Chapter 4

As soon as I spoke, the old crow landed precisely in frame and flew off in a certain direction.

"Humans, look over here! Follow me, I'll take you to expose the villain's true face!"

【Wow! This crow is possessed?】

【It's staged, right?】

【But it really seems to be leading the way!】

People in the stream began discussing.

I followed the crow to the hotel where he was proposing.

Along the way, I kept relaying the "testimony" I heard from various animals in the livestream.

The swallows under the eaves chirped away.

"The smoke was so thick that day! The hero pushed Glasses Man out the window, but he couldn't get out himself!"

A stray dog barked to add: "After the hero left, the bad Glasses Man wasn't grateful. He kept saying the hero ran away. He's so bad, we should punish him~"

Through my narration, the livestream quickly gained popularity, and comments began discussing details from seven years ago. Some began to doubt, others expressed shock.

Just then, my phone suddenly rang.

I answered, and a male voice threatened in a low tone.

"Shut down the livestream immediately and stop your foolish behavior! Otherwise, watch out for you and your family!"

I put it on speakerphone directly, exposing his voice, and responded calmly.

"I'm just an unemployed person trying to bring a hero home. You're threatening me—are you going to take away my unemployment benefits or smash my used smartphone?"

"A real hero has been buried in ruins for seven years, bearing false accusations. If I'm afraid of your threats, how can I face Captain Lee who rescued me?"

【The streamer's got guts!】

【I feel like the streamer is telling the truth! Support the streamer investigating to the end!】

This defiant attitude actually won more support.

However, within a few minutes, my livestream signal began fluctuating violently, the screen froze, and then went completely black—the signal was forcibly cut.

My account was even banned.

"The bad guy is doing bad things!" the crow called out anxiously.

My heart sank.

"Human, take this!" Suddenly a little mouse dropped something and pushed it with its tiny paws.

"We found this in the little hole at the very bottom of the ruins. It's hard and not tasty, but it has the tall human's scent!"

It was a burned, warped wallet fragment with curled edges, almost carbonized.

I carefully opened it. Inside the plastic layers stuck together was a severely damaged ID card with blurred text!

Although the photo and most of the information were burned, Liam's name and the faintly visible ID number at the end were like a spark in the darkness, instantly igniting my hope!

"It's the hero's identification!" My voice trembled with excitement as I carefully stored this crucial evidence.

"Let's go to the venue!"

At the banquet hall entrance, security tried to stop me.

The crow suddenly let out a loud call, and several stray dogs cooperatively barked "woof woof." A group of animals cleared the way for me.

While the security was shocked, I pushed open the ajar door and burst in.

At that moment, Kevin was holding a diamond ring, kneeling on one knee before Hannah Sullivan, looking deeply affectionate.

"Hannah, let me take care of you and Lily..."

"Dr. Sullivan! You can't accept him!" I held up the damaged wallet, interrupting his proposal.

"This was found by mice in the deepest part of the ruins, near Captain Lee's remains! It's a fragment of his ID!"

"Your husband was never a deserter! He was a hero! Kevin, who said he was a deserter, has been lying all along!"

As my words fell, the whole venue was shocked, everyone looking at me in disbelief.

Hannah looked at what I was holding, her face turning deathly pale. "What?"

Kevin stood up abruptly, forcing himself to stay calm.

"Nonsense! You dare slander me with some trash you found somewhere. Liam was a deserter—that's established fact!"

I stared directly at him. "Captain Lee's remains have been found in the ruins, and animals saw him rescue you and give you his safety rope!"

"Animal testimony? Are you insane?" Kevin was beside himself with anger.

"That skeleton is just an unidentified body right now. Why should we believe it's Liam just because you say so? Besides, I saw him run away with my own eyes. He's a deserter!"

As the scene became extremely chaotic, several uniformed police officers strode in.

Leading them was the captain in charge of the skeletal case.

He looked serious, holding a document, and walked straight to Hannah Sullivan.

"Dr. Sullivan, we just received the latest identification report. We did a paternity test using your daughter's hair and the deceased from the ruins."

He announced clearly, word by word:

"The comparison results show a parent-child relationship. The skeleton in the ruins is Captain Liam himself!"