from the metal chair, her voice still a bit blurry, "Mm, are you okay?"

"Mm, I'm okay now," Xu Xiaoyou said.

"Then let's go home." Tang Xin stood up.

Xu Xiaoyou watched the girl hold that military coat in her arms, rubbing her sleepy eyes as she walked away.

Her expression peaceful: "Mm, let's go home."

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