"Tina, remember."

The white-haired girl grinned and waved at the ghosts, but the gesture only made the Xiaoxis whip their heads around, looking terrified of her.

Wei’en just smiled at the sight. He took Tina back to his office and continued studying the blueprints for the Mechanical Puppet.

He now possessed four source bodies. The ghost belonged to the Undead Magic system, the Driver to the Puppet Mechanical Wizard system, the Red Demon to the flesh-and-blood enhancement system, and finally, the Secret Master to the Spiritual Mystery School’s Elemental Spell System.

From this perspective, the Ghost Soul School’s system of Secret Techniques certainly had its unique advantages.

However, with each source body belonging to a different Magic system, the knowledge he needed to learn and the energy he had to expend was not a simple matter of multiplying by four.

Aside from the universally applicable knowledge of runes, the Undead system required research into necromantic summoning, modification, and plagues.

The Puppet Mechanical Wizard needed to master all sorts of mechanical crafting knowledge, as well as learn the ability to control puppets.

The flesh-and-blood enhancement system was simpler, but there were still many enhancement skills to learn.

Finally, there was the Elemental Spell System. In addition to knowledge of Magic Runes, he also had to study subjects like divination, astrology, and occultism.

The thought alone was enough to make Wei’en’s head hurt.

’If I get any more source bodies in the future...’

If it was like this for him, one could only imagine what kind of lives the Wizards in the schools with Secret Technique systems led.

They probably spent most of their time immersed in study and research, striving to strengthen their Magic systems.

...

...

It wasn’t until three o’clock that Kali, accompanied by Yegor, arrived at the Investigation Department One office.

"Lisi, I’ve brought the new Investigator. You can take it from here."

Yegor still had that same lazy look about him, as if the person he’d brought over wasn’t the Candidacy Saintess of the Dawn Church, but just some dispensable, ordinary Investigator like Wei’en.

It was worth mentioning that he hadn’t attended the morning’s ceremony. Instead, he had directly asked Deputy Director Balats for half a day off.

The reason... hmm, was that he was out of cigars.

This had the senior committee members of the Secret Investigation Department fuming and glaring, but there was nothing they could do about him.

It had to be said, with the Logistics and Investigation Department saddled with such an unreliable director, the people under him had a lot of extra trouble.

Lisi showed him no deference, bluntly shooing him away. "I’ll take care of the rest. You can go back now."

"Of course. You’re our Investigation Department’s most capable ace. Leaving her with you..."

"Get lost!"

Without another word, Yegor turned and left, leaving only a stubborn wisp of smoke drifting in the office.

Kali: "..."

She looked blankly at Yegor, then at the impatient expression plastered all over Lisi’s face. ’Isn’t he supposed to be the director?’

’Why is her attitude...’

After Yegor left, Lisi’s expression returned to normal as she said, "Everyone, please welcome Miss Kali Morris to our Investigation Department One."

She didn’t mention Kali’s status, nor did she utter the words "Dawn Church." Just like Yegor, she treated Kali as an ordinary Investigator.

Wei’en and Marco clapped cooperatively. "Welcome."

Only Tina tilted her head, looking at Kali and fiddling with her clown doll, making no move.

Kali had already changed into an Investigator’s uniform. She folded her hands over her stomach. "Thank you, everyone."

She also noticed Wei’en standing in the back, and a hint of joy appeared in her eyes, as if his presence gave her immense courage.

After Lisi introduced everyone, she said, "Kali, we’ll all be working together from now on. I won’t give you any special treatment because of your status."

"No problem," Kali nodded obediently. "Before I came, my teacher already told me to learn well from everyone."

Marco said enthusiastically, "Don’t worry, if there’s anything you don’t understand, just ask me. I..."

BAM!

Before he could finish, Lisi slammed her fist down. "I forgot to mention, you should stay away from Marco from now on."

"Huh? Lisi, how could you slander me in front of a beautiful lady..."

BAM!

"Slander?"

"No, not at all! Ouch, ouch, ouch, I was wrong, I was wrong..."

’Lisi was still upset about the cocktail party and wasn’t about to coddle him. He dared to use her to make money, so he would have to suffer the consequences!’

Kali covered her mouth in surprise as she watched them, hesitating over whether she should intervene or step away.

"Sister Kali, you can sit here." Wei’en pointed to the spot behind him, helping her out of the awkward situation.

"Mm-hmm."

Kali quickly grabbed her small case and scurried over, feeling a little strange.

’This captain... she shows no trace of elegance, poise, generosity, or kindness. She’s a type of person I’ve never encountered before.’

’Even Teacher Mary, the strictest teacher at school, never resorted to violence before starting a lecture...’

"I’m so happy to see you here, Wei’en."

After putting her things down, Kali said in a low voice, "Actually, when I was first assigned to the Secret Investigation Department, I was a little worried..."

"But you still agreed to come, didn’t you?"

Wei’en was still shaken by the morning’s events. He found it hard to imagine what kind of strange transformation would have occurred if the Lord of Dawn’s gaze had truly fallen upon them.

Although this matter might not have anything to do with Kali, it was difficult for him to treat her the same way he did before.

To put it simply, a rift had formed between them.

"Yes, my teacher said that doing this would allow me to pass the Saintess assessment faster, so..."

’The Saintess assessment?’

’Could the events of this morning have all been to help Kali pass the assessment and become a true Saintess?’

Wei’en said thoughtfully, "If that’s the case, then coming to the Secret Investigation Department to, hmm, ’learn’ isn’t a bad thing."