The Ming Dynasty's henchmen, working from nine to five

Chapter 46 She Saw You

"This woman's methods are simply unusual; I've never seen them before, which is why I was caught off guard!"

"If she does it again, I'll make her pay!"

Seeing the orange cat's indignant and resentful expression, Shen Lang seemed to be deep in thought.

The orange cat didn't show this expression when it admitted defeat to him earlier.

When he asked the questions, he was very obedient and did not hide a single word.

But when that mysterious woman was mentioned, his attitude immediately changed.

This orange cat is cowardly and weak-willed; it wouldn't have acted this way if the woman had been strong.

Thinking of this, Shen Lang felt a little relieved. Although the situation had changed, it should still be within his control.

Where did you stay after you arrived in Yujing City?

Upon hearing this, the orange cat became even angrier. Ignoring the wound on its chest and abdomen, it rolled on the ground.

"live?"

"That woman only found me a thatched hut in the outer city!"

"It was dilapidated, with no door, no bed, just a pile of hay!"

"How dare she treat me like a stray cat!"

"I have lived for a hundred years, when have I ever suffered such an insult?!"

Awoo!

The orange cat howled and started cursing furiously again.

"Ever since I arrived in this damned Jade Capital City, I haven't been able to eat or sleep properly, and I've almost become emaciated!"

"You people keep calling me a demon, but in my eyes, you are the greatest demons!"

"Look for yourself! In this capital city, is there a single good person? It's all despicable scoundrels and petty villains!"

"You're so noisy."

Shen Lang rubbed his temples, grabbed the orange cat by the neck, and lifted it into the air.

"From now on, you answer whatever I ask. If you dare to utter another word, I'll call a bird over to deal with you."

The orange cat seemed to have heard something utterly absurd:

"bird?"

"Deal with me?"

"I've eaten more birds than you've eaten salt. Do you want to listen to what you're saying for yourself?"

"Shut up!"

Shen Lang stopped him and asked, "I'll continue asking questions, and you continue answering."

"After that woman brought you here, where did she make you go, and what did she make you do?"

The orange cat, noticing the glint of light in Shen Lang's eyes, immediately became obedient and said, "I went to a deserted village in the outer city first..."

The orange cat recounted in detail everything it had done since arriving in Yujing City.

After listening to its explanation, Shen Lang nodded almost imperceptibly.

The actual situation was pretty much as he had deduced; the thick fog was indeed a means to conceal the truth.

To his surprise, the orange cat made five attempts but never actually encountered the real culprit!

It has been almost a month since it arrived in Yujing City. Apart from that woman, it has not seen anyone else, and it doesn't even know what it is doing!

"Could it be that the reason the killer always rushed to finish things up afterward was to avoid this orange cat?"

Shen Lang picked up the orange cat again and examined it closely, but when he saw its blank stare, he immediately overturned his previous guess.

What's there to guard against about this thing?

"If that's the case, then the murderer did it intentionally."

"What is your intention in behaving so strangely?"

Shen Lang lowered his gaze, his face showing deep thought.

If the goal is simply to confuse the situation, wouldn't it be safer to have the tiger demon assist in the attack?

There are too few clues to make a judgment at this time.

Shen Lang suppressed his thoughts for the moment and continued to ask:

"Were the red silk and fragments of joss paper also your doing?"

The orange cat shook its head: "It has nothing to do with me. It was that despicable woman who did it. She loves to play tricks."

Shen Lang nodded slightly; this answer was not unexpected.

This tiger demon is also made of flesh and blood; if it were to enter the void realm, it would know.

Shen Lang asked, "Since you're unwilling to work for that woman, why don't you run away?"

The orange cat gritted its teeth and said angrily, "I'm not stupid, of course I've tried it!"

"But that woman must have done something to me; the moment I leave that dilapidated outhouse, I'm immediately brought back!"

"I can only go wherever she tells me to; there's no way to escape!"

"Despicable people, they only know how to use underhanded and wicked methods..."

Shen Lang's gaze darkened slightly, and his heart stirred with a little emotion.

"No wonder it could fool the Imperial Guards' surveillance. Such methods are truly bizarre, almost indistinguishable from those of a ghost."

Shen Lang collected his thoughts: "How does that woman usually contact you?"

The orange cat was taken aback, then suddenly let out a strange laugh, gloating:

"She can see the real person and can talk to the real person at any time."

"Now...she sees you too!"

Shen Lang's pupils contracted, and the scarlet light in his eyes suddenly intensified!

Immediately afterward, wisps of gray mist appeared within the crimson!

The Illusory Realm and the Demonic Eye of Illusion are activated simultaneously!

In an instant, an astonishing aura surged into the sky!

The tiger demon let out a mournful howl and flew out with a 'bang,' slamming into the wall before bouncing off again and rolling several times on the ground in a sorry state.

Shen Lang slowly raised his eyes and fixed his gaze on the tiger demon's side.

At this moment, there stood a phantom figure, ethereal and swaying gently, as if it might be scattered by the wind at any moment.

Shen Lang stared at her for a while, then chuckled and said:

"Don't worry, I'll come find you soon."

The illusory figure suddenly began to shake violently, and then, like a wisp of smoke, it dissipated.

The orange cat's eyes widened in shock as it exclaimed, "You can see her?!"

Shen Lang turned his head, and only then did the orange cat see what he looked like.

It was startled instinctively and took a step back, its body arched.

"Why are your demonic eyes like this?!"

A pair of cold eyes, a mixture of gray and red, looked even more ferocious and terrifying than before!

Shen Lang ignored it and slowly closed his eyes.

With the Void Realm and the Demon Eye of Illusion activated simultaneously, he saw countless strange lines he had never seen before.

It twinkles with starlight, like a river, flowing slowly along a constant path.

The phantom was pulled out because it touched these strange lines.

"In this state, the world becomes different again."

"But the energy expenditure was truly terrifying. In just a few breaths, I was almost completely drained."

Shen Lang took a while to recover some of his energy.

He looked at the orange cat not far away, its back arched and its face wary, and asked curiously:

When did your leg heal?

The orange cat was startled and immediately reverted to its previous shape as a lump of fat mud.

Unfortunately, it was too late. Shen Lang strode towards him, grabbed him by the neck, and lifted him up.

"I've already found out, so what are you pretending for?"

Shen Lang carefully examined its physical condition.

"Although the wound is healing, it will take some time before it is fully healed, but the bone has already fully recovered."

"Let me take another look... Hmm?"

"Your energy channels actually reconnected on their own?"

"I remember now. I severed your energy channels and sealed your demonic essence before, but you can still change your form."

"Tell me, what happened?"

Shen Lang scrutinized the orange cat as if he were examining a rare treasure.

The orange cat felt a chill run down its spine from his terrifying gaze and quickly said:

"This is how I was born, it's innate!"

"As for why I can change my form..."

The orange cat suddenly became a little hesitant, struggling for a moment before whispering:

"This is my true form. With the demonic energy dissipated, the illusory form naturally could not be maintained..."

Shen Lang chuckled: "So, you're not a tiger demon at all, but a cat demon?"

The orange cat corrected, "I am a spirit cat!"

"A mere tiger demon dares to be compared to me?"

Shen Lang didn't dwell on the issue too much. He picked up the orange cat and walked outside.

"What do you want to do? Put me down right now!"

The orange cat panicked a little; it still remembered the strange look Shen Lang had given it when he was sizing it up earlier, it was like...

It's like I'm about to skin and debone it in the next second!

Just thinking about it sends chills down my spine!

It was now truly afraid of Shen Lang. This man had many tricks up his sleeve, was extremely powerful, and was ruthless. He was more like a demon than it was.

Shen Lang said, "Stop arguing. You're still useful, so I won't cut you off for now."

The orange cat instantly grasped the key point: "Temporarily?"

"And then what?"

Having said that, its limbs drooped down, and it said with utter despair, "I knew it!"

"So you really were after me!"

"You people are all more vicious than the last!"

"Awoo, where are you taking me? I want to go home..."

Shen Lang smiled and said, "Don't even think about going home. You did something wrong, and you have to accept the punishment of the law."

"As for now..."

"You need to sign a plea agreement."