The sunlight at noon in August was merciless as they were piercing through the gla.s.s door and shining right on w.a.n.g Xu"s face. It woke him up with an uncomfortable feeling.
At this moment, Mister Mao was sitting and smoking behind his desk. As soon as he saw w.a.n.g Xu awake, he said, "Put on your clothes, then I will explain you several things."
w.a.n.g Xu rubbed his face. He noticed he was lying on the sofa in Mister Mao"s detective office, fully covered with a blanket.
After just two seconds, he terribly asked, "Why am I wearing only a boxers?"
Even though he had given the question, w.a.n.g Xu also had an ugly answer for his own at the same time. He suddenly touched his a.s.s.
"I have done so many things," Mister Mao said with his usual feeble voice. Of course, that sentence easily made others misunderstand.
w.a.n.g Xu"s face immediately paled, trembling hard, "I did not expect you are so starving. Such a pity for my innocent poor body …"
Mister Mao continued to say without leaving a second for w.a.n.g Xu to think. "First, there was a gas explosion in the lodge house that you have rented. I don"t think it"s necessary for you to go back to grab your stuff. Because when I came there, everything has turned to charcoals. Maybe while you were surrounded by ghosts, the banshee did this. Moreover, I have also sorted out some stuff, including talking to the lessor. And, things like the police uniform is not something that you can wear anytime you want. Although there are some tears on the uniform, thanks to the relationship I have with the police through my daily business, this problem has been settled."
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He had another deep puff at the cigarette, then continued, "Last night, you were detained in a place created by hundreds of ghosts. Only ghosts and ghost hunters can come to this place. Most of the things at that place are illusions so you do not need to worry about being accused of destroying public properties."
"So, the little boy and the giant dog I met yesterday were also ghost hunters?". w.a.n.g Xu picked up clean clothes that were placed neatly on the side and put them on.
"Ah, you are talking about Young Lady of the Sun family? At this moment, her consciousness has left this city. She should have just pa.s.sed by, no need to pay attention."
"What … what? Is she a female? A girl?"
"Even so, let me tell you, no matter she is male or female, feminine or masculine, gay or lesbian, she will not become your girlfriend."
"Bulls.h.i.t. A person like you, who stays in the room for such a long time without doing anything right, still have the gut to lecture me? I still remember the first time I met you, you wore a ragged suit, a yellow-stained shirt. Even until now, you do not even wear a tie. As I can see, you are almost thirty years old. Those are enough to tell others that you are just a rotten piece of wood!"
"Haizz, who treats his life savior with such a harsh behavior? It is understandable that you are still a virgin."
"F*ck! Can you even see this? After all, what have you done with my body?"
Many disgusting images flashed in w.a.n.g Xu"s mind.
"A virgin boy and a hot chick are like lipstick stain on the shirt"s collar." Mister Mao blew out a thick smoke, then summarized with a sentence.
"s.h.i.t! Only you can think of something like that. What is your job actually? Why it could help you not only have acquaintance with the police but also to find out my place that quick?"
"In fact, this job requires having connections with many people in all different fields. For example, by getting information from some hardcore gamblers, I know you are not a simple guy."
As soon as w.a.n.g Xu heard the word "gamblers", he immediately felt insecure, as the work he had done for so many years has been disclosed. However, Mister Mao did not feel that he should stop there, he continued, "Three years ago, after you graduated from the secondary school, your parents pa.s.sed away alternatively. You went to look for a job at a casino managed by a guy named Qin. It was said that you were a well-known and an excellent dealer even without any cheating machine. In front of other people"s wide-open eyes, you could still deliberately change cards without anyone"s notice."
"Who told you that? Don"t talk rubbish, I am an honest citizen!"
Even though he knew that explanations were useless, w.a.n.g Xu still tried to keep his resistant att.i.tude to solve problems.
"No worries. Anyway, you have just stopped doing it recently. If I have turned you in to the police, I would not have cleaned up your mess. And if I want you to die, you should be dead long time ago. The reason why I saved you is that I want you to work for me."
"What if I don"t agree?"
Mister Mao did not answer. Instead, he picked up the Devil Subduing Journal on the table and change to another topic which related to it, "On this Devil Subduing Journal, many lost marvelous tactics of the Devil Ravine Man have been recorded. There is even some useful knowledge in the ghost hunting world. This book has chosen you, thus only you can learn those tactics. Even though others could translate them, they still could not perceive the underlying meaning."
"You have not answered my question!"
Mister Mao kept ignoring that sentence successfully.
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"Now, you have become a member of this detective office. I will teach you some basic knowledge in the coming time so as you can defend yourself. Last time, what you used to attack those wandering souls in front of the mysterious beast was so immature."
"Hey, should you have a limit in ignoring other"s words?"
"After one week, you will have to start your work. I hope you can learn well to avoid getting killed in action on your first trial. Ah, right! You have slept for more than thirty hours. You should go to the bar downstairs to eat something."
Mister Mao walked out of the room while talking.
In addition to ignoring the point that w.a.n.g Xu was getting on his nerves, Mister Mao also naturally gave him orders. After carefully considering his current situation as a broke homeless, w.a.n.g Xu decided to wait for several days more before he could have a chance to flee away.
Three days had pa.s.sed just in a blink. In these days, w.a.n.g Xu had a different look about Mister Mao. This man was totally not as bad as what he showed. During the time w.a.n.g Xu had been unconscious, Mister Mao had not stayed in the office. Instead, he had gone out to solve w.a.n.g Xu"s problems. He just got back at that noon. He had even also treated w.a.n.g Xu"s wounds. Moreover, since w.a.n.g Xu had a place in the bar "Black Cat", he knew the name of the big guy that he used to meet was Meng Hong, who was a security as well as running errands. The owner of "Black Cat" was a bold old man, whose name was Wu GuangZong. This old man always kept a calm complexion on his face and wore only a western shirt with a tie. Most of the people coming to the bars had ferocious appearances, but there was not any tussle happening. It seemed that this place had gotten out of the map of low-level gangsters and directly entered the level of "heroes of the continent and forest". The noteworthy thing was even though people coming here had intimidating appearances, all of them addressed the owner as "Uncle Wu" respectfully, and so did Mister Mao.
w.a.n.g Xu also realized that both Uncle Wu and Meng Hong called Mister Mao "Gu Chen". After asking Mister Mao, he knew that Mister Mao was only the t.i.tle for the chief of the ghost hunters in this city. Each city had one chief like that. In fact, if something serious happened, they would be the first one who got burned alive.
Not to mention that the ghost hunters never used their real names because they were afraid of their ancestors in the hades would be affected. Therefore, most of them used a t.i.tle instead of their real names. That was an unwritten law.
In fact, the ghost hunters could not know what happened in the hades. Their job was to help innocent people to live their happy life without being bothered by ghosts or devils.
To be able to become a ghost hunter, one should have a predecessor to guide him. Those who were predecessors had dignity, capacity, and the "ready-to-sacrifice" thought.
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Congratulations! You have just entered a profession that had no way back.
In the past few days, w.a.n.g Xu had realized that the Devil Subduing Journal, which he had read and perceived, currently became a blank book. There were not things like the "Unlimited Heaven and Earth, Universe Seized Magic" or something. Then he, a humble human, had to conclude that he used to have terrifying power in his childhood. Only when he could return to that state, his potential would be extended to the ultimate. Therefore, he was more consistent with the decision of getting out of this f*cking ghost hunting job.
One week had quickly pa.s.sed. w.a.n.g Xu had learned a lot of foundation knowledge, but he still had the intention of fleeing away. w.a.n.g Xu liked boisterous things. For example, he had chosen the t.i.tle "3000$ for your life" for his own. Regretfully, that t.i.tle had been rejected by Mister Mao.
The reason was simple. "If I say it out, I will lose my face."
On the day that w.a.n.g Xu chose the t.i.tle "Devil Ravine Man" for himself to join the ghost hunting world, he also knew his first mission from Mister Mao.
It had to be said that this was a perfect trap created for w.a.n.g Xu personally. He could not help but jump into this.