"So it's White Land that brought you here?"
After leaving the Special Operations Authority, Zhou You looked at the time and saw that it was still early, so he didn't immediately return to the mental hospital. Instead, he took Youliu for a walk outside.
"Yes, Your Majesty, I have been assigned to the banner of Miss Zhou, and from now on, I am your personal bodyguard."
You Shiliu was still a gigantic white figure, silently floating behind Zhou Qi.
"Personal? No way, it feels weird."
Zhou Qi, watching the frightening appearance of You Shiliu beside him, shook his head decisively.
She didn't want to wake up in the middle of the night and see such a thing right in front of her eyes.
"Do you dislike me?"
You Shiliu keenly sensed Zhou Qi's disdain.
"No way!"
Zhou Qi hurriedly denied it.
"Relax, it's not as close as you think. After all, I still have to handle my duties as a spirit officer from the afterlife."
"If you encounter any problems in the future, just use my token to open the channel to the underworld. I will be able to sense it immediately and arrive at your side in the first place."
"Now you can rest assured?"
You Shiliu did not continue to dwell on the awkward point with Zhou Qi, and explained.
"How convenient is this thing?"
Zhou Qi was still unaware that the token had the function of making phone calls, so he dug out You Shiliu's token in wonder.
"Not that one, this is just a standard model. Look, this is the one."
In the end, before Zhou Qi had a chance to examine it, You Shiliu grabbed the token Zhou Qi was holding and handed him a new one in return.
The new token had a peculiar material. It wasn't wood, nor was it ironware. It was somewhat like jade, and felt slightly cool to the touch.
The back still featured an unknown ferocious beast, but it looked more majestic than the one on the wooden token.
On the front, there were two additional smaller characters outside the "You" character.
Shiliu.
It can be considered a custom token for You Shiliu.
"By the way, I heard White Land say that ghosts in the underworld cannot appear during the day. But how did I see you twice in broad daylight? Are you not from the underworld?"
After putting the token away, Zhou Qi changed the subject.
"That refers to my previous identity, and for other personnel in the underworld like the Judges Yan Luo, they indeed cannot move about during the day."
"However, ghost messengers are different. As messengers who guide souls, they don't need the seal of the Underworld King, as their position itself is recognized by heaven and earth."
"After all, people can still die during the day."
You Shiliu was explaining very patiently.
Zhou Qi also learned a lot about the secrets of this world through this.
For example, the enmity between the Underworld and the Heavens that has spanned tens of thousands of years.
For example, the headquarters of the demon race.
For example, demons.
"The demon race is different from the other four races. What people call demons are actually the ultimate expression of some emotion."
"The living beings have seven emotions and six desires, and demons have thirteen different forms."
"Oh, by the way, the little girl you just took over has the aura of demons."
You Shiliu suddenly brought up Lu Nianwei.
"Lu Nianwei is a demon?"
Zhou Qi suddenly stopped his steps and widened his eyes.
"I'm not sure, but there's a demon's aura within her."
You Shiliu is not gossipy, or rather, all ghost messengers are not gossipy.
Ghost messengers deal with the death of souls every day and are used to seeing life and death. What kind of gossip have they not heard or seen?
"Wait, do you remember when we first met? You were coming out of room 410 at the time, and who did you take away?"
Zhou Qi only remembers that the soul taken away that night was extremely evil in nature.
And that was the first time Zhou Qi encountered such a supernatural event. Out of panic, he forgot to observe the person's identity and only remembered that they were wearing a patient's gown.
"Um, you guessed right, it's Lu Nianwei."
"However, it's not the Lu Nianwei you understand, but another soul hidden within her body."
"Humanity calls this personality dissociation, right? Now I'll tell you that Lu Nianwei, this girl, don't be fooled by her innocent and harmless appearance. She has at least split into ten or more personalities."
"And each personality is different from the other, not lacking in those who are deeply evil. The one I took away that night was just one of them."
Ghost messengers never speak without shocking others to death, and the information they provide is always earth-shattering.
This immediately dispelled Zhou Qi's previous interest in Lu Nianwei.
According to Zhou Qi's initial impression, Lu Nianwei was a girl who had developed personality dissociation at a young age, with an older brother who was a cold-faced man. She must have been a very pitiful person.
However, after listening to You Shiliu's explanation, Zhou Qi started to hypothesize.
Maybe the Lu Nianwei she saw during the day was just a false image that Lu Nianwei wanted to present to the outside world?
It's like a wolf in sheep's clothing, bursting out of hiding in the moment you let your guard down and striking you down with one blow.
"In short, thank you for today. If you weren't here, I wouldn't know what they would do to me."
As the time approached noon, Zhou Qi also reached the time to return to the mental hospital, so he smiled at You Shiliu and said.
"Yes, it's just a small matter. Since this messenger has promised the prince, it is natural to protect you."
"By the way, there is also a strange thing."
You Shiliu hesitated for a moment and spoke up.
"What?"
Zhou Qi curiously asked.
"You should be aware that, according to normal logic, institutions like the Special Affairs Bureau have powerful protective systems inside and outside, right?"
You Shiliu used two huge white hands to gesture, and the bird's-eye view of the Special Affairs Bureau appeared in the air immediately.
"Because ghost messengers have a cooperative relationship with them, ghost messengers can enter and exit more conveniently than other spirits, but there will still be some resistance."
You Shiliu pointed to the direction of the gate, where a red mark appeared to indicate that there was a mechanism to defend against ghost messengers.
"However, today, not only did this messenger walk through without any obstacles, even your ghost car, with its strength alone, would be unable to crash through the gate of the Special Affairs Bureau. It's like dreaming for a fool."
"Moreover, the office of that director, as the face of the Special Affairs Bureau, his office door is absolutely not easy to let people kick open, but you have also seen."
"Therefore, this messenger suspects that they arrested you not because you really did something wrong, but because they hope to get something else from you."
"If it weren't for this messenger's sudden arrival, they might have accomplished their goals."
"Be careful in the future."
As they spoke, the ghost car had arrived at the entrance of the mental hospital.
However, looking at the familiar mental hospital, Zhou Qi felt a sense of exclusion for the first time.
What can Lu Jia year get from her?
Apart from the unseeable "Ascending to Heaven" scroll that others cannot see, she is only connected to this mental hospital.
If Lu Jia year's true purpose is the mental hospital, then everything makes sense.
But why would the official target the mental hospital?
Is there a problem with the officials, or is there a problem with the mental hospital?
