"Water-repelling bead, it can repel water, is that true?"
Ye Pengfei looked at the police officer with a complex emotion that was both bitter and amused.
The officer replied, "It's true, it's been confirmed. According to what you said at the auction, the water-repelling ability of the water-repelling bead can protect the entire capital from floods."
"Why can the Supreme Academy of Sciences only protect a space three meters long, wide, and high in practical operation?"
"Does it involve some secret technique? Do you know this secret technique?"
Ye Pengfei said with a wry smile, "I don't know! When it was in my hands, I always thought it was an ordinary pearl, not some water-repelling bead!"
"Using the name 'water-repelling bead' was just my promotional work! Protecting the capital from floods was something I made up based on a historical legend of a certain region, it's not real."
"I never imagined that there would really be such a divine object as a water-repelling bead in this world!"
Knowing the extreme importance of this matter, Ye Pengfei had no intention of hiding his role in it.
Soon, Ye Pengfei confessed everything he knew.
Looking at the police officers recording his statements, Ye Pengfei truly didn't know how to feel.
As an auctioneer, he could find mythological stories from various myths and legends, modify them to create new stories, and thus increase the value of the auction items.
He could fabricate it as a magical item capable of protecting the capital from floods.
But all of this was based on his belief that it was fake.
Now, after seeing the truth and learning that the water-repelling bead's magical ability was indeed real, even though its ability wasn't as grand as he had fabricated, only being able to protect a space of three meters in length, width, and height around a person.
Ye Pengfei was greatly stimulated.
This precisely proved that the water-repelling ability of the water-repelling bead was real!
"That young man... what kind of person is he?"
After being stimulated and glimpsing the truth, the impression the chuunibyo young man left in his mind was no longer that of an immature chuunibyo, but rather – unfathomably profound!
He began to ponder. Ordinary antiques and paintings with no special abilities could sell for tens of millions of Blue Star coins, and even reach sky-high prices of hundreds of millions. Why did this truly magical item with supernatural abilities only sell for a mere 1.3 million? This amount of money did not match the value of the water-repelling bead. The young man should have known this, so why did he agree to the starting price he offered?
If someone valued money, they would never sell it so cheaply.
Therefore, the young man's goal was not money, but something else – only then could it be explained!
Ye Pengfei's subtle facial expressions and movements were all observed by the four police officers.
Reading people's expressions was almost instinctive for the personnel of the Dragon Country Investigation Bureau.
The investigation bureau had already thoroughly investigated Ye Pengfei's ancestors, character, personality, hobbies, and places he had visited before they arrived.
Theoretically, there should be no problem with Ye Pengfei.
However, the investigation bureau considered that since even a mythical object like the water-repelling bead, which completely defied modern scientific knowledge, had appeared, it was not impossible for a method of "replacement" or "possession" to occur, replacing Ye Pengfei's soul.
Under such circumstances, the investigation bureau naturally needed to confirm whether Ye Pengfei was still the same person.
After entering the room, Ye Pengfei's various micro-expressions and current reactions were within the expectations of the investigation bureau personnel, ruling out the suspicion of "being possessed."
This person was indeed Ye Pengfei, and he was indeed the same person as before.
The two police officers exchanged glances, confirming their understanding and the meaning they wanted to convey.
"Mr. Ye, you're saying that this water-repelling bead was brought to the auction by a young man?"
"The characteristics of this young man are..."
Ye Pengfei replied, "His age is about that of a junior high school student, around thirteen or fourteen years old."
"His appearance is very handsome, his skin is as white as jade, with a feminine beauty. His gaze is both gentle and sharp."
"The first time I saw him, I felt he was like a young sword immortal... but at the time I thought he was just being chuunibyo, or preparing to act in a movie... Now, it seems he might really be a sword immortal."
Recalling the water-repelling bead, he had initially thought it was just a top-quality pearl, and the name "water-repelling bead" was just an antique with a touch of mythological color. But it turned out to be a real water-repelling bead.
That chuunibyo young man claimed to have retrieved the treasure from the Dragon Palace. Ye Pengfei had thought it was fake before, but now – Ye Pengfei was 99.9% sure that this young man was a true sword immortal.
The deposition was quickly completed.
Ye Pengfei was merely the auctioneer of the water-repelling bead, and they could only find out so much from him.
The investigation bureau personnel had him sign a non-disclosure agreement and then left.
On the way back, the investigation bureau personnel and the police officers began to discuss.
"Ye Pengfei said that the young sword immortal asked him to auction the water-repelling bead... Do immortals really exist in this world?"
Do immortals really exist in this world?
This question, seemingly light, carried an unprecedented weight.
The investigation bureau personnel were not scientists; they wouldn't think about researching the secrets behind the water-repelling bead to achieve the fourth technological revolution.
They were simply starting from an individual's perspective. Assuming the water-repelling bead was unreproducible and there was only one, then its utility was not very significant.
Even the person holding the water-repelling bead would, in their eyes, be easily taken down with a single shot.
It was not a protective shield, nor did it display any offensive power.
The water-repelling bead was like that, and so was the young sword immortal.
The investigation bureau personnel felt they should not constantly overestimate the strength of that young sword immortal.
But even if they believed the young sword immortal's strength was not high, this ultimately represented an existence independent of the current scientific system.
In the eyes of the investigation bureau personnel, if the matter of the water-repelling bead were to be announced to the international community, the entire world would likely be shaken!
Therefore, this also raised a question... Why had no such immortals been discovered for five thousand years, and why had such a divine object as the water-repelling bead suddenly appeared now?
What secrets were hidden within this?
"Whether there are immortals..."
A more senior investigator said, "You don't need to panic. What are immortals? Immortals are just people who possess some extraordinary abilities."
"Even if there really are transcendent beings in the world, and magical objects like the water-repelling bead exist, overall, while magical, they are definitely inferior to technology."