Terrifying Heavens: I'll directly worship the Black Law of Fengdu!

Chapter 268 Three-meter-long sword
The early morning wind felt sticky on his face. Li Xuan held a milk tea in his right hand and Huang Yaozu's business card in his left. Looking at the address on it, he gradually formed an idea...

Huang Yaozu is a good person, there is no doubt about that, and he has a conscience. However, he has been fighting with ghosts for many years, his days and nights are reversed, and he is very haggard. He also has a lot of conflicts with his ex-wife.

He appears to be alive, but his spirit is actually "dead" and he is very disappointed with the world.

Gaining Huang Yaozu's trust is actually quite simple: bring color and hope to his despairing world...

Li Xuan hailed a taxi and headed straight for the miscellaneous affairs department.

The miscellaneous affairs department is not located in the same building as the police station; instead, it rents a corner space on the first floor of an old building.

The taxi arrived outside the building. Li Xuan casually handed the driver a banknote, opened the door, stood on the steps, and looked up. The building was at least eighteen stories high, but not a single window was lit.

Although it was the early morning, there was very little trash in the bins outside the building, which was not commensurate with the building's trash production.

It's fair to say the occupancy rate is very low, or perhaps even zero...

Li Xuan walked straight in. The stairwell was filled with smoke and household waste such as cardboard. At the far end, around the corner, he could vaguely see an orange light.

This is a dusty glass and wooden door with the words "Miscellaneous Affairs Department" written on it.

The door was ajar. Li Xuan opened it and went inside. He saw a young man in his twenties sitting in a wheelchair, carefully stacking small building blocks, a toy known as Jenga in mainland China.

He walked over, sat down on the sofa, and didn't say anything.

The bespectacled youth seemed oblivious to anyone entering, continuing to stack his building blocks. After a while, he finally couldn't stand Li Xuan's "silent treatment" and spoke first: "What do you want?"

Li Xuan said, "I want to make friends with Officer Huang, so I'll wait for him to come back here."

The bespectacled young man pushed his wheelchair with both hands, said "Oh," and went to the side to make a phone call: "Officer, a citizen came looking for you and said he wants to be friends with you. Um, he's here."

He hung up the phone and said, "Officer Huang is already on his way and will be there in about ten minutes."

Li Xuan said, "Thank you."

The bespectacled young man sized up Li Xuan with his eyes behind his lenses, remained silent for a moment, and then asked, "What brings you to our miscellaneous affairs department at this early morning? Can you tell me?"

Li Xuan got straight to the point: "I'll assist you in catching ghosts."

That was direct enough. The bespectacled young man's hand on the wheelchair trembled slightly, his breathing became rapid, and he steered the wheelchair toward the kettle.

He said, "There are no ghosts in this world. I don't know where you heard about this. Sorry, it's not within our scope of business..."

Knowing about the miscellaneous affairs department's exorcism is something only high-ranking police officers would know. If an ordinary person knew about it, it meant that person was suspicious.

The bespectacled young man made a gesture as if to grab a water bottle, but actually secretly reached his hand under the table.

At this moment, Li Xuan said, "Since you are not disabled, why do you have to go through all this trouble to move around in a wheelchair?"

The bespectacled young man's heart pounded. He was absolutely certain that this person on the sofa was someone he was meeting for the first time. Why was he so sure that he wasn't disabled?

Humans are visual creatures and are easily misled by what they see.

If you see someone pick up a water glass and make a drinking motion, you might assume they are drinking water, but there might not be any water in the glass at all.

When many strangers first see the bespectacled young man, they assume that sitting in a wheelchair equals disability. This is a common preconceived notion, while the young man is simply too lazy to move around.

He suddenly pulled a concealed pistol from under the table, released the safety, and stood up to fire!

The miscellaneous affairs department lacks the ability to directly identify ghosts; they can only kill the innocent, not let the guilty go free, because ghosts can possess anyone at will—men, women, young, and old—making them difficult to guard against. If there's any suspicion, kill! This has been their rule of survival to this day…

They have the authority to kill, provided they are not caught on the spot by the police; otherwise, the higher-ups will handle the matter specially.

Special cases require special handling!

Swish!
Cold light flashes!

Fine beads of sweat appeared on the bespectacled young man's forehead. The gun was in his hand, but he didn't have the courage to pull the trigger.

Because a blade gleaming with a cold light was held against his neck. This blade was very long, extending from his neck all the way to the hilt of the knife in the young man's hand on the sofa, and was at least three meters long...

Even a three-meter-long knife has difficulty turning the corner outside the door when it comes to the miscellaneous affairs department.

How were they brought in?

The young man with the glasses was inwardly shocked, because this was too outrageous. Even if it was hidden on his body, he was still shorter than the knife, and it didn't look like a soft knife at all...

Li Xuan smiled and said, "I mean no harm, put the gun down."

The bespectacled youth swallowed hard, his neck stinging from the cuts. He raised his pistol, removed the magazine and the loaded bullets to indicate that he was no longer a threat, and then placed it on the table.

Swish.

The long sword instantly retracted into Li Xuan's hand, even the hilt disappeared.

The bespectacled youth saw clearly, and went through the ghost files of the miscellaneous affairs department over the past few years in his mind, but found no ghost with such ability.

The ghosts they currently know usually only form after the death of people with obsessive attachments.

In their initial state, ghosts are no different from the legendary ghosts; they can walk, move, float, and pass through walls. However, only those with the ability to see ghosts can see them, such as Huang Yaozu.

The ghost cannot be killed in this "illusory" state.

The only way to eliminate them is to shoot them instantly, along with their physical body, when they possess a person; otherwise, the ghosts will possess other people through contact...

One drawback of ghosts is that once they begin to possess someone, they cannot return to their illusory state and can only survive in the possessed state...

A possessed ghost, aside from being exceptionally resistant to pain and physical contact, has no special abilities; its limits are limited only by the physical body itself…

The bespectacled youth calmed himself, slowly exhaled a breath of stale air, and said, "You... are you a ghost?"

What else can he do besides ask directly?
Li Xuan said, "It's a human, a human with some abilities."

The bespectacled youth touched the sore spot on his neck. This ability was really "small." If he had such skills, he would have already replaced Officer Huang to go out and kill ghosts. He could kill them instantly upon meeting them. Those ghosts would not have any time to defend themselves. Who would expect to suddenly stab you from a distance?

An eerie silence fell over the miscellaneous affairs department.

The bespectacled young man had many questions for Li Xuan, but he was afraid of asking the wrong ones, as this day next year would be his death anniversary. He could only wait...

Heavy footsteps echoed in the hallway outside. As the glass door opened, Huang Yaozu walked in with greasy long hair and a tired expression.

He was stunned when he saw Li Xuan on the sofa and said, "So you're the one who said Glasses wanted to be friends with me."

(End of this chapter)