Terrifying Heavens: I Slay Demons by Painting Faces

Chapter 85 The Ghost in the Red Shirt

Chen Hengyi walked into the detective agency and immediately saw fast food boxes scattered all over the place. Then, a variety of complex smells rushed into his nostrils. The environment here was very messy.

A somewhat disheveled-looking man was fast asleep, slumped over a pile of files at the front desk.

Chen Hengyi gently knocked on the open door. The next moment, the man at the front desk, who had been sleeping on the table, suddenly woke up and looked up at Chen Hengyi. Chen Hengyi frowned because he noticed that the man hadn't cleaned the sleep from his eyes.

"Oh? We have a guest?" The man seemed a bit dazed, but he looked very professional.

"You are Detective Li."

"Uh, if you've come to the right place, then this should be me."

Looking at the other person, Chen Hengyi realized that he perfectly matched the image of a super detective in his mind.

He saw that some TV shows and movies portrayed this way, and since art imitates life, he thought the detective was quite good!

Chen Hengyi didn't go over because he noticed something dirty on the other person. He remained standing at the door: "I need to investigate something from 30 years ago. Can you find out?"

The other person rubbed their sleepy eyes, then picked at their eye boogers, cleaned their ears, scratched their butt, and yawned: "That depends on how much you're paying. And if it's not challenging enough, I won't take it."

"The money is definitely enough. What I need you to investigate is everything about the Central Building and its personnel, as well as 1953."

A group of con artists from years ago, and a list of everyone involved in those cons...

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Upon hearing Chen Hengyi's description, the other party immediately perked up, his expression turning serious as he said, "Oh? Well, that's quite a challenging task."

Chen Hengyi pointed to the sign outside: "Could such a small matter possibly stump the number one detective?"

"Huh? What are you talking about? — I just think the difficulty is too low." Detective Li, the number one in the team, puffed out his chest, but as soon as he did, his chest hair, which hadn't been groomed in a long time, was revealed, and it looked a little unsightly.

Chen Hengyi asked, "How much?"

The other party held up five fingers, his face serious, and was about to speak: "Deposit—"

Chen Hengyi immediately replied, "500 million?"

Upon hearing this, Detective Li, the number one detective, slipped and slammed his hand on the table with a bang... The table shook!

A moment later, Detective Li had a bump on his head, and he squatted down to wipe Chen Hengyi's shoes.

Detective Li said with a fawning expression, "Boss Chen, is there anything else you'd like to investigate? Or perhaps a big boss like you might need a driver or something?"

Chen Hengyi shook his head: "I need you to act immediately. If I can get what I want within a day, I'll give you another 1000 million."

Detective Li's expression immediately turned extremely serious. He stood up abruptly and assured them in a resolute tone, "Boss, don't worry, I will use all my connections!!!"

"I guarantee it'll be a piece of cake!" Detective Li said, clenching his right hand in front of his chest.

Detective Li quickly ran out the door and disappeared in the blink of an eye.

Chen Hengyi was planning to find a clean place to sit down, but after looking around, he realized there didn't seem to be any clean places in the office.

He could only go outside to breathe the fresh air at the doorway, and there happened to be a newsstand not far away.

He went over to read the newspaper.

Chen Hengyi didn't have to wait long; less than an hour later, Detective Li came running back excitedly with a newspaper and several documents.

Chen Hengyi was surprised to see this. So fast? What kind of connections does this person have?

He couldn't help but ask, "Have you checked everything?"

"Oh, no, it's just that the Central Building incident is easier to investigate than something that happened 30 years ago... This is a list of all the employees of the Central Building, as well as recent events, board members, and subsidiaries."

This only contains information about the Central Tower; other details haven't been found yet, but the speed at which this is happening... is truly outrageous.

He took the documents, glanced at the newspaper casually, and then noticed a small corner circled in red.

The report stated that last night, a security guard in a Central building died after being choked by a bone, and that a bizarre incident occurred at the hospital.

Upon seeing this, Chen Hengyi immediately understood who the security guard was, and also knew where the plot of "The Haunted List" was at.

In the storyline, the deceased security guard is referred to as Mr. Hong Kong, and he is the first person to die in the series.

The reason he died was simply because he said a few bad things while eating dog meat hotpot at night, and then he was possessed by a ghost and killed.

In Chen Hengyi's view, although this Mr. Hong Kong was a loose tongue, he did not deserve to die.

The plot of "The Haunted List" is actually quite simple.

About 30 years ago, the location of the Central Building was a haven for con artists who murdered some children.

One of the children transformed into the ferocious ghost in red, who was one of Chen Hengyi's missions this time.

This fierce ghost in red wanted to be reincarnated as a human, but not as an ordinary person; he wanted to become a powerful demon.

So he set his sights on a man born in an unlucky year, month, and hour. This man was the protagonist of "The Haunted List," named A-Qiang.

He took advantage of Ah Qiang's special destiny, wanting to be reincarnated as Ah Qiang's child. In the movie plot, the man in the red shirt did indeed do this. Although a sorcerer intervened to help, good could not prevail over evil, and the sorcerer was tricked and killed by the man in the red shirt.

In the end, the boy in the red shirt was successfully reincarnated. However, the sorcerer's arrangements were not in vain, because of some actions, he caused problems with the boy's reincarnation, and Ah Qiang did not die completely.

In the final scene of the movie, Ah-Qiang, wielding a sharp axe, hides behind a door. Just as his wife carries the reincarnated Red Shirt boy inside, he suddenly strikes the boy with the axe.

Whether Ah-Qiang actually killed the other party is left open-ended in the movie, and Chen Hengyi doesn't know.

But regardless of whether anyone was killed or not, it will ultimately be a tragedy, and there will be no winners.

Chen Hengyi's goal was simple: first, he couldn't let the Red Shirt Boys continue to harm people, and then he would find an opportunity to kill them.

Of course, he wouldn't be foolish enough to rush up to the other party alone. He would definitely break through first, and then team up with the mage in the play to give that guy in red a combo punch.

After reviewing all the materials in his hand, Chen Hengyi made a decision.

He told Detective Li, "Continue your investigation. Once you find out, call me at this number." With that, Chen Hengyi put down a mobile phone and a phone number.

The mobile phone was as big as a brick, and Chen Hengyi had only bought it casually before, just to make communication more convenient.

In this day and age, the only thing we can use is a mobile phone.

Detective Li gasped when he saw the giant mobile phone. It was a must-have super-powerful mobile phone, a symbol of status for every big brother, boss, and tycoon in Hong Kong!

Although Detective Li is a renowned top detective in Hong Kong, Macau and Taiwan, he would still feel the pinch for a long time if he had to buy a mobile phone.

In an instant, Detective Li regarded Chen Hengyi as his living parents.

"Boss Li, are you really not going to consider adopting a godson?" Detective Li asked with a hopeful look on his face.

"Although I look older than you, I just appear older. With a little dressing up, I think I can look like a wealthy heiress."

But Chen Hengyi ignored him and walked out the door: "Remember to keep investigating, you'll definitely get your share of the benefits."

After leaving the detective agency, Chen Hengyi headed straight for a cemetery.

Before long, Chen Hengyi arrived at a cemetery. As soon as he arrived, he saw two funeral processions holding burial ceremonies.

One of these events was the funeral for Mr. Hong Kong, which was also attended by other security guards from the Central Building.

But Chen Hengyi didn't come for them this time.

His gaze shifted and he saw a middle-aged man who was somewhat balding.

Meanwhile, the middle-aged man was calculating something in the direction of Mr. Hong Kong's burial, and his brows were furrowed as he did so.

This person is the sorcerer in "The Haunted List," who is also a good guy. When he saw the Red Shirt Boy doing evil, he resolutely took the initiative to intervene, and in the end, he died with his eyes wide open in disbelief.

If Chen Hengyi were to find someone in this world to protect him, then this mage before him would undoubtedly be a suitable candidate.

No matter what, I know him well, and his character is acceptable.