A Slacker, a Nobody, but the Mother of Monsters
Chapter 145

The unknown door in the archives

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However, it is not allowed to be separated from the human body for an extended period of time.

Dong Zhen chimed in, "That's right."

Ye Jiang: "..."

In fact, she didn't even remember how she crossed the boundary gate.

Dong Zhen put away her entertaining illusions, moved closer to Ye Jiang, and asked, "Sister, don't you like this body of yours?"

"Are you unhappy with your height or your appearance?" he asked. "I can use illusion magic to change you. If you don't like it, that's fine; illusion magic can fix it. You can change it every day if you want!"

Ye Jiang: "."

It's not that she doesn't like it, it's just...

Ye Jiang politely declined, "Thanks, but it's not necessary."

Dong Zhen asked disappointedly, "Are you sure you don't need to?"

Ye Jiang: "No need."

Dong Zhen: "Oh."

Despite being explicitly told that she couldn't leave her body, Ye Jiang wasn't particularly disappointed; she had a vague feeling...

She felt she could detach herself from a human body.

It's as if she once existed.

Chapter 105 The Door to the Unknown Files

Ye Jiang greeted dawn at Yu Qingyi's apartment. Yu Qingyi hadn't returned that night, nor the next day, nor the third. Ye Jiang Ye Jiang stayed in the apartment the whole time.

Dong Zhen and the Invisible Man and told her they had found a house, but Ye Jiang didn't go to see it. She had a gut feeling that she shouldn't buy a house at this time.

Ye Jiang wasn't good at thinking, so she didn't think; she trusted her intuition.

Next door to the apartment is the Invisible Man's place. Being neighbors with Polluted like the Invisible Man is actually quite nice. He has a low profile, and you often don't even realize he lives there. He's a good neighbor.

But this does not include these two days.

There's been some kind of problem over there these past two days; there's been a lot of noise coming from there.

Take now, for example.

Ye Jiang stood by the wall. She raised her hand and knocked on the wall. The sound stopped, and a few seconds later, a cone-shaped head poked half its head in through the window. Shi Li, propping up her strange head, greeted Ye Jiang and asked what she wanted. Ye Jiang asked her what she wanted in return. Shi Li said, "Is it noisy? I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I..."

I'm doing laundry now. The washing machine is a bit broken and it's quite noisy.

For a monster who runs around naked all day to say something like that, it's unclear whether she wants people to believe her or not.

Ye Jiang has a blank expression.

Shi Li waved her tentacles and said cheerfully, "I just moved next door to you, so we'll be neighbors from now on. Please take care of me!"

Ye Jiang didn't know what to say, because at this time yesterday, Dong Zhen had also poked his head in through the window to greet her, happily announcing that he had moved next door to her and become her neighbor.

The leasehold rights next door changed so quickly.

Her neighbors change so quickly.

Ye Jiang was pondering where the Invisible Man, the original resident next door, had gone when there was a knock on the door. The pink monster on the window vanished in a flash, having returned to the next room.

Ye Jiang glanced at the empty window, then went to open the door.

The person who came to the door was Qin Daichuan, the action captain of the Ability Control Bureau. He was a big shot, and Ye Jiang wondered why he was here. After thinking for a moment, she could only guess that he was looking for Yu Qingyi Yu Qingyi, who was in the Logistics Team of the Ability Control Bureau and thus considered part of the Ability Control Bureau. So she said to the captain, who was dressed in a suit and tie, "Yu Qingyi is not here."

But Qin Daichuan said, "I've come to find you, the Healer."

Ye Jiang tilted her head, looking confused. Qin Daichuan looked into the room behind her and asked, "May I come in?"

Ye Jiang glanced at him, stepped aside, and Qin Daichuan went into the house, closing the door behind him.

As soon as the captain of the Ability Control Bureau entered the room, he took out a banner. He loosened his grip, and the banner unfolded naturally, revealing the large gold characters. "Heart for the people, affection for the common folk."

Ye Jiang's lips twitched a few times.

Captain Qin took two steps forward with the flag, while Ye Jiang took two steps back. Captain Qin then said, "This was specially made for Healer by Director Shi, who instructed that it must be delivered to you personally."

Ye Jiang: "... I don't need this kind of decoration."

Qin Daichuan: "It's not just a decoration; it represents the sentiments of the Ability Control Bureau and the people. We thank the Healer for their immense contributions to humanity."

Ye Jiang was completely baffled. What enormous contribution had she made?

Qin Daichuan noticed her confusion and reminded her, "Three days ago, S-Rank Polluted attacked in the dead of night, almost causing a tragedy. It was your intervention Healer, that prevented the disaster from happening."

Ye Jiang blinked, and after a long while, she exclaimed "Ah!" and finally remembered that she had casually killed a spider-like Polluted. These past few days, her attention had been focused on Yu Qingyi, and that Polluted was too fragile; she had almost forgotten about it.

Was that spider-like Polluted actually an S-Rank Polluted?

How... how could they be so easy to kill?

Ye Jiang, who had never been able to distinguish between different levels of Polluted, fell silent.

The monster could easily kill the most powerful Polluted and superhumans; Ye Jiang finally began to truly grasp the meaning of that statement.

The monster seems pretty powerful.

Ye Jiang's gaze returned to the banner, but she quickly looked away, saying expressionlessly, "I don't want this."

The items were legitimate, but the sheer amount of shame was overwhelming, even for someone as emotionally detached as Ye Jiang.

Are you sure you don't want it?

"I'm sure."

"Alright." Qin Daichuan didn't insist. He wrapped the banner up, saying as he did so, "This banner is really useless. If you don't want it, you don't have to. No matter what, our gratitude to the Healer won't diminish. It's just that Director Shi, that middle-aged man, might be disappointed. The words on the banner were written by him personally, revised more than a dozen times. He didn't know how to fit thousands of words into just eight characters. He was afraid that these few words were too light and would be disrespectful to the Healer. But that's not important, not at all..."

Ye Jiang grasped the banner. Qin Daichuan looked up at her, Ye Jiang turned her head away, tightened her grip slightly, and mumbled, "... I'll stay."

A hint of a smile appeared in Qin Daichuan's eyes as he released his grip.

Ye Jiang felt annoyed that her hands were a little heavier.

Qin Daichuan said, "By the way, our branch also applied for a bonus for the Healer. The amount isn't very large, but it's a token of our appreciation. However, it still needs to go through some financial procedures, and it will be transferred to the Healer 'Healer account later. Please keep an eye on it."

Hearing this, Ye Jiang looked up, slightly surprised. There was a bonus?

It seems that S-Rank Polluted pose a significant threat to humanity.

A thought struck her, and she asked the action team leader in front of her, "Is the Ability Control Bureau really grateful to me?"

Qin Daichuan's face became more serious and solemn. "Yes, thank you very much."

If it weren't for the Healer, City A might already be a ruin, like City S!

There is only one S-Rank superhuman among humans, but he is far away in City M, too far to help in a crisis.

Thankfully, the Healer intervened.

The Healer's abilities are unfathomable.

What exactly makes her so special?

Qin Daichuan was momentarily distracted when he suddenly heard the Healer say, "Can I change my reward? I don't want the cash prize, I want something else."

The Healer said, "I'd like to take a look at the Monster Archives in your Ability Control Bureau."

Qin Daichuan: "..."

Monster... file?

Why did I suddenly want to watch this?

Has the monster "Wanderer" mutated?

In short, several questions arose in the mind of the operations captain of the Ability Control Bureau. His eyes flickered. "May I ask why?"

Ye Jiang said, "I'm interested, I'd like to know more."

Actually, she wanted to know if she could find clues about monsters separating from their hosts in the Bureau of the Ability Control Bureau's Monster Archives. What if humans discovered something that Dong Zhen and Shi Li didn't? What if?

Qin Daichuan looked at Ye Jiang for a while, then looked away.

Actually, the Ability Control Bureau had already revealed most of the information about monsters to this Healer, so it wasn't a big deal for her to want to see the Monster Archives.

but--

"I need to apply to the higher authorities."

However, the procedures must be followed.

He said, "This is a top-secret matter and requires an application to the General Administration. I suspect this is feasible for Healer Ye, but the response might be a bit slow; Healer will need to wait a while."

Ye Jiang nodded knowingly.

Qin Daichuan looked at her and asked, "Does the Healer have any other requests?"

Ye Jiang said that was all, and Qin Daichuan straightened his cuffs, saying, "Then please allow me to leave first; things at the bureau are quite busy."

Ye Jiang stepped aside, and Qin Daichuan left.

The door opened and then closed.

The noise from next door started again. Ye Jiang went over and knocked on the wall, and the noise stopped immediately.

Having been warned by Qin Daichuan, Ye Jiang thought she would have to wait a long time for news, but she received a notification the very next day that she was to be sent to the Ability Control Bureau to review the Monster Archives. This speed far exceeded her expectations.

Ye Jiang went to the Ability Control Bureau by herself. When she arrived, she bumped into Zhao Yi, who was about to go out on a mission, at the entrance of the Ability Control Bureau. Zhao Yi, the standard husky of the Ability Control Bureau, looked unwell today. His once unruly hair was now limp and sticking to his body. When they passed each other, Ye Jiang thought he looked familiar but didn't recognize him at all. It was only after Qin Daichuan, who came out to meet her, mentioned him that Ye Jiang recognized him.

As Ye Jiang followed Captain Qin into the station, she asked Zhao Yi what was wrong. He seemed different than usual. Qin Daichuan remained silent for a while before replying, "Zhao Yi is an orphan. He got separated from his parents when he was very young because of the Polluted incident and has been living in an orphanage ever since."

"He recently ran into his parents," Qin Daichuan said after a pause.

"So?"

How did things turn out this way when I met my parents?

Qin Daichuan's voice turned colder. "His parents forgot about him, had a younger sister, and the family is living happily now."

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