With Hannah's assistance, Lin Yu easily infiltrated the public security bureau.
Before entering the bureau, Lin Yu had already investigated and determined that all temporarily stored corpses were uniformly kept in the underground cold storage.
The location of the underground cold storage wasn't difficult to find either—just a glance at the map next to the fire escape in the main lobby revealed its position.
Although surveillance cameras covered every corridor, these cameras naturally couldn't capture Hannah's camouflage.
Soon, Lin Yu and Hannah stood before the cold storage's large door.
Facing the tightly closed and locked cold storage door, Lin Yu had a solution.
He checked left and right to ensure no one was around, then instructed Hannah.
"Your strength should be enough to open this door, right?"
"Ribbit, of course!"
"Does Director wish for me to slip inside and open the door?"
Lin Yu nodded.
"Yes, if you can open the door, that would be best!"
After all, none of the items he possessed could silently open such a large door.
If Hannah couldn't manage it, Lin Yu would have to use his precious "Tongue of Deceit."
Both the "Teeth of Prophecy" and "Tongue of Deceit" had only two uses remaining.
His previous two uses had given Lin Yu a more direct understanding of these items' powerful capabilities.
Unless the benefits were substantial or it was absolutely critical, Lin Yu didn't plan to use them!
If Hannah could handle it, naturally he should let her try first!
"Ribbit, Director, please stand close to the door!"
Hannah said as she positioned herself on Lin Yu's head, then sprayed out [Illusory Ink].
After all, [Concealment Camouflage] only worked when Hannah was present. Since she needed to leave, she had to switch to another method to disguise Lin Yu.
Then, somewhat cool ink poured over Lin Yu's head, transforming into an appearance identical to the door.
"Ribbit, Director, when Illusory Ink transforms into environmental features, I can't control it... so please don't move! Any movement will give it away!"
"I'll go try to open the door now!"
Hannah said as she jumped from Lin Yu's shoulder onto the wall, slowly crawling up to the ceiling.
Then, the small octopus utilized her advantage as a mollusk, squeezing through the air conditioning vent on the ceiling like flowing water.
Lin Yu heard Hannah's cheerful voice in his mind.
"Ribbit! I'm moving forward now, Director! It should take about ten-plus minutes!"
"Mm, do your best."
Lin Yu responded mentally.
Hannah was quite clever—her time estimate shouldn't be wrong.
Lin Yu stood motionless at the door, like a statue.
Although maintaining complete stillness for over ten minutes wasn't easy, Lin Yu treated it as if he were acting as a tree.
Besides, this was also rare rest time.
Soon, ten minutes passed in a flash.
"Ribbit, I'm inside, Director!"
Hannah said again, and then Lin Yu heard faint sounds coming from the large door behind him.
"Plop."
Probably Hannah landing on the door.
Then after another moment, the lock made a "click" unlocking sound.
The door slowly opened a small gap.
Lin Yu quickly slipped inside, then gently closed the cold storage door behind him.
A wave of chilly cold air washed over him, making Lin Yu sigh in relief.
"Whew, we're in!"
Hannah jumped back onto his shoulder as the ink dissipated into the air.
The cold storage for storing remains had no surveillance, and normally no one would come here, so after entering, Lin Yu had relatively ample time.
Due to the relatively good public security situation currently, most cold storage cabinets weren't in use.
Following the labels on the few cabinets that were in use, Lin Yu quickly found the one containing Xia Yue's body.
Then, Lin Yu opened the cabinet door, pulled open the body bag, and saw the bluish-white corpse with slight frost forming on the skin surface.
There was a deep wound on the corpse's neck.
Lin Yu could easily imagine how Fluoxetine had struck with an axe when she was caught completely off guard.
Even with the gruesome wound, even with the discolored skin, when Lin Yu looked at that pretty and well-behaved face, he still felt like the girl was merely sleeping.
This face possessed remarkable affinity.
Hannah looked at the corpse before her, deep in thought.
"Director, how do you plan to take this out?"
"If we bring her along, my Concealment Camouflage duration will probably only last about ten minutes..."
Lin Yu shook his head.
"No, we're not taking her away."
After saying this, Lin Yu thought for a moment, as if something had occurred to him.
He gently broke off one of Xia Yue's fingers and kept it.
"Can't let your mother have no ashes to worship."
Then...
Lin Yu sighed as he placed the remainder on the floor.
He took out a black torch from his chest and ignited the entire corpse.
Pale flames rose up, instantly consuming the whole body.
In just a few short minutes, Xia Yue's corpse disappeared without a trace.
Afterward, Lin Yu gently pushed the cabinet door closed.
After cleaning up all possible traces, he left the Beiqiao District Public Security Bureau again with Hannah.
After eating a bowl of noodles at a restaurant across the street, Lin Yu rode his bicycle away from the area.
Resting on Lin Yu's shoulder, the little octopus Hannah, her color slightly darkened from exhaustion, spoke up.
"Ribbit, Director... what exactly are you planning?"
"I'm going to appropriate her identity."
Lin Yu said calmly.
"But even if her corpse disappears, she's still confirmed dead..."
Hannah said, puzzled.
Lin Yu smiled and explained: "Ahaha, those 'Players' might not necessarily think that way."
"In that report, 『Order』 confirmed Xia Yue died by Fluoxetine's hand because of the Psychological Society's list and Fluoxetine's movement patterns."
"I suspect 『Order』 most likely never verified what exactly happened to Xia Yue's corpse—even Fluoxetine himself certainly didn't confirm it."
"But if new information emerges... that the original 'corpse' disappeared without a trace, how would these organizations react?"
"There isn't much time left before Xia Yue's remains' 'cremation schedule'."
"Probably 『Order』 and 『Night Watchmen』 would try to cover this up while making two reasonable assumptions."
"The first is that someone stole Xia Yue's corpse."
"The second would be..."
"They would speculate that perhaps Xia Yue never actually died in the first place!"
"Especially when they confirm that Xia Yue herself has appeared again!"
Lin Yu said, exhaling a breath.
"Of course, if it were just this, this plan would still have two final loopholes."
"However... one of these two loopholes has already been filled by me."