Afterlife Department

Chapter 34 – Question

"Song… Song Mingfan – " Xiao Xie called, panic on his face and his voice trembled as he tried to reach for Song Mingfan's cheek that turned blue after he instinctively punched him. "I – I didn't mean that. You scared me – " he said.

"Let… go away from me!" Song Mingfan said and he suddenly struggled from his colleagues' grasp. "Go away!" he said again.

Xiao Xie didn't dare go near him again in case Song Mingfan would bite him again. Song Mingfan is his senior. Seeing he was so timid even if he's a police officer, he always bullied him. Even now, he tried to bite him! Is his instinct of bullying him still there even though he was possessed? He thought. "Chief." He called to Gu Xingfeng. "What do we do next?" he asked and looked at the three other police officers. The one Fu Ling possessed was being subdued by their fellow officers and was eyed by Hao Baiyun.. The other one was eyed by Hao Baiyun's servant. The third one was on Gu Xingfeng's hands and the fourth one is the one who possessed Song Mingfang. The three other souls were the ones whose corpse was found in unit 203 – Tan Yu's unit!

"Where is Tan Yu?" Gu Xingfeng asked Hao Baiyun.

Hao Baiyun scanned his gaze on the four police officers. "Him." He pointed the police officer in Gu Xingfeng's hands.

"I've hit the jackpot." Gu Xingfeng smiled as he looked at the police officer under his foot. "Don't play dead… ah. You're already dead – " he said. This was directed at Tan Yu, yet the police officers can't help but cast a sympathetic look on their colleague subdued by their chief.

As expected, the police officer – Zhang Bao, struggled under Gu Xingfeng's foot. But, Gu Xingfeng just exerted more pressure. The police officers sweated when they heard something cracked. Zhang Bao, brother, just hold on! They thought and prayed for Zhang Bao when he wakes up. "Damn it." It was Tan Yu. "Kill me!" he told Gu Xingfeng.

"You're already dead. It's no fun killing you." Gu Xingfeng said. "It was Xu Wenrong who killed you and your friends?" he asked.

Hearing the old man's name, the police officer's face had an ugly look and his eyes turned vicious. His friends shivered. Brother, we can't un-see this face of yours in the future! They thought and looked at Zhang Bao, eyes full of pity since it was Tan Yu making different kinds of expressions on Zhang Bao's face. "Damn that old man! He won't be reincarnated! Hahahaha!" Tan Yu laughed. "His soul is already eaten! His soul was eaten!" he said.

"Who ate Xu Wenrong's soul?" Hao Baiyun asked.

Hearing the question, Tan Yu suddenly fell silent. Gu Xingfeng's eyes narrowed and he pressed on Zhang Bao's nape. "Ugh!" Tan Yu cried. Since he was possessing the body now, if they can control it, then they would also feel pain if the body was hurt. This is the price of possession. "A monster! It's a monster!" he said.

"If Xu Wenrong's soul was eaten, who was controlling his body?" Hao Baiyun asked.

"I don't know!" Tan Yu answered.

"Then, why did you still kill Xu Wenrong?" Hao Baiyun asked.

"Can't we avenge ourselves, at least killing that damn old man's body?!" Tan Yu said, his teeth gnashing in anger.

Now knowing Xu Wenrong's inclinations, they could guess how Tan Yu, Wei Jing and Wu She died. "How can we expel them from the body?" Gu Xingfeng asked Hao Baiyun and saw Fu Ling and the other police officer that was possessed were struggling. Song Mingfan was better since he was stronger than the soul that possessed him, fighting with all his might.

"Jing Yu is on his way." Hao Baiyun answered. Jing Yu is his assistant director. The Supernatural Department on unit 412 can't leave the room since they were suppressing Fu Ling, Tan Yu, Wei Jing and Wu She's soul inside the police officers' body. Seeing Gu Xingfeng has no problem with the arrangement, Hao Baiyun turned back to Tan Yu. "Where is this monster now?" he continued to ask.

"Gone." Tan Yu answered.

"Where did it go?"

"Killed." Tan Yu said and gritted his teeth.

Hao Baiyun's brows knit. "Who killed it?" he asked.

"… don't know." Tan Yu lowered his gaze.

"Why are you, Fu Ling, Wei Jing and Wu She are safe, then?" Hao Baiyun asked again.

Hearing this, Wei Jing laughed. He's possessing the police officer Hao Baiyun's servant subdued – Xue Liping. "'safe'?" he said. "We're just small souls. How can we be safe? We're the first ones the monsters will devour. If we didn't hide, then we would have already died." He said and bitterly laughed.

Gu Xingfeng and his subordinates don't understand what Wei Jing was saying. However, seeing what happened tonight, they knew the monster Wei Jing was talking about is really frightening. It ate Xu Wenrong's soul? That's too scary!

Meanwhile, Hao Baiyun and his servant looked at each other – their eyes talking. A monster that eats souls appeared, and someone killed it. Could it be the shadow I saw this noon in Fu Ling's unit? Hao Baiyun thought. He was about to say 'strange' when he remembered Gu Xingfeng was here. He bit his tongue to prevent himself from talking.

Since they can't move away from their position because the Supernatural Department laid an array just a floor below them to subdue Fu Ling, Tan Yu, Wei Jing and Wu She's soul inside the police officers' body, they have to wait for the man named Jing Yu to arrive. They can't carelessly move in their position, so they could only talk to each other with hushed voices under the heavy rain.

"We really thought it was you who was possessed earlier." A police officer who was holding Song Mingfan said.

Xiao Xie grimaced. "Chief and young master Hao planned while on their way here. They used me to lower everyone's guard in order to find out the souls who were possessed." He explained.

One of them curiously asked. "How did you distinguish who was possessed?"

Xiao Xie forced a laugh. "I can't." he answered. "Young master Hao called the Supernatural Department to deal with the ghosts. Meanwhile, Chief said that whoever moved after he called me out, we should attack." He explained. "It was dark. Mingfan was nearest to me and I saw him moved from his position, thus I immediately subdued him." He said.

They looked at Xiao Xie with awe in their eyes. How lucky is this kid?! They thought. But… they looked at the trembling Song Mingfan. Song Mingfan always bullied Xiao Xie. Could it be Xiao Xie was just looking for a chance to get back to Song Mingfan, and he hit the jackpot?! (A/N: they meant that Song Mingfan just happened to be possessed. Xiao Xie sure is lucky.)