Thriller Paradise

"I knew you were a seasoned cook ..." Sheriff Lee glared at brother Jue and said,"you\'re more familiar with the process here than the few newbies I\'ve taught!"

"I repeat ..." Feng bujue replied calmly."I ... So far, I have no criminal record."

Sheriff Lee wasn\'t a useless person. The second time he heard this, he understood the underlying meaning."Hehe ... That means ..." He paused for half a second before continuing,"you might have committed a \'crime\', right?" He sneered."Furthermore ... Just because you don\'t have a criminal record doesn\'t mean you haven\'t been put in jail before, right?" He subconsciously looked around and said,"I was wondering ... You asked me if I was new? So you\'re not looking at the police number, but at the face?"

"That\'s not true ..." Feng bujue shook his head."There are quite a lot of changes in the Department, and I haven\'t been invited as a guest for quite a while, so I can\'t recognize every face. For example, the old Zhang at the door has recently changed into a new apprentice ..."

"Pa! Pa!"

Sheriff Lee slammed the table and stood up. He grabbed Feng bujue\'s collar and said,""I advise you to understand the current situation!"

"I\'m very clear about the \'current\' situation. " "That\'s why I\'m not afraid ..." He tilted his head to look at the camera in the corner of the ceiling."From what I know, after 2030, the police force of S city has basically been fixed at 90% of the police College graduates and 9% of the military and other government personnel. The number of specially recruited members from society was now less than 1%... Compared to the more complicated personnel structure in the past, the overall quality of the police force had improved a lot. In terms of discipline and standards ... It was also very reassuring. As for the phenomenon of beating and scolding criminals at will at the end of the last century, and even forcing them to confess in order to complete their mission,\'now\', it sounds like a story from a fantasy story. "

When brother Jue said that, Sheriff Lee had already let go of his hand, but he still looked at him angrily.

"Ha ..." Feng bujue chuckled."I know that it\'s getting harder and harder to enforce the law. Even if you run into a Rascal, you can\'t do anything. Even a small case needs evidence. Otherwise, we\'ll have to release the person according to the principle of the presumption of innocence. " He shrugged his shoulders."Indeed ... Some scumbags of society just need a beating. The \'court system\' has its pros and cons. But it\'s more helpless to discuss this further ... Let\'s face reality and sit down calmly to talk."

When brother Jue spoke, Sheriff Lee kept looking into his eyes, but he could not detect any fear in them. The sheriff understood that even if he was a repeat offender who was often caught in the police station, under his arrogance, he was also "weak" in his heart. The look in brother Jue\'s eyes at that moment could only mean one of two things. Second, he believed that he would never be punished by the law.

The first scenario proved that Feng bujue was innocent; As for the latter situation ... It meant that he had a certain \'background\'. Of course, there was another possibility ... That this person was a lunatic.

"Phew ..." Sheriff Lee sat down again and lit a cigarette for himself. After he exhaled, he said,"you tell me ... I\'ll listen to your story once."

He didn\'t pick up the pen, but the cigarette. Obviously, when the word "female ghost" came out, there was no need for him to make any written records. However, since the person in question insisted on telling a story based on supernatural theories, there was no harm in listening to it.

"Police officer, how should I address you?" Feng bujue asked with a smile when the man sat down.

"I\'m Li. " Sheriff Lee replied.

"Officer li." "Do you believe in ghosts?" Feng bujue asked.

"I believe in what I see with my own eyes." Sheriff Lee\'s answer was smart.

"Ha ... Alright." Feng bujue smiled."Actually ... Most of the ghosts that roam the human world are not that scary. Ordinary people can\'t see them, and they can\'t interfere with our world. Most of them couldn\'t even maintain their own existences ... During the day, they were in a formless and unconscious state. They could only transform into\' visible ghosts \'for three hours from midnight to three in the morning. Even during this period of time, their spirits are \'bound\' to a certain area ... For example, the cemetery where they died, the place where they lost their lives, or the places they often went to before they died ... In short, ghosts can\'t run around the world to harm people. "

"As expected of a novelist. You\'ve made it up quite well." Sheriff Lee replied noncommittally. He had already known brother Jue\'s occupation when he was filling in the information, so he gave such an answer.

Feng bujue ignored Sheriff Lee\'s sarcasm and continued,""The one I met today was different from the average ghost ..."

"Hehe ... Is that so?" Sheriff Lee took another puff of his cigarette."You can tell?"

Feng bujue\'s attitude was still calm as he continued,""Those ghosts who stay in the human world and can\'t leave are usually people with unfulfilled wishes. As for \'unfulfilled wishes\', there are generally two situations ... The first is that there is still attachment to someone or something in life, and the other is ... There is hatred or resentment that has not been eliminated ..."He paused for a second, then continued," there are many reasons for resentment, such as ... The person who killed this ghost did not receive due punishment, or the evil person who once bullied and humiliated this ghost did not receive retribution, and so on. I\'m sure you\'ve read horror novels or horror movies before, so I won\'t elaborate on the details. "

"I\'ve read a lot of detective novels. Why don\'t you talk about the case?" Sheriff Lee replied.

Feng bujue ignored his interruption and continued,""Women have a higher chance of turning into ghosts than men. Because they\'re more emotional, there are many things that they can\'t let go of easily. " His tone changed slightly."If there\'s a woman who dies an unnatural death at every hour of the day, and she\'s wearing a red dress that can easily stir up resentment, then what will she become ... You should be able to guess it without me having to say it."

"Fufufu ..." Sheriff Lee blew out a puff of smoke."What you met today is?"

"To be exact, I met him yesterday." "It\'s already past midnight," Feng bujue corrected.

"You can continue." Sheriff Lee flicked the ash on the ground a few times.

"According to the Ksitigarbha Sutra, a human\'s soul will return to investigate on the seventh day after their death ..." Feng bujue continued,"tonight, be it the evil spirits or the wandering ghosts, they will all possess a certain amount of magical power ..."

"Wait ... Why is that?" Perhaps it was the effect of the nicotine, but Sheriff Lee seemed to be slowly attracted by brother Jue\'s topic.

"Because a lot of people believe in the seventh day of the lunar calendar, especially us Chinese ... Whether we admit it on the surface or not, most people still have a faint illusion about these superstitious things." Feng bujue replied,"you have to know ... The action of \'believing\' itself is a kind of \'power\'. The true forms of many \'urban legends\' were just some spiritual monsters with ordinary magical power. However, as the news spread, more people believed in it ... And they became stronger and stronger. This is the so-called \'power of faith\'... In theory,\'God\' is the ultimate embodiment of this power. "

"Hmph ..." Sheriff Lee snorted."I believe in Maxism. Why didn\'t I see old Ma turn into a monster and eat people?"

"Are you sure?" Feng bujue revealed a strange smile.

Sheriff Lee\'s expression changed.

"Perhaps, many years ago,\'it\' had already become something with a physical form, and there was more than one ... It has existed until now and has devoured countless lives. "And its rejection of other \'beliefs\' has also been expressed in a very extreme way ..." Feng bujue added.

"Enough!" "Nonsense," Sheriff Lee interrupted him.

"There\'s no\' crowd \'here, only you, and you\'re the one who suggested this example." "If you think I\'m spouting nonsense, just treat it as me farting," Feng bujue said. He didn\'t wait for Sheriff Lee to say anything and went back to the previous topic,"anyway ... I met a Red Ghost who came back for revenge on the night of her seventh day ... According to her, she was killed in that market."

"Ha ..." Sheriff Lee laughed,"\'according to what she said\'?" He repeated brother Jue\'s words."It looks like ... You can talk to ghosts?"

"Of course you can." Feng bujue replied,"I am very certain of that."

"Then tell me ... What did she tell you?" Sheriff Lee asked again.

"Actually, I didn\'t say much. I roughly said that ... The owner of the antique store, the \'victim\' in this case, was angry because he was rejected by her when he was still alive, so he deliberately hit her with his car and killed her. However, after the incident, the boss pulled some strings and the case was directly classified as an accident. In just two days, the boss was released from the police station. It was estimated that ... In the end, he would be sentenced to probation at most, and would not have to go to jail at all. "As for the details, I really can\'t find out ... Normal earthbound spirits are more rational, and some of them don\'t even know that they are ghosts. "Hostile ghosts are different ... Although they know what they are, they are in a trance and can\'t communicate with each other. They are very aggressive," he said helplessly."I had to fight with the female ghost for a while and subdue her. She only told me vaguely."

"What?" Hearing this, Sheriff Lee was even more certain that the kid in front of him was crazy."You still fought with a female ghost?"

"Yes, I am." Feng bujue replied nonchalantly and provided the related explanation."Things like specters ... Will create a \'ghostly realm\'. For a human who has not awakened their consciousness, entering the ghostly realm is like walking into the snow with only their underpants on ...

Once a person without spiritual sense entered the ghostly realm, they would become extremely fragile, both physically and mentally. Most of them were scared to death by illusions, and some were killed by \'illusion attack\'. In any case, if the brain thinks it\'s dead, then it\'s dead. " He pointed at himself with his thumb."But it\'s different for people like me who have awakened their spiritual consciousness. My mental endurance when facing illusions will not be reduced due to the ghostly realm, and I can come into contact with ghosts." He shrugged his shoulders."Even if three or four of those female ghosts come, I won\'t have a problem."

"Ha ..." Sheriff Lee did not know whether to laugh or cry."I really couldn\'t tell ..." He looked brother Jue up and down."You\'re not only a novelist, but also a master of ghost-catching."

"You think I\'m mentally ill, right?" Feng bujue asked after seeing the man\'s reaction.

"I think? Sheriff Lee snorted."I think ... This is what happened ..." He paused for a moment and continued,"you\'re a not-so-famous nor-rich novelist. Because of financial difficulties, you decided to steal from an antique store." So, at 11:30 last night, you ran to the entrance of the flower and bird Market and looked around for a while. Then, you climbed over the wall when the security guard at the gate wasn\'t paying attention ..."

"Hold on." Feng bujue asked,"if I plan to break into the house at night ... Where are the tools?" He lifted his cuffed hands."Do I have to tear open the curtain Door with my bare hands?"

Facing Feng bujue\'s suspicion, Sheriff Lee answered smoothly,""From the surveillance video, you really didn\'t bring any tools. "You won\'t be able to hide your pincers ..." He changed the topic."But ... Since it\'s a planned crime, is it possible that ... You\'ve hidden the tools somewhere in the market during the day \'?"

"Hmm...Good hypothesis." Feng bujue felt that the man\'s reasoning was very logical, and he could not refute it.

"It\'s not up to you, a suspect, to comment. " "After you entered the flower and bird Market, you went straight to the antique shop. When you tried to break in, the owner of the shop drove out of the alley ..."

"The flowers and birds market usually closes around six in the afternoon. Even in summer, it never closes past seven." Feng bujue interrupted again."It\'s close to midnight, why would the boss be driving home?"

"Mid-month stock," Sheriff Lee answered almost without thinking. It seemed like he had already predicted what kind of questions brother Jue would ask to refute him."The main product of the antique shop is not antique calligraphy and paintings, but things like jade. There were a lot of jades of all kinds ... Compared to the larger antiques, it was naturally easier to lose and steal them. So it\'s not strange to count it two or three times a month, and it must be very careful, which will take a long time. "

"Er ..." Brother Jue suddenly realized that it was hard to find any loopholes in the man\'s reasoning."You\'re a professional after all ... Everything can be explained logically ..."

"You were caught red-handed by the boss. In a panic, you beat him half to death with the tools you used." Sheriff Lee continued,"but after you regained your rationality, you regretted it ... You have to pay with your life for killing someone. Killing someone in the case of an attempted crime is even more serious. You\'re a smart man ... After weighing the pros and cons, you decided to call the police and an ambulance as soon as possible. Since he\'s still breathing, and he\'s surrendering himself, maybe you and he can still be saved. "

"Assuming you are right ..." After listening to the man\'s reasoning, Feng bujue was silent for a moment before asking,"then why should I tell you stories about ghosts?"

"Yeah ... Fujie ..." Sheriff Lee took another puff of his cigarette."This ... It\'s hard to find an answer from logic." "The only thing I can think of is ... Perhaps you are suffering from schizophrenia or some other mental illness. After being stimulated, your second personality appeared, and this personality firmly believes in a set of \'Ghost Theory\' that you have mentioned. "

"Hehe ... That makes sense." Feng bujue\'s smile was still very relaxed.

"I\'ve seen some cases of mental problems in the author industry, so I can\'t rule out this possibility. " At this point, Sheriff Lee cleared his throat."Okay, back to the topic ..." He threw the cigarette on the ground and stepped on it. "If you\'re really a smart person, I\'ll give you two choices ..." He raised his index finger."First, let your \'other personality\' come out and honestly explain the problem. If the victim didn\'t die, considering the circumstances of surrendering, as long as you hired a good lawyer to defend him ... The sentence wouldn\'t be too severe. Even if he\'s dead, we can use \'accidental murder\' as a defense. " He raised his middle finger again."Second, whether you\'re crazy or not, just act as if you \'re\' crazy \'. As long as the result of the psychiatric test shows that you\'re sick, you don\'t have to go to jail ... At least you won\'t go to jail with ordinary people."

"Hmm ..." Feng bujue nodded."Not bad ..." He raised his head to look at inspector Lee."Lee Zhiyuan, you\'re not bad."

As soon as he said that, li Zhiyuan\'s expression suddenly changed.""How do you know my name?"

He clearly remembered that he had only said that his surname was li, but he had not given his full name.

"You\'re a talent. You had the chance to be a good police officer." As Feng bujue spoke, he removed the handcuffs from his hands.

Li Zhiyuan was shocked to find that the handcuffs on Feng bujue\'s hands had become rusty and looked like scrap metal.

"Too bad ..." Brother Jue said as he stood up."...You took the wrong step."

"What do you want to do?" Li Zhiyuan also stood up from his chair. Although he did not have a gun with him, he was absolutely confident that he could beat the average person in hand-to-hand combat.

Brother Jue ignored his question and continued,""And this step ... Directly ended your life."

"You said ..." At this moment, li Zhiyuan\'s pupils shrank, and his whole body was cold,"...What ..."

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"Do you believe in ghosts?"

"You won\'t be able to return until dawn."

"I\'m well aware of the current situation. "

"You can even talk to ghosts?"

"Of course I can, I\'m very sure of that."

"Most earthbound spirits are more rational. Some don\'t even know they are ghosts."

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"You seem to have forgotten about that woman\'s case." Feng bujue slowly walked around the man, and the laziness and casualness on his face had turned into calmness and sternness."But subconsciously ... You are still on the side of the \'shop owner\'."

"Who are you?" Li Zhiyuan subconsciously retreated to the wall."What are you talking about?"

"I\'m Feng bujue. Didn\'t you already ask?" Feng bujue replied,"and the thing that I\'m talking about ... Is naturally the last case that you handled before you died."