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Bai Zhi nodded and said, "Yes, the Federal Defense Team has lifted the watch on Lady Jin. She is now free to move about and make contact with others, except that she cannot leave the Sky Mother Ship."

Hearing what Bai Zhi said, Fang Ze blinked his eyes and his brain couldn't help but spin rapidly.

If he were just an ordinary suspect, unaware of the progress of the case, then he wouldn't think there was any problem with how the case was advancing.

But, let's not forget, he is no ordinary suspect, but one who had just taken control of a Spirit Ascension stage Mind Power user.

And that Mind Power user had been specifically invited by the Federal Defense Team to assist with the case and was extremely familiar with the progress of the entire case. Thus, Fang Ze was as well-informed about the current investigation progress of the Federal Defense Team as if it were the palm of his hand."

According to the information Fang Ze got from Master Fenda,

the Federal Defense Team had not obtained any useful information from Lady Jin from start to finish.

Since being controlled by the Federal Defense Team, Lady Jin had remained silent, not uttering a single word.

And because Lady Jin was a noble, the Federal Defense Team could neither interrogate her with torture nor use a Mind Power user to question her.

Therefore, the Federal Defense Team couldn't pry open Lady Jin's mouth and could only look for breakthroughs elsewhere.

And they found two breakthroughs.

One was Fang Ze.

This goes without saying, not to mention getting clues, they were almost fooled by Fang Ze.

The second was to locate the several Yang Transformation stage individuals and find their escape positions by analyzing the Traces, the Power of Laws, and the spatial fluctuation coordinates at the scene of the fight.

But, according to what Master Fenda said, the four Yang Transformation stage individuals who escaped this time were obviously "habitual criminals" who fully understood the methods of the Federal Defense Team, so the Defense Team's progress was very "touching."

All three directions for solving the case hit dead ends, and the case had reached this point without even getting into the real substance, not to mention drawing to a close.

And the result... Lady Jin said it was over?

Fang Ze felt something was not quite right...

He didn't think Lady Jin was deceiving him.

After all, if it weren't true, Lady Jin wouldn't have been able to meet Bai Zhi, nor would she have been able to regain her freedom.

So, Fang Ze felt there must be a problem here...

Thinking of this, Fang Ze involuntarily recalled the words Lady Jin had "said" to him that day: wait...

Could it be... Lady Jin had already known that such a day would come?

So she asked him to wait?

But why would that be?

Are the official organizations of this world so sloppy and irresponsible?

Possibly because he truly could not understand why the case was drawing to a close, Fang Ze was somewhat lost in thought for a time.

Seeing this, Bai Zhi did not disturb him. She just looked over at Fang Ze and then quietly opened her Space Folding Bag, taking out a stack of documents from inside and placing them in front of Fang Ze.

Seeing her actions, Fang Ze came back to his senses.

He said, "Sorry," then lowered his head, picked up the stack of documents and asked, "What's this?"

Bai Zhi replied, "This is the detailed family information of the eight gang leaders you asked me to look into."
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"Although these gangs operate in gray zones, they are all people with official identities, so they still have files left in the authorities."

"And I also went to the Investigation Bureau and obtained some records of these eight gangs over the years. I believe it will be of some help to you."

Fang Ze nodded, then bent down to examine the material.

The documents were all public records. On the surface, there was nothing extraordinary about them.

However, if combined with one of Fang Ze's hypotheses, it became very interesting.

After looking through them for a while, he looked up and asked, "So, the founders of these eight gangs haven't shown up for many years, is that correct?"

Bai Zhi nodded, "Yes."

"At least from the information of the Security Bureau and the Investigation Bureau, there is no sign of them."

"And it's not just them, even the second-generation leaders of these eight gangs have not appeared for a long time."

"Now it is the third generation of leaders who are in charge of these gangs."

Fang Ze thoughtfully nodded again and continued to read the material.

After a while, having finished reading the documents, Fang Ze closed them and then asked, "By the way. I remember that Xida State has children's rhymes like the Surname Record, right?"

Possibly because she couldn't keep up with Fang Ze's jumping thoughts, Bai Zhi hesitated for a moment, then inadvertently said, "The Surname Record...? Uh, you mean Zhao, Qian, Sun, Li, Zhou, Wu, Zheng, Wang, that one?"

Seeing Fang Ze nod, she added, "Actually... not just in Xida State, it seems many states in the eastern region have these rhymes passed down. As for other jurisdictions, I haven't been there, so I'm not sure."

Fang Ze nodded.

Then, he asked curiously, "By the way, do you know how this Surname Record came to be passed down or how it was formed?"

Bai Zhi shook her head, "Not sure. It's just something people recite privately, and the details aren't complete. Who would bother researching this?"

"Moreover, many surnames aren't included in the Surname Record. So, really, no one pays it any mind."

Hearing Bai Zhi's response, Fang Ze thoughtfully nodded.

Seeing Fang Ze ask so earnestly about this, Bai Zhi couldn't help but ask, "Why do you ask about this? Does it have something to do with the Flower Morning Festival case?"