I raised the evil spirit and became an evil investigator

"You'd never guess that even after those guys knew they were prisoners, they were still arrogant and demanded this and that. I punched them a few times before they calmed down."

In the dark basement, Tsuneda Osamu was speaking to a pool of blood in the pool in front of him. Amidst the dark red ripples, a man in a white robe was listening with a smile on his face.

"Well done, Xiu. Four days from now, it will be time for sacrifice. These arrogant people, born with a golden key, will be the perfect sacrifice for the Holy Spirit to descend upon the world."

Chapter 1 Plan Implementation ()

Aicheng Hualian got up before dawn. Although she had slept for less than three hours, she looked refreshed.

Her spiritual energy flowed in her veins, filling her body. The vitality as majestic as a forest was concentrated in her body, and her left hand and right foot had also grown back.

"My psychic energy seems to recover very quickly."

The evil god is now in a condensed state, and Aicheng Hualian no longer needs to consume her spiritual energy on repairing her body. Under this premise, she immediately discovered that her spiritual energy recovery speed was astonishing.

The total amount of C-level primary spiritual energy was restored to its original state in just a few hours.

"But if you think about it, you can understand what's going on."

For any psychic who can extract psychic energy from the emotions of living beings, the speed at which their psychic energy recovers often depends on the "prevalence" of this specific emotion.

For example, Kind Investigator Tsuzaki Mahiru can extract psychic energy from kind hearts, and the speed at which her psychic energy recovers depends on how many kind people she has.

The more kind and friendly people there are, the more psychic energy Tsuzaki Mahiru can extract, and the faster she recovers. Of course, the range of this extraction is not unlimited. A D-rank investigator's extraction range is an entire city block, which is about tens of kilometers in size.

Aicheng Hualian, whose psychic power has reached C-level, can extract psychic energy from the entire city.

In addition, the emotion from which she can extract psychic energy is "survival", and this emotion can be said to be the most popular.

The grass that emerges from the cracks in the rocks and strives towards the sunlight is a way of survival; the baby bird that breaks through the eggshell that wraps itself and sticks its head out to breathe air is a way of survival; even the Paramecium in the river that swims desperately towards nutrients and light is a way of survival.

This unique advantage is also the reason why Aicheng Hualian can raise an evil god while also raising his own psychic level to C. If others could bear the burden of raising an evil god and survive for a week, they would be considered to have a good foundation.

Of course, extracting sufficient spiritual energy depends not only on the quantity of emotion but also on its quality. The more extreme the emotion, the more spiritual energy can be extracted.

A pampered rich kid and a traveler lost in the desert, the latter's will to survive is naturally countless times stronger than the former's, and Aicheng Hualian can naturally extract more spiritual energy from the latter.

In other words, if Aicheng Hualian is cruel and ruthless, in order to improve herself, she can force a large group of people into a desperate situation of death, forcibly stimulate their will to survive, and extract a large amount of spiritual energy from them.

But she won't do that.

She already hated evil spirits so much, so if she took such extreme measures, what difference would she make from those greedy and cruel evil spirits?

Turning on the TV, the news channel was broadcasting an explosion that occurred in an abandoned industrial area last night.

After switching several channels, Aicheng Hualian finally saw what he wanted to see.

"Due to the recent increase in demonic activity, the government has decided to install demonic detection equipment in areas of our city where demonic attacks are most frequent. This will cause temporary congestion on the following roads:..."

This is what she wants.

If the Intelligence Department were to bring out all the instruments capable of detecting spatial fluctuations, they would undoubtedly find the "Dingling" instrument Aicheng Hualian needed. Once they seized it, they could use the teleportation array on the wall behind the Baiju Tavern to locate the mastermind's past location, follow the clues, and bring the criminal to justice, successfully completing this commission.

However, if we consider it from the perspective of pure interests, Aicheng Hualian should now go directly to the gathering place of evil spirits and kill them indiscriminately, so as to store enough food for the evil god's hunting state, and completely ignore this commissioned task.

But she is not the kind of scum who has no sense of contract.

Turning on the computer, Aicheng Hualian looked at the letters in the mailbox.

[Dear Miss Aicheng Hualian, since the Intelligence Department was attacked last night, the building facilities are still under repair. For the next week, please work from home.]

There was a huge attachment at the bottom of the letter. When Aicheng Hualian clicked it, she saw that it was the work content of her as an intelligence reviewer - video materials that were tens of GB in size.

However, these things naturally did not require her to review them personally.

After clapping his hands, the black-haired puppy ran over obediently and was carried to the table by Aicheng Hualian.

"You know you should do this, right?" Aicheng Hualian pointed at the computer screen and said to Xiaohei No. 1.

"Wang!"

The puppy placed its paw on the mouse and tapped it gently. The clever puppy already knew how to use the computer to review the video footage and find anything unusual.

"There's also a computer. Can you help Number One and review this information for me?"

No problem, Master. Leave it to me.

The computer, which had gained self-awareness due to being contaminated by the evil god's aura, quickly agreed. It was also happy to work with this puppy because it felt a familiar aura from the puppy in front of it and knew that this puppy was of the same origin as it.

Walking into the basement and putting on the mask and clothes of Investigator Chi Yan, Aicheng Karen stretched out her hands, trying to open the passage to the subspace, but failed.

"I forgot that the evil god in its condensed state can no longer provide me with evil energy, and I can't enter the subspace for the time being."

"Now, how can I sneak out of the house?"

If he walked on the street openly in his own appearance, Aicheng Hualian would not be able to carry out his plan to steal the spirit-fixing instrument.

But evil energy cannot be used, and Aicheng Hualian still has his own psychic power.

Gently pulling out a small grass from the crevice of the stone, Aicheng Hualian placed it next to the wall and sent his spiritual energy into the body of the grass.

For a moment, the grass grew wildly, the stem quickly became thicker and longer, and dense roots emerged from the bottom, piercing into the wall and squeezing nutrients from the concrete.

"Grow up quickly!"

Aicheng Hualian let go of the "little" grass and watched it expand rapidly as if it had eaten a swelling agent under the stimulation of his spiritual power, and used its roots to dig a hole in the hard wall.

This is not the end. During the growth process, this grass continuously sprinkles its own seeds and embeds the seeds into the wall. Aicheng Hualian sprinkles his spiritual energy on those grass seeds at the right time.

Suddenly, the sound of growth was incessant, and the wall before him turned lush green. Strands of grass, each as tall as a man, took root in the wall, their crisscrossing roots carving a large hole.

"Whoosh..."

The sound of wind could be faintly heard coming from the other side of the wall. Aicheng Hualian stopped the transmission of spiritual energy, and the grass instantly withered and died, falling softly to the ground.

Exposed in front of Aicheng Hualian was a nearly three-meter-wide hole dug by grass roots.

At the other end of the cave is Donghua City’s underground ventilation duct.

Chapter 2 Plan Implementation ()

Underground ventilation ducts, or emergency evacuation passages, are essential safety facilities in every city today.

These passages were not built to prevent war, but to defend against attacks from evil spirits.

The current human society is unable to predict the location of evil attacks. The evil spirits that attack the real world from the subspace often appear in unexpected places.

If the evil attacking the city is too powerful and exceeds the local defense capabilities, then underground evacuation passages specially provided for the evacuation of citizens will come in handy.

The passage that Aicheng Hualian is walking on now is one of them.

The passage was dimly lit, seven out of ten light bulbs hanging on the wall were broken, the air was filled with a smell of decay, the signs marking the evacuation routes were illegible, and some places were even cluttered with miscellaneous items. It was hard to imagine how useful this passage would be in the event of a crisis.

They have fallen into disrepair and poor maintenance, and God knows where the funds specifically set aside for maintaining these passages have gone.

An hour later, she walked out of an old underground parking garage. What appeared before her was an apartment complex with only a few buildings. It was located in the northern suburbs of Donghua City and the environment was dirty and messy.

Trash cans were scattered on the roadside, leaking dirty, slippery and filthy contents. Mosquitoes and flies were flying around in the air, treating this place as a paradise for finding food.

The person Aicheng Hualian wants to meet lives here.

She walked up the stairs of a certain building and stopped at the third floor. She rang the doorbell in front of her. A beautiful woman wearing an eye mask opened the slightly rusty door and welcomed Aicheng Hualian into her house.

The other party was Black Crow, the E-rank private investigator on the Exorcism Platform, the beautiful woman with a pair of wonderful eyes.

As an E-rank psychic, he lives in such a remote and simple place, associating with the poor. This seems unreasonable, but it is the choice of many private investigators.

Because being a private investigator is a shady profession.

As a "wild" psychic who has not received formal training, once a private investigator is discovered by the government, he will face pursuit and interception by the evil response department.

If they fall into the hands of the response department, they can either choose to destroy their psychic powers and say goodbye to their identity as psychics, or undergo the department's strict psychic control training. If they fail the training, they will have to spend the rest of their lives in a special prison.

There is no way. Any psychic who has not been officially recognized and conceals his or her abilities is an unstable bomb. He or she may be swallowed by the subspace at any time due to intense emotional fluctuations and degenerate into an evil spirit.

Therefore, many private investigators like Eriko choose to settle in remote places, conceal their abilities, and earn money to support themselves by completing commissions.

Psychics like Aijo Karen who live openly in the city are extremely rare examples.

"Inspector Chi Yan, you're here."

"Well, how are the precognition methods being prepared?"

"Everything is ready. I just need to take off my blinders and I can see what you want to know."

Black Crow Investigator - Mie Eriko, had a brief encounter with Karen Aishiro and tried to explore the source of Karen Aishiro's power, but was counterattacked by the evil god's aura. Fortunately, Karen Aishiro personally saved her consciousness, otherwise she would have been a vegetable now.

Later, because of the ominous premonition brought about by her own predictive ability, Mie Eriko wanted to withdraw from the commission, but because of the threat of "exposing personal information" from Aotake Toshi, she had to continue.

Just last night, Aicheng Hualian contacted her through the evil-removing platform and asked her to do a favor.

"Write down the information about this instrument. When the time comes, use your precognitive abilities to help me determine its location."

The instrument that Aicheng Hualian mentioned was the "Ding Ling".

She would not foolishly wander around the streets, searching for her target throughout the city. This approach is not only inefficient, but also easily detected by the evil response department.

The smart thing to do is to let Mie Eriko know the location of the spirit-fixing instrument in advance.

As for the reward for asking the Black Crow Investigator to take action, it is to heal an injured spirit pet for the other party.

It was a palm-sized black crow with three pairs of scarlet eyes, a long and pointed beak, and smooth black fur. However, its right wing was broken, and a scabby wound could be seen at the base of the wing.

Healing the wounds of the spiritual pet Black Crow is the reward that Aicheng Hualian has to pay.

In the Warp, there are small creatures that harbor no ill will towards humans, known as spirit beasts. Unlike demons, these beasts feed on psychic energy. Many psykers raise spirit beasts as their personal pets, allowing them to help them deal with chores.

Eriko's black crow was a spiritual beast she found in a forest. She raised it at home as a pastime to pass the time, and over time she developed a deep affection for it.

In an evil attack, the black crow had its wings torn off and lost the ability to fly. It stayed in the birdcage all day, listless and almost useless.

What's even worse is that in Donghua City, the hospital that can treat spirit pets is under the control of the evil spirit response department, and Mie Eriko doesn't dare to enter that place.

It just so happened that Aishiro Karen needed her help, and recalling the method that Inspector Akagi used to heal her before, Mie Eriko thought of letting him give it a try.

"This injury is not serious, just a minor problem."

Aicheng Hualian looked at the little black crow's broken wing and gently put her hand on the wound.

The spiritual energy in her body flowed into the little black crow's body through her fingers and took effect immediately.

But within a few seconds, a "crunching" sound was heard from the little black crow's wound. It was the sound of flesh and bones growing, and it was a manifestation of Aicheng Hualian's psychic characteristics.

Under Mie Eriko's astonished gaze, her little black crow, suffering from a broken wing, recovered in just a few seconds. Its new wings were even more sturdy than the original, and felt like flesh to the touch.

"This..." She stuttered a little. What she thought was an extremely troublesome situation was as easy as drinking water for the Investigator Chi Yan in front of her.

To be honest, among the private investigators she knew, there were some with healing abilities, but none of them could regenerate the limbs of a spirit beast in such a short time like Investigator Chi Yan could.

"Thank you so much... well, thank you so much!"

"I will predict what you want."

Taking off the blindfold, revealing a pair of silver-gray eyes, Mie Eriko silently thought about the information given to her by Aishiro Karen, the instrument called Dingling.

Then, a faint light emerged from her eyes, guiding her to look towards the northwest.

"Inspector Chi Yan, the spirit-fixing instrument you're looking for is located four kilometers from Donghua City, on a mountain shaped like a pen holder."

Chapter 64: The Unexpected Attacker

"A mountain shaped like a pen holder? Can you be more specific?"

"Sorry, please wait a moment." The silver light became more and more conspicuous, and in Eriko's mind, the peculiarly shaped hill gradually became clear.

"found it."

Taking out her cell phone and opening the map, Eriko circled a virtual mark on the map and told Aishiro Karen the exact location of the spirit-fixing instrument.

"Thank you, Inspector Black Crow."

Caressing the little black crow in her arms lovingly, Mie Eriko smiled and said, "It's my honor to be able to help Inspector Chiyan."

After saying goodbye to each other, Aicheng Hualian, wearing a black and red uniform and a mask, left the dirty and messy community and turned his gaze to the northwest.

"We need to move faster."

At this moment, a strange feeling as if her heart skipped a beat made Aicheng Hualian frown.

She had no heart, but she had this frightening feeling. It must be that something had happened to the evil god.

Walking to an empty corner, Aicheng Hualian slightly opened her collar and looked at her chest.