Chapter 90: Case Closed?

Hearing Yu Mu's words, the residents of Dandelion Manor looked at one another in dismay.

None of them had imagined that the bomber they were hunting would turn out to be someone from their own ranks.

"Mu, this shouldn't be a major issue, right?"

Yu Mo—the man who had previously treated the elder Kindness—stepped forward. He leaned in close to the woman's ear and spoke softly.

For some unknown reason, his hand was injured and wrapped in bandages.

But Yu Mu frowned, taking half a step away.

"Yu Mo, mind the occasion."

Yu Mo froze, entirely unprepared for Yu Mu's cold reaction.

After all, back at the manor, he was the one who engaged in reproductive behavior with Yu Mu the most. Their relationship was extremely intimate.

In his memory, Yu Mu had never acted like this toward him, nor should she have any reason to.

This wasn't just his imagination. For those on their Pathway, long-term reproductive behavior continuously accumulated Favorability.

Once Favorability reached a certain threshold, their mutual affection would feel as natural as if they were born with it.

Unless one party found someone they desired to engage in reproductive behavior with even more... At that thought, he looked at the tall, powerfully built human in the white robe standing behind Yu Mu. His brows instantly furrowed.

That shouldn't be possible...

He clenched his fists, his fingernails digging into his palms.

The room search quickly began. The group, Lu Miao included, walked up to the doors of the Dandelion Manor residents' rooms and used weird energy to probe inside.

Only Yan Jing stood his ground, watching the residents of Dandelion Manor.

This was his first time getting a clear look at everyone from Dandelion Manor.

Although his current body wasn't the Cameraman, and he couldn't use that throbbing sensation to determine exactly who that malicious gaze from the other day belonged to, he still did his best to memorize every face.

Within the crowd, two figures caught his attention.

One was a young girl standing behind Yu Mu, her long hair cascading all the way down to her waist.

The girl's face possessed a unique charm.

It couldn't be accurately described with words like pretty, cute, or seductive. If pressed, Yan Jing felt it was a perfectly balanced beauty.

Her nose, eyes, and eyebrows—none of her facial features were breathtaking on their own, but combined, they formed a face that was just right, making people unconsciously want to draw closer.

Yu Xiran.

The name he had seen that day surfaced in Yan Jing's mind.

Aside from her, the other person who caught Yan Jing's attention was a short-haired girl beside her.

The two looked to be about the same age, but the short-haired girl's features were far more ordinary in comparison.

Yan Jing noticed her primarily for two reasons. The first was the human bodyguard standing behind her.

It was Mu Rao.

The second was that she and the young girl beside her stood together, occasionally whispering intimately and laughing playfully, appearing incredibly close.

They seemed to be best friends.

Before long, the search party returned.

Surprisingly, they had found absolutely nothing.

Let alone a bomb, they hadn't even found any suspicious materials used for making one.

"Team Leader Lu, it looks like you're going to be disappointed."

The corners of Yu Mu's mouth turned up slightly, her tone laced with undisguised mockery and smugness.

"Hmm."

Lu Miao's expression remained cold. "I hope you can find the bomber yourself and deal with them before the people from the Sun-Swallowing Tower arrive."

At those words, the smile vanished from Yu Mu's face.

"You're still planning to report this to the Sun-Swallowing Tower?" A gloomy shadow fell over her otherwise pretty face.

"It's standard procedure,"

Lu Miao said flatly.

Anyone could see that the bomber was among this group from Dandelion Manor.

Finding nothing proved absolutely nothing.

Once the Sun-Swallowing Tower received the news, they would definitely come down to inspect the situation.

And their methods would undoubtedly be far more direct.

Lu Miao understood this, and so did Yu Mu.

As a result, her expression grew increasingly ugly. Just as Lu Miao turned to leave, Yu Mu called out to stop her:

"I will give you an explanation as soon as possible."

"Before dinner."

Lu Miao didn't look back. Leaving those words behind, she led her team straight out.

...

Yu Mu's right hand clenched tightly. She turned her head, her gloomy gaze sweeping over her own people.

Although Yi Ji was busy and absent today, he had left the keys to the bar in advance.

Thus, Lu Miao and An Ze were invited by the people of Rotten Vegetable Village to wait in the Rose Bar.

As for what they were waiting for, it was naturally for Yu Mu to root out the culprit within her own ranks.

But to everyone's surprise, this wait didn't bring them the culprit. Instead, it brought a massive explosion that echoed throughout the Tower.

The roar from above instantly sent violent tremors rippling through the crowd on the third floor. Countless liquor bottles tumbled from the cabinets, shattering on the ground.

When the group rushed up to the eighth floor, billowing black smoke filled their vision.

Cries for help and agonized screams echoed down the corridor. A pungent smell permeated the air, and numerous blood-soaked victims stumbled out of the smoke.

It looked like a living hell.

A few minutes later, under the combined efforts of several factions, the black smoke was finally dispersed.

Once their vision cleared, Lu Miao and Yan Jing rushed straight to the front, charging toward the area where they sensed the thickest concentration of weird energy.

Soon, the two stopped before a familiar door.

Yu Mu's room.

The door had long since been reduced to ash. After a quick scan with their weird energy, they charged right in.

Inside lay a pitch-black scene.

The blast had turned almost everything in the room to charcoal, except for...

"Cough, cough—"

Chen Dalang, his eyes shut tight, regained a brief moment of consciousness through the agonizing pain and coughed twice.

Mental Immunity Value couldn't defend against untargeted accidental damage. The only reason he survived was due to a seed his master had given him.

Once planted, the seed instantly sprouted into a gigantic cabbage that enveloped both him and Yu Mu.

In the end, the cabbage had turned to charcoal, but he and Yu Mu had survived.

Yu Mu was of a higher tier than him, but she had been closer to the bomb. Furthermore, the cabbage had selectively prioritized protecting him, leaving Yu Mu with far more severe injuries.

At this moment, both of them had fallen into a coma.

Lu Miao looked at the scene and spoke slowly to An Ze, who had just rushed over from behind:

"Take these two away. List this woman as a prime suspect for now."

They couldn't rule out the possibility that Yu Mu had bombed herself.

The power of this explosion was far greater than the previous one. The walls on all sides of the room were damaged to varying degrees, and the blast radius had even affected several neighboring rooms.

Bearing the brunt of it were Yu Mo and Yu Xiran next door.

Both of them had suffered significant injuries.

Nearly half of Yu Xiran's body was covered in burns, while Yu Mo had lost his right arm entirely.

According to Yu Mo, he was standing right outside Yu Mu's door, about to knock, when the explosion occurred.

As a result, he caught the severe backlash of the blast.

Soon after, the investigation results came out.

Aside from Yu Mu and Chen Dalang, there was a third person in the room.

A male resident of Dandelion Manor named Yu Wen.

He had just crossed into the First Tier.

He was dead.

In Lu Miao's room, after An Ze finished reporting the investigation's findings, Lu Miao looked toward Yan Jing, who was reading a book on the sofa:

"What do you think?"

Yan Jing set down his book, looked up, and smiled.

"Did this Yu Wen have a human bodyguard?"

"No, he wasn't qualified yet,"

An Ze replied immediately, flipping through the files.

"Then I guess we can declare the case closed,"

Yan Jing said with a smile.

"This bombing was likely caused by Yu Wen's twisted psyche. He used the ability of reproductive desire to psychologically manipulate two female waitresses in the Tower, forcing them to carry bombs for a terrorist act. After being discovered by his leader, Yu Mu, he chose to drag her down with him in mutual destruction."

"Let's close the case with this, Chief."

"By the way, Chief, have you finished reading this History of Old Sin City ? I found some interesting things inside regarding Sleepland and Dandelion Manor."

The bombing case was over.

Because Chen Dalang's injuries were relatively light, he woke up for a brief moment in the afternoon.

Even though it was only for a short time, he still revealed the truth.

Just as Yan Jing had theorized, Yu Mu had called her subordinates into her room one by one for questioning.

When it was Yu Wen's turn, he chose to self-destruct.

He wasn't holding anything at the time. The reason he could trigger an explosion seemed to be that he used his own body as the bomb.

This claim was quickly confirmed by Yu Mo.

With Yu Mu in a coma, he had temporarily become the leader of Dandelion Manor.

The 'Life' Pathway could turn one's own flesh and blood into a bomb through a unique method of channeling weird energy. This was a secret of Dandelion Manor, known only to a very select few even within their own ranks.

And so, Yan Jing's career as a bodyguard came to an end.

That night, the Rose Bar resumed business.

After closing, Rose bid farewell to Yan Jing, who was disguised as the Cameraman.

"See you tomorrow, Boss."

She had dressed exceptionally beautifully tonight. Instead of her usual waitress uniform, she wore a short lace skirt paired with small high heels.

"See you tomorrow,"

Yan Jing smiled as he saw her off.

Soon after Rose left, a dark shadow also slipped out of the bar, choosing to tail her.