Translator: Henyee Translations Editor: Henyee Translations
The butterfly demon died in that detention room.
There was only one person on duty in the office last night. He didnât know how the butterfly demon died, and he never left the company.
The man on duty said it himself.
According to the monitor video, the person on duty indeed didnât leave the office, but the video also showed that he went to the washroom and stayed there for a full 15 minutes.
âI went to answer my girlfriendâs phone, just left for 15 minutes, and there was no suspicious person appear in it. When I came out, the butterfly demon was still alive,â he defended himself.
âDo you need to go to the washroom to answer your girlfriendâs phone?â The whole office was empty, even if he wanted to say something nasty, no one was going to check out the video the next day.
The man was a little embarrassed, âWell...â
He explained haltingly that he listened to his girlfriendâs voice and did a hand job for himself...
Everyone looked at him meaningfully now.
âI was afraid that something might happen, so I came out 15 minutes later!â The man blushed to justify himself.
Hua Jian raised his hand and signaled them to be quiet. âWatch the surveillance again. Others get out first, and keep it to yourselves.â
The people present were all from the field department. Since Hua Jian gave the order, they were silent then, but were a little worried in the bottom of their hearts. If other evil spirits knew that the butterfly demon died here, it may cause their panic and aversion.
The surveillance didnât show anything new. If the surveillance didnât show any sign of human, then itâs probably done by the demon.
However, on this floor was set with the globe of invulnerability. If anyone who didnât know how to enter or any evil spirit forcibly broke in, the globe of invulnerability would be triggered and the man on duty must knew.
Yet the man said everything was normal at that time and nothing ever triggered the globe of invulnerability.
Hua Jian asked Ming Shu to check the crime scene and see if she can find any clue. She was a demon, so she could see more things than them.
There were not many things in the detention house. Ming Shu had examined the room when she came last time. While at this time, the butterfly demonâs body had been taken away and the room was empty.
âDid you find anything?â Hua Jian leaned on the door in a slightly relaxed posture, which meant that he was undefended to her.
Ming Shu strode out, âItâs very clean.â
Too clean. The butterfly demon was also an evil spirit, and she had been locked here for so long, but now Ming Shu didnât feel even a trace of demon aura. It seemed that the place had been specially cleaned up.
Hua Jian understood what Ming Shu was meaning.
âWhatâs so special about this butterfly demon?â
Hua Jian looked at Ming Shu and said calmly after a few seconds, âThe phoenix-spirit butterfly is a kind of very special demon, they have the ability to enchant others and make the prey fall into the set-up illusion. They donât have strong combat ability so they often choose to depend on some big demons to survive.â
âBut itâs very difficult for the phoenix-spirit butterfly to reproduce, so the species has almost become extinct. The last record about them is 14 years ago... at the crime scene of my father.â
Ming Shu then understood, âSo you suspect it has something to do with your fatherâs death?â
âA thing thatâs extremely rare suddenly appeared, wonât you suspect it?â
But now she died.
Someone silenced her.
The phoenix-spirit butterfly said she escaped from some place.
All of these storylines were in a muddle. You couldnât find where they started from and didnât know how to begin the investigation.
Iâd better go back and inherit the throne.
Ming Shu left the Evil Spirit Office and contacted Little Beastie to know where it was now, then she went to join it.
The round hairy ball swept all over the surrounding areas with Little Beastie and it had gathered several big demons. Right now they were on the Jingshan Mountain.
Seeing Ming Shu appear, Little Beastie rolled over to her quickly.
Poop-picker, a complete Manchu-Han banquet, Manchu-Han banquet, Manchu-Han banquet!
Ming Shu picked it up and answered perfunctorily, âOkay okay okay, I know.â
A complete Manchu-Han banquet isnât even enough for me alone, do you think you can get a share? Naive!
The round hairy ball and the other several big demons squatted not far. The round hairy ball was in its true shape, but the other three were in human shape. They looked very miserable, though, with tails or ears revealing outside.
âNext time remember to avoid the faces.â Ming Shu pinched Little Beastie.
Little Beastie grunted. Itâs you asked me for a favor, donât you restrict where I should attack! You can do it yourself then.
Ming Shu smiled and walked toward the several big demons.
While after the three big demons heard that Ming Shu was going to inherit the throne, they doubted it a lot.
âOur demon race hasnât appeared a demon king for a long time. Okay, letâs put that aside first, but are you sure those evil spirits which have been very close to human will follow you?â Big demon No. 1 grunted with a black eye.
âThatâs true. Itâs not like before now.â Big demon No. 2 agreed.
âLife is hard enough for us now. Just go check my house, youâll see what those people have done to it. Food is also either poisonous or mutated, and itâs so difficult to find something to eat. We donât have time for this kind of boring thing.â Big demon No. 3 complained with anger.
Speaking of this, the three demons couldnât agree with each other any more. They immediately began to diss humans, cursing that they demolished here, exploded there, and polluted everywhere.
Ming Shu: â...â It turned out the demon community was also caring about the livelihood business.
How respectable!
âSo we need reform now!â Ming Shuâs voice was loud and clear, interrupting the three big demons which were exchanging the experience about how to bluff human and prevent them from damaging their homes. âWill you join me!â
Big demon No. 1, 2, and 3: â...â
Youâve kidnapped us here, and if we say we donât want to do it, will you let us go?
Although they didnât think Ming Shu was reliable, the several big demons yielded under Ming Shuâs fists in the end. They began to plan on the great cause of inheriting the throne.
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It just needed many evil spirits as followers.
So their goal right now was to gather groups of demons.
The demons had their way of contacting each other. Thus Ming Shu only needed to handle the big demons and leave the rest small ones to them.
Itâs the same thing to beat human and demons, so Ming Shu was quite good at it.
âKing, King... someone is here.â
Jingshan Mountain was Ming Shuâs back place now. A little demon ran up from under the mountain like a wind, as if something was chasing after him.
âWho is it?â
âI donât know. Itâs a woman, and she looks young,â the little demon answered.
Ming Shu raised her eyebrow, âDoes she come up?â
The little demon shook his head, âNo...â
Ming Shu was speechless, âWhy are you yelling then? We donât do business like robbing.â
The little demon stuttered, âBut she walked toward Jingshan Mountainâs backside. Brother Big Bao told me that no one is allowed to go there.â
Brother Big Bao was the national treasure â the round hairy ball.
âWhy? Is there any treasure or body buried in it?â
âWho went to the Jingshan Mountainâs backside?â Big Bao walked out of the bamboo forest, âDonât you want to live? I warned you not to go to the backside.â
âItâs not, Brother Big Bao, itâs not me, itâs a human...â The little demon shook its head quickly.
âHuman?â Big Baoâs panda eyes were filled with confusion. âWhatâs a human coming here for? Is it you were seen by them when you went out and then they followed you here? I told you not to flock together in Jingshan Mountain, canât you go to the next door? Why do you have to stay at my place!â
âWhatâs in the backside of Jingshan Mountain?â Ming Shu asked.