Afterlife Department

Chapter 140 – Instigator

After Yi Bing left Huo Ling to Feng Er and Si Shui, he and Di San, along with Liu Lin, flew to the direction where the scream came from.

Just as they arrived at the vicinity, looking for the place where the scream came from, they smelled a strong scent of blood. "Ugh." Liu Lin groaned in disgust as he covered his nose. He can seal his sense of smell, but not right now since they are in a Special World which is filled with danger everywhere.

"Which direction?" Yi Bing calmly asked, his expression not deterred by the smell of blood.

"Northwest." Di San answered and he flew. Yi Bing followed behind him, together with Liu Lin who was holding back his complaints. "This is…" Di San said as his eyes widened in shock. He stood on top of the tree and was looking at a dark villa.

Yi Bing and Liu Lin landed on the neighboring trees and also looked at the villa. All lights were off, but they saw through the glass walls the broken bulbs on the floor. The broken pieces of bulbs, some were floating while some soaked in blood.

"Murder?" Liu Lin spoke as he looked around. Then, he closed his eyes. "I don't sense another person within one kilometer." He told them. He is the fourth who has an earth ability, and his ability is plant type. "Were we too late?" he asked.

However, Yi Bing and Di San didn't answer. They weren't late, if the murderer that escaped is a human. Liu Lin finally sensed something's wrong and he pressed his lips tight.

"Call the police." Yi Bing finally said.

Liu Lin nodded and took out his phone to make an anonymous call. Meanwhile, Yi Bing and Di San looked at each other. Their gazes speaking.

Was this that archangel's doing? Yi Bing thought before he shook his head. Archangels cannot kill since killing is a sin. If it wasn't a human who killed the person inside the villa, then the murderer is… "A yao." Yi Bing muttered.

Di San looked at him and remembered this world's setting. Humans and yao. If it is not a human, then it is a yao. He sighed and looked around the villa. "A wake?" he said when he saw one of the wings of the villa.

"A wake?" Liu Lin said as he kept his phone after his call. "Then, it's a vile ghost that killed the person inside?" he said.

"Most probably." Yi Bing said as his brows knit. He overreacted again, suspecting that archangel.

Di San is aware of what is Yi Bing thinking thus he didn't say anything more. "Let's look for that ghost. As for the crime scene, let's just leave it to the police." He said.

"Yes." Liu Lin nodded.

Yi Bing silently followed behind them. They didn't notice that a shadow moved behind a tree and a person wearing a white coat that's blending with the moonlight appeared. He watched the three figures leaping on top of the trees, going further away. Then, he returned to the shadows and disappeared.

Back to the hotel, Feng Er was watching fashion shows while Si Shui was typing on the keyboard as Huo Ling instructed him.

"So the official news finally came out." Huo Ling muttered as he stared at the computer screen after he asked Si Shui to search in the internet the news about the death of the celebrities he saw in the Ascend Cruise Ship. "Jury Pete. Jacqueline…" he muttered as he had Si Shui open each news one by one. Then, he saw the post of the deceased celebrities' friends. "Luo Ying." He added when he saw the Huayue Entertainment posted Luo Ying's death, along with his manager.

The fans commented and reposted, asking why would Luo Ying be on the Ascend Cruise Ship when he has an upcoming movie to be filmed. Some black fans said that, with the wealthy and famous people aboard the Ascend Cruise Ship, there must be an unspoken rule happening. Some even blackened Luo Ying's manager, Jing Li, saying that it must be Jing Li forcing Luo Ying to do the unspoken rule. The rational fans defended Jing Li, stating that Luo Ying had never had a scandal even once because of Jing Li protecting Luo Ying, so why would Jing Li sell Luo Ying?

The Huayue Entertainment, and also Song Jinrong, knew that Luo Ying's reputation shouldn't be stained, even Jing Li's, since the company's reputation will also be dragged down with them, immediately had their PR department control the netizens. Finally, they released a fake schedule of Luo Ying, stating that Luo Ying boarded the Ascend Cruise Ship to relax and not do an unspoken rule. Unfortunately, and regrettably, this ended Luo Ying.

However, those in the know sneered. The truth is that Luo Ying's agent sold Luo Ying to an investor. Jing Li, overprotective of Luo Ying, knew too late and immediately followed to save Luo Ying.

This person, who knew everything, immediately started to battle against the Huayue Entertainment.

"Was it really Jing Li? Or that pompous agent who only knows how to bootlick that sold Luo Ying?"

The netizens finally woke up. That's right! Why are they focusing on the overprotective manager? There's that shitty agent! After being enlightened, they immediately counterattacked.

"Hahaha. No wonder why I felt something's off. Why things are pinning the overprotective manager. It's actually this shitty agent who, after finding everything went downhill and even resulted of his good artist's death, must be ridden with guilt and now trying to shift all the blame to the overprotective manager who, not only wanted to save Luo Ying, but also died along with Luo Ying."

"He tried to preempt an attack, not knowing it'd backfire."

"This is karma."

"Shitty agent! Come out!"

"Leave this circle, you shitty agent!"

The agent, on the other side of the screen, gnashed his teeth in anger. Not long after and he received a call from the Huayue Entertainment. His face paled as he listened to them telling him they will fire him and would not help him regain his reputation. Instead, it was the company's reputation he dragged down.

They are sacrificing him! They are abandoning him! The agent felt a burning anger on his chest as he decided to throw everything on the fire! Huayue Entertainment abandoning him? Then, he'll drag them down with him!

The news about Cai Cai and Hannah, who were teenage models and young actresses, was drowned because of the agent and Huayue Entertainment's war. Who cares about these two young girls? Luo Ying is more important! This is the hottest star, Luo Ying! Some fans of Luo Ying were still grieving, while some turned their grief to loathing towards the agent of Luo Ying! Some who were more rational, still didn't believe the news about their idol's death and asked that maybe the Huayue Entertainment was just hyping Luo Ying.

However, who would use their company's money tree, Luo Ying, his death just to make some hype? Luo Ying fans still asked the Huayue Entertainment if Luo Ying's death was really confirmed. Suddenly, everything paused and fell silent as they waited the Huayue Entertainment's reply.

Huayue Entertainment thought it was their chance to recover their reputation, so they confirmed Luo Ying's death and told them Luo Ying's corpse was claimed. They also expressed their grief once again. But, the fans don't care of their grief. The fans only cared about their own grief. Thus, the Huayue Entertainment was flamed again along with the agent about Luo Ying's unspoken rules.

The one who instigated this all, the one who broke this news, was already buried with the millions comments of raining curses to the Huayue Entertainment who never cared about their artists and instead exploited them while they also cursed the shitty agent of Luo Ying who only always thinks of his own gains.

The Huayue Entertainment had their hands full calming the raging netizens. By the time they looked for the instigator of this event, the instigator had already disappeared.

As for the foreign media's news…

"The cabinet member Mr. Julius Pete will hold a grand funeral for his late daughter, Ms. Jury Pete, at the xxx on XX:XX A.M. …" the News Daily publishing company released the news along with Julius Pete's interview.

"Breaking News! The Inevitable Bankruptcy of Renata Corp.! After Mr. Renata Yuu's death, the Renata Corp. had to compensate the Ascend Cruise Ship, along with the its victims' families for the shipwreck after the engine's failure…" the Daily Times published after given the tip of the Renata Corp.'s early bankruptcy.

"New Arising…" the Arab Business Times released a tabloid.

However, the most eye-catching news is –

"Mr. Thomas Wilson was brokenhearted but he remained his silence even after being questioned about his wife's, Ms. Jacqueline's, affair with his best friend Mr. Loui Ford to preserve Ms. Jacqueline's and Mr. Loui Ford's reputation!" the New Times magazine published.