Deity Investigation Report

Chapter 97 Mysterious Influence
"A twist of fate?"

Han Su arrived at a room that resembled a tea room and knocked on the half-open door.

Inside the room, several people immediately turned to look. It was Xu Ji, Assistant Xu, and an old man dressed strangely, wearing a dark gray robe that looked neither leather nor not leather, with hair that seemed to have not been washed for many years, and even wearing some bone ornaments.

The one who just spoke was this old woman. She must have heard Han Su coming over long ago, and when she saw him knocking on the door, she nodded slightly.

Xu Ji stared wide-eyed, seemingly not expecting Han Su to be called over. Then, as if remembering something, he was startled and cried out, "No way, brother, you've come all the way to my house to complain?"

"I specifically invited Mr. Han to help me."

Assistant Xu glared at Xu Ji, then stepped forward to shake hands with Han Su, saying, "Thank you for making this trip, Mr. Han."

Before inviting Han Su into the tea room, he explained in a low voice, "This is the occult expert that the master specially invited to his home after you encountered that truck. His purpose is to resolve the mysterious residue on him and help him get rid of his identity as a bizarre deep contact person."

"To be honest, after that expensive treatment, we thought the problem was solved. We observed him for quite some time before lifting the young master's confinement order, but..."

As he said this, he turned to look at Xu Ji with a worried expression, shook his head, and sighed, "It seems we were too optimistic."

"We should definitely be careful."

Han Su nodded: "Then why did you call me here?"

“Young Master wouldn’t encounter these strange things for no reason. This can only mean that the mysterious power within him is still influencing him, or rather, distorting his destiny.”

Assistant Xu said in a low voice, "Then we need to determine whether the deepest impact on the young master is still the original truck with the dead bodies, or something else."

"You were all together when you encountered that truck, so theoretically you should have been exposed to the same contamination. Therefore, if we ask scholars to examine whether the effects on you were consistent, we can get the answer, but..."

He paused, then hesitated before asking, "Mr. Han, do your company's rules include any restrictions on these kinds of things?"

Han Su understood what he meant, shook his head, and smiled, "No, not at all."

'So, this old man is the expert the Xu family hired to solve Xu Ji's problems?'

Upon entering the tea room, Han Su sat down next to Xu Ji, raised his hand to push away Xu Ji's hand that was reaching for his suitcase, and looked up at the old woman opposite him.

She looks like a lonely old lady living alone.

The face has too many wrinkles, but they don't look like natural aging, making it difficult to determine the exact age. However, the clothes the person is wearing have a neurotic feel to them.

Therefore, Xu Ji neither accepted the hypnosis from the Disaster Management Bureau nor chose to join the Disaster Management Bureau. Instead, he found a occult expert outside the Disaster Management Bureau to solve his problem as a "contact person".

"Hehe, don't worry, we're all already registered with the Disaster Management Bureau..."

Across from him, the old woman subtly sized up Han Su, her gaze finally settling on the briefcase in his hand. She smiled and said, "However, we don't usually deal with people from the Disaster Management Bureau."

"Our industry is like people seeking medical treatment."

"By examining a person's illnesses or potential illnesses, and through professional methods, we can help them get rid of the torment of bizarre things without affecting their mental state or will."

"But for those who work at the Disaster Management Agency, what part of them isn't 'ill' from start to finish?"

He shook his head and silently examined Han Su: "Even their very existence has become a disease."

The two men sized each other up, scrutinizing each other. Only Xu Ji, standing to the side, touched his slapped hand with a wronged expression, thinking to himself, "Old Han has really changed. It's only been a few days, and he's already so cold to me..."

"They won't even let me touch the box..."

"..."

Han Su listened to the old woman's words and nodded slightly, having a guess about her identity in his mind.

She immediately mentioned that she had registered with the Disaster Management Bureau, which meant that the Bureau knew her. Could she be one of those people from the mysterious organization?
However, those people from the mysterious organization were all crazy, while she seemed somewhat neutral...

He suddenly smiled and asked in return, "If we're riddled with illnesses, what about you?"

The old woman chuckled and said, "I'm terminally ill, so I can only earn a little spare money to enjoy myself before those things take me away."

"Arrested?"

Han Su was drawn to her strange choice of words and looked up at her.

"You should have already received training in mystical powers."

The old woman looked up at Han Su and smiled, "Didn't the Disaster Management Bureau warn you that everyone who comes into contact with the mysterious power is essentially connected to something beyond reality, and that this connection will only deepen until they are captured by it?" "It's an irreversible gradual change, just like the magnetic force on your body will become stronger and stronger."

As she spoke, she glanced at Xu Ji with a smile and said, "The reason why the young master of the Xu family encountered these things is because of this connection, and the impact on us is, of course, much greater than on him."

As she spoke, she lifted a dirty box from under her feet, carefully opened it, and inside was a crystal ball.

Han Su couldn't help but take a few deep breaths and scrutinize him. He had just experienced the crystal skull incident not long ago and was a little sensitive.

Fortunately, it really was just a crystal ball.

The old man placed the crystal ball in the middle of the table, then took Xu Ji's hand and looked up at Assistant Xu, saying, "Young Master Xu was indeed affected after that car accident, like a nail that had encountered a magnet."

“I had previously used expensive incense to fumigate his body, which was similar to demagnetizing him. Theoretically, this should have cleared the hidden connections he had formed from his encounter with the bizarre.”

"But looking at it now, it hasn't been completely eliminated. The mysterious power within him is still influencing him, and it's even stronger now, which is why he encountered these things."

"..."

As she spoke, she placed her other hand on the crystal ball, and immediately a red, snake-like thread appeared inside the crystal ball, moving gracefully within it.

The old woman released Xu Ji's hand and nodded slightly to Assistant Xu. There was no need for her to explain anything further; the marks in the crystal ball proved that her speculation was correct.

Assistant Xu rubbed his face weakly.

No wonder everyone says that weird and troublesome dog wandering on the highway outside the city is really something...

"Now, let me take another look, and I'll know."

The old woman gave Han Su a questioning look, and only after Han Su nodded did she slowly take his right hand in hers.

"This young investigator must have many traces of mysterious forces on him, after all, their job is to touch these things."

As she spoke, she slowly raised her hand and placed it on the crystal ball: "I live in Qinggang City, so I naturally know the rules. I dare not look too closely, nor do I dare to look too much."

"Once we confirm that this gentleman also has the same mysterious power remnants as the young master of the Xu family, we will naturally find the root of the problem."

In an instant, it was as if he had directly contacted the crystal ball, causing some kind of change within it. Han Su saw that there was only a small red snake in the slowly dissipating crystal ball, and suddenly a trace appeared.

It was extremely similar to the previous red mark, and the two even seemed to be attracted to each other, as if they were about to swim together.

However, before they even made contact, the red mark had already disappeared.

Then, more and more marks of different colors appeared inside the crystal ball, making it look like a colorful display. Even the old woman couldn't help but laugh.
"You really are worthy of being from the Disaster Management Bureau, and you must be highly valued, otherwise you wouldn't have access to so many things. But young man, you..."

As she spoke, various colors and threads kept appearing inside the crystal ball, quickly filling the entire crystal ball. In fact, a few threads filled the entire crystal ball in the blink of an eye.

The old woman suddenly couldn't continue speaking, her expression turning astonished as she looked at the crystal ball in disbelief.

"Snap..."

In that instant, it seemed as if two different energies were expanding within the crystal ball.

It was vaguely divided into black and white, and grew rapidly, swallowing up all other colors and spreading throughout the entire crystal ball.

The next moment, the two energies collided with each other, and the instant they came into contact, the crystal ball was covered in cracks and suddenly shattered into pieces.

The sudden commotion startled everyone present. Han Su frowned, picked up the box, and held it in front of himself and Xu Ji to prevent them from being injured by the shards of the crystal ball.

Where did you buy the defective product?
On the other side, however, the old woman's face was scratched several times by the crystal ball. She reacted as if electrocuted, throwing away Han Su's hand. Her aged body leaped up, overturning her chair, and she ran away from Han Su as if she'd seen a ghost, shouting:
"This is terrible, this is terrible..."

"If you need anything, go to the Xu family. I'm just a worker..."

"..."

As she spoke, she picked up the bulky handbag on the ground, ignoring the crystal ball and only wanting to leave. However, Assistant Xu frowned and blocked her way.

"Don't ask, you saw it yourself, it's definitely related to him."

Before Assistant Xu could even speak, the old woman interrupted anxiously, saying, "The mysterious power they all possess is the same. The twisted fate that young Master Xu suffered originates from this..."

(End of this chapter)