Chapter 40 Chapter 40
"Name."
"Gray Shou."
"age."
"Three hundred and two years old."
"gender."
The weasel spirit sitting on the chair in the interrogation room looked curiously at the young braided demon sitting in front of it, without saying a word.
Ning Su changed the wording: "Male or female."
"……male."
Huishou said that it had never encountered such a situation when dealing with the Demon Bureau before, and they would never ask it these questions.
I don’t know what this new editor is thinking.
"Okay." Ning Su found Huishou's information from the bureau's files and compared it with the information provided by the other party. Sure enough, except for his gender, this little demon never told the truth.
Meeting the weasel's cunning eyes, he couldn't help but sigh.
Not long ago, at the reminder of a colleague, Ning Su discovered that his portrait was printed on the packaging of fake medicines produced by the little demons.
Then, he was told by Director Tan that the fake drug case had been filed again, and because it was related to him this time, the case was given full authority to him.
"...These little demons are repeat offenders. They are difficult to deal with. You have to be mentally prepared."
Director Tan's reminder was naturally reasonable, and Ning Su naturally did not intend to be stubborn. He first studied the other party's situation before catching the monster.
However, he didn't know which link the news leaked. When he rushed to the counterfeiting site of the little demons, the factory had already been closed and the little demons participating in the production had all dispersed. Only this mole spirit was left waiting, as if waiting for him to come.
Ning Su couldn't want to make a wasted trip, so he invited this mole spirit to the bureau.
This mole spirit is apparently a frequent visitor to the Demon Bureau. He did not feel nervous about being invited here and looked calm throughout the whole process.
Except when Ning Su poured it water and brought it snacks, it was a little confused, but otherwise it was very calm.
It's obvious that he is a repeat offender.
"Whose idea was it that you sold the medicine?" Since he couldn't get the truth out of the mole spirit, Ning Su had no intention of getting any truth out of him.
But since the monsters have been invited here, communication is essential.
"It was my idea." The Mole Spirit said calmly.
The mole demon entered the Demon Bureau before. As a demon that had made a mistake, the officials in the bureau did not treat it well.
Even if they don't beat or scold it, the tone of their voice is definitely not good. Some older monsters will even attack its body.
These mole spirits have long been accustomed to it.
Therefore, when it was caught this time, when it saw that Ning Su had a good attitude and gave it snacks, its first reaction was not surprise but vigilance.
What is a sugar-coated bullet? This is a sugar-coated bullet!
Fortunately, the demon who organized this demon bureau was also impatient. He only pretended for a while before revealing his true purpose.
"Do you know that you are selling fake medicine?"
"Wow, comrade leader, we are truly wronged. It's not that we don't know what's good for us, but we really can't live like this any longer."
When Ning Su asked about the word "fake medicine", the Mole suddenly felt that he had seen through Ning Su's disguise and immediately started crying.
It seemed like the other party was entering a program. Even the lines were very familiar to him. He kept crying out for injustice from beginning to end. Ning Su couldn't help but be silent.
You little devil, your acting is a little too good.
Different from the innocence of ordinary little demons, this mole spirit named Huishou is as slippery as a middle-aged man hanging around the human dinner table.
Although it complained, it never admitted its mistakes. When questioned urgently, it even looked aggrieved and implied that Ning Su was bullying it by relying on his special status.
Ning Su was so angry that his hands were itching.
Seeing this, the mole spirit smiled secretly while Ning Su was not paying attention. What can they do? The demon bureau can't do anything to them.
In fact, this is indeed the case -
In the past, when the Monster Bureau caught them, most of the time the only way to deal with them was to order them to stop production, and occasionally impose some financial penalties, and then that was it.
In the final analysis, it is because the Monster Bureau has no way to help some unemployed little monsters solve their work problems, so they can only let these monsters suffer on their own.
If this road is blocked, the little demons will have nowhere to go and it will be really chaotic.
Thinking of this, a smug smile appeared on the weasel's lips.
The monsters in the Monster Bureau are just like this.
"Okay, let's not talk about selling medicine for now." Sure enough, the weasel spirit got what he wanted from Ning Su's mouth.
"But I have a score to settle with you--let's go outside and talk."
The weasel demon didn't react for a moment, and followed Ning Su out of the demon bureau and onto the street in a daze.
What, is this new monster going to send it back? In order to complete the task, is he trying to please it?
Considering that the other party has a good attitude and gives it snacks, it is not impossible for it to provide the other party with some convenience.
Countless thoughts emerged in the weasel demon's mind. Before he could react, he saw Ning Su, who had changed from the gentle and amiable person he had been in the Demon Bureau.
He pinched his fingers, released his coercion, and showed a "nuclear-kind" smile: "Now that we have finished our official business, let's talk about personal matters."
"Do you know me? Why do you have my picture on your products?"
These little demons violated his portrait rights, so it should be okay for him to defend his own rights, right?
The mole left with confidence, and returned to his residence in the evening with a head full of dust.
Its subordinates rushed over and asked in surprise: "Gray Gray, are you okay? What happened?"
When Huihui was summoned by the Monster Bureau in the morning, he looked fine. How come he looked so pitiful after going to the Monster Bureau and coming back?
"Did the Monster Bureau's regular monster hit you?" The subordinate thought of a possibility and exclaimed.
"Then we have to defend our rights!"
The monsters in the Monster Bureau are thin-skinned and arrogant, but it is also a good thing for these three-no monsters. As long as they make trouble, there is a high probability that they will be compensated.
This is the experience that the little demons have gained from living together for many years.
"I can't maintain it." After being beaten up by the young big demon, although the injuries were not serious, the insult was extremely strong. The mole spirit, whose alias is "Huishou" and whose real name is "Huihui", said sullenly.
"It waited until something bad happened before hitting me."
The men's eyes widened.
How could this coding monster be so vicious?
Seeing that the demon wanted to say something, Huihui stopped it: "Forget it, we are not in the right in this matter."
If you print the face of another demon on the product packaging without the demon's consent, you will have nothing to say even if you are beaten by the demon in question.
Even if they make a big fuss and let other little demons judge the matter, I guess they won't be able to win the war of public opinion.
The only problem lies with it - it has face blindness. When it saw Ning Su, it didn't react and run away at the first time. Instead, it stupidly followed the other party out of the Demon Bureau.
It’s all because of those snacks!
Huihui regretted his decision.
"What should we do then?"
"Let's take a break and stay out of the spotlight." Huihui thought about it and said with determination, "I made a lot of money in the past period of time anyway."
"Then." Xiao Yao hesitated and asked, "Will we still use the photo of that demon in the future?"
"Of course." Huihui looked over in surprise. "Please, because the product has that monster's face printed on it, our sales can triple."
Not to mention beating it up, even if you beat it up ten times, you'd still want to take advantage of the popularity.
Little demon: “…”
You are worthy of it.
"In general, it's because the living standards of the little demons cannot be guaranteed and their working conditions cannot be implemented."
On Monday morning, the A City Monster Bureau held its regular meeting.
They started work at nine in the morning and had a meeting at ten, but the leaders of the A City Monster Bureau still looked a little sleepy. When Ning Su was speaking, the director took the lead in yawning.
Ning Su: “…”
The director paused, swallowed his yawn, and smiled: "Xiao Ning, you are right, keep going."
Logically speaking, the regular meeting of the A City Monster Bureau is just a meeting of a few leaders. In addition to the three directors and deputy directors, there are also several directors of other business departments attending the meeting.
Ever since Ning Su came back from City X, he somehow found his way into this regular meeting.
At first, he felt a little strange and hesitated whether to go or not, but Director Tan pulled him aside and talked: "Why worry? This is what you deserve."
From Director Tan's description, Ning Su realized that his situation was somewhat special.
Behind his seemingly peaceful life, there are actually a lot of struggles.
"When you were in City X, the director had a quarrel with them."
At that time, Ning Su had not yet convinced the Demon King to bring back the two missing female guests, and the X City Demon Bureau had already made efforts in private.
They did not inform the A City Monster Bureau, but took the initiative to report to the Monster Bureau Headquarters, wanting to transfer Ning Su to the X City Monster Bureau.
The reason given was that the situation in the Xiliang Demon Kingdom was too complicated and needed capable demon officials to help.
At that time, the problem of the Xiliang Demon Kingdom had not been dealt with yet and was still a long-standing problem in the General Administration's mind. After receiving the request from the X City Demon Bureau, the General Administration was a little tempted, but because the Black Turtle slipped away too quickly, the matter was shelved.
Then, the Demon King went into seclusion and was willing to let the Demon Bureau take over their area. In order to successfully sort out this area, the leaders of the General Administration went there in person.
Seeing that the worry that had plagued them for years was so easily solved by a new employee, the General Administration also had the idea of transferring Ning Su to the General Administration.
Such a young cadre, and a big demon at that, if we don't take the initiative to transfer him to the General Administration for training, wouldn't it be a waste to keep him in the local area?
However, the transfer order had not yet been issued, and the leaders of the General Administration only revealed a little bit of information to Director Lu. The next day, the three directors of the A City Monster Bureau went to the General Administration as a group to have a "heart-to-heart talk" with their immediate superior.
What does it mean? This staff demon has just been recruited and his internship period hasn’t even ended, and the General Administration wants to take action?
It would be better if the headquarters could help with all the work of the branch.
Perhaps the attitude of several leaders of the A City Monster Bureau was too tough, or perhaps considering that Ning Su was still in the internship period, the General Administration finally gave up this idea.
But since Ning Su is so popular, and City X even offers him a promotion as a condition, the A City Monster Bureau naturally doesn't want to fall behind.
"Because you are in the internship period, it is not easy to do this openly, but the bureau really wants to promote you."
So, although he could not be promoted openly, they had already given Ning Su the treatment of a full-time section chief in private.
Ning Su: “…”
My goodness, how come he doesn’t know how popular he is.
After sighing, he couldn't help but feel another sigh - if he was so popular in his previous job, he probably wouldn't have changed jobs.
How is this not considered fate?
Knowing the background of the regular meeting, Ning Su no longer refused and attended the meeting on time. However, the meeting was obviously just a meeting and could not solve any problems.
At least, the persistent cases of counterfeit drugs remain a difficult problem facing us.
"We can't just capture these little demons and lock them up."
As the saying goes, the law does not punish the masses. For one or two little demons who have committed crimes, they may use coercive measures to serve as a warning to others.
But since there are too many little demons involved, this method won't work.
The Yao Bureau is just an ordinary administrative agency, not an unreasonable and violent organization.
What's more, there is one thing that the leaders of the Monster Bureau did not mention, but Ning Su himself understood, that is, the Monster Bureau is not having an easy time at the moment.
Whether it is the mysterious power that is in the dark and deliberately wants to expose the existence of the demon race, or the mastermind that appeared vaguely not long ago, they are all constrained by the Demon Bureau.
"But this matter must be properly resolved." Director Lu said after thinking for a moment.
By nature, the little demons do not like being bound, and they do not like to participate in collective production like humans. However, the mole spirit always raises his arm and calls for a lot of little demons, which shows that the little demons do have a hard time.
"In the final analysis, we still have to solve the employment problem." The director twisted his head and set the tone for the matter.
"Xiao Ning."
The director drew out his voice, and Ning Su suddenly felt uneasy.
The next second, he heard the big leader say kindly: "Then I'll leave this matter to you."
Ning Su: “…”
Thank you so much for trusting me.
"So, the boss asked you to help the little demons find jobs?" After the regular meeting, Ning Su returned to the office. Xiao Du finished the work at hand and came to join in the fun out of curiosity.
Speaking of which, he was also quite concerned about the progress of this matter - after all, he was also in charge of the archives work of the Monster Bureau, and every time the little monsters selling fake drugs were caught, he had to update the files.
He has only been in the Demon Bureau for two or three years, and he has already supplemented his files several times.
"Yeah." Ning Su leaned back in his office chair. Just talking about this topic had consumed enough of his energy.
"This may not be an easy task," Xiao Du commented.
Of course, this problem is a simple matter if you think about it with your knees. Not to mention that they are just ordinary civil servants, even if they have some channels to help, I am afraid it will only be a drop in the bucket.
There are so many little demons. It is possible to solve the employment problem of one or two of them, but it will be difficult to solve more.
Where are there so many jobs available for Xiao Yao?
In other words, if this problem was easy to solve, the monster would have solved it long ago, why wait until now?
"How about you delay it?" Xiao Du couldn't help but give his friend a suggestion - delaying is definitely a wonderful method for a unit like theirs.
If the task assigned by the leader is stupid, keep delaying it; if the document issued by the superior is unreasonable, keep delaying it; if the case does not meet the objective conditions, keep delaying it.
In short, many problems that you don't want to solve can always be delayed until they are solved.
Xiao Du is not a bad guy, but he has to admit that in a unit like the Yao Bureau, the ultimate move of "delaying" is definitely useful.
Moreover, there was something that Xiao Du did not say directly because he was currently at work, but he already had some guesses in his heart.
To some extent, isn't it a form of procrastination for the director to assign such an impossible task to his subordinates?
Ning Su supported his chin, accepting Xiao Du's kindness, but he didn't intend to give up completely on the matter.
"Let's think of a solution first."
However, I thought about this method for half a month, but there was no progress.
On the contrary, there are many discussions about the "Charm Pill" on the Internet - since this medicine is a counterfeit product, the little demons don't have the ability to make the packaging look good. Although Ning Su's face is printed on it, you can tell at a glance that it has a copycat feel.
In addition, the fake medicines that the little demons had previously supplied only to the wealthy among humans, and had always been sold at very high prices. When these were exposed, most people on the Internet laughed at Ning Su for being so desperate as to endorse a micro-business.
However, there are definitely a lot of people in this world who are doing this.
One anchor saw that this matter was being discussed a lot online, so while others were talking about it, he boldly started a live broadcast saying that he would try the medicine himself to try this strange "fake medicine".
"Is the anchor okay? Are you risking your life for traffic?"
Having said that, in order to attract the curiosity of the audience and make a living from the self-media, the anchor reluctantly spent a huge amount of money to buy a "charm pill" and tried it live.
The result, of course, was no change.
Apart from causing diarrhea, the fake medicine seemed to have no effect.
At that time, this video also became evidence to mock Ning Su for being so hungry that he would endorse anything just to make a living. But who would have thought that half a month later, this anchor suddenly announced the start of the show, saying that he was going to announce a shocking news.
On this day, when the audience entered the live broadcast room with little interest, they were shocked to find that a different person had appeared on the screen.
"No, what's this? Where's the anchor?"
The young man on the screen with thick hair and the same voice as the previous anchor said faintly: "Family, it's me."
"Don't you recognize me anymore because I have long hair?"
Audience: “…”
Sorry, it's really different with or without hair.
However, after being shocked, the audience felt even more complicated after hearing the host contradict himself and endorse fake drugs.
Does this medicine really work?
Because of the anchor's clarification video, fake drugs suddenly became popular in the market, and some were even sold for thousands of yuan per pill.
Many people found that the fake medicine actually worked after taking it.
Although some people have leg hair and some have armpit hair, they are all hairy, right?
Maybe next time it will be my hair’s turn.
The workload of the market supervision department suddenly increased in a short period of time, and they couldn't help but come to complain; "What the hell is going on here!"
Faced with complaints from their sister units, the staff of the Yao Bureau had no choice but to smile and say, "Thank you for your hard work. We will solve the problem from the source next time."
After much persuasion, the disobedient staff was finally persuaded to leave.
The market supervision department and the drug administration bureau finally suppressed this wave of fake drug storm and declared the matter temporarily over. However, Ning Su found that his image on the Internet had changed.
There are no more posts mocking him on the forum, and what remains are only those that implicitly praise him in various ways.
At the same time, his image has also undergone some incomprehensible changes.
"This guy is extraordinary to be able to endorse this miracle drug."
"Could it be that there is some mysterious background?"
In addition to these online discussions, some people even regard Ning Su as the god of hair growth. Before washing their hair, they worship Ning Su in front of his photo on their mobile phones.
"God, please help me lose fewer hairs when washing my hair."
Whenever Ning Su saw such remarks, he would become particularly silent.
The fake drug incident caused more trouble than it solved, but with the concerted efforts of various departments, the problem was temporarily solved.
However, Ning Su knew that the market was so hot that if the little monsters had no better place to go, the mole spirit would recruit monsters to continue production.
Based on his understanding of human beings, as long as a person believes that the medicine has effects such as weight loss, whitening, and hair growth, he or she will definitely dare to take it no matter what the side effects are.
In fact, up to now, some smart people have tried to make a profit by acting as second-hand dealers.
When it comes to business, the little demons can’t even catch up with humans.
Thinking about this, Ning Su even thought about this matter when he was sleeping these days, and he didn't even respond when Tang Erbao called him to play games.
However, just because an old problem cannot be solved does not mean that new problems will not arise.
A few days later, another case occurred in City A—two gangs of little demons actually fought in Green Shade Park to compete for the position of the boss of City A.
When the employees of the Monster Bureau received the news and rushed to the scene, they found that the little monsters were fighting in chaos.
Since the little demons were fighting in animal form, there was actually a human passing by and filming them.
Ning Su: “…”
Very good, don’t think about anything, just catch them all.
Faced with the terrifying big demon, who was also a demon from the demon bureau, the little demons did not dare to resist and surrendered. At the same time, human cell phones had to be confiscated and checked, and their memories had to be modified.
In short, all of them were arrested and taken to the demon bureau.
When they arrived at the Monster Bureau, the two waves of little monsters were locked up separately, awaiting the next interrogation. On the contrary, it was the humans who needed to be dealt with quickly.
"Well, I was just passing by and saw the animals fighting, it was really interesting, so I took a photo."
Upon learning that Ning Su was a staff member of an official agency, the young human boy explained very cooperatively.
"By the way, you are the 'hero', right? Why are you an official?"
Hearing the familiar words brought back bad memories. Under Ning Su's gloomy gaze, the young man silently shut up: "...Sorry."
In fact, what this human boy said is right, the fights between these "animals" are indeed exciting to watch.
Although this human had no filming experience and was just recording casually, the effect he produced was more sophisticated than the animal scenes shown in ordinary film and television images.
Of course, these are all monsters!
Ning Su complained silently in his heart.
Not only do the monsters have their own ideas, but because they absorb the essence of the sun and the moon on a daily basis, their hair is also shinier than that of ordinary animals raised by humans.
“Well, I really can’t post these online? I’m a self-media person.”
The boy accidentally captured a beautiful picture and wanted to contribute to his own channel.
"No." Ning Su said firmly.
Ten minutes later, the video on the boy's phone had been transferred to Ning Su's phone. After the transfer, the video was deleted, and he asked his colleagues to blur the boy's memory of that period of time before he sent him out of the monster bureau.
Three minutes later, the magic took effect and the boy looked at the unfamiliar street with some confusion.
Hey, wasn't he clearly at the Green Shade Park? How come he was suddenly on the other side of the city?
Inside the demon bureau, the little demons were trembling.
After dealing with the boy who was watching, it was time to deal with these troublemakers.
But surprisingly, this terrifying monster did not criticize them. Instead, it sat aside and stared at them, not knowing what it was thinking.
After a long time, the young demon suddenly asked: "If I find you a job, would you consider it?"
"?" The little demons never expected there would be such a question and were stunned.
That night, many netizens surfing the Internet curiously discovered that Ning Su’s social media account had been updated.
This account, which has gained five million followers since the "Sword Dancing Under the Moon" clip went viral, suddenly released several videos.
The protagonists in these videos are all animals. In addition to the common cats and dogs, there are also uncommon species such as musk deer, geckos, and snakes.
Among the several videos, except for the first one which is a group performance of animals, the others introduce the animals separately.
But the common feature of all animals is that they are very obedient. No matter what Ning Su says, they can respond accordingly.
It looks like a spirit!
The content posted on Ning Su’s social media was also very direct - he was helping these animals find jobs, and if the crew needed them, they could contact him via email.
In order to find a job quickly, Ning Su also marked words such as "low price, large quantity group purchase".
At this point, not to mention the fans, even the onlookers couldn’t hold it in anymore.
"Brother, are you changing your career to become an animal dealer?"
"Or help me find a job!"
"I can eat, drink and sleep!"
Amid the laughter of the silly netizens, Ning Su's nickname changed from "Hair Growth Immortal" to "AAA Online Helper for Animals Finding Jobs Xiao Ning".
The entire social media is filled with joy.
At the same time, somewhere else in China.
Someone accidentally saw Ning Su's Weibo and jumped up from the bed: "Director, director, look at this, our play seems to be saved!"
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