Because of the Blazing Fire.

At this moment, Zhou Yexin was in a semi-hypnotic state.

Tang Qingquan changed his sitting posture, listening attentively, while glancing at Gu Shen out of the corner of his eye… Hypnosis was the most basic method of the mental系 (xi, system).

There were plenty of transcendents in the Tribunal who could apply psychological suggestion, but when investigating the case, this hypnotic technique was useless.

But why… could Gu Shen’s psychological suggestion be effective?

This kid’s ability was indeed unmatched by ordinary people.

"It was… a very long afternoon."

Zhou Yexin fell into memories, murmuring softly, "I took Dora out, but there was an accident… I lost Dora."

Saying this, she saw the group photo… her eyes flickered.

This time, the Blazing Fire was very gentle.

Gu Shen did not apply a very strong hypnosis.

He only applied a slight pushing force… If Zhou Yexin was unwilling to speak, he did not want to force her, because of that pocket watch, and because he had personally experienced the pain of that dream.

Obviously.

The old photo on the table touched that buried painful memory in her mind.

"Lao Zhou said he would buy me another one."

Zhou Yexin paused. She stroked the man’s face in the photo, her voice strained, "But I was ignorant at that time, I cried and refused, I insisted on Dora coming back…"

"The streets and alleys were plastered with notices, and after half a month, there was still no sign of Dora, nor any news… At that time, I actually knew that Dora was mostly not coming back."

Gu Shen narrowed his eyes.

Reality was indeed different from the dream.

In that dream, the time span was probably just an afternoon… the man took the girl through several blocks, but it was also at that time that the colors of the dream gradually changed.

The colors of the dream represented the emotions of the person involved.

From hope, it turned into despair.

"Later, I had a serious illness… a very serious illness, muddled and confused, unable to distinguish when I was asleep and when I was awake, what was real and what was false. In such a painful illusion, I saw Dora was dead, lying in a pool of blood, disemboweled."

"Father held my hand and ran very far before finding Dora. I cried very sadly, so Father told me to close my eyes, and Dora would come back safely."

"I closed my eyes in the dream… After waking up, the dream was over. Dora really came back. She was lying next to me, as if she had never left."

Zhou Yexin’s voice was already a little choked, "But Father… left forever."

"I always felt… that it was my willfulness… that killed Lao Zhou. If I hadn’t gone to find Dora, he wouldn’t have had the accident…"

Her voice became lower and lower.

"It’s ridiculous… right… This is my dream, and also a tragedy in reality…"

"Dreams come true, who would believe it?"

She looked at the two, and all she got was silence. High Judge Tang Qingquan sat silently on the sofa, sipping tea in small sips, without saying a word, not a single word.

Little Gu was the same, head down, silent.

…No.

It wasn't like that!

At least… I would believe it!

Gu Shen said so in his heart, but he couldn’t say it.

After a long silence.

Gu Shen spoke softly, comforting her, "Sister Xiaoxin, it’s just a dream, please accept my condolences, don’t blame yourself…"

…

…

"What do you think of this dream?"

After leaving Zhou Yexin's residence, High Judge Tang went straight to the point.

He brought Gu Shen to Zhou Yexin's house to see if this S-level newcomer from the Tribunal could gain anything from this dusty old case.

And to verify his assessment of Gu Shen.

Now it seemed that his decision was very correct… At least this trip, he would have to change his previous view of Gu Shen again.

"Zhou Yexin is highly likely to be a participant in this bombing."

Gu Shen said seriously, "I suspect her memory has been modified."

"Memory modified?"

Tang Qingquan raised his eyebrows. Modifying memories was not difficult. Mental系 (xi, system) transcendents could do it, but the difficulty was, after modifying the memory, how to avoid being discovered?

Invading the sea of ​​spirit was like climbing a vast snow mountain, and the visitor would inevitably leave traces.

And the later ones would see the footprints of the former.

It was not an easy task to hide from the Tribunal’s high-level transcendents.

"And it is precisely because of her narrative of the dream… that I am even more convinced that Zhou Yu’s case is not that simple."

Gu Shen said in a deep voice, "Remember? Those lunatics at the Changjiu Foundation had all been implanted with the detonator for a mental explosion! The big man who really controlled these believers must be a transcendent who is proficient in the mental系 (xi, system), and is of extremely high rank!"

"Hmm…"

The High Judge lit a cigarette, signaling Gu Shen to continue, "Go on."

"Since he is a powerhouse of the mental系 (xi, system), it is not impossible to do this. The reason why I think Zhou Yexin's memory has been modified… is because in that dream, she was the only witness. As long as her memory is cleared, then the last clue will be erased."

Gu Shen explained to the High Judge.

He didn't say… that the biggest reason for this guess was that in Zhou Yexin’s dream, his transcendent Blazing Fire had sensed the "Blood Fire" of that Compass Director. Blazing Fire represented the power to cleanse transcendent and disordered spirits, and Blood Fire could have such a great attraction to it… highly likely, it was also a mental系 (xi, system) power.

"A plausible reason." The High Judge commented, "More like an intuition."

"But transcendents’ intuitions are often very accurate, aren’t they?" Gu Shen smiled.

Tang Qingquan shrugged, noncommittal.

"Actually, the most puzzling thing for me… is Dora’s return."

"According to the description in the dream, Dora was already dead, disemboweled. What kind of god is Zhou Yu? To be able to resurrect a dead life?" Gu Shen gave a wry smile and said, "You and Zhou Yu were in the same period, do you know his transcendent ability?"

The High Judge shook his head: "Zhou Yu was extremely strong, and he was like you back then… a lonely fellow who liked to perform tasks alone. The files of a quasi-S-level adjudicator are strictly protected."

Gu Shen’s eyes flickered.

In fact, there were some details that he did not explain to Tang Qingquan… such as Sister Xiaoxin’s pocket watch, which was the遺物 (yi wu, things left by the deceased) Zhou Yu left for her, which was taken out of Dora’s belly in the dream.

Gu Shen did not tell the High Judge.

In this dream, Zhou Yexin, encouraged by the Blazing Fire, spoke out most of it, but still hid some "secrets."

Everyone has secrets.

That pocket watch should be the key to Dora’s resurrection… Gu Shen guessed that Zhou Yu’s ability was likely related to "time."

"I can’t prove that the master of Blood Fire appeared in this case… As you said, the case file is as clean as snow, and every link is impeccable." Gu Shen said, "But similarly… no one can prove that the mysterious Compass Master did not intervene, because the case file is too clean."

Too perfect is also a flaw.

High Judge Tang nodded silently.

In fact, he had long believed in the existence of that mysterious Compass Master in Gu Shen’s mouth…

The dream that Zhou Yexin said today was the evidence.

Back then, so many mental系 (xi, system) transcendents had failed to unearth this dream, which led to the hasty conclusion of the Zhou Yu case, which was then sealed.