Chu Bamboo wasn't surprised. Even without mentioning Li Kang, Lu Muxue's father alone had enough weight to make the final call in a meeting like that.
"So, was the killer caught?" Chu Bamboo asked.
"No." Li Kang's expression darkened at the topic. "I even sealed off those streets and conducted a door-to-door search. In the end, we didn't find any unaccounted-for individuals."
"Right now, there are two possibilities. One is that the killer is a registered resident of those very streets. Once they removed their mask, they simply blended in. The other possibility is that we've been looking in the wrong direction from the start."
Chu Bamboo thought for a moment before asking again, "Is there some kind of test that can identify if someone is a Transcendent? I thought the police department had that kind of screening mechanism. The moment I went in..."
