Afterlife Department

Chapter 623 - Cemetery

Gu Xingfeng snapped his fountain pen into two and the ink spilled on his hands to his fingers. But, he doesn't care. "Investigate each cemetery!" he ordered as he slapped the table with his ink-stained hand, leaving a vivid black handprint on his desk.

"Yes!" Ke Congyi immediately answered before he pulled the startled officer and they hurriedly left Gu Xingfeng's office. He already guessed that the 'animal' corpse that they found that day was of a yao's.

And now, there are almost two hundred 'animal' corpses in that cemetery. Then, what about the other cemeteries? Were they also 'hiding' the other corpses of the yao that gone missing and died after? Just thinking it brought chills down on Ke Congyi's spine.

"Immediately investigate each cemetery in the country, wherever it is!" Ke Congyi told the officer as soon as they returned to their cubicle.

The other officers curiously looked at them.

"You, too!" Ke Congyi pointed the others. "Immediately! Immediately investigate everything! Even if it is a little strange, be sure to inspect it thoroughly!" he told them. Then, he worriedly glanced at the door of Gu Xingfeng's office.

The cemetery is the least suspicious place among all other places to hide a corpse, since no one goes to the cemetery frequently, not to mention that the cemetery is also filled with corpses. Thus, it was very safe to hide corpses there and, if you have no moral, you can place the corpse with the other corpses already buried in their by their family members.

Ke Congyi sighed. What he initially thought an ordinary case of missing 'people' would actually be a very big and complicated case.

…

England.

As a capable boyfriend – ehem, boss… no, this isn't right. 'colleague', right, 'colleague'. As a capable colleague, Yi Bing has already booked a flight to England as soon as Huo Ling told him last night that he wanted to meet Jiang Ce.

"You… you remember me?!" Huo Ling stared at Jiang Ce in shock after he and Yi Bing met with him.

Jiang Ce nodded. "En. I was shocked when Hao Baiyun, who was your cousin, suddenly forgot you." He said and sighed.

Huo Ling was puzzled. He then looked at Yi Bing.

"Soul Fragment." Yi Bing answered.

This is the reason why Jiang Ce wasn't affected of losing his memories of Huo Ling after Huo Ling became a grim reaper, especially the Soul Fragment that possessed him before was Huo Ling's.

Huo Ling was surprised. "Soul Fragments can also affect humans?!" he exclaimed.

Yi Bing knew then that Huo Ling misunderstood. "Soul Fragments can affect the surroundings. But, if upon humans, then they will possess them." he exclaimed.

"… 'possess'?" Huo Ling muttered and looked at Jiang Ce who is calmly reading a book on the bench as if he didn't hear them.

He acted as if he never met them and talked to them earlier.

"En. Humans possessed by Soul Fragments might change, or not change at all." Yi Bing said. "It depends on how strong the Soul Fragment is. The stronger it is, the greater it will affect the human depending on its will, how it will change the human." He explained.

Huo Ling was shocked. "Then… how did he change before?" he asked as he pointed at Jiang Ce. "If the Soul Fragment affected the surroundings by making my mother almost die… then, what about him?" he asked Yi Bing.

Jiang Ce. "…" talking as if I am not here! He thought as a vein popped on his forehead. But, there were passersby and he knew that the humans can't see Yi Bing and Huo Ling, who are grim reapers. Thus, he acted like he doesn't see them or hear them.

Yi Bing glanced at Jiang Ce before he turned his gaze back to Huo Ling. "I only heard it from Hao Baiyun before, but he said that the doctor he met once that saved him and Gu Xingfeng was very timid." He answered. "That is why he, as well as his subordinates Fei Xuli and Jing Yu were shocked that the doctor has become an aggressive, as well as sharp-tongued…" he said.

Jiang Ce can't take it anymore. His brows twitched. "Enough!" he shouted.

"What – " the passersby gasped, startled by his shout, as they turned to him in shock.

Jiang Ce's lip twitched. He frowned, then glared at them. The passersby immediately left, scared.

Jiang Ce turned, still glaring, at Huo Ling and Yi Bing. "Let's talk somewhere else." he told them.

Yi Bing didn't react while Huo Ling awkwardly smiled. Since Jiang Ce knew this will happen, then why did he still act like that towards them earlier? He thought and sighed. He really can't associate this Jiang Ce with the word 'timid', as what Hao Baiyun thought of Jiang Ce before.

Jiang Ce has really changed.

…

China.

Hao Baiyun felt his head hurt after he heard what Gu Xingfeng said. "Damn it." He cursed under his breath.

Gu Xingfeng sighed as he helped him sat on the couch. "I don't want to say this, but I have to." He took a deep breath. "As of right now, my subordinates have found more than a thousand corpses in S City." He said.

Hao Baiyun sharply inhaled.

Gu Xingfeng knows what he is thinking. "En. The number of the missing yao, who are all presumed dead, doesn't add up to the number of corpses that my subordinates have found." He said.

Hao Baiyun didn't speak.

"Of course, we can't exclude the ones recently abducted and are still alive." Gu Xingfeng continued. "Still…" he looked at Hao Baiyun. "I am afraid that it wouldn't just be the cemeteries, but also the other places the enemies have hidden the corpses of the yao. Also, we have to find the ones who are still alive. We might be able to save them." he told him.

Hao Baiyun tiredly sighed. "I know." He said as he leaned his back on the couch. "I already sent Fei Xuli and the others." he told him.

Gu Xingfeng sighed in relief. Then, he suddenly remembered something. "How about Mu Li?" he asked. he recalled that Mu Li was brought here by Yi Bing, and Huo Ling, so that he can help them track the yao that went missing.

"They have sent me videos and the list of the shipping companies that they suspect." Hao Baiyun answered as he handed his phone to Hao Baiyun.

Gu Xingfeng took it. An email was open and there is indeed a list, as well as some videos with attached names of the shipping companies. Gu Xingfeng opened one of the videos and was shocked to see it was high-quality, and even the audio was very clear. "This… this video is so good, as if it was an employee who took it, or a visitor was given the permission to record…" he said as he watched the video.

He expected for the video to be of low-quality.

"It should be Xiao Hualing who took the video." Hao Baiyun said.

Gu Xingfeng remembered the girl from the Stable World. "How did she do this?" he asked. Maybe he can ask her to teach his subordinates on how to secretly capture a video.

"… she is a grim reaper. She can become invisible." Hao Baiyun reminded him.

Gu Xingfeng. "… oh." He muttered. His lip twitched. He can't have his subordinates become grim reapers, okay? It is literally asking for their lives! He sighed in disappointment. "Hm?" he muttered when he spotted someone in the video.

"What's wrong?" Hao Baiyun asked when he saw that Gu Xingfeng's expression changed.

"Do you still remember the Ascend Cruise Ship?" Gu Xingfeng asked.

"Of course. The year it sunk was the same year that we…" Hao Baiyun answered when his voice suddenly trailed off. "Ehem. That year, we had Tang Tang." He said and looked away. His cheeks were flushed red.

Gu Xingfeng smiled. He knows what Hao Baiyun wanted to say. That year that the Ascend Cruise Ship sunk was the year that their relationship got better, and they became officially together.

"What's wrong with the Ascend Cruise Ship?" Hao Baiyun asked, trying to change the topic.

"Well… maybe you should know him?" Gu Xingfeng said as he paused the video and then zoom-ed it.

The image didn't became blur because the camera used is also very good, producing a high quality image.

Hao Baiyun looked at the screen and stared at the face of a man that Gu Xingfeng pointed. His eyes narrowed. "He… looks familiar…" he said as he tried to recall where had he seen the person. Then, suddenly, his eyes widened. "Wait… isn't he the manager of that actor before who died?!" he exclaimed as he looked at Gu Xingfeng. "Who was it again…?" he muttered.

"Luo Ying." Gu Xingfeng answered. "This person is Jing Li." he told him.

Hao Baiyun's mouth fell open in shock. "But, but… didn't that actor die?!" he asked.. "Including his manager!" he added.