I created the Bureau of Anomaly Control

Tang Xueluan's words were somewhat unexpected to Ma En, but he quickly understood their meaning. For Tang Xueluan, killing her sister was a terrible thing, but she wasn't like her parents.

So, a part of her could suppress her love for her sister and view the existence of the murderer who killed her sister in a more rational way. "He" might have just done the right thing.

But she absolutely couldn't accept that her sister was killed by a trusted ally. This involved not only the hatred of her sister being killed but also the pain of being betrayed by a trusted ally, with the two emotions overlapping.

If it were just the betrayal of an ally, or Shu Yun's death, it probably wouldn't have been so unbearable for her. Tang Xueluan might have felt pain and sadness, but in the end, she would definitely make the "correct" decision.

But it was different when a trusted ally killed her own sister.

Understanding this, Ma En could well understand Tang Xueluan's situation. If his ally had done something similar to him, he probably would have been killing him right now.

And what truly worried Ma En was the meaning behind this – that she would know these things and react in this way meant she definitely couldn't be separated from that mastermind. Even though he had tried to imagine him as dangerous as possible, perhaps he had still underestimated this enemy hiding in the shadows.

"I'm sorry," Ma En apologized to her again. "I also didn't want to be the one who killed her, but this might have been destined long ago. It could only be me, and it had to be me."

Tang Xueluan frowned slightly but didn't carefully ponder the meaning subtly revealed in Ma En's words. She wasn't clear about what Ma En was thinking when he said these things, but these things weren't important to her.

"Ma En, you killed my sister," Tang Xueluan's expression was slightly calmer than before. "You're also someone who has a sister. I think you should also be able to understand that sometimes you'll notice your relatives making mistakes.

"I know my sister wasn't a good person. She deserved what she got, but she was just a bad person, not some cold-blooded maniac. No matter how different our beliefs are, we're still family.

"To her, I'll always be that younger sister, and to me, she's also my sister.

"If I died, she would also avenge me, and she would definitely be more competent than me in this regard. She definitely wouldn't care who killed her sister, unlike me, who's still being so petty."

Ma En had long realized that he couldn't escape unscathed. Since Tang Xueluan had called him here, it meant that she had probably prepared a backup plan. After all, she had just seen through his plan to erase memories.

Since she could think of this, there was no way she would come here to meet him without doing anything.

"So, you've already started your revenge," Ma En calmly accepted this result.

"That's right," Tang Xueluan raised her head slightly, looking at him with a calm expression. "I already know that you're actually a Rank V ability user who infiltrated the Federation, and the purpose of you doing this is probably the same as killing Shu Yun.

"You're doing all this for Shenxiao, right?"

Ma En remembered the idea that Shu Yunpeng had thought of at the time:

"So, as long as you tell the Federation about this, all my plans will collapse, and my killing your sister might become meaningless, and I'll die under the Federation's pursuit.

"In fact, as long as you tell the Federation about this, I'll definitely be caught or killed by them."

Even with the Abnormal Control Bureau, his chances of escaping in this situation weren't high. Even if he didn't consider the Federation being able to extend his teleportation time, the default time of thirty seconds might already be enough for the Federation.

As long as they wanted to, they could definitely bring out overwhelming combat resources against him.

But this also made Ma En feel a bit puzzled. If that were the case, he shouldn't have come here to meet her at all, but instead, he should have suddenly been surrounded by multiple Rank V ability users from the Federation.

"Yes, but you're wrong," Tang Xueluan said with a cold expression. "It wasn't me who told the Federation. The Federation already knows your secret. Just when you came here to meet me…

"They've already received my message, knowing that you actually harbor ulterior motives."

Her approach was very clever, confessing this news to him here.

What she did didn't particularly surprise Ma En. When the Shu family started dealing with him, he had already realized that this was bound to happen sooner or later. He just wanted to spend a few days getting the anti-mind control item.

It was just that he hadn't expected the mastermind behind the scenes to not give him any breathing room at all. In fact, just two more days would have been enough, and he would have become much more difficult to deal with.

Unfortunately, this mastermind didn't seem to make such mistakes at all.

The most terrifying thing was that the bargaining chip Tang Xueluan used to deal with him this time was precisely the result of his last action. It was the assassination arranged by the Shu family that made him realize that he possessed Rank V abilities, and then he immediately used this information and directly disintegrated many of his original plans within the Federation.

But there was still something…

He showed a surprised expression:

"Then why did you call me here?"

Doing so was completely giving him a chance to escape. Could it be that she especially wanted to tell him these things face to face, to the point of even losing her judgment on this matter?

Tang Xueluan looked at him and said:

"Because I'm not you. I know you have a sister. She should be someone you care about very much. After the Federation knows about your problem, they'll also treat your matter very seriously. They'll probably go to your sister and try to pry open her mouth, possibly hurting her.

"But the person who killed my sister is you, not her. I don't want her to be implicated because of this, so I let you come here and give you some time for her to hide safely."

Ma En looked at her and said:

"But by doing this, it seems like you're also giving me a chance to escape safely?"

Tang Xueluan looked at Ma En without the slightest fear and said:

"Then that's none of my business. I just don't want to involve the innocent.

"Ma En, you should be able to tell from the fact that I'd look for you to cooperate that I'm not the typical politician you often see. If I didn't care about these things, I'd have countless better partners to choose from.

"The reason I approached you, a former Savior Alliance member full of trouble, is because what I care about is your identity as a Savior Alliance member, because I don't want to do what they do. I once mistakenly thought you were someone similar to me, thinking you were the best companion I could find in the Federation.

"I trusted you unconditionally because I thought you were worthy of my trust, but now it seems…

"I was still too naive."

Ma En didn't know how much of her true thoughts were in these words. If it were him, he would never give the target he wanted to kill a chance to escape for this reason. Was she really as naive as she claimed?

He blinked slightly and quickly recalled Tang Xueluan's past performance.

Then Ma En came to the conclusion that no matter what, she was definitely not stupid to this extent. After all, if she really had enough determination to kill him, she would never consider what would happen to the enemy's sister.

In fact, she was giving him time to escape.

Originally, Ma En thought that Tang Xueluan had arranged to meet him here to protect her own safety, but now it seemed that there was actually a second reason, which was to prevent himself from being suddenly found by the people of the Federation.

"No matter what you're thinking," Ma En said, "I'm very grateful that you gave me this time to escape the Federation's pursuit safely. I'm really sorry about Shu Yun's matter."

As he expected, Tang Xueluan didn't have any particularly strong reaction to this sentence. If she really wanted to kill him as she claimed, she would probably take this sentence as a provocation.

"It doesn't matter what you think," Tang Xueluan almost half-admitted Ma En's statement, "Maybe I just want to see you struggle under the Federation's pursuit, or maybe I'm not telling the truth at all."

Even putting aside the hatred of killing Shu Yun, Tang Xueluan's actions as a Federation politician were already completely benevolent and righteous. As a politician, she definitely couldn't allow herself to continue lurking in the Federation government.

In other words, the best thing any politician could do after knowing this secret was to give himself time to escape in advance and then report this matter to the Federation.

Moreover, considering his mental abilities, they could only do what Tang Xueluan did, notifying themselves in a safe area while sending the message to the Federation, and they couldn't particularly inform themselves of this matter in advance.

So, in fact, putting aside the words she said and looking at what she was really doing, Tang Xueluan's actions were far from reaching the level of "revenge". In the final analysis, she was just driving him, an undercover agent, out of the Federation.

And safely driving him out.

This didn't even include the fact that he killed her sister.

She was still too soft-hearted as a politician.

Ma En sincerely showed an apologetic expression:

"I know you might not believe what I'm saying now, but I still want to tell you that I really feel sorry about the direction of this whole matter. In this kind of world, your revenge is an incredibly legitimate act.

"If there's anything wrong with this, maybe it's that your sister is a bad person.

"Although you might not want to hear me say this, I still hope you can stay away from this vortex. Once you're caught in it, even if you're a member of the Shu family, it might be difficult to guarantee your safety.

"What's next is too dangerous for you."

Tang Xueluan said with some amusement:

"Don't you think it's too late to care about me now? To be honest, if you had confessed this matter earlier, I might have had some difficulty accepting it at first, but in the end, I would definitely still stand by your side.

"But you don't trust me either, do you?"

Ma En said with an expression that she couldn't tell was true or false:

"No, I believe you. I didn't say it just because I couldn't do that. If we lived in a world that didn't need to be so cautious, I wouldn't have hidden anything from you from the beginning."

Tang Xueluan knew that the second half of the sentence might be true, but she couldn't judge whether the man was telling the truth or lying anymore, but fortunately, it didn't matter anymore.

They probably wouldn't meet again in the future.

In fact, the real situation was indeed as Ma En thought. She already knew that this insidious and cunning man would definitely not be caught when she was sending messages to Ma En, but she still did so in the end.

In the final analysis, she wasn't like her parents, not like Shu Yun, and not like Ma En.

Ma En stood up and finally showed her an apologetic look:

"I'm sorry, if you don't mind, I have to embark on a life of escape again now.

"And I have to arrange my sister's affairs."

He did have some things he was in a hurry to deal with.

But just as Ma En had just turned around and was about to walk towards the door, he heard Tang Xueluan's voice from behind:

"Wait."

Ma En turned around with some doubt, wondering what else Tang Xueluan wanted to do.

Tang Xueluan seemed to want to sigh, but she forcibly held back:

"Before you leave, I have something to give you."

As she said that, she casually threw a small thing towards Ma En.

Ma En easily caught the thing she threw over and then spread his palm to look at it.

This was an exquisite silver ring carved with intricate patterns.

"What is this?" he asked as neutrally as possible.

Tang Xueluan replied:

"This was given to me by a guy wearing a black robe. He arranged to meet me in room 1223 here and told me what you had done, including the matter of you erasing that memory of mine.

"He called it the Ring of Lies, saying that using this thing could avoid being noticed by you, but I didn't do things according to his instructions. I don't know what his purpose is…

"But I have my own thoughts on this matter, and in my opinion, he's also a threat to the Federation.

"So if you can solve him for the Federation, I, as a member of the Federation, would be very happy. Since you feel sorry for killing my sister, why not help me solve him.

"How about it?"

Ma En didn't expect that he would get the mastermind's clue like this, because he knew that doing so for Tang Xueluan obviously didn't mean "helping the Federation solve a threat", but helping himself deal with the mastermind.

He put the ring away:

"Thank you, I will solve him."

Tang Xueluan looked at him expressionlessly and said:

"Before you leave, do me one last favor. Suppress the memory of our meeting for a few days. I have to accept the Federation's most basic investigation process, and I don't want to get into trouble because the Federation thinks I'm helping you.

"You, a Rank V ability user, should still be able to do this little thing, right?"

If the Federation saw this memory, they would indeed judge that she was helping Ma En escape. After all, she was actually doing this, and letting Ma En suppress this memory was still helping him escape tracking in fact.

Ma En replied:

"Of course."

Tang Xueluan nodded slightly and then solemnly said:

"Although I know you can't do this here, I still have to warn you that you can only suppress it for a few days…

"You can't erase it at all."