Afterlife Department

Yi Bing sucked in a cold breath of what he heard from Di San. "Two…" he muttered. "Two Soul Fragments… and one is very active, and even hostile!" he exclaimed with widened eyes. 

"We can't ignore this possibility." Di San said. "Even if this situation is worse, but there's no rule that states there can't be more than one Soul Fragment in a world." He explained. "None is the most possible, but it can be also five in one world! Look – " he raised his hand to stop Yi Bing from speaking. " – I believe you, since your words are credible. I already analyzed Huo Ling's situation, and there's already an evidence of that this has happened to him before." He said and glanced at the door of the bedroom before he turned back to Yi Bing to continue. "Neither am I lying. Liu Lin was already gravely injured by the Soul Fragment after we approached it." He said and looked at the door of the bedroom that opened and Feng Er came out.. 

Suddenly, Yi Bing realized something. "Where's Si Shui? Why is it only you three?" he asked as he turned to Di San. Then, a thought came into his mind. "Don't tell me – " his eyes widened as he held his breath. 

Di San's expression became blank and even Feng Er, who guessed Yi Bing's thought from the conversation she heard from them, couldn't help but cast Yi Bing a gaze as if she's seeing something weird. 

"Si Shui's alive and well, thank you." Di San emotionlessly said as he looked at Yi Bing with a deadpan expression. "Even is his code if inauspicious, but the kid is innocent so please don't kill him off, even just in your thoughts, and if you wanted to kill him, please cease it and please keep your thoughts to yourself." He told Yi Bing. 

Yi Bing and Feng Er. "…" just how many times did he say 'please'? 

Yi Bing awkwardly coughed and looked away since he was in the wrong. "I have no such thoughts…" he said, but stiffened since it sounded like a lie. 

Di San frowned. He knows Feng Er must have noticed, too, that Yi Bing was showing rich emotions lately. And it was largely contributed to Huo Ling. They don't know whether this was a good or a bad thing. 

"So, where is 4444 now?" Yi Bing asked, his cool voice pulled Feng Er and Di San back from their thoughts. 

"I had Si Shui stare at the Soul Fragment." Di San answered. 

Yi Bing. "…" what?! "4444 is the weakest in your group, the youngest that looked even dumber than a three-year old kid, and whose mind is filled with only foods. How can you leave such an important task to him?" he asked, his tone exasperated and had a look of disbelief in his face as he looked at Di San with an accusing gaze. 

Both Di San and Feng Er were taken aback when they saw three emotions simultaneously appeared on Yi Bing. They were shocked they forgot to answer Yi Bing's question. 

"What's the noise about? The patient has been stirred in his rest. Keep it down!" Huo Ling told them from the door before he closed it. 

"I forgot to close it." Feng Er muttered absent-mindedly, still dumbfounded from Yi Bing's behavior earlier. 

Di San is not a leader for a show. He recovered soon. "Even if Si Shui is the weakest, youngest and dumbest in the group, he is the most patient among us." He reasoned. 

Huo Ling who has yet to leave the door. "…" were you praising the said person or criticizing him? He can't help but criticize these low EQ grim reapers. However, in actual fact, grim reapers don't need EQ since they are the ones who should be deprived of emotions the most. 

Emotions is needless towards grim reapers, since they shouldn't feel that the most. In fact, if they felt some emotions, they would be the first themselves to remove those emotions. 

Huo Ling saw Liu Lin's pale face. Grim reapers naturally have pale face since they are literally lifeless. However, Liu Lin's face is paler because he was injured. There's no bleeding, since the grim reapers' body doesn't have blood. Liu Lin's injury is obviously in his soul. 

Huo Ling reached out his hand and hiss index finger touched Liu Lin's arm. He fed him spiritual energy using the spiritual energy in the surroundings. However, it seems that it was a wrong thing to do. 

"Oh." Yi Bing muttered and thinks of Si Shui's other redeeming qualities, if there is. 

Di San felt like he seemed to understand more and more Yi Bing lately compared to the past when no one knew what the other is thinking with his usually icy expression. Looking at Yi Bing's pondering expression right now, and basing from how their conversation ran earlier, he could guess that what's in Yi Bing's mind right now must be thinking of Si Shui's advantages. 

"There's none other than patience." He answered the question in Yi Bing's mind for the other.

"Oh, thanks." Yi Bing said before he froze. He slowly turned to Di San with widened eyes. "You know Si Shui's value, yet you dared to use him?" he asked. 

"Our group works in a fast-pace. 'The more you hasten, the more mistakes you'll make.', as they say. We need someone to act as a brake for us. And Si Shui is the most patient among the grim reapers." Di San explained. 

"Yeah. He is very patient, since he only waits for food all day." Yi Bing said. 

Di San. "…" he can't retort on that. 

Yi Bing sighed as he decided to drop the subject. "It's your group, not mine." He took a step back since he doesn't want to anger Di San and interfere with the other's business. "If there really are two Soul Fragments, and one is on Huo Ling, then where is the other one?" he asked. 

"It's in – " Di San was about to answer when they heard Huo Ling shout.