In the morning, sunlight shone into the police station office, also waking Igris, who was lying on the table.
She could always regain awareness at the fastest speed, except when drinking.
After all, in her previous life she had never once gotten drunk.
At this moment the police station was very quiet.
Derrien and Pasa were nowhere to be seen, but Ling was at the side organizing documents, from time to time making the sound of turning pages.
After noticing Igris raise her head, she also put down the work in her hands and came to Igris’s side.
“You are awake.”
“Where are the others?”
Ling shrugged and placed a document before Igris.
“Derrien went back. Pasa took our people to search the sewers. You guessed right. Suspicious places were indeed found in the flower shop, and related clues have already been discovered. It will not take too long to get results.”
“While I was sleeping, that fellow did so many things?”
Igris once again looked out the window.
The sun had just risen not long ago.
There was no situation of her having slept for a long time.
“He is always like this, holding in a breath no matter what he does. If he does not finish, he will not let go. Sooner or later he will suffocate himself.” Ling smiled and sat down beside Igris.
“Hey, you are Derrien’s assistant, right?”
“I only just joined the day before yesterday. If you want to ask me about his matters, I do not have much to say, because I also do not know.” Igris moved her body to the side, trying to avoid Ling, who had come over to get close, but Ling instead grabbed her chair and directly pulled Igris over.
“Why are you so hostile toward me? I know you and Pasa do not get along, but I did not provoke you, right?”
“I hate cops.”
“Did you break the law?”
Igris shook her head, and Ling also asked somewhat puzzledly.
“Since you did not break the law, why do you hate police?”
“No other reason. The police I have met had few good ones, so I also cannot be sure you are a good one.”
What Igris said was very normal.
She was not targeting Ling either.
She was just targeting all police.
Even if she said she was from the Special Task Force, it was the same.
As long as she held that credential, to Igris, she was police.
“Fine, I roughly understand. But I am different from them.”
“Everyone says that.”
“I do not lie. Do you know what the Special Task Force does?”
Seeing that Ling seemed very interested in chatting with her, Igris also very cooperatively shook her head.
“We are the department specifically managing anomalous incidents. The full name of the Special Task Force is Special Anomalous Incident Investigation Division. Pasa definitely would not be willing to tell you. He is always like that. But actually we are a public department. You have the right to know, especially since you yourself have been dragged into this.”
“Oh…”
Although she had grasped some new knowledge, Igris did not feel it was of much use.
After all, so what if she knew?
“Tell me about yourself? I am quite curious about you. Pasa roughly mentioned you to me—a dangerous element whose brain is not very smart.” Follow the newest chapters on g.com.
“He said that about me? Clearly he cannot even keep his own wallet safe.” Igris unhesitatingly expressed her resentment toward Pasa to Ling.
Ling looked as expected, probably having also seen too many people who disliked Pasa.
After all, Pasa indeed did not look like the type to attract liking.
“So, you do not look dangerous.”
Ling was very interested in why Pasa called Igris a dangerous element.
After all, the other party’s body did not look like it had undergone specialized training, nor did she look like some extremely vicious element.
“It is hard for me to describe, but since you are from the Special Task Force, then you should know about Embers.”
Hearing Igris’s words, Ling was stunned for a moment, then nodded.
“Humanoid anomalous creature, looks like a charred human, will ignite others by setting fire and make them become new Embers. An extremely dangerous anomaly. Flames generally cannot be extinguished by conventional means.”
“I beat it away.”
“?” Ling thought she had misheard and asked again somewhat disbelievingly.
“What did you say?”
“I beat it away, with my fists, and my legs.” Igris raised her hand toward Ling.
It looked very clean, and very delicate, not at all like something suited for combat.
“You… beat away an anomaly? No… I do not understand, how did you do it?”
“It seems to have a weakness you do not know about. In any case, I did it, and I survived. That is enough to explain the problem.”
Ling’s gaze toward Igris became somewhat strange, but she quickly recovered.
After all, Igris indeed did not look very dangerous.
“Pasa said you can use guns.”
“Did he tell you I saved his life?”
“No, but he said you must use guns often, and your identity does not have this kind of experience. Perhaps something special happened to you? But he told me not to mind it.”
“Oh, my identity.” Igris suddenly remembered that she was now not her former middle-aged investigator, but a young and beautiful young girl.
“Can you let me see it? I am quite curious what is written on my file.”
“Of course—not. Resident files cannot be casually shown to you. They can only be taken out for investigation at critical moments, like Chrisuna’s situation.”
Igris still wanted to use this method to understand the general history and experiences of this body, but if she could not, then there was no need either.
After all, she probably did not have any living friends or known relatives either.
“What if I beg you?”
“Is this how you beg people?”
Igris secretly rolled her eyes, but still put on a pitiful look and looked toward Ling.
“I am begging you. I will only take a tiny look, will not do anything, you will satisfy my curiosity, right?”
Ling also did not expect Igris to change attitude so quickly, and also became somewhat at a loss.
“Uh… fine. There will not be anyone else in the police station. Just a tiny look, is that all right?”
“Of course! Thank you!”
This fellow was easier to deal with than expected.
It was truly unknown how she became a police officer.
“Let me see…”
Ling came to the archive cabinet, took out her key, opened the cabinet, and took away the topmost file.
“This belongs to you.”
“Thanks.” Igris took the file and placed it on the table, opening the first page.
“Igris Selina, born in Greystone Town. Her father was a famous local mine owner, but because of a mining disaster he unfortunately died, owing a large sum of compensation, and therefore lost all family property. Igris was fifteen at the time and was forced to come to the home of her only relative, her aunt.” This chapter was copied from g.com without permission.
After that was blank.
“That is it?”
“Mm-hm. What else do you want to see? See your life after that?” Ling took the file back and returned it to the cabinet.
“I mean… my aunt is already gone, but it is not written above.”
“Very simple. Because some files involving sensitive incidents are not directly recorded in ordinary archive cabinets, but are sealed in the Special Task Force’s exclusive archives.”
Clearly, what happened to Igris after that was probably this kind of so-called sensitive incident, and very likely also one of the reasons she committed suicide and successfully performed the ritual to communicate with spirits.
She was still quite curious, but directly asking would probably be somewhat…
too blunt.
Asking others what happened in your own past was generally something only a fool would do.
“Mm… wait, there is a phone call.”
The landline telephone in the police station suddenly rang, and Ling also went over and picked up the ringing phone.
“Maulkinson Town Police Station. Is there anything you need help with?”
“…”
After a moment of silence, Ling’s expression suddenly became serious.
“Seal off the nearby streets, stop anyone from approaching, and at the same time mobilize the remaining personnel to guard every entrance and exit. Do not act rashly. Wait for me to get there.”
Afterward, Ling directly hung up the phone.
She looked hurried as she grabbed her coat, hesitated for a moment, then still took her sidearm and bullets and stuffed them at her waist.
“Something happened?”
Igris looked at the hurried Ling without urgency.
After all, it could only be that some accident had appeared at the scene.
“An officer is injured. Traces of cultists and anomalies were found in the sewers. Pasa is missing. The situation at the scene is very dangerous.”
“Do you need my help?”
Ling slightly tilted her head, looked at Igris’s completely at-ease appearance, and still shook her head.
“This is very dangerous. Stay here honestly. We will solve all the problems.”
“You always say that, thinking you have everything under control in the situation.” Igris suddenly began speaking to herself, and in Ling’s gaze, slowly approached her.
“But you police probably all have the same problem.”
She extended her hand and waved it before Ling.
“Liking to forget things.”
That was a credential, the Special Task Force credential she had placed in her close-fitting wallet.
“When did you take it…?!”
“Just now.”
Igris smiled and spun the sidearm in her hand, handing the grip to Ling.
“And this, also just now.”
“!”
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T/N: *Igris smiled, shifting the monocle on her right eye*