I'm not a theatre god

Chen Ling thinks the latter is more likely. After all, he doesn't think he has any talent in acting.

The two took the K18 train and finally made it back to District 3 before dark. Han Meng stood on the deserted platform and looked at the time.

"It's getting late, go back and rest... it won't be long before your appointment documents should be issued."

"Appointment documents?"

"Law enforcement officer." Han Meng replied calmly, "All law enforcers who set foot on the Shinto will be appointed as law enforcement officers by Aurora City. This time you are the only one who steps on the Shinto... There is no way they will not appoint you."

"I have offended the Stars Chamber of Commerce, is there any problem with the appointment?"

"This is the highest-level appointment in Aurora City. The Stars Chamber of Commerce can't interfere. I can become the chief law enforcement officer of the third district. Of course you have no problem." Han Meng paused for a moment.

"What's more, the situation in the Aurora Realm is special now... they need manpower."

Chen Ling nodded, "Okay."

Chen Ling's original goal was to become a law enforcement officer. After the Stars Chamber of Commerce took action, he thought it would be difficult for him to successfully become a law enforcement officer... Now it seems that the law enforcement headquarters is still very tough in some aspects.

Chen Ling said goodbye to Han Meng and parted ways on the platform.

Chen Ling walked under the night sky with surging auroras, looking thoughtfully at the approaching outline of the street.

This time I went to Hōdō Kozo and it took me so long to leave. I don’t know what’s going on over there on Hanshuang Street...

At least, my peach should be in place, right?

…

Frost Street.

"Hey! Have you heard about it?"

"What?"

"Didn't a group of law enforcers come to Gu Zang for a trial this time? I have a friend from Winterport who came to purchase goods this afternoon... He told me that all those law enforcers are dead!"

"ah?!"

On the streets of Hanshuang Street, several residents' ears pricked up and they immediately gathered together carrying small benches.

"real or fake?"

"It's impossible. How can it be so dangerous in Guzang... I heard that in previous years, one or two people died at most."

"I heard that a fire usurper got in this time, stole something, and then killed everyone! A large group of people came to Aurora City this afternoon and surrounded the entire port."

"I know about the blockade of the port, I've heard about it too... So this is what it's about?"

"Did Chen Ling go too?"

"It seems like, speaking of which, I haven't seen him in the past two days..."

"Then doesn't he also...?!!"

As everyone was talking, their eyes suddenly widened. They looked at each other, their eyes full of surprise!

"Chen Ling is dead?!" Boss Xu of the tailor shop was the first to stand up, and his shocked voice could be heard almost half the street.

More and more people are walking out of their homes, talking among themselves, with doubts, shock, and relaxation on their faces...

Several bosses came together and hurriedly confirmed something. The gloom on their faces suddenly disappeared, and the big stone in their hearts finally fell to the ground.

"Is he dead? That demonic law enforcer who eats people's hearts is dead?!"

"...I haven't been able to sleep well these past two days. As soon as I close my eyes, I see him giving me his heart. It's really scary."

"It seems that he will not come back... Fortunately, fortunately, everyone no longer has to worry about it in the future!"

"..."

Rejoicing appeared on everyone's faces, and they began to pat each other's shoulders and comfort each other.

Only Uncle Zhao, who came in a hurry and didn't know what was going on, turned pale when he heard about this.

"Dead?" Uncle Zhao murmured to himself, "A good boy, why did he die..."

"Although Chen Ling eats people's hearts, after all, he is a child who grew up in Hanshuang Street. How about... let's give him a funeral?"

"That's right, so that after he rests in peace, he won't turn into a ghost and come to trouble us."

"Can a person really become a ghost after death?"

"Most people don't know this, but he is a heart-eating demon. Who knows if he will come back after death..."

"But we don't even have a body, how can we bury it?"

"Just get a coffin and tie a paper figure... Boss Xu, aren't you in this business? Isn't this difficult for you?"

"Hey, as long as you don't let me mess with people's hearts, it doesn't matter."

Boss Xu waved his hand and immediately led everyone to his store. He picked a red coffin that was not popular, and took the paper figure from the shelf. In a few strokes, he traced it to be very similar to Chen Ling.

"There's no body and no clothes, so just make do with it."

Boss Xu took a few more handfuls of paper money, as well as paper-wrapped house furniture and stuff, and put them all into the bag. Then he called two strong young men and walked toward Chen Ling's house carrying the coffin.

Other residents who were watching were a little curious when they saw a group of people carrying coffins and fell behind the team.

Boss Xu stood in front of Chen Ling's house, holding a paper figurine in one hand and waving towards Chen Ling's house with the other. He muttered something in his mouth... probably the words "return to the soul, be buried, and rest in peace". .

Seeing this scene, the people behind them even thought that Boss Xu was doing something wrong, but they really didn't know what to do in this situation where there was no body and no clothes.

Boss Xu muttered for a while, then put the paper figure into the coffin and closed the coffin.

At this moment, he seemed to remember something and said a few words to the owner of the pork shop next to him. Soon the latter hurried to the crowd carrying several large bags containing chicken hearts and pig heart shops.

"These are... sacrifices originally planned for Chen Ling. They won't be used in the future, and it would be bad luck to keep them. It's better to bury them together as a companion."

With a wave of his hand, Boss Xu asked two young men to carry the coffin and walk straight towards the back hill under the dark night, with everyone following closely behind.

To be honest, Boss Xu has been in the dead business for so many years, and has never been like this today. Paper figures stand in for corpses, and souls are summoned in front of the house. These are just funeral procedures that he came up with at random. After all, situations like Chen Ling's are really rare.

But so what?

In the final analysis, everyone is just afraid that Chen Ling will come back to trouble them after her death, and they are doing all this just for peace of mind, so Boss Xu can just do it casually. If he really follows the normal funeral process, he will probably have to go through it until tomorrow morning.

Because it was dark, everyone carried kerosene lamps and walked toward the back hill little by little by the light of the fire... Behind the red coffin, the crowd followed bustlingly, like countless moving shadows.

As everyone gradually walked away, a figure walked out of the corner of the street doubtfully. Looking at the people walking away, doubts flashed between his eyebrows.

"Who are these people going to bury in the middle of the night?"

Chen Ling muttered to herself when she saw the coffin going away.