Time: 4 a.m.

Location: Police Station.

Song Ming sat on a chair and smoked, and the cigarette butts on the ground had gathered into a small tower, which showed the extent of cigarette consumption this night. Of course, this is not just his own masterpiece, police officer Chen Ke, plus fortune teller Tang, are silently smoking one cigarette after another.

Through the one-way glass, the young man who made them almost have a nervous breakdown sat honestly on the chair, from being brought in until now, except for brazenly breaking Chen Ke's police gun, his posture has never changed, including his expression, as if he was a sculpture. Chen Ke was young in the end, smoked for a while, glanced up at Yuan Xiao a few times, forcibly squeezed out a trace of an ugly smile, and asked in a trembling voice: "Boss Song, do you really believe what he said?" Song Ming's hand holding the cigarette shook violently, and the cigarette ash fell to the ground with the cigarette, Song Ming lowered his head and wanted to pick it up, but his hand trembled so much that he couldn't hold it at all.

Old Tang next to him stretched out his hand to help Song Ming pick it up, and said, "Okay, Old Song, don't hide it, since Chen Ke has heard everything he should have heard tonight, there are some things you can tell him in advance, don't you have the intention of letting him take over your shift if you leave him here tonight?"

Song Ming was stunned for a moment, looked at Chen Ke directly, and shook his head. "I originally thought that the team I was going to hand over to Xiao Chen was dangerous and weird enough, but now I find that this is already a job with no return. Looking back, I have been really hard for so many years, and I have escaped so many times. Chen Ke didn't understand the twists and turns, and hurriedly asked what it meant.

Song Ming thought for a while and said, "I won't repeat what Yuan Xiao said just now, regardless of whether it's true or not, but what I want to tell you is something that I have really encountered in the more than 20 years I have been a criminal policeman." Song Ming threw the cigarette under his feet and stepped on his feet fiercely, giving himself courage.

"Xiao Chen, what Lao Tang said just now is right, I left you here tonight just to give you a preventive shot in advance, not for anything else, just because our jurisdiction is really not peaceful. I'm getting old, and there's a good chance I'll not be able to wait until I die, so someone will have to take over my shift and continue to guard this area. Chen Ke hurriedly wanted to comfort something, Song Ming waved his hand and actually laughed. "Don't be comforted, I'm quite content, do you know how many of my old classmates who entered the police academy with me at that time are still alive now? Half of them are less than half, and even fewer of them have been laid off after they have died safely. I've been able to do it so far, and I'm already blessed. Alright, don't interrupt, I'll get down to business. ”

"Chen Ke, first of all, you have to remember that what Yuan Xiao just said to us, even if you remember, you have to completely forget it for me, and what I said, even if you forget, you have to remember it for me, this is really something that can save your life. Chen Ke nodded, Yuan Xiao had only been talking to them for thirty minutes, but in these thirty minutes, he felt that all his cognitive systems had collapsed in the past twenty years.

"I still remember that I had just been a criminal policeman for seven years, and I was transferred to YN Province and an old criminal policeman from our bureau had a big task together, and I won't tell you what the specific task is, and then we both hung up some color, thinking that it was not a big problem, and it would be okay to come back and treat it, so I came back with a green skin. After I came back, I was a little timid, and I went to the hospital the next day to register and be hospitalized, for fear of leaving any sequelae, the old criminal policeman disagreed, and went back to the bureau directly. However, in the two days that I was hospitalized, there was a big case in our area. ”

"Dead?" Chen Ke knew that the "big case" must be about human life.

"Well, the bodies of two young people were found in the grove next to the tower. But this case has become an eternal unsolved case, so do you know why?" Chen Ke swallowed and shook his head. Song Ming also paused for a while, his voice was a little unsteady, as if he had returned to the scene of that day. "Because, there is no 'corpse' at all, there are only two people left, and the part below the head is nowhere to be found, and the brain paste has covered the human face, and the forensic doctor cleaned it up for a long time before he can see that it is a human head. Chen Ke couldn't help it after all, the mental impact of the night, coupled with Song Ming's words, knelt on the ground and vomited.

Song Ming stepped forward and picked up Chen Ke directly, and roared angrily: "Chen Ke, you listen to me, since you have eaten this bowl of rice, you must be mentally prepared, this world is not so peaceful and Chang'an!" Chen Ke forcibly stopped vomiting and nodded. "You've vomited, so I'll finish talking about that...... Alas, then you can listen to me well, and swallow it back for me if you want to vomit. I was in the hospital at the time and was not involved in the case, but the next day, my colleague who came to see me told me about the case and wanted to leave, and I grabbed him and asked if there was anything else. He also wanted to hide it at first, but when he saw that I was unrelenting, he couldn't bear it, and told me that the old criminal policeman who hung the lottery with me went to the scene that day, and then today, he disappeared. ”

"And this is far from the end, three colleagues went to the scene on the day of the crime, and they disappeared one after another in two days, and what is even more frightening is that their families also disappeared with them. This is no longer a big case, the director at the time also made a quick decision, immediately reported to the top, there was no concealment at all, and it didn't matter if I resigned after the case was solved, I must catch this bitch. ”

"Then," Lao Tang answered, "It's the time I've known your Song team, and I don't want to hide it from you, my master and I are both from the national security department, and we belong to the special department, and when I received this case, I immediately rushed over from the bureau, originally my master didn't want to take me, but I was young and vigorous at the time, so I had to come over to test the water." ”

At that time, the first thing Old Tang's master did when he came was to rush to the morgue, looked at the two heads, and then sighed long. The tears in Song Ming's eyes suddenly couldn't stop, "He said, the three of us probably didn't even save our families." I wanted to fight with him at that time, but I was stopped by Old Tang and fought hard. ”

But as it turned out, he was right. A week later, the morgue had nine more heads. That's three happy families, I really want to cut the prisoner with a thousand cuts!" Song Ming got up from his chair excitedly and roared into the air.

"Later, my master went to the scene of the first crime and found a piece of evidence and showed it to the director at the time, and then we took over the matter completely and kept it completely secret. ”

"What evidence?" Chen Ke sat down Song Ming comfortably and hurriedly asked.

"Nails. Old Tang stiffly spat out two words. "Nails? and then checked the DNA?" Chen Ke didn't understand.

"No, you don't need DNA or anything, anyone who sees it will understand at first glance that this thing is not human. Old Tang shook his head.

"You mean......" Chen Ke glanced back at Yuan Xiao and found that Yuan Xiao's gaze was also looking at him!

"The nail was 60 centimeters long and buried four or five meters underground, and my master used a special method to detect and dig it out. Old Tang gestured. "I remember that the master was also stunned at the time, and muttered, 'Is the seal no longer working', I didn't understand what it meant at the time, but now that I think about it, it was the seal of the entrance to the Western Hell that Yuan Xiao mentioned. I won't go around the bend with you anymore, the murderer in that case is not a human, but a demon from the abyss. ”

"Really, does such a thing really exist?" Chen Ke was really about to collapse. "Well, it's a head." The Looter', the lowest demon in the abyss, mainly as a scout and vanguard, looks like a praying mantis magnified many times, has long and sharp claws, loves to eat the meat of the torso, sometimes along with the meat of the clan, and has a habit of releasing a scent bomb near the head left over from eating, this smell bomb will continue to release a smell that only it can smell, so it is equivalent to setting a trap, someone comes to check, it will be infected with the smell, and then continue to spread, it can find the smell and continue to hunt for food. Old Tang explained the characteristics of the demon in great detail, and the original owl on the other side of the mirror frowned slightly, and nodded slightly.

"And then, what happened to this damn thing?" Chen Ke was a little scared. "Dead. was killed by me, my master, and Lao Song together. Old Tang looked at the excited Song Ming, that is, from that time, this friendship between life and death was really concluded. "I told you just now, I went to the scene with my master, and there would be a smell on my body, so I volunteered to be a bait to lure the 'submersible' to appear, and then let the master capture him and kill him. But I didn't expect an accident, that night in the abandoned warehouse, the master's housekeeping skills on this monster did not play as big as imagined, and the damage caused was not enough to make it die, seeing that the monster was about to scratch me with a claw, Lao Song actually came out. This restless guy actually followed us all the way to the warehouse that night, and waited at the door, trying to kill the monster himself, but he didn't expect the monster to come in through the window, and when he heard the sound of a fight, it was just when I was about to be killed. Old Tang smiled bitterly and shook his head.

"Nonsense, if I weren't restless, you kid wouldn't have to explain there. Song Ming regained a little reason and mocked Old Tang. "Okay, okay, I really lost your shot at the time, and it hit the monster's head, and it couldn't have died with the strength of the monster, but it was already injured in the fight with the master before, and this shot directly killed it. ”

"Then the corpse of the monster was taken away by Old Tang and his master, I went back and explained everything to the director, and the director scolded me fiercely, and then took me to drink a meal in violation of discipline, and the two big men drank and cried on the street, and their minds were full of the faces of those colleagues. Song Ming lit another cigarette and smoked silently.

"I will die, and Song Ming will also die, but I don't know what day it is," Old Tang said very indifferently, "Song Ming and I both hope that even if we die, there will be people in this jurisdiction who can watch, what strange things have happened, and some people can know what to do, so as not to cause the tragedy of the year." ”

Chen Ke didn't speak, stood up, his spine straight, and saluted Song Ming and Old Tang. Song Ming and Old Tang glanced at each other, and finally smiled with relief. What does life and death matter? If you are alone, you will have no joy in life and no fear in death. But as a police officer, keeping one side safe is the true meaning of life. Why is Song Ming in a hurry to tell Chen Ke all the way like explaining the aftermath today, first, the same tragedy happened again, and it will definitely not be peaceful in the future. If I don't say it today, I don't know if there will be a chance in the future. Second, Song Ming turned his head to look at Yuan Xiao, and now he really needs such a person who knows that the "demon" thing can even compete with it, to help guard it together.

Feeling Song Ming's gaze, the pair of cold cat eyes immediately turned to him, Song Ming smiled bitterly, this is really seeing one-way glass as nothing. But

Song Ming got up and opened the door, walked into the interrogation room, and stood next to Yuan Xiao without looking at him.

"I'm sure you heard every word we just said," Song Ming knew that the one-way glass couldn't stop him, and the soundproof wall had one meaning.

Yuan Xiao didn't speak, he just looked at Song Ming calmly.

"I believe in your identity as a 'demon hunter', I have heard Lao Tang's master mention this profession before, they are all ruthless people, but I didn't expect to see such a young one in my lifetime. I don't have to doubt your strength, I've never seen anyone break a pistol faster than a bullet, and I know a little bit about the rules of your business, don't owe favors, and take money to do things. ”

"But I've been a criminal police officer for so many years, my intuition is very accurate, you are not an ordinary 'demon hunter', and you have not been entrusted with this matter tonight, you are still in danger alone. Song Ming got up and brought Chen Ke in, and Old Tang also followed him into the house. "Therefore, I hope that in the future, when we encounter similar evil things, we can ask you for help to keep the peace on this side. The last sentence made Yuan Xiao tremble slightly, remembering how many years ago that serious uncle had coaxed himself all the way. I also thought about living coldly, regardless of the life and death of others, but last night, when I noticed that the "Scarlet Blade Armor" was raging and killing, my body still decided faster than my mind, even if I had seen the sea of corpses and blood, but I really couldn't be indifferent.

"It can help. "But there's one thing, I need a job. ”

"You really don't have a job?" Chen Ke said. "I told me I was a beggar, but you didn't believe me. "The original owl is serious. "What about the work of the 'witcher'?" asked Old Tang, knowing that this line of work is really high-risk and high-reward. "I'm not famous, and no one is looking for me. Every time it is too clean, I am often suspected that I didn't do it, and I am in arrears of wages or something. "The original owl went down with momentum, very helpless. In fact, this is only half the truth, the rule in the witcher industry is that the union itself only provides work, and records the corresponding completion and contribution to increase the level of the witcher, and as for the amount of remuneration, it is all up to the witcher himself. And Yuan Xiao, his rank has been pressed to the first order by an unscrupulous old bastard, not to mention the honorarium, and he can't eat anymore......

The three people on the opposite side all supported their foreheads, especially Lao Tang, he knew the name of the "Scarlet Blade Armor", it was not an exaggeration to say that it was a massacre, and it was not an exaggeration to say that it was an ordinary "witcher", and several teams couldn't help it, and the cold and handsome young man in front of him was killed alone...... What an illiterate bunch of idiots......

Song Ming recovered quickly and asked: "I can't give you the identity of a police officer, this is a violation of discipline, and I can help you think of a way to do the rest." Yuan Xiao nodded and said, "I have an idea, but I don't have any money." ”

"What do you want to do?" Chen Ke was curious.

"You know, that's the kind that opens a little window and sells newspapers and magazines. The original owl began to compare.

Therefore, on this important day, the holy place of pilgrimage for all "demon hunters" in the future, the newsstand of Yuan Xiao, was funded by Chen Ke, Song Ming, and Lao Tang, and it was hastily and playfully determined.