Chapter 96: Successor of the Death God Elementary School Student

Chapter 96: Successor of the Death God Elementary School Student

Realman Qingxuan was in a very complicated mood.

“You think how big is this possibility?”

Pei Ye said, “Right now we have no clues, so we might as well make bold assumptions and carefully verify them. Having one more investigative direction might mean one more chance to pull the mastermind out. If the person behind the scenes is really using this method to kill and make money, it is a threat to social stability!”

Realman Qingxuan felt even more complicated.

Black Impermanence and White Impermanence said she was an extremely ominous evil spirit, yet her speech was filled with the style of an old cadre.

If he had not seen Pei Ye in person, Realman Qingxuan would have thought he was speaking to higher authorities.

“Realman Qingxuan, I suggest you check the surveillance records from 24 hours earlier or ordinary people who came into contact with Bai Jia during that time period. There might be clues. As Bai Jia is a key monitored target of the Celestial Masters Alliance, there must be Celestial Masters keeping watch nearby...”

Realman Qingxuan gathered his complicated emotions.

“Why ordinary people? Did you not suspect it was vengeful ghosts pretending to be underworld messengers?”

Pei Ye explained to him, “Precisely because of that, the people who approached Bai Jia are more likely to be ordinary humans. Fake underworld messengers cannot appear openly. Celestial Masters are extremely sensitive to underworld vengeful ghosts, and this time they are also treating vengeful ghosts as the main target of defense. Not to mention vengeful ghosts, even ordinary wandering spirits approaching the house where Bai Jia was detained would be discovered by Celestial Masters. Ordinary people are instead the blind spot that Celestial Masters overlook.”

Powerful vengeful ghosts possessing living humans would not be difficult to infiltrate as long as they hid well and had the disguise of underworld messenger uniforms.

Pei Ye said, “Based on what has happened these past few times, the mastermind is clearly not one or two vengeful ghosts, but a highly meticulous and cautious organization that handles aftermath matters very thoroughly. Surveillance should be checked as early as possible. If delayed, it may be destroyed by them.”

Realman Qingxuan was almost convinced by Pei Ye.

“Thank you for the reminder, fellow Daoist. I will immediately send people to investigate.”

The Celestial Masters Alliance did not move slowly, but they still wasted valuable time.

They sent people to investigate the records from 24 hours earlier and discovered that more than ten minutes of surveillance footage had been cut out from the timeline.

When Realman Qingxuan heard this, his face darkened.

This missing surveillance period further proved that Pei Ye’s guess was very likely correct!

He subconsciously called Pei Ye again.

Pei Ye was not surprised at all.

The enemy had planned this for a long time, how could they not clean up traces?

“What about the people who had contact with Bai Jia that day?”

Realman Qingxuan was very skilled at exorcising demons and summoning spirits, but he was completely lost when it came to investigation and solving cases. Police did not understand Fengdu or the Celestial Master world, and their ways of thinking were completely different systems. Moreover, Pei Ye had shown such strong command just now that Realman Qingxuan had subconsciously started following her instructions.

“I have met them one by one. None of them show signs of spirit possession.”

This result conflicted with Pei Ye’s earlier inference.

“No?”

This answer was unexpected for Pei Ye, but also within reason.

If the mastermind could be so easily exposed, the Celestial Masters Alliance and Fengdu would not have been deceived for so long.

“Unfortunately, nothing abnormal was found. If there is any progress, I will notify fellow Daoist immediately. If fellow Daoist encounters other matters or discovers any special clues, please inform me in time as well, to contribute to social stability and the happiness of the people!”

Coincidentally, the previous cases had all been first exposed by Pei Ye.

It seemed as if each case could provide a crucial clue.

If not for Pei Ye’s upright behavior and lack of harmful intent, he would have suspected that this calamity spirit had some kind of connection with the mastermind.

Since Pei Ye was not a suspect, there was only one explanation.

This person had such bad luck that she could be compared to the infamous Death God Elementary School Student.

Wherever she went, trouble followed.

(￢_￢)

Realman Qingxuan had a vague feeling that Pei Ye would encounter more trouble, so he proactively reserved future clues in advance.

Pei Ye did not know what Realman Qingxuan was thinking and agreed immediately.

“Alright, once I have clues, I will notify you first.”

After hanging up, Pei Ye frowned tightly, as if she could pinch two ignorant flies to death.

“Senior, did you run into trouble?”

“What trouble could I possibly have?” Pei Ye shrugged and said gleefully, “It is the Celestial Masters Alliance that is in trouble.”

As Bai Jia, a two hundred billion film emperor and a legendary figure personally cultivated by entertainment tycoon Yu Jianlong, his exposure and national popularity needed no explanation. As a skilled actor, his traffic could rival top celebrities. Even sneezing or spraining an ankle could land him on trending searches.

Previously, it was exposed that he had committed murder. Now it was exposed that he had suddenly and mysteriously died.

The online gossip crowd had already been hit in their excitement points multiple times. How could they possibly let go of this drama?

Pei Ye had no doubt about the internet users’ microscopic investigative ability.

Once the supernatural elements were exposed through investigation and spread widely through the internet, it would definitely cause panic among ordinary people.

“I only hope the core socialist values are deeply rooted in people’s hearts, and that everyone believes in science and firmly believes there are no ghosts in this world. Otherwise—”

Xiao Pangzi looked completely confused.

“Otherwise what?”

Pei Ye smiled and flicked away cigarette ash.

“Otherwise the mastermind might take advantage of the chaos to expand their influence while hiding even deeper.”

She was very glad she had retired and did not need to exhaust herself maintaining social stability and protecting world peace.

“The future of this world belongs to you young people. Work hard, Xiao Pang, I am optimistic about you.”

Pei Ye smiled and lightly patted Xiao Pangzi’s shoulder.

Xiao Pangzi: “???”

At the same time, Fengdu Ghost City.

Judge Cui Jue came out of the Underworld Law Office and just entered the elevator when he ran into an underworld messenger with a miserable expression.

This underworld messenger looked familiar to him, a small leader from White Impermanence’s department.

“Judge sir.”

The underworld messenger respectfully saluted. Cui Jue nodded slightly while holding a stack of documents in one hand and a 2.5 liter bottle of soda in the other.

“Why are you bruised like this?”

Only then did the underworld messenger straighten up, and Cui Jue noticed green corpse spots on his forehead and eyes that looked like he had been beaten several times.

The injuries looked quite fresh, probably recent.

Who would dare to act in Fengdu Heavenly Capital Building?

The underworld messenger said with a bitter face, “White Impermanence hit me.”

Cui Jue was startled.

“Old Bai hit you? He has not lost his temper for a long time...”

Black Impermanence and White Impermanence are both Yin Marshals of Fengdu. Although they usually dress elegantly, their combat strength ranks among the top in Fengdu.

White Impermanence is more irritable than Black Impermanence, but in recent years he has cultivated his temperament and rarely loses his temper.

The underworld messenger looked wronged.

Cui Jue said to him, “Fortunately the policies are better now. The Great Emperor emphasizes peaceful governance, otherwise your ghost life would have been gone.”

The underworld messenger: “???”

“You do not know, when Old Bai used to get angry, not many underworld messengers or minor ghosts could walk out intact,” Cui Jue muttered in a low voice, gossiping. He had been colleagues with Black and White Impermanence for hundreds of years, and he knew all of White Impermanence’s dark history clearly, “Isn’t it popular in the human world to ‘tear apart enemies’? I suspect the screenwriters got inspiration from Old Bai. He can tear offending underworld messengers into ten or eight pieces by hand, all evenly divided.”