17:40 the next day.

Daylight hours in Texas are dwindling day by day, and street lights are already lit up outside the window.

Knock knock.

"Wait a minute!"

Kiriha opened the door and saw an uninvited guest standing at the door.

"Is it Mr. Kiritha?"

"Hmm. ”

"We are the Special Information Processing Centre of the Police Department. ”

"The Special Data Processing Center is a ......"

"Regarding yesterday's incident, we would like to ask you to go to the police station. ”

Kiritha immediately understood that the other party was from the police, but he was wearing civilian clothes.

"Wait a minute, I'll change my clothes. ”

Last night, as the only survivor in the "path" at that time, Kiriba naturally became an important clue. The police also contacted him soon after, and the caller was a female police officer with a beautiful voice, in order to let him cooperate with the police investigation, the other party promised that as long as he arrived at the police station, he would answer his questions.

"Are you alright?"

"Hmm. ”

Several plainclothes police officers took him to the police station in a car. Kiriha followed them, and after navigating a few corridors, they stopped in front of a remote office.

Kiritha looked up and saw the label on the door frame.

——Special Data Processing Center——

"This is it. ”

The other party pushed open the door, and Kiripa couldn't help but glance in from the open door, and saw the mature and tall woman standing in the room at a glance.

She wears clean light makeup, her face is very beautiful, and she is extremely attractive, and the smile on her face is kind and attractive. She was dressed in a tight uniform, which complimented her slim figure well.

"You're Kiriha, please come in. ”

A woman's voice came from inside, similar to the one on the phone last night. The officer behind him tapped him on the shoulder and motioned for him to come in.

There was a smell of tobacco-scented perfume in the room.

With a little nervousness and curiosity, he walked in and first looked around the layout, and found that there were five rows of bookshelves in the room, which were full of materials, and in the corner of the wall were bulging yellow file bags, and there were gray-green combination locks next to the shelves.

There was a clean table in front of the bookshelf with only three water glasses on it, and there were only three people in the room at this time, and in addition to Kiripa and the female police officer, there was also a young girl.

The girl had her back to him, and she couldn't see her face. When Kiriha entered, the girl was talking to the woman.

"Open the window, it's a bad smell every time you come. ”

"The ventilation fan has been opened, and if you open the window, the wind will blow the data everywhere. ”

"Even a little bit, I'm about to suffocate. ”

The woman saw Kiripa come in, and a smile appeared on her face.

"You may be seated. ”

She gestured to the chair beside her.

Because the girl was sitting on a chair near the side of the door, out of politeness, he subconsciously went around and sat opposite the girl. The consequence of this is that he naturally sees the girl's face.

"It's you!"

Kiritha immediately recognized it as the girl who sent him home yesterday.

"By the way, you know. ”

The female police officer smiled slightly.

"This young lady is the one who sent me back yesterday. ”

"I know. At the same time, she is also another party to this matter. ”

"The other party...... So, is there anyone else?"

"Of course, it's all in the autopsy. ”

Kiriha's face turned pale instantly.

"Sister Li!"

The girl frowned disapprerovingly.

Her voice is very crisp, very reminiscent of the swaying wind chimes on the window.

"Sorry sorry, just kidding, sit down. ”

The female police officer said apologetically, pulling back a chair for him and making another cup of hot tea.

"I'm Ju Li, the person in charge of this special data processing center, this is Lu Ling, our partner, I invite you to come over this time, mainly because she has some questions to ask you. Please answer our questions truthfully, and in exchange, we will answer your questions as well. ”

"Oh, good. ”

Kiritha sat down.

"First of all, our department. We are mainly responsible for cases that are difficult for ordinary people to understand, such as what you encounter. ”

"What I Encountered......"

Kiriba repeated it somewhat nervously.

"It's those monsters—Lu Ling should have told you, right? ”

"Hmm. ”

Kiriha's face was a little pale, and he remembered the scene he saw last night, and the gastric juices in his stomach began to churn again.

"Yes. A demon is the name of a monster you see. To humans, demons are heretics......" The girl who had been silent suddenly said. "My name is Lu Ling, and as I said yesterday, as demon hunters or magic hunters, we work to eliminate demons. ”

That is, you often work with those ...... Monster dealings?"

"The mission of a demon hunter is to destroy demons. ”

"Won't you be afraid?"

"Scared? Why?"

"They're monsters. ”

"So?"

"Isn't that scary enough?"

"The crux of the problem is that they can't eat me, and I can kill them, so they're just prey. Lu Ling shrugged. "Is there anything else you'd like to ask?"

"I want to know...... Where did those monsters come from? Do they always exist? Do they intrude into human life?"

Kiritha calmed himself down before asking the next question.

"They've always been in human life, it's just that they're good at hiding. If you want to ask me about the origin of the demon, I'm sorry, I don't know. The struggle between humans and demons has been going on for thousands of years, and we still don't know where the demons came from, but if you want to ask me where the demons you encountered yesterday came from, then I can tell you. Their eggs lodge in humans, where they burst out when the time is ripe and then eat their hosts as food. You should remember the dried corpse with its back torn open? That's one of the hosts. ”

"Lodge on a human body...... So, are they going to be parasitic on me? I mean, I don't have that kind of thing on me, right? I don't want to be parasitized by that kind of thing, right? I don't want to be parasitized by this kind of thing, I ......."

Kiriha couldn't help but get excited.

"Of course not. ”

Hearing the girl's suddenly low voice, Kiritha was stunned for a second, obviously this sudden sternness had an effect.

"You don't have that smell on you. ”

The girl's tone softened a little.

"What does it smell like?"

"The taste of parasitic species. ”

"Do you mean those monsters? You can smell them, don't you need to do a check?"

"No, I can tell you responsibly that you don't smell of demons, believe it or not. Besides, even an instrument may not be able to detect that kind of thing. ”

“......”

It seemed that he felt that this girl named Lu Ling was very reliable, and when he heard her affirmative tone, the fear on Kiriba's face also faded a little, but the terrifying scene in his memory still had an impact on him.

"Is there anything else you want to know?"

Juli said at the right time.

"Not for the time being. ”

"Then I'm going to ask you a few questions, and I hope you will answer me truthfully, okay?"

Lu Ling showed a sincere look.

"Excuse me. ”

"When did you get to that trail yesterday?"

“...... At six o'clock in the afternoon, I had just gotten off work, and then I chose the path closer to home. ”

"Where do you work?"

"The fast food restaurant there on Tongshu Street. ”

"Right next to the bus stop?"

"Hmm. ”

"Do you usually walk that path all the time?"

"Well, occasionally I take a detour to buy a bento. ”

"We've cleaned up the scene, and you should have found the bodies before you walked over and ran into the monsters. Why didn't you run away when you saw those corpses?"

"I didn't know, I probably ...... Probably crazy. I was scared, but all I could think about was how these people died, what the murderer was like, what was going on...... So I ......."

"So you just walked over?"

The girl's voice suddenly rose up.

"Hmm. ”

"What nonsense!"

Lu Ling rebuked a little angrily.

"I'm sorry. ”

The girl sighed.

"Did you see anything other than monsters before you passed out......?

Kiritha thought for a moment and shook his head.

"Really, not?"

"Hmm. ”

Lu Ling was silent for a long time, not knowing whether she was thinking about the problem or having nothing to say.

"Are you done asking?"

Juli looked at the silent girl.

"Almost. ”

"Where's Mr. Kiritha?"

"I don't have any doubts. ”

"Then I'll arrange for someone to send you back. By the way, please don't mention what you know today to a third person. ”

"Thank you, I will. ”

After a while, a male police officer walked in, and after Juli explained something to him, he left the "Special Data Processing Center" with Kiriha.

So in the huge office, only Juli and Lu Ling remained. The tall female police officer was sorting out the last bit of information, and she quickly shoved the knife paper into the file bag and glued it to the seal.

"What do you think?"

"Maybe he really doesn't know anything. ”

"So, do you really think a passing demon hunter saved him?"

"There's never a shortage of lucky people in this world, is there?"

"Then let's talk about the demon hunter. ”

It can be seen that Juli is a little dissatisfied with Lu Ling's opinion, but she does not plan to discuss or argue with the girl on this matter.

"You say. ”

"You know for sure what happened to Northbridge a month ago, after all, a big part of the reason you're here is because of that. As you may have heard, the perpetrator was also a magician who used flames. ”

Lu Ling paused.

"What do you want to say? ”

"If your guess is correct, then the demon hunter who saved Kiritha is most likely the wanted criminal. ”

"You have a point. ”

“...... Don't you understand what I'm trying to say?"

Juri placed the documents on top of the pile of packages on the side, and looked straight back at the girl.

"What do you want to say. ”

Lu Ling seemed to know what she was going to say, and her face showed a trace of impatience.

"If your guess is wrong, then Kiritha is the wanted man. ”

"Obviously, you and I didn't feel the aura of 'magic power' in him, did we?"

Juli seemed to choke there, and it took a few seconds to react.

"I don't think 'this' is hard to hide. ”

"You're just speculating. ”

Lu Ling said as if she had made up her mind, stretching her waist. Juli knew that it was pointless to continue discussing the issue, and she didn't continue to say anything quickly, but took a sip of tea.

"Anyway, Kiritha is the only clue we have about that wanted criminal. ”

But he didn't see the man. You should be able to tell that he doesn't look like he's lying. ”

"It's true as you say, but maybe he just can't remember it for a while?"

Lu Ling lowered her head and thought for a while, she knew that there had been countless cases to prove that there was indeed a situation where witnesses could not remember the evidence for a while.

“...... But he was an ordinary man. ”

"So you're not going to get him involved in these things, are you?"

Lu Ling kept silent and acquiesced.

"Then this little clue that was so hard to find is broken. ”

"I know, but ......"

"You've missed this opportunity, and I'm afraid it won't take long until next time. ”

"I still don't think it'...... right"

"As long as you don't put him in danger, there's nothing wrong with getting to know the world properly. ”

Juli's remarks immediately aroused Lu Ling's dissatisfaction, and she shouted.

"How can we allow an ordinary person to be involved in such a danger?"

"Actually, even if I'm quibbling, you're starting to lean toward my ideas, aren't you?"

This time, Lu Ling was completely speechless.

"Forget it, I don't have to push you like that. It's just that I'm curious, you're not the kind of person who is short of money, why are you so obsessed with 'those wanted criminals'. ”

When it comes to those wanted criminals, Juli deliberately bites these five words, obviously there is some special meaning in them.

"It's none of your business. ”

Lu Ling's tone became a little cold, she turned her head, her eyes flickering.

"It's really not about me, it's that I'm asking too much. Juli straightened out the pile of papers in the corner and walked to sit down opposite Lu Ling. "But I still have to say that he is the only clue, and you still have to weigh it yourself in the end. ”