Deity Investigation Report

Chapter 50 Miss Ai

"The first mission is completed just like that?"

During the initial assessment, the chubby team leader once said that their typical task mode—eating a bowl of instant noodles, a pack of cigarettes, and spending the whole day watching an elevator—was actually the norm.

Although problems soon arose again, leading to a bloody uproar.

But that was a special assessment task arranged by the Disaster Management Bureau. Normally, spending a whole night idly guarding the elevator would be the norm.

If you're hoping something bad will happen, that's your own problem!

Sure enough, after adjusting his expectations, everything seemed to go smoothly. As the days passed, Han Su carried out several more similar missions.

Or patrol a street and use a full-length mirror placed on the side of the street to look for people who are not reflected in the mirror.

Or, upon entering a building, count the steps between the third and fourth floors. If the number of steps is thirteen, it's normal. If the number of steps is less or more, it must be reported immediately.

Sometimes, you need to go to customs, show your documents, and cooperate with the staff to inspect a group of sea passengers entering the country. The hidden content, which only the staff know, is that they check whether these people have fish gills under their jaws.

The mission was bizarre and boring, but when you thought about it carefully, it was occasionally a little creepy.

If it were just one incident, it wouldn't be a big deal, but if it happened several times in a row, Han Su would have to consider whether he was being targeted.

After all, Zhang Chiguo also said that once he entered the Disaster Management Bureau, he was destined to be surrounded by invisible enemies, wasn't he?

I asked Cui Qiao's secretary privately once, and she was somewhat speechless:

"The D1D2 task force operates independently, and this is also to train your investigators in the ability to deal with the bizarre in advance."

"As for the tasks, you don't need to doubt them at all. This applies to all newcomers, and all your tasks are currently being assigned by Miss Ai personally, so there will absolutely be no problems."

"..."

Han Su asked curiously, "Why are you so confident? Isn't this Miss Ai just an AI program from the Disaster Management Bureau?"

"program?"

Secretary Cui Qiao sneered and shook her head, saying, "Miss Ai is not a program. The concept of her existence is difficult for you to understand right now, but you can try to think of her as a kind of mysterious machine."

"Anything she was involved in has been done to the greatest extent possible in terms of fairness and reasonableness."

"As for now, all you need to do is complete more tasks and improve your reputation with Miss Ai. Don't complain about the tasks being too tedious or boring. You should know that four of your fellow trainees have already died."

"..."

"Four?"

Han Su was startled: "How did he die?"

Secretary Cui Qiao said calmly, "While recording the flickering streetlights, my head was ripped off by the tentacles of reality reaching into it."

"Just because they are from the Disaster Management Agency, this kind of incident doesn't even make the news."

These words immediately put Han Su on alert. He had done the "flickering streetlights" task, but was the risk really that high?

I vaguely felt that I should adjust my attitude, and at the same time, I also became interested in this "Miss Ai".

She wasn't referring to some intelligent program, but rather called her a "mysterious machine"?

Looking down at the icons on my phone, compared to some of the most popular commercial apps on the market, the Disaster Management Bureau's dedicated app looked very simple; I could only vaguely make out a snake coiled around a tree.

Once you click on it, it looks more like a dialog box.

With a slight thought, he, who had always passively accepted tasks, typed a sentence into the program: "Hello."

The reply came almost instantly: "Dear Mr. Butcher, what can I do for you?"

Han Su thought for a moment and replied: 【What can you do for me?】

Ms. Ai: [I can assign you tasks suitable for your current job level, handle task acceptance, quickly navigate you to the designated task location, and provide information search and technical support within your authorized permissions.]

If you feel empty and bored, or experience unusually low spirits, I can also provide you with emotional support and psychological analysis.

'? '

Han Su found it somewhat strange: 'Isn't this just a regular AI program?'

He didn't think much of it, nor did he talk to this strange machine that seemed simple yet had some secrets. He simply adapted to the work of the Disaster Management Bureau.

Although the tasks I performed were all quite boring and tedious, the good thing was that I received a commission after each task was completed.

The commissions were even quite generous, amounting to exactly 10,000 yuan each time.

Han Su didn't pay much attention to this, and hadn't even clicked on the commission calculation details. It was only after Cui Qiao's reminder that he started to care about his evaluation in the disaster management bureau's procedures. Now, he had gone from a C+ at the end of the assessment to a B-.

He wasn't sure how exactly it was determined, but it should be that for each completed task, in addition to the corresponding commission, his evaluation would also improve.

Until the B- becomes an A+, you will be able to get a promotion.

Other things don't need to be considered for the time being. I just need to focus on dealing with these tasks. When there are no tasks, I still go to school as usual, and life doesn't seem to have changed much.

The only thing I'm not used to is that Xu Ji, who used to always nag me, is gone.

Rumors circulated that he was grounded from his home because he had been involved in a private car race that resulted in a death.

Of course, after some thought, he temporarily gave up the idea of ​​buying two pounds of apples to visit Xu Ji at the Xu family mansion.

He has started to worry about something else.

It has been a full ten days since he was last kidnapped at the Disaster Management Bureau for listening to secret incantations.

Han Su had no idea when the next kidnapping would happen.

According to the previous interval, I would be kidnapped and taken back in about fourteen days. However, an unusual kidnapping occurred in the middle. Does that mean the original interval still counts?

He didn't know the answer, but an invisible sense of urgency had already loomed over him.

This repetitive task finally took a turn for the better as Han Su was carrying out his fourth mission. The details were as follows:
[E4-level mission: Go to Dadi Cinema, No. 31 Daochun Street, East District, between 10 PM and 1 AM, choose a movie that is not being watched by anyone, and watch the entire movie alone. If you encounter any obvious abnormalities, immediately send an alarm through this program.]

【…】

Having grown accustomed to these nonsensical tasks, Han Su arrived at the movie theater as usual.

The cinema was very small, so small that it made one wonder how such a small cinema could survive in such a huge city. However, Han Su had a mission to complete, so he chose a movie that no one was buying tickets for and was even considering canceling the screening, and sat down.

The movie was boring, and Han Su didn't know what the obvious anomaly mentioned in the mission was, so he could only patiently wait for the movie to end.

Han Su initially thought similar tasks were unreasonable, because if there was anything strange about this movie theater, wouldn't it be better to just seal it off?

At the very least, shouldn't the audience in the other theaters be evacuated?

But the truth is, many of the tasks assigned to them by the Disaster Management Bureau are strange, low-key, and unknown to anyone.

The movie was already more than halfway through, and what was supposed to be another extremely boring mission was about to happen. Han Su was about to write down the three words "no abnormalities" in the black notebook in his hand.

But he was slightly taken aback, a cool sensation rising up his spine.

He quietly took the mysterious sword into his hand, and without making a sound, he raised his head and saw that the movie scene in front of him seemed to have turned into multiple shadows.

It's as if there's a blurry shadow behind the movie screen, following the characters in the film.

Han Su narrowed his eyes slightly, remaining calm and pressing an alarm button on his phone before quietly moving forward to observe further.

But even the slightest movement of his body seemed to have startled something.

Suddenly, a rustling sound came from the air, as if a large number of unseen sparrows were fluttering past overhead.

The unexpected noise sent a chill down my spine.

He immediately gripped the stun gun, only to find that everything around him had returned to normal.

The phone beeped with a message: [Task feedback received. The personnel responsible for the task must immediately leave the theater. The next task will be handled by the designated investigator.]

Han Su was confused, but he still followed the instructions, took his suitcase and left. When he left the movie theater, he could see police cars driving by in the distance.

When he was 300 meters away from the cinema, he was already surrounded by layers of security.

Rows of police cars, armed personnel, firefighters, and even a fleeting glimpse of a person in a black trench coat carrying a briefcase surrounded the cinema, making it look like a war under the cover of night.

So, we, the implementers, are being used as alarm bells for something going wrong?

Han Su muttered to himself, and then he understood. It seemed that not every task was so boring; it was just that only he could do the boring tasks now.

He readily accepted this persona he had adopted, took a taxi back to his apartment, and then heard a gentle call from the roadside:

"Mr. Han, have you been very busy lately?"

Han Su turned around in surprise and saw a high-end black car parked by the roadside. A man wearing a white shirt and a suit jacket draped over his arm was looking at him with a smile.

He was slightly taken aback; the Xu family had finally come looking for him.

(End of this chapter)