I raised the evil spirit and became an evil investigator

Chapter 88: Thirty Years of Hatred

"My dear girl, your companion is fighting the Holy Spirit. Would you like to help?"

The mayor lowered his hands from the air and looked at the girl standing before him with his cloudy brown eyes.

"Alas, Mayor, you're both wrong about this." Aicheng Hualian held up two fingers and said to the old man in front of her, "First, she's not my companion, at most a colleague. Second, I don't think she needs my help. The Holy Spirit you're talking about seems to be at a disadvantage."

Glancing at the battle in the sky, the mayor nodded slightly, "Young lady, you're right. That masked girl is indeed much stronger than the Holy Spirit."

Hearing this, the young men beside the old man immediately became anxious.

They hurried to the mayor and said, "Mayor! Do we need to start the sacrifice?"

"Don't worry." The old man laughed and looked at Aicheng Hualian, "This friend seems to be the same person as us."

The same people?

Not to mention the villagers who cast surprised glances at Aicheng Hualian, even Aicheng Hualian herself blinked twice, "Why did the mayor say that? You and I are not the same kind."

"Hahaha... Miss, you can deceive those psychics who are just sitting there doing nothing, but you can't deceive me, a pair of eyes that have coexisted with the Holy Spirit for more than twenty years!"

The old man's eyes suddenly opened, and the cloudy whites of his eyes split into several scarlet slits. A tiny purple pupil appeared in each slit, stretching the slit into an oval shape, staring at Aicheng Hualian.

"Girl, the power within you is similar to the Holy Spirit. Everyone can see it."

As they spoke, purple blood flowed from the eyes of the villagers, with the old man as the center. Red slits appeared in their eyes, and purple pupils peeked out.

In just a few seconds, the eyes of the thousands of villagers surrounding the mine, from children as young as five or six to middle-aged men in their fifties, were all filled with blood. They turned to look at Aicheng Hualian, thousands of eyes focused on her.

"I guess the girl also has a deep blood feud, so she signed a contract with a certain Holy Spirit and became the Holy Spirit's vessel. Just like us."

The other party could actually sense the evil energy in his body? This was not a good thing. Aicheng Hualian's thoughts were swirling.

However, perhaps we can take this opportunity to understand why these villagers voluntarily fell into the clutches of evil.

"Same as you? Oh, that mining disaster, right?"

"The Tianyufeng Mine collapse accident that occurred twenty-seven years ago killed over four hundred people, leading directly to the closure of the mining company and the decline of this mountain town. Your hatred for that private company led you to seek out demonic powers, correct?"

"So that's what people outside think... No wonder." The old man twitched his beard and slowly corrected Aicheng Hualian's mistake. "The exact number of people who died in that mining accident was 974, including 67 children."

"The people here were once the children, brothers, sisters, and even parents of those who died. Hundreds of lives were lost in the substandard production process, to the bulging pockets of those beasts."

"And our hatred is not just directed at that private company, but also at the forces that sheltered those beasts."

"The forces that are protecting that private company? But the information on the Internet shows that the private company named Huide immediately declared bankruptcy after the mine collapsed. The person in charge of the company was also imprisoned." Aicheng Hualian glanced behind him and saw that Inspector Hualiu still had a great advantage, so he felt relieved and continued to chat with the mayor in front of him.

With her strength, she could naturally sweep through the entire town and force the kidnapper to reveal his whereabouts through torture.

But she is not a robber, she respects all life except evil spirits.

This is the influence on her personality brought about by psychic power, and it is also her most basic respect for life after dying once.

As long as no one stands in front of her and starts trouble, she will basically not kill anyone.

Except for evil spirits.

"That company is nothing more than a white glove. The forces behind it have similar white gloves in many places. They usually use extremely harsh production conditions to squeeze out profits, secretly giving the profits to the parent company. Once something goes wrong, the parent company will cut off all the profits."

"Is there such a thing?" Aicheng Hualian asked curiously. She knew very little about the business world. "I didn't expect the mayor to know about these shady practices?"

"I was forced to do it. I guess you've heard of the name of the parent company, Shenghui."

When this name was mentioned, the villagers gritted their teeth and showed hatred.

Shenghui Mining...

Xinhui Federation's leading mining company is synonymous with "federal-made" and "locally produced" in the mining industry. Its slogans, "Fill up with Shenghui gas" and "Buy a Shenghui car," are memorized by nearly every citizen of Xinhui Federation. Many people claim that, while Shenghui is nominally a private company, it actually has government funding.

I didn't expect that such a national brand would have such a bad record of exploiting ordinary people and causing so many deaths.

"So, village chief, didn't you try to report it to the relevant departments?" After asking this question, Aicheng Hualian immediately realized how naive his words were.

The mayor laughed heartily and slowly pulled up his shirt, revealing his bony waist and abdomen. There, dozens of dark brown scars were arranged glaringly on his waist and abdomen, like centipedes.

"Hey, this is the price I paid for petitioning. Twenty years ago, I compiled all the evidence I'd gathered over the past seven years into a book and went to Donghua City to complain about Shenghui Company. And the result..." the mayor's aged face forced a sardonic smile. "On the way back, someone covered my head with a plastic bag and beat me up."

"Of the three young men who went with me, two were beaten to death, and only one is still in a wheelchair."

"The next day, Donghua City did send people, but they came here, claiming they had illegally built the buildings. They sealed off the three young men's houses and began searching my personal property and salary, trying to accuse me of bribery."

"Later, no one in Bangshan Town petitioned anymore, and we didn't need them anymore! It was because the Holy Spirit sensed our hatred and came down from the Holy Land to save us!" The old man put down his shirt, stretched out his hands, and pointed excitedly at the vengeful ghost puppet fighting Inspector Hualiu. "It is because of the Holy Spirit that we have the power to take revenge on Shenghui Company!"

The vengeful ghost puppet is a resentful evil spirit that strengthens itself by absorbing the resentful emotions of humans.

If the resentment in an area is too strong, it will attract the attention of the vengeful puppets, causing them to actively rush out of the subspace and attack humans.

……

"No matter how hard we try, this guy won't die! Is he really an E-rank evil spirit?"

In the air above the mine, Hua Liu Xiangzi felt her sore arms and looked at the vengeful spirit puppet in front of her, and couldn't help complaining.

This battle has lasted for nearly half an hour, and she has defeated the vengeful ghost puppet in front of her countless times.

However, every time she wanted to go forward to finish off the opponent, he would get up again as if he had been infused with new strength and fight her.

It's simply the immortal cockroach!

"But I remember that evil spirits like the Wrathful Spirit Puppet don't have much regenerative ability!"

Chapter 89: Make a Deal

Because of their hatred towards Shenghui Company, the villagers of this mountain town used their own resentment to attract a vengeful ghost puppet from the subspace.

No, perhaps there was more than one. The vengeful spirit puppet that had emerged from the Dark Mine Investigator's body was probably also "summoned" by these villagers.

"I now have a general understanding of the whole situation. If I were a member of this town, I might make the same choice as you."

She knew what it felt like to see her friends and family die in front of her. If she hadn't signed a contract with the evil god, she would have summoned her own vengeful ghost puppet out of hatred for the mind flayer.

"So, the mayor also knows that a kidnapper passed through your village? Don't lie. The destination of the teleportation array constructed by the kidnapper is here."

"I should say that you have actually known the kidnapper for a long time, otherwise this vengeful ghost puppet would not be connected to your lives."

"If I'm not mistaken, the other party claims to be a follower of the Chongling Sect, a religion that worships evil spirits as gods."

In the evil god's vision of Aicheng Hualian, the vengeful spirit puppet that was fighting to the death with Inspector Hualiu in the air was connected with the lives of thousands of villagers. As long as these villagers still harbored hatred towards Shenghui Company, the vengeful spirit puppet would not dissipate.

Unless... all the thousands of villagers here are slaughtered and the entire mine is destroyed, we can prevent new evil spirits from appearing here.

But that's not what Aijo Karen wants to do.

Every wrong has its perpetrator and every debt has its creditor. Since Shenghui Company’s inhumane production methods caused the mine collapse accident, Shenghui Company must bear the cost.

If she massacred the entire village in order to eliminate the evil spirit, at best she would be "solving the problem" but turning a blind eye to the real root of the problem.

Moreover, it is impossible for these villagers alone to figure out this method of connecting their lives with evil spirits. There must be other people's means.

"You know a lot. Two years ago, the Holy Envoy of the Spirit Worship Cult settled in our village and taught us how to connect with evil spirits. Thanks to his help, we were able to understand the needs of the Holy Spirit and allowed it to grow stronger until it was able to raise its butcher knife against those beasts of Shenghui." The old man chuckled and said to Aicheng Hualian, "Even if Shenghui Company has a large number of psychics acting as their lackeys, once the Holy Spirit grows stronger, those psychic lackeys will not be our match."

"Really? Isn't the price of letting the Holy Spirit grow a bit high?" Aicheng Hualian asked back.

In her vision, the vitality and willpower of the villagers before her were being continuously absorbed by the vengeful ghost puppet. At this rate, in another ten years, at least half of these villagers would be sucked alive and become food for the vengeful ghost puppet.

"You are sacrificing your lives as a tribute to that evil spirit. Is it worth sacrificing your lives for revenge?"

As soon as Aicheng Hualian finished speaking, the villagers in front of him started to make a loud noise.

"worth!"

"We're not afraid of death! Father worked in the mines his entire life, and after his death, we didn't even receive a dime in compensation... Shenghui Company must die!"

"Those guys in the city are all jackals gathered together! The only one we can rely on is the Holy Spirit..."

Good, they are all a bunch of guys who are not afraid of death.

Aicheng Hualian could feel the naked hatred in the hearts of these humans in front of him.

Their bodies were weakened by the exploitation of the vengeful ghost puppets. Seven out of ten villagers in front of them looked listless and dejected. From time to time, coughing sounds could be heard from the crowd.

Only the hatred buried deep in their hearts is still so intense, like a ball of fire burning in their hearts, supporting them to endure the pain from evil spirits.

"Okay, I understand. It seems that if we want to find out the whereabouts of the kidnapper, the threat of force will not work." Aicheng Hualian sighed and looked at the mayor in front of him.

"You can try! No matter what kind of torture you use, we won't utter a word." Some villagers immediately raised their fists, ready to hit Aicheng Hualian, but were stopped by the mayor.

For a moment, the old man and Aicheng Hualian's eyes met in the air, and they both understood something.

"It's just as I thought. The mayor doesn't completely trust that so-called Holy Envoy. As long as I pay enough, you will still tell me the information about the kidnapper."

"Mayor?" A villager looked at his mayor and asked in surprise.

The old man suddenly laughed out loud, looking at Aicheng Hualian nodding continuously, "I knew it was easy to talk to smart people."

"That's right. I, Lin Yu, want to know how it is that you, a vessel of the Holy Spirit, can maintain your human appearance, and your own spirit is so perfect that it is flawless!"

Having said that, the old man suddenly took a few steps forward and stopped five meters in front of Aicheng Hualian.

"The Holy Envoy of the Spirit Worship Cult told us that if we want to feed the Holy Spirit, we must sacrifice our flesh and blood, will, and even our lives."

"And over the past two years, we have followed the Holy Envoy's instructions. Fifty-three of our compatriots have lost their lives to the Holy Spirit. Most of the remaining people are plagued by illness, and there is hardly a villager who can be considered healthy."

"The Holy Envoy told us that this was the price we had to pay to nourish the Holy Spirit. Although my heart was filled with pain, I had no choice but to let everyone make the sacrifice for the sake of revenge. Everyone understood this and no one backed down."

"Yet, you've clearly been imbued with the Holy Spirit's aura, yet you're so energetic and strong. How did you do that?"

Sure enough.

These villagers who are connected with evil spirits can feel the aura of evil gods on Aicheng Hualian, and therefore think that she is a believer in evil spirits like them.

Although the mayor in front of him still had a strong desire for revenge, he could no longer bear the pain of seeing his villagers' physical condition getting worse day by day due to the evil spirit's suction.

Now, Aicheng Hualian came to this village, and her perfect physical condition surprised the mayor greatly.

"How can a human who worships evil spirits maintain such a healthy body?"

"This is different from what the Holy Envoy said!"

These two questions have been lingering in the mind of Mayor Lin Yu since the moment he met Aicheng Hualian.

This is why when Aicheng Hualian asked the kidnapper, Lin Yu admitted without reservation that the follower of the Chongling Sect had indeed settled in this village.

He was waiting for Aicheng Hualian's response.

"Let's make a deal, Mayor."

"The reason I can maintain this state is because the Holy Spirit you speak of is just my pet. I am its master. Tell me the kidnapper's information, and I will tell you how to control the evil spirit."

Chapter 90 Who are you?

"Treating the Holy Spirit as a pet?"

[You said I was a pet? How come I didn't know? ]

When Aicheng Hualian submitted a transaction application to the mayor, two voices sounded at the same time.

One group came from the villagers in front of her. These people had worshipped evil spirits for nearly ten years and for a moment could not accept the truth that the object of their worship was just a pet to others.

The other was from the evil god within her chest. Ever since she devoured Aicheng Hualian's ribs, she had been staring at the outside world with her own eyes... no, many pairs of eyes. Every word of Aicheng Hualian's conversation with Mayor Lin Yu fell into the evil god's sight.

A certain kind of offended anger made the evil god's tentacles stir, teasing Aicheng Hualian's blood vessels and internal organs, searching for a place to bite.

The pain in her chest gradually intensified, and Aicheng Hualian quickly soothed herself mentally, "Don't... I'm just trying to trick these poor people in front of me. Only by letting them know that I have a way to control the evil spirits can I find out the whereabouts of the kidnapper."

[Just absorb them all, peel off their memories and souls, nothing they say can be hidden from me]

"If I do that, what's the difference between me and the evil spirits? They're just a bunch of pitiful people who want revenge, just like me. Looking at them is like looking at myself now."

"No, I should say they are even more miserable than me. My enemy is a mind flayer, while they have to face the most powerful mining group in the entire Xinhui Federation."

Pulling his consciousness back to reality, Aicheng Hualian looked at the people in front of him. The sound of Inspector Hualiu fighting the evil spirit echoed in his ears and turned into background music. It seemed that this place had become a negotiation meeting room for leaders of both sides during the war. The future of thousands of people depended on the mayor's next words.

"We have no right to refuse, do we?" Lin Yu, a man in his seventies, curled his dry lips upward, creating a few wrinkles as he revealed a relieved smile. "I accept. Tell us how to control the Holy Spirit, and I will also share the information about the Holy Envoy of the Chongling Cult... and the kidnappers."

"Mayor, how could the Holy Spirit be treated as a pet by others? This guy in front of us must be deceiving us!"

Just when things were developing towards a happy ending for everyone, a man wearing an eye patch stepped out from the crowd. He pointed at Aicheng Hualian and cursed fiercely, "You want to drive a wedge between us and the Holy Spirit? You wish!"

"Yes... How could the Holy Spirit, who is so powerful, be reduced to a pet and a dependant? This kind of thing is extremely disrespectful to the Holy Spirit!"

"Mr. Mayor, you must take a good look at this stranger in front of you! Don't be fooled by her!"

Instigated by the one-eyed man, many villagers cast questioning glances at Aicheng Hualian.