Afterlife Department

Chapter 547 - Remembers

As soon as Bai Wu's voice fell, Yi Bing remembered that he received an email earlier. He tapped on his communicator and saw that there was an email from Wu Yi. He opened it and saw that it was a short message. It seems that he and Bai Liu must be in a hurry earlier.

0514: The chief thought that there might be a society for exorcists and we are going to find clues about it. Bai Wu and Jiu Ye are on their way to tell you the details.

Jiu Ye looked at Yi Bing and Huo Ling earnestly. "Seniors. It's like this. The Inspection Department went to the company where Lin Weng is working but we found out that he wasn't there. There are also no record of him being an employee." He explained.

"What?!" Huo Ling was shocked. Yi Bing's expression turned serious.

"Chief is getting more suspicious. The vice-chief suggested that we check the bank where the money that Lin Weng is coming from because the money should be real since his uncle doesn't realize anything." Jiu Ye continued. "But, the chief suddenly had an epiphany, and there might be an exorcist society somewhere. After all, there was that rally before in the park…" he explained.

Bai Wu nodded in agreement. "This Lin Weng hides too deeply!" he exclaimed.

"'hide'…" Huo Ling muttered and frowned when he remembered about the culprit for You Ri's death. "'hide'?" his eyes widened when he realized something. "Yi Bing. Why is You Ri's resentment bound in the Haoming Company but her soul was in that community?" he asked as he turned to Yi Bing.

"Her resentment being bound to the Haoming Company should be due to Li Yan, Li Li and Shi Nana, and that should be why her soul was in their houses." Yi Bing answered.

Huo Ling nodded. "It must be because she is suspecting them as the ones who killed her." He spoke. "But, souls shouldn't remember anything after they died. Yet, You Ri's soul is haunting the residences of the three primary suspects." He said.

"That's right… souls shouldn't have memories of their life, and even death. This is to prevent them from becoming ghosts!" Jiu Ye said.

Huo Ling looked at him. "But, she is behaving strangely. She 'remembered'." He said.

Yi Bing looked at him. "Huo Ling… when you say 'remembered', you aren't referring to Li Yan, Li Li nor Shi Nana, are you?" he asked.

Jiu Ye was startled. Bai Wu tilted his head. He doesn't understand anything.

Huo Ling smiled. "Yes." he answered. "Although You Ri's resentment is haunting the company because of those three, she didn't kill them." He spoke.

"Ling-ge, do you want to say that… You Ri is haunting Li Yan, Li Li and Shi Nana not because she suspects that they might be her murderers, but actually, it was for another reason?" Jiu Ye slowly spoke as he tried to digest Huo Ling's words.

"Yes." Huo Ling nodded.

"Then, what could the reason why she is haunting them three?" Yi Bing asked. "And her soul in their residences?" he added.

Huo Ling turned to him. "I said earlier that she 'remembered'. I meant that she remembered her life when she died." He spoke. "Then, there's her resentment. She should have died in peace, but she had actually a resentment. We thought before that this…" he muttered and shook his head. "We were wrong." He said.

"What do you mean?" Bai Wu asked.

"Let's get everything in order." Huo Ling didn't immediately answer. "You Ri died and she died in peace. But, her reincarnation was interrupted. After that, she turned to a ghost because she developed resentment." He said. "If she had memories as to what I suspect, then, she should have had her memories after her reincarnation was interrupted so she developed resentment." He explained.

"That should be right." Yi Bing nodded.

"But, souls shouldn't have memories… how did she have them?" Jiu Ye asked.

Huo Ling suddenly smiled. "The interruption of direct reincarnation." He answered. "This should be one of its effects." He added.

Their mouths dropped in shock.

"But, of course, these all are just my guesses…" Huo Ling looked away.

Yi Bing, Jiu Ye and Bai Wu. "…" then your guesses are all scary! They thought. Yet, they know it. These all might be true.

"What should we do now?" Jiu Ye asked.

"You Ri haunting Li Yan, Li Li and Shi Nana is due to her memories. She should have realized their fake sincerity towards her when she was alive." Huo Ling spoke. "As to why her soul is in their residences… I still have to figure it out." His eyes narrowed. "Since she knows that the three are not her murderers, she shouldn't be in their residences – " he said.

Yi Bing cut him off. "Huo Ling." He called. "You said… she knows that they are not her murderers?" he asked.

Huo Ling nodded. "Yes." he answered.

"Then – " Yi Bing looked at him. " – she should know who it is, right?" he asked him.

Huo Ling's body froze. … fck. "… fck." He cursed. "That's right!" he exclaimed.

Jiu Ye and Bai Wu were startled by his reaction.

But, Yi Bing just smiled. Huo Ling's brain work faster than his reactions. "Calm down." He told him.

Huo Ling frowned in dissatisfaction. "Should we go ask You Ri's resentment?" he asked.

"… it's better not to." Yi Bing answered. "What if she'd be stimulated?" he asked.

Huo Ling sighed in disappointment. "That's true." He muttered. "Then, we can't do anything to her soul, too." He said.

Yi Bing nodded.

"… wait." Huo Ling muttered when he suddenly remembered something.

Yi Bing, Jiu Ye and Bai Wu. "…" what is it this time?! He won't say anything scary again, right, and say it's just his 'guess'?! They thought.

"If You Ri knows her murderer, then why didn't she directly go to where they are to find them and exact revenge?" Huo Ling asked.

Yi Bing's brows knitted. "That's true." He muttered. "But, didn't you say that she had her memories? And knows her murderer?" he asked him.

Huo Ling fell silent. "She should have her memories…" he muttered. "She should know her murderer, but she didn't go to them. Why? Also – " he frowned. " – how did she find out who was her murderer?" he asked and looked at them. "She died in peace so she shouldn't have known someone was trying to kill her. But then… but then – " his pupils shrank when he realized something.

Yi Bing understood. "But when her memories returned as an effect of her direct reincarnation interrupted… she realized that it wasn't an accident that happened to her. Someone wanted to kill her." He said.

"What?!" Jiu Ye and Bai Wu exclaimed in shock. How did the plot turn to this?!

"Thus, she haunted Li Yan, Li Li and Shi Nana when she turned to a ghost because she was suspecting them. But, they exposed their real faces to her thus she realized that they were all fake." Huo Ling spoke. "So, she continued haunting them. Yet, she didn't kill them." He looked at Yi Bing. "Because she must have found out, at some point, who wanted to kill her!" he said. "And – " her voice stopped.

"What is it?" Yi Bing asked.

Huo Ling's eyes suddenly widened in shock. He looked at Yi Bing. "Yi Bing, don't you think…" his voice was quiet. "Don't you think she saw her murderer before she died and connected everything after her memories returned?" he asked him.

Yi Bing's expression sank.

"What… what the hell?!" Bai Wu was stunned. "This… this couldn't be, right?" he said as he coldly sweated. This plot is too exciting!

"If it is, then… this is really cruel." Jiu Ye said.

Yi Bing finally recovered his emotions. "But, that still doesn't explain why her soul is in their community." He spoke. "Also – " he looked at Huo Ling. " – if she knew who her murderer is, then shouldn't her resentment not be in the company, but where her murderer is? Shouldn't she find them?" he asked.

Huo Ling pulled his hair. "Oh." He muttered indifferently. "So there is still a loophole." He sighed.

Yi Bing, Jiu Ye and Bai Wu. "…" so you are still guessing?! We've had enough of this stimulation! They thought with dark faces.

Yi Bing coughed. "But, you are right." He spoke. "You Ri really hides deeply. We didn't know that she can remember her life." He said. "Though, for some reason." He muttered.

Huo Ling nodded. "There's also her real murderer." He said.

"Let's take our time and think about it later." Yi Bing comforted him. "Let's go find Bai Liu and Wu Yi first and this exorcist society." He said. "We also have to find out the reason why You Ri's soul isn't appearing in the Death Note." He reminded him.

Huo Ling nodded in agreement. "There's that matter, too." He heaved a sigh. "Let's go find them first, then." He told him.

"En." Yi Bing and Huo Ling descended, and Jiu Ye and Bai Wu are following behind them.