I raised the evil spirit and became an evil investigator

Complaining to the big black four-pointed star in her heart, Aicheng Hualian suppressed the trembling of her body and forced a smile from her highly concentrated attention.

"Nothing, just feeling a little tired. Maybe the work in the Intelligence Department is too intense."

"Is that so? Then make sure you rest well. I'll try a different Guardian Spirit Technique."

If the talisman doesn't work, then try other protective spiritual skills.

As an official D-rank investigator, it is natural that Tsuzaki Mahiru possesses more than just one or two spiritual skills.

She raised her hands and drew a circle in the air. In the center of the emerald green circle, a complex pattern naturally formed. It looked like a huge, sturdy tree, connecting the lofty sky and the fertile earth. However, both the sky and the earth were a mysterious purple.

"This is a projection of the Renze Tree that grows in the subspace. It's called the Renze Round Seal. I hope it can protect you."

The subspace is not only filled with chaos and evil, there are also creatures that have a good impression of humans.

Although humans have not yet been able to enter the subspace, as psychic investigators, talented psychics like Tsuzaki Mahiru, who can extract psychic energy from emotions, will more or less feel the connection from the creatures in the subspace.

That connection can sometimes grant the psychic some unique abilities.

The Renze Tree is a sub-space creature that has established a connection with Tsuzaki Mahiru. It uses the kindness and righteousness of other creatures as its own nourishment and is good at protecting and cultivating.

Tsuzaki Mahiru had no idea how powerful the other party was. She only knew that the day she established a connection with the Renze Tree, her D-level psychic energy was like a drop of water in the ocean. The gap was not insignificant.

To be more precise, the difference in psychic power between the two was so great that Tsuzaki Mahiru felt "very safe, very comfortable, and without any threat."

Just like birds flying into the warm rain forest and fish diving into the vast ocean, these small creatures do not find the forest and the ocean scary because they are just products of nature.

And Tsuzaki Mahiru is one of those little creatures.

Only a very few people know that they have established contact with the sub-space creatures such as the Renze Tree. This news is a secret of the Donghua City Evil Response Department.

Now, in order to protect Aishiro Karen, Tsuzaki Mahiru has no choice but to reveal the secret.

This "Rinze Circle Seal" is a protective spiritual technique created by Tsuzaki Mahiru using the aura of the Rinze Tree. With her current abilities, she can only perform three of them at most. These three circles are her own secret, and she has not shared them with the Evil Response Department.

One of them she used on herself, and it saved her life in three crises.

She used one of them on the graves of her parents and sisters to protect the safety of the cemetery and prevent their remaining peace from being disturbed by evil spirits.

There is another one, and now it seems that it will be used on Hua Lian.

The failure of the previous talisman was just an accident. This time, the Renze round seal based on the projection of the Renze tree will definitely not make any mistakes.

According to Tsuzaki Mahiru's own judgment, if this Renze Circle Seal is unleashed at once, it is enough to resist the full force attack of a C-level high-level evil spirit. It can be said to be an extremely rare cross-level means of fighting the enemy.

Unlike Tsuzaki Mahiru's full confidence, Aishiro Karen could only sigh in her heart as she watched the circular seal floating towards her.

As she expected, an even more terrifying evil energy exploded from the evil god's flesh and blood mixture in her chest.

Perhaps it was because of Aicheng Hualian's complaints, the power contained in the evil energy was exactly the same as the spiritual power of the Renze Yuanyin.

The terrifying dark blue light pierced through the circular seal in front of him at a speed faster than lightning. In the instant that Tsuzaki Mahiru blinked, the circular seal with the giant tree shattered into pieces, breaking into powder all over the sky, and fell to the ground, forming a thin green carpet.

The collision only happened in an extremely short moment, so that even with Tsuzaki Mahiru's strong consciousness, she could not perceive what was happening in front of her.

From her perspective, after a blink of an eye, the circular seal in front of her shattered into a mess, and she didn't even know what shattered it.

"how come!?"

This time, Tsuzaki Mahiru was shocked, and her eyes widened under the combat mask.

If the failure of the talisman could be explained by an accident, then the breaking of the round seal could only mean one thing.

There's something strange about the girl in front of me!

Chapter 50 A Wonderful Misunderstanding

Tsuzaki Mahiru's shock only lasted for half a second.

Without saying a word, she immediately used her own detection methods, not caring about any privacy issues, and scanned Aicheng Hualian in front of her.

The psychic power level is zero, physiological activities are normal, the physiological age is eighteen years old, there is no sign of evil possession, and as for the curse... Aicheng Hualian herself has the ability to see through the curse, and the other party did not notice it, which naturally means that she has not been harmed by the curse.

She exerted her psychic power to the maximum, and even the earthbound spirit Miss Asakura Kyoko who was hiding in the corner of the kitchen was detected by Tsuzaki Mahiru. But in her eyes, the Aishiro Karen in front of her was still an ordinary 18-year-old girl, as healthy as could be, like a purebred human being with no connection to the subspace.

They are just like the ancient people recorded in history books, those people who lived in a pure world that had not yet been invaded by the warp.

Wait, pure? No connection to the Warp?

A light bulb went off in Tsuzaki Mahiru's mind, and a long-forgotten word that she had seen several years ago emerged.

"Absolute Spirit Body."

Among the billions of humans, there are psychics who are closely connected with the Warp, and naturally there are also those who have nothing to do with the Warp at all.

Such humans are even rarer than psychics. It can be said that they are born insulators against psychic energy and are passers-by that the subspace ignores.

"Absent-spirit bodies" is the name given to this type of people. For them, many spiritual techniques are greatly reduced in effectiveness when applied to them, and they will never have any connection with spiritual power or evil spirits in their lifetime.

Could it be that Hua Lian is a rare absolute spiritual body?

Tsuzaki Mahiru looked at the girl before her, taking in the innocent, puzzled expression on her face. This girl, who had endured a calamity but hadn't awakened any psychic powers, was like a pure, blank sheet of paper, and she knew nothing of her inner speculations and thoughts.

Indeed! If Hua Lian is a spiritless being, then all doubts are easily resolved.

The reason why the other party was unable to awaken his spiritual power after suffering a huge trauma, and why his own guardian spiritual skills and Renze Yuanyin were ineffective against Hua Lian, these questions can all be explained by the three words "absolute spiritual body".

Thinking of this, Tsuzaki Mahiru's eyes lit up.

Generally speaking, the physique of the Absolute Spirit Body is tasteless to the evil spirits in the subspace, and is of no use to the evil spirit response department.

Only spiritual power can deal with evil spirits, and a spiritual body that has no connection with spiritual power throughout its life is naturally meaningless in the eyes of official forces.

But Hua Lian was different. She possessed the ability to see through curses and possessed a spirit-free body. This physique was the perfect shield for humans, protecting them from the intrusion of evil energy.

For a moment, in Tsuzaki Mahiru's eyes, the sharpest spear and the strongest shield all converged on Aishiro Karen.

"If Hua Lian had existed, this confrontation with the Chongling Cult might not have been as tragic as described in the book."

Aishiro Karen didn't know that due to various factors, a wonderful misunderstanding had formed in Tsuzaki Mahiru's heart.

She just saw that the compassionate investigator in front of her suddenly became more cheerful and no longer tried to cast any protective spiritual skills on her.

She felt relieved that she no longer needed to waste her energy fighting with the evil god.

"Well, it seems that your physique is very special and has a strong resistance to psychic energy."

Inspector Kindness sighed as he spoke, and walked toward the door. "It's been a pleasant chat today. If you'd like, I can ask the department to give you an apartment closer to the Intelligence Department. That way, it'll be more convenient for you to commute, and it'll also be safer there."

"Thank you for your kindness, but I still want to live here. It's a place I'm used to and I don't want to leave so soon. Besides, Sister Mahiru lives just across the street. If I move suddenly, she'll be worried." Aishiro Karen was talking nonsense in front of the other person.

The reason why I don’t want to leave here is naturally because of the secrets in the room on the second floor.

That refrigerator hiding evil flesh and blood, the computer with its own intelligence, and those potted plants tainted with the aura of evil gods, if they were discovered, it would be all over.

Hearing this, Tsuzaki Mahiru felt a warm feeling in her heart. She resisted the urge to hug the girl who was like a younger sister in front of her and said goodbye with a smile, "Okay then. By the way, Aijo Karen, regarding your being a Soulless Body and having the ability to see through curses, keep it a secret in your heart for now. Don't tell anyone."

Absolute spiritual body?

Aishiro Karen understood something in a flash. It seemed that Tsuzaki Mahiru made a wrong guess based on her various behaviors, mistakenly believing that she was the kind of absolute spirit body that resisted all spiritual energy.

She said smoothly, "Oh, I'm one of those soulless beings I read about in books? No wonder... I can't awaken my psychic powers and avenge everyone in the orphanage."

He put on a dejected expression at the perfect moment, expressing his dismay at not having psychic powers. Seeing this, Tsuzaki Mahiru felt a pang of pain in her heart, and quickly consoled him, "Don't be sad about it. Psychic powers have never been the most important thing in fighting evil. The true weapon is the willpower to never give up."

"Well, thank you for your comfort, Sister Cixin."

"What comfort? This is the truth."

"But then again, possessing both the ability to see through curses and the power of the Absolute Soul Body, you should be able to make a difference in the evil spirit response department. These two abilities alone would only bring you disaster, but when combined, the effect is completely different."

"When the time is right, I will report your abilities to the higher-ups in the department so you can receive better training."

"This! Thank you, Investigator Kind-hearted!" Aicheng Hualian's eyes were shining with tears of excitement, and she looked like a talented horse meeting a good horse trainer.

"It's getting late, let's go have dinner." If it weren't for the mask on her face, Aishiro Karen would definitely be able to see the smile on Tsuzaki Mahiru's face, as if she was a doting sister.

……

After watching Inspector Cixin disappear into the horizon, Karen Aishiro walked into the kitchen and pulled out the shivering Asakura Anko. After comforting her for a while, she let this earthbound spirit return to the ceiling where she should be.

Going up to the second floor and entering the room, Aicheng Hualian was typing on the computer keyboard with a subtle expression.

She didn't bother to enter the evil god space to scold the evil god who almost caused her a lot of trouble, but was thinking about what kind of future Tsuzaki Mahiru's misjudgment of her would bring.

"A human who can see through curses and possesses a soulless body, what will the Evil Response Department think of me?"

"Will he be trained as a genius, or assigned to the front lines as a tool?"

"Whichever it is, I can accept it."

"But this is a long-term development, and there is another matter at hand."

Seize the instrument [Ding Ling] that can locate the teleportation spirit array.

"It's time for Inspector Akagi and the human Aijo Karen to leave."

"Next up is a mysterious evil that will attack the Intelligence Department."

Chapter 51: Borrowing some strength

"Boss, that Investigator Chi Yan made a deal with us, and there hasn't been any response for nearly three days. I'm worried..."

In the conference room of Xijian Enterprise, Qing Zhumin and his bodyguard Xing Jiu met again.

She turned on the soundproofing function of the conference room, and all the networks were cut off, just to discuss matters related to rescuing her daughter with Xingjiu.

Three days have passed since the deal was made with the mysterious D-rank private investigator Chi Yan.

During these three days, the other party seemed to have disappeared from the world and no longer sent any messages. Xing Jiu couldn't help but feel suspicious, thinking that the other party had obtained the map of the evil gathering place and the material transportation route map of Xijian Company that he wanted, and had abandoned the entrusted task.

Having said that, if the guys on the board of directors knew that Qing Zhumin used company secrets as a bargaining chip in exchange for the intervention of a private investigator, they would probably accuse Qing Zhumin of "putting personal feelings above the interests of the company."

However, he was only responsible to Qing Zhumin, so of course he would unconditionally agree with her approach. Now that Inspector Chi Yan hadn't made any move, he was also uneasy.

"Your concerns are not without reason. However, facing a D-rank psychic, what can you and I do?"

Contrary to Xingjiu's expectations, the words that came out of Qingzhumin's mouth lost her usual strength and decisiveness, and sounded more like a helpless compromise.

"I struck a deal with Investigator Chi Yan and handed over the two maps. My request wasn't 'Investigator Chi Yan must find Zhu Lan,' but rather that Investigator Chi Yan continue to be involved in this commission and keep the other party focused."

"Let alone three days of silence from Investigator Chi Yan, even if she didn't respond for ten or twenty days, or even if she simply withdrew from the commission as you suspected, what would we do? Do we have the wherewithal to cause trouble for her?"

"As an E-rank Psychic, you should know what being a D-rank Psychic or above means."

After this conversation, even Xing Jiu, whose hands were stained with death, could not help but fall silent.

Not to mention the total amount of psychic energy or the strength of psychic skills, the mere ability to extract psychic energy from the emotions of living beings is enough to allow a D-level psychic to leave the others far behind.

If an E-rank psyker is like a pistol, falling silent after firing all its bullets, then a D-rank psyker is like a well-equipped machine gun connected to ammunition boxes, with a range that cannot be compared to a pistol.

Qing Zhumin looked at the silent Xing Jiu in front of her. This high-level E-rank psychic was subordinate to her boss and obeyed his orders without any objection.

But if the other party is D-level, even a junior D-level, then the relationship between the two will not be reversed, at least she will treat the other party as a person of equal status with herself.

So, when Investigator Chi Yan showed her psychic strength, she was no longer the other party's client, but just a requester.

The level gap between psychics is even more extreme than that in ordinary people's society. The difference of one level is a world of difference and cannot be crossed.

"Alas, if the official investigators were not like nails stuck in their respective territories and could not be moved, we would not have to depend on others for everything." Xing Jiu said somewhat melancholy.

Qing Zhumin's eyes flashed, and in her mind, a letter from Tianyi City in the south a day ago emerged.

"Perhaps, human society should make some changes."

……

In a space that belongs exclusively to the evil god.

Aicheng Hualian fell from the air and landed steadily on the evil god's body.

"The sky is getting dark here."

The sky, once filled with stars, now dimmed, as if shrouded in a layer of dark mist. The "sea" surrounding the black four-pointed star also lost its usual calm and began to stir up waves.

The waves hit the evil god's body, splashing a cool breeze, which made Aicheng Hualian frown slightly.

This space seemed to be getting restless again.

Is it because they sense that the evil god is evolving towards the next stage, and so the existence in this space is feeling uneasy?

As an evil god, the exclusive space that accompanies him is a life-and-death relationship, which Aicheng Hualian naturally knows.

As she had bound her life to the evil god, she naturally stood on his side and felt unhappy about the unusual movements in this space.