Yokai Office

Xiangxi Road is located in Nilong District, it is a quiet side road.

Zong Ci and Shen Xi rushed over after receiving Bi Fang's call.

The car just turned into the intersection, and saw thick smoke rising above a building, and the whole road was filled with smoke.

Zongci parked the car at the intersection.

As soon as the two got out of the car, they smelled an extremely strong smell of burnt smoke in the air.

Among them, there is also the smell of some unknown objects being burnt, which is very pungent.

Shen Xi inhaled unpreparedly, and was immediately choked, coughing, and his face flushed red.

"Get back in the car, don't get off." Seeing this, Zong Ci quickly gave him a ride and suggested.

Shen Xi waved his hand, "I'm fine, hurry over and have a look."

Zong Ci frowned, obviously unwilling.

Originally, he didn't want Shen Xi to come with him, because harmful gas would easily be produced after a fire.Shen Xi's body had just recovered, so he couldn't be so careless.

"Zongci, let's go." Shen Xi saw his expression, grabbed his sleeve and shook it.

As soon as the words fell, a voice sounded from the opposite side.

"Xixi, Team Zong!" It was Liu Huo.

Shen Xi took the opportunity and hurriedly ran over, "Liuhuo!"

Zong Ci sighed softly, and finally followed him.

The three walked for a while before arriving at the scene of the incident.

Five fire trucks were parked in the surrounding area, and there were still many small fires in the burning building, and the well-dressed firefighters continued to work.

Seeing this situation, Shen Xi was quite surprised.

Logically speaking, with the rapid development of science and technology, the function of this fire truck is enough to deal with large-scale fires.

What's more, these residential houses were built with fireproof materials.

But now, such a building has been burnt down to nothing but an empty shell? !

"Zong Ci, you are here." Fu Shenglin took off the air mask and walked over.Behind him, Bi Fang was still following.

"En." Zong Ci nodded slightly.He looked around and fixed his eyes on one place.

Before everyone could react, he went straight to that place and asked for something from the staff.

"Take it and put it on." Zong Ci handed the air mask to Shen Xi.

"Ah? Oh." Shen Xi reacted, and immediately smiled sweetly.

The dog food came unexpectedly.

Fu Chenglin and the others standing beside them choked for no reason, so they could only pretend to look up at the sky.

"Ahem." Bi Fang stepped forward and reminded, "You guys came just in time."

Zong Ci looked at the charred empty shell building in front of him, and asked calmly, "What's going on?"

"A fire broke out at three o'clock in the morning, and the cause of the fire is unknown." Fu Shenglin sighed softly, "Besides, the fire is very strange and cannot be extinguished."

"Can't it be destroyed?" Shen Xi asked in surprise.

Fu Chenglin nodded, then turned to look at the fire truck not far away, "Yes."

"The Monster Bureau also received a call for help temporarily, and organized a group of water monsters to come." Bi Fang answered.

The water monster used its spiritual power to barely stop the fire.

He paused, and then said affirmatively to Zong Ci and the others, "This fire is quite tricky."

Zong Ci was thoughtful, and then asked, "Are there any casualties?"

"Yes." Fu Shenglin nodded, and immediately took out the electronic device, which contained the latest casualties.

"The 20th floor of this building, as far as I can see, is basically burned down."

Zong Ci took over the electronic equipment, and Shen Xi hurried over.

The two touched each other and looked at each other seriously.

When everyone saw this scene, they were inexplicably silent.

"One was seriously injured and 29 were injured."

It is said that there are hundreds of people living in this building. Under such a large fire, the current casualties are still within the range.

However, if something goes wrong, it is always bad.

"Fu Bureau." The fire chief Song Yuan came up.

Fu Chenglin saw him and immediately greeted him, "Captain Song."

The fire started strangely early in the morning and couldn't be extinguished no matter what.As the person in charge, Song Yuan could only order the rescuers to evacuate first, and then reported the matter to the superiors.

It turned out that Fu Shenglin brought a group of people to help.

You know, Fu Shenglin, as the director of the Supervision Bureau, was originally in charge of criminal investigation cases.

Song Yuan was still puzzled at first, but he didn't expect that the group of people brought by Fu Shenglin had a way.

These people are naturally employees of the Monster Bureau.

Song Yuan knew that the fire was extinguished strangely, and also realized that the identities of this group of people were not simple.But he has been in this position for a long time, and he knows what to ask and what not to ask.

"Fu Ju, thank you for calling someone to help." Song Yuan shook hands with him.

"It's all part of my job." Fu Shenglin said politely.

Song Yuan's face was unstoppably tired, "...these days, everyone in the department is physically and mentally exhausted."

"how?"

"Don't Ju Fu know yet?" Song Yuan said, "This is the third incident. Three days, three incidents."

This kind of accident probability has never happened in Jindu for a long time.

"It's the same as the one in the Kyoto Garden. It can't be extinguished no matter how it is extinguished." Song Yuan thought for a while, and said simply, "This season is not a time when it is easy to catch fire. We have also checked it, and it is not a circuit or other problem. I After sitting in this position for so many years, this is the first time I have encountered such a thing.”

Hearing this, Fu Shenglin looked around at the crowd.

Zong Ci, Shen Xi and the others had already figured it out, so they didn't say much.

"If the firefighting task is not done smoothly, it will only increase the psychological burden of the team members..."

"Team Song, you've worked hard." Fu Shenglin said politely.

Song Yuan waved his hand, seeing Zong Ci and the others beside him, he didn't intend to stay longer, "I'll go first."

"Ah."

Bi Fang, who had been silent for a long time, saw that the fire had subsided, "These fires are not simple, I'm afraid we still have to hand them over to the Monster Bureau for investigation."

Zong Ci agreed, "If the higher-ups receive an investigation order, leave it to me."

"Alright." Bi Fang glanced at the members of the Monster Bureau not far away, and said, "The fire has been extinguished, so I'll take Hua Snake and the others to eat something first, as a reward."

"it is good."

Before Bi Fang left, he deliberately walked up to Shen Xi, and said softly, "Xiao Xi, you young people, don't make too much noise at night, you won't be able to stand it for a long time."

After all, he patted Shen Xi's shoulder.Bi Fang straightened his clothes and left in a swaggering manner.

Shen Xi, who was left behind, was stunned for a long time before realizing what Bi Fang meant.

He turned his head to look at Zong Ci, and stammered, "Senior Bi Fang seems to have misunderstood..."

"What's the misunderstanding?" Zong Ci asked back.

"No, nothing." Shen Xi kept silent.

There are still so many outsiders around, it's embarrassing to talk about these private matters.

Zong Ci didn't press further, straightened Shen Xi's broken hair and said.

"Okay, let's go back first, and wait for the investigation order to come down."

Without an investigation order, even Zongci cannot take over the affairs of the human world.

"Ok!"

The two turned around and left side by side, very close, without any interference from others.

Fu Shenglin and Liu Huo, who were standing in place, looked at each other and followed silently.

***

Sure enough, at noon, Zong Ci received the investigation order and the accompanying information on the three fires.

During this period of time, Fenghuang and others paid special attention to the frequent crimes committed by monsters.Therefore, the work investigation site was directly arranged at the headquarters of the Monster Bureau.

Liuhuo was very helpful in sorting out this pile of information.Only then did everyone start the meeting discussion mode.

"Then I started talking?"

Liuhuo projected the information, looked around, and asked.

"En." Fenghuang, who is the director, nodded.

"For three days in a row, there were three fire cases."

"The first incident was Times Jiayuan in the business district. It was at one o'clock in the morning the day before yesterday. Two people were seriously injured and 11 were slightly injured." Liuhuo posted photos of the times apartment before, during and after the fire, "the times apartment is divided into A Building B and Building B, the fire broke out on the sixteenth floor of Building A."

"The second incident happened at ten o'clock last night in the Bauhinia Apartment in the business district. Eight people were injured. It was a residential complex with six buildings in two rows. The fire broke out on the eighth floor of the fifth building."

"The third incident happened at 29 o'clock in the morning today, in Jingdu Garden, Nilong District. One person was seriously injured and [-] people were slightly injured. It was an independent building on the [-]th floor, and the fire started on the [-]th floor."

Every time Liu Huo mentioned a house on fire, he would send out the before and after comparison photos of them.

"Because it was still early when the Bauhinia apartment caught fire last night, the number of casualties was the least."

After reading it, Bi Fang said directly, "Obviously, it was completely burned."

"Ordinary water has no effect on reducing the intensity of the fire. If the arsonist is really a monster, he would have chosen areas with high housing prices." Shen Xi immediately opened his mouth.

As soon as everyone heard his words, they immediately turned their gazes over in unison.

Shen Xi shivered from being stared at, and subconsciously looked at Zong Ci.

"The house price is high? Xixi, how do you know?" Liu Huo was the first to ask.

Fenghuang and the others nodded in agreement.

Seeing that everyone was doing it for this matter, Shen Xi was relieved and said affirmatively.

"Of course I know! When I opened an office before..." He paused, and turned a little embarrassed, "I also worked as a real estate agency, helping monsters who were born to find suitable houses. So, for these I know a little bit about the housing prices in some places. You can check it in Liuhuo, it’s only been a few months, and the housing prices in these places should not change much.”

Fenghuang looked at Shen Xi, and became more and more satisfied the more he looked at it, he couldn't help but nodded in praise, "Xiaoxi is still reliable and knows a lot."

"That is necessary." Bi Fang was more direct.

Suddenly being praised by the two elders, Shen Xi was a little puzzled, but he heard Zong Ci chuckle beside him.

"Ok?"

"It's nothing, you reminded me." Zong Ci suppressed his smile and analyzed seriously, "The high housing prices mean that the people in these places generally have good living conditions."

Fenghuang opened his mouth, "Xiao Ci, you mean that the arsonists specifically picked out the residents with good living conditions?"

"There is such a possibility." Zong Ci said, "Liu Huo, take someone to confirm later."

"No problem." Liu Huo answered quickly. He remembered something and said again, "By the way, Team Zong! According to the news from over there, no one was in the house where the fire started."

Zong Ci nodded.

The slender fingers tapped on the table again, one after another.

"First, choose families with no one and good living conditions. Second, three fires broke out in three days. Third, ordinary water can't be extinguished, and because the house is completely burned, there is no way to investigate the source of the fire."

"Liu Huo, where are the people who died in the fire? Are there any investigation results?"

Liu Huo nodded quickly, "Yes, the pharmacist and Sister Ruyi in the bureau have also checked. The victims all inhaled a large amount of harmful smoke and suffocated to death. And there is no trace of evil spirits entering the body."

Zong Ci thought for a while, his handsome eyebrows slightly frowned.

This case was different from the previous ones. The crime scene was completely burned down, and the dead victim himself had no doubts.

"Team Zong." Shen Xi still called Zong Ci's position in the bureau.

"Huh?" Zong Ci recovered and looked at him.

Shen Xi was not timid, and said bluntly, "I think the most urgent thing is to do a good job of prevention first. With the current frequency of being together every day, it is very likely that it will happen again in a short period of time."

Zong Ci smiled slightly, "Well, what do you think should be done?"

"Ah?" Shen Xi was taken aback for a moment, and immediately realized, "Contact the relevant departments in the human world. If there is a fire in a short period of time, we must notify our bureau as soon as possible."

"Also, since ordinary water can't help the fire, we also need to send members from the Monster Bureau to prepare for it 24 hours a day."

A little smile flashed in Zong Ci's eyes, and he looked up at Fenghuang.

Fenghuang had long agreed with Shen Xi's approach, clapped his hands on the table, and said, "It's no problem, I can arrange it."

"Okay, let's do this first." Zong Ci said, "There are too few clues at present, and we can't analyze too much."

Zong Ci got up first, and said to Shen Xi, "Come with me, go to see the three fire places. See if we can find anything else?"

"it is good!"

Shen Xi was naturally very happy to be able to follow Zongci.

Seeing this, Bi Fang and the others didn't say much, and got up to go about their own affairs.

***

Zong Ci took Shen Xi to observe the three crime scenes for a long time.

It's a pity that the fire completely lost everything.

Apart from the same pile of ruins, there is basically no useful information.But these fires have caused people around to talk about it.Along the way, the two heard a lot.

The two returned to the car after searching without success, Shen Xi leaned on the back of the seat and sighed, "I guess there hasn't been such a big fire in many years, and it must be a big news in the human world."

When Zongci heard this, he was slightly concentrating.

"Zongci? What's wrong with you?"

"It's okay, I just vaguely feel that this case may still be related to the previous cases."

Hearing this, Shen Xi said seriously, "You mean...the mastermind behind this fire is also the same person?"

"There is a possibility." Zong Ci buckled the safety device for him, and then asked, "What do you want to eat? Take you to dinner."

"Ah? Is it time for dinner?" Shen Xi was surprised.

Zong Ci glanced at the time, "It's almost five o'clock, it's okay to get off work a little earlier, I can't let you go hungry."

The tenderness and pampering in the words are easily revealed.

Shen Xi leaned forward, squeaked, and quickly kissed Zongci.

After finishing, he seemed a little embarrassed, and deliberately changed the subject, "Hurry up! Let's go to dinner."

Zong Ci's eyes darkened, then his smile returned, and he asked, "What do you want to eat?"

"Meat!" Shen Xi's answer will never change.But this time, he remembered to ask Zongci.

"What do you want to eat?"

Unexpectedly, Zongci stared at him for a long time, and then threw out two words in an inscrutable manner, "Guess."