I Am Your Natural Enemy

Only the Different Races would be so scared of a ruthless crackdown that they’d go around in such a big circle.

The Scorching Sun Department was always like this. Any case that had nothing to do with Different Races or Professionals would never make it to their desk.

But the second a Different Race committed a crime and got caught, you could bet nothing good was waiting for them.

The next moment, the blood rope wrapped back around the guy’s neck, stringing him up in mid-air.

Pei Tugou held the blood rope in one hand, as if he were leading around a human-shaped helium balloon. He bared his teeth in a grin—something feral and twisted.

”Relax. No one’s gonna see him. Besides, you’re right—just killing him would be letting him off too easy.”

As he spoke, yet another length of blood rope slid out of Pei Tugou’s palm, hanging loose, like it was just waiting for the next target.

Wen Yan looked at the Demonic Corpse.

”Remember anything else?”

The Demonic Corpse’s hollow sockets flicked from Wen Yan to Pei Tugou. She figured, yeah, this wasn’t her show anymore.

”I think I just remembered who took my eyes.”

”Can you lead the way?”

”Yeah.”

”Alright, take us.”

They walked to the underground parking lot. The human balloon drifted behind the car, tugged along by the Spiritual Vehicle as it pulled away from the hospital.

Wen Yan dialed Feng Yao.

”I just found a crooked Professional here. Relax, Brother Gou’s not some serial killer—he hasn’t actually killed that many people, honestly.”

Wen Yan glanced back at Dr. Liu, floating behind the car with a blood rope around his neck, still putting up a struggle.

”Don’t worry, he’s still alive. Brother Gou needs him as a guide anyway.

I just realized something—the Scorching Sun Department is way too fixated on non-humans.

Honestly, when a person goes bad, it’s way worse than Different Races—and a lot more secretive.

Sure, there’s demonic involvement, but I’m betting it’s more than that.

They’ve already got a whole network running, and the very first link in that chain? It’s still human.

They’ve figured out exactly how to keep their cases off the Scorching Sun Department’s radar.”

On the other end, Feng Yao didn’t even bother to ask for the details, just said—

”Need backup?”

”You finished with the internal stuff at Scorching Sun Department?”

”Not yet, it’s not that quick. But I can pull some people off less important cases, send them over.”

”Forget it. Don’t send those boots on the ground to die for nothing.”

Just then, Wen Yan noticed the street ahead looked a little familiar.

A bit further along, he spotted that local barbecue joint he’d seen on the livestream the other night—the one with the grilled pig eyeballs by the street.

Guided by the Demonic Corpse, their car turned into an alley. Wen Yan waved his hand.

”Hold up.”

He turned to the Demonic Corpse.

”You sure? This is the place?”

”Feels like it’s still ahead—not quite there yet.”

”Okay.”

Wen Yan pulled out his phone and made a call.

”Hey, Granny, it’s me—Wen Yan.

Yeah, I’m good.

Ha, you guessed right.

I wanted to ask you something. Should be related to demons.

You know if there are any demons living in Hundred Cities?”

Thousands of miles away, Granny Fox held her phone, surprised.

”I think I heard something. Word is, there’s a revived Great Demon over there.

But that’s about all I know—those revived Great Demons…they’ve never had much to do with us.

Like old aristocrats who look down on us mud-legged peasants.

I heard there’s a Great Demon surnamed Tao with a manor over there.

Don’t know exactly who, though.

What’s up? Is something going on?”

”Nothing much. An old friend of mine is passing through and noticed a few things. He wanted to visit, so I’m just asking around. Don’t worry about it, Granny.”

Granny Fox paused, eyes narrowing, her tone turning grave.

”You leave a tiger half-dead and it’ll come back to bite you. If any demon steps over the line, make sure you kill them in one go. What happens after, don’t worry about it—I haven’t exactly been idle all these years.”

”Uh...” Wen Yan was momentarily embarrassed. He hadn’t even mentioned anything—and Granny Fox had already figured out what he was up to?

”Alright, fine, I’ll be honest. Some demon crossed the line—and joined forces with a human, too. My old friend’s pissed, and I can’t stop him.”

”Be careful. There’s a revived Great Demon over there, and any Great Demon from the old days is trouble.”