"Lord Judge, I suspect that the one causing trouble this time is not a ghost.”
After listening to the old judge's words, Xia Yuyang thought that it was true. On the way to the Netherworld, he had thought that the ghost bus would definitely not be found on the Netherworld's register. If it was just a simple case of the Netherworld bus driver escaping, he would not have made a special trip down. If the Netherworld did not even notice this, then it would really be dereliction of duty.
"Taoist Priest Zhang of the Xuan An Temple was invited to perform a ritual, but there were no traces of ghosts there.”
"But the other party is pretending to be a ghost." Xie Bian, who had been silent all this while, suddenly spoke. Xia Yuyang and the judge looked at him, waiting for him to explain.
"We can imagine a scenario. If you were an ordinary person and met a paper bus called 'Want You Dead (124)' outside in the middle of the night, with a paper human driver on board, would your first reaction be to think that you had encountered a ghost?”
Xia Yuyang was enlightened, but what was the other party's motive for doing this? Hiding his tracks?
"Recently, Inferno's reputation in the human world has not been good.”Xie Bian said again.
There was a reputation index in the human world? This was the first time Xia Yuyang had heard of this.
"Indeed, I was the one who organized this.”The judge answered and walked back to the table to take out a piece of paper. On it were written the words " Human World's Reputation Assessment Form ". In the middle was a large section of densely packed small words, and at the end was a conspicuous " Poor " word.
"The human world has limited knowledge of the Six Paths, especially now that the Demonic Dao has faded from the human world. Only the idea that after death, the soul will enter the underworld to wait for reincarnation has been passed down. Therefore, naturally, when someone in the mortal world encountered an evil incident, the first reaction was to blame it on the ghost. As the place where the ghost was ruled, the underworld would also be affected by the resentment of the mortal world. Recently, we found that this evaluation index was different. We thought that the underworld was not doing its job well and did not catch the ghosts that were lingering outside in time, which led them to cause trouble everywhere. Now it seems that there is more to this.”
Xie Bian had gone out for work today to investigate this matter. In the end, he went out for a walk, but he did not find any wandering spirits in the area he was patrolling. He had just returned home when he received the news from Xia Yuyang.
"If this indicator is not good, will it affect the Inferno?”Ever since Xia Yuyang joined Inferno, as a supernumerary employee, he had never taken the initiative to understand the rules of Inferno other than assisting Xie Bian and the others in completing some tasks.
"It's hard to tell in the early stages, but after a few drops make a mickle, the Netherworld might face a calamity.”Xie Bian said seriously.
Xia Yuyang jumped in shock when he heard the word " disaster ". Was it that serious? Before he could continue asking, the judge gave an explanation.
"If the human world has too many negative emotions towards the underworld, it will seriously weaken the credibility of the underworld. To a certain extent, the underworld is also supported by the power of faith, just like some temples and Taoist temples. The more incense there is, the more spiritual it will be. Now that the Six Paths were led by humans, the other paths had basically retreated. This meant that the main source of the power of faith in the underworld was the human world. If the human world no longer trusted us, or even complained, then the order of the underworld might collapse.”
It was actually like this! "Including the Xuan An Temple, the temples and Taoist temples in various places have been very popular recently, especially the Shing Wong Temple in the capital. It is said that it is difficult to even squeeze into it. In that case, doesn't the underworld have a confrontational relationship with these temples? This is strong and the other is weak?"
"You can't make such a general assumption. Under normal circumstances, the temples in the underworld and the human world maintain a balanced relationship. It's normal for people to seek marriage, career, and studies. However, recently, the incense in the temples has been abnormally strong. It can only mean that many people are uneasy and go to pray to the gods and Buddha. As I said before, humans are used to blaming the supernatural factors of uneasiness on ghosts, and the underworld is unknowingly blamed for poor supervision. A situation like this is extremely disadvantageous to the Inferno. Before order collapses, our strength will be weakened. This is the easiest time for us to take advantage of the situation.”
Xie Bian had been running around trying to find out what was wrong with the indicators, but he had never found any clear clues. The peace in the world a while ago seemed like the calm before the storm to him. Now that trouble had started to show, he was relieved. At least there was a direction to investigate. Otherwise, everything they had done would have been useless.
"The most important thing now is to catch the thing that controls the paper bus. This is a breakthrough. Brother Xie, I think it's best for you to stay in the capital. Don't lose the fishing boats in the capital. I'll stay in J-City to help Priest Zhang.”
"Alright, contact me if you find anything new.”Xie Bian agreed with this statement. The capital was very important. Although Xia Yuyang was outstanding, he was not a regular employee of the Inferno. He did not have the authority to mobilize manpower as much as him. It was difficult for one fist to fight against four hands. If something really happened to the capital, Xia Yuyang might not be able to hold on.
"Bring Lan Feng with you. If the true dragon is there, the dragon energy will be there. It should be able to protect the capital.”Moreover, Lan Feng and Great White were always restless when they were together. Lan Feng wanted to play with Great White like he was playing with cats and dogs every day. He forced the shy and introverted Great White to go berserk several times. It was better to separate them.
"Lan Feng's combat power is so high, is it okay if you don't bring him along?”Even though he knew that the best place for the True Dragon to go was indeed in the capital, Xia Yuyang himself did not have many people he could mobilize. If he were to take Lan Feng away, he was afraid that Xia Yuyang's side would instead become a weakness in the eyes of those with ulterior motives.
"No problem, I can take Li Yu away.”The Corpse King had been adapting well in the Netherworld these days. He managed those ghosts in an orderly manner. There were fewer fights in the prison of the Netherworld. It could be considered that he had successfully atoned for his sins.
"Then that's it, Lord Judge. I'll leave the Netherworld to you.”Xia Yuyang and Xie Bian said to the old judge in unison.
…" I'm really just an old clerk in charge of documents. Why do you always give me such a stressful task?
After the man and the two ghosts finished their discussion, Xia Yuyang was about to go to the prison to call Li Yu back. At this moment, a piece of white paper burning with ghost fire appeared out of thin air in the hall."28 cases of missing persons in five days. The situation is urgent. I hope the underworld will lend a helping hand to the human world. The Special Investigation Department has sent an urgent message." It was a letter from the human world.
"The other party's actions are getting bigger and bigger, we can't delay any longer. I'll immediately go to the Mysterious Peace Temple to discuss countermeasures with Taoist Priest Zhang. Brother Xie, hurry up and set off for the capital.”
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