After reminding Stanna, the mature and charming police chief, Tang Qi left the crime scene with Sally.
Turning around, he was again just an ordinary-looking Asian student.
As if the calm youth who had offered clues just moments before was not him at all.
Only Sally, with her oversized black-rimmed glasses, shone brightly every time she looked at Tang Qi.
To this, Tang Qi could only smile helplessly, thinking his first friend might be somewhat naive and sweet.
The reason Tang Qi benevolently helped Stanna solve the case was not for show, nor was it because he was overly righteous or good-natured; it was because he noticed traces of the extraordinary at the crime scene.
More precisely, there were four Extraordinary Items.
Even though it was just a quick glance, his Special Ability still allowed him to see some things.
[Curios: Sea Demon's Shell]
[Information Fragment: This is a shell from the Aegean Sea, marked by the Sea Demon and also part of an Evil ritual.]
The blunt information directly informed Tang Qi that the perpetrator of this bloody crime was no ordinary person.
Of course, aside from this was knowledge that Tang Qi knew from the original body's memories.
Although the original person was just an average Asian student, and even academically inferior to other Asian students, he was surprisingly a prodigy in various odd and Abnormal Knowledge.
Now, all that Knowledge had become Tang Qi's.
Despite this, it didn't stop Tang Qi from eagerly continuing to acquire more Knowledge.
Unfortunately, due to this terrible crime, the entire Saint Thorny High School maintained its operations, but students, teachers, or other academic staff seemed somewhat absent-minded.
Especially the students, who were growing restless.
Being at an age of intense curiosity, such a case happening close by stirred up passionate discussions among all the students.
And Tang Qi, was one of the very few still seriously attending classes.
Even so, Tang Qi still spared a bit of attention to overhear the various murmurings around him.
He automatically filtered out the massive amounts of irrelevant garbage information.
But by the end of the day, he still silently noted many pieces of useful information.
After the last class of the day, aside from those still being questioned, the residential academic staff and students living in the same building, the rest of the students dispersed, most of them in a hurry to go home to share the "earth-shaking case" with their parents or friends.
If it were a regular high school, these students might receive some warnings, not to disclose such information.
At Saint Thorny High School, such restrictions were impossible.
Tang Qi could almost foresee, by the end of the night, the entire Messer City would be shaken by this major case.
As a city in a remote state, Messer City's presence in the Federation was very low.
This case might raise its profile a bit.
But the leaders of Messer City would certainly not be happy to gain attention in such a way.
Unlike those excited students, Tang Qi had no one to confide in or share with, nor did he need to.
However, he did not immediately head back to his brick-and-diamond small building, as he had some arrangements for the evening.
After bidding Sally goodbye, Tang Qi left the campus area, boarded a bus, and headed straight for Central Avenue in the Central District.
As the Neon flickered, that bustling street, apparently thriving in all directions, once again came into Tang Qi's view.
Although to many residents of Messer City, Central Avenue is considered one of its iconic sights.
But to Tang Qi, who had seen too many prosperous night scenes on Previous Earth, it was just average, after all.
Of course, there were also many different aspects that amazed Tang Qi.
After all, it was an Otherworldly setting, with its own unique characteristics.
For instance, at this time, after Tang Qi got off the bus, unlike other people who came to Central Avenue, he didn't go to the streets selling various delicious foods, nor to the clothing streets. Instead, he deliberately dove into the streets selling strange things, and of course, what he bought were some items that seemed utterly useless and Abnormal.
An hour later, Tang Qi once again entered Gun Street, and when he left, he carried an extra toolbox in his hands.
As he boarded the bus again, his hands were laden with big and small parcels of various things.
Fortunately, due to the beginner boost from the Chaga Fighting Technique, Tang Qi's physical condition had also been enhanced. Although it wasn't exaggerated enough to enter the Extraordinary Domain,
Tang Qi was now a very robust young man.
Carrying a large bundle of items, he stepped back onto the campus. The daytime Saint Thorn High School was undoubtedly ancient and holy, with various details of the Church's legacy making this high school so special.
But for some reason, after nightfall, this sense of holiness was greatly diminished.
It might have been an illusion, or perhaps due to the daytime homicide. At this moment, to Tang Qi, the vast campus somehow seemed rather sinister.
And as Tang Qi made his way towards his brick stone building, a series of sharp siren wails suddenly erupted in the night sky.
A cluster of faint, flickering lights passed straight through the streets on another side of Thorny High School, and then headed towards the side with a large cluster of buildings.
These lights belonged to police cars.
Tang Qi glanced from afar, suppressing a somewhat ominous premonition in his heart, and said with a frown, "Have they found the killer so quickly?"
"Let's hope nothing bad happens. I hope she remembers my hint."
He muttered to himself, then turned away and continued walking back to the building.
The desire to get involved?
There was a bit of that, but alas, Tang Qi was well aware that he was not yet at a stage where he could afford to provoke enemies at will.
Especially considering the unknown killer could be an Extraordinary Monster.
Providing that clue and the final hint.
That was already the best effort Tang Qi could make. After all, he's just a high school student, not a police officer.
Several thoughts flashed by, and Tang Qi had already locked the main door, placing the large bundle of items on the wooden table in the small living room on the first floor.
Afterward, Tang Qi headed straight for the kitchen.
Following a series of smooth and efficient movements, when he emerged again, Tang Qi had in his hands a plate of golden fried rice that looked quite appetizing.
The ingredient was the precious Golden Tooth Rice, a well-known foodstuff throughout the Federation, typically turned by most chefs into stews or baked dishes beloved by the nobles.
On a whim, Tang Qi went for a dish of fried rice.
With the first bite, Tang Qi's eyes immediately lit up.
Then like a typhoon sweeping through, he finished off the entire plate of fried rice.
Putting down the spoon, he exclaimed, "The ingredients of this world, once cooked, actually don't glow. That's illogical."
He muttered a complaint to himself, quickly tidied up the table, and brewed a pot of coffee.
As the rich aroma began to spread, Tang Qi finally sat down at the wooden table, opening up the large packs of items.
Apart from the toolbox for firearms,
a huge pile of miscellaneous, strange items came into view.
Pearl Powder, Oak Fruit, Silver Shavings, garlic essence, rouge flower seeds... After checking over the items, Tang Qi turned around to fetch a few small wooden boxes, opened them, and dumped them onto the table. Amidst a sound of "clatter, clatter, clatter," a pile of yellowish bullets lay before Tang Qi.
This was what Tang Qi intended to do tonight.
The Extraordinary Gun, Blood Python No.1, currently represented Tang Qi's strongest Attack power.
Following the hints from the Information Fragment, Tang Qi planned to continue enhancing its power.
The first step was to modify the bullets.
Extraordinary firearms require matching Extraordinary bullets.
Although Tang Qi possessed the relevant technical Knowledge, this venture still involved the Extraordinary Domain, in which he was still a Beginner.
"Hu"
With this breath exhaled, Tang Qi quickly sat down, deftly opening the heavy toolbox for firearms.