Chapter 653 - Police and Criminal [2 in 1] (1/2)

Translator: Lonelytree  Editor: Millman97

As large as the female boss was, her heart was disproportionately small. It glistened and refracted the light like a blood red ruby. It was not discolored or tainted in any way. “Who would have thought an ugly monster like that would have such a pure heart?”

Chen Ge reached out to touch the glutton monster’s heart. He wished to study and find out what exactly a Red Specter’s heart was. However, when his fingertip landed on the heart, negative emotions swept at him like a wave. Blood rushed through his body, and an indescribable desire to feast echoed in his brain. He was so hungry that he could have taken a bite out of himself.

“So hungry!” The desperate snarl escaped from Chen Ge’s lips. The man had to take several steps back from the heart before he felt more like himself again.

“Just how many living humans and ghosts has this thing ingested?” Gasping hungrily for air, Chen Ge’s back was soaked in sweat. He held his hands back and swore to not easily handle anything related to Red Specters anymore.

“The heart of the glutton monster is the pure desire to feast. It is an endless need that can only be satisfied with maddened consumption.” Chen Ge understood why Xu Yin did not take in the glutton monster’s heart directly. This was not something that could be handled by a normal Specter. “Back when we killed Xiong Qing, Xu Yin gave Xiong Qing’s heart to Bai Qiulin. Now I wonder if Bai Qiulin has been affected by Xiong Qing or not.”

Feeling Chen Ge’s gaze on him, Bai Qiulin thought that it was time for him to report to duty, so he dragged the barely-surviving boy over. In a perfect contrast to Xu Yin, for Bai Qiulin, only his heart was dyed red by blood.

“Ol’ Bai looks perfectly normal. Perhaps it’s because Xiong Qing was too weak to leave any effect on him.” Chen Ge opened the comic to pull the boy into it. He planned to slowly interrogate the boy and get more information about Xin Hai Central Hospital from him after the Trial Mission was over. After dealing with the boy, Chen Ge turned back to look at the heart in Xu Yin’s hand.

He could see that even just carrying the heart put a great amount of pressure on Xu Yin. He would definitely end up in trouble if he was ordered to consume the heart. Furthermore, Xu Yin had never shown any interest in consuming another person’s heart. Instead, he wanted to find a heart that belonged to him.

“Then, what should I do with this?” The glutton monster’s heart was a very valuable reward. It technically contained everything that was about the glutton monster. With this in Chen Ge’s possession, he might even have the chance of cultivating a Red Specter who could have a better handle of the hunger in the future!

This thing was too valuable. Even the shadow and Doctor Gao would definitely be interested in it.

“If Xu Yin is tasked with acting as the keepsake of the heart, he would separate out a part of his power to resist the negative emotions the heart will bring. That will definitely affect his ability during battle.” During dangerous situation, Xu Yin was Chen Ge’s main fighting force, so having Xu Yin handle the glutton monster’s heart was a giant waste.

“But other than him, who would be able to resist that overwhelming wave of negative emotions?” Chen Ge had Bai Qiulin give it a try, but he only persisted for several minutes before his expression became contorted. He had gone under the influence of gluttony, and it was clear that he was slowly spiraling out of control.

“Is there no other way than to give this away? But it will be such a loss.” The red high heels probably desired the glutton monster’s heart. Gifting it to her would probably earn Chen Ge a valuable ally, but the man thought that was such a ridiculous waste of resource.

“Normal Specters are too weak to sustain a consumption of such a powerful heart. They will most likely disperse from eating this heart. Only a Red Specter is able to resist that enormous will to feed.” Chen Ge stared at the beeping heart in Xu Yin’s hands. The blood red heart was buried deeply inside the meat mountain and was thus spared the effect of the blood curse.

“Leaving it with Xu Yin will only create a burden. The only choice I have left is Zhang Ya.” Chen Ge called Xu Yin to get close to the candlelight and had Xu Yin place the glutton monster’s heart on his shadow. Ever since he entered Li Wan City, Chen Ge’s shadow had gradually been changing. It was not until he was trying to madly summon Zhang Ya earlier that he had noticed this change. He had no idea why Zhang Ya was doing this, but he believed that Zhang Ya would not harm him.

The candlelight cast its flame on Chen Ge’s body, but the strange thing was that the shadow that he formed was in the shape of a woman. Chen Ge looked at his own shadow silently. Xu Yin had the obvious desire that he did not wish to get any closer. After getting permission from Chen Ge, he finally placed the glutton monster’s heart on Chen Ge’s shadow.

Then a strange thing happened. Once the heart that glistened like a ruby left Xu Yin’s grasp, it started to bounce violently, and soon, a woman’s shadow appeared above the heart. Chen Ge felt the woman looked so familiar. Eventually, he matched it to the woman that he saw in the boss’ room, the woman in the pictures, the woman that he called his mother. That should be the real appearance of the ruby ghost.

“So, she still had this trick up her sleeves.” Cold sweat poured out of Chen Ge’s forehead. If he had made his employee consume this heart, that employee might have transformed into a second glutton monster.

The woman’s wail gradually weakened before dissolving into droplets of blood that landed on Chen Ge’s shadow. His shadow was like a lake whose bottom could never be seen. The droplet of blood landed on the shadow and caused a ripple before disappearing completely.

After the glutton monster’s heart completely melted, Chen Ge’s shadow became even darker, and the silhouette of a woman became clearer. For some strange reason, Chen Ge’s heart started to race. He looked at his own shadow and had this sensation that a young lady was waving at him from the other side of the shadow. If he reached out toward the woman, he would be dragged into the shadow and stay there with her forever.

“Zhang Ya?” The name floated up in Chen Ge’s heart. The hair in the shadow bloomed like it was being caressed by the wind—this, Chen Ge accepted as a response.

“She seems to have grown stronger…” Chen Ge had been trying to increase the power level of his employees, but after such a long struggle, he realized that the combined strength of all of his employees still would not match that of Zhang Ya. To make matters worse, the difference between the power level only continued to grow. “Perhaps this is what they call talent.”

At Jiujiang Medical University’s underground morgue, even though Zhang Ya had been injured in the battle as well, she had still managed to get something from Doctor Gao’s wife. It was the same thing when she crossed swords with the shadow. Then, she forcibly stole a few drops of blood from Doctor Gao. Now, she had consumed the glutton monster’s heart. Just how strong Zhang Ya had become, even Chen Ge himself could not tell.

“I am not someone who likes to rely on others, but based on this situation, it does not appear like I have a choice.” His lips turned involuntarily upward. Chen Ge glanced at the headless woman and the pair of red high heels. “If you’re naughty, I’ll feed you to her.”

The red high heels were collapsed on the ground, and they looked no different from a normal pair of shoes. The woman had probably exhausted so much of her energy that she had trouble even holding her form. After all, during the battle with the glutton monster, she had single-handedly suffered seventy-five percent of the damage, and it was she who managed to land the crucial blow on the glutton monster, which provided Chen Ge with the opportunity that he needed.

“You’ve helped me once, so I’ll treat you in kind. I’m not going to take advantage of you. When the mission is over, I’ll bring you back to a safe place and even purposely construct a home for you.” Chen Ge had personally witnessed the terror of the red high heels’ curse. He picked up the heels using an abandoned table cloth and placed them on the counter.

“Then, it’s your turn. You chased me for a whole damn street, and I think you owe me an apology.” Chen Ge had Xu Yin, Bai Qiulin, and Men Nan apprehend the headless woman before he dared get close to her. The headless woman seemed to have some prejudice against men, and she refused to even look at Chen Ge’s group.

“It’s fine if you don’t want to communicate with males. I have female ghosts in my employment as well.” Chen Ge summoned Duan Yue to communicate with the headless woman. After a long communication, Duan Yue returned to relay the information. The headless woman’s condition was definitely not good. She had lost half of her body, and her head was heavily injured. She had trouble maintaining her form from dispersing, much less getting into battle.

“Even though you’ve chased me for a long time, I am a generous person who will put aside most grievances. After we leave this place, I’ll find you a safe place to allow you to recover.” Chen Ge pulled the headless woman into the comic.

“Hey! I know you have limited space at your Haunted House. Why don’t you just give her the spot that I normally occupy?” Men Nan said in the tone of an adult. He jogged with his short legs to stand behind Chen Ge. “I’ve not returned home for a long time already. There might be some problems at the Third Sick Hall. Once the door goes out of control, the consequences will be imaginably bad.”

“I promise you, after the sun comes up, I’ll immediately take you back to the Third Sick Hall.” Chen Ge squatted down and very seriously reached out his hand. “Here, pinkie promise.”