paranoianovel Chapter 25 A new broom sweeps clean.
Chapter 25 A new broom sweeps clean.
Chu Jiang gently tapped the cheek of Jin Suanpan, who was slumped on the ground, with the corner of the "Order Inspector Order".
The other person's soul trembled like a candle in the wind, and their eyes were empty.
"Where are the ledgers? Will you lead the way, or should I have my employee lead the way?"
Chu Jiang's voice was very calm.
Jin Suanpan shuddered and scrambled to point to a corner of the main hall.
"In...in that hidden compartment over there...please spare my life, sir, I'll tell you everything."
Chu Jiang stood up, didn't look at him again, and directly cupped his hands in the direction of King Qin Guang.
"Your Majesty, the suspect has confessed, I will now proceed with my official duties."
After saying that, he put away the unsightly folding chair, picked up the baseball bat, and turned to leave.
As he passed by the old doctor, the other man subconsciously took a half step back and lowered his head even further.
Chu Jiang paused as he walked past Ao Zhan, who was embedded in the pillar.
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Ao Zhan made a gurgling sound in his throat, his eyes almost popping out of their sockets.
Chu Jiang left the Yama Palace without looking back.
Only after he left did the power of "order" that made all ghosts and gods absolutely rational slowly dissipate.
Inside the main hall, greed, fear, and anger returned to them, but this time, they couldn't muster any arrogance.
Each ghost official looked at the human-shaped pit in the pillar, then at the muddy golden abacus on the ground, and a chill ran down their spine.
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It seems that the heavens of the underworld are truly about to change.
When Chu Jiang returned to the Santu Ferry, he was startled by the scene before him.
The open space in front of the ferry was filled with a huge line of ghosts.
The procession wound its way out from the ferry stone tablet and disappeared at the end of the Road to the Underworld. It is said that the tail of the procession had already reached the gate of the City of the Unjustly Dead.
Yet, this enormous group was eerily quiet.
The ghosts automatically formed a dozen or so lines, with a ghost in front of each line holding a sign that read, "Please line up, do not make noise."
The vampire Bruch was dressed in a smart tailcoat with a bright red armband on his arm bearing three large characters written in ghost script: "Duty Officer".
He was gracefully grabbing a demon who was trying to cut in line by the scruff of the neck and tossing him to the back of the line.
"How many times have I told you? Be civilized, set a good example, and strive to be a model ghost in the underworld!"
The Soul-Devouring Beast lay on the ferry landing, its massive body acting as a server, with several buckets hanging on its body serving as "physical cooling fans." It let out a satisfied burp and occasionally exhaled a smoke ring or two, indicating that the server was overheating.
Li, along with a team of programmers, was busily maintaining the backend of the "Santu Kuaidu" app in front of the stone tablet.
Upon seeing Chu Jiang return, Li the coder pushed up his non-existent glasses and immediately came to greet him.
"Boss, you're back."
"How is it going?" Chu Jiang asked.
"The app is running stably, and the server load is at 95%, which TunTun can handle."
Li, the coder, opened a screen of light. "However, I just received a high-priority user report."
On the screen, a report was highlighted in red.
[Report Content: Someone in the Reincarnation Department is taking bribes. Each reincarnation slot costs 100,000 units of merit. It's a backdoor deal, bypassing the queue. The location is a secret passage in the seventh side hall of the Reincarnation Department.]
[The whistleblower: An honest man who just got scammed out of all his savings.]
Chu Jiang's eyes turned cold as he looked at the report.
The Reincarnation Bureau.
It's the Department of Reincarnation again.
Wei Wuji's root lies there.
He had just received the "Order Inspector" token and was wondering where to start his first act.
Then someone handed him firewood.
"Bruch, Lee the programmer, here's the ferry for you."
Chu Jiang's voice was flat, "Tuntun, come with me, we're going on a field mission."
The Soul-Devouring Beast, which had been lying on the ground pretending to be dead, suddenly sprang to its feet, its huge eyes gleaming with excitement.
Another job to do!
Chu Jiang, accompanied by the Soul-Devouring Beast, headed straight for the Reincarnation Bureau.
The Reincarnation Department is one of the most crucial departments in the Underworld, even busier than the First Hall.
Countless underworld officials and ghostly messengers moved about, creating a solemn atmosphere.
When Chu Jiang appeared at the gate of the Reincarnation Bureau with a Soul-Devouring Beast that was as big as a small mountain, it immediately caused a commotion.
"Who goes there! This is the sacred ground of the Samsara Department; how dare you, a ferocious beast, trespass!"
A group of ghostly soldiers wielding long spears quickly surrounded them, and the leading ghost general shouted sternly.
"Chu Jiang, Inspector of the Underworld Order, is hereby ordered to investigate a case."
Chu Jiang revealed the black "Order Inspector Order".
The ghost general's expression changed when he saw the token, but he still did not make way.
"Lord Chu, even if you are an inspector, you still need a warrant from the head of our Reincarnation Division to enter our office to handle cases!"
Behind him, even more ghostly soldiers surrounded him, numbering in the thousands, completely blocking the gate.
"You just humiliated Master Liu Qian, and now you come to my Reincarnation Division to cause trouble? Do you really think my Reincarnation Division is without anyone to rely on?!"
The ghost general was clearly acting on orders, hence his tough stance.
Chu Jiang took back the token and sighed.
"I originally wanted to follow the proper procedures, but you insisted on forcing me to resort to underhanded tactics."
"Take him down!" the ghost general shouted.
Thousands of ghostly soldiers simultaneously raised their long spears, their murderous aura soaring into the sky.
"Tuntun, block the door, don't let anyone escape."
Chu Jiang gave an order.
The next second, he flipped his wrist.
A burst of dazzling golden light of merit exploded, and a six-barreled rotating heavy machine gun with an exaggerated design and its entire body made of golden light of merit appeared in his hand.
The gun barrel shimmered with iridescent light, covered with densely packed incantations for rebirth. Its dark muzzle exuded an aura that would terrify any ghost.
The Unlocked Form of the Underworld Spirit Boat - Merit Rotary Heavy Machine Gun!
"Equality for all beings mode activated."
Chu Jiang slung the gun over his shoulder, and the barrel began to slowly rotate, emitting a buzzing sound.
"Now, I'll ask you one more time."
Chu Jiang's gaze swept over the thousands of ghostly soldiers. "Can I... go in?"
"Are you...you're kidding? That's a magic weapon?"
"Such powerful merit! My soul is trembling!"
The ghost general was dumbfounded, but with a powerful figure watching him from behind, he could only grit his teeth and shout.
"A bluff! Charge! Take him down!"
"Alright."
Chu Jiang pulled the trigger.
"Da da da da da da da—!"
Instead of bullets being fired, a torrent of golden light erupted from the six gun barrels.
That was not a spell of killing, but a "light of peace" formed from the purest power of merit.
The stream of light instantly engulfed the entire gate of the Reincarnation Bureau.
The ghostly soldiers struck by the light instantly lost their fierce aura, replaced by a look of bewilderment and peace.
The long spears in their hands clattered and fell to the ground.
Then, under the dumbfounded gaze of all the ghosts.
Thousands of ghostly soldiers sat down cross-legged in unison, clasped their hands together, and began to chant scriptures with their eyes closed.
"Form is not different from emptiness, emptiness is not different from form..."
"Lay down the butcher's knife and become a Buddha on the spot..."
The entire scene instantly transformed from a battlefield into a team-building event for a large-scale pyramid scheme.
The leading ghost general was given special attention, his whole body shimmering with golden light, kneeling on the ground with tears streaming down his face.
"I was wrong... I shouldn't have aided and abetted evil... I want to convert to Buddhism..."
Chu Jiang put away the Gatling gun, carried it, and strolled leisurely through a group of ghostly soldiers who were purifying themselves.
He went straight to the seventh side hall.
The palace doors were tightly shut, and a series of chaotic sounds came from inside.
Chu Jiang raised a foot.
"boom!"
The palace gate was kicked to pieces.
Inside the hall, several ghost officials dressed in the robes of the Reincarnation Bureau were frantically destroying a pile of jade slips and accounts.
The leader was a fat, big-eared manager.
Upon seeing Chu Jiang carry the Gatling gun that was gleaming with golden light as he walked in, the manager immediately knelt down with a thud.
"Lord Chu... Lord Chu! It's a misunderstanding, all a misunderstanding!"
"Don't rush."
Chu Jiang put the Gatling gun on the ground, took out his Soul-Nourishing Wood phone, and opened the "Three Paths Crossing" app.
He skillfully found the live streaming function and pointed the camera at the trembling manager.
"Come on, say hello to your family in the underworld."
Chu Jiang smiled kindly, "Don't be nervous. If you have any grievances or inside stories, speak up boldly."
"Let everyone be your judge."
A few minutes later, all the ghosts in the underworld who had the "Three Paths Crossing" app received a pop-up notification.
[Your friend "Secretary Chu of the Underworld Discipline Inspection Commission" is live streaming, come and watch!]
Countless ghosts flooded into the live stream room.
In the scene, the chief official of the seventh side hall of the Reincarnation Bureau is tearfully confessing how he abused his power, set up secret passages, sold reincarnation quotas, and harmed honest ghosts.
The entire underworld exploded instantly.
The live stream chat was packed with comments, almost crashing the server hosting the Soul Devouring Beast game.
"Holy crap! A live broadcast of a corrupt official being caught? That's so exciting!"
"Those bastards from the Reincarnation Bureau! They're the ones who tricked me into being reincarnated as a pig!"
"Lord Chu is awesome! The underworld needs a just and upright official like him!"
Seeing the soaring popularity and the screen filled with "Lord Chu is mighty," Chu Jiang nodded in satisfaction.
He switched accounts and left a comment in the scrolling barrage of messages.
"It's not that you've gotten arrogant, it's just that my merit-based Gatling gun is getting a bit too heavy to lift."