Chapter 226 Society is cruel
Looking at the age of the woman in front of him, she looked to be no more than twenty-four or twenty-five years old, or perhaps younger.
He was called Huang Tao ten years ago. At that time, he should have been just a child, and he was also unknown at that time. She should not know his name.
How did she know the name Huang Tao?
However, none of this matters. The problem is that she knows that she is the Beast Demon... The Demon's secret is one that he has never told anyone.
The bones were squirming in Huang Tao's body, and the muscles were adjusting their positions and changing in size. He was ready to pounce and kill. As long as he thought about it, he could instantly burst out with the power of a wild beast and tear the weak woman into pieces in the blink of an eye.
"How do you know?" Huang Tao asked in a deep and powerful voice.
His black crystal eyes stared straight at the woman in front of him, and his pupils reflected a knife-like light.
"Don't be impulsive. I'm here to do business with you. The situation is very tricky now. Almost all the members of the Triad have been arrested. The power of the Beast Demon is recovering very slowly, right? A little demon like him will not be a match for those monsters in the Investigation Bureau even if he recuperates for a few years. Do you think you still have time?"
"..."Huang Tao remained silent.
He stared at the rebel in silence. His tense body relaxed again. His deformed bones slowly moved back to their original positions. His muscles returned to their human size. He straightened his back, frowned, and asked, "What do you want to say?"
"I think you're doomed if you keep going like this. The Bureau will find you sooner or later. You could still see a lot of crows a week ago, right? How long do you think you can hold on?"
Huang Tao felt a chill down his spine and lowered his eyes to the ground. He stared at the cold concrete for a few seconds, then raised his head again and said firmly, "Speak directly, don't beat around the bush. If what you say next is good for me, I will consider it."
“Snap! Snap! Snap!”
The Rebellious Lord clapped his hands in approval and nodded, "He's much easier to talk to than those nobles! Then I'll put it bluntly, if you help me kill a man, I'll help you get Su Ming! The Beast Demon is very interested in him, right?
No demon can resist the scent of him. Even if it doesn't devour his spirit, his body alone is enough to devour him."
"Who to kill?" Huang Tao's voice was as hard as iron.
"Xia Xiaoyu, this is her name."
"Xia Xiaoyu? I understand." Huang Tao nodded decisively.
"Just knowing is not enough, you have to do it yourself."
Huang Tao frowned: "Why?"
"Xia Xiaoyu's ability is to make humans ignore her. No one can 'see' her, nor can they sense her existence. Moreover, her ability will not be lifted, so only demons and monsters like you can harm her... Well, you have to go in person."
A supernatural power that humans ignore? As expected, there are all kinds of things in the world. There are actually such supernatural powers in the world.
If you have this special power, wouldn't money and power be easy to obtain?
But this woman’s abilities are so strong, could she also be from the Investigation Bureau?
"Could this Xia Xiaoyu be from the Investigation Bureau?" Huang Tao asked.
The rebel laughed and shrugged: "What are you afraid of? Now that Xiliwei has entered the white fog, Zhang Tianxiao will soon be in as well. The main forces of the major investigation bureaus are all focusing on the white fog. This should be the best opportunity for the Beast Demon, right?
Do you think if you miss this opportunity, there will be better opportunities in the future?"
Huang Tao fell silent again. He knew that this man was right. If they had to attack the Investigation Bureau sooner or later, now would be the best time.
Because of the influence of the white fog, with all the main forces leaving the field, relying on the power of the Beast Demon, they might be able to kill their way through the Investigation Bureau.
"Hey, this is her photo." Zuo Luanjun handed the photo to Huang Tao.
Huang Tao took the photo handed over by Zuo Luanjun, nodded slightly, and said, "It's beautiful and looks delicious."
"She does smell good. Eating her should give me a lot of power." said Zuo Luanjun.
Huang Tao looked up at her and asked, "Where is she now?"
"Now is not the time to act. I will send you a message when the time comes, and you can act then. In addition, you cannot see her in person now. You must seek indirect help from some force."
"What's the meaning?"
"It means that you still have some human characteristics left, and you can't see her yet. But don't worry, I will give you some help when the time comes."
Huang Tao didn't understand what the other party meant, but he was too lazy to ask and directly asked the question he cared about most: "When will you give Su Ming to me?"
"I will give it to you after you get rid of Xia Xiaoyu, but you can take it yourself at that time."
"What do you mean by that?"
"You'll know when the time comes."
After saying that, the rebel turned around and was about to leave, but Huang Tao suddenly called him back.
"Wait a minute, you just said that humans can't see that girl, which means... you are not human either?"
"Hahaha! Who knows?"
Huang Tao watched the other person leave. At this time, there was still a faint smell of corpse floating in the air.
He recalled the expression of the woman just now, and suddenly remembered the days when he collected protection fees in the casino ten years ago.
At that time, there was a guy in that area who was kicked out by all the casinos. He had a good relationship with that guy, but later they fell out.
The expression of the woman just now was exactly the same as the guy in my memory. That was not the expression of a prostitute...that was the expression of a liar, and one that was not concealed at all.
…
A week has passed since Su Ming left Baiwu.
During this week, many people in the bureau went to Baiwu, and many people came back from Baiwu.
As time went by, the range of the white fog shrank to only a few hundred meters, and it seemed very safe to enter and exit the white fog.
Su Ming asked some people who came out of the white fog about Sylvie's news, and the answer was naturally very good. She was safe and in good health.
According to what these people said, what the Investigation Bureau wants to do now is to establish a new Investigation Bureau base in the white fog world, and then find a safe way to send some demons into the white fog experimentally.
The four major alliances all know about this demon transfer plan and they all take it very seriously, because as long as this plan succeeds, they can send dangerous demons to another world one after another, and the pressure on the Investigation Bureau to contain them will be greatly reduced.
I have to admit, this is a very brilliant plan.
Just yesterday, Minister Zhang also led a team of elite troops into the white fog. Now the Investigation Bureau’s top combat power is gone.
The senior leaders of the bureau disappeared, and according to convention, the command authority was passed on to another set of position system, and the command authority was dispersed to the district chiefs of each district.
This is not a good thing. Although the power of command sounds very impressive, in reality it just means that people are constantly asking you what to do this or that. You must make decisions on things that the people below you cannot make, and you must also be responsible.
This was a very troublesome thing for Su Ming, but fortunately no one ever asked him what to do. It was not known whether it was because everyone knew that he had no experience as a new official, or because the situation below was very good and everyone knew what to do.
This week, most of the things Su Ming was responsible for were small matters similar to the ones he had solved the first time.
The case of the family of three having their food eaten in the middle of the night was resolved three days ago. The culprit of that incident was a monster that could transform into any piece of furniture.
The process of solving this matter was very easy. After the investigators emptied the house, they installed a large number of cameras and placed a large piece of pork in the house. After a few days, the monster took the bait.
After research and evaluation, it was found to be a harmless little monster. Although it had attack power, it was very weak and has now been contained.
In addition to the "carnivorous furniture" anomaly, Su Ming also solved other scattered reports. Overall, there were no memorable ones, and none of them were difficult.
Besides that, he also encountered some difficult and upsetting things.
The day before yesterday, when Su Ming was out, he was stopped by a dishevelled middle-aged man. The man begged him to help find his missing son. After Su Ming agreed, he asked in detail about the time and place of his son's disappearance. It turned out that a year had passed since his son disappeared.
Later, Su Ming asked Jiang Yun to ask around and found out that this man had been asking for help everywhere for a long time.
His persistent search for his son was once reported by TV stations, and the investigation bureau also searched hard, but in the end there was no result. The only conclusion he got was that his son was taken away by strange people.
But the monster never appeared again after that, so there was no possibility that his son would ever come back.
The father could do nothing, not even if he just wanted to retrieve a body.
Su Ming also heard that this was not an isolated case. There were many people like that father. These people were crazy and stupid, out of touch with society, and were almost abandoned.
The Alliance cannot help ordinary people who are harmed by monsters because they have given up on their own lives. The only can do is to respond to their requests for help.
Other than that, nothing can help.
Jiang Yun said that according to social survey data, most of the people who commit suicide every year are those who are harmed by the weird, and no one in society pays attention to these people.
Su Ming understood that everyone was an ordinary person who could only see the peaceful life in front of them.
A certain philosopher once said that human joys and sorrows are not shared...it seems that this is true.
All in all, this world is very cruel to human beings, and Su Ming understands this more clearly.
Before he became the district chief, no one told him these things, but after becoming the district chief, many unknown things came to his attention one after another .
As a time traveler who knew nothing, Su Ming felt that he was more integrated into this world than before.
You can see different things when you stand in different positions. Once you stand at a higher position and see larger and cruel data, then the tragic little things suddenly become insignificant.
If you want to save people, starting from yourself may not be the best way. The best way is to find the root cause of the tragedy.
In this case... you have to stand higher.
