Chapter 49 - 46: Investigation Team’s Discussion

Chapter 49: Chapter 46: Investigation Team’s Discussion

Jiang Yong felt a profound sense of unease and quickly got up to run.

He glanced back and saw the man in the yellow suit staring at him sinisterly.

Jiang Yong ran even faster.

Fortunately, the man didn’t chase him.

’Who is he?’

’How did he recognize the Lucky Star Necklace?’

’And when did the Lucky Star Necklace turn black?’

Jiang Yong reached the front counter and said anxiously:

"Quick, cash out my chips."

After speaking, Jiang Yong kept looking back toward where he had been sitting.

The man in the yellow suit was gone.

Instead of feeling relieved, Jiang Yong felt even more uneasy.

He grabbed the money, ran out of the casino, and pulled out his phone to call his ex-wife:

"Honey, please don’t hang up. Listen to me, I..."

Jiang Yong was halfway through his sentence when he suddenly saw something, and his eyes filled with terror.

The man in the yellow suit was standing at the entrance of the "Golden Brilliance KTV," smiling and waving at him.

Jiang Yong’s heart skipped a beat.

’Wasn’t he just inside the casino?’

’How is he here now?’

His wife’s voice came from the phone:

"Jiang Yong, nothing you say will work. I’m not giving you custody of our child..."

Jiang Yong abruptly hung up and bolted in the other direction.

His luck hadn’t run out completely; a taxi had just stopped to drop off a passenger.

Jiang Yong dove into the taxi and urged the driver:

"Driver, hurry! Xianghai Garden District!"

Jiang Yong wanted to call his ex-wife again, but his phone was dead.

"Damn it! My luck’s all used up!"

Jiang Yong cursed.

...

「South Sea, Antique Shop Zero.」

Jin Meiting sat at the tea table, carefully wiping a teacup with a small towel.

She secretly sized up the shop.

Jiang Chaosheng had been reading a book at the counter all day.

Just like always.

’What about the Crow?’

’It didn’t actually go off to the nearby neighborhood to steal women’s skirts and stockings, did it?’

Just then, the wind chime rang.

Jin Meiting glanced over and rolled her eyes dramatically.

’Speak of the devil and he shall appear.’

The Evil Crow flew to the front of the counter, looking at Jiang Chaosheng in disbelief.

"You were right. Jiang Yong really did run into one of the Yin Yang Master’s people."

Jiang Chaosheng looked up:

"It’s not that I was right; it’s that he was destined to meet someone connected to the Yin Yang Master."

The Evil Crow paused for a moment. "What do you mean?"

A slight smile touched Jiang Chaosheng’s thin lips as he chuckled:

"Before I gave him the Lucky Star Necklace, I used it first."

Realization dawned on the Evil Crow. "I see. That necklace is really something.

If you wore that necklace, wouldn’t you be invincible?"

Jiang Chaosheng said,

"Do you know the consequence of overdrawing your luck?"

The Evil Crow shook its head blankly.

Jiang Chaosheng said,

"When your fortune is exhausted, death is certain.

From the moment the Lucky Star Necklace began to turn black, Jiang Yong’s fate was sealed.

Anything that happens to him now is just an accomplice to his death."

The Evil Crow recalled something from when it was monitoring Jiang Yong.

Even though Jiang Yong’s luck was clearly overdrawn, he had managed to find an empty taxi that had just dropped off a passenger.

It turned out that the taxi wasn’t there to save his life, but to send him to Hell.

The Crow remembered something and quickly said:

"You used the necklace too, so does that mean you..."

Jiang Chaosheng glanced at the Crow.

"It’s the same for me. My luck will get worse. I just don’t know which event will trigger it.

Alright, Jiang Yong won’t survive the night. Go bring the Lucky Star Necklace back."

The Crow flapped its wings and flew out of Antique Shop Zero.

Jiang Chaosheng returned his gaze to his book.

"Send a text message to Li Mingyue."

Jin Meiting quickly stood up.

"What should it say?"

Jiang Chaosheng turned to a new page in his book.

"Xianghai Garden, Jiang Yong, Yin Yang Master."

’The Anomaly Administration Bureau should be very interested in the Yin Yang Master Seimei right now.’

’Bai Litang went to the Public Security Bureau to file a report and disclosed information about the East Sakura Yin Yang Master, Seimei.’

’So, Seimei is likely the prime suspect in the Green Horse Manor massacre.’

’Even if Seimei isn’t the killer in the Green Horse Manor massacre, the appearance of a Supernatural Being from East Sakura in the South Sea would certainly put the Anomaly Administration Bureau on high alert.’

...

「South Sea, Public Security Bureau, Special Office.」

This office was a high-level, confidential office within the South Sea Public Security Bureau.

Ordinary Sheriffs were not allowed on this floor without permission.

At this moment, a discussion about the Green Horse Manor incident was underway in the Special Office.

Liu Wei, the leader of the Shocking Court Wood Investigation Team, said:

"The on-site forensics report is out.

The victims came from various places in the south, and their profession was mystical divination.

This matches the intelligence the Public Security Bureau provided us this morning."

The Public Security Bureau said that Bai Litang had invited figures from the Mystical Realm across the south to gather at Green Horse Manor these past few days.

No one expected such a horrific and inhumane case to occur on the second day of the gathering.

Liu Wei said in a grave voice:

"None of the deceased showed signs of a violent struggle. They were even still in their seats at the time of death.

The killer’s methods are bizarre and strange; we can’t rule out a Supernatural Being.

Although we don’t know why they killed, anyone who commits a crime on the soil of the Xia Kingdom must be punished by the law!"

Because it was a mission from the Anomaly Administration Bureau, the Public Security Bureau’s investigation proceeded very quickly.

Surveying, collection, examination, scene reconstruction, and other procedures were all completed in just one day.

The Public Security Bureau has many modern investigative methods, nothing like what you see in TV dramas.

The methods shown in TV dramas are from over a decade ago.

Even if a body is burned to a crisp, they have the ability to determine its identity and its actions before death.

These days, as long as the criminals aren’t Immortals, Demons, and Monsters, the Public Security Bureau can solve the case.

Someone said:

"So, was it really done by that Yin Yang Master named Seimei?"

Someone else asked:

"Do we have any information on this Seimei in our bureau’s files?"

The Anomaly Administration Bureau had handled numerous anomalous incidents.

Most cases were related to Taboo Items.

For example, a Taboo Item might cause supernatural phenomena before it reawakens or after it falls dormant.

Like bizarre energy fluctuations causing plants, insects, and animals to mutate and go berserk.

As for the awakening of a Taboo Item...

The awakening of a Taboo Item inevitably leads to a massive disaster.

There were only two outcomes when the Anomaly Administration Bureau confronted a Taboo Item.

First, seal it away in the Anomaly Administration Bureau’s archives.

Second, defend the line with their lives to prevent it from continuing to wreak havoc in the Xia Kingdom.

After a Taboo Item has been active for a period, it will fall dormant again.

However, it is difficult to find a Taboo Item once it has fallen dormant. All they could do was document the process of its rampage and leave the experience for their successors.

Since its establishment, the Anomaly Administration Bureau had also encountered a few cases involving Supernatural Humans.

They were all influenced by Taboo Items and lacked self-awareness.

That Yin Yang Master from East Sakura was clearly rational, which was a novelty to the Investigators present.

Liu Wei said:

"When the Anomaly Administration Bureau was first founded, we did indeed record information on Yin Yang Masters.

At that time, an anomalous incident occurred in East Sakura, and an Investigator was ordered to gather intelligence.

According to that Investigator, the core of the incident was a Magic Staff.

An old man fought the Magic Staff for ten days and finally subdued it.

The Investigator immediately launched an investigation into the old man and came to a conclusion."

Liu Wei paused, his gaze sweeping over everyone as he said gravely:

"That old man is the current Yin Yang Master of the Seimei Family in East Sakura."

Everyone gasped.

This Yin Yang Master single-handedly dealt with a Taboo Item?

He was already formidable enough, but now with a Taboo Item Magic Staff in his possession, who in the world could be his match?

Deploy [Truth]?

Are you kidding? Is that thing something we can just use whenever we want?

Besides...

After all our dealings with Taboo Items, can [Truth] really destroy a Taboo Item?

An Investigator rubbed his temples.

"How does East Sakura have someone like this, and we in the Xia Kingdom don’t?"

A female Investigator shot him a look.

"Who says the Xia Kingdom doesn’t?"

Everyone suddenly remembered the three mysterious figures from the Ghost Government Office incident.

If those three were here, dealing with the Yin Yang Master would probably be simple, right?

The problem was, no one knew anything about those three people to this day.