The Great Xia Kingdom rules the world, and "ghosts" and "ghostly creatures" do not appear very often, otherwise even if the Great Xia Kingdom tried its best to cover them up, it would not be able to do so.
But if we just look at the world, in Qu City alone, there are always a few such incidents every year.
To solve a "ghost" or a "ghost creature", it often takes a lot of time, from the time they start killing people, to the time they are discovered by the secret bureau, to the time they are investigated and their killing patterns are figured out, and finally solved. This can take at least three to five months, and at most several years or even indefinitely.
Therefore, even though there are only a few such extraordinary events every year, with such a terrible efficiency in solving them, the ghosts in the Secret Bureau are really stretched to their limits.
Lin Fanyun and Bai Haisang had just taken office not long ago. After getting a basic understanding of the daily working methods of the Secret Bureau, they began to go out on field work.
Their leaders, Mr. Meng and Mr. Sun, had just finished a supernatural case and had time to train new people.
However, they can't take charge for long, only one or two cases at most, and Lin Fanyun and Bai Haisang will need to demonstrate independent abilities.
If you can't, you will only become a supporting ghost in the future.
This is still good. The ghosts who are unable to be independent and unwilling to become auxiliary all end up in a miserable end.
It’s not that the Secret Bureau will be affected, but the inner imbalance will lead to irrationality. When performing a mission, it is easy to die in the mission, or even use too much ability, causing the "ghost" sealed in the body to revive and die.
Of course, Lin Fanyun and Bai Haisang have extraordinary acting skills, but they are not really inexperienced.
They quickly absorbed the experience of the Secret Bureau and began to demonstrate their abilities.
"Mr. Meng, I found the clue." Lin Fanyun closed his eyes and slid his index finger across the bridge of his nose.
In order to disguise himself as a ghost, Lin Fanyun pretended that there was a "ghost" with enhanced "five senses" sealed in his body. With his mortal body, it was extremely easy for him to disguise himself as having enhanced "five senses".
After testing, the Qu City Secret Bureau named this ghost the "Five Senses Trouble Ghost" and graded it at level three.
This ability is highly valued by the Secret Bureau. In many cases, if the ability to strengthen the "five senses" is used well, it is no different from a magical skill.
Otherwise, there wouldn't be two veteran ghost masters to lead them.
Just like now, Lin Fanyun stood at the crime scene, and with his nose twitched, he smelled a cool and strange scent.
It was very faint, but it couldn't be hidden from his nose.
"Well, very good. How about it, can you hold on?" Mr. Meng was very satisfied with Lin Fanyun's efficiency. Although there was no expression on his icy face, he still asked a question. According to the performance during the test, the ability of the Five Senses Troublemaker is very powerful, but its use is not without price.
As the five senses are strengthened, they will receive countless complex information from the outside world, and the body will bear a huge burden.
If this continues for too long, the body will collapse into itself because the amount of information it receives is too great to process.
Lin Fanyun pretended to shake his head and replied: "Nothing, just slightly activating this ability will be fine."
"Well, lead the way." Mr. Meng didn't ask any more questions. The ghosts were emotionally indifferent, so asking just one question was good enough.
Lin Fanyun tracked the breath and began to look for its owner, but this incident kept coming to his mind.
Serial theft case.
In Baiyun County, more than a dozen theft cases have occurred within half a year, with the amount of money stolen ranging from hundreds to hundreds of thousands. To date, the total amount of theft has exceeded 30 million.
This caused panic among the people of Baiyun County, and every household installed anti-theft windows and replaced them with smart anti-theft doors.
The local police station has also received many complaints and has been criticized for its poor performance, causing a lot of headaches.
But they couldn't catch the thief and let him get away with it.
Outside the law.
Originally, the Qu City Secret Bureau didn't care about this matter. It was only 30 million. Wasn't the matter they were handling more important than this case
But there was a rumor that a drunkard saw a man disappear from his sight at night, and he was so scared that he became incontinent on the spot.
No one would believe a drunkard unless they knew about ghosts.
This news was reported to the city by Baiyun County. The city suspected that this invisible being was most likely the mastermind behind the serial thefts, so they assigned the matter to the Qu City Secret Bureau.
Although it was just a theft case, there were no casualties.
But everyone has their own expertise, and it is too dangerous for ordinary people to interfere in ghost matters.
Even if you are still unsure, there won't be much harm in asking someone from the Secret Service to come and take a look.
Lin Fanyun did smell a hint of the unique cold aura of a "ghost" at the scene of the recent theft, confirming that this was indeed an extraordinary event.
"It's right inside." Lin Fanyun sat in the passenger seat of the car and pointed at a school.
Mr. Meng, who was driving, looked at the school during class time. There were as many as three to four thousand people. If the situation was not handled properly and unrest occurred, many people would die.
"Xiao Lin, use your ability to determine where the source is. Is it a ghost, a ghost, or a ghost? Be careful and don't get discovered."
Mr. Meng warned.
Lin Fanyun tapped his forehead with his index finger, pretending to use his ability. His five senses magnified and spread along the cool aura.
In an instant, he took in countless sounds, breaths, and images.
Lin Fanyun could totally bear all of this, and could even block out messages he didn't want to receive, but he didn't do so and pretended to have a slight headache while driving.
Finally a drop of sweat dripped from his forehead.
"Found it. The leftmost teacher on the fifth floor of the Quanxue Teaching Building, the fifth boy by the window, is a human. The thing is on him. I'm not sure if it's a ghost or a demon."
Lin Fanyun loosened his index finger and breathed heavily, but there was nothing else unusual.
"Xiao Lin, just watch from behind. Bai Haisang, you will take the first move, so be prepared." Old Meng made arrangements.
Although Mr. Sun, who was sitting in the back row with Bai Haisang, was equally cold, he looked much kinder.
"Haisang, the ghost sealed in your body is more suitable for attacking. You don't have to be afraid later. Just go ahead and do it. Lao Meng and I will take good care of you from behind." Old Sun comforted.
Bai Haisang nodded. Her disguised ability was fire, an extremely lethal flame that could melt steel into juice within ten seconds.
With her seventh-level True Dan cultivation and the martial arts she had practiced, it was very easy for her to disguise her ability.
The price is also mysterious.
After each use, one has to endure one-tenth the pain of burning fire.
There will be no physical harm, just mental pain.
Obviously, this is exactly the same as Lin Fanyun's price, and what is tested is their acting skills.
Fortunately, there were quite a few of these "ghosts" and they did not arouse suspicion.
The four people did not get out of the car immediately. Mr. Meng and Mr. Sun contacted the local police station tactfully and asked them to come over secretly.
Most of the police who have been on the job for a few years know about the existence of ghosts. They know the seriousness of the matter and quickly sent capable personnel to come quietly.
The reason why Mr. Meng and Mr. Sun asked them to come here was very simple. They wanted them to contact the principal and find an excuse to evacuate the students here.
Although nothing seems to have happened here now, I don’t know whether it is a “ghost” or a “ghostly creature”. Who knows when it will happen
If students and teachers are not evacuated, they will be in danger at all times.
It would be even simpler if you didn’t go to hand it over yourself, so the county magistrate might as well be in charge now.
Even if you go up and show a high-level certificate, people still have to recognize you. What if the principal suspects that you are a fake and wants to verify the authenticity? Generally, principals have this channel to verify the authenticity? In the end, I am afraid they will still contact county officials for confirmation, which is a waste of effort.
A responsible principal will think about the truth or falsehood. He is responsible for the safety of all teachers and students in school. Only irresponsible principals will not care.
Would anyone be bold enough to pretend to be a high-ranking official
Even military officers are disguised, even universities are fake, and even police academies are counterfeit. There have always been many daring people in this world, and the fantasy and bizarreness are beyond people's imagination.
The police captain rushed over in plain clothes and also asked someone from the education department who was known to the principal to come over.
After some discussion, although the principal didn't understand what had happened, he knew it was a serious matter. His years of experience allowed him to quickly find a reason to give the entire school a holiday.
Mr. Meng suggested to the principal that students should be released in batches, with the target teachers being the last to be released.
Everything went very smoothly.
Without knowing the whole thing, the principal arranged everything in an orderly manner.
Sometimes ignorance is an advantage, as it prevents you from revealing your true colors.
"Xiao Lin, Hai Sang, you must remember that when we ghosts act, we often suffer damage. We don't have to stop moving forward or retreat in fear, but we should try to reduce the losses as much as possible when we can."
Mr. Meng warned that there were only two cases at most, and they had a lot to teach.
What they are teaching now is the daily way of doing things in the Secret Bureau.
The four of them held their breath, stood in the distance, and watched a young boy happily walk out of the Persuasion to Study Teaching Building.
In addition to the existence of reconnaissance capabilities, the ghost is difficult to discover the other party's identity even if you meet them face to face, unless the other party uses their abilities or does not conceal their aura too well.
When the young man walked out of the school gate, he looked at the four people puzzledly, just like the other students who came out, curious about who they were, and then he didn't have any further feelings.
But Mr. Meng, Mr. Sun, Lin Fanyun and Bai Haisang saw a lot.
"It's not a ghost, it's just a ghost." Mr. Meng made a judgment.
The aura between ghosts and ghostly creatures is the same above the ninth level, but "ghosts" are more disordered and chaotic than "ghostly creatures".
That slight gap is enough for an experienced ghost to detect the difference between the two.
"That's great. Ghosts are much easier to deal with than ghosts." Old Sun was also very glad.
The level and difficulty of a "ghost" are not proportional to the harm it causes.
Those ghosts that seem to have not killed many people may actually be difficult to solve.
There are even some ghosts hiding in the dark, which have never been discovered or registered by the Great Xia Kingdom.
No one knows whether they will encounter these things when doing tasks one day.
Once encountered, even the most experienced ghost hunter may fail.
Only those few ghosts at the top who possess the fifth-level ghost sealing power have the confidence to run rampant.
But Mr. Meng and Mr. Sun are not such ghosts.
Although the ghosts sealed in Lin Fanyun and Bai Haisang are both rated as level three and have great potential, they are both new and inexperienced.
In the eyes of the Secret Bureau, these two newbies have not yet fully developed their own ghost powers, so in the Secret Bureau's registration, they are still only first-level ghosts.
The level of a ghost is not linked to the level of the ghost sealed in them.
It depends on the level of ghosts they solve and the number of ghosts they solve.