Meng Zheng's footsteps came to a halt.

A young man and another man stood at the entrance of the alley, while one stood in the open space inside the alley, facing each other from a distance of about ten meters.

This person is...

Sunny Xu frowned.

He had actually sensed the approach of something unusual from a distance, and he could confirm that it was a monster from another world, just like the haunted house old man or the human-faced spider.

Because if it was a possessor, Sunny Xu currently couldn't sense them from a distance of several hundred meters.

Based on previous experiences, the monsters inside possessors would be closely integrated with the human flesh, masking the scent, and only someone like Teacher Yang who appeared directly in front of him could be sensed through spiritual abilities.

It's just strange that this time, the scent of the approaching creature was accompanied by the scent of a human...

...Perhaps Sunny Xu shouldn't be surprised, because he had actually seen similar examples before.

When Sunny Xu interrupted Zhu Qingyue's speech just now, he had already thought of this: the person he sensed was very similar to Starry Lin, who was in the state of summoning Little An, and even Zhu Qingyue had a similar aura.

Sunny Xu had conducted spiritual experiments on ordinary people, and the result was that he couldn't sense the specific scent of a person like he could with the unusual creatures.

His guess was: it might be because the number of people was too large, making it impossible to distinguish who is who; or it might be because the spiritual ability captured a certain special factor, which is the source of the special ability; and it is too thin, or even non-existent in ordinary people.

But there was one exception, and that was Starry Lin and Little An's situation.

Perhaps it was because when a person and a creature from another dimension stood together, the contrasting scents made it possible to be recognized, or perhaps it was because the person who could coexist with unusual creatures had a special nature that could be sensed through spiritual abilities. In any case, when Starry Lin was summoning Little An, he could sense both Little An and the specific individual.

In other words...

"This person is very likely the same as Starry Lin."

Sunny Xu's expression became slightly serious.

However, when he truly faced the other person, he didn't feel the presence of an unusual creature, only a lingering scent on the man.

It was probably the same as Little An, who, after receiving the controller's command, returned to the other world, right?

This further confirmed Sunny Xu's speculation: this man in the windbreaker was not controlled by the monster, but was the type of person who controlled the monster.

Just as the haunted house old man was just eliminated, this man suddenly appeared, obviously coming for what happened here.

So, was he an enemy or a friend?

To clarify this question, before confronting him, the three of them had a brief and quite intense discussion for a while, and finally voted, making the final decision with a vote of two to one—

Zhu Qingyue pulled the reluctant Starry Lin to the side, leaving only Sunny Xu alone in the open space.

To be on the safe side, the two girls with more dangerous abilities and destructive power should temporarily not show themselves, and let Sunny Xu, who had a more sensitive perception, come forward and communicate with the other party.

Of course, their location was not far away, within reach of the abilities of the two—Zhu Qingyue had already called back the human-faced spider, and if there were any unexpected situations, she could reach out in time to help.

...

After that, Sunny Xu tightened his lips and waited somewhat anxiously.

He tried to keep himself calm and not show any signs of anxiety.

A few minutes later, the man appeared.

The two looked at each other for a while.

The other person looked him up and down for a while, and finally smiled to himself, asking:

"I'm Meng Zheng, may I ask for your name, classmate?"

"......May I ask for the reason? Who are you?"

Sunny Xu released his tightly clenched hand and quietly breathed a sigh of relief.

At least the other person was able to communicate, not the type to summon a monster to attack right away.

This wasn't Sunny Xu being paranoid, after all, the supernatural beings he had encountered before, except for the two girls, all had a fierce and sinister appearance: possessors were no different from mad killers, and the monsters had no intelligence at all.

Who knows what people are like? Are people like Starry Lin always rational and friendly?

If you consider a worse scenario, you might even think that the haunted house old man was manipulating this man behind the scenes. As soon as the ghost disappeared, the other person appeared in a hurry, and it was reasonable to suspect a connection between the two.

"How should I put it."

Meng Zheng scratched his head, looking a little troubled.

"...The question of 'who am I' is a bit too complicated, even a bit philosophical. Who can understand themselves clearly? But since I appeared here, appeared in front of you, I believe, classmate, you can definitely understand one thing, that is, I am the same as you."

"'The same as me'..." Sunny Xu thought for a moment and decided to get straight to the point, "Does that mean being able to see things that others can't see?""Bingo." He snapped his fingers and then made a gesture to the young man, "At most, I've walked this path for more than ten years longer than you. I'm just an old-timer who's not very useful, right? Haha."

With that, the other person laughed to himself.

Sunny Xu felt a little embarrassed, not knowing how to respond to this.

However, this natural and familiar attitude actually made him feel a little favorable, because it didn't make him feel condescended to.

Adults—whether they were parents, teachers, or even adults he happened to meet on the street, always tended to inadvertently show a condescending attitude when facing students.

Although there are people in society advocating for the relationship between educators and the educated to be like friends, adults who can truly have an "equal conversation" with minors are rare.

It was because he had been taken care of by such rare guardians in recent years that Sunny Xu was particularly sensitive to this kind of thing.

He didn't want to discuss the right or wrong of adults; but on the other hand, adults who could make him feel equal were always easier for him to feel close to.

Of course, out of caution, Sunny Xu continued to ask:

"Meng... um, Uncle Meng, are you an official organization person? Or are you a member of a non-governmental organization?"

"Have you ever seen anyone like me before?" Sunny Xu shook his head. This wasn't a lie. As a special ability adult, he really had never seen anyone like him before.

"In other words, you just awakened recently, right? And you're behaving very well. Was that statement just your speculation?" Meng Zheng laughed.

"It seems like you're quite clever. I used to... be part of a non-governmental organization, or more accurately, I was working in an international academic organization, and I recently returned to serve the motherland."

As he spoke, he approached and handed over an identification from his pocket.

"Currently, I can be considered an official person."

Sunny Xu took a look and found that it was actually a police badge, and the heavy stone in his heart finally fell.

If the man in front of him had taken out some so-called supernatural organization's credentials and materials that he had never heard of, Sunny Xu wouldn't have dared to believe it.

That kind of thing, no matter how formal and reliable it looked, was useless and could only fool people who were full of unrealistic fantasies.

A few years ago, there were people who used such fabricated official organization credentials and materials to deceive a bunch of people. Similar incidents had occurred more than once, and had even been reported in newspapers and on television.

But a police badge was different, and Sunny Xu could recognize that it was issued by the local public security organization.

This thought, the people's police badge didn't even have a unified style nationwide, and Sister Lian, who was a police officer, had naturally told him how to distinguish between true and false, and who to turn to for help when necessary, after all, there were criminals who dared to impersonate police officers.

"Do you believe it now?" Meng Zheng said with a smile.

"Don't doubt me just because I'm not wearing a uniform. I'm not a front-line worker, I can only be considered a consultant."

"Okay."

After handing back the police badge, Sunny Xu introduced himself straightforwardly.

"I'm Sunny Xu, currently studying at the 15th Middle School in Jinjiang City."

Meng Zheng nodded and asked again.

"Are you the only one here?"

"...I'm the only one."

Sunny Xu felt a little guilty lying in front of the police uncle.

However, the man named Meng Zheng didn't seem to mind. He went straight to Teacher Yang, who was lying on the ground, took out a pair of white gloves from his windbreaker, put them on, and then squatted down to touch Teacher Yang's neck, and then lifted his chin to turn his head to the side, his movements looked very skillful.

"This person has been possessed, right?"

After checking for a while, Meng Zheng raised his head and asked naturally:

"Where's the evil spirit inside him?"

"The evil spirit... you mean those invisible monsters?" Sunny Xu finally heard a more formal term. Although it still sounded a little strange.

"Yes."

The other person answered very straightforwardly.

"...It's gone."

"So, it ran away on its own, right?" Meng Zheng pondered for a moment, "This is unusual, but if it's controlled by a higher-level evil spirit, it's not unreasonable. The problem is the purpose of doing this..."

"Why?" Sunny Xu couldn't help but ask when he saw the man muttering to himself.

"...Why what?"

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Meng Zheng came back to his senses and asked back:

"Why doesn't Uncle Meng think that the... evil spirit, was driven away?"

"Drive away the evil spirit? Not kill it?"

The man was stunned for a moment, then shook his head with a smile.

"Young man, have you tried it yourself? That's too dangerous, and the chance of success is very slim. Generally speaking, it's already a relief if the possessed person and the evil spirit can be dealt with in time."

Sunny Xu remained silent.

He felt that it was not completely impossible to drive away the evil spirit, but in terms of the result, he really hadn't achieved it.

And not long ago, the "journey" he had experienced deep into someone else's heart, although it was just a glimpse, Sunny Xu could still feel the huge danger hidden within it.

All of this was just as the other person had said."Is Teacher Yang still having problems?"

Sunny Xu asked with some concern.

"Of course there are problems."

Meng Zheng shrugged.

"People possessed by evil spirits often experience physiological changes, including organ tissue, muscle, and blood vessel abnormalities. The deeper the possession, the worse the situation. This intense process of mutation is irreversible, so how could there be no problems?"

"Is there no way to recover?"

Sunny Xu's brow had unconsciously furrowed tightly.

"It's very difficult."

The man sighed softly.

"In fact, the physical problems are not the main issue. Modern clinical medicine has made great progress, and even if surgery is not possible for the time being, there will always be a solution in the future. But the most important thing is..."

He pointed to his own head.

"—here. The combination with the evil spirits causes deep trauma to their mental state. And that is the most important thing. If the physiological condition varies from person to person, then the mental torment is something that no possessed person can avoid."

Sunny Xu had nothing to say once again.

In fact, he should have expected the answer long ago.

Not everyone possessed by monsters obtained a mutated body; but apart from Teacher Yang, the other possessed individuals he had seen all ended up as vegetative.

The evil spirits possessing them were killed, but the possessed individuals were left behind, only with a broken body...

When such a thing happened to those three people, Sunny Xu felt nothing but resentment; but when "possession by evil spirits" occurred in a teacher who was diligent, caring for students, he naturally couldn't be happy.

"Do you know him?"

"Yeah." Sunny Xu scratched his head, feeling a little uncomfortable in his heart. "He is a teacher in our school."

"I deeply regret this."

Meng Zheng noticed his low spirits, stood up from the ground, and patted the boy's shoulder to comfort him.

"As the saying goes, 'to cure the disease, one must go to the root.' All we can do is to control the situation as soon as possible, and then remove the source of all this as soon as possible."

"…Yeah."

Sunny Xu still kept his head slightly lowered. Then, the man casually said:

"—So, do you want to join us in the future?"

"!"

Sunny Xu was startled and raised his head abruptly.

"Haha, don't look so serious, I'm just asking about your future intentions. There's no need to rush right now."

The man laughed heartily.

"You're still in high school, right? I know that for you, your studies are definitely the priority at the moment. But you still need to come to us to register, I need to explain some things to you, is that okay?"

Just as Sunny Xu was hesitating whether to nod and agree, he suddenly heard the other person lower his voice again and ask softly.

"There is one more important thing, just like you said at the beginning, you need to figure out 'who you are.'"

"What do you mean?"

"—Do you... have an evil spirit under your control?"

Meng Zheng stared closely into the boy's eyes, his gaze as sharp as a hawk's.

"If you do, what does it look like?"