Siren Blade

Chapter 29 The Power of the True Spirit
Qiao Licao recalled: "The remains of monsters in the Security Bureau are processed first and then transported outside. They will not be transported directly in a body bag like that. Besides, it is not the job of the corpse collector, so I took a look I could see there was a problem."

"Then you stopped the corpse collector?" Blue Bird asked.

"I also checked which monster was in the body bag by the way. When I saw that it was a sea monster, I was even more convinced that the body collector was guarding himself." Speaking of this, Qiao Licorice showed lingering fears, as if he was interested in people other than me. For humans, a human-like and non-human thing like "it" is especially creepy among monsters.Especially for people with high awareness, it will stimulate a strong uncanny valley effect.No matter how beautiful and cute it looks, it will stimulate people's survival instinct, and they can't help but have the urge to turn around and run away.

She added, "Because it's the monster's remains that your teacher has specially taken care of and needs to be incinerated immediately after harmless treatment."

I glanced at the interrogator, and then asked Joe Licorice: "Harmless disposal?"

"The remains of monsters usually have to be left undisturbed for a few days. If residual spiritual pollution is found, it must be removed first. Rash incineration may cause the pollution to spread." The interrogator answered this question, and then he looked at Qiao Licorice, "then What? Why didn't you report the situation?"

"Uh... I met his eyes at the time, and for some reason, it was not easy to be full of his family... So I wanted to urge him to incinerate the body of the sea monster until I saw him with my own eyes." The incineration work is all over, so I just pretend I haven't seen it." Qiao Gancao seemed to have finally noticed the disharmony in his consciousness as he recalled, and his expression changed.

Then, she became puzzled again, "It stands to reason that the whole body has been put into the incinerator, so there is no way there are any hands left."

"—You dare to use puppetry on your colleagues?" The interrogator's majestic gaze made the corpse collector unable to lift his head. The latter didn't refute a word, which seemed to be true, so the gaze became more and more serious. Strictly, "If it wasn't for our psychoanalyst who is barely a warlock and has some immunity to this kind of magic, otherwise it wouldn't be a matter of reporting or not, and I would really ask you to transport the whole body out."

Puppet art... Qingniao did say that the body collector in the past was a warlock known for puppet art... While thinking, I asked Qiao Gancao, "You followed Qingniao to Wuming Mountain to find me, is this also related to this matter? "

"Yeah... After that, I couldn't figure out why the body collector wanted to steal the body of the sea monster, and he hesitated when I asked him, so I wondered if I could learn something from you." She said fiercely at first. I stared at the corpse collector, and replied obediently, "But you disappeared, so Qingniao and I had no choice but to go to the Wuming Mountain to look for you, but when we found it, we collided with the old bone hiding in the Wuming Mountain. You just rushed over to save me at that time..."

"Then why didn't you ask Li Duo when you met Li Duo later?" Qingniao asked.

I figured it out, "Because you were there at the time, maybe you will report the situation to your teacher after you hear about it."

That's why Joe Licorice said "I'll talk about it later when I have a chance".

While we were talking, the two house warlocks in white next to us were also busy.One of them was taking notes, and the other was silently adjusting the polygraph I'd seen many times before.

"Then... now it's your turn to speak, corpse collector." The interrogator resumed, "I've also heard that some people in the Security Bureau seem to be guarding themselves and stealing and selling monster remains on the black market. I didn't expect such a thing. Not only is it true, but the culprit seems to be you..."

The corpse collector sitting on the iron chair trembled.Qiao Licao seemed to be hearing about this for the first time, and looked at him dumbfounded.

The interrogator stared at him closely, "Let me hear your sophistry, why did you do this?"

"I... I was threatened." The body collector trembled.

"Threat?" the interrogator said, "Did Bai Ju threaten you?"

"No...it's another person." The corpse collector shook his head again and again, and began to tell the story.

Just a few days ago, when I was captured by the Security Bureau, someone came after hearing the news.

This person's goal is the remains of "it". In order to obtain this goal, he decided to coerce and lure the body collector who is in charge of handling the remains of monsters in the Security Bureau.

That evening, when the body collector came home, he was shocked to see him sitting in his room calmly.

"Who is that person?" the interrogator pressed.

The corpse collector gave a name that no one expected, "Old Bones."

"What..." I never expected it to be him.

"He said that he was also following orders, but he did not reveal who the person behind him was. He also said that if I help transport the body of the siren, the person behind him will give me a generous reward; and if I refuse, he will I will attack my family members myself, and reveal all the evidence of my previous smuggling of monster remains. I have no choice but to listen to his threats." The corpse collector looked at me again, "And... …He said that if I helped him against you, he would pay me again in a private capacity."

"No wonder the old bone suddenly appeared in Liucheng." The interrogator pondered, "Why didn't you report the threat to the Security Bureau?"

"Because the old bone is very good at escaping and lurking, law enforcement warlocks have caught him so many times before but failed to catch him. I am very worried that if I report it myself, he will suspect me afterwards and take revenge on my family..." The body collector said dejectedly , "But later I failed to transport the remains, thinking that he might vent his anger on my family members, so I anonymously reported the witness clues about the old bones to the bureau."

Even when dealing with a person who hates me, the old bone insists on using a clone. It is really not easy for law enforcement warlocks to catch him.

Qingniao suddenly realized, "It turns out that you submitted that click clue..."

"So, how did you keep that hand?" The interrogator repeated the old story.

"At that time, Qiao Licao followed me in order to supervise my cremation of the body, but she would only temporarily walk in front of me when she opened the door for me." The body collector said dejectedly, "I took advantage of her not paying attention, Cut off the hands of the remains on the trolley and hid them."

I recalled that he had summoned the spirit blade when dealing with me before, maybe that was the trick he used.

The blade formed by spells is often sharper than ordinary metal blades, and with the power of the warlock, it is not a problem to cut off the wrist of the corpse silently and silently.

The interrogator looked at Qiao Licorice, "Didn't you notice that the body is missing a hand?"

Qiao Gancao shook his head quickly, and the body collector explained: "The body is placed in a body bag, and it can't be seen if it is slightly covered."

"There's always a little movement when you unzip the body bag."

"Joe Licorice opened the zipper when he checked the body bag, but I didn't close it on purpose later, just waiting for that opportunity."

Hearing this, Qiao Gancao said angrily: "Waiting for that opportunity... Do you think you can give that old bone a job just by cutting off your hand?"

"It's better than handing over nothing... And I can't find a way to convince you to let me transport the whole body out, and it's even more impossible to attack you and escape from the security bureau with the body..." The body collector sighed, "The best situation is that the law enforcement warlock can capture the old bone in time, but the old bone has not been caught for a long time. I lied to him before that the body had not been incinerated. Now I see that the deadline is coming, so I have to bite the bullet and take the severed hand out. ..."

"Then you saw me walking into the security bureau, and then attacked me from behind. Was the trick you used at the beginning also the so-called puppet technique? You wanted to turn me into a puppet and take me out of the security bureau pretending nothing happened ?"I asked.

The corpse collector didn't know that I had regained my strength at the time, probably thought that my remaining "residual heat" was exhausted and I was powerless to fight back; The average person is no different.

I went on to say: "Do you think that as long as you add me, you can increase the bargaining chip with the old bone?"

The corpse collector didn't dare to look directly at me, "I have family members, and what Old Gu likes most is to attack the target's relatives and friends first, and then force the target to submit. If I go one-on-one with him, I'm not afraid, but I will I was afraid that he would attack my family. There were people who were stronger than him before, but he caught my family, and ended up dying in his hands..."

Hearing this, I thought of myself.

My real identity information is very easy to investigate. If the old bone has that intention, he will soon be able to know who my parents are, and he can also kidnap them as hostages.And although I have a cold relationship with my parents, if my parents become hostages, it will become difficult for me to take action.

Yet he didn't do that to me, which baffled me.

Is it some kind of reserve or principle of being an Avenger?Impossible, he hates me so much and is so unscrupulous.In order to see me in pain, he would definitely not hesitate to do that, and besides, that was his "good thing".

I expressed my confusion, and when I said this, some people present were stunned.

The housekeeper next to him who was adjusting the polygraph instrument unconsciously read, "...Does Li Duo, the devil, have parents?"

I glanced at him, and he said in fright, "No, no, that's not what I meant!"

Well, I already know why.

"Then, answer some more questions for me." This time it was the interrogator's turn to preside.

The questions he asked afterwards were all related to the great magician Baiju, but unfortunately, the body collector didn't know why Baiju appeared there at that time.

Maybe Bai Ju is the person behind the old bone, because he felt that his subordinates were procrastinating, so he went out in person?Although this speculation is partially reasonable, it is ultimately due to the lack of evidence.

In the end, the interrogator seemed to be re-confirming, and asked the last question, "Did you do the stealing and selling of monster remains in the Security Bureau in the past?"

The corpse collector opened his mouth dryly, and he glanced at the lie detector beside him. After a long time, he finally gave up, "...it's me."

"The punishment for your dereliction of duty will be issued later." The interrogator turned around and walked towards the exit, "—your crime of colluding with warlock criminals will also be counted."

"Wait...wait!" Hearing the latter sentence, the corpse collector finally couldn't control his emotions, and he said loudly, "I was forced, and there is nothing I can do about it!"

The interrogator didn't listen to him, and the house warlock opened the door for him, and he walked out.

I also went out, and at the same time, I felt the corpse collector's eyes shifted to me, and his voice continued to sound, mixed with anger and fear, "I don't accept...I don't accept it! Why can this kind of guy be exempted from punishment , but I have to be punished? You tell me, you tell me! Lie Que!!"

The door of the interrogation room was closed, and his voice was also sealed inside.
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The interrogator Lie Que stopped, turned his head and said to us: "This matter is over, let's go."

Both housekeepers and Joe Licorice left.

I was about to walk away, too, when the Collector's last words echoed in my head.If it was me before, those last words would have been enough to make me sleepless, but at this moment, there is something more important, which is attracting my thoughts like a black hole-that is the hand that was snatched away.

Even just remembering that hand, I feel that the inner world is chaotic and boiling, as if the past self is about to be revived from the body.

Suddenly, the blue bird grabbed my hand.I looked at her, and she shook her head at me, beckoning me to stay first.

"Teacher, I have something to say." She looked at Lie Que again, "It's about Li Duo."

Could it be that you are recommending me to join the Security Bureau?My heart tightened.But just right, I also have something to ask Lie Que.

Lie Que seemed a little absent-minded, but when he heard the blue bird speak, he withdrew his attention, "Huh? Well, if you have something to say, don't talk about it in the corridor, but talk about it in my office."

Then, Blue Bird and I followed Lie Que into his office.

"I'm sorry, the people in our bureau had a nasty plot against you before." After closing the door, his first sentence was actually an apology to me, presumably he was talking about the corpse collector.

"It's over." I didn't care about that matter any more, but changed the subject, "Compared to this... who the hell is Baiju? I only heard that he was a great magician, but I heard you say it before. , is he a super criminal?"

"That's right... Bai Ju, the great warlock, or Bai Ju, the dark scientist... He used to be a law enforcement warlock in the Security Bureau, and I have worked with him." He said melancholy, "Later he got involved in the forbidden darkness. Science, its research has many serious violations of ethics, which are not tolerated by the Security Bureau. In the end, the headquarters issued a warrant for him, and he fled overseas. Appeared in Liucheng."

Dark Scientist... I recalled the appearance of Baiju.Indeed, he has a researcher-like coldness about him.But what about the "Dark Scientist" moniker, which sounds like a favorite of some rebellious, fantasy-loving teens.

I remembered the alarmist words that Bai Ju had said to me again, and tried to ask Lie Que for advice.

"Perhaps in the process of receiving the power of the sea monster, you also received some rather hidden but strong curse. Baiju has a better understanding of the sea monster than we do, otherwise he would not suddenly appear and snatch the Only one hand. His words may have alarmist parts, but they should not be regarded as child's play. I suggest that you find time to do an in-depth inspection of curses in the bureau later. Don't worry, you will not be charged. As long as we are safe From the standpoint of the bureau, it is not allowed to let people who are suspected of possessing a mysterious curse run around outside." Lie Que pondered solemnly while answering slowly, "I also have a question to ask you... Regarding the siren , is there anything else you haven't said?"

"No, what can be said, I have already said it all before."

"Really? Then, did Bai Ju say anything else to you before?"

"Other words..." Of course there are, although brief, but I have not forgotten, "He pointed at my siren blade and mentioned the 'power of the true spirit'"

"What?" Lie Que's face changed slightly.

"Ah, I heard that too." Qingniao also said, "But, is this possible? Although the Siren Blade is very magical...but is it the power of the true spirit?"

The reactions of both of them were unusual, and I asked curiously, "What exactly is the power of the true spirit?"

"Hmm..." Qingniao thought for a while, "I mentioned it to you before... There are more than one ways to become a great magician, and apparition is just one of them."

"Yes." I said.

"Among other ways to become a great magician, there is another path called 'self-proving true spirit'." She said, "One of the characteristics of self-proving true spirit is the ability to freely use the power of true spirit .”

(End of this chapter)