In the end, Fang Zheng agreed to cooperate with Detective Ida in the investigation, mainly because he was very interested in this so-called "Chang'e City". After all, a city with this name is quite rare. Just because of its name, Fang Zheng wanted to go and see it.

Of course, Sayu also went along.

On the way to Chang'e City, Yida also gave a brief description of the situation.

What Fang Zheng didn't know was that after confirming the existence of monsters and the danger they had been lurking in human society, the Japanese government also stepped up its efforts to clean them up. Of course, they still had no way to clearly distinguish which was a human and which was a monster disguised as a human, but that didn't mean they had no other options. After all, as far as we can see, where these monsters appeared, there would be brutal deaths or large numbers of missing people, so the government followed this idea and classified all the missing reports and cases over the years and arranged them by region.

And Chang'e City thus came within the scope of the investigation.

It is a satellite city, originally just an ordinary small town. It has been expanded in recent years due to nearby modern developments. It was from this time that the situation began to undergo subtle changes.

According to the records, this place seems to have occasional disappearances. Of course, local records and submitted information show that those people are not missing, but have moved. However, moving always requires a new address and detailed records, but these things are not there. On the contrary, those who "moved" seem to have evaporated from the face of the earth and disappeared completely. No matter how much we investigate, we can't find out where those people who moved moved to, and there is no news about them after that.

Although we also requested the local police station to assist in the investigation, but... well, of course, they reported that everything was normal. In the end, even the police officer who was originally in charge of the investigation seemed to have disappeared.

So the Metropolitan Police Department had to send its own people to investigate - and Ida was chosen. After all, Ida was considered quite capable in the Metropolitan Police Department.

"In short, this is the situation in Chang'e City this time."

"Unexplained disappearances, and no reports yet... Well, do you think the local authorities might be deliberately covering it up?"

"This kind of thing generally doesn't happen, but it's hard to say in such a remote place."

Ida shook her head.

"After all, that place is just a remote town. It was only after the dam was built that... uh, what's wrong with you?"

"Oh, nothing."

Fang Zheng put down his hand that was unbuttoning his collar and looked out the car window.

"Just a quick question, there shouldn't have been any weird murders or dismemberment incidents when the dam was being built, right?"

"I haven't heard of that..."

"Oh, that's good..."

"What's wrong?"

"Nothing, just remembered some things from the past..."

Just as Yida said, Chang'e City was a very remote place. Fang Zheng and others set out early in the morning, but only arrived at Chang'e City in the afternoon.

"Wow, this place looks so beautiful."

Looking at everything around, Sayu also widened her eyes excitedly and sighed, and Fang Zheng nodded. Indeed, although Chang'e City is relatively remote, it is surrounded by lush forests and the air is very fresh. Not only that, perhaps because it has just been expanded, the infrastructure and houses here are very new and beautiful. Frankly speaking, if it is not too far away, living here is indeed beneficial to physical and mental health.

I might as well buy a house here. Big cities are good in every way except that there are too many people. It is a good choice to recuperate my body and mind in a place like this.

but……

"Gu..."

"I'm hungry. Let's go eat something first, and then continue our action."

Fang Zheng had been driving for a whole day and was very tired. Sayu nodded, and Detective Ida did not object. So they parked the car in the parking lot and walked into a fast food restaurant next to it.

There happened to be not many people in the fast food restaurant at that moment, so Fang Zheng came to the counter and then saw a young girl coming up to serve him.

"Hello, may I ask..."

However, the girl hadn't finished her words yet. The moment she saw Fang Zheng, her face turned pale instantly, as if she had seen a monster.

"Well...um...please, what do you need?"

"Two hamburger combos and one chicken curry."

“Okay, okay!”

Hearing Fang Zheng's order, the girl nodded hurriedly and then opened the cash register in a hurry.

"Please, please take a seat, we will deliver the meal right away..."

"oh……"

Fang Zheng was bewildered as he watched the girl flee from the counter. She didn't even take his money... This clerk was too careless.

Thinking of this, Fang Zheng turned and looked at Sayu.

"Sayu, is there something wrong with me?"

"Um……"

Hearing Fang Zheng's question, Sayu walked around him and shook her head.

"No, Mr. Fang Zheng, you are no different from usual."

"Then why is that girl so afraid of me?"

Fang Zheng shook his head, puzzled. Just kidding, with this face, he can get anything he wants no matter where he goes. Especially when ordering food, girls will give him some discounts, and some bold ones will even secretly slip him a note when they give him change.

But this girl's reaction was completely different. She looked as if she had seen some vicious gangster boss and was so scared that she wanted to run away. It must be said that this still shocked Fang Zheng a little. After all, with his looks, he shouldn't be treated like this, right?

However, Fang Zheng soon discovered that this situation was not limited to fast food restaurants.

After dinner, Fang Zheng planned to take a walk with Sayu and then find a hotel to stay. However, when he was walking on the shopping street, he saw people around him looking at him with fear. There were men, women, young and old. Although some people didn't care about Fang Zheng, there were still many people who turned pale with fear just by seeing Fang Zheng, and some even collapsed to the ground - this was too exaggerated!

"Do I look that scary?"

As time went by, Fang Zheng himself began to feel a little bit unconfident. It didn't make sense. How could this be?

"No, I think Mr. Fang Zheng is no different from usual."

"But they looked at me as if I were a man-eating tiger."

Recalling what had just happened, Fang Zheng was speechless. He had originally planned to go to a convenience store to buy some chewing gum, but he didn't expect the store manager to be so scared when he saw him coming that he closed the door... Fang Zheng stood in front of the rolling door for a long time without reacting. He also grabbed a person to ask him what was wrong, but the latter just shook his head desperately and couldn't even speak clearly. It felt like he was about to die in the bloody mouth of a monster.

Of course, only some people are like this, while some people have no reaction at all - or rather, their reaction is normal.

Fortunately, the innkeeper that Fang Zheng complained about belonged to this category of people. Facing Fang Zheng and Sayu, the innkeeper greeted them with a smile and then processed the accommodation procedures for them.

"You two have come all the way here, is there something going on?"

"Oh, I'm a photographer, and I came here to take some pictures."

In response to his boss's call, Fang Zheng gave the answer he had prepared long ago - after all, as a photographer, it was natural for him to travel around the world, right?

"Ah, the photographer."

After hearing Fang Zheng's answer, the innkeeper also started talking.

"This is indeed a nice place. Although it's a little remote, it's very beautiful, the air is great, and the local people are very welcoming, aren't they? I never thought of running a hotel here at first, but now it seems to be quite good."

"Indeed, the scenery here is nice, but the people..."

Fang Zheng spread his hands helplessly.

"I don't know why, but I don't seem to be very popular here. Just now when I went to buy something, the shop owner even closed the door."

"Ahahaha, there is actually such a thing, how strange. But there's nothing we can do. After all, there are some people in the local area who don't welcome outsiders. The owner of that store is one of them. He usually doesn't like dealing with outsiders. Maybe he just can't stand you, young man."

“Oh…I see.”

Hearing the innkeeper's words, Fang Zheng narrowed his eyes. Indeed, on his way here just now, some people kept their distance from him, while some people didn't care at all. Now it seems that those who kept their distance from him or even felt afraid of him should be the local residents. And those who didn't have such a strange reaction to him should be people from outside like the innkeeper.

But even so, what on earth was there about me that made the locals so nervous? Could it be that the locals here had some special abilities?

Could it be that he was infected with some parasitic disease like the people in a certain village...

But at least Fang Zheng did not notice any difference between them and ordinary people, but he could indeed feel that, unlike ordinary outsiders, there seemed to be a wildness hidden in the eyes of the locals - well, it was just quite different from the wild murderous aura of the deformed monsters.

It seems that this place really hides some secret.