Having the genes of a demon king, I never intended to be a kept man.

Ye Ge arrived at Nangong Qiuyue's room.

It was late at night, but Nangong Qiuyue's room was still brightly lit. She stood in front of the table in the room, on which was a huge map and a bunch of messy documents.

Nangong Qiuyue stood in front of the table full of documents, deep in thought. It seemed that this girl had no intention of going to sleep tonight.

"It's so late, why aren't you asleep yet?" Ye Ge walked in, pulled up a chair, and sat down. "When did you become a workaholic?"

“I’m very dedicated, okay?” Nangong Qiuyue raised an eyebrow: “You can go and ask who the Night Watchman is right now, the one with the highest efficiency in solving cases and exorcising demons.”

"Oh, I know." Night Song yawned. "I also know that you're now the Night Watch's most popular female captain online. I saw a video online a while ago of a 'cool and aloof female captain of the Night Watch easily slaying a demon with a single slash,' and that's the video that made you an internet sensation, right? I heard that many inexperienced newcomers have a crush on you? A lot of recent graduates who are superhumans joined the Night Watch because of you."

Hearing this, Nangong Qiuyue felt a little embarrassed and said with a slight blush, "That was just an accident... I didn't expect the video of that demon-slaying incident to be posted online. It wasn't something I did on purpose for marketing!"

"But when I first saw the tags your fans had given you online, I was really taken aback."

Ye Ge counted on her fingers: "Aloof, mature, cool, cold, ice queen... None of these words seem to match the image of the simple-minded Nangong Qiuyue in my mind. I thought I had mistaken her for someone else."

Nangong Qiuyue: "......"

"Can't you just stop bringing up things from when we were kids?!"

Nangong Qiuyue glared at him angrily.

Ye Ge smiled faintly: "Let's get down to business. Why did you call me to your room so late?"

When it came to serious matters, Nangong Qiuyue's expression immediately became serious, and she said earnestly, "Do you know about our Night Watch's mission this time?"

Night Song said, "I know, we're investigating that demon-descended girl."

Nangong Qiuyue said, "No, it's not that simple."

Ye Ge raised an eyebrow: "Oh?"

"Look at this." Nangong Qiuyue handed a stack of reports on the table to Yege: "Recently, several towns in the middle and outer ring areas of the empire have experienced missing persons incidents. The locations of the incidents are widely distributed, basically centered around the Hundred Soul Forest area, with such incidents occurring within a radius of 100,000 kilometers. The number of missing persons has reached thousands."

Ye Ge pondered for a moment, then said, "In that case, it couldn't have been done by that demon girl alone. It was probably those vampires, right? Those vampires have been lurking within the empire for who knows how long. Perhaps they were controlling their bloodlust with some kind of drug, but over time, the drug's effects have gradually worn off, so they've had to start secretly hunting humans to satisfy their bloodlust..."

“No.” Nangong Qiuyue said seriously, “I don’t believe that all these disappearances were caused by the vampires.”

Ye Ge asked curiously, "What do you mean?"

"Look at this again." Nangong Qiuyue pointed to a large map on the table, on which she had marked many areas with a red pen: "These areas are where missing persons cases have occurred! And the center of these areas is the Hundred Souls Forest. But while all the surrounding towns have experienced missing persons cases, this town alone has never had any missing persons cases!"

Ye Ge glanced at it a few times and indeed found something was amiss: "You suspect there's something wrong with this town?"

“It’s not doubt, it’s certain.” Nangong Qiuyue said seriously, “When we entered this town, I observed a little and found that many townspeople looked guilty when they saw us. I also found that there are many extraordinary individuals at the peak of the Hundred Soul Realm in the town. Do you think that extraordinary individuals of that level would be willing to hide in these mountains and be just ordinary townspeople?”

Ye Ge understood, paused, and said, "So that's why you came here to investigate under the pretense of chasing the demon girl."

“Yes.” Nangong Qiuyue hesitated: “I originally planned to investigate the town again tomorrow morning, but I’m still thinking about how to do it without alerting the townspeople.”

Ye Ge smiled and said, "You called me here to discuss this?"

“Yes.” Nangong Qiuyue sighed, “I admit that my brain isn’t as sharp as yours.”

Night Song: "If you beg me, I'll help you find a way."

Nangong Qiuyue's eyes widened: "After all these years of friendship, you still want to make demands?"

"Friendship is one thing, helping someone is another." Ye Ge glanced at her. "Besides, I don't owe you any favors. It seems like you're always the one who owes me favors, isn't it?"

“You…” Nangong Qiuyue pouted, looking at him with a pitiful expression: “Then, how do you want me to beg you?”

"Hmm..." Ye Ge scratched his face and thought for a moment.

"How about this, you just use that cool, aloof voice you usually use when you talk to your Night Watch subordinates, and whisper in my ear, 'Brother Night Song, please,' and I'll help you figure something out, okay?"

Nangong Qiuyue: "...Go to hell!"

Nangong Qiuyue lunged at him, baring her teeth and claws, as if she wanted to bite him. Ye Ge stretched out a hand and easily pressed a finger against her forehead, forcing her to flail her hands haphazardly, but she could never touch Ye Ge.

"Boom! B ...

"Aaaaaaahh ...

Just then, an explosion and screams suddenly came from outside the window!

It appears there was an explosion somewhere in the town!

Nangong Qiuyue was startled: "What happened?!"

Ye Ge looked out the window of the hotel room.

Not far away, a plume of thick black smoke slowly rose.

'This feeling isn't the smell of ordinary gunpowder or explosions.' Night Song sensed a familiar power and thought, 'Is it demonic energy?'

"Captain! Something terrible has happened!"

A young night watchman rushed into Nangong Qiuyue's room: "Demon life forms have appeared in the town, and several townspeople have been killed!"

"What?" Nangong Qiuyue suddenly stood up.

The young watchman was about to say something when he suddenly paused, for he saw Nightsong in the room.

"Lord Night Song? You're here too..." The young night watchman looked bewildered, because he couldn't understand why Lord Night Song would be in Captain Nangong's room so late at night.

Could it be that......