Once, I wanted to be a good person

``` "Of course, although they believe you cracked the case, they wouldn't believe you did it all by yourself." "That brings us to the second question. How did you get this information?" "It's simple, you can just blame it on me." "Just say that I actually had received a lot of clues and information beforehand, and then gave you directions to find new leads, eyewitnesses, and physical evidence." "These past few days, you've been solving the case in Emerald City according to the directions I provided, consulting me on the Sky Mother Ship whenever you were stuck." "That's how a lot of the information came about." "As for more details... you just say they involve the safety of witnesses and special Awakening Abilities, and that you can't disclose them." After listening, Bai Zhi nodded thoughtfully. Fang Ze watched her understand and couldn't help but start pondering the matter himself. To be honest, after coming to this world, Fang Ze discovered that although there was a unified nation with official institutions, the order was much more chaotic than in his previous life. This is probably because the World's Laws are externalized, and there are too many strange Awakening Abilities. As a result, solving cases became terrifyingly difficult. This had led to the situation where many times, especially at the Security Bureau, there were almost no stringent requirements for the case-solving process. No matter what methods you used—whether it was Extraordinary Artifacts, Awakening Abilities, analysis—as long as the case got solved, it was all good. Generally, in such scenarios, wrongful convictions should be easy to come by. However, because there are Artifacts of the Mind Category and most Awakeners' abilities are kept secret and not known to outsiders, it's very hard to guess the suspects' abilities and modus operandi out of thin air, so the probability of miscarriages of justice is actually very low. This further indulges the irregularities in the Security Bureau's case-solving procedures. This was also the reason why the Neutral Faction was willing to cover for Fang Ze in the beginning, despite issues with the procedure. So, as long as Bai Zhi had a plausible excuse, there was no need to delve into how exactly she solved the case. As for whether anyone would guess that Fang Ze actually solved the case? Who cares? With Bai Zhi's level of intelligence, everyone knew it definitely couldn't have been her. Fang Ze likewise didn't care. What he cared about was his alibi. As long as he could make others believe that he was only giving remote guidance and commanding Bai Zhi to solve the case, then he had achieved his goal. Once the case was over and it was discovered that Qin 28 had all vanished into thin air, stolen by someone, nobody would connect it to him. On the contrary, if he made himself too clear or attributed all the merits to Bai Zhi perfectly and flawlessly, or did not give credit to Bai Zhi but instead collaborated with others, that would arouse suspicion. After all, he had always been Bai Zhi's man and the brain of Bai Zhi's team. If there were no issues, why would he disassociate himself or betray Bai Zhi to work with someone else? With these thoughts, Fang Ze gradually reined in his mind. Seeing that Bai Zhi was not excited about solving the case, but instead calmly reviewed the materials, Fang Ze nodded in satisfaction. After his recent training, Bai Zhi was increasingly looking and becoming more mature and stable like a real head of the Security Bureau. Thinking this way, he asked Bai Zhi a few more questions, making sure she remembered all the procedures and precautions clearly before he was satisfied to switch off his "Visible" state of the Transparent Follower, pretending that he had left: After all, he had told Bai Zhi that he was a projection. If he revealed that he had been with Bai Zhi all along, all his lies would be exposed. Meanwhile, Bai Zhi in the bedroom, upon seeing Fang Ze's figure "gradually disappear" into the air, felt a little distracted. After a moment, she came back to her senses, focused on the materials on the table, and then murmured to herself, "How did he manage to..." "How could he be so impressive?" "Even though he was under surveillance the whole time, he managed to crack the case quietly. It was as if by some ghostly method!" With that thought, she suddenly seemed touched by something amusing, then covered her face with a shy expression and exclaimed, "That's just too awesome!" After she spoke, perhaps realizing her own lapse, she quickly returned to her normal self, then slapped her cheeks and said, "Bai Zhi, Bai Zhi, you have to stay calm." "You've pretended to be calm all night; you can't lose it now." "No matter how excited or admiring you feel inside, you have to restrain yourself. You're a girl." Meanwhile, Fang Ze, whose thoughts had yet to settle, was watching Bai Zhi's reaction:... He held his forehead. He should have known better than to fantasize about this girl. Indeed, she was still so foolish... But what was she being bashful about? Could she possibly have feelings for me? The thought of Lady Jin mentioning not long ago that he liked Bai Zhi... Fang Ze couldn't help but frown, clearly deep in thought... ...... The next day. Bai Zhi, following Fang Ze's plan, led her people to search for the clues and evidence indicated by Little Grass. After a day of searching, she returned to the Security Bureau, exhausted, with her two teams of agents. At that time, in the Security Bureau's large meeting room on the fourth floor, Gu Qing, Jiang Cheng, Xun Yi, department heads of the Security Bureau, and the case-cracking experts brought by Jiang Cheng, were holding an informal meeting. Ever since the two realized that their interests did not clash and decided to cooperate, they had been meeting here regularly. ```