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The rules of the Advent Incident Investigation Department do not prohibit team members from exorcising evil spirits on their own.

Even if it's explicitly forbidden, the team members have plenty of excuses to avoid it.

For example, one might accidentally encounter demons or evil spirits.

For example, you might obtain ambiguous information and decide to investigate it first, only to unexpectedly run into evil spirits.

Therefore, the investigation department's attitude is neither to prohibit nor encourage this.

Therefore, the rules stipulate that anyone who obtains information about any missing evil spirits and reports it will receive a reward.

Once the evil spirits are eliminated, you will also have priority in choosing the relics.

With this incentive, most team members naturally wouldn't hide the information they received.

However, what Du Wang is facing now is not so simple.

Because the information about demons and evil spirits was in the hands of others, he was merely an invitee.

The authorities cannot effectively manage this situation; they can't very well send people to arrest all the extraordinary individuals who know about demons and evil spirits.

There are far more extraordinary individuals active in the private sector than in the official circles. If we don't give them opportunities and simply block their path to advancement, it will only cause severe social unrest.

Therefore, the current management approach is to restrict rather than control.

After much deliberation, Du Wang made a decision.

[Double Pupils: Okay, I'll join. When are we going?]

[Mumu: What about tomorrow night?]

Du Wang thought about it and decided that the day after tomorrow would be a perfect day to exorcise the demon.

[Double pupils: Okay.]

[Mumu: Let's meet at the transportation station on Lianjiangkou Highway at 19 PM tomorrow night.]

Du Wang glanced at the map; the gathering place was more than 100 kilometers away from Cuijia Village.

The serpentine demon has run quite far; it's almost out of the vicinity of the South City.

……

……

The next morning.

Du Wang was looking at the files on the arrival of evil spirits at his workstation while chatting with Cheng Huo.

As they chatted, the topic turned to the price of the relics.

Du Wang asked, "Where do ordinary superhumans buy their relics?"

Cheng Huo, with his legs crossed and a lollipop in his mouth, said, "At the black market for relics."

"The black market for relics?"

"It's just an overseas website that uses a special currency for encrypted transactions," Cheng Huo explained. "Although they think they're very mysterious, they've actually been right under our noses all along."

Du Wang asked, "So the team also buys things from there?"

"Hey, of course."

Cheng Huo laughed and said, "Although the place is a mixed bag, with both genuine and fake items being sold, there are still some good ones occasionally."

"Are there a lot of counterfeit products?"

"There are quite a few. Where there's money to be made, there are bound to be scammers. Superhumans can't just go through the internet to beat people up."

"Some people have previously bought counterfeit goods and reported the case to the police."

Du Wang continued, "So, what are the prices of relics on the black market?"

Cheng Huo replied, "The price of a 'Ji'-level relic is generally around 15 to 30, while the price of a 'Li'-level relic is generally between 30 and 80. It mainly depends on the attributes."

This price is about 50% more expensive than what the team offers.

The price doesn't seem to be very high.

However, it should be noted that the relics of demons and evil spirits are often not single items, and those who are stingy like the treacherous man are a minority.

For example, two relics remained in the eye bag, but...

He asked, "If two people work together to eliminate the evil spirit, should they divide the two relics equally?"

Cheng Huo glanced at him: "Yeah, what else?"

Seeing Du Wang's strange expression, he realized something and asked, "I remember you encountered evil spirits on the bus, right?"

"Yes."

"There were two people there, right?"

"That's right."

"So... you two dealt with the evil spirit together and divided the relics equally?"

Du Wang hesitated for a moment and said, "No, she said it was because I found the Eye Bag Ghost that she gave me extra compensation."

"Wow, that's incredibly extravagant!" Cheng Huo was taken aback. "How much?"

23.

"How many!"

Cheng Huo almost lost his balance and fell off the chair.

He stared intently at Du Wang, and seeing that the other wasn't lying, he decisively rushed over and hugged his leg: "Brother Du!"

Du Wang got goosebumps all over: "What are you doing?"

Cheng Huo looked up at him: "Could you ask that rich guy if he needs any more of his belongings? If he does, we can help him fight off the evil spirits together! I only need half of yours!"

Du Wang explained, "She's a girl."

"what!"

Cheng Huo's eyes widened, and he pounded his chest in frustration: "Heaven has no eyes!"

The nurse from the infirmary happened to walk by and frowned when she saw him like this: "Your arm isn't healed yet, don't move around. Come on, let's go get some medicine."

As she spoke, she carried Cheng Huo away like a little chick.

The office finally quieted down.

Then, only Du Wang's clicking mouse echoed.

Not long after, a series of scattered footsteps could be heard.

Du looked up and saw Captain Chen and the crew-cut man he had seen when he joined the company.

The man with the buzz cut is named Liu Qiang. He is a member of Group 3. Cheng Huo said that he had served in the army and as a policeman.

He has a fiery temper and is swearing.

"Damn it, Chima got away again. Is he deliberately spreading the word to lure us away?"

Team Leader Chen's expression wasn't good either. She tossed her gun holster aside and said, "He knows us too well. He can always find loopholes in our encirclement."

Liu Qiang suggested, "Captain Chen, next time let's add two more teams. I refuse to believe we can't catch him!"

Team Leader Chen shook his head: "No, what if his goal is to join the team?"

"Is he crazy?" Liu Qiang exclaimed in disbelief. "Those few people who play chess dared to storm the Investigation Department!"

"Do you know how many pieces there are in a chess set?" Captain Chen suddenly asked an unrelated question.

Liu Qiang counted them one by one: "Chariot, horse, cannon..."

There are 32 in total.

Du Wang interjected.

Team Leader Chen glanced at him and nodded: "There are 32 in total, and according to the information we currently have, there are already 19 chess players on the leaderboard."

"If they were to gather together, they could completely raze this place to the ground."

Liu Qiang opened his mouth and closed it again, finally unable to resist uttering a curse.

Team Leader Chen: "So we can't give them a chance."

"Since he's planning to go in circles, let's play along with him slowly and we'll eventually find his weakness."

Liu Qiang said helplessly, "I understand."

"Okay, go ahead and get busy."

Liu Qiang turned and left.

After he left, Captain Chen's gaze turned to Du Wang, who looked on with curiosity.

"Are you a little confused?" She pulled over a chair, plopped down opposite the young man, and then crossed her long legs over her other leg.

She took the cigarette pack out of her pocket, but then seemed to realize she wasn't in the smoking area, so she put it back.

"Somewhat," Du Wang asked. "Is chess an underground organization?"

Captain Chen crossed his arms: "No, it should be said that it is the largest malign supernatural organization in Nancheng."

Du Wang raised his eyebrows, not expecting the official characterization of this organization to be so severe.

"What did they do?"

After a moment of silence, Captain Chen said, "They killed two hosts of mythical creatures and used their relics to successfully advance their ranks."