I raised the evil spirit and became an evil investigator

When was your last meal?

"Three days ago, how could you forget this? Those three fat, white sleepyheads all went into your stomach."

"What I'm asking is, when was the last time you ate human food?"

"This..." Aicheng Hualian was suddenly stunned.

She was so busy raising the evil god that she seemed to have never paid attention to such an ordinary little thing.

It was not until the other party reminded her that Aicheng Hualian realized that she seemed to have not eaten for a long time.

To be precise, it has been a long time since I last ate human food.

The last time I ate there was three months ago, when I tasted the cake on my eighteenth birthday.

So I say, you should worry about yourself.

The girl slowly dissipated, transforming into a black and blue mass that drilled back into Aijo Karen's chest.

She looked at the dark blue mass surging beneath her skin and the strip-like tentacles spreading along her blood vessels, and murmured, "I should have known this earlier."

Since the day she signed the contract, the evil god in her body began to constantly affect her body, causing her to gradually transform into another existence.

She now shared a digestive system with the evil god. The evil spirits she swallowed were not only the evil god's food, but had also long since become her three meals a day.

To the extent that the action of "eating evil spirits" has replaced the concept of "eating", making her not realize that she has not eaten for a long time and has become accustomed to it.

What she will become in the future remains a mystery.

"Okay, okay. It seems that now I am no longer hunting evil spirits simply for you."

Wearing a crimson mask and a black and red robe, private investigator Chi Yan left the secret room.

"But to hunt for food for both of us."

[…Aren’t you angry?…Humans are always very sensitive to things that infringe upon their existence…And I am turning you into something else.]

"Why should I be angry?" The masked girl laughed and stroked her chest. Beneath it was the evil god who had replaced her broken heart and pumped blood throughout her body. "As a human who should have died five years ago, every minute I breathe now is a great blessing for me."

"Rather, I should thank you for allowing me to continue my life as a human being. As for the rest, it's up to you."

"Oh, by the way, except for being your mother, I will never allow it."

【…】

【fool】

"Hey, when did you, the evil god, learn to curse?"

新年 快乐

I'd like to wish everyone a Happy New Year in advance. It also happens to be the author's zodiac year, the Year of the Dragon.

In the new year, I wish you all good health, happy families, and the fulfillment of your dreams. May your students make academic progress and have their workloads reduced. May your careers be successful and your salaries continue to increase. (This concludes the idiom conference.)

A new year, a new beginning, a new book. I feel a little emotional when I think about it.

I hope that everything goes smoothly for everyone, and I also hope that this book can be written to everyone's satisfaction, smoothly, and for a long time.

Chapter 7: Extraordinary people gather together

Wearing a mask and a robe, Aicheng Hualian did not walk out of his residence directly, but went to the basement.

Since she uses her own spiritual energy to nourish the evil god in her body and offset the physical burden brought to her by the evil god, in the eyes of others, Aishiro Karen is just an ordinary girl, not an investigator who is active in private.

If her identity as a private investigator were exposed, she would surely be pursued and investigated by various forces. If her power were discovered, she would likely become the enemy of the world.

While the outcome of the "evil god larva within her body versus the entire world" battle couldn't be determined, it was still better to have less trouble than more. With her vengeance yet to be exacted and the responsibility of raising the evil god on her shoulders, making too many enemies at this moment would be the most foolish course of action.

Therefore, the subspace teleportation technique performed by relying on the power of the evil god came in handy at this moment.

The so-called spiritual skills refer to the skills that are released by consuming spiritual energy. Their types are varied and their abilities are endless. Everyone with spiritual power has one or two spiritual skills, and Aicheng Hualian is no exception.

However, her spiritual skills were performed with the help of the evil power of the evil god, and each skill was full of evil and weirdness. If she told others about it, it would be regarded as a crooked way.

The subspace teleportation skill she is currently performing is to use the power of the evil god to forcibly carve out a passage to the subspace and teleport through the subspace, making it easier for her to conceal her identity.

Traveling through the subspace is simple to say, but it is a difficult problem that the evil response department has spent decades trying to solve.

To break through the barriers between spaces, the energy and technological level required are beyond the current limits of human beings.

But for Aicheng Hualian, entering and exiting the subspace is as easy as opening the door of his own home.

In the basement, Aicheng Hualian stretched out her hands, and strands of dark blue energy floated out from her fingertips, forming a complex circular pattern in front of her.

Then, spiritual energy as deep and dark as the abyss, with endless screams, poured into the complex diagram in front, tearing open a circle with a diameter of three meters.

The other end of the circle was pitch black, with only some dark purple nebulae as the only light source.

"Subspace..."

No matter how many times she saw this dead silent space, Aicheng Hualian would feel a chilling fear, as if a knife was on her neck, and if she took another step forward, she would die instantly.

This was a warning from her as a human being, an instinct buried in her genes.

As a breeder of an evil god... Aicheng Hualian calmly stepped through the circular door. The extremely corrosive energy immediately attached itself to her skin and was quickly absorbed by the evil god in her body, without causing any effect on her.

……

The Tea Garden Tavern in Qingping County, Donghua City, is a three-story building located on the most central street in the town. The store is fully furnished and decorated in a unique style. The chef is a great cook, but the customers... are still very few.

There is no way. As evil activities become more rampant, many people would rather make video calls with friends at home than go out for a meal, leaving restaurant owners to cry as they watch their wallets gradually shrink.

What's more, it is already nine o'clock in the evening. It is dark and windy, with few people around. The street lights flicker. Even just walking on the street is enough to make people feel scared. Not many people are willing to come here for a midnight snack.

However, in a private room on the third floor of this tavern, three people were sitting.

A person with snow-white hair and a pretty face, wearing a snow-colored dress and holding a white brush in her hand, sitting in a seat with her eyes closed, like a snow sculpture.

The man was tall and thin, wearing round-frame black sunglasses, a blue-gray gown, and waving a fan in his hand. The only difference between him and the fortune teller on the street was that he had a yellow flag.

The last one had a hot figure and was wearing a tight black lace uniform with a hood, like a nun. She also had a black eye patch covering her eyes, which added a bit of charm to her.

"I was told that the client sent a group message, and I don't know which ones agreed. I didn't expect it would be you guys." The tall, thin man in sunglasses spoke first, the fan embroidered with the words "Ghost Hunter" swaying slightly in his hand. "But the client is so secretive, he doesn't even want to tell us his name."

The three people present knew each other and started chatting.

In fact, many private investigators are connected to each other and have their own circle of friends.

Most private investigators who are not officially recognized are lucky ones who have awakened their psychic powers due to various coincidences. The various exorcism techniques they have learned are all unconventional, and sometimes they encounter commissioned tasks that they are not good at solving.

At that time, if they knew some investigators who were suitable for this commission, they would transform themselves from trustees to agents, sending the task information to those suitable private investigators on behalf of the client and charging a small information fee.

At the very least, they would get to know other private investigators and say hello.

The psychic painter Duanmu Xue, the ghost hunter Wu Sunyun, and the black crow Mie Eriko are all private investigators who have been in Donghua City for many years and have rich qualifications. They have heard of each other's deeds and names.

They are not officially registered, so there is no accurate psychic level rating, but based on the professional experience of the three, they are at least at the E-level.

With her hands clasped in front of her stomach, Mie Eriko, wearing an eyepatch, spoke softly, "In the past, there have been many clients who concealed their identities. But this time, they made such a big move, which makes me curious."

It's said to be curiosity, but in fact it's dissatisfaction.

The reason why the client sent the group message was obviously because he believed that the people present were not capable of completing the commission independently. This was a silent insult to these arrogant private investigators.

"Wow, someone came here just in time." Wu Sunyun laughed and watched the strangely dressed girl walk into the private room at 9:28.

A simple crimson mask replaced his face, revealing only his mouth and eyes. He wore a long black robe with a hint of red. Except for his hands, his entire body was covered by the robe.

"With this outfit...are you Chi Yan?"

At this moment, Duan Muxue, who had been silent, said, "I didn't expect that even you would come."

Chi Yan, when the other two people at the table heard this code name, their expressions changed slightly.

He keeps to himself, never reveals his true identity, spends seven out of ten days exorcising evil spirits, sometimes even for free. He is a pure workaholic and hardly contacts other investigators. Until now, no one knows how Inspector Chi Yan exorcise evil spirits.

The arrival of such an eccentric private investigator made the atmosphere here suddenly become a little subtle.

Chi Yan didn't say hello to them. He just sat down at a seat at the dining table, grabbed a handful of peanuts on the table and started eating.

At this moment, all four private investigators who responded to the call arrived.

Chapter 8: Don’t Look, Don’t Listen, Don’t Think

The last investigator to arrive here was naturally Aicheng Hualian, also known as Investigator Chi Yan, a well-known "weird flower" in Donghua City.

Just now, she was very lucky to meet an E-rank evil "Black Heart Tiger" that was wandering blindly in the subspace. After spending some time, she successfully let the tiger enter the belly of the evil god as a guest.

After eating an E-level evil spirit, she finally solved her urgent problem - according to the current appetite of the evil god larva, she needs to feed an E-level evil spirit every week, otherwise she will have to feed the evil god at the cost of her own body.

With the mentality of preparing for a rainy day, Aicheng Hualian did not give up on this commissioned task, but arrived at the agreed location as scheduled to see how much rich food this task could bring... Oh no, it should be said how much trouble it could solve for the client.

The evil god temporarily fell into a dormant state because he was digesting food.

Only at this moment could Aicheng Hualian relax her tense nerves and soothe her exhausted body from carrying the evil god.

In her body, strands of brilliant red spiritual energy flowed through her veins, constantly repairing her body that was badly damaged by the evil god's aura, and restoring the perfect airtightness of her container.

Unfortunately, even though the high-quality spiritual energy drawn from the extreme emotion of "survival" has extremely strong vitality, the trauma caused by the evil god cannot be recovered overnight.

It can be said that since signing the contract with the evil god, Aicheng Hualian was destined to fall into the abyss of collapse and corruption due to the continuous accumulation of injuries, but her strong willpower and endless spiritual energy delayed this process.

While feeling the psychic healing, she ate peanuts on the table, but she had no interest in communicating with others.

She didn't want to communicate, but the other three were very curious about her identity.

"I recently heard that Inspector Chi Yan was awarded the title of Rising Star? That's quite remarkable. Only newcomers who have been private investigators for no more than six years and have completed more than fifty commissions are eligible for this title. I didn't expect Inspector Chi Yan to receive such an honor in his first year."

Across the table, ghost hunter Wu Sunyun waved his fan and said with a smile, "Besides, Inspector Chi Yan's commissions are cheap. Many of your colleagues admire your work ethic."

These words contained his doubts about Investigator Chi Yan.

Generally speaking, private investigators like them have high requirements for the amount of mission remuneration.

On the one hand, because there are so many commissions to eliminate evil spirits, the evil spirit elimination business is a typical seller's market, and the remuneration for the commissioned tasks is naturally decided by the private investigator.

On the other hand, private investigators are a gray profession, unrecognized by the government and even viewed by the government as a threat requiring strict scrutiny, with the possibility of imprisonment at any time. Every time they travel to complete a mission, they increase the risk of being tracked down by official forces.

Due to various factors, the remuneration required by these private investigators is very high. It can be said that "if you don't open for business for three years, you can make a living for three years after you open it."

But the Investigator Chi Yan in front of him only asked for 10% of the average mission fee, and he even had the experience of not charging any commission fees.

This also led to some private investigators complaining about Chi Yan, believing that she was arbitrarily lowering her own remuneration, engaging in malicious competition, and stealing job opportunities from other investigators.

"I just hate evil spirits because I was hurt by them before. I'll kill them if I can." Aicheng Hualian replied. Her voice had been specially processed to have a thick bass, making her sound like a woman in her thirties.

On the other side, Mie Eriko, who seemed to be staying out of the matter, quietly activated her own spiritual skills.

She became blind due to a production accident at a chemical plant, and by chance, her psychic powers were awakened. Since then, she has always seen some bizarre scenes with her eyes.

Later she realized that they were all kinds of secrets hidden beneath the surface of things.

Through these eyes, she can see the core of a creature, the source of power, and even glimpse a corner of the future. With this, she became a private investigator and used the legendary Black Crow with prophetic powers as her code name.

She quietly aimed her eyes under the blindfold at Aicheng Hualian, and her gaze peeled off Aicheng Hualian's layers of disguise, trying to see through the source of Aicheng Hualian's power.

She did this because Aicheng Hualian had once stolen her clients by offering cheaper commissions. Furthermore, Aicheng Hualian's efficiency in completing commissions was even higher than that of an investigator with precognitive abilities, which further piqued her curiosity.

"Let me take this opportunity to unveil your veil." She thought to herself, letting the spiritual energy in her body flow towards her eyes. Under the blindfold, two silver lights flashed by, fixing her sight on Aicheng Hualian's heart.

Then she saw a black mass.

The thing was floating in a deep purple void, in the shape of a four-pointed star. It was pitch black and had countless tentacles extending outwards, as if it had taken root in this space, domineeringly and aggressively invading every corner here.

Countless dark blue lumps swam on the surface of the four-pointed star, like blue jellyfish filled with black ink, floating around in a disorderly manner.

As if sensing the intrusion of her gaze, a pair of eyes suddenly opened in the center of the black four-pointed star.

Yes, spread out.

The huge eyes spread out in front of her, quickly occupying all her field of vision. She only took a glance, and her eyes suddenly felt stinging, as if two dark blue planets had crashed into her eyes, shattering her vision in an instant, and even her consciousness was bombarded and trembling.

"puff!"

A mouthful of blood suddenly spurted from Eriko's mouth, and her once healthy, pale complexion turned completely pale. Two deep red bloodstains appeared on the black eye patch, and two bloody tears slid down Eriko's cheeks.

"Oh my god! What the hell is going on?" Ghost hunter Wu Sunyun was startled and cursed without even caring about maintaining his composure. Even the usually calm Duan Muxue was startled, and looked at Eriko with a serious expression.

But Mie Eriko didn't have the energy to respond to the surprise of the other two.

In her mind, the black four-pointed star was becoming increasingly prominent, taking away all her vision and reminding her of the days when she was blind.