Chapter 0017 – Evil People Are Not Excited – Absolute Returns

After leaving the Demon Monarch, I went to the medical center.

When Xu Dalong saw me, he was surprised and asked, “What brings you here?”

He didn’t seem to think I’d be here.

“Why can’t I come?”

“Nothing, I just didn’t expect you to come to the Healing Center yourself.”

“I’m rather surprised that you’re here.”

“Huh?”

“I thought you said that none of your fellow officers liked you?”

“So, I’m trying to change their perspective.”

Despite what he said, I didn’t sense any disconnect between him and his fellow officers.

“How is your friend’s injury?”

“The Magic Doctor is treating him, thank you for bringing in the Magic Doctor.”

“I should, even though I’m only acting as investigator for the time being, he’s my fellow officer after all.”

While I casually said that, Xu Dalong and the surrounding Yellow Springs Pavilion investigators all revealed looks of gratitude.

After a while, the Demon Doctor came out of the treatment room.

He is the most skillful doctor in our religion, and the righteous people call him the “Demon Doctor”. He likes this name very much, so we also call him the Magic Doctor.

“What’s the situation?”

“Fortunately, it’s not life-threatening, but it will take some time to recuperate.”

“Use the best medicine and make sure you cure him.”

“Don’t worry.”

Hearing our conversation, those Yellow Springs Pavilion Investigating Officers thanked me, they usually get injured during their missions, but they don’t have the chance to be personally treated by a magic doctor.

On the way back to his residence, Xu Dalong asked, “What did the Demon Monarch say?”

“He wanted me to stop here and not look into it any further.”

“What about what happened to Captain Gao?”

“He wants to put all the blame on the High Party.”

Xu Dalong was incredulous.

“His most valued henchman is dead, and he’s surprised ……”

“It’s not the Gao Party as a person that he values, it’s the Gao Party’s ability, and when the Gao Party dies, someone else will naturally take his place. What illusions do you harbor about him?”

“I thought he’d go out of his way to track down the killer to avenge his men.”

“You’re wrong, bad guys don’t lose their minds easily.”

“Isn’t it?”

“Only those city scoundrels are like that, the truly evil people are calm, on the contrary, those who are kind are easy to be impulsive and emotional.”

I knew that the Demon Monarch must hate me to the bone, and as long as he had the chance, he would not hesitate to kill me to vent his hatred.

“What are you going to do next?”

“I’ve put out the bait, let’s see if he’ll take the bait.”

“Bait?”

“I’ll tell you when he takes the bait.”

I told the Demon Monarch that if he wanted to end this, he would have to produce evidence, and now, it’s up to him what he’ll do.

“So what do I do next?”

“Drink with me.”

Xu Dalong turned around and walked in the other direction.

“Where are you going?”

“Go get the wine, what do you like to drink?”

“Whatever, buy whatever you like and pay for it.”

I was about to pull out the money, but Xu DaLong walked away without looking back.

“Today’s drinks are on me.”

I had to drink with Xu DaLong during the day.

The wine he bought was sweet, and while it was easy on the palate, it was also easy to get drunk.

“I like sweet wine.”

“I thought you said you weren’t interested in food?”

“I drink occasionally.”

After a few glasses of wine, Xu Dalong said what was in his heart.

“You said before that I was a fame chaser.”

“That’s a harsh way to put it, I should say, you value power more.”

“All the same.”

“It’s not all bad, it’s better than living with no purpose and being a jerk, right?”

Although Xu Dalong looks very melancholy, but he carries a great ideal in his heart, otherwise, he would not say “change” such words.

“To be honest, I want to be promoted and get rich, as for what to support justice and eradicate evil, I don’t care at all, I can’t even feed myself, how can I care about others?”

I really should have brought LeeAnn, she needed that realization more than anything.

“Why do you have low self-esteem when you’re clearly working for yourself? Raise your head!”

Xu Dalong lifted his head and looked at me.

“How old are you?”

“Thirty-two.”

“Wow! Can’t tell.”

I was really surprised, I thought he was only in his early twenties. But come to think of it, even if you’re smart enough to become a special investigator, you have to work in the Yellow Springs Pavilion for at least ten years.

“Why do you want to be an investigator?”

“To be honest, I don’t have much confidence in my martial arts practice, I can’t become a supreme master with the martial arts I’ve learned, and my body shape is not suitable for martial arts practice ……”

The Yellow Springs Pavilion’s duty was not to fight, but to maintain the order of the Sect, and they relied on absolute authority.

Therefore, when recruiting investigation officers, the Yellow Springs Pavilion valued intelligence, judgment and communication skills more than martial arts.

“I know, it sounds ridiculous, but I really don’t have the confidence to become a martial arts master, that’s why I chose to become an investigator.”

“You always emphasize this point, so it seems that you still can’t get enough of practicing martial arts.”

“Who wouldn’t want to be a martial artist?”

“It’s not too late to start.”

“It’s already late.”

“That’s a bit of a laugh.”

Xu Dalong put down his wine glass and looked at me.

“You say it’s late? You say you can’t learn martial arts? You say you’re short in stature? Do you really think that’s why you failed?”

Xu Dalong was speechless and could only drink in silence.

“It’s been a long time since I’ve heard words so straight to the soul, it hurts like hell.”

“When you’re old, even if no one says anything about you, you’ll regret it, so act now while you’re still young.”

“You’re younger than me, how ……”

I laughed and drained my glass.

At that moment, a Yellow Springs Pavilion investigator walked over.

“The Demon Army sent this over.”

He handed me an account book and a few thousand taels of silver checks.

“The fish is hooked.”

That ledger, a record of the Demon Army’s assassination missions, which detailed their acceptance of bribes and sending their men on assassination missions.

“They said it was found in the High Captain’s room.”

The ledger recorded in detail the members of the Demon Army who participated in the assassination mission, how much they received and what they killed, it was clear as day. Coincidentally, those Demons recorded in the ledger were all killed by me just now.

It seemed that the Demon Monarch was trying to use the method of death without proof to suppress this matter. Moreover, he had deliberately reduced the number of cases, keeping only three or four, describing this matter as the personal behavior of the High Party and a few of his men, and trying to set aside his own responsibility as much as possible.

I handed the ledger to Xu Dalong.

“Go wash your face and wake up!”

“Yes, I’m going to check on those silver checks.”

“There’s no need to look into it, these silver tickets surely won’t lead to any clues, you go and look into the other matter.”

“At your service.”

“Go and find out who is the smartest in a large party; there must be an unobtrusive fellow who is very learned and clever.”

“Yes.”

“I’m going to see the Demon Monarch.”

“Why do you still want to see him?”

“I need to stall.”

We split up and went our separate ways to accomplish our tasks.

Seeing the Demon Monarch again, he was obviously much more relaxed.

“We found evidence in Captain Gao’s room.”

“Great.”

“Now, I can finally rest easy.”

“Haha, we have to celebrate, I’m going to book a room, the night will be at the same place, no see you there.”

“But there’s another problem.”

“What again?”

“This evidence was provided by the Demon Army side, not something we found on our own.”