As long as the Red Protector had not reincarnated and still looked the same as she had last year,
then all we had to do was pin down the time and place, then hand the matter over to the Secret Bureau.
Could the Secret Bureau use the appearance, time, location, and other information I provided, along with surveillance methods and the like, to directly identify this Red Protector?
Ghosts were hard to find, but could someone with a flesh-and-blood body who had shown her face really remain unfound?
"Excellent. Do you remember when you saw the Red Protector last year?
"Tell me every detail of her appearance, build, height, the time and place she appeared, without missing a single word..."
Before the goat demon could speak, Chuyang, who had been observing from the side, could no longer hold back.
"Senior Brother Du'e, didn't you say everyone in Carefree Tower was a ghost? There are people with flesh-and-blood bodies too?"
Hearing that, I answered directly,
"The Red Protector isn't human. She's a ghost capable of reincarnating again and again."
The moment I said that, Peng Laosan, Chuyang, and even the goat demon before me all revealed shocked expressions.
"What? A ghost that can... can reincarnate?"
"Is that real? Ghosts can reincarnate too? Could it be body-snatching resurrection?"
"..."
I did not answer. I merely looked at the goat demon.
"Keep talking!"
The goat demon did not dare delay.
"I remember... it was last May.
"May fifteenth. Yes, May fifteenth. The moon was quite bright that night.
"I waited for her by the reservoir for a while. She only appeared after I absorbed some moonlight essence.
"It was probably at night, around ten o'clock, near the southern shore.
"We didn't speak much. After introducing ourselves when we met, she gave me ten