Chapter 574 Above the Posa (110) [VIP]

Qiu Zihan didn't run far.

Xu Ke followed behind him and saw him go around in a big circle and actually returned to the place where he had set the fire before and started helping the people in the building escape.

The area where the members of the Abnormal Investigation Bureau gathered was an old neighborhood with mostly self-built houses. Most of the stores were in a layout with shops in the front and residential areas in the back. The floors were not high, with the tallest being only three or four stories high. After he finished shouting a few times, some people who were light sleepers had already run out.

The advantage of old neighborhoods is that the floors are low, making escape easier, but the disadvantage is that the buildings are too old and there are few fire-fighting equipment.

Qiu Zihan sprinkled something on the ground, and the fire spread rapidly. Within a few minutes, it had spread along the wall to the door of the next door shop. Those who had successfully escaped were busy putting out the fire and shouting. For a moment, this quiet late-night neighborhood suddenly became lively.

Qiu Zihan, the instigator of the arson, turned around and joined the crowd of people putting out the fire, and began to actively help put out the fire.

Xu Ke became even more confused.

It was undoubtedly Qiu Zihan who started the fire, and the incendiary bottle in his hand also proved that he was well prepared. But why is he helping to put out the fire now?

While he was wondering, Xu Ke caught a glimpse of a vague shadow on the street not far away, which seemed to be attracted by the fire here and walked towards this side. He didn't have time to observe more, so he quickly hid behind and hid in the shadow of the building.

Fortunately, the evil spirit on the distant street did not appear here directly.

It was unknown whether it was because these Yinchai, who looked different from ordinary people, were inconvenient to appear in front of people, or because of other reasons, the vague shadow stood at the edge of the street, looked over here, and then turned away. The scene was in chaos, and except for Xu Ke who was hiding, no one noticed that the Yinchai came and left.

Xu Ke poked his head out from the shadows and saw that Qiu Zihan had gathered with the remaining members of the Abnormal Investigation Bureau. His face was covered with a lot of black ash from the fire, which showed how hard he was working to put out the fire.

The fire was not small, but fortunately no one was injured. Most of the affected residents were standing outside in thin pajamas, gathered together to discuss why the fire suddenly broke out late at night.

Xu Ke was no longer in a hurry to find his teammates.

Rather than looking for team members, he wanted to know why Qiu Zihan did this.

Before he returned to the world of the living, he always thought that Qiu Zihan and his group were just ordinary people who had mistakenly entered this unknown space, not to mention that Scaro knew their captain, so he didn't look like a bad person at all.

In addition, Jiang Jie seemed to be looking for someone, so he always thought that this group of people came here to find someone, just like they came here to look for Wen Qi.

But now it seems that it is not that simple?

If he was just looking for someone, why did Qiu Zihan set the fire and then put it out?

And it was during these few minutes of observation that Xu Ke discovered even more strange things.

Just now, when Qiu Zihan set the fire, he ran around and spilled the unknown liquid in the bottle everywhere. He thought it was Qiu Zihan who was spilling the liquid everywhere, but now that the fire has started, the fire in several places is particularly big. Xu Ke then discovered that the places where the fire is serious seem to be the buildings where the members of the Abnormal Investigation Bureau are located.

Qiu Zihan intentionally took more care of the buildings where the team members were, and the other rooms were more like incidental things.

What is he doing?

Xu Ke frowned, unable to understand his motives. At the same time, the team members who did not notice anything wrong were still chatting with Qiu Zihan.

"Why is Zi Han here at night?" Seeing that the fire was out of their control and everyone retreated to a safe area, someone noticed the appearance of Qiu Zi Han.

"I was awake in the middle of the night playing games," Qiu Zihan used the excuse he had prepared long ago, "and noticed a particularly bright area not far away. I saw that it was on fire, so I ran out immediately."

The small restaurant where he worked was not far from here, and the team members were fast asleep when the fire broke out. No one could prove how big the fire was when he rushed here and shouted "Fire!"

No one will bother with the person who first discovered the fire at this time.

Qiu Zihan chatted with the team members for a few words, and then he saw Tang Ling and Wen Qi walking towards him from a distance.

"Sister, why are you here?" Qiu Zihan scratched his head and pretended to be surprised.

"Why are you here?" Tang Ling's face was more genuinely surprised than Qiu Zihan's. As he spoke, he took a few steps forward, looking like he was going to ask for an explanation. "What are you doing here so late at night? And your face is covered in dust?"

"Hey, hey, hey, sister——" Qiu Zihan was lifted up by one of his ears and quickly begged for mercy.

“Tang Ling, Tang Ling,” several team members came over and quickly advised, “Zi Han is helping us put out the fire. If it weren’t for him, we wouldn’t have discovered the fire.”

"Playing games again late at night, huh?" Tang Ling glared at him, but put his hand down. He looked around and said to the members of the Abnormal Investigation Bureau, "I heard a lot of people shouting that there was a fire over there. I remembered that you lived here, so I came over with Wen Qi to check it out."

Wen Qi was beside him and asked, "No one was hurt, right? How did it suddenly catch fire?"

"I don't know," several team members were also confused, "Maybe the circuit is aging? We only came out when we heard someone shouting "fire."

It was late at night and everyone was sleeping soundly. They had no idea where the fire came from.

"Is there any burnt area?" Tang Ling asked with concern while turning Qiu Zihan over. After checking that there was only some black ash from the fire scene on his body, he breathed a sigh of relief and naturally looked at the other team members, "Are you not injured? Let me take a look?"

"It seems like my clothes are burned," Wen Qi said in a low voice, "Sister Tang Ling, look."

Tang Ling naturally reached out and pulled the hem of one of the team members' clothes: "There is indeed a hole burned, are you not injured inside?"

"Ah? Behind me?" The team member whose shirt was pulled looked back, "Probably not. I don't feel any injuries."

"Is that so?" Tang Ling glanced at Wen Qi and retracted his hand, "It's good that you're not hurt."

The two of them exchanged glances, and each of them winked at Qiu Zihan calmly.

"Sister, since there is nothing to do here, you can go back first." Qiu Zihan blinked.

"Nothing? It's not a big deal that you stay up late at night playing games here? I haven't settled accounts with you yet..." Tang Ling rolled her eyes and rudely slapped Qiu Zihan on the head with her backhand. Before she could touch Qiu Zihan's forehead, Qiu Zihan ducked down and nimbly jumped away.

"Still running?" Tang Ling glared and chased after him.

The two men ran away one after the other. Wen Qi smiled awkwardly, clasped his hands together, said a few words of apology to the team members, and followed them. In less than a minute, all three men disappeared.

People were coming and going at the fire scene and no one noticed this little episode. Even several members of the Abnormal Investigation Bureau did not realize anything was wrong. Only Xu Ke saw everything.

If he saw it correctly, Tang Ling seemed to have stuffed something into a team member's pocket while looking at his clothes.

The fire they set tonight...was it aimed at them?

What exactly did Tang Ling want to do? Did anyone else know that she and Qiu Zihan were doing these things? Or...did anyone else instruct them?

And Wen Qi...

Thinking of this, Xu Ke felt that he was surrounded by puzzles one after another.

Shouldn't Wen Qi have returned to the world of the living with him? Why is there another Wen Qi in the underworld?

If the person in the underworld is the real Wen Qi, then who is the one who returned to the world of the living with him, who is the one attending classes at school, and who is the one he brought back to his parents' home.

But if the one in the world of the living is the real Wen Qi, then who is this person in the underworld who looks exactly like him and even has a good relationship with Qiu Zihan and Tang Ling?

In other words, it's not that there are no ways for people in the world to return to the underworld, such as finding a way without dying like him. But this involves two other problems. One is how did Wen Qi know that this is the underworld? The second is that Wen Qi is now at his parents' home and the homes of two old policemen. He has to leave home alone to do such a thing. How could Wen Qi commit suicide at his parents' home?

There is also the biggest problem that he cannot ignore.

Wen Qi seemed to be in the same group with Tang Ling and Chou Zihan. Just now when Tang Ling was putting something into the team member's pocket, she stood beside them to divert other people's attention and provide cover.

This behavior doesn't seem like they don't know what they are going to do.

Before combining...

Xu Ke's breathing suddenly became a little heavier.

He is not a fool. He didn't notice anything before because he knew nothing. Now that he has noticed a clue, all the previous abnormalities have come to his mind.

The first thing that came to mind was the night he returned to the world from the underworld.

It was Qiu Zihan who knocked on his door that night, pulled him out of the room without saying a word, and finally ran away to an unknown place.

If Qiu Zihan and Tang Ling were targeting them, did that mean they were behind his being taken away by the Yinchai from the beginning? And Wen Qi, who appeared here for unknown reasons and acted with them, and thinking further, was the captain, who was now seriously injured and recuperating in the pharmacy, also not safe...

Thinking of this, Xu Ke made up his mind, walked quickly towards the crowd, and grabbed a team member's shoulder.

"Deputy Captain?" The team member he caught turned around and asked in surprise, "Why are you here?"

"Deputy Captain, you escaped back?" another team member quickly asked.

"It's hard to explain in a few words. Follow me first." Xu Ke stretched out his hand and took something out of the team member's pocket. "Do you know that someone just stuffed something into your pocket?"

"Ah?" The team member turned around in surprise, his eyes falling on Xu Ke's fingertips, "What's stuffed in there?"

Xu Ke lowered his head and saw that there was something between his fingers.

It was a piece of paper... with half of its body missing.

The piece of paper swayed left and right with his fingertips. The place where the face should have been was clearly blank, but with such a strange shape, it actually revealed a hint of deep resentment and unwillingness.

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