I raised the evil spirit and became an evil investigator

Kagura Hikaru stretched out his hand forward, and with a thought, hundreds of slippery tentacles stretched and contracted, forming a trumpet shape.

The mouth of the horn was facing the direction of the evil big black insect. A powerful suction force surged out from the center of the horn, firmly grasping the body of the big black insect.

"hiss!"

As the suction force continued to grow stronger, pieces of snake scales were forcibly pulled off and flew into the horn made of tentacles. As the tentacles squirmed, the mountain-like pressure crushed the snake scales into powder and sent them into the evil god's stomach.

Suddenly, blood gushed from the snake's body. The plucked scales left wounds everywhere, and black blood flowed out of these wounds like streams, dripping onto the ground and corroding the soil with crackling sounds.

But this is just the beginning.

Once the snake scales are removed, the skin and flesh underneath become vulnerable.

The powerful suction force turned into an invisible meat-cleaver, cutting off pieces of flesh from the snake body of the big black insect again and again. The pieces of flesh were swallowed into the tentacle meat balls and became food for the evil god.

Karen Aijo stood in front of the unconscious Kenichi Takahashi. A faint red light appeared on her body, forming a barrier to help Kenichi Takahashi block the evil energy in the air.

The evil power of these evil gods is not comparable to that of the big black bug. If Kenichi Takahashi were to be contaminated by this evil power, amputation would be considered a good thing.

"It's such a shame for such a responsible expatriate to die here."

"Oh, right, Xiaoguang." Aicheng Hualian watched everything happening in front of him. Nearly a third of the big black insect's flesh and blood had been sucked out, revealing the white bones underneath, as well as the internal organs protected by the bones. "Can you spare its life?"

"why?"

"If we kill it now, the Blackwater Slough will definitely undergo drastic changes. If it attracts the attention of other forces, our hunting grounds will be ruined."

"Besides, wouldn't it be better to let this guy recover and grow some fresh flesh and blood? Then you can harvest it. You have to understand sustainable development."

Kagura Hikaru's eyes moved slightly, she was convinced by Aijo Karen.

But even so, the punishment for this big black bug cannot be neglected.

The tentacles on its right arm contracted into a long, tough whip, lashing fiercely at the large black insect, cleaving off a thirty-meter-long section of its tail. Then, the tentacle whip bound the snake's tail, and countless mouths sprouted from the whip, tearing the tail into pieces and swallowing it.

"get out."

Kagura Hikaru scolded, and the big black insect wailed and crawled back into its nest.

……

Three figures walked out from a light black cloud.

Walking in front were Karen Aishiro and Hikaru Kagura. Behind them, Kenichi Takahashi looked confused and walked forward blankly as if he had lost his soul. He kept looking back as if he was afraid of something.

Just a few minutes ago, Kenichi Takahashi woke up and looked at the things around him, and found that not only was he not dead, but he had also left the restricted area of ​​the Black Water Swamp.

After Aicheng Hualian's explanation, he realized that after he fell into a coma, these two private investigators risked their lives and took him away from the pursuit of the big black bug.

As for how they escaped, the two masked private investigators shook their heads and said it was a secret.

Chapter 120: Assassins enter the village, Hua Lian is invited

Just as Aicheng, Hualian and the other two walked out of the black water swamp, four motorcycles drove into Shanghe Village.

The owners of these four motorcycles were dressed very similarly, all wearing gray shirts with some scratches and wrinkles and trousers of the same color. They looked a little tired, like travelers who had been on a long journey. The three women and one man all had black hair, and the color of their hair showed that it had been dyed.

They were the four assassins who had been assigned to assassinate Hua Liu Xiangzi. They were all from the international killer organization Shadow Assassin. Their code names in the Shadow Assassin organization were Snow Blind, Cloud Wrapped, Water Wrapped, and Fire Burning.

In the assassin organization Shadow Assassin, all assassins who can obtain independent code names are either famous for their achievements in battle or have special skills. These four people belong to the latter. They are psychics who can extract psychic energy from the special emotions of creatures towards the four things: snow, cloud, water and fire.

For example, Snowblind, a tall, flat-chested, long-legged, fair-skinned killer, is a psychic who can extract psychic energy from the joy of creatures' yearning for the vast white snow. Her ability is naturally related to snow.

The man standing behind her, with his eyes darting around and looking restless, was called Huo Zhuo. He was a psychic who could extract psychic energy from creatures' dependence on and sense of security for fire. His ability was to control fire.

Among these four people, Xuemang is the strongest. He is a mid-level D-rank psychic. If he were to be placed outside, he would be able to become an official investigator of a city with a population of hundreds of thousands.

As for why they choose to become assassins, it's naturally because of the high pay and good treatment. Although official investigators are respected, their actions are subject to various constraints of the evil response department and they must adhere to various principles. To prevent official investigators from falling into the trap of extravagant living, the evil response department generally does not provide them with very high material benefits.

It can be said that having the required strength is only the minimum requirement for an official investigator; what's more important is a heart that serves humanity. However, this quality is not possessed by everyone and needs to be cultivated from a young age, or it can be found in those who have suffered severe trauma from the attacks of evil spirits and therefore have an irreconcilable hatred for them.

For gifted psychics, it is easier to make quick money with their own power than to serve the people tirelessly.

This is the idea of ​​many psychics, and it is also the reason why the couple Huo Zhuo and Shui Chan joined the Shadow Thorn organization.

As for Xuemang and Yunrao, the twin sisters were adopted and educated by the Shadow Assassin organization since childhood. From the very beginning, they were trained as future killers. Every action and every word they said was to achieve their goal.

"Hello, we are wandering merchants from Pudong City. Excuse me, have you seen this girl? She is our companion, but she was attacked by an evil spirit and was separated from us."

In front of a motorcycle repair shop, Xuemang took out a photo and asked the owner in front of him.

"This girl? I've never seen her before." Looking at the blue-haired girl in the photo, the shop owner shook his head while repairing the four people's motorcycle. "If your companion really enters this village, it will be troublesome."

"Why? Is there any hidden danger in this village?" Xuemang asked knowingly. Behind her, three killers were looking around casually, familiarizing themselves with the nearby terrain.

"Alas, young lady, you don't know this place, it's been designated as a restricted area by the evil spirit response department. It's called the evil spirit gathering place. Do you see that valley in the distance? That's the restricted area. No one who enters it has ever come out."

"Also, you can do whatever you want here, but you can't drink the water from the Yelan River. Not even a sip. Otherwise, you'll have to stay here forever, just like me."

After a conversation, Xuemang learned that the shop owner had never seen the daughter of the Hualiu family in her photo. As the only motorcycle repair shop in Shanghe Village, his shop had one of the highest customer traffic. If even he had never seen her...

Xuemang glanced at his sister Yunrao who was standing behind him. She could control the clouds in the sky and use them to detect the psychic factors in the air. It was Yunrao who told others that Hua Liu Xiangzi was in this Shanghe Village.

She trusted her sister's judgment.

"Then, manager, has anyone outsider entered Shanghe Village?" Xuemang said as he placed a few banknotes on the front counter of the repair shop.

The store manager accepted the bills silently, then lowered his head in thought. After a while, he picked up the pen and paper beside him, quickly wrote down some names, and then handed the paper to Xuemang.

"Guest, your names are all on it."

……

"We appreciate Mr. Takahashi's kindness, but we have other things to do and would rather not disturb you. Let's say goodbye now."

On a road in Nakagawa Village, Aishiro Karen said goodbye to Kenichi Takahashi with a smile. Of course, because of the mask, the other party could not see his expression, but this did not prevent Kenichi Takahashi from excitedly inviting the two to his home to express his gratitude.

You know, Karen Aishiro and Hikaru Kagura are his saviors. If it weren't for them, Kenichi Takahashi would have become the feces excreted by that big black bug.

"Mr. Investigator, please don't be so polite. If I don't show any gratitude to my savior, then I'm not worthy of being an overseas commissioner."

"Well, since Mr. Takahashi is so sincere, it would be wrong of us not to agree to your request."

Aicheng Hualian put on a helpless tone, but in fact, she also wanted to take a stroll around Takahashi Kenichi's house to see how well this expatriate specialist knew about the Blackwater Depression.

It would be great if we could learn from the other party where the core passage of the Black Water Depression is.

The connection channel between the subspace and the real world is not like the circular portal that Aicheng Hualian tore open using the power of the evil god.

As a stable intrusion node, a true subspace channel is often attached to certain things and becomes one with them.

So, in the real world, a subspace channel might be a tunnel that goes through a mountain, with cars going in and evil spirits coming out; it might be the esophagus of a cat, with cat food being eaten in and monsters being vomited out; it might even be the chimney of someone's house, with food being cooked underneath and monsters emerging from above.

Finding a subspace passageway is not something that can be accomplished overnight; it requires long periods of research and observation. A single mistake could destroy the subspace passageway, triggering a massive explosion. All efforts would be in vain.

But now there is not so much time for Aishiro Karen to waste. The sooner the subspace channel can be found and Kagura Hikaru can devour all the evil spirits contained in it, the better.

And Kenichi Takahashi in front of him is the best way to understand the Black Water Depression.

Chapter 121: The Expatriate's Humble Home

Kenichi Takahashi's home is located on the edge of Nakagawa Village, on a small flat land near Xiahe Village.

It was a villa-like building with three floors. It was not decorated in a luxurious manner, but rather had an air of age, like an old man who was about to fall into the grave of time.

"The house is a little shabby, please forgive me."

"Ever since the Blackwater Slough became a restricted area, few outsiders are willing to come to our three villages. We only have a population of over 20,000, and there aren't any companies capable of renovating buildings. For example, I had to repair my old house myself. It's fine as long as it's habitable."

Kenichi Takahashi's expression was a little sour. He pushed open the creaking door, swept the spider webs at the gap to the ground, bent down and made a gesture to invite Aishiro Karen and Kagura Hikaru to come in.

Walking into the house, he pressed the switch on the wall. The flickering incandescent lamp emitted a dim light. The flickering light tube seemed to have asthma, making the objects in the house bright and dim.

"Hey, the power supply in this village is getting worse." With a sigh, Takahashi Kenichi asked the two investigators to wait for a while on the sofa in the living room, then took out a few bottles of mineral water from his refrigerator and placed them in front of them.

He bought these bottles of mineral water at a high price three months ago when a caravan passed through the village.

For the three villages located around the Yelan River, pure water is a luxury that can only be used to entertain distinguished guests from other places. It is more precious than gold.

"Now, please allow me to express my gratitude to my two lifesavers."

Kenichi Takahashi raised the water cup in his hand. Unlike Koimitsu and the others, his cup was filled with filtered and boiled water from the Yelan River. Although it looked like ordinary purified water, only after drinking it could one sense the resentment and evil energy of the subspace contained in the river water, and thus be cursed by the Yelan River.

These two bottles of water are fine.

Holding up the bottle of mineral water in front of him, the evil god Kagura Hikaru told Aishiro Karen through telepathy that there was nothing wrong with the mineral water, it was just that it had been stored for a long time and had some sediment.

They clinked the bottles together and Aicheng Hualian took a sip as a token of appreciation. This mineral water was a treasured possession for Takahashi Kenichi and she couldn't bear to drink it all.

On the other hand, Kagura Hikaru drank it all without any care, not leaving a single drop for the other person.

Putting down the water bottle, Aicheng Hualian looked around. There were some photos on the walls of the room. Most of the photos were on-site photos of the Black Water Swamp. The remaining small part of the photos were some group photos of three people, which were photos of Kenichi Takahashi, a beautiful woman, and a little girl.

It seems that Mr. Takahashi once had a happy family, Aishiro Karen thought to herself.

It’s a pity that because of the curse of Yelan River, this family of three was torn apart.

"My two benefactors, since you have come to the Blackwater Slough to complete a mission, although my strength is not strong, my observations of the Blackwater Slough over the years have been somewhat fruitful. If you don't mind, please follow me upstairs. I have some information that may be useful."

As they spoke, the three of them walked up the stairs and arrived at the second floor of the house, which was even darker.

The floor was littered with paper documents and various file bags, interspersed with old hard drives. An old desktop computer sat on a dusty table, its screen flickering with dense text.

Kenichi Takahashi plunged into the mountain of books piled with information, constantly searching for things.

Finally, from among a pile of hundreds of bound volumes, he pulled out a palm-sized hard drive, wiped the dust off it with a tissue, and handed it to Aicheng Hualian.

"Please look, the contents of this hard drive are the results of my ten years of research on the Blackwater Slough. I submitted this information to the Evil Response Department via email, but they didn't give me any feedback and told me to stay here. This is the only gift I can offer you now, as a token of my gratitude for saving my life."

The hard drive is not big, but when holding it in his hand, Aicheng Hualian can feel its heavy weight.

She knew that it contained not only information about the Blackwater Swamp, but also Takahashi Kenichi's ten years of hard work and the many near-death experiences he had endured.

Every word and every image here was snatched from the evil spirit's mouth by the other party at the risk of his life.

"Thank you. This gift is very valuable. Thank you for your hard work."

"No, no... It's just what a human being should do. Since you've become an overseas specialist, you should be prepared for this."

Kenichi Takahashi said it didn't matter, but his eyes were wet.

For many years, no one except his two companions knew how much blood and sweat he had put in for this information.

Every time he sent his observation results to the evil response department, he only received two words: "Read".

Not to mention rescue, there is not even any material reward.

He also knew that the restricted area was dangerous, and it was normal for the evil spirit response department to be reluctant to send anyone to contact him. But they were unwilling to even say thank you for your hard work...

Just when Kenichi Takahashi was moved, Karen Aishiro caught a glimpse of a statue placed in the corner out of the corner of her eye.

It was a strange statue, a strange gray-blue hue throughout, its facial features arranged vertically. The left ear, right ear, left eye, right eye, nose, and mouth all pointed downward, forming a vertical row across the face, as if it had been cut off and washed in a river. As for the statue's body, it was bloated and fat, with four legs and four arms, a truly bizarre sight.

Aicheng Hualian carefully searched in his mind for all the statues of gods he had seen so far, but none of them matched. This was an unknown little god.

"Um, Mr. Takahashi, what about that statue?"

"Oh... well, the one you're referring to is the Shunhe God. I heard from the villagers here that worshiping the Shunhe God can bring good weather and good harvests to the Yelan River. Although it can't restore the clarity of the polluted river, it can still be considered a wish."

"After all, I've worked here for over a decade. I can't rely on the evil spirit response department anymore, so there's no harm in worshipping the gods, right?"

Aicheng Hualian nodded in understanding.

If you stay in this kind of depressing environment for a long time and have no support in your heart, you will collapse sooner or later.

Worshiping gods, shaping religious beliefs, and giving yourself a pillar of support is not a bad thing as long as you don't do anything harmful to the world.

However, the black meat placed in front of the statue always made Aicheng Hualian feel a little strange.

At this moment, the evil god's thoughts echoed in her mind.

【The black flesh is human flesh corroded by evil energy.】

Chapter 122: Deception and "Coquettishness"

"Using human flesh as a sacrifice? Is that true?"

It's not that I doubt the evil god's judgment ability is flawed, but the practice of using human flesh as a sacrifice is something Aicheng Hualian has only seen in the texts of cults.

During her time as a private investigator, she received more than one case involving various cults. These cults regarded human life as straw dogs and their favorite thing was to use the flesh and blood of their own kind as sacrifices.

Should you ask the other party why they do this?