do you see the horns on my head

Three people and one cat walked out of the 402 dormitory.

The corridor was very dark, Ji Danchen carefully took off the compass around his neck and placed it flat in front of him.Heinrich leaned over to look, and saw the patina-dyed pointer on it circling fast like crazy. Soon, the compass burned red, and he couldn't hold it anymore.

"I just said that you will go on strike at critical moments." Ying Chaoyang couldn't help complaining.Ji Danchen frowned, wrapped the compass and put it in his backpack.

This compass is an ancient relic from the Song Dynasty. It was specially given to him by his master on the day he left his teacher. How could it fail...

Anyway, everyone walked out of the dormitory door and stood at the entrance of the grove.

It was in this seemingly ordinary grove that a shocking murder happened.The police had already guarded the entrance on the side of the forest, prohibiting all irrelevant persons from entering, but as the commissioners of the Lingguan Bureau, they naturally easily bypassed the police defense.

Ever since he drank Heinrich's blood in the Huaishan Tunnel that day, Ao Ze's spiritual consciousness has been somewhat awakened, but the power of this awakening is very weak, and it does not work from time to time.

Surrounded by lush vegetation, Ao Ze felt a little mysterious.He closed his eyes slightly, trying to release his senses, and suddenly, a small white spot appeared in the dark sea of ​​thoughts.Ao Ze tried to move his consciousness towards the bright spot, but no matter how hard he tried, the distance to the bright spot was still very far away.

But his heart suddenly moved slightly, because even though the light was so far away, he could already feel a kind of spiritual power that he was very familiar with in the grove. It is estimated that the thing did not have any intention to restrain the breath, which made the consciousness just awakened. He can also feel it.

This is……

"I feel that this forest is very dangerous." Ying Chaoyang said suddenly.

With a "meow", his body suddenly swelled several times, and under Heinrich's surprised eyes, he completed the transformation from a kitten to a two-meter-long giant cat.The hair on his mouth and tail became longer than usual, a big tail was thick and long, and his golden pupils became more dangerous and ostentatious, looking like a vigorous leopard that can bite the neck of its prey in one bite.

"Follow me." Ying Chaoyang said, the moment he opened his mouth, Heinrich swore he saw the two long teeth that looked like a saber-toothed tiger in his mouth.Only then did he realize that Ying Chaoyang's two scratches on him last night were extremely gentle.

Ji Danchen also pulled out a copper-green sword from nowhere, held it in his hand, and protected Heinrich's left side.

"I know where the monster is, and I can lead the way." Ao Ze stood up and said in a deep voice.

"Monster?" Ji Danchen was a little surprised: "It's not a female ghost?"

"A mere female ghost, how could you make your compass fail?" After Ao Ze finished speaking, he closed his eyes slightly to keep the Lingtai clear, trying to grasp the dim light with his consciousness, and walked forward.

Things like this are hard to find even for ascetics who have opened their eyes and monsters in the mortal world, so a monster like Ying Chaoyang who is considered powerful in the mortal world can only feel that there is danger ahead.If you want to find him, although it is still very reluctant, you can only rely on yourself.

Heinrich, Ji Danchen and Ying Chaoyang didn't understand what Ao Ze said, but they also knew Ao Ze's ability, so they all followed behind him.

Ao Ze expanded the sea of ​​mind and whispered, which is the unique language of ancient beasts. If the visitor is something extraordinary, he should come out to pay his respects.

However, no.

The monster ignored Ao Ze's warning and was still waiting for an opportunity in the dark.

The wind rustled through the woods, and Ao Ze stopped in his tracks. The coolness of the night seemed to be magnified, penetrating into everyone's pores.

"Pa-ta." Heinrich felt a chill on the back of his neck, as if some foul-smelling liquid dripped into his neck.

He just touched his neck when Ao Ze suddenly walked around Ying Chaoyang and ran towards him, grabbed his collar and pulled him to the front of him.

"Sa!" A strange cry of annoyance resounded in the woods, and a palm covered with black hair barely grazed Heinrich's neck.Seeing that a single blow could not succeed, the monster had already plundered into the distance.Ao Ze and the others couldn't see anything clearly, they could only hear the sound of branches and leaves rubbing against each other from near to far, Ying Chaoyang jumped up from the ground, and flew to chase after the monster.

"What the hell is that?" Heinrich rubbed his neck and smelled his hands, a rancid smell almost made him faint.He was nauseous and in shock.

Ao Ze lit a fire talisman, searched within a three-meter radius, and quickly pointed to a place and said, "Look, this is the footprint left by that thing."

Ji Danchen and Heinrich went up to look, and saw a line of footprints on the ground, but the direction was outward.

"What kind of footprints are these?" Ji Danchen asked himself well-informed, but he had never seen such footprints.Looks like a human, but with flatter soles and six toes.

"If I'm not mistaken," Ao Ze said, "it's a mandrill."

"Mandrill?" Ji Danchen was taken aback: "Didn't that thing become extinct as early as the Tang and Song Dynasties? And mandrills generally don't eat people."

"Who knows if this is just a pervert." Although Ao Ze's tone seemed to be teasing, his expression was not relaxed: "If it really is a mandrill, Ying Chaoyang will definitely not be able to catch up with him in the woods."

Sure enough, at this time, the branches and leaves were moving, and Ying Chaoyang's huge body squeezed out from between the two small trees, his golden eyes were full of annoyance: "He ran away anyway. But I plucked a tuft of hair on his tail, and still I hurt his hind leg, I don't think he will feel better, roar." After he transformed, even that cute cry became majestic.

Ao Ze carefully inspected the black hair on Ying Chaoyang's paw, and his heart has changed from [-] points to [-] points. He said, "Look at this hair, it is undoubtedly a mandrill."

"The mandrill won't come out after being wounded and escaped. You can change back to your original shape." Ao Ze said to Chaoyang, and then turned to Heinrich: "Nothing will happen tonight, we can all go back to rest first."

"Ao Ze, tell the truth, do you know something?" Who knew that just as Ao Ze was about to leave, Ji Danchen suddenly turned over and stopped him.Seeing the team leader doing this, Ying Chaoyang also stood behind Ji Danchen, with a pair of golden vertical pupils shining in the darkness.

But Ao Ze didn't care, he stood still idly, and there happened to be a little bird that fell to the ground under a tree at his feet and was singing "chirp chirp".He bent down and lifted the bird to Heinrich, saying, "You help me put him back on the treetop."

After Heinrich took it, he looked at Ji Danchen and asked, "What does Team Leader Ji mean?"

"Three months ago, the Demon Fox Clan suddenly went berserk and lost three members of the operation team. You suddenly appeared to relieve us and even indirectly saved my life. I am very grateful and respect you. However, since then Since the beginning of the day, the world has become full of evil spirits, and now even chaos and mandrills, these things that should not exist in the world, have emerged one by one. You are not surprised by their existence, and you are even familiar with them. Ao Ze, Tell me, why is this? What do you know more than us?"

Ji Danchen looked serious and looked at Ao Ze seriously.It's not that he doesn't believe in Ao Ze, he saved his life three months ago.It's just that the three sacrificed members can't die in vain, and the society can't be chaotic. If Ao Ze is really a member of the third group, he must let him know the truth.

Ao Ze looked at Ji Danchen's serious and scrutinizing expression, but his usually cold face softened, and he said, "Ji Danchen, whether you believe it or not, I don't know why these things appear."

Seeing Ji Danchen's skeptical expression, he continued: "The reason why I joined the Demon Elimination Office, which is also the current Spiritual Management Bureau, is to find out the reason. But according to my guess, maybe someone wants to open the division of the human world." The barriers between the world and other worlds, and these barriers have been loosened. As for why I know more than you..." He raised his phoenix eyes slightly, showing a faint but magnificent smile: "I am the entrant of Master Ganquan Disciple, since I was a child, I have been with the ancient books of mountain spirits, so it is normal to know a lot?"

Ao Ze's words dispelled most of Ji Danchen's doubts. He has handled so many cases, so he naturally has a set of discerning eyes. In his eyes, Ao Ze seems to be deserted, as if he doesn't care about anything. In fact, his face is cold and his heart is hot, and there are creatures from all walks of life in his heart.

"What is the enchantment you are talking about?" Ji Danchen asked.In his common sense, both demons and humans live in the same time and space. Although they can transcend evil spirits to the ghost world, that place is not accessible to living people.

"Ao Ze, I've put it away!" At this moment, Heinrich landed with flapping wings, changed back into a human form, and stood beside Ao Ze.

"Okay, thank you." Ao Ze patted Heinrich on the shoulder, and then said to Ji Danchen: "The enchantment matter is really complicated to explain. We will talk about it in the Demon Elimination Office after this matter is over."

"Okay, I'll remind you." Ji Danchen nodded.

Ji Danchen came from an orthodox family, he is thoughtful, steady and reliable, but he is not a rigid person. Telling him about the enchantment will also alert all circles of the righteous way.In fact, Ji Danchen's doubts are not Ao Ze's doubts, it's just that his current weak body is ultimately bad, and he can't directly investigate.It seems that to find out the truth, we still have to rely on the power of the Spiritual Management Bureau.

They went back to 402 and had nothing to say all night.

At nine o'clock in the morning of the next day, Ji Danchen's cell phone rang like a ghost, and when Ji Danchen answered the phone, the voice of the person on the opposite side was so loud that even Heinrich who was beside him could hear: "It's not good, Team Leader Ji! The Qi Jinglu you asked me to investigate yesterday was found dead at home this morning. Her face was peeled off and her heart was ripped out."