Afterlife Department

Afterlife Department, Lower Heaven.

Di San frowned after he read Liu Lin's message. "Things aren't looking good in the mortal realm." He spoke. Then, he shook his head. "Instead, it becomes worse as time passes… the Soul Eaters are now able to create human forms and even acted like them." He heaved a deep sigh. "Our grim reapers have almost been fooled." He said.

Gu Shi nodded in agreement. His expression also looked heavy and grim. "Fortunately, the Soul Eaters that are in the other worlds aren't that strong, or else…" he frowned. "It already isn't good to have a Soul Eater in any of those worlds." He said.

Di San hummed. "Feng Er, Liu Lin and Si Shui and the other non-assignment grim reapers including Yang Jie and the other newcomer aside from Huo Ling, Zhang Jun, code 9957, are killing the Soul Eaters in other areas, not to be outdone by the ones in the mortal realm." He spoke.

"Good." Gu Shi spoke and remembered Yang Jie, the second grim reaper after Yi Bing, and Zhang Jun, the grim reaper Yi Bing and Yang Jie brought back after Huo Ling's eighth world.

Yang Jie's abilities are truly a waste if he'll just continue being a spy in the other worlds. Zhang Jun surprisingly performed exemplary, too, not failing Yi Bing's expectations of him, instead proving that Yi Bing was right to recruit him as a grim reaper. And since the two were partners before, Shen Sheng decided to let them both stay in the Stable World and kill the Soul Eaters with the other grim reapers, promoting them as non-assignment senior grim reapers like Di San, Feng Er, Si Shui and Liu Lin.

"Let us hope that we can finish all the Soul Eaters in the Stable World so we can start eliminating them in the other worlds." Gu Shi tiredly sighed as he pinched the space between his brows.

"How are the archangels doing, then?" Di San asked. "And Ling Shiyi?" he added when he remembered that Ling Shiyi was injured in the apocalypse world.

"Shen Taizi sent the archangels to spy on the leaders of the other worlds." Gu Shi answered. "Only that Ling Shiyi was unlucky. Not only was he in an awkward position and was sent by Shen Taizi to that godforsaken world unlike the other archangels, right now, Shen Taizi still isn't healing him." He said.

"Right. He is really unlucky." Di San nodded in agreement. "The emperor didn't say anything?" he asked.

Hearing his question, Gu Shi can't help but feel his head aching again when he remembered what happened in the Middle Heaven after Shen Sheng's face turned frosty from his meeting with the emperor in the Upper Heaven.

"The emperor is forcing Shen Taizi to heal Ling Shiyi. It seems that some gods have set their sight on Ling Shiyi and wanted to use him for their own selfish purposes." Gu Shi answered.

Di San was shocked. "They are really seeking death!" he exclaimed.

Gu Shi nodded. "Not only was Shen Taizi mad because he was being forced, and that to heal an archangel, but those idiots also dared to flash their intentions before Shen Taizi!" he said and shook his head.

"So, what did those idiots end up with?" Di San asked.

"You already know that Shen Taizi can't harm those idiots because of his father." Gu Shi frowned, displeased with this idea. "But, who could stop Shen Taizi if he wanted to run amok?" he tilted his head. "Fortunately for them, Shen Taizi gave the emperor face, prolonging their 'luck'. Unfortunately for them, they would meet some 'accident' if they would leave the Upper Heaven." He grinned.

Di San smiled. "Who can't not be unlucky if one dared offend Shen Taizi?" he asked and laughed.

Normal World 112, night.

"We didn't even find anything about You Ri in the company…" Huo Ling sighed as they walked towards the police station that looked desolate at night.

"Hao Baiyun's answers earlier are already enough." Yi Bing comforted him.

Huo Ling smiled. "Yes. He is really a great help!" he said. "A pity that he went home with his elder brother… he must have missed him and their family so much after he died." He sighed in pity. "But, did you notice that no one was talking about You Ri even though it was just yesterday that she died?" he asked.

Yi Bing nodded as an answer. "It really is surprising." He said.

"'suspicious'! It is 'suspicious'!" Huo Ling corrected him. "Look. Hao Baiyun said that You Ri is well-liked by everybody, so she should have many friends! Not to mention that men also have a crush on her." He stopped and turned to face Yi Bing. "So, why is no one talking about her, and not one of them even looked like they are in mourning, when she just died yesterday?" he asked.

Yi Bing also stopped and looked at him. "This is your task as the one who will ferry You Ri's soul." He spoke. "You can use your brain hole to temporarily fill in some answers as your hypotheses." He told him before he grabbed Huo Ling's head and turned it to the side to make him face forward. "Eyes on the road." He told him before he walked past him.

Huo Ling scratched his head and typed in his notes on his communicator and saved it before he ran after Yi Bing. "Then, let me speak my thoughts." He spoke as he walked beside him. "I say that they have a fake relationship with You Ri… well, that's just one-sided since only them treat it as fake but You Ri thinks it was sincere. So, I think that You Ri was being deceived by them." He said. "It can't be faked that You Ri died in peace, so she should not be aware that she was deceived by her so-called friends, colleagues and suitors." He looked at Yi Bing. "Even if a soul would deceive their self that everything was true and not a lie, but they can't do it in their death, since their life would flash before them as they die, making them recall everything, including their unpleasant memories and the truth… am I right?" he asked.

Yi Bing nodded. "Yes." He answered.

"So, You Ri was deceived and died in peace without knowing it." Huo Ling concluded. "For her to become a resentful ghost suddenly before she could pass on… she must have found out about this, right?" he said.

"It could be." Yi Bing spoke as they both stopped in front of the police station where Gu Xingfeng is the chief. Yi Bing's brow couldn't help but twitch in annoyance once again.

Just one more… one more lifetime (world) and Huo Ling and I will not see these two again! He thought and heaved a sigh as he stepped inside the open entrance with Huo Ling following behind him.

"Ai… these people really are despicable!" they heard the young police officer from this morning spoke while complaining to his friend. "They said there's a ghost so there's a ghost. But, when I arrived there was none! They said that it disappeared because it must have been frightened by my presence!" he frowned. "Say, old Zhang. They are messing with me, right? Those f*ckers! And tried to flatter me but it obviously sounds fake! Think they can buy me with flattery?! Bastards!" he said.

Zhang Bao pacified Xue Liping first before he spoke. "There are obviously no ghosts, so why did you still go to that Haoming Company?" he asked and helplessly shook his head.

"What can I do? Chief told me to go, so how can I not go?" Xue Liping slumped on his table. "Just because we are public servants doesn't mean that we can be bullied by these freaking civilians!" he said and hit his table with his fist.

"Now, now. They'll definitely get their retribution." Zhang Bao told him.

"Oh, right. There's this matter, too, this morning!" Huo Ling muttered when he finally remembered it. "Say, do you think that the ghost is You Ri? A pity that we didn't meet her…" he sighed.

Yi Bing didn't say anything. They were about to head to Gu Xingfeng's office to search when they suddenly heard the talkative Xue Liping spoke.

"That's right, speaking of 'fake'… those bastards who called me are actually You Ri's friends." Xue Liping said.

Yi Bing and Huo Ling sharply turned back to him.

"'You Ri'? Ah, right… that poor girl…" Zhang Bao sighed.

Yi Bing and Huo Ling looked at each other, their gazes speaking. Then, they retracted their steps to listen.

"Yeah. Those f*ckers. They said that You Ri must be haunting them!" Xue Liping spat in disdain. "If You Ri's ghost will, then they definitely deserve it!" he said as he clenched his fist. "A ghost won't haunt you if you don't have a 'ghost' in your heart.. It will haunt you if you have, especially if you have harmed it when it was still alive!" he said as he slapped his table with his palm.