I raised the evil spirit and became an evil investigator

It turned out to be the case.

Looking at the sad and heartbroken expression of the orange-haired girl, her drooping pink-brown eyes no longer having the lively brilliance they once had, Talina couldn't help but feel a little sympathy in her heart.

Talina also knew about the attack on Qianmiao Orphanage by the Mind Flayer, a tragedy that shocked the whole country.

The girl before him, the sole survivor of the orphanage, possessed no psychic powers, and thus no means of revenge against the mind flayer. Yet, despite this, the flayer had relentlessly pursued the mind flayer for five years... The sadness on the girl's face was unmistakable.

It seems that the other party is not as "cold-blooded and heartless" as others say, and "does not feel pain because of the death of other people in the orphanage."

"Actually, our third team has one. It's on Captain Donglan's person. It's a spherical device called the [Spirit Fixer], which can locate psychic fluctuations below rank C. Even teleportation spirit formations can't escape the tracking of the Spirit Fixer."

"But the captain is out on business and probably won't be back until tomorrow. You can go talk to her then. But Hua Lian, I'm not trying to discourage you. You're just an ordinary person right now. Even if you know the location of that mind flayer, rashly seeking revenge will only lead to your own death."

Talina kindly advised the girl in front of her. Having worked in the intelligence department for many years, she had seen too many young people who were blinded by hatred and suffered irreparable trauma because of overestimating their own abilities.

"Don't worry, Sister Tarina. I know I'm weak. Revenge is not something I should be thinking about right now."

"He is indeed a sensible child."

Hearing Aicheng Hualian's reply, Talina felt relieved.

In her eyes, Aicheng Hualian was a "princess" who had been airdropped into her team to gild her team, and all of them were each other's "bodyguards." If Aicheng Hualian could just stay in her office and work hard, that would be perfect.

However, in Aicheng Hualian's heart, he had already regarded the reconnaissance equipment named [Dingling] as his own property, and planned a plan to snatch it.

Oh, it shouldn’t be called snatching, it should be called giving the equipment a better stage so that it can play a greater role.

……

Leave work and say goodbye to colleagues.

The sophisticated Talina smiled, while Emily took out her game console from her backpack and started playing. She waved goodbye to Aicheng Hualian. As for Huo An, the person in charge of the information reconnaissance operation, he still had a cold expression, as if the rest of the world owed him money.

He went home and put Xiao Hei No. 1 on his bed, telling it to stay in bed in case of emergency. Then he put on his mask and robe, went to the basement to cast a subspace teleportation spell, and in an abandoned unfinished building one thousand meters away from his home, Inspector Chi Yan appeared.

Aicheng Hualian did not go directly to the agreed meeting place, but cast three subspace portals in succession, came to another district of Donghua City, and hailed a taxi on the street.

So, when Qing Zhumin waited for a full hour in the Tea Garden Tavern, when the clock pointed to the agreed nine o'clock, she saw an investigator wearing a crimson mask and hiding his body in a thick robe get out of a taxi.

"Ms. Min, sorry for the wait."

Aicheng Hualian looked at the booked Tea House Tavern in front of her. A well-dressed woman with black hair and blue eyes was standing at the door waiting.

"Inspector Chi Yan, nice to meet you."

Holding the other person's outstretched hand, Aicheng Hualian glanced to the side.

Qing Zhumin did not break her promise and she indeed only brought three people.

One of them was Xing Jiu, whom Ai Cheng Hua Lian had met before and was responsible for providing mission information. He nodded to her, no longer as arrogant as before.

The other two were a man and a woman, wearing pure black uniforms and with sharp eyes. They stood on Qing Zhumin's left and right respectively and were his bodyguards.

However, when the female bodyguard moved her left hand slightly, quietly turned on the detection equipment she carried with her, and scanned Aicheng Hualian, the results displayed by the instrument made her feel confused.

Is this Investigator Chi Yan an ordinary person without psychic powers?

Putting aside this little episode, the group of four came to a private room. Qing Zhumin did not make any attempts, but went straight to the point.

"Ms. Chi Yan, I learned from my subordinates that you are the only investigator who discovered the teleportation spirit formation. And you said you are sure you can find my daughter?"

"That's right." Aicheng Hualian said directly: "I already know how to use that teleportation spirit formation to track down Miss Qing Zhulan's location."

She didn't lie, she just said something in advance that would definitely be accomplished in the future.

"Okay!" Qing Zhumin was a little excited. She took the paper and pen from Xing Jiu and said, "So, what does Miss Chi Yan need? Since you agreed to meet with me, you must have something to ask for. Just tell me, and I'll take notes."

"What I need is simple. It's not money, nor a position."

Aicheng Hualian tapped the table in front of her with her index finger and said with a smile, "Just tell me the location information of all the evil gathering places that your Xijian Company has collected over the years, as well as your company's material transportation route map, and that will be all."

At this moment, the atmosphere in the private room seemed to freeze.

Chapter 41: D-Rank!?

As soon as Aicheng Hualian's request came out, before Qingzhu Min could reply, Xingjiu beside her couldn't help but say, "How is this possible! Inspector Chiyan, your request is a bit too much."

"The two pieces of information you requested are top secret and cannot be valued with money!"

The evil gathering places mentioned by Aicheng Hualian are some special places in the real world that attract the attention of evil spirits. They may be a mass grave, a haunted house where someone has died, a decaying factory abandoned for various reasons, or any other place with heavy yin energy.

Generally speaking, the information of these locations is no secret. The government also publishes the latest list of evil gathering places every year, warning people not to go there to avoid harming their personal safety.

However, what Aicheng Hualian wants is not the evil gathering places that are known to the public, but the more serious "subspace intrusion nodes" that are only known to companies and evil response departments, also known as "trial sites."

There are many evil spirits lurking there, so many forces use it as a training ground for their psychics.

Many forces and evil-response departments will send psychics to those gathering places to hone the psychics' combat capabilities and levels by having them fight against evil spirits.

What Aicheng Hualian wants are those evil gathering places listed as "trial sites". Behind each of those places is the hard work of countless people.

If she could find out the locations of those special trial sites, then raising the evil god's food source would no longer be a problem. At the very least, the evil god's first year of hunting would become very easy.

As for the company's material transportation route map, it is of utmost importance. In today's era deeply threatened by the subspace, every company's material transportation route map is its most precious treasure. Unless the company goes bankrupt or is acquired, it will never be given to outsiders.

"Miss Chi Yan would make such a request. I believe you must have your own reasons."

After hearing Aicheng Hualian's outrageous demands, Qing Zhumin, who had worked in the business world for decades, was stunned for a moment. Then, she immediately shook off the absurd feeling in her heart and said, "But, putting aside your request, what guarantee do you have that you can find my daughter?"

"If I provide you with what you need as Miss Chi Yan requested, but my daughter is still missing, then wouldn't I, Qing Zhumin, be the one being taken advantage of?"

Hearing the other party's doubts, Aicheng Hualian replied: "I am indeed sure."

"As Ms. Qingzhumin's bodyguards, you must be carrying equipment that can detect psychic fluctuations. And the moment you saw me, you used that equipment to scan me."

"How is the result of the scan? Is he an ordinary person without any psychic powers?"

"Yes, Inspector Chi Yan's concealment methods are very sophisticated. The equipment I carry cannot detect the psychic fluctuations in your body."

The female bodyguard standing behind Qing Zhumin admitted this fact generously.

This cannot be blamed on the instruments the other party carried.

As long as Aicheng Hualian wanted, she could send all her spiritual energy into the evil god's stomach, giving others the illusion that she had no spiritual energy at all.

But the situation is different now.

The evil god is in a condensed state, and all physiological activities have dropped to an extremely low level, so Aicheng Hualian no longer needs to consume a large amount of spiritual energy to satisfy the evil god's appetite.

In other words, she is now able to use all her strength.

"So, what now?"

As he spoke, Aicheng Hualian stopped sending his spiritual energy into the evil god space, but let it flow in his body.

Strands of reddish-brown spiritual energy emerged from all over her body, most abundantly in her head and chest. They spread to Aicheng Hualian's limbs and bones, and soon filled her body.

"Drip..."

The instrument behind the bodyguard made a sound, and a letter "G" was clearly displayed on it, representing the current psychic fluctuations of Aicheng Hualian.

"What are you doing?"

Some people didn't understand Aicheng Hualian's behavior, so the bodyguard simply placed the psychic detection equipment on the table so that the five people present could see the changes on it.

As the spiritual energy in Aicheng Hualian's body continued to emerge, the letter level quickly rose to F.

"F"

This is the rank that many fledgling private investigators are at. They have certain combat capabilities, but can only accept some basic commissions and deal with some harmless evil spirits.

Then, the letter became E.

Xing Jiu, who was standing next to Qing Zhumin, nodded secretly. As Qing Zhumin's chief psychic guard, his level was also at the advanced E-level. Apart from anything else, he was confident that he could deal with most of the evil attacks, which was more than enough to protect his boss's safety.

It seems that this is the limit of the rank of this Red Yan Investigator. In terms of strength, E-level psychics are indeed much stronger than F-level ones.

but…

"Investigator Chi Yan, as a fellow E-rank psychic, I cannot guarantee that I will capture the mastermind behind the kidnapping of Ms. Qing Zhulan."

"Don't worry."

Raising his hand to stop Xing Jiu from continuing speaking, Aicheng Hualian smiled slightly and continued to release the spiritual energy in his body from the evil god space.

So, as Qing Zhumin and his group's eyes widened, the letter E displayed on the instrument screen changed to D at a speed that was firm and enough to shock everyone present.

Level D!

"This is impossible!"

Xing Jiu looked at the letter D on the psychic detection instrument, then looked at the masked Investigator Chi Yan in front of him. He stood up suddenly and his eyes shifted between the two.

"D-rank..."

The two bodyguards behind Qing Zhumin swallowed their saliva and suddenly felt that their presence was redundant - if Investigator Chi Yan in front of them wanted to harm their boss, then these two E-level junior psychics would be like ants in front of the other party and could be easily crushed.

The detection results of psychic instruments cannot be faked...

In other words, this private investigator who had just joined the Exorcism Platform a year ago was actually on the same level as Donghua City's official investigators, Ci Xin and Zhu Meng!?

However, in order to cross the threshold of E-level and be promoted to D-level, the prerequisite is "being able to draw psychic energy from the emotions of living things", and this condition can only be achieved by a psychic genius selected from a hundred.

Such a genius would usually be recruited as an internal member of the evil response department. How could he condescend to become a private investigator?

At this moment, Aicheng Hualian's identity in the eyes of Qingzhumin and the other three immediately became mysterious.

Qing Zhumin reacted immediately and made the decision.

"Miss Chi Yan, I agree to your request. As long as you can find my daughter... No, I will give you everything you ask for now."

Seeing this, Aicheng Hualian gave up the idea of ​​releasing all of his current spiritual power.

Otherwise, the four people in front of them would realize that the real level of the Chi Yan Investigator in front of them should be C.

Chapter 42: Gods Like Stars

Aicheng Hualian walked out of the Tea Garden Tavern with a smile on her face. Of course, this smile was hidden under the mask and could not be seen by others.

Qing Zhumin and his group of four who followed behind her were all filled with surprise, looking at Aicheng Hualian's back with a mixture of surprise and admiration.

If others saw their expressions, they would probably think Qing Zhumin and the other three were Aicheng Hualian's followers.

However, D-level psychics do deserve such treatment from them.

"There is always a way out! My dear daughter, you are saved!" Qing Zhumin exclaimed excitedly in her heart.

The reason why she was so busy and exhausted with the goal of "how to ask the official investigators to take action" before was not because the official investigators were all powerful D-level psychics?

Now, she no longer needs to worry about this, because there is a D-level psychic in front of her.

"Investigator Chi Yan, the information you requested will be sent to your personal email within the hour. Please check it."

"By the way, please abide by the confidentiality agreement and do not disclose our company's material transportation route map." Qing Zhumin did not forget to remind Aicheng Hualian when they parted.

Although a deal was reached with Investigator Chi Yan, a verbal confidentiality agreement still had to be signed.

Aicheng Hualian did not refuse. After all, the information she wanted was not for sale, but for herself.

"I am a man of my word, so don't worry."

"I don't deserve this honorific. You can just call me Zhumin."

"Ha, looking forward to our next meeting."

After returning home, Karen Aijo saw that the room belonging to Tsuzaki Mahiru across the street was still pitch black, and she knew that she was patrolling the entire city in the form of Inspector Kindness.

"Wang Wang Wang!"

After patting the furry head of Little Black No. 1, Aicheng Hualian lay on the bed, looked at the nine o'clock in the evening indicated by the clock on the wall, and closed her eyes.

Although it was still early, an impulse in her subconscious was urging her to fall into a deep sleep.

The impulse did not come from anywhere else, but from the evil god in her chest.

The other party was calling her into the evil god space, as if he had some message to convey to her.

She followed this impulse, ended her conversation with Qing Zhumin, returned home, and set up a small warning spirit formation outside the house to prevent outsiders from breaking in.

The next moment, she opened her eyes in her dream and found herself standing on the surface of the black four-pointed star, stepping on the sticky and wet body of the evil god.

In front of her was the dark blue egg-shaped object that wrapped around the evil girl. The "ground" around it was no longer flat. Some black and blue tentacle-like objects emerged from the evil girl's body and reached towards the starry sky.

The tentacles formed a circle around the dark blue egg, leaving only an arm-sized gap, protecting the egg in the center. Wisps of dark blue gas could be seen in the air, being absorbed by the egg.