Afterlife Department

Chapter 549 - Dawn Of Light

"'Dawn of Light'?" they all muttered. This is that exorcist's society's name?! This is too… edgy. They all thought and grimaced. Can they think of a better name?

"Is it 'Dawn of Light'? Not 'Light of Dawn'?" Bai Wu stupidly asked. Wu Yi immediately covered his mouth after Bai Liu glared at him.

"How did you know this?" Huo Ling asked as he looked at Hao Baiyun in shock. Hao Baiyun appearing before them and telling them all this… this is like sending a pillow when they feel sleepy!

"I heard it from my friend!" Hao Baiyun answered.

Considering where Hao Baiyun went to when Yi Bing saw him last, neither Yi Bing nor Huo Ling asked about this 'friend' of Hao Baiyun.

"What about this Dawn of Light?" Bai Liu asked. "So, the exorcists really build a society for them?" he said.

Hao Baiyun nodded. "The exorcists are aware of their fellow humans' prejudice despite these humans are needing of their help, they still won't ask help from the exorcists." He spoke. "Only the aristocrats believe in them, thus the exorcists formed a society where not only they would feel comfortable to live in, but also to ask their fellow exorcists about some information for commissions." He explained.

"I see. This is a wise action, indeed." Wu Yi muttered. "Not only can they keep their identity as an exorcist, they can also earn a living." He said.

The others nodded in agreement.

"How did this… friend of yours find this information?" Huo Ling asked.

"He asked his friend to look for this and his friend found out a forum." Hao Baiyun answered, referring to Gu Xingfeng asking Xue Liping to investigate the exorcist world.

"'forum'?" the grim reapers muttered and looked at each other.

"Is it this?" Jiu Ye asked and showed Hao Baiyun his phone where the forum that Huo Ling seen before was shown.

"Not this. They are just a front." Hao Baiyun answered.

Hearing his answer, the grim reapers froze. Although they already know that those 'exorcists' they met before that Li Yan, Li Li and Shi Nana hired are quacks, they still didn't expect that these 'exorcists' are actually backed by the real exorcists.

"What are their goal?" Bai Liu asked.

"Just as their society's name imply, they want light to dawn in this world." Hao Baiyun answered.

"'light to dawn in this world'…" the grim reapers muttered as they pondered over these words.

"Do they think that this world is filled with darkness?" Yi Bing asked, getting the point.

Hao Baiyun nodded. "I think so, too. Or else, they wouldn't name their group as such." He told them.

Silence fell upon them.

"If this world is filled with darkness, and they want to bring light to this world, then – " Huo Ling spoke. " – what is this light they are referring to?" he asked.

They all looked at him and realized it, too.

"That's right… to counter something, they should have something to use to counter." Wu Yi spoke. "What is this 'light'?" he asked.

They all didn't answer, since they don't know what it is.

Huo Ling decided to set this question aside for now. "Hao Baiyun, do you know someone named 'Lin Weng'?" he asked. "We are guessing he is an exorcists, and should be a real one… he should be in the Dawn of Light." He told him.

"'Lin Weng'…?" Hao Baiyun muttered as he tried to recall. Then, he shook his head when nothing came up. "No. I don't know him. I've never heard of him, either." He answered.

They all sighed in disappointment.

"If that forum we found is fake, then what is the real forum? Where can we find it?" Yi Bing asked.

"This…" Hao Baiyun shifted his gaze and grimaced. He was only eavesdropping on Gu Xingfeng thus he knows these information.

The grim reapers immediately understood. Hao Baiyun is a ghost. If he wanted to know something, how can he ask a human who can't see him about it?

"I apologize." Yi Bing spoke with sincerity in his eyes. He spoke without thinking this time.

"No, no! It's alright!" Hao Baiyun waved his hands. He scratched his cheek and smiled, feeling embarrassed. "I actually should apologize. I can't answer your questions…" he said.

"No." Huo Ling cut him off. "You have helped us a lot." He told him.

The Inspection Department nodded in agreement.

"Thank you, really. If you aren't here, we will definitely still be like headless flies right now." Bai Liu said.

"Chief is right." Wu Yi spoke. "Right now, we can't find any more clues. But, you arrived and brought us a good news." He smiled. "Thank you, young master Hao." He told Hao Baiyun.

"Yes. Thank you very much for your help!" Jiu Ye said and bowed.

"Thank you!" Bai Wu copied Jiu Ye's actions.

Hao Baiyun smiled. "You're welcome." He spoke. "In fact, I have been alone for some time… no one can see me nor hear me, thus I don't have anyone to talk to." He said, excluding Gu Xingfeng.

Gu Xingfeng doesn't count. Hao Baiyun felt something strange with his feelings towards the other.

"You can come here to talk with us if you want to." Yi Bing spoke.

Hao Baiyun looked at him. "Really?!" he exclaimed.

Huo Ling nodded and held Hao Baiyun's arm.

Hao Baiyun's eyes widened in surprise. "Y – you… you can also touch me?!" he said.

Yi Bing looked at them but didn't say anything. He can understand Hao Baiyun's loneliness thus he let themselves interact with Hao Baiyun. After all, Hao Baiyun is a soul and they should help a soul as much as they can.

That is the grim reapers' main task.

"You can come here whenever you want to talk with us." Huo Ling spoke.

"Ah, no… I can see that you are very busy…" Hao Baiyun smiled, full of understanding. "I'll drop by from time to time." He told them.

They all nodded in agreement. They heaved a sigh because this soul is very understanding.

"Then, I'll go back to my friend now!" Hao Baiyun said. "Maybe I can hear more from him!" he said and waved at them before he flew away.

The grim reapers. "…" although it is very helpful for us, you don't have to work this hard! They thought. And what do you take your 'friend' as for?! They added.

It should be them, grim reapers, who should work for the soul. Yet why did it reverse now?! If the entire Lower Heaven would know this, they will definitely become a laughingstock! When did the master become the servant and the servant become the master, hm?

But, since Yi Bing is on the same boat as them… Bai Liu, Wu Yi, Jiu Ye and Bai Wu looked at Yi Bing.

Yi Bing turned and caught their gazes. "What are you looking at me, for?" he asked.

"Nothing." The four of them immediately looked away.

"It was him who wanted to help us. We didn't insinuate it to hint at him." Yi Bing explained.

"Yes, yes! That's right!" they nodded in agreement.

Yi Bing ignored them and he turned to Huo Ling. "What are you thinking?" he asked when he noticed that Huo Ling was silent.

"You Ri, her separated resentment, Lin Weng, and now – " Huo Ling answered. " – the Dawn of Light." He said.

Yi Bing didn't speak and just waited for him to continue.

"Right now, what we found is that You Ri's resentment was separated from her soul, and there is an exorcist society called 'Dawn of Light'." Huo Ling spoke. "For You Ri's case first, the investigation about her car 'accident' is still undergoing. We found a clue about the Lifea, a famous Western company for life products. It was them who sponsored the You family's vacation, making them absent during You Ri's death, thus they were removed from the list of suspects. Though, in another angle, they can also be actually included." He looked at them. "Reverse psychology, and they might have hired a person to do the dirty job." He said.

"Despicable!" they said.

Huo Ling nodded in agreement. "For Lin Weng's case, we now know that there are real exorcists aside from the fake ones that we met and Li Yan, Li Li and Shi Nana hired before to exorcise You Ri's 'ghost'." He continued. "But, these fake exorcists are actually a front of the real exorcists. Since they are used as a 'front', I think that they are planning something big." He said.

"That's right… to use something as a front, it means that you have something to hide." Bai Liu spoke. "But, what can these fake exorcists be used for to hide the real exorcists, since the fake exorcists are called 'exorcists', too?" he asked.

"A diversion?" Wu Yi's eyes narrowed sharply.

The atmosphere suddenly turned gloomy.

"I've got a bad feeling about this." Bai Liu sighed.

Huo Ling nodded. "Yes. The name 'Dawn of Light', though sounds good at first but actually sounds ominous if you think about it.." He said.