Mysterious Séancer: My Doll Can Really Show Its Power

I originally thought it was a capture operation.

The result was a job of collecting corpses.

Just as the police were preparing to clear the body from the scene—

"Help! Someone, come quick!"

A sudden, abrupt sound made everyone present doubt their own ears.

But the fact is, a second person immediately discovered that the person next to them, who had no limbs and was frozen like an ice sculpture, was still moving.

The officers present were all taken aback and immediately contacted emergency medical personnel to rush to the scene.

Chen Tao silently watched the busy scene in the brick kiln. The process was somewhat unexpected, but the result was exactly as he had predicted.

After helping with the cleanup for half a day, Chen Tao took a break and posted in the group chat: "I've seen something amazing, brothers! Have you ever seen someone survive after having their limbs cut off and freezing for half the night?"

The group members were initially shocked, and then—

Lei Ming: Captain Chen, have you heard of the incident involving the man with forty-six knives in Cang'er?

Li Fei: Captain Chen, have you ever heard of the case of an old man who died decades ago being beheaded?

Liu Ming: Captain Chen, have you ever heard of the incident where a mountain village collectively disappeared, and the entire village was wiped out?

Hunan Police: Captain Chen, have you ever heard of the Jianghu sect, Chenhu Corpse Sect, being wiped out overnight?

Haixi Police: Captain Chen, have you ever heard of anyone slaying a dragon under the moon on the night of the Ghost Festival?

Southeast Police: Captain Chen, have you heard of anyone transporting ghost soldiers by high-speed rail and the Three Swords Ping Academy?

International Police: Captain Chen, have you ever heard of someone single-handedly destroying a country from thousands of miles away?

Police from Stars: Captain Chen, have you ever heard of someone making everyone in the world live a few days again?

Chen Tao: "..."

Chen Tao felt completely unable to respond to what the people in the group were saying.

Fortunately, someone below was foolish enough to run into the line of fire.

Qin Hao: Captain Chen, have you heard of the incident involving the woman in white with a knife on Yundu Road in Zhongzhou?

Chen Tao: ?!

You think you can't handle others, but you can handle me, kid?!

Chen Tao: You son of a bitch, shut the hell up! I was still in Zhongzhou when the woman in white was with her sword!

Qin Hao: Oh.

Rolling his eyes, Chen Tao silently put away his phone.

I originally wanted to show off to my colleagues, but I didn't expect that they all had much richer experiences than me.

Chen Tao felt somewhat rebuffed.

Not satisfied.

After thinking for a moment, he sent a message in the group: "I once tried to arrest shop owner Xiao Yang at armed force."

After a long silence, the group chat was flooded with replies: Captain Chen is awesome!

Team Leader Chen is awesome!

Team Leader Chen is awesome!

......

Chen Tao was immediately in a great mood.

......

Within half a day, everyone connected to the brick kiln in the eastern suburbs was brought to justice.

According to statistics, some people were supposed to be at the brickyard before the incident, but they all left early due to various reasons.

According to their testimonies, these people were all villagers from the surrounding area, employees of the brick kiln, and had no connection with the gambling den.

Chen Tao took out a photo of a grid he had taken in the snow and compared it with the numbers he had recorded before. He found that the number of people was exactly the same as the number of twigs in the first square in the upper left corner of the grid.

The third square from the bottom left corresponds exactly to the number of people who are missing something but still survive.

As for the top right square...

Chen Tao glanced at the statistics his colleague had sent him earlier; the number of tree branches in the upper right corner matched the number of deaths at the scene perfectly.

Taking a deep breath, Chen Tao felt—

Yes, that's right.

It is this feeling.

Finally, his attention focused on the burning incense stick in the bottom right square of the grid.

What does this mean?

Chen Tao figured he couldn't figure it out, so he glanced at Liu Cong, who was still muttering "I, I, I!", pulled him into the car, and prepared to take him to Zhongzhou for medical treatment.

On Zhongliang Avenue, Chen Tao was driving when he received a phone call from a colleague.

"Team Leader Chen, there's an ice vendor in the southern suburbs who hit his head on the corner of a table and died."

"Understood. You guys investigate the scene first to see if there's any possibility of a robbery and murder. I'll be back tonight."

"it is good."

He drove to Zhongzhou and headed straight for Yundu Road. When he parked in the pedestrian street parking lot, he received a call from a colleague.

"Captain Chen, someone died near Gulou. We're looking up his name. Apparently, his nickname was 'Fat Dragon,' and he used to sell drugs there."

Holding his phone, Chen Tao looked at the Lingwa store on the pedestrian street.

He seemed to understand what the green fragrance in the lower right corner of the grid meant.

"Good heavens, is this supposed to be a story of absolute antagonism towards gambling and drugs?"

......

Inside the Lingwa shop.

Yang Ning sat cross-legged behind the desk, tilting his head and supporting himself with one hand, seemingly lost in thought.

He didn't blink and yawn until Chen Tao appeared with Liu Cong.

Chen Tao took off his shoes and also took off Liu Cong's shoes, then pulled him into the shop and sat him down at Yang Ning's desk.

Noticing Yang Ning's bandaged right hand, Chen Tao was about to speak, but before he could open his mouth, Yang Ning slapped Liu Cong in the face with a "smack".

The applause that followed the slap was like thunder, startling Chen Tao.

At the same time, "Ouch!"

"I...I...!"

"Captain Chen! The people inside are betting their own body parts!" Liu Cong, who was being pulled by Chen Tao, suddenly exclaimed and said quickly.

After saying that, he began to gasp for breath, looking around in shock. "Where...where am I?"

Chen Tao blinked and looked at Yang Ning, "W-is it really that effective?"

Yang Ning nodded and said calmly, "My three souls and seven spirits were slightly frightened, it's nothing serious."

"Thank you! We'll be going now!"

After saying that, he pulled Liu Cong, who looked completely bewildered, back to the door.

It was clear that he didn't want to stay with Yang Ning for even a second longer.

However, just as Chen Tao was about to put on his shoes, he found that they were stuck to the ground and he couldn't move them at all.

Liu Cong, standing nearby, was locked in a struggle with his shoes, while Chen Tao turned to Yang Ning and cautiously asked, "Is there anything else you need?"

Yang Ning stretched and asked lazily, "Captain Chen, are you going to see a doctor for your 'tyrannical' condition?"

Chen Tao immediately laughed and said, "No, no, no! You tell me, how much?"

As he spoke, Chen Tao walked back, took out his phone to transfer money to Yang Ning, but...

"One million two hundred and sixty-four thousand five, the remainder will not be rounded down."

Yang Ning quoted a price that left Chen Tao and Liu Cong stunned, with both whole and fractional amounts available, ranging from tens of thousands to hundreds of yuan.

Chen Tao was shocked. He knew there must be more to the story!

Liu Cong was shocked. Damn it, he had just come to his senses and he was being extorted?

On the spot, Liu Cong pointed at Yang Ning, about to lash out, but fortunately Chen Tao reacted quickly, stopping him and covering his mouth, while smiling at Yang Ning and saying, "I understand!"

"I didn't bring it with me today. How about you send it to me in a couple of days?"

Yang Ning yawned again, nodded, and said, "Okay."

Qiang pulled Liu Cong back to the doorway. This time, their shoes obediently moved to their feet.

Liu Cong was stunned by this scene, and Chen Tao turned back to look at Yang Ning again—

"This...this?"

Yang Ning waved his hand and said, "Don't worry, your shoes can't become sentient; they were just blown by the wind."

"That's good, that's good!"

As he spoke, Chen Tao pulled Liu Cong to put on his shoes, and they ran away from Yang Ning's Lingwa shop.

After the two left, a group of kids surrounded Yang Ning.

Yamei, clutching her little head, asked Yang Ning in a childish voice, "Chengcheng, why did they leave? What if they don't give us money?"

Poem: "Yeah, over a million, that seems like a lot. If they default on their debt, it'll be a real problem for Chengcheng..."

Beside him, Sun Dapang, with his legs crossed and his arm as a pillow, said sarcastically, "You guys just don't understand, do you?"

"Chengcheng isn't asking them for money for medical treatment."

"Chengcheng is asking them for the inheritance left to him by the old man."

The next day, a package arrived at Yang Ning's address.

Open it, and inside is a thick stack of IOUs.

It was a debt Liu Yun incurred at the casino.

If we only consider the principal, it's exactly 1,264,500.

The IOU thoughtfully stated that all amounts were calculated up to "hundred yuan" and that amounts beyond that were disregarded.

Looking at the IOU in his hand, Yang Ning was filled with emotion. Before he could say anything, the group of kids around him looked completely bewildered.

"Chengcheng, are you planning to keep this as a souvenir?"

"It's something we should commemorate properly, after all, it's the only thing Chengcheng's not-so-good father left him."

"Chengcheng is so lucky, he even got an inheritance."

Yang Ning: "..."

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