Chapter 1 Late Night in the Town

Zhou Ze never expected to run into the Leper Monk in this place.

This was the monk who had come to his shop, chattering on and on about ideals and aspirations, only to be brushed off by Zhou Ze. He hadn't imagined he'd appear here.

It seemed the monk's philosophy was the equality of all beings, that humans and ghosts should have the right to stay where they were, that ghost messengers needed to respect human rights, or rather, ghost rights, and shouldn't forcibly send ghosts to hell.

At the time, Zhou Ze had thought the monk was just suffering from a case of adolescent delusion, poisoned by *Reader*s and *Digest*s, his head filled with how united, strong, and resilient Japanese children were, how orderly they were in times of crisis, how advanced foreign countries were, and how backward China was, completely out of touch with reality.

Now, the Leper Monk's loud cry of "The authorities are cracking down on prostitution!" instantly set the street ablaze.

Indeed, with Zhou Ze's identity, he could certainly be considered an officer of the Netherworld, and this place was indeed a shadowy area. To put it nicely, it was a town for the deceased, but in the eyes of the orthodox Netherworld, it was just an illegal shantytown where undocumented residents gathered, a target that needed to be resolutely cracked down on.

"Bang!"

"Bang!"

"Bang!"

Every household began to close their doors and windows. Street performers and idle strollers disappeared into the alleys one by one. Even the heavily made-up young ladies who had just been calling Zhou Ze up to the second floor vanished without a trace.

"Whoa."

Xu Qinglang walked over. He had been watching a variety show just now, but now there was nothing to see.

"Where's Lin Ke?" Zhou Ze asked Xu Qinglang.

Earlier, the three of them had walked in one after another. The street had been bustling, but now it was empty, and he only saw Xu Qinglang, not the little loli.

"I don't know, probably hiding somewhere to do her homework."

It seemed entirely possible.

The little loli was clearly a bit abnormal, or rather, was showing signs of becoming abnormal.

Just thinking about that hell girl who had opened her mouth and stuck out her tongue to shout "Order in the Netherworld, the Yellow Springs are passable" when they first met,

Now she was actually thinking about doing elementary school homework.

This style was really hmp.

Zhou Ze hadn't experienced a prostitution crackdown before, but he had bailed out his colleagues a few times. In the past, paying five thousand yuan, finding a guarantor, and writing a guarantee letter could get them out, but later he heard that the policy had changed. If you were caught soliciting prostitutes and were married, your spouse had to be notified.

Well, no matter what, this den of filth had to be cleaned up. The key was that it was affecting his business, which was absolutely not allowed.

"Kick the door down, go in."

Zhou Ze said to Xu Qinglang.

Xu Qinglang really wanted to retort, "Why not you?" but he thought better of it. He stepped forward, reached out, and patted the door gently, like a neighbor dropping by.

Zhou Ze's mouth twitched.

He had told Xu Qinglang to kick the door down,

But if Xu Qinglang added a line like, "Mom, open the door, it's me!" to his action,

That would be too perfect.

Zhou Ze walked over and kicked it himself.

"Bang!"

The door shattered directly, like it was made of paper.

In fact, most of the things here were nine parts fake and one part real, just like the food Bai Furen had served him and Xu Qinglang at the banquet.

Although the door wasn't sturdy, the scene was very effective. Xu Qinglang, who was walking behind, thought he could make a video of Zhou Ze at this moment. If the Netherworld had an official newspaper, he could submit it.

The headline would be: "In 2018, under the correct leadership of the Netherworld and the direct guidance of the Ten Yama Shops, our county's officers, led by Constable Zhou Ze, resolutely implemented the Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva's spirit on the current anti-prostitution and anti-illegal activities meeting, taking the purification of the ghost-catching market as the primary task, focusing on key tasks, further strengthening daily supervision, and solidly and effectively promoting the sustained and effective progress of this crackdown, protecting the business order of our city's Late Night Bookstore."

"To build a solid defense line for maintaining our city's cultural security and create a good social and cultural environment for our city's economic construction."

Thinking about it, it was quite interesting, Xu Qinglang actually covered his mouth and laughed behind him.

He really wasn't nervous. With Boss Zhou here, he felt like he had a support in his heart and didn't panic at all. Last time at the Hot Spring Villa, Boss Zhou had been unconscious, otherwise things wouldn't have been so difficult.

After walking inside, there was a hall, with screens separating several spaces. All the furnishings and layout were antique. He raised his head and looked around. A group of young ladies stood side by side on the inner railing of the second floor, staring blankly below.

The young ladies suddenly becoming serious made Zhou Ze a little uncomfortable, and the atmosphere was much more oppressive.

Moreover, these young ladies were constantly swaying back and forth, like singing and shaking their heads silently, in unison, adding to a sense of gloom and chilling intent.

Xu Qinglang followed Zhou Ze in, but after entering, he felt that the atmosphere was a bit subtle. He actually retreated a step very dishonestly, and after thinking about it, simply retreated to the door.

This didn't look like a prostitution bust at all. This was clearly a Hongmen Banquet.

"Yo, guest, won't you come inside?"

The short pimp reached out and gently pushed Xu Qinglang in the back. Xu Qinglang only felt a chill down his back, and then he felt dizzy, and in the next moment, he actually ran to Zhou Ze's side.

The pimp stood at the door, smiling as he turned to close the door, just short of shouting, "Close the door and beat the dog!"

Honestly, no matter what industry, when encountering competitors, few people directly smash the door. They usually try to find out the other party's background first, to see if they have any connections.

But Boss Zhou couldn't wait, and didn't want to wait. This matter had touched his reverse scale.

And that was,

Boss Zhou had become a little arrogant.

Now he had armor,

And he could go on a rampage.

He didn't even take the little loli seriously, let alone anyone else?

"Yo, yo, yo, visitors are guests, calm down, calm down."

The Leper Monk walked down from the second floor. The pimp brought him a chair, and he didn't stand on ceremony, he sat down directly, without even saying that Zhou Ze should have a chair too.

"Is this your doing?"

Seeing the Leper Monk playing blind man's buff on the second floor earlier,

He really was playing tricks.

"Yo, you flatter this humble monk, this humble monk is just here to play, to join in the fun, to walk in the mortal world. No matter when, I can only be considered a passerby. It's just a change in the way of cultivation."

The Leper Monk denied it.

"Then there's always someone in charge here, right?" Zhou Ze asked.

At the same time,

Zhou Ze's patience was slowly being consumed.

He had come to smash the place,

There was no need to talk about reason,

When his most immediate interests were infringed upon, there was no need to reason.

"Is Officer Gui really going to crack down on prostitution?"

The Leper Monk touched his head, looking very conflicted.

"It's a pity that the person in charge isn't here, this humble monk is just watching the place for him. How about this, Officer Gui, can we slow down, wait for him to come back, and this humble monk will ask him to come to you? If that doesn't work, this humble monk will advise him to change places after a while?"

"After a while?" Zhou Ze asked.

"Could it be that Officer Gui is unwilling to give even a little bit of time?"

"Give time?"

Zhou Ze asked back, and then walked forward step by step.

Talk to me about giving time?

If you don't count the player's ghost that was attracted by the game and the plaintiff,

According to Bai Yingying,

In the half month that he was unconscious,

The bookstore had already lost business!

Why did he move the bookstore to South Street? Wasn't it because he wanted a bigger flow of people and ghosts, so he could comfortably lie at home and wait for ghosts to come?

Now that the ghosts were gone, how could he lie down?

Thinking that he wouldn't be able to lie in the bookstore and loaf around in the future, and he would have to go out and run around to catch ghosts,

Zhou Ze was so angry.

"Sir, calm your anger, this humble one will arrange a few good girls for you, I guarantee they will serve you comfortably."

The pimp took the initiative to speak at this time. He was planning to give Zhou Ze a chance to step down.

But he really underestimated Boss Zhou's seriousness about this matter.

Not even a day of leniency,

Was possible!

"Buzz!"

Zhou Ze raised his hand and directly slapped the pimp's head, while his nails grew out and pierced down.

The pimp's expression changed drastically,

But immediately, his small head actually shrunk directly, and then his body suddenly grew black thorns like a hedgehog, like an emergency reaction, the black thorns on his body burst out and shot at Zhou Ze.

"Crack... crack... crack..."

Zhou Ze's body was instantly covered by armor. These black thorns broke directly after hitting the armor, and some even turned into blue smoke and dissipated.

"You're very naughty."

Zhou Ze lowered his head and said to the head-shrinking pimp,

Then he kicked him,

"Bang!"

The pimp was kicked out by Zhou Ze like a ball. When he was flying in mid-air, Zhou Ze stretched out his palm, and the black gas emanating from his fingertips directly wrapped him back.

Like passing the ball to himself seven seconds later.

The pimp let out a scream.

Obviously, it knew that its upcoming end was not good. This menacing officer didn't seem to intend to let it go or hold back at all.

When the Leper Monk saw this, he immediately stood up,

His hands clasped together:

"Amitabha, spare when you can, Officer Zhou, listen to this humble monk's advice, give this humble monk a little face, let him go first, you and I are both people with status, why bother with these small fries?"

"Squish!"

A crisp sound,

Like a watermelon falling to the ground,

Crisp,

Loud,

Spicy,

A pool of scarlet liquid was constantly flowing on Zhou Ze's palm,

And below,

Was a pool of meat sauce,

Curled into a ball, with barbs standing upright,

Clearly, it really was a hedgehog,

And now it was dead as can be.

Zhou Ze raised his head,

He in his black armor looked a bit more stern, especially with the runes on the armor constantly flowing, adding a touch of mystery to him.

He looked at the Leper Monk in front of him,

And asked in confusion:

"What did you just say?

Face?"