Human Skin Ointment, the name alone was unbearably revolting.
And indeed, the reality was not much better. Tang Qi scooped up the ointment, took a silent glance, and a special interface popped up.
[Curios: Human Skin Ointment.]
[Information Fragment One: Norman always wanted to become a woman, craving the beautiful skin of females. Thus, he successively murdered thirteen girls. The Manatee Sea Demon used Extraordinary Powers to refine those thirteen skins into a box of ointment.]
[Information Fragment Two: If applied, it can control creatures with weak willpower in the scented area.]
[Information Fragment Three: Diluting it with clean water into a perfume can maintain a woman's skin in optimal condition for thirty years.]
A box of ointment emitting an exotic fragrance, surprisingly yielded three Information Fragments.
This made Tang Qi glance sideways, and after looking at it, he fell silent.
It was a Transcendent item, perhaps with some ethical and moral issues, but Tang Qi did not have a strong sense of cleanliness. He pondered a little and could not think of many uses for it, so he temporarily put away the ointment.
Chief Stanna watched Tang Qi do this, subconsciously wanting to say something, but then she immediately recalled the scenes she had just experienced, and the word "evidence" that had reached her lips was involuntarily swallowed back.
At this moment, the female chief was still in shock from witnessing another world, with countless questions bubbling up, waiting for answers from the "Informer" before her.
Tang Qi was aware of this, so he turned his attention to the second piece of evidence.
It was a small cloth bag that, quite miraculously, did not get stained with any blood amongst a pile of gory flesh.
Upon opening it, inside were grains of sea salt glistening like diamonds.
The interface popped up within his eyesight.
[Curios: Sea Demon's Tears.]
[Information Fragment One: The Manatee Sea Demon imprisoned an enemy female Sea Demon, forcing her to cry daily until her death. The blue sea salt possesses the power to break curses and purify evil, while the red sea salt enables one to briefly unleash the Sea Demon Howl, causing the target to fall into confusion or death.]
[Information Fragment Two: Returning these to the Sea Demon clan will earn their friendship.]
In contrast to his expressionless reaction to the Human Skin Ointment, this time Tang Qi almost couldn't hide the thrill on his face.
Great stuff!
He thought subconsciously in his mind.
After looking over the two Information Fragments, Tang Qi held the bag and gave it a gentle shake. Indeed, he saw several grains of azure sea salt spread out, revealing two slightly larger red grains underneath.
Blue for purification of evil, red to briefly transform into a Sea Demon.
Although he was already considered a person within the Extraordinary Domain, Tang Qi couldn't help but be astonished.
With the experience from the first time, Tang Qi smoothly pocketed the whole bag of sea salt.
Then he reached out and grabbed the last item.
This time, what he took hold of was a piece of soft fabric.
It gave him the sensation he had when he first obtained the Sheepskin Scroll containing the Golden Furnace Meditation, except, upon opening it, what he found was a treasure map.
It was a rudimentary map drawn on an unknown animal skin, surprisingly encompassing the entire Divine Eagle Federation, with many locations marked with red pigment.
Unlike Tang Qi, Chief Stanna was visibly more excited to see a treasure map.
"A treasure map?"
"These places, they seem to be monasteries? Could it be a map of the Federation's monasteries?"
"Take a closer look."
Tang Qi suddenly handed the treasure map directly to Chief Stanna, who instinctively accepted it and carefully examined it. First, she frowned in thought, and then suddenly her expression shifted with some hesitation, "This is... Confession Road?"
"At the founding of the Divine Eagle Federation, twelve strong individuals made tremendous efforts, and they were collectively known as the Twelve Saints."
"One of the Saints, Martin Sims, was called the Confessor."
"He embarked on a sacred journey as an Ascetic, starting from East Town in the East Federation, cutting down demons and rebels along the way. After enduring countless hardships, he reached Balrog City in the far north. On his journey, he established a multitude of monasteries and churches."
"The original identity of Saint Thorn High School, the Thorns Church, was one of them."
While speaking, Tang Qi pointed to a certain location on the map, which indeed was not as noticeable as the other marked areas compared to Thorny High School.
"So, it came in search of the Confessor's Treasure? Was the murder perhaps a result of an inability to resist desire?"
Chief Stanna glanced at the large chunks of flesh on the ground and asked.
"It's not about treasure, it's about inheritance. Many rumors claim that Martin Sims left his ascetic insights in a Monastery on Confession Road. Maybe it came for those things."
After answering, Tang Qi directly skipped over the topic and, pointing to his house that looked as if it had been ravaged by a hurricane, asked, "Chief, for these damages, the police department will compensate, right?"
Although not used to Tang Qi's sudden change of topic, Chief Stanna, who caught on, immediately said, "Yes, after all, the killer came here following me. I'll contact the police station right away to send people over. But they're probably on their way already, given the commotion just now; the school must've called the police too."
"By the way, since you're the one who killed the murderer, you'll receive a substantial reward once I file the report."
"No, Chief Stanna."
Chief Stanna had barely finished her sentence when she saw Tang Qi looking at her very seriously, with an extremely sincere tone, word by word saying, "The murderer was killed by you."
Taking credit for someone else's deed?
That phrase would absolutely not exist in Chief Stanna's police career.
But this time, as she looked into Tang Qi's eyes, which seemed to emanate light, she found herself unable to refuse.
Especially when Tang Qi added, "I'm just a student, I need to protect myself," Chief Stanna, struggling with her principles, nodded for the first time, taking on this great credit.
However, always being at a disadvantage was not Chief Stanna's style.
The beautiful police chief, as if thinking of something, looked around at the ground. The scenes from before replayed in her mind, and even further back, the officers who died in front of her, their heads exploded by the Sea Demon Howl. Her experiences within just one day had shattered her previous worldview.
Even the most Dull would realize they had come into contact with a different level of the World.
And Chief Stanna, lauded as the shining new star of the Messer City police force, certainly did not lack decisiveness.
"Little~ Wizard, don't you think you owe me some explanations?" she said while handing over the third piece of evidence to Tang Qi.
But this time, Tang Qi shook his head, refusing to accept it, "This thing is of no use to me, just a map of Confession Road; any Library in the Federation could find it. You can take it back to the police station as evidence."
"As for the explanation you want, I can only tell you very cruelly yet kindly."
"Chief Stanna, you don't belong to that World. You might have great deterrent power in the eyes of ordinary people, but once you step into that World, you will definitely... die. When this case is over, forget those things that defy science, consider it an accident."
Feeling bluntly rejected by Tang Qi, Chief Stanna was clearly not happy. If not for her concern over Tang Qi's possession of Extraordinary Power, facing such an uncooperative youth, she would have knocked him on his head a long time ago. Besides being a rising star in the police world, she also had a title of a violent beauty.
Yet, she still didn't give up, pointing to the disgusting chunks of Sea Demon flesh on the ground, her face collapsing into an expression of distress as she almost roared: "Look at these chunks of meat, how am I supposed to... Hmm?"
She was only halfway through her roar when Chief Stanna suddenly saw the flesh chunks, obviously belonging to the Monster, gradually turn to ash, leaving nothing on the ground but the corpse of a high school student from the Anglo State, a sexual deviant Serial Killer named Norman.
If not for the experiences of that day which were incredibly real, especially the recent Combat, and the fact that her house hadn't been repaired along with everything else, Chief Stanna would have believed it all to be an Illusion.
The words she wanted to say had to be swallowed back.
At that moment, the sound of approaching police sirens was already audible.
When Chief Stanna lifted her gaze again, she could only see the back of Tang Qi heading upstairs, wanting to say something threatening but realizing she couldn't intimidate him.
A rich youth who had lost his parents and possessed Extraordinary Power, hiding in a noble high school, he was untouchable.
After thinking for a moment, Chief Stanna was even ready to consider methods bending the rules. The helplessness and impulse of having experienced a bit of the Extraordinary World, but unable to truly enter, were feelings surpassing those when she had strived to beat countless burly men to become the top of the police academy.
It was at this moment she suddenly noticed several golden shell casings on the ground, her eyes lighting up. She shot a proud glance at Tang Qi's silhouette by the window, then turned and walked out without the previous reluctance and entanglement.
However, as she stepped out the door, Tang Qi's voice drifted into her ears.
"Lady, those bullets are called Melter, each crafted from my blood, sweat, and tears, best not to waste them until the very end."
"Snap!"
Startled by the voice, Chief Stanna nearly stumbled.
She turned around, glaring hard at the figure by the second-floor window, then turned to give instructions to the just arrived policemen, and hopped onto the second police car, truly leaving this time.
Yet, as she departed, Tang Qi, with his enhanced eyesight, clearly saw Chief Stanna's mouth curve into a faint smile.