Hu Jiu is not Conan.
He wouldn't bother to carefully distinguish who the murderer was among a group of suspects.
He will simply kill all the suspects.
He was hit by a Ghost Fire Bomb launched from the Headquarters base. Although the Headquarters shifted the blame to Evernight, his attention was not diverted.
He chose to cut them both down.
It doesn't matter if you cut the wrong person, since it's someone else who gets hurt, not you.
After carefully examining the "Supermarket You Can't Get Out Of" for a long time, Hu Jiu couldn't find anything new, so he had to give up for the time being and instructed the middle-aged man to continue recording the time. He would come back periodically to check whether the time inside and outside would show any discrepancies again.
Just as he was about to report the results of this Supernatural incident, he glanced at the document Xiao Mei had sent him on his phone and suddenly felt that something was not quite right.
When Headquarters sent him information about Evernight, was it necessary to specifically mention that this information came from Big Dipper?
Filled with doubt, I dialed the operator's number.
"Hello, Hu Jiu," came Xiao Mei's voice from the other end of the phone.
After being contacted twice in a short period of time, Xiao Mei thought something urgent had happened, so she hurriedly asked, "Is there something important?"
Hu Jiu said, "Headquarters previously entrusted me with handling a Supernatural incident [the Supermarket You Can't Get Out Of]. The level of horror in this incident was extremely high, and I couldn't solve it for the time being, but it won't spread; we just need to seal it off."
Xiao Mei breathed a sigh of relief and quickly updated the file on this Supernatural event. If even Hu Jiu couldn't resolve it, Headquarters probably wouldn't send anyone else to handle it in the short term; they would simply seal it off.
"By the way, who gave you the intelligence data about Evernight that you sent me before and asked you to pass it on to me?" Hu Jiu asked casually.
Without hesitation, Xiao Mei replied, "It's Shen Minister from the Research Department."
"Okay, I'm fine now, goodbye."
Hu Jiu hung up the phone.
Hu Jiu fell into deep thought.
Tianji, one of the Seven Stars of the Beidou Organization, was ordered to be eliminated by Headquarters.
What was the relationship between Big Dipper and its Headquarters at this time?
Are they like fire and water?
Or is it that... there are no permanent enemies, only permanent interests?
While pondering, Hu Jiu's figure vanished from the spot, returning to his lair from the Capital.
In fact Headquarters, he didn't want to break ties with Headquarters. After all, he wanted to continue to leech off Headquarters and use them as a scapegoat when necessary.
But...
He wouldn't allow Headquarters to treat him like a beast of burden!
There is a type of tongue-eating louse in nature that parasitizes fish in their mouths, eats off their tongues, and takes over the function of the tongue.
After this, if the fish wants to continue living and feeding normally, it can no longer live without fish lice and can only allow them to parasitize it...
Thinking of something amusing, Hu Jiu couldn't help but reveal a sinister and malicious smile.
The Playing Cards were more effective than he had expected.
He ordered the Playing Cards to search for news of Evernight, thinking that the one who could provide useful intelligence would be Yin Wenxian, who was involved in overseas markets.
Unexpectedly, it was Xiao Yu who made the greatest contribution this time.
After much deliberation, Xiao Yu finally took the initiative to contact Queen of Spades.
"Boss, regarding the Eternal Night Organization you're investigating, I actually already had inside information."
Hu Jiu immediately replied, "Tell me in detail."
Xiao Yu carefully considered her words before speaking, "Do you remember when I was chased by two strange Ghost Tamers, but I managed to kill one of them and unintentionally control a Fierce Ghost?"
Hu Jiu nodded. "Of course I remember."
Xiao Yu bit her lip. "Actually... there are some details I didn't explain to you clearly."
"The people chasing me were a man and a woman. The woman, named Emily, had the ability to change bodies."
"She wanted to take over my body, infiltrate the deck of Playing Cards using my identity, and become a spy."
"Unfortunately, she failed. I possessed her body in reverse, gaining a portion of her memories and also controlling her ghost."
"In her memory, she was a member of the Eternal Night Organization."
The surprise came too suddenly, and Hu Jiu hurriedly tried to learn more about the secret organization Evernight through Xiao Yu.
Xiao Yu sighed inwardly. In fact, her current identity was that of a double agent who benefited from both sides.
The Eternal Night Organization believed that Emily had successfully possessed Xiao Yu and used her as a spy planted within the Playing Card Organization.
Evernight wanted to uncover the secrets of Playing Cards, Xiao Yu passed on a few pieces of seemingly unimportant but true information to trick them into giving her resources.
But Xiao Yu herself was just a low-level player in the Playing Cards, unable to access anything too advanced. She used this excuse to temporarily appease Evernight and successfully became a double agent.
Although doing so is like dancing on the edge of a cliff, the benefits are obvious.
On the one hand, she receives two salaries, and on the other hand, her safety is guaranteed. She is not only protected by the Playing Cards, but Evernight will also do its best to protect her.
The premise is that she doesn't give herself away!
Since acquiring a dual identity, Xiao Yu has no longer been subjected to inexplicable attacks, unlike her good partner Yin Wenxian, whose career has indeed grown bigger and bigger, but the risks have also become higher and higher.
The more Xiaoyu learns about the Supernatural, the more unsafe the world seems to her. Xiao Yu's now playing both sides, betting on both.
In comparison, she definitely favors Playing Cards. This organization has no mandatory tasks, no penalties for failure, extremely high pay, and a greater degree of freedom, allowing its members to grow wildly and freely.
This is an incredibly conscientious company, one in a million!
But it's better to be safe than sorry. What if the Playing Cards industry goes out of business someday?
Evernight was Xiao Yu's way out.
He thought this period of smooth sailing would last a little longer, but unexpectedly, the Queen of Spades suddenly ordered an investigation into Evernight.
After thinking it over, Xiao Yu finally decided to tell Queen of Spades Spade Queen the whole story.
There are many reasons, including differences in stance, as Evernight is, after all, an overseas organization; and ideological differences, as Evernight's principles are not entirely acceptable to her.
Also, she has a high level of trust in the Playing Cards; she doesn't think the Queen of Spades would threaten to kill her over such a trivial matter.
As far as she knew, Yin Wenxian was secretly using the guise of Playing Cards to cause trouble and act crazy all over the country, but none of this was investigated by the organization's higher-ups.
Moreover, Xiao Yu felt she had enough value to be exploited; with her special abilities, she could become a counter-spy at any time, posing as Emily, and betray Evernight.
Xiao Yu was prepared to be questioned by the Queen of Spades about why she hadn't reported what she knew.
Little did they expect that Hu Jiu wouldn't even bother with such a trivial matter.
As for chess pieces, they are good enough to play the right role at the right time.
If the outcome is favorable to me, everything is fine; if the outcome is unfavorable, then I'll just slap it to the ground and kill it.
Xiao Yu said, "The Eternal Night Organization's mission is the worship of Fierce Ghost, treating them as gods. They proclaim that the darkest apocalypse will eventually arrive, and they claim that humanity is fragile and that the only way to evolve to a higher level is to actively embrace Fierce Ghost..."
"To this end, they even proposed a plan called 'God Completion Plan'."