Chapter 41 Submission

The atmosphere in the bedroom immediately cooled, a murderous aura slowly filling the space.

Strike while the iron is hot! (take advantage of someone when they are at their weakest)

Besides, the relationship between himself and the little loli had been a life-or-death struggle from the beginning, and the little loli was the one who caused it all.

Killing her and extracting the last bit of value she had was something Zhou Ze felt no psychological burden about.

The little loli looked at Zhou Ze, then slowly opened her mouth and said:

"Do you... want to be a Butou (constable)?"

People on the verge of death always subconsciously grasp at any straws they can to gain a glimmer of hope for survival, and the little loli before him was no different.

She knew that Zhou Ze wanted to kill her, and she also knew that Zhou Ze wanted to use her to obtain the last bit of benefit and value; she was offering it up proactively.

Moreover, her original pride and courage had long been completely crushed in that Mingdian (underworld shop) in Rongcheng on that night. The physical injuries hadn't really recovered, but neither had the mental trauma, in fact.

That night, she knelt in the corner, watching as her colleagues, who had come with her, were annihilated one by one, like fireworks blooming. This scene almost overturned her original worldview.

Hearing the words "Butou (constable)," Zhou Ze remained expressionless, simply sitting there quietly.

His unspoken message to the little loli was, "Please, begin your performance."

Anyway, listening wouldn't get him pregnant.

"Do you know the two basic conditions for becoming a Butou (constable)?"

Zhou Ze still didn't answer, but he slightly raised his hand, placing it near his nose, and sniffed the air.

The little loli took a deep breath. She wished she could tear Zhou Ze into a million pieces right now, but times had changed. Having returned from Rongcheng heavily injured, she was already lucky to be alive. Right now, she couldn't even handle a corpse demon.

Man is the knife, I am the fish; the principle was that simple.

"There are two conditions for becoming a Butou (constable): one is meeting the performance point standard, and the other is having three other Guichai (ghost runners) willing to become your subordinates, to obey your orders, and to serve as your Butou (constable)."

Zhou Ze still didn't speak.

"Serving as your Butou (constable), actively offering their soul blood to merge into your identity plaque, allowing you to control their life and death, making betrayal impossible.

Satisfying these two conditions allows you to advance to Butou (constable), and then you can move towards the position of Xunjian (inspector)."

"Serve as Butou (constable)?" Zhou Ze laughed. "If it's that simple, wouldn't you Guichai (ghost runners) be fighting amongst yourselves?"

Just like the BGM slogan that the little loli often recited, "The underworld is orderly, and the Yellow Springs can be crossed." If Guichai (ghost runners) wanted to become Butou (constables) they had to go through this kind of model, casually engaging in life-and-death situations to force the other party to become their subordinate, wouldn't the entire Guichai (ghost runner) circle become a chaotic arena for raising Gu (poisonous insects)?

However, in Zhou Ze's opinion, the Guichai (ghost runner) circle was actually quite calm; otherwise, the little loli wouldn't have been able to summon so many Guichai (ghost runners) to go to Rongcheng that time.

"First, between Butou (constable) and Guichai (ghost runner), there is only a difference in status, not in strength. Only when you reach Xunjian (inspector) can you possess the Yin Si's (underworld) conferred credentials, and only then will you truly have a status that transcends Guichai (ghost runner) and Butou (constable).

Second, as long as the Butou (constable) you serve ascends to Xunjian (inspector), the previous contract will automatically disappear, and you can regain your freedom.

Third, you are now coercing me. Although you are also a Guichai (ghost runner), your act of coercing a colleague must have already fallen into the eyes of the Yin Si (underworld). Killing another Guichai (ghost runner) who has a problem is equivalent to solving a problem for the Yin Si (underworld), and nothing will happen.

But if you kill me, it will inevitably be recorded in the Yin Si (underworld), and you may not feel anything now, but in the future when you are promoted, you will inevitably suffer trouble. Even, if you continue to let yourself go, the Yin Si (underworld) will issue a wanted order for you, just like the one in Rongcheng last time.

Therefore, the relationship of service between Guichai (ghost runners) does indeed involve coercion and the exchange of interests, but there is rarely any life-and-death killing and coercion, because doing so is not worth it.

Wanting to become a Butou (constable) is to be qualified to become a Xunjian (inspector), to obtain an official position that is free from servility, and to have your own memorial tablet in the Yin Si (underworld), even if it is the lowest-level tablet. Therefore, not many lunatics are willing to coerce other Guichai (ghost runners) in a simple and crude way just to become a Butou (constable)."

Zhou Ze stretched out his little finger, poked his ear, and said, "So, if I kill you, I will have trouble in the future?"

"Inevitably."

"In other words, even if I become a Butou (constable), it will be difficult for me to become the so-called Xunjian (inspector) because of today's events?"

"Indeed."

"Then why don't I just kill you?"

"You can use your performance, your actions, to erase the negative impact of your coercion of me today. It's not completely without a chance to advance further, I can... help you.

Because if you don't get promoted in a day, I must be under your command for a day, and my life and death are in your hands."

Zhou Ze slowly stood up, pulled open the curtains, opened the French window, walked to the balcony, and said:

"The first time I came here, when I walked out the door, you were standing here watching me, right?"

The little loli didn't know what Zhou Ze meant.

Zhou Ze's fingertips tapped lightly on the railing. He was hesitating, and he was also thinking.

In fact, Zhou Ze was a very conflicted person. He was a small character, and he had never denied that he was a small character. He was one in his previous life, and he was one in this life as well.

The contradiction of a small character lies in the fact that while he yearns for freedom, he also desires to realize his ambitions, while he wants to stand and appreciate the scenery, he also thinks about kneeling and begging for progress.

If he were a hegemon, he would unhesitatingly accept the little loli's suggestion, regardless of whether you wanted to kill me before, I only want the benefits in front of me, I only want to pursue the progress in front of me.

If he were a libertarian, like the one in Rongcheng, he wouldn't care. He only cared about his own free and easy life. Even if he was blacklisted, he would sneer at it. It's either you kill me, or I kill you.

And Zhou Ze was right in between the two.

"How about this, let's flip a coin?"

Zhou Ze thought of a way and took out a one-yuan coin from his pocket.

"Heads, I'll kill you; tails, I'll take you in."

The little loli's eyes widened. She felt that Zhou Ze was joking, deliberately humiliating her, actually entrusting her life to something like flipping a coin!

Are you a moron!

The little loli roared angrily in her heart!

Her ten jade fingers tightly gripped the bed sheet. She hated her injuries so much, otherwise she would definitely draw out the soul of the person in front of her and burn it a hundred times with the fires of hell!

"Flipped!"

Zhou Ze threw the coin out,

The coin kept spinning in the air,

The little loli's eyes stared fixedly at the coin until it fell.

Zhou Ze bent down, looking at the coin at his feet.

It was the "tails" side.

The little loli breathed a sigh of relief. Although the process was very nonsensical, in the end, she could survive. Even if she was controlled by others, at least she could live.

Moreover, the little loli had seen Zhou Ze's ghost card. She clearly knew which shadow stood behind that ghost card. Even if that shadow had dissipated for who knew how many years, that Mount Tai had once been a giant that suppressed hell!

She was willing to take a gamble. The future was not completely dark. Because Zhou Ze didn't seem like someone without luck. He was originally her predetermined source of performance points and substitute, but after she returned from Rongcheng, she found that everything had changed. He had gained an identity and controlled the situation.

Even the appearance of the corpse demon today had become an opportunity for him to force her to show herself, making it impossible for her to hide any longer.

Zhou Ze picked up the coin, clicked his tongue, as if a little dissatisfied:

"Why don't we flip it again?"

The little loli's eyes immediately turned red, and her tongue stretched out, coiling around her. She was going crazy, she was ready to fight!

"Don't get excited, don't get excited,

Don't get excited, I won't flip it anymore."

Zhou Ze walked up to the little loli, tilted his head slightly, and took out his certificate book.

The little loli retracted her tongue, then patted her forehead with one hand. Immediately afterwards, a drop of black light beads floated out from there and merged into Zhou Ze's certificate book.

Zhou Ze licked his lips. In the dark, he seemed to have another line in his heart, and this line was related to the little loli's life and death.

Life and death that could be decided by his thought.

The little loli got off the bed and slowly knelt down to Zhou Ze, kneeling on one knee, with one hand resting on her knee, looking up, performing the ceremony of a subordinate paying homage to their superior.

"Lin Ke, greets Butou (constable)!"

Lin Ke must be the Guichai's (ghost runner) name, and the little loli's body's name seems to be Wang Rui.

At this time, the little loli, with a belly full of anger and unwillingness, knelt down, her body trembling slightly, but she could only accept her fate!

Zhou Ze looked at the little loli below him,

Slowly looking up,

The irritable and cold little loli, who was once so arrogant in front of him, was now surrendering at his feet.

This reversal of ice and fire,

Was indeed very pleasing.

At this time, the old Taoist walked up the stairs. Wang Ke was awake, and he came to inform the boss.

He had just climbed the stairs and gently pushed open the bedroom door when his eyes immediately widened!

He saw the little loli kneeling in front of Zhou Ze.