Chapter 118 Points

Inside the private room,

A ghost missing half his head was eating and drinking at the small table.

Zhou Ze sat to his left, Lawyer An to his right, and the rest of the Late Night Bookstore gang gathered in the room, even Monkey squished in to see the novelty.

Though missing half his face, the ghost ate and drank without a care, seemingly unaffected.

"Old An,"

"Yes, Boss?"

"Tell me, if I send this one down to hell, do I get a full performance point or only half?"

"I don't know, but they might send him back, say he's defective, doesn't meet the acceptance standards."

"Aren't the underworld officials supposed to be lazy?"

"Not when it affects their own interests."

"That realistic, huh?"

The truly "incomplete soul" ate and drank heartily, appearing quite calm, and even proactively took out a stack of hell money and placed it on the table.

So sensible it was absurd, so understanding it was absurd.

Boss Zhou thought, if only every ghost he met in the future was like this one;

Obediently setting off on their journey, respectfully offering tributes, life and death returning, cycle after cycle,

He benefits, and I benefit.

"Can I go now?"

The incomplete soul asked.

"Not so fast, let me ask you something." Lawyer An tapped the table and said, "How did you end up like this?"

"I, I don't know."

"Then how did you die?"

"Drinking with a client, drank too much, and died."

"Alcohol poisoning?" Zhou Ze asked.

"I'm not sure, maybe, anyway, I just drank too much and woke up like this."

"Before you died, where did you go, and did you feel uncomfortable anywhere?" Zhou Ze pressed.

"I went to many places, drinking, eating, singing, different venues every day."

Zhou Ze sighed. It seemed impossible to get anything useful out of him, and he didn't know why this guy hadn't gone crazy after having his soul sliced up.

"Old Zhang, record his name, along with the information from those three rabies patients before, check their recent spending records and see if there's anything in common."

"Yes, Boss."

After Old Zhang got the name and address from the incomplete soul, Zhou Ze opened the Gates of Hell and sent the guy into the underworld.

Then,

He immediately pulled out his ghost official badge.

The performance points on it hadn't increased at all!

There's a problem,

A serious problem.

This was a small interlude tonight, but after it, Boss Zhou's mood was definitely a little low.

The last time this happened was when Hei Xiao Niu opened a plantation in Tong City, causing the bookstore to have almost no business for a long time.

Actually,

For Boss Zhou,

Anything could be discussed, nothing needed to be taken too seriously,

But when it came to his own business, that was a reverse scale; whoever touched it would get his fury!

Lawyer An sat across from Zhou Ze with his Super Cup coffee, smiled, and said, "It seems we need to figure this out quickly, otherwise that guy will keep cutting a slice today, a slice tomorrow;

Cutting a slice when he's in a good mood, cutting a slice when he's in a bad mood;

Hell doesn't care, they have plenty of ghosts, they won't miss a few, but our lives will become difficult."

"Let's wait for Old Zhang's investigation results." Zhou Ze said, looking at Lawyer An, "I remember you telling me before that you could find a way to make up the remaining performance points all at once, what happened to that?"

Boss Zhou was just one step away from becoming a Constable; if he continued to sit here and wait for customers to come, it might take a long time.

"That's not difficult at all, just find a few haunted places or places where ghosts gather."

As he spoke, Lawyer An pointed at the little boy sitting there doing his homework:

"Like that cave of his last time, if we pull off a big one like that, we'll be done, but there's no rush now, I have connections down below..."

When he said he had connections down below, Lawyer An and Zhou Ze both laughed.

Ordinary people brag about having connections above, but here, it was the opposite.

"I have connections down below, maybe in a while, a judge from hell will gather some outstanding ghost officials in the mortal realm for a training or trial.

We can't miss this opportunity."

"What benefits are there?"

"Actually, even if we don't get any benefits, just going to broaden our horizons and make a good impression is worth it, and I have confidence in you, Boss, there will definitely be real gains.

Think about it, how could a training course run by a judge embarrass everyone by sending them home empty-handed?"

"Is it in hell?"

"Probably."

"We have to go to hell again."

"It's just a little tiring, it's okay."

"What's his purpose in doing this?"

"Well, when a building is about to collapse, there will always be someone who can't help but stand up and try to do something, like, try to use human power to turn the building back?"

"You're not optimistic about him?"

"Because the spots for this training also need connections and relationships to buy, and I've already arranged one for you, Boss."

"Oh, I see."

The roots,

Are rotten through,

Even if he wants to start a training course, do something like the Whampoa Military Academy, judging from the people who were selected, they are all relatives sent by various factions, what's the point?

"People with dreams are always worthy of our respect, I respected this one a lot when I was an inspector."

Lawyer An added.

Zhou Ze nodded. "So, in order to attend that training, I can't become a constable yet?"

"Yeah, but the current matter still needs to be resolved as soon as possible, otherwise I won't be able to feel at ease."

Lawyer An took a deep breath, then took a few big sips of coffee, looking delighted, and continued:

"Actually, everything is developing in a better direction. After you finish the training, Boss, we'll immediately push you up, let you become a constable, and officially connect those five ghost officials with you.

We can be considered a small government opening, and after that, everyone will rush up together, and before the storm comes, let you become an inspector, and let two or three of them become constables as well.

I guess, that should be enough to barely protect ourselves."

"Is that all you want?" Zhou Ze asked with a deep look.

"You have to eat one bite at a time, you have to take revenge little by little, and you have to put on an act a little bit at a time.

I'm not in a hurry, I can wait."

Lawyer An stretched,

Turned his head,

Looked at everyone in the bookstore,

Having a sense of anticipation and satisfaction that the fields he had sown would soon be full of abundant crops.

Even as a dog-headed strategist, he was willing to do so.

"Oh, right, about the training, that judge will also choose some people himself, and since we've been famous recently, Boss, you might be directly selected, and my operation spot might be left empty. When the time comes, you can choose a subordinate in the bookstore to take with you."

"Take the little loli?"

When there are benefits and the leader can't use them, they usually choose someone who is close to them, and then someone who is close to them and capable.

"No, take Old Zhang."

Lawyer An said.

"Old Zhang?"

Zhou Ze was a little surprised.

Logically speaking, Lawyer An had always looked down on Old Zhang, always thinking that this investment was a loss.

"Boss, you rely on your own strength to get ahead, but Old Zhang might be compatible with that judge."

Lawyer An crossed his hands and continued:

"Boss, you can guarantee the lower limit of the results that our bookstore can obtain in this training, but Old Zhang can completely try his luck, he doesn't need to know anything, just play himself.

After all,

People who are willing to stand up and do something at this time and fight against this trend are somewhat stupid and idealistic, which is very similar to Old Zhang's personality."

Zhou Ze was silent, considering it an agreement. Lawyer An was indeed more suitable than him for these behind-the-scenes plottings.

It's no wonder that many people in reality who have retired from their positions after something happened are still willing to be hired by companies, because these people can see more clearly in the intricate web of relationships, and can get along better with the rules of the game in the circle.

"After hearing what you said, I really want to meet that judge."

"Hehe, right? That's normal. People always like heroes and admire heroes, because heroes do things that most people don't dare to do;

But except for children, few adults will shout that they want to be heroes anymore, because being a hero means sacrifice.

It's a pity,

He can't become the Zhang Juzheng of the underworld,

And,

Even Zhang Juzheng only prolonged the life of the Ming Dynasty by a few decades."

Lawyer An was a little wistful. Back then, he was actually an inspector with a bit of passion and a sense of responsibility, otherwise he wouldn't have been involved in that kind of thing, and in the end he was stripped of his background and demoted to where he is now.

"Too pessimistic." Zhou Ze said.

"What's pessimistic? To put it in chuuni words, this big brother's blood was hot back then, hahahaha..."

Lawyer An laughed and laughed, then took a few more gulps of expired instant coffee.

Coffee in the throat, considered wine!

"I'm going to take a shower first, you should rest early too." Zhou Ze stood up.

"I'll wait for the kid to finish his homework before resting. Teachers at school these days are really different from when we were in school. Parents are required to be responsible for checking and correcting homework."

Zhou Ze went to take a shower,

Lawyer An continued to sit on the sofa drinking coffee.

Actually,

There was something he didn't tell Zhou Ze,

Perhaps because he had been sleeping well these days,

He actually had a dream,

In the dream,

He wore a feather fan and a headscarf,

Surrounded by people, he returned to hell in glory. Those colleagues who had kicked him when he was down were all kneeling at his feet, licking his boots.

He saw a Mountain-Moving Ape,

He also saw the newly renovated Yama King's palace,

However,

The person sitting in the high hall,

Wasn't Zhou Ze.

At that thought,

Lawyer An burped,

Turned his head,

Looked at the old Taoist priest who was trimming the little monkey's nails at the bar.

Hehe...