Ji Huan saw Yefar under martial law for the first time.
A piercing alarm sounded, as dozens of aircraft flew back and forth in the sky, along with multiple black vehicles running rampant on the narrow road.
All the demons that were still on the street stood in place.
Some unknown young demons wanted to run away and hide at first, but they were immediately knocked to the ground by invisible pressure before they could even move a metre. Then they were immediately captured by demons in black cloaks and taken away.
All the demons were interrogated one by one. The only ones still walking on the street at this time were those wearing black cloaks. However, they actually did things in an orderly manner, and most of them were in groups. When they encounter someone suspicious, or demons that are not very cooperative, they would rush over and surround them.
There were only some demons outside.
Those demons walked alone, some wearing black cloaks, some wearing ordinary grey cloaks, and some with flashy gaudy cloaks that didn’t look like Yefar people.
They slowly walked step by step, occasionally pointing to a certain place, causing a large wave of black-cloaked demons to rush over, and before long, a well-hidden demon was caught from the direction they pointed at.
Ji Huan frowned slightly.
As if he could see his doubts, the old demon Adan next to him suddenly spoke: “The people in black cloaks are the people under Nine Demons. They rely on the organization to become powerful, and many of these demons belong to the organization, while the others are just hired hands. They should be demons with detection abilities. This kind of ability is best used for hunting.”
Ji Huan nodded lightly.
He now knows more about this world: He originally thought that the demons here are not much different from the humans in his hometown, except for their appearance, strength, and speed that were not at the same level. However, after living here for so long, he gradually realised that there were too many differences between humans and demons here!
In addition to being born with a higher physical fitness, most demons also have their own “magic ability”.
Just like Western fantasy novels, when a certain movie became popular, Ji Huan also saw many introductions about the movie on TV, and it was precisely because of this that he came up with these ideas. As for Asian fantasy novels— Ji Huan rarely went online, even if he went online to look up information, he has never read the popular cultivation novels on the internet.
So now he can only use those Western fantasy novels to barely imagine the current situation.
If those magicians still need to chant spells to use their magic, then the demons here can naturally use their “magic”, such as Hei Dan’s ability to warm the water in hot springs, Xiao Hui’s teleportation ability, and Grandpa’s own reading glasses. Ability←Speaking of this, I haven’t had time to say it before, but Ji Huan and even the person involved only discovered it recently:
Wasn’t grandpa’s health very bad before? Later, after coming here and returning to a normal diet, grandpa’s health finally began to improve, but his vision left behind a sequelae, which is a bit of farsightedness, commonly known as presbyopia.
At first, Ji Huan polished a pair of reading glasses for his Grandpa to wear, but later Ah Jin gave him a more suitable pair, and grandpa wore reading glasses every day to hunt.
However, grandpa’s speed is quite fast, so the reading glasses often fall off when he runs. Although he cherishes them very much, he still dropped two pairs of reading glasses several times, and he almost lost the pair given by Ah Jin!
After this incident, he became particularly careful and only used reading glasses at ordinary times. When hunting, he took them off and relied on intuition.
Until one day: the lamb-horned demon suddenly discovered that his vision was very clear when hunting!
At first, he was startled: He thought he had forgotten to take off his glasses, but after a quick touch, he discovered that he was not wearing reading glasses at all. He could see clearly with his own eyes.
Ji Huan initially thought that this was a sign of improved vision, but later he discovered that he still had to rely on reading glasses to see clearly in daily life. It was only then that he concluded that this was his Grandpa’s “magic ability”.
It’s a bit of a weak ability, but Ji Huan’s family was very happy.
But thinking of Grandpa, Ji Huan frowned: Grandpa and Naji should still be setting up the stall in the market at this time. Naji is not a person with common sense, and he is also very powerful, and the two of them are still carrying Hei Dan…
Ji Huan instantly became worried.
However, those “black cloaks” finally came to the testing area.
However, for some unknown reason, those “black cloaks” didn’t rush forward as fiercely as they did against others. They looked towards the direction of the testing area, as if they were afraid of something. Finally, a demon that was previously responsible for “investigation” work came over.
He was wearing a floral cloak.
He should one of the “hired hands” of what Adan referred to as “does not belong to Yefar”.
Those people are extremely vicious. Ji Huan had seen them extorting confessions when he was standing at the door before. In their hands, the evil-looking Yefar demon was like a pitiful creature being oppressed, unable to resist.
Ji Huan thought that they must have released some extremely terrifying pressure on the “person being questioned” during the “interrogation” process.
He is also prepared.
However—
The demon wearing a floral cloak originally walked over at a same calm pace. However, just when he entered the range of two metres away from Ji Huan and the old demon, he hesitated for about three seconds before finally coming over.
“Hello.” When he opened his mouth, his voice was actually extremely polite.
“Hello.” Ji Huan also replied in a professional tone.
Adan, on the other hand, ignored the other party, not paying him any attention.
“Excuse me, may I ask, what did you do from 10 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. today? Please tell me the entire itinerary, including which demons you met, what interactions those demons had with you, all of it…please tell me.” The other person’s tone was very calm and polite. If Ji Huan hadn’t seen how he interrogated the demons outside, he would have almost thought that the other party was such a polite demon.
“I have been doing tests, and then I went to Agawa’s house to buy lunch.” Adan answered first.
“Okay, thank you for your cooperation, then… the next one.” The flower-cloaked demon actually trembled for a moment.
Ji Huan sensitively noticed this subtle change and wondered if Adan had done something to scare the other party again.
“Now, it’s your turn to answer.” As the flower-cloaked demon turned to him, Ji Huan suddenly felt a tremor in his heart.
He remembered that “dream” and when he thought of Asimu’s other “job” in the “dream”, he suddenly associated the assassination of the Nine Demons with Asimu.
Ji Huan was startled, but his mouth did not stop talking. He still answered the other party’s question at the same pace and tone as before:
“From 10:00 am to 11:10 am in the morning, my boss and I received the customers who came for testing. There were five customers in total. Their names were…”
Then, it’s the part when Asimu came.
Ji Huan suddenly became nervous, but his tone remained unchanged: “… Then I received the custom-made office furniture from Yuma City, and it took about two hours to tidy up the office. After that, I tested two more customers… which ended at 3:00 p.m., followed by a pre-employment training course for customers who have purchased resumes.”
He mentioned Asimu’s part lightly.
“What’s the name of the person who delivered the courier? What does he look like?” The flower-cloaked demon asked next.
“He didn’t tell me today, and besides, he was wearing a cloak.”
He didn’t tell me his name today because he had already told me before.
Ji Huan spoke in a calm tone.
The flower-cloaked demon asked a few more questions, and Ji Huan answered them without letting anything slip. After that, the other party said goodbye and left.
Ji Huan let out a breath. Then, turning around, he and Adan returned to the office together.
He didn’t know that just after they left, the flower-cloaked demon also breathed a sigh of relief.
“How was it? There aren’t any suspicious demons hiding in their yard, right?” The black-cloaked demons waiting aside immediately surrounded him.
The reason why the flower-cloaked demon was sent out was because he had the strongest detection ability. They did not dare to send people to search the testing area, so they had to send out the most powerful demon among them.
The verbal questioning was only superficial. What he was really doing was using his ability to scan the entire testing area during the conversation!
“No. There are only two demons in the testing area. There are seven bone monsters under the bed in one of the bedrooms, and there is a monster corpse in a green stone in the yard. Other than that, there is nothing in their yard!”
A nest of bone monsters growing under the bed in the bedroom, it’s really dirty! Fortunately, other areas except the bedroom are clean and tidy. I really don’t know what their standards are for organising the room.
But——
“No wonder you didn’t dare to go and search. What is the background of those two demons?” Wiping the cold sweat under his cloak, the flower-cloaked demon suddenly asked the black-cloaked demon who was leading the team.
“The old one looks weak but is actually not suspicious. As for the young one…” He suddenly shuddered. “His cloak is full of the bloody smell of demons, fresh and smelly. I can guarantee that he has killed more than a hundred demons in the past two days! After investigating so far, he’s the one with the strongest smell of blood on his body. Don’t you plan to investigate him?”
“Haha.” The demon leading the team next to him smiled bitterly: “I know what the smell of blood on his body is all about. It’s not him. He had an agreement with the Nine Demons, and he won’t be the one to do it.”
“Alright, let’s continue the search in the next area!” Waving his hand, the black-cloaked demon immediately led his men to the next area.
The flower-cloaked demon left behind looked back at the testing area, thinking of the bloody smell on the young demon before, as if it came from the bloody sea of hell…
He trembled for a moment, then hurriedly followed the large group and left.
As for Ji Huan in the room——
After rearranging his grey cloak, he said goodbye to Adan.
It was already time to get off work, and it was also not a peaceful day. He was really worried about Grandpa and the others in his heart, so he said goodbye to Adan and left in a hurry.
The author has something to say:
What my aunt left behind: a grey cloak stained with the smell of blood that cannot be washed away for a hundred years.
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My uncle just wore it without any awareness.
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