"Oh, I checked it out. Your air conditioning malfunctioned, and that figure you mentioned was probably just your own shadow. Look."
Huang Yaozu shone his flashlight over the air conditioner, then aimed it at Captain Lu, pointing at the shadow cast behind him by the beam.
The First Commandment of the Miscellaneous Affairs Department was that there were no ghosts in this world!
Their main role was merely to maintain stability among the lower classes, suppress information, and prevent panic.
The truly upper-class people had ways of finding the few Masters capable of dealing with such matters, and usually possessed related items that could protect them.
So even if an Earthbound Spirit really had formed, Huang Yaozu's main approach was deception, calming people down first.
"Huh? Is that so?"
"Of course. How could there be ghosts in this world? You're not that old, are you? Why are you as superstitious as some old man?"
Officer Huang provoked Captain Lu, who had entered his midlife crisis and was already sensitive about such topics. He subconsciously puffed out his chest and said,
"How could I be? It wasn't me—it was these new security guards who got scared. I have a team to lead, so I had no choice but to comfort them."
Captain Lu spoke in the tone of someone looking after his subordinates.
"Oh? Is that so?"
Huang Yaozu looked over Xu Yue and the two foolish-looking Hu Jian brothers, a thoughtful look appearing in his eyes.
As an old hand, he could naturally tell at a glance that there was something off about these three mainlanders. They had probably been smuggled in, but that was not his jurisdiction.
The reason he deliberately questioned them was mainly to find out who had spotted the ghostly shadow.
Ordinary people could not see