I Am Your Natural Enemy

For example, the traces of the different races and things like Yin Qi have been cleaned up completely by a big fire.

Most importantly, in this case, the only person who died was the arsonist. Nobody else was injured, only property was lost, and the case eventually became an unsolved one.

No way around it, the Scorching Sun Department can’t possibly resolve all related cases in the world.

Without any casualties, the priority of the case is destined not to be particularly high.

After retrieving this case, seeing that it’s in Guanzhong County, Feng Yao searched for another piece of information related to Guanzhong County.

This was determined based on the time the amnesia patients got sick, to confirm the past movement route of the Five Desires Demon.

This route includes records of the Great Demon’s recent activities in Guanzhong County.

And Wen Yan said, the person they’re helping to find might have overlapped with the Great Demon’s route.

Now, those found on this list were all people possessed by the Great Demon, who made contact in Guanzhong County during possession.

Just right, all these are given to Wen Yan.

Feng Yao called Wen Yan, first talked about the task of finding people, and after that, mentioned a fire incident in Guanzhong County similar to the one a few days ago, asking if Wen Yan wanted to take a look.

After hanging up the phone, Feng Yao smiled slightly, finding something to do is indeed quite easy.

On the other side, Wen Yan looked at the file Feng Yao sent over.

It’s the case in Guanzhong County, from last year, and the similarity is that both caught fire in the middle of the night, the arsonist died inside, but no other similarities exist.

Moreover, it’s last year’s case, according to the previous idea of linking it with the dry well case, this case would indeed not be considered.

Now looking at it through Wen Yan’s perspective, there are many more similarities.

Besides arson in the middle of the night and the arsonist dying in the fire, according to Wen Yan’s previous thought, another similarity involves money.

The place where the fire broke out in this case was a small jewelry processing store.

Inside, there were many valuable items like gold, silver, and gems.

Almost equivalent to money.

But the case’s priority is not particularly high because ultimately the cleaned-up precious metals hardly suffered any loss, ruling out the possibility of robbery arson.

Wen Yan took a look; with nothing better to do since Gray Cloth started playing hide and seek, might as well go for a stroll.

Made an appointment for tea with Lord Zhu and asked Feng Wei to lead the way, Wen Yan brought Little Fire Seed to Guanzhong County.

Lord Zhu, as always, was enthusiastic, pulling Wen Yan into the tearoom.

”Here for another task?”

”Nothing much, on vacation again, been cultivating for too long, thought to get out and about.”

”If you need any help, just say so. If you need personnel, just say it too, I’ve got plenty of manpower.”

Talking about this, Lord Zhu laughed heartily.

Last time made such a big show, all went on to be extras, he didn’t know the specifics but heard later the results were remarkable.

Despite a lot of ghosts going, each was registered.

Moreover, the Scorching Sun Department really recruited dozens from those ghosts.

Those not selected were just as happy as if having eaten pigeon poop, because whenever needed, they’re candidates.

With registration and records, it’s like opening a door at least, no searching for a temple without knowing the way.

”I came for a stroll, looking for a person, and incidentally checking out a place, a fire case from last year, have you heard of it.”

Wen Yan explained the case briefly, and Lord Zhu shook his head.

”I don’t know, someone must know, wait a minute, I’ll inquire for you.”

Lord Zhu picked up his phone, sent a message out, and continued sipping tea with Wen Yan.

Meanwhile, Wen Yan arrived, trying to inquire about a case, news quickly spread within some local ghost groups.

In just a few minutes, a message came back, there’s a ghost who was considered a witness.

For convenience, Lord Zhu directly arranged a car to take Wen Yan to the location, letting him speak on site, which would be easier.

When Wen Yan arrived, a paper-made taxi was parked there, besides the familiar driver, there stood a ghost looking at most eighteen or nineteen years old before death.

”How should I address you?”

”Sir, just call me Mao Dan.” Seeing Wen Yan seeming hesitant to say it out loud, Mao Dan quickly said: ”My name is Zhang Maodan, my family didn’t have much culture, always called me Mao Dan, and I kept it even after death.”

”Alright, I’ll have a look first.”

Wen Yan looked at the house ahead, after a year, it’s still dark, the neighbors around seem to have all moved away.

This kind of place, Wen Yan remembered, in earlier years, beside highways, there were these self-built houses, mostly restaurants or repair shops.

Later, with road renovations, some places built highways, others relocated the national routes, and the original roadside shops either moved or closed down.

These places had very cheap rents, buying was inexpensive, and oversight was minimal, quite suitable for handcrafted jewelry workshops needing fire.

Wen Yan entered from the side, everything that should have moved had moved, the traces of the past barely visible, no Yin Qi felt, everything appeared normal.

After Wen Yan roamed inside for a bit, the Little Fire Seed hiding in his collar emerged.

With a suction at a certain spot, some floating black ash swiftly concentrated, forming into a small piece of ash in Wen Yan’s palm.