I raised the evil spirit and became an evil investigator

It's hard for a lively girl to pretend to be indifferent and even a little self-contained in front of others.

Ever since she started raising the evil god, Aijo Karen had made up her mind to avoid getting involved with other people. Although the strange phenomenon of "not being able to awaken psychic powers" and being ostracized by others had helped her, she still needed to be more cautious.

Reaching out and pinching the tentacle resting on the base of her legs, Aicheng Hualian put aside her doubts about the car accident and shifted her gaze from the TV screen to the large black jellyfish, carefully examining the evil god's current form.

This was the first time she had seen the evil god's "true form" since he entered the hunting state.

In other words, this is the opponent's true form in a miniature state.

"A big black jellyfish like this? Hmm..." Aicheng Hualian raised a tentacle with her left hand and lifted it with her five fingers. Looking at the densely packed suckers beneath the tentacle, she added, "Or perhaps it's a combination of a jellyfish and an octopus? After all, jellyfish tentacles don't have those suckers."

As the evil god's power increased due to eating, the body prepared for her by Aijo Karen showed signs of being unable to bear it. So, after returning home, Kagura Hikaru transformed her body into the appearance of her original form to relieve the pressure on it.

It would be bad if this human body, which was constructed with great difficulty, were to break down.

"Gulu..."

The black jellyfish's umbrella was dotted with dozens of blue four-pointed stars, two of which were the largest, located on the same side of the umbrella, like a pair of eyes. At this moment, the two four-pointed stars shrank slightly and stared at Aicheng Hualian.

"It's quite cute. At least it's much cuter than those evil gods recorded in those cult texts."

The blue four-pointed star expanded, and a large black jellyfish moved slowly on the sofa with a puffing sound, soaking everything around it.

Reaching out and pressing on the umbrella of the evil god's jellyfish, Aicheng Hualian felt the cold and soft touch, as if pressing on a piece of gel. "Come to think of it, when I first saw you, Xiaoguang, you were just a black ball of flesh. I didn't expect you to have grown into this now."

"If you fully unleash your true form, how big would it be?"

[The maximum radius is 137 kilometers. If desired, it can be shrunk to 10 centimeters.]

Shocked by this huge number, Aicheng Hualian could only sigh in his heart that he was worthy of being the Evil God.

Even while still in its puberty, its body had already expanded to this extent. Who knew what the scene would be like when it reached its so-called prime? Perhaps by then, a single tentacle would be able to shatter stars.

"Unfortunately, I won't be able to witness that scene. Raising you to maturity may be my limit."

In the third year from now, Aicheng Hualian will have grown to the point where she can hunt an A-level evil spirit. By that time, she will probably be a psychic above A-level.

An A-rank psychic... standing at the pinnacle of a nation is a realm that countless people dare not even dream of. Aicheng Hualian, with her current knowledge, couldn't imagine the true power of an A-rank psychic. And this only barely allows the Heretic God to mature, a far cry from the deities described in the classics, capable of annihilating the stars with a single wave of their hand.

In the foreseeable future, being left far behind by the evil god was a foregone conclusion. She was, after all, only a human being, inherently different from the gods, and no amount of acquired effort could fill that gaping hole.

"I guess I've fulfilled my responsibilities as a breeder."

Once her duties were fulfilled, the contract would be dissolved. By then, with her power as an A-rank psychic, it would be easy to reshape a heart. Aicheng Hualian would be able to return to her human identity and part ways with the evil god.

She completed her revenge and died decades later. The evil god might leave the planet for her sake and go to other hunting grounds.

Maybe it won’t last for decades?

The hidden illness brought on by the evil god might kill her in the next moment. Her body was constantly immersed in such high-level evil energy, and she was already quite remarkable for being able to maintain her human form without collapse.

Sitting on the sofa, Aicheng Hualian's thoughts drifted to years and even further into the future. Her left hand inadvertently began to stroke the umbrella of the evil god. The sound of the TV broadcast, the honking of street horns, all the movement was receding from her, becoming increasingly unreal. The evil god under her palm also obediently remained silent, as docile as a cat.

It does create an atmosphere of being a breeder and a companion.

After a while, the sudden sound of an alarm from outside the window woke Aicheng Hualian from his fantasy.

That was the alarm for the appearance of an evil spirit. Judging from the sound of the alarm, it was an E-level evil spirit, probably a snake or something like that.

It's time to plan your next move.

She stood up and took out the hard drive from Kenichi Takahashi from her pocket.

"It's getting late. It's time to look at the information on this hard drive."

The hard drive contains more than ten years of research results from Kenichi Takahashi, which will be the reference material for Aicheng Hualian and provide direction for the action plan of hunting in the Blackwater Depression.

Chapter 128: The Fear of Creatures

"The Blackwater Depression is divided into three layers. The outermost area is covered by evil energy, with occasional scattered evil activities. The middle is dominated by the power of the evil gathering place. The sky is filled with evil turbid water black snakes, and the land is also polluted by the river water boiling with evil energy."

"In the innermost part, there's a vast expanse of black water, formed by the Yelan River flowing into the depression. The subspace invasion rift is located in this pool, and the turbid water black snake lurking within is the most ferocious and ruthless. The D-rank turbid water black snake known as the Big Black Worm is just one of the newer great evils discovered by Kenichi Takahashi three years ago. Who knows how many more evils lurk within this pool."

There was no light on in the room on the second floor. Aicheng Hualian's fingers were tapping on the keyboard. The information on the hard drive was transferred into the computer, scrolling rapidly on the screen, and was taken in by the reddish-brown eyes.

The lively computer that used to greet her whenever it saw her now seemed to have been muted, not daring to make any sound, intentional or unintentional. The occasional noisy rustling coming from the speakers on both sides of the screen could be heard to indicate the owner's fear.

The computer, which had gained self-awareness due to the evil god's breath, looked at the huge black jellyfish lying on the floor and wriggling only three meters away from her. Her rapidly running CPU realized that silence was her best option at the moment.

Just a few minutes ago, when the computer saw its owner, Aicheng Hualian, walking into the room with a large black jellyfish at her side, it thought Aicheng Hualian had adopted some strange pet from outside - a large black jellyfish that could survive on land... However, when the camera placed above the screen accidentally scanned the jellyfish's body, all the computing components in her body suddenly burst into mournful cries, and some strange energy passed through her body like an electric shock, causing her CPU to emit a puff of white smoke.

Fortunately, she moved the camera's direction away in 0.003 seconds... or maybe even less time, otherwise, she would have been a piece of waste now.

At that moment, she immediately realized that the giant black jellyfish was none other than the evil god that resided within Aicheng Hualian. Only he could have such an effect on her.

For her, this was the first time the Evil God had appeared in the real world in his true form. In the past, when his master had released the Evil God for a stroll, he would have him shrink his form and appear as a girl. But now, seeing the Evil God's true form (a miniature version) for the first time, besides being filled with fear and trepidation, she was even more worried about Aicheng Hualian.

He had to let the evil god leave his body and move on his own. Could it be that the master's body could not withstand the growing strength of the evil god?

The computer has always been able to clearly distinguish between Aicheng Hualian and the evil god.

In her heart, although her consciousness was born from the influence of the evil god's aura, it was Ai Cheng Hua Lian who truly qualified her to be what she is now.

If she were to come into direct contact with an evil, destructive god, she would be corrupted.

All of her parts will become twisted aberrations, targets for extermination by the police and even the evil response department.

But because Aicheng Hualian wrapped around the evil god, the leaked evil god aura became gentle under the filtering of her body. They retained their own catalytic power and were eliminated of various fatal factors. In addition, Aicheng Hualian's own spiritual energy with vigorous vitality mixed with the evil energy allowed consciousness to be born in a circuit board.

In fact, it's not just her. All the other "people" in this room - the pot of purple-green vines with three flowers, the strange refrigerator covered with runes, and the bottles and jars that can ferment and regulate their body temperature - were able to develop their own consciousness because of the wonderful cooperation between Aicheng Hualian and the evil god.

For all of them, the roles played by Aicheng Hualian and the evil god are equally important and indispensable.

These intelligent beings compared the similarities and differences between the evil god and Aicheng Hualian in their minds, and reached a conclusion together - compared to the evil god who could take their lives at any time, it would be more beneficial to their future development to recognize the gentle and lovely Aicheng Hualian as their master.

So the computer would worry that if Aicheng Hualian really couldn't hold on any longer, and if the evil god crushed the master's body one day, then the evil god would lose his restraints and shackles, and they would be the first to suffer.

Having enjoyed the beauty of autonomous consciousness, one naturally does not want to degenerate into a weird monster.

"Xiao Guang, this floor hasn't been mopped for a long time. It's very dirty. Please don't move on it."

Aicheng Hualian, who was looking at the information, looked back at the big jellyfish moving around on the ground and couldn't help but remind him.

What would it look like to let an evil god act as a mop on the ground?

She looked around, her gaze darting around in the air, only to find that her neglect of cleaning had left everything covered in a coat of dust. Seeing this, she turned to the vine at the door and ordered, "Xiao Zi, clean this place."

Xiao Zi is the name of this vine with three flowers. The vine can reach more than ten meters long, and with those large dark green leaves, it is very convenient to use for cleaning.

Hearing her order, the purple vine "Xiao Zi" who had huddled in the corner and wished it could grow four legs to run away from the big black jellyfish had no choice but to shake its body and stretch out its branches to clean the small room.

Standing up and walking to the big jellyfish, Aicheng Hualian bent down, put his hands under the soft umbrella of the jellyfish, and picked it up.

"Xiaoguang, please sit with me until Xiaozi finishes cleaning up."

Kagura Hikaru did not object. The huge jellyfish with a diameter of more than one meter lay quietly on Aishiro Karen's thigh, with its two umbrellas drooping softly on both sides of Aishiro Karen's thighs. Dozens of black tentacles more than three meters long hung down to the ground and spread out on the ground. Several tentacles touched the computer case, scaring the computer so much that the screen almost went black and the person fell into a coma.

Aicheng Hualian, who was concentrating on studying the information, did not notice that in this small room today, the creatures that were usually noisy and restless were as quiet as mice seeing a big cat because of the arrival of the evil god's body, and they didn't even dare to breathe.

The evil god seemed to enjoy this quiet atmosphere. He lay on the girl's thighs, rising and falling slowly, as if sleeping.

After dozens of minutes, the suffocating atmosphere was relieved by Aicheng Hualian's voice.

"Okay, this is the basic plan. Xiaoguang, do you want to take a look?" After putting a period at the end of the plan, Aicheng Hualian asked the jellyfish lying on his thigh.

Phew…

Hearing Aijo Karen's words, the jellyfish leaped into the air and rapidly transformed. Within seconds, its tentacles transformed into the color of jade, its black cap melting into a long stream of hair. Before it even touched the ground, the black-haired girl's transformation was complete, her bare white feet treading the ground.

Xiao Zi no longer needed to clean the room. The moment it landed on the ground, all the dust in the room disappeared instantly.

Chapter 129: Plans Can't Keep Up with Changes

Aicheng Hualian's plan was simple. In the name of an investigator, he would take on a mission near the Black Water Swamp, using it as a disguise to settle down in the restricted area. Then, he would gradually erode the power of the evil gathering place. If he was lucky, he could even find a C-level evil spirit in the pool in the center of the restricted area. This would provide the evil god with food for the first year.

Even if there is no C-level muddy water black snake there, the D-level one is enough to satisfy the evil god's appetite for a while.

As for how to devour the power of the restricted area, of course, you just rush in and eat whatever you see.

The moment he set his sights on the Black Water Swamp, what Aicheng Hualian had to consider was never how to fight against the power of the restricted area, but how to hide his whereabouts so that others could not link the disappearance of the Black Water Swamp with Investigator Chi Yan.

A D-rank evil gathering place wasn't enough to make Aicheng Hualian so cautious. The risk of exposure was more worthy of her attention than the restricted area itself.

The evil god naturally wouldn't mind his name being known by more people, but as a human being, Aicheng Huaren would.

Fortunately, Kagura Hikari isn't some absurd and violent evil god. Having gained self-awareness thanks to Aijo Karen, she respects her caregivers. Conversely, Aijo Karen, who continues to live in the world thanks to the evil god, will also consider the evil god's opinions.

In the dimly lit small room on the second floor, Aijo Karen had only one chair ready for her own use. This single chair was currently occupied by Kagura Hikaru, who stood beside the evil god, watching him nod in approval.

In fact, an inexperienced evil god had no choice but to agree with the breeder's plan.

Although the evil god's body has entered the hunting state, in terms of her behavior, she is not much different from a baby.

However, plans cannot keep up with changes. Just as Aicheng Hualian tapped the mouse to open the interface of the evil-eliminating platform, there was a knock on the door on the first floor.

"Is Hua Lian here? I'm Xiao Ling."

Xiaoling? I've never heard of that name.

But Aishiro Karen did have an impression of this voice. It belonged to Talina, an information receiver of the third team under the Intelligence Department of the Evil Response Department.

After confirming the other party's identity through the peephole in the door, Aicheng Hualian opened the door and welcomed the teammate he hadn't seen for a few days into his home with a smile.

However, Talina did not seem to want to stay for long after the greeting. She was dressed simply and opened the suitcase in her hand with a serious expression. Inside were two sets of clothes that looked like casual clothes, covering everything from head to toe, from waterproof boots to hoods that could cover the entire face.

Seeing Aicheng Hualian's somewhat surprised expression, she explained, "Hualian, your ability to see through curses is already known to the higher-ups in the state capital. The channels are completely confidential, so there's no need to worry about information leaks. Your safety is now the sole responsibility of our Intelligence Department's Third Squad. From now on, it's best for you to stay within the Intelligence Department."

Very efficient!

Aicheng Hualian exclaimed in his heart.

Just a few days ago, in order to save the life of Donglan, the captain of the third team, and also to get in touch with the well-informed evil response department, Aicheng Hualian relied on the evil god's vision and showed the ability to "see through the curse" in front of the other members of the third team.

She knew that her ability to disguise herself should attract the attention of Donghua City's evil spirit response department. However, she was not sure how much of a stir it would cause among the higher-ups in the department.

According to her guess, this behemoth that has existed for more than a thousand years has countless talented elites within it. The so-called ability to see through the curse may be nothing more than that in the eyes of the upper class. What's more, she does not even have a single spiritual power on the surface and is as fragile as grass by the roadside, which will greatly reduce her value.

She did not expect this ability to make her rise to prominence. It was just a key to open the road to promotion. In the future, she would slowly reveal her psychic power like a garden covered by morning mist.

But the development of the matter was beyond her expectations. After Talina's concise explanation, she learned that the third team, which was originally responsible for intelligence gathering, had transformed into a security team specifically responsible for her safety in just three days, and she herself had become the protected object of the evil response department and enjoyed the treatment of a D-level official investigator.

The reason is all because of the direct order issued by the capital department of Nanlingzhou.

But why did the information that I can see through the curse spread over there?

Luban City, the capital of Nanling Province, is nearly 400 kilometers away from Donghua City, which is located on the coastal border. In addition, as the capital of a province, the departments there have very high requirements for information content, and not every trivial matter can be heard by the Luban department.

Could it be Mahiru-nee? As a D-rank investigator, she was indeed qualified to convey her information there.

In any case, seeing Talina carefully observing the surrounding environment, with an expression that seemed to wish she would follow him back to the Intelligence Department right now, Aicheng Hualian felt both happy and worried.

She was happy that her plan to integrate into the evil spirit response department was going so smoothly, but she was worried that she was temporarily unable to incorporate the evil god into her body. The evil spirit was staring at the computer in a small room on the second floor. If she was admitted to the evil spirit response department, the black-haired girl who was always with her would definitely be investigated by the department.

Aicheng Hualian didn't dare to place 100% trust in the Evil God's ability to conceal itself. If the authorities discovered any abnormalities, they would become enemies of the entire world... Just kidding, Aicheng Hualian didn't want to end up in that situation.

Standing in opposition to humanity is evil, and what she hates most is evil.

But if the evil god is left alone at home, it will be even more troublesome.

If the two of them were more than 500 meters apart, she would not be able to suppress the fluctuations of evil energy in the evil god's body. By then, Donghua City would inevitably become a new forbidden zone, with the core evil being an evil god.

Just as Aijo Karen was agonizing over whether to bring Kagura Hikaru to the Demonic Response Department, Talina said, "By the way, Karen recently reunited with an old friend, didn't she? Let's take her along too."

Now, the other option is blocked.

I think it was what Mahiru-sister meant.

A few days ago, the sacred tree behind Tsuzaki Mahiru had a duel with Kagura Hikari, which raised her vigilance against Kagura Hikari to the highest level.

Although she did not associate Kagura Hikari with the existence of evil gods, Tsuzaki Mahiru believed that Kagura Hikari, like herself, was a "messenger" who had signed a contract with the creatures of the subspace.

In this case, the safest option is to put the other party under the surveillance of the evil spirit response department.

Aijo Karen called out, and Kagura Hikaru walked down from the second floor barefoot.

Seeing the girl's face as white as frozen snow, Talina felt a chill in her heart, as if she had been stabbed by an icicle.

Is the other party a psychic who controls ice and snow?

Talina speculated secretly in her heart, but she didn't realize that this was a resistance reaction caused by her own life facing a huge threat.

However, this cold feeling was fleeting. Sensing the abnormality, Aicheng Hualian quickly used his remaining spiritual energy to suppress the slightly leaked aura of the evil god.

"Let's go, Hualian and this...Miss. What's your name?"