Terrifying Heavens: I Slay Demons by Painting Faces

Chapter 97 A Small Deviation

The following day, Wong Tai Sin District, Kowloon.

Chan Hang-yee arrived in front of an old public housing estate.

Public housing estates, commonly known as public housing, are characterized by low rents, making it convenient for many low-income people to have a place to live.

This public housing is a bit old, with peeling and moldy paint on the exterior walls, but there are quite a few people coming and going, and like the houses themselves, most of them are old.

Chen Hengyi entered the public housing building. The main door on the first floor was wide open and there was no one guarding it.

It was noisy inside, with many small shops, restaurants, shoe stores, barbershops, and so on.

Chen Hengyi was dressed in a well-tailored high-end suit, looking glamorous and sophisticated. Now that he had money, he naturally wouldn't mistreat himself, but he seemed out of place in this old-fashioned environment.

The crowd's eyes followed him as he moved, and before long, Chen Hengyi suddenly smelled the aroma of fried rice.

He walked over and saw a familiar figure making fried rice.

He was wearing a long gown and glasses, and exuded an air of decadence.

Master Four Eyes! No, he should be called Ah You here.

Besides that, Chen Hengyi glanced around and saw someone who looked seven or eight parts like Captain Awei, but was much older.

Ah-you was stir-frying glutinous rice at the counter, the spatula clanging against the iron pot.

Chen Hengyi could hear the conversation from afar.

"Where's Uncle Yan? I didn't see him patrolling the buildings today." Awei exhaled a smoke ring, his tone revealing unease.

Ayou didn't even look up: "Who knows—" Before he finished speaking, the two of them fell silent at the same time. Chen Hengyi's figure appeared in the shadows of the corridor, his well-pressed suit contrasting sharply with the mottled wall paint.

"A new face." Ayou squinted, scooped up a spoonful of sticky rice and put it in his bowl. "Boss, have you eaten yet?"

Chen Hengyi glanced around, and besides the aroma of glutinous rice, there was also a strong smell of Chinese medicine in the air.

The plot seems to have already begun, which is not good.

Chen Hengyi frowned slightly as he pondered this. He then pulled out a gold-plated business card and handed it over. Everyone glanced at it; Ah Wei almost burned his hand with his cigarette, while Ah You, clutching the card with greasy hands, scoffed, "The Boss Chen from the Central Building here in the slums to observe the people's plight?"

Chen Hengyi said calmly, "I'm looking for someone. His name is Ajiu, and he should be a Taoist priest..." As he spoke, he pulled out a photo of Ajiu from his pocket. The next moment, Ayou became alert, thinking to himself, "Ajiu? That guy is always acting strangely. Has he done something heinous again?"

Before Ayou could speak, Awei interjected, "Ajiu hasn't been seen for the past few days. How would we know where he's gone? He hasn't come down for meals either. Why are you looking for him?"

Ayou nodded; he was curious too.

Chen Hengyi began, "Some old stories, and also, when I came in, I smelled something different. Perhaps this person has gotten into trouble again?"

As soon as Chen Hengyi uttered those words, Ayou seemed to realize something, and his voice immediately turned serious: "What do you mean?"

"There are some things that are better left unknown to ordinary people, like those bouncing and jumping things, don't you think?"

Upon hearing this, Ayou immediately put down the spatula.

Awei was a little confused: "Hey, boss, what are you searching for here? Speak like a human being!"

"Stop talking nonsense, where is his room?"

"I'll take you there, we can talk about it as we walk."

Ah You had already guessed something in his heart. In fact, he had noticed something was wrong before Chen Hengyi arrived, but he had never dared to be sure. However, Chen Hengyi's seemingly nonsensical words now confirmed his suspicions.

Ajiu's room was 2314, and he took Chen Hengyi there. On the way, Chen Hengyi directly confronted him: "I'm here to deal with Ajiu."

"You're going to deal with him? What exactly did he do that requires a big boss like you to lower yourself?"

"Does murder count? Also, has anyone from your area gone missing recently?"

"I haven't seen Rotten Mouth Dong for quite a while, and Uncle Yan didn't come to eat today either. Could it be that—"

Ah You's face grew increasingly grim, and Chen Hengyi roughly knew where the plot had progressed.

Unfortunately, things aren't looking good; he's too late.

"If I'm not mistaken, Uncle Yan is dead, and that Rotten Mouth Dong you mentioned was just turned into a zombie by him. Also, you should know that there are ghost messengers appearing here at night, right?"

"Zombies, underworld messengers?" Ah-you almost couldn't hold back anymore, because he clearly lived here, but why did this Boss Chen seem to know more about it than he, an indigenous person?

Before long, the two arrived at Ajiu's room, but when Chen Hengyi went in, he couldn't find her anywhere.

Paper money was piled up everywhere, like a candle shop.

There were signs of sweeping on the ground. Chen Hengyi sniffed the air and, amidst the strong scent of incense and candles, detected a hint of blood: "He was indeed killed."

There were also some children's toys and White Rabbit candy wrappers scattered on the ground.

"Did you know he also keeps a ghost child?"

Ah You fell silent; clearly, he understood.

Immediately afterwards, Chen Hengyi walked into the inner room. As soon as he entered, he saw a shrine with many ancient altars on it. There were all sorts of statues of gods enshrined on it. The walls were glowing red, and it looked sinister.

There was a wardrobe at the entrance, but it was open at the moment.

"Oh no, something inside has escaped!" Ayou exclaimed in alarm.

Chen Hengyi pretended not to know and asked.

"There are two incredibly fierce female ghosts sealed inside, their resentment is immense!"

Chen Hengyi's heart sank at this moment, because he realized that the plot seemed to have deviated slightly.

Judging from how things have unfolded, these two female ghosts shouldn't have been released at this time.

What exactly caused this?

Chen Hengyi did not stay there for long, and then asked Ayou to take him to Aunt Mei's house.

If the plot is correct, the zombie should still be there at this time, but Chen Hengyi was unsure.

When Chen Hengyi arrived at Aunt Mei's house, he sensed something was wrong even before he entered.

A strong smell of blood wafted from the crack in the door, but when he asked Ayou, the other shook his head and said he didn't know.

Aunt Mei's door was tightly shut. Chen Hengyi knocked on the iron gate, but there was no response from inside.

Ah You muttered to himself, "Strange, Aunt Mei isn't home, where could she have gone? And where's Ah Jiu?"

Whether it was Aunt Mei, Ah Jiu, or Uncle Yan, they were all familiar neighbors to Ah You. At this moment, these neighbors were either missing or dead, which made him feel somewhat heavy-hearted and he felt a storm was brewing.

Chen Hengyi knocked twice, but no one answered.

He took a deep breath, lifted his foot, and heard a loud bang.

Some elderly people nearby peeked out, wondering what had happened. Ah You quickly smiled apologetically and told them to go back inside.

Chen Hengyi looked into the room and immediately gripped the Ghost-Slaying Sword in his hand.