"What... is calling to you?"
"Mm." Tu Sheng nodded.
"What... is it?" Mo Hua asked in a low voice.
Tu Sheng's brow knitted tightly. "I can't explain it either... My mind often turns muddled. Usually late at night, sometimes during the day, in that hazy state between sleep and waking, I hear something..."
"It is very deep, very hoarse, constantly trembling like a rotting throat. It clearly does not sound like human speech, yet I seem able to understand what it means. It calls my name and tells me to go somewhere..."
"I am a little afraid, but I cannot resist it. It is better in the daytime, but at night... I cannot control myself. Before sleeping, I lie in bed, but once I fall asleep, when I open my eyes again, I am no longer in bed. Like sleepwalking..."
"This has happened several times. The other Executive Inspectors all look at me strangely, as if they are looking at a monster..."
"I had no choice. Every night before bed, I use the Dao Court Office's rawhide restraints to tie myself to the bed..."
Tu Sheng pulled back his sleeve, revealing deep welts around his arm.
To keep himself from wandering about after falling deeply asleep, Tu Sheng had clearly gone to great lengths and suffered considerably.
Seeing this, Mo Hua felt pity for him and asked, "Have you told anyone else about this?"
Tu Sheng shook his head. "No. I do not dare..."
Mo Hua asked again, "You did not even tell Chief Inspector Gu?"
Tu Sheng hesitated for a moment, then said, "Chief Inspector Gu is very busy. He often goes out, sometimes for three to five days, sometimes for half a month. And... I think Chief Inspector Gu looks cold and sinister. He does not seem like