I raised the evil spirit and became an evil investigator

After sensing Aicheng Hualian's breath, the tentacles automatically parted to the sides, making way for her.

Without any guidance from others, Aicheng Hualian naturally placed her hand on the egg, with a strand of hair just separated from it by a layer of eggshell.

"I'm here, come on, what do you want to tell me?"

"You asked me to come in, didn't you just want me to see the changes in your body?"

[I called you over this time because I wanted to explain something to you, about my changes.]

"Is it the condensed state, the hunting state, and the so-called sublimated state? I know, it's just that the task of raising you has become much more difficult."

【It’s not just that.】

[These three forms are what every creature called a god must go through. The huge changes that will occur during these three forms are far beyond your imagination.]

Gods are like the first stars in the universe. Like me, each possesses power far exceeding that of other life forms, radiating their spiritual energy in all directions.

"Stars..."

Aicheng Hualian, who has some basic knowledge of astronomy, certainly knows the meaning of this word.

Huge celestial bodies that rely on nuclear fusion for energy often have the mass of hundreds of thousands of planets and are the absolute protagonists on the stage of the universe.

Gods, like stars?

Just like the life of a star, the childhood of a divine being is like a fluffy nebula, powerless and dim. I was in that state when I signed the contract with you.

The evil girl in the egg remained motionless, communicating with Aishiro Karen only through her thoughts.

However, this childhood state will soon pass, and what follows is the growth phase, like nebulae gathering together under the influence of gravity. After that, it is the most important transitional period, which is the transformation, or catastrophe, that I am facing now.

[Like stars, the condensed state of gods is the process of forming a stellar core within a nebula. Once the core is formed, the surrounding nebulae will gather together under the influence of gravity, attaching layer by layer to the surface of the core.]

"And that is the hunting state. The so-called nebula is the evil spirit, or energy, that you, as a god, need to devour."

You are very clever. Indeed, a god in the hunting state is like a star that has just condensed its core, devouring the surrounding nebula, awaiting the arrival of great changes. If the energy gained in the hunting state is sufficient, then I will be able to smoothly enter the sublimation state and master my true power, just as a star ignites its core and blooms with the power of fusion.

[However, unlike stars in the universe, if the energy I gain from the hunting state is insufficient, I will not qualify as a "loser" and will die immediately.]

"Die directly? Without even a chance to fail?"

Aicheng Hualian was a little surprised. In her opinion, if she didn't capture enough evil spirits in the hunting state, at most she, the breeder, would die for violating the contract. She didn't expect that the other party, the evil god, would also die.

[I, whom others call an evil god, am already rejected by the universe itself. If I fail to ascend, I will naturally die.]

"I see. Anyway, you called me in this time because you wanted to tell me that if I can't find enough food to feed you, you will die. Don't worry, I will do my best."

"Hmm... After all, I'm different from other gods now. You're my only follower, so I can only rely on you."

Other gods either have tens of thousands of followers or followers scattered across the universe. But for a god like the Evil God Girl, nearing maturity, only one human, Aijo Karen, knows of her existence. Her lot can be described as incredibly miserable.

"Dependent? No, I am your breeder. Our status is equal. If I must say, perhaps my status is slightly higher?"

[You...don't go too far.]

Chapter 43 Captain!

After chatting with the evil girl for a few words and knowing that she would break out of her shell in six days, Aicheng Hualian walked out of the dream, feeling a little heavy in his chest.

Looking down, she saw a black puppy sleeping soundly on her chest, its little tail wagging from time to time, pushing out a small bulge in the quilt.

"Does this guy really think of me as his mother?"

Patting the other's furry head, Aicheng Hualian gently placed the puppy created by her psychic power and the evil god's flesh and blood beside the bed, stood up, and walked into the room on the second floor of the house.

"Master, welcome back."

"A day ago, someone tried to get the master's personal information, but I burned his brain through the internet cable. He's probably lying in the hospital eating liquid food right now."

The computer on the desk sensed that she had walked into the room, automatically turned on the screen, and informed her of what had happened before.

"Teaching a lesson to those guys who want to find out my background is good, but burning their brains is a bit too extreme." Aicheng Hualian sat on the chair, logged into his personal mailbox, and clicked on the map information sent by Qing Zhumin.

On it, there is recorded all the information about evil gathering places collected during the 25 years of development of Xijian Company, as well as Xijian Company’s own material transportation route map.

"Master is right. Although we say that we burned the other person's brain, in reality, we only made him unconscious for a while. It was just to teach the hacker a lesson."

"That's good. After all, if you are too bloodthirsty, you might cause unnecessary trouble."

As a computer that has gained self-awareness due to contact with the aura of the evil god, it can be said to be an "artificial intelligence" in the non-traditional sense, with an IQ comparable to that of ordinary people. This is why Aicheng Hualian can safely store his personal information in this computer.

"Let me see. The closest evil gathering place to Donghua City is beside the Yelan River in the southeast of Donghua City. It's a D-level evil gathering place."

"In addition, there is another C-rank gathering place located in Chutian Peak, west of Donghua City, 170 kilometers away from here."

"After completing this commission, we will first go to the D-rank evil gathering place beside the Yelan River to familiarize ourselves with the special features of these so-called gathering places."

[Ding, you have received a letter from Tsuzaki Mahiru, who is on the communication special attention list. Do you want to read it? ]

"Mahiru-san sent me a text message? It seems to be about work."

When he opened the letter, the content was exactly what Aicheng Hualian had expected.

[Hua Lian, I heard your job application has been accepted by the Intelligence Department's Third Team? Congratulations! Unfortunately, it's almost the holidays, so things are pretty busy here at the restaurant. I might have to work overtime for a while, so I won't be able to go back and celebrate with you.]

"By the way, is work going well? I heard that the work in the Intelligence Department is quite boring, but I think that with your personality, this little difficulty is nothing."

If you encounter difficulties with colleagues or have any other troubles, you can tell me.

Looking at the happy and joyful emotions conveyed in every word in the letter, it was as if the other party was not the one who secretly helped Aicheng Hualian find a job behind the scenes.

"But Mahiru-nee isn't attentive enough. I didn't even tell her I was successful in the job, but she sent me a congratulatory text message, as if she had already guessed I'd be successful."

With a slight smile, Karen Aijo tapped on the keyboard and gave Tsukushi Mahiru a reply.

"Thank you for your congratulations, Mahiru-san. We'll definitely celebrate together sometime. I'm very satisfied with my current job, and everyone on the team is very kind to me, so don't worry, san."

"But Mahiru-nee needs to take good care of herself. Don't overwork yourself during overtime. Your health is the most important thing."

After clicking the Enter key, Karen Aijo's letter was delivered to Mahiru Tsuzaki's mailbox.

The compassionate investigator, who was flying in the air and patrolling the entire city, heard the ringing of his cell phone in his pocket. He took it out and looked at it, a smile appearing on his face.

Hua Lian is happy as long as she is satisfied with her current job.

Putting the phone back into her pocket, she clenched the hammer in her right hand, stood in the air, and looked at the dark crack in front of her. The smile on her face quickly disappeared.

"A new subspace intrusion point has appeared, and kidnapping cases in Nanling Province are escalating. Even the authorities are starting to take it seriously. Evil spirit attacks across the Xinhui Federation are becoming more frequent, and I hear some evil spirits with great malice towards humans have appeared and are actively attacking us. Sigh... things have been getting even more chaotic lately."

……

Nothing happened all night.

The next day, Aicheng Hualian arrived at the Intelligence Department early and walked into Room 235 with Talina's smiling welcome.

"Hua Lian, today is the day our third team's captain, Dong Lan, returns. The spirit-fixing device you asked about earlier is on the captain's person. I'll ask the captain for permission so I can show you a little bit."

"Thank you, Sister Talina. By the way, why is Captain Donglan on this business trip?"

"Well, have you heard about the recent kidnapping case?" The words coming out of Talina's mouth made Aicheng Hualian raise her eyebrows slightly.

"Is it the kidnapping case that has kidnapped many children of high-ranking officials, but the police have yet to catch the mastermind?"

"Yes, that's it. The higher-ups at the Nanlingzhou Intelligence Headquarters suspect there's something sinister going on in this kidnapping case, so our third team and the captain of the second team accepted the mission and headed to the crime scene to investigate."

"The crime scene? In Donghua City?"

"To be precise, it's the neighboring city of Beichuan. The son of the Minister of Transportation of Beichuan has also been kidnapped. The evil spirit response department there is understaffed, so the state headquarters has transferred some of our elite personnel to assist in the investigation."

"Buzz!"

At this moment, in the information reporting room 235, the central teleportation spirit formation began to emit light.

This teleportation spiritual formation is very similar to the one that Aicheng Hualian had previously discovered on the wall behind the Baiju Tavern. It seems to belong to the same series of spiritual skills.

"Here we are! Hua Lian, if you meet the captain, you must be respectful. The captain has a strong personality."

"Don't worry, Sister Talina. I naturally respect my seniors. I'm not one of those troublemakers."

The light emitted by the spiritual array became more and more intense, and waves of spiritual energy surged back and forth in the air.

At this moment, two more people walked in from outside the room. They were Emily, who was in charge of information gathering, and Huo An, who was in charge of information reconnaissance operations. The four of them saw each other and nodded to each other.

"Oh!"

Just when the light of the teleportation spirit formation intensified to its most intense level, a bloody figure fell from the air above the spirit formation, hitting the spirit formation and splashing blood.

The four people present were stunned, and then Aicheng Hualian was the first to react and stepped forward to take a look.

It was a woman covered in blood, who looked to be no more than nineteen years old. Her left arm and shoulder had disappeared, leaving only a broken wound oozing blood. Her face was as pale as paper, and only a faint gasp indicated that she was still alive.

Behind Aicheng Hualian, three different exclamations sounded at the same time.

"team leader!"

Chapter 44 Curse

In the medical room, a pale-faced girl was lying on the hospital bed. Her left half was wrapped in a bandage, covering the wound on her left shoulder. Dark red blood was constantly flowing out of the wound.

After Captain Donglan was sent back by the teleportation array in a state of serious injury and near death, the other members of the third team immediately moved her to the medical room of the Intelligence Department for emergency treatment.

But the situation is not optimistic.

The doctor in the white coat had been busy for nearly two hours, but the wound on the other person's shoulder was still bleeding.

The blood transfusion tube inserted into Donglan's right hand continuously transported blood into the girl's body, which prevented Donglan from dying from excessive blood loss and kept her alive.

"Captain, how did she become like this?"

Standing outside the glass window of the medical room, the four members of the third team, including Aicheng Hualian, had the same doubts in their minds.

He was clearly just going on an intelligence reconnaissance mission. How could Captain Donglan, an E-rank psychic, end up in such a miserable state?

"The teleportation array is set up so that it will definitely teleport the target person back when the time comes. It is a passive trigger type. In other words, when the teleportation array teleports the captain back, he might already be in a coma."

Talina said with a grim expression: "It was the teleportation spirit formation that saved the captain's life."

"Emily, did the captain send you any messages asking for help before?"

She turned to the petite blonde girl and asked, who shook her head, "No, I've been staying in the information gathering office and have never received any request for help from the captain."

"That means the enemy severely injured the captain in an instant, leaving him without even the chance to send a distress signal."

"Is it related to the kidnapping case? The captain went to Beichuan City to assist in the investigation of the recent kidnapping cases."

"It's possible. It seems the forces involved in the kidnapping case are much more complicated than we thought. Prepare to report it to headquarters."

Aicheng Hualian, who was standing by, listened to other people's conversation, her eyes fixed on the girl in the ward.

She looked at the other person's wound, then shifted her gaze to the doctor busy beside the bed, and then looked at the red data on the medical instrument next to her.

Something doesn't seem right.

"Wang!"

"You noticed that too, didn't you?"

Aijo Karen exchanged glances with the black-haired puppy lying on her shoulder.

This puppy, created from the flesh and blood of the evil god, discovered the abnormality of Captain Donglan just like her.

In Aicheng Hualian's vision, the left half of Donglan's body was wrapped in a faint black gas, which was something similar to evil energy, but more obscure and dark, like the stagnant air deposited in the abyss for a long time.

[Can I borrow your left eye, evil god?]

Unnoticed by others, Aijo Karen's left eye changed from pink-brown to dark blue, allowing her to see everything in front of her from the perspective of a subspace creature.

Everything in the ward was covered with a layer of faint blue filter, and a bone-chilling feeling spread from his left eye to Aicheng Hualian's brain.

At the same time, she discovered the true identity of the black gas.

They were two-headed, inky black snakes, each as long as an adult's arm and covered in raised scales. They clung to Donglan's left side, piercing her flesh and marrow with their thumb-long fangs. They devoured her wounds, causing them to bleed profusely.

No wonder the doctor in the ward worked for more than two hours but couldn't stop the bleeding from Donglan's wound.

Because these poisonous snakes are curses cast based on evil energy.

"Who is so vicious as to cast a curse on Captain Donglan?"

Unlike abilities cast with psionic or fel energy, curses, as a subtle means of attack, are difficult for others to detect. Many victims appear normal on the surface, but their bodies have long been riddled with holes from the curse.

Many curses, like poisons, inflict a significant amount of negative status effects on the victim.

Insomnia, mental anxiety, self-harm tendencies, becoming irritable and angry, even despising one's own life, thinking that life is meaningless, and committing suicide, etc.