Chapter 145 Crisis

The nurse held my wrist in one hand and a needle in the other, her eyes staring blankly at me, while her back was facing the police officers.

When the nurse came in, she had her head down. No one except me saw the black holes where her eyes should have been.

In her opinion, as long as I dared to move, it would alert the two police officers. If I wanted to protect my identity as a术士 (shushi, occultist), I could only let her leave a mark on the back of my hand with the needle.

Was she trying to tattoo me?

I said calmly, "Your needle is filled with dye, right? You want to tattoo me? Is it a rune?"

While I was speaking, I flipped my palm and grabbed her wrist. The two police officers at the door also turned around at the same time, but they were met with my purple glowing eyes: "I'm giving an injection. Please excuse us."

"You..." The nurse only managed to say one word before my right hand pinched the needle in her hand. I pulled it out backward, reversing the needle and plunging it into her brain through her temple.

As I withdrew my hand, she gave a strange, cold laugh while impaled with the needle, "Not bad, but your skills won't save you, let alone the people around you. Haven't you noticed that your ghost servants haven't returned? They've been taken away by the ghost messengers."

I was stunned for a moment. Then, I raised my hand and grabbed her throat.

Although I moved quickly, she didn't give me a chance to capture her. Just as my fingertips touched the nurse's throat, a puff of black smoke floated out of her orifices. The clothes on her body instantly fell to the ground, and the entire human skin hung in my hand like a towel.

I took out my Inspector's Token and tapped it several times. Two ghost messengers quietly appeared from the window.

I raised my hand to stop them from saluting: "Clean this up for me. Who took my ghost servant, Qin Xin? Where can I intercept them?"

One of the ghost messengers hesitated before saying, "They were taken away by the people from the Surveillance Division. The Huangquan (Underworld) Road entrance in Wancheng is at the City North Earth God Temple. You can only stop them there."

Sometimes, ghost messengers also consider the size of the city when receiving souls. In small places where they only receive one or two earth souls at a time, they usually leave as soon as they pick them up.

In large cities with hundreds of thousands or even millions of residents, ghost messengers usually gather the earth souls in places like the City God Temple or the Earth God Temple. When there are enough people, they send one or two ghost messengers to lead the earth souls on their way in batches.

The Earth God Temple in Wancheng was in the north of the city, but I was currently in the south.

It was impossible to make it in time traveling from the south to the north.

I threw my Inspector's Token to one of the ghost messengers: "Take my token and go there. Make sure you keep them there for me. I'll be there right away."

The ghost messenger flashed away, and I rushed out the door towards the Earth God Temple in the north of the city.

When I arrived, I saw Ye Yang standing in the Earth God Temple with his sword in one hand. Phosphorescent fire was scattered all over the ground at his feet.

The ghost messenger who took my token was sitting slumped in the corner, one of his arms had been removed. The severed arm was thrown not far from him, but he didn't even dare to look at it. His eyes were fixed on Ye Yang's long sword.

"Ye Yang!" I shouted subconsciously. Ye Yang turned his head slightly and said, "Don't worry, I can still kill people with one hand."

Ye Yang had a bandage on one arm, but his skills didn't seem to be affected.

Ye Yang slowly raised his long sword and pointed the tip at the ghost messenger's nose: "I'll take care of things here. Go back and continue your work."

"What's going on?" I roughly guessed what was happening. If I wasn't mistaken, it must be the civil officials faction of the underworld causing trouble again.

Ye Yang laughed, "Xiao Chun and I came all the way to see you make a fool of yourself. The way Qin Xin threw you out was quite a sight!"

I was instantly infuriated by Ye Yang: If you were worried, just say so. Why say you came all the way to see me make a fool of myself?

Besides, this guy had arrived long ago. It was one thing that he didn't help me chase after them, but he even hid in the crowd to watch the fun. There was no cure for his wicked sense of humor.

Later, I learned that not long after I left Liangjie Tang (Two Realms Hall), Nie Xiao Chun received a message from Shang Xingyan. The civil officials faction of the underworld had already begun to target the Yang Jian Jie Ming Ren (Yang Jian Life Borrower) plan. Except for the Yang Jian Jie Ming Ren (Yang Jian Life Borrower) who leaned towards them, the civil officials faction would intervene to sabotage anyone else's business.

The civil officials faction had broken the rules of the game, but the Ten Yama Kings remained silent, as if they were waiting for an opportunity.

Black and White Impermanence were the leaders of the Ten Yama Kings, so the civil officials faction would definitely target us first.

Ye Yang received the news and rushed over with Nie Xiao Chun. They happened to see me being thrown out of Qianhe Tang (Thousand Crane Hall) by Qin Xin when they arrived.

When the police surrounded Qianhe Tang (Thousand Crane Hall), Nie Xiao Chun happened to see the ghost messengers blocking Qin Xin.

So Ye Yang followed quietly.

Just as I was about to turn back, Ye Yang said, "Take my Inspector's Token. It'll be easier to contact me."

My eyes narrowed instantly, and I looked at the ghost messenger whose arm had been cut off by Ye Yang with murderous intent: "You lost my Inspector's Token?"

Although I didn't see the process of Ye Yang fighting with him, I guessed what happened based on what Ye Yang just said.