I created the Bureau of Anomaly Control

"Just a moment, sorry, almost forgot."

Shadow reached into his coat, pulling out a pure black mirror and placing it on the table.

Seeing this, Tang Xueluan frowned, saying in a clearly offended tone:

"You don't trust me?"

This black mirror was a specialized lie detection tool of the Federation.

This was also why Shadow only came to find Tang Xueluan at nine o'clock. Right after finishing his conversation with Nie Chengyu, he already wanted to thoroughly question these Federation members who had deep contact with Ma En.

If he didn't have to apply for the lie detection device and permissions, he would have come to Tang Xueluan at eight o'clock.

It was also ironic that he clearly had the ability to penetrate minds, but had to use such a low-level tool. The Federation was even unwilling to give him too good of a mind-related device, afraid that he would take the opportunity to bury some terrible arrangement.

Although their precautions were not without reason.

"Just a formality," Shadow smiled, explaining, "And this time the situation is quite special. We're discussing a very dangerous character today, and you used to be partners."

Tang Xueluan smiled:

"Then you're wasting your effort. Actually, you could have just come to me directly. I wouldn't lie at all. Ma En and I were indeed good partners, or at least I thought so.

"But we've already fallen out. Strictly speaking...

"I even hate him a little."

Shadow glanced sideways at the black mirror surface.

No reaction.

Which meant that sentence was the truth.

Shadow smiled:

"Then you should enjoy today's work. We're going to deduce Ma En's thoughts."

But Tang Xueluan said coldly:

"No, I hope his name disappears from my life, but unfortunately, that seems impossible. The current Ma En has become a big star in the Federation, hasn't he?"

Only then did Shadow belatedly sense Tang Xueluan's resentment. Although he was also good at perceiving other people's emotions and thoughts even when he lost his abilities, he had not noticed this situation.

This may be because Shadow subconsciously felt that Tang Xueluan should still like Ma En quite a bit. Even if she didn't like him, she should have curiosity or admiration for him, which corresponded to her initial actions.

Moreover, according to what he knew, Tang Xueluan had accessed a lot of internal Federation information about Ma En during this period.

But now it seemed that his judgment was completely wrong.

"This is the information, take a look," Shadow casually pulled out a stack of documents from the air.

Tang Xueluan took the documents and flipped through them.

They recorded Ma En's entire transaction process with the Federation during this period, as well as the analysis reports of the Federation's secret team, and some suggestions and opinions given by Shadow himself.

But when Tang Xueluan saw his paragraphs, she smiled:

"You don't understand how urgent this is for him, do you?"

Shadow nodded in cooperation:

"Oh, then can you tell me what this means? And by the way, tell me how the Federation should handle it. This matter is very important, so after our conversation ends, I will ask you if you have concealed or misled anything."

Although the mirror only had lie detection capabilities, in his hands, it was not much different from mind reading.

Tang Xueluan frowned slightly.

However, she didn't think for long before giving an answer:

"I don't think you realize what kind of guy Ma En is. You can't believe any image he creates for you. He's just a liar full of lies."

Shadow said confidently:

"Don't worry, the entire Federation knows how cunning Ma En is."

Tang Xue smiled slightly:

"That's good then."

No, she didn't think that Shadow and the Federation realized what was going on, otherwise they wouldn't believe the so-called "cunning appearance" that Ma En showed. This was just the image he wanted the Federation to see.

She knew that Shadow or others might think that she had such crazy illusions about Ma En because she had been deceived by Ma En and had psychological trauma, but she knew very well how rational she was in dealing with these things.

She looked at all the Ma En information that could be found inside and outside the Federation. The Ma En described in these documents was indeed an extremely cunning and dangerous guy, but her feeling about the Ma En in the text was not "cunning."

No, she couldn't see through him.

And that already meant something.

Although such an idea was very unrealistic, Tang Xueluan believed that Ma En had never exposed his true nature—provided that he really had some kind of nature.

In the process of getting along with Ma En, he would often show seemingly ordinary kindness, as if he wasn't the murderer who killed his sister at that time, and if it was just like this, it would be fine.

The worst thing was the moment the lie was torn apart.

Ma En's reaction at that moment made her feel like she had fallen into an ice cave.

The moment he knew that she already knew the truth, he started to apologize, and also sincerely revealed his own psychological process. The sincerity shown by Ma En almost made Tang Xueluan waver.

But that was exactly why she felt sad.

Because at that moment, Ma En was like an incredibly efficient machine, instantly finding the rhetoric that could make her forgive him.

And just a few minutes ago, when she gave Ma En one last chance to ask him if he had anything to hide...

He said: "I'm not good at acting, and I haven't deliberately pretended in front of you."

It seemed that as long as he didn't see the evidence, he would never let go, even if she showed a strong suspicion about this matter, she couldn't make his mouth loosen slightly.

His frankness to her was meaningless to him.

Tang Xueluan took a deep breath:

"I think this matter is many times more serious than you think. The information that Ma En has revealed in this matter is all lies. Because he is too impatient, this lie is already full of flaws.

"But you are still fooled by him. This is what the image he created has done."

Shadow said with some doubt:

"But he has already agreed to continue discussing this matter with us."

Tang Xueluan said with a smile:

"Is that so? But I don't think he has the patience anymore. If I were the Federation, I would immediately send you or other ability users of the same level to watch over the anti-mind medicine. I don't think he really wants to discuss it with you slowly.

"When he agreed to your proposal, he had already given up on the transaction."

Shadow's expression gradually became serious:

"You mean, he will use other methods to obtain the anti-mind medicine? That's okay, although I'm not guarding against him, I have already arranged for people to watch over these anti-mind medicines."

Tang Xueluan looked at this mind ability user as if she was looking at an innocent child:

"Heh, I didn't expect you to underestimate Ma En so much."

Shadow's eyes instantly became extremely serious.

ps:

In a few days, I may prepare to secretly release a serious fantasy drama, a bit post-apocalyptic, with a magical empire that has already been destroyed (a bit like this one), with heroes, bastards, scumbags, and others.

There are vampires, undead, fairies, devils, and dragons.

There are mental illnesses.

And a mage.

...

There is also the Abnormal Containment Bureau:

It is estimated that the next volume will enter the ending.