Mysterious resurrection, something's wrong with this guy.

Chapter 27: Antique Dealer

The next day, Su Qin got up rubbing his sleepy eyes, ate something quickly, and prepared to go to the Security Bureau.

He studied that strange thread until midnight last night, but still couldn't figure out what it was; he only had a rough guess.

Those threads shouldn't be a supernatural phenomenon exclusive to any one ghost; they should be present in every ghost, just in different colors. This is probably related to the level of terror of the vengeful ghost. As for what exactly they are, it's unclear at the moment, but they are definitely the most crucial thing on the vengeful ghost, probably some kind of medium. We need to find an opportunity to verify this further.

Su Qin's biggest gain last night was that he tested the limits of his own supernatural abilities; after maintaining his supernatural powers for three hours, he would start to feel pain in his head.

Of course, this was under the condition that there was no target to attack and no confrontation with the vengeful spirit. Unfortunately, the vengeful spirit inside him really did not have any ghostly aura.

Ghosts without a ghost realm are inherently inferior to other ghosts, but there's nothing that can be done about it; ghost realms aren't something that can be created just like that.

Around eight o'clock in the morning, Su Qin walked into Liu Furong's office. Liu Furong was brewing tea and seemed to have been there for a while.

"Mr. Su, you've arrived. Please have some tea first. I'll take you to the conference room shortly. Several antique dealers are already here and are in the conference room."

These antique dealers were only invited to assist in the investigation, and they were all prominent figures. They couldn't be treated like criminals, so they had to be arranged in a conference room.

Su Qin took the teacup handed to him by Captain Liu and took a small sip.

"If you're not busy, you can take me now. I'll feel more at ease if you finish asking the questions sooner."

Su Qin put down his teacup and gestured for Captain Liu to take him to the conference room immediately. He didn't want to waste any more time here. Yesterday he had been studying that pile of data, and today he planned to look for clues from those antique dealers.

In fact, Captain Liu was even more anxious than Su Qin, but he couldn't show it. When Su Qin spoke, he immediately led Su Qin to the conference room.

Upon entering the conference room, Su Qin unceremoniously took the seat of honor, while Captain Liu sat next to him and briefly introduced the identities and names of the people present.

Only seven antique dealers came this time. Of course, there are definitely more antique dealers in Jinshi than just these few, but the others who didn't come either couldn't come for some reason or were already preparing to run away.

"I think you all know why I've called you here today! So I won't beat around the bush."

The fact that about a dozen antique dealers died in total is certainly not a coincidence. Given your abilities and status, you should have all received some inside information and know about the circumstances of the deceased.

So this isn't about helping me, it's about saving yourselves. After all, no one can guarantee that none of you will encounter anything bad next.

Some things, once they happen, are too late; no one can save you then. So, take this opportunity to tell me all the regrettable things that have happened to you recently.

Su Qin didn't beat around the bush and went straight to the point. The fact that these antique dealers came meant that they had realized the seriousness of the problem, and as long as they were still of sound mind, they shouldn't be hiding anything.

An antique dealer surnamed Yang, sitting on the left, pondered for a moment before speaking first.

"Officer, do you mean this is a meticulously planned murder targeting us antique dealers?"

What was the killer after?

The goods of those dead guys weren't lost, and they didn't seem to have suffered any property loss. If they offended anyone, it should be an isolated incident; it's impossible for them all to have offended the same person, right?

As an ordinary person, his first thought was that someone wanted to murder them, but he couldn't think of a reasonable motive. After all, it's inevitable to offend people in business, but it's absolutely impossible for it to escalate to murder, let alone killing so many people.

The other antique dealers remained silent, seemingly sharing the same thought.

Su Qin glanced at Captain Liu. It seemed that Captain Liu was indeed keeping his mouth shut, not revealing a single piece of information to them. However, it was understandable; this kind of thing was indeed not suitable to be publicized everywhere.

"Heh! Murder?"

You all have quite the vivid imaginations, but this is far more serious than you think. Those who died were indeed murdered, but not by humans, but by ghosts!

Upon hearing Su Qin say that the killer was a ghost, the group of antique dealers exchanged bewildered glances, then looked at Su Qin as if he were an idiot, before finally turning to Captain Liu with puzzled expressions, seemingly wanting a reasonable explanation from him.

They came to the security bureau early in the morning to cooperate with the investigation, not to listen to this feudal superstition.

This was indeed hard to believe, and out of desperation, Captain Liu could only patiently explain.

"I know you all don't want to believe it, but what Officer Su said is true. Because it involves supernatural things like vengeful ghosts, we have blocked the news."

Officer Su is a special personnel invited from Dajing City to deal with vengeful ghosts. We hope you will not have any doubts and will cooperate to the best of your ability. This is also for your own safety.

Currently, all the victims are antique dealers, so the problem must lie within your circle.

Think carefully: have you recently come into contact with any objects at the same time, or visited certain places at the same time, or encountered any strange things?

Don't take any chances. Ghosts are far more terrifying than you can imagine. Once you encounter one, you're truly doomed, and no one can save you.

Captain Liu emphasized both Su Qin's reliability and the terrifying nature of the vengeful ghost, reminding these people to tell the truth.

Hearing what Liu Furong, the criminal police captain, said, the antique dealers finally put away their suspicions and began to feel a sense of panic.

ghost?

Does that thing really exist? And it's targeting us?

The antique dealers looked at each other in disbelief, but at the same time they began to think about everything that had happened to them recently, but they couldn't detect anything unusual at all.

An antique dealer surnamed Zhang, sitting on the right, spoke hesitantly:

"I've been having a lot of back pain lately, is that strange?"

Captain Liu quickly picked up his notebook and wrote this down, even though it might be useless, he didn't want to miss any crucial information due to momentary negligence.

Su Qin ignored his answer.

The next few antique dealers gave irrelevant answers, which gradually made Su Qin lose interest in listening further.

He scanned the antique dealers one by one, trying to find micro-expressions in their eyes and expressions that suggested they were lying.

But when Su Qin's gaze fell on the last person...

Su Qin suddenly felt, for no apparent reason, that there seemed to be something wrong with this person.

The person's gaze was somewhat unnatural, somewhat evasive, as if deliberately concealing something, or perhaps deliberately putting on an act.

This person might have a problem.

Su Qin was particularly sensitive to other people's gazes. From the very beginning, Su Qin noticed that this person's gaze had been fixed on him. At first, he didn't think much of it, assuming that the person was simply curious about his identity. But now it seemed that was definitely not the case.

Su Qin silently activated his supernatural abilities. His supernatural abilities were very special; as long as one did not actively touch or attack with their body, even fellow ghost controllers would find it difficult to detect.

In Su Qin's vision, the world gradually turned black and white, and the figure of the person sitting at the end also turned black and white.

But over his right eye, he wore a monocle that appeared to be made of crystal, yet it didn't change color. A faint, almost ethereal, pale yellow thread was wrapped around the monocle. The other end of the thread extended into nothingness, its destination unknown, and its connection to some unknown entity unclear.

Upon seeing this, Su Qin's pupils dilated, and he immediately became alert.

Sure enough, there was a problem. The seemingly ordinary monocle and the pale yellow thread were proof that the guy had a serious problem.

Is it a ghost, or a ghost tamer? Or perhaps a ghost slave?

Never mind, let's take action first and seize his memories. Once we've seized his memories, we'll know everything. As for whether we'll kill him, that doesn't matter. Maybe it's better if he dies.

However, just to be on the safe side, we should separate him to avoid any accidents.

Su Qin was quite confident in dealing with such a ghost tamer, as long as he didn't let the other party notice. Only a vengeful ghost of consciousness could resist attacks of consciousness. He didn't believe he would be so unlucky as to encounter a vengeful ghost of consciousness.

Su Qin leaned close to Captain Liu's ear and whispered in a voice only the two of them could hear:

"There are three possibilities: one, he is a ghost tamer; two, he is a ghost servant; three, he is a ghost himself. But no matter which one, his presence among the antique dealers is itself a problem. It is very likely that he is behind this incident."

Don't alert anyone. Pretend you know nothing. Absolutely no one can sense anything amiss. You arrange separate interrogation rooms and separate them. I'll deal with this guy alone in the interrogation room.

Upon hearing Su Qin's words, Captain Liu felt a chill run down his spine, and his heart began to pound uncontrollably.

What a joke! Something, whether human or ghost, had somehow infiltrated their group. Luckily, they discovered it in time, or everyone would have been in trouble.

Captain Liu almost instinctively wanted to look at the bespectacled man, whose identity was unclear, but he immediately stopped himself. As an experienced detective, reason prevailed at this moment, because Su Qin had said that he absolutely could not let him notice anything unusual, otherwise the consequences would be unimaginable.

Captain Liu quietly left the room, instructing the officers outside to set up several interrogation rooms. He then quickly returned to the conference room and calmly suggested to the antique dealers:

"This can't go on forever. Perhaps some things aren't appropriate to say in front of everyone. Here's what we'll do: I'll prepare a few private rooms where you can focus on recalling everything that's happened recently, and the police officers will record it in detail."

Don't worry, this is just assisting with an investigation. Nothing unpleasant will happen, and it won't take up much time.

Please cooperate with our work; after all, this is for your own safety.