Truth be told, at that moment, Qiu Tu really felt that Suit Man and Wang Xi had lost their minds.
Previously, through a memory fragment, he had witnessed Suit Man in the villa that night, proclaiming he had received "God's" instructions and was ready to make a big move!
But... he truly did not expect the two to dare to do something so outrageous!
The wife of a section chief, a well-bred lady, just brought out into the public like that, and treated in such a manner!
Perhaps misinterpreting Qiu Tu's silence as complicity, Suit Man nudged him with his shoulder and then, with an evil expression, said, "And what is a section chief's wife, after all."
"Let me tell you, under 'God's' guidance, we will build a beautiful new world!"
He began his speech again, "As living beings, what is our first instinct?"
"It is reproduction!"
"So! Let us release our nature! Don't care about status! Don't care about human social rules!"
"If you want it, take it! If you want to do it, do it! Let those restrictions no longer hinder our reproduction!"
"Let life burst forth with its true power!"
As Suit Man became more and more impassioned, Qiu Tu knew he had to play along. So, while fondling inside Madame Kong's coat, he also said excitedly, "Can this really be achieved?!"
Upon hearing this, Suit Man smiled slowly, "Of course! As long as... you believe in 'God'!"
Hearing that, Qiu Tu knew the critical moment had arrived. So, with a look of longing, he asked, "Then how can I believe in 'God'?"
Suit Man produced a pink card, smiling mysteriously, "This card is the token to contact God."
"Just keep this card by your side, and at night, you'll meet with God in your dreams..."
Seeing the token so easily offered, Qiu Tu even hesitated a bit.
But he didn't show it on his face, intentionally gazing eagerly at the card while his left hand continued to clutch Madame Kong's softness, and his right hand stretched out from her embrace, eager to take the card.
Just then, Suit Man sharply retracted his hand, then, smiling at Qiu Tu, said, "To meet 'God,' you must be sincere."
"So, I can't just give you this card. You need to pay a Little Goldfish to buy it."
Honestly, at that moment, Qiu Tu had a big question mark over his head and ten thousand "facepalming" emojis running wild in his mind!
'What's going on? Have I met a colleague?'
'Could this guy not be some Evil God Cultist but just a scammer?!'
With that thought, Qiu Tu hesitated for a moment.
He looked closely at Suit Man for a while, scrutinizing him.
After confirming... that he was the same person he had seen in Wang Xi's memory, he finally took out a Little Goldfish and slapped it into Suit Man's hand!
Seeing the Little Goldfish, Suit Man's face suddenly showed a hint of madness, but... the next second it disappeared.
He handed the pink card to Qiu Tu with satisfaction, and then in an ethereal voice said, "Very good. It seems, brother, you truly are devout. Accept this gift, and believe me, 'God' will bless you!"
Honestly, listening to that familiar spiel, Qiu Tu felt more and more like he had been tricked.
Thus, Qiu Tu spent a Little Goldfish, with a purchasing power of 160,000 RMB from his previous life, to buy an ordinary-looking pink card...
The only thing that made him feel it wasn't a complete loss was that Suit Man, before leaving, arranged to meet again in the bar the next day aside from leaving Madame Kong, who was nearly a stranger, with Qiu Tu.
According to him, this was a gift from 'God' to his follower. And he assured her she was clean and that he hadn't touched her.
After hearing this, Qiu Tu only had one question: Did Section Chief Kong consent to this 'gift' during its preparation?
And so, after bidding farewell to Suit Man,
Qiu Tu embraced Madame Kong and got into his car.
He drove to a small villa near Longshan Road and gradually brought the car to a stop.
This was the temporary residence Qiu Tu had applied for using his authority, to better disguise himself as a wealthy scion.
After parking the car, Qiu Tu glanced complicatedly at Madame Kong sitting in the passenger seat.
From the bar to the villa, Madame Kong hadn't said a word.
Qiu Tu tried to communicate with her, but she seemed completely lost in her own world, only giving Qiu Tu intense stares...
As if she were a living, breathing doll with a special purpose...
This discovery made Qiu Tu even more wary of Suit Man, and of the Evil God behind him.
He got out of the car, unlocked the door, and entered the living room, still holding Madame Kong.
Qiu Tu told Madame Kong to rest on the sofa, while he went to the door to smoke a cigarette.
After finishing the cigarette, two cars slowly approached from a distance, stopping one after the other in the yard of the villa.
Lin Zuo, Liu Fuping, Cao Dabiao, Chen Feng, and several specialists from the Security Department got out of the two cars.
After coming down, Qiu Tu exchanged glances with them and then shook his head towards the inside.
A few of them understood and stepped forward, taking out a compass-shaped treasure to scan over Qiu Tu.
After a moment, the officer using the treasure shook his head at Lin Zuo.
Lin Zuo glanced at Qiu Tu, then pointed inside the room.
The officer, accompanied by Liu Fuping, walked into the room and scanned Madame Kong with the treasure once again.
Seeing that the treasure did not trigger any alarm outside, Lin Zuo, who was leaning on the railing next to Qiu Tu, said expressionlessly, "There are no fluctuations of Cataclysmic treasures, so there shouldn't be any surveillance or listening devices left on you."
Qiu Tu hummed in acknowledgment, without much surprise.
Because he knew how successful his disguise was that evening, he almost fooled himself with his own "disguise" of debauchery. Therefore, it was normal for Suit Man not to suspect anything.
Seeing how calm Qiu Tu was, Lin Zuo added expressionlessly, "So, there's also some bad news."
"The card the target gave you... is very likely a fake."
"After all, it doesn't seem to have any traces of Catastrophe Power on it either."
Hearing Lin Zuo's words, Qiu Tu took out the pink card from his pocket and while smoking, he fiddled with it, looking at it.
The card was made of thick cardboard and felt slightly coarse to the touch. It had no text on it, only an image on the front that resembled important female organs, and looked somewhat suggestive.
As Qiu Tu looked at the card, he slowly said, "Maybe... this card is just a smokescreen?"
"Actually... after he approached me, he had already chosen me as the target?"
Lin Zuo was noncommittal, "Possible."
At this point, he changed the tone of his voice, "But... it is even more likely that he was simply trying to swindle your money. After all, according to the intelligence, he didn't ask for money from those young masters in the past few days either."
"So... you probably won't get any clues for the money you spent."
Hearing this, Qiu Tu laughed, "How could that be possible? I've made a second preparation."
——When Qiu Tu had close contact with Suit Man, he had already slapped a new [Silver Key Bee] onto his body.
So, whether the card was real or fake, by the day after tomorrow at the latest, Qiu Tu would know all the details of Suit Man's movements over the next two days; thereby, Qiu Tu would still obtain a lot of information.
Therefore, even if it was just for the chance of close contact with Suit Man, the money Qiu Tu spent as Little Goldfish was worth it.
As for the connection with Larilo, it would be great to have it; if not, no loss.
With that in mind, Qiu Tu raised the pink card in his hand and then looked up at Chen Feng and Cao Dabiao.
He hesitated between the two, but eventually waved to Chen Feng, "Chen Feng."
Hearing Qiu Tu's call, Chen Feng strode over and asked seriously, "Chief, you wanted to see me?"
Qiu Tu hummed in acknowledgment and passed the pink card to him.
"When you sleep tonight, keep this card close to your body."
"I'll rest as usual."
"Let's see which one of us will receive the 'God's' summoning."
Having said that, Qiu Tu paused and then added, "If you do get summoned, there's no need to panic. Just follow the plan I set up for tonight."
Chen Feng nodded solemnly and carefully put away the card upon hearing this.
With these arrangements made, Qiu Tu had initially completed his plans for the evening.
They all went their separate ways.
Qiu Tu and Liu Fuping stayed in this temporary villa. While Chen Feng and Cao Dabiao moved into the temporary villa on the left.
As for Madame Kong, she was temporarily taken by the Security Department to the villa on the right for inspection: the Security Department would try to figure out what kind of Cataclysmic ability Madame Kong had contracted and how to counteract it.
As everyone returned to their respective villas, Qiu Tu, with Liu Fuping's slender waist in his arm, also returned to the small villa.
Since Qiu Tu had an "appointment" with Larilo that night, nothing happened between the two. They just took a bath together and then went to bed.
Qiu Tu slowly drifted off to sleep as planned, while Liu Fuping lay beside him, quietly guarding him to prevent any accidents from occurring.
The reason Qiu Tu had applied for the three neighbouring villas as temporary operation bases for the Investigation Bureau and the Security Department was to be able to provide mutual support at any time and to deal immediately with emergencies should any arise.
And so... as the blue moonlight cascaded down, it tranquilly blanketed the land of Xinjie City.
Qiu Tu slowly entered the realm of dreams.
It was unclear how long had passed, maybe a minute, or maybe an hour...
In his sleep, Qiu Tu suddenly felt a soft voice calling near his ear, "Jia Shu... Jia Shu..."
At first, Qiu Tu didn't react to the voice, but as the calling persisted, he suddenly realized!
He slowly opened his eyes.
And then he found himself seemingly in a pure white world made entirely of mist.
And a beautiful girl was sitting on a throne, quietly watching him...