"Captain, I've thought about it seriously. Our team's mission is not much different from that of constables. An excellent constable is someone who is suspicious of everything. Think about it, how could the mastermind behind such a great calamity in the underworld not have a certain status?"
"It is precisely because he is the King of Hell that he has the ability to launch a great calamity. Of course, the King of Hell cannot do it personally; he can only plot from behind the scenes. Therefore, it is perfectly normal for him to have two subordinates to fight for him. Look, aren't the job assignments of those three ghosts just right?"
"Besides, don't you think it's suspicious that they're all hanging around like this? Captain, you absolutely can't let your guard down. I have more experience with this kind of thing than you do. They're definitely suspects, and they're probably the real culprit!"
"If you're afraid of alerting them, I'll secretly monitor them for you. I'm sure I can find evidence of their crimes. Then you can leave the interrogation to me. I guarantee they'll confess honestly."
Li Kui, with his eyes wide open, actually managed to spout a whole set of principles. The fairy listened in astonishment, almost opening her mouth to tell Li Kui to hurry up and find evidence of Yama's collusion with others. That way, he could probably return to Heaven to hand over his mission in no time, which would be quick and easy.
But she immediately realized that this was too absurd and hurriedly shook her head repeatedly.
"Who do you think Yama is? Do you think you can spy on him without being discovered? Wouldn't that just alert him? This matter needs to be handled indirectly. Come with me; I have an even more important task for you."
The fairy knew that Li Kui was not very bright, so she was too lazy to explain to him anymore. She just kept him calm with her words. She couldn't help but wonder how Li Kui, with his casual nature, could have been the head of the security department of the Nantianmen Customs Administration for hundreds of years without making any mistakes.
Little did she know that Li Kui had spent most of his time as director in the Demon Realm, where he stayed with his brothers. His position at the Nantianmen Customs Administration was merely nominal; he had only recently become director and was being closely watched by two successive Directors Mo.
Therefore, Li Kui was summoned by the fairy to join the investigation team, which temporarily relieved Director Mo of a heavy burden.
"Where is your soul lantern?" she asked casually as she pondered to herself.
"What soul lantern?" Li Kui asked blankly.
The fairy thought to herself that this person probably didn't even know that soul lanterns were needed to move around in the underworld, so she gestured to Li Kui with the lantern in her hand.
"Here it is. It's inconvenient to travel in the underworld without it," the fairy said.
“What would a grown man like me need this thing for? If I don’t know the way, can’t I just ask? Anyone who dares to ignore me, the boss’s axe will come down and chop open even the tightest mouth,” Li Kui said, shaking his head.
"You...you didn't kill the ghost when you came down here, did you?"
The fairy was taken aback. If Li Kui entered the underworld and killed ghosts without cause, after all, the great calamity had just ended and ghost lives were much more precious than before. If the higher-ups of the underworld took it to heart, this guy would inevitably get himself into some trouble.
"I did want to kill them, but these guys are too clever. They just enthusiastically pointed me in the right direction, which made me feel embarrassed to kill them," Li Kui said helplessly.
"You should go and report to Yama, the on-duty supervisor of the Underworld, and you'll receive a soul lamp, an Underworld cell phone, and other office supplies. Instead of running around like a headless fly, it's a shame that so many immortals have entered the Underworld, and its daily order hasn't been restored yet..."
"There's even a ghost who has time to guide you. If it were any other time, you would probably have already caused a huge disaster." The fairy breathed a sigh of relief and couldn't help but scold Li Kui.
"What trouble have I caused? It's just killing a few ghosts. Back in the day, I even slew several immortals." Li Kui said nonchalantly.
Upon hearing his words, the fairy maiden trembled inwardly, secretly regretting that she had listened to Wang Yao's recommendation and brought this guy into the team. She didn't know whether it was a blessing or a curse.
At the entrance of the passage, Fairy sent a message to Caixia, explaining her and Li Kui's itinerary and telling Caixia that if the mission was completed, she could go to the creative group on the tenth floor to meet up with them. Then she and Li Kui left floor zero and headed to the tenth floor.
Upon reaching the tenth floor, the entrance guide had already been killed by the Three-Headed Ghost King. Without a ghost to lead the way, the two were fortunate to have a soul lamp lantern in their hands, so they were not afraid of getting lost. The two teleported continuously and soon arrived at the creative group.
The fortune teller had been to the underground archive room before, so it wasn't unfamiliar. She and Li Kui took the elevator down, and as soon as they stepped out of the elevator, they heard arguing coming from inside.
"Nonsense! Guo Xiaomei is seven or eight years older than Mo Luopo, both over fifty years old, and she has a husband. How could she possibly have feelings for Mo Luopo?" This was Wang Yao's voice.
"Why not? Feelings have no boundaries. Besides, Molopo has a good personality and is quite wealthy. It's only natural that Guo Xiaomei would be interested in him. Moreover, this is just a side plot; it might happen, or it might not..."
"If Molopo hadn't had that drinking session with her husband, or if Molopo hadn't drunk too much and revealed her family's wealth, wouldn't none of this have happened?"
The voice belonged to the group leader. After all, the fairy was an immortal with an excellent memory. Once she heard the group leader's voice, she remembered it firmly.
Although she could distinguish the voices, she was still puzzled as to what Wang Yao and Gao Qunzhu were discussing.
“Well… my parents are right. It’s really wrong for a married woman to have feelings for another man. It’s very immoral.” This was the monk Hui Shuo speaking again.
"But...didn't Guo Xiaomei's fortune teller say that she and her husband didn't have a good relationship? Her husband was an alcoholic who liked to abuse his wife when he was drunk. Isn't it normal for Guo Xiaomei to fall for the gentle Mo Luopo?"
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