Roster of Demons

It snowed heavily all night.

Feather-like snowflakes fall from the sky, quietly covering the world.

On the deserted street, the remaining street lights and 24-hour convenience stores are still on.The girl was sitting behind the counter, dozing off while propping her head up.

It was 03:30 in the morning on an ordinary winter day, and in two and a half hours, the shop assistant would come to change shifts, and the girl would be able to go home.In such a cold weather, I should have hid under the blanket, listened to the sound of snow falling, and slept soundly without caring about anything.

The ding dong ding dong mechanical wind chimes woke the girl up, she nodded abruptly, and stood up straight.

"Welcome."

The automatic glass door opened, and a man wrapped in a thick military overcoat entered the store amidst the wind and snow.The sudden cold air made the girl's nose itchy and she sneezed heavily.

The man nodded to her apologetically, lowered his hat and walked towards the fast food area, quickly picked out a box of instant noodles, a piece of ham sausage and a can of beer, and put them on the counter.

The girl reached out to pick up the goods, and when she looked up to see the man's appearance, she was startled.

The man didn't mind her gaze, but smiled shyly.

The girl quickly realized her impoliteness. She lowered her head, picked up the barcode scanner, and scanned the barcodes one by one: "It's 13 yuan and [-] cents in total. Please pay by card or cash?"

The man handed her the banknotes, along with a severely worn photo: "Have you ever seen this woman? Or a relative who looks like her?"

The background of the photo is a distant mountain lake. The woman is sitting on the open-air balcony of the coffee shop, sipping coffee and smiling provocatively at the camera.She was wearing a tight-fitting leather jacket, which was clean and neat. Although it was not beautiful, it had a special charm.

Such a woman can leave a deep impression on people with just one glance. If you really see it, you will never forget it.

The girl shook her head: "I haven't seen it."

The man seemed to be used to such an answer, he said thank you, then unpacked the instant noodles, went to a water dispenser to pick up water, and put it in the microwave.

While waiting for the instant noodles to heat up, he stood in front of the microwave with his arms crossed, staring at the instant noodle box slowly changing angles on the turntable without saying a word.

The girl looked at him secretly again.

The man was in his early thirties, had severe juvenile whiteness, and wore a hat, but his exposed sideburns could not deceive anyone.There are three deep scars on the right side of his face, which are ferociously turned outwards, and the color is dull due to the age. One of them runs through the center of the right eye, destroying the eye, and the pupil is sickly gray.

He looks very fierce on the outside, as if "Don't mess with me" is written all over his face, but he is surprisingly simple and honest.

The girl secretly took out a mint, pressed it with two coins together with the change, pushed it to a corner of the counter, and said in a low voice, "Sir, your change."

The man was thinking about something and didn't hear the girl's words.

The microwave made a light ding, and he opened the glass door to take out the instant noodles, and devoured the ham sausage and beer.

The lights in the convenience store were warm and bright. After eating the noodles, the man drank all the soup contentedly. Finally, he packed up all the wrapping papers, threw them into the trash can, got up and left.

The girl stared at his back as he disappeared into the heavy snow. After a few seconds, she realized that the man hadn't taken the change. She quickly grabbed the mints and the change and rushed out of the store.

It was an ordinary winter night, the snowflakes fell on the skin and it was icy cold, and the girl stood at the door of the store, shivering with cold.

There was no one on the street, only street lamps and their shadows along the street.

The ground is white and clean, as if spotless, without leaving a single footprint.

The girl thought she was dazzled, so she rubbed her eyes vigorously, but it was really not.She was in a trance for a moment, as if everything just now was not real.

Anti-hunting alliance, large conference room on the B7 floor, routine half-monthly meeting.

"In the past half a month, the Special Second Team received a total of 16 reports. Except for 5 false alarms, 8 cases have been resolved, and the remaining 3 cases have been handed over to the members of the group for follow-up. The problem is not big and can be resolved within two days. In addition , our group applied for a departmental activity next week..."

The leader of the special second team was reporting on his work when Fu Xueyuan suddenly interrupted him: "Comrade Xiao Deng, please wait for a while."

Fu Xueyuan turned to the position of the special group, and pointed to the bald man sitting at the end of the conference table, who had been working with his head down: "Comrade Gu, what do you think, tell me."

"Ah." The bald man who was named sat upright, and extinguished the flame he was playing with in his hand, "Report to Fu, the work of the special second team is very good! As a newcomer, I express my sincerity to their team's work attitude I really admire it! I will follow the example of the special second group, work hard, face difficulties and strive to become a regular as soon as possible, and contribute my own strength to the construction of the special group!"

"Don't run the train with your mouth full, listen carefully." Fu Xueyuan pointed at him, nodded in warning, and then motioned to Liang Zhenguo, the leader of the special third team, "Old Liang, let your team start."

The leader of the special second team hurriedly said: "Fuchu, our team hasn't finished reporting yet."

Fu Xueyuan said, "Isn't it a department activity?"

"Hey." The leader of the special second team nodded.

Fu Xueyuan: "Don't talk about it, I won't approve it."

The leader of the special second group: "..."

The bald head couldn't hold back, and he laughed "puchi".

As his mood changed, a cluster of flames suddenly sprang up on the armchair.The bald head felt that the situation was not right, and immediately took half a step back, standing still and not daring to move.

The flames rose very quickly, enveloping the whole chair in one go, and burning it to the brim.

All the team leaders covered their mouths and noses to avoid it. Fang Jing and Fu Xiaozi skillfully picked up the fire extinguisher and sprayed wildly at the armchair.

The meeting room was filled with an unpleasant smell mixed with burnt leather and wood smoke and dry powder fire extinguishers. It seemed that the regular meeting could not continue.

Fu Xueyuan was so angry that he pointed at his bald head and cursed: "Comrade Gu! Please tell me, how many times have you burned this month!"

"This number." Fu Xiaozi spread five fingers, waved in front of Fu Xueyuan, and then gloated, "It's only the beginning of the month."

"Change the location and continue!" Fu Xueyuan almost had a heart attack, and shouted with his hands on his hips, "Comrade Gu! Just stand and listen!"

After Fu Xueyuan yelled, he turned and went out, and all the team leaders hurriedly followed.

"Can it be my fault?" The bald man who was yelled at all over his face whispered, and slowly followed behind everyone.

Fang Jing slowed down and walked side by side with him: "How are you getting used to it?"

The bald man shrugged: "You saw it too, I can't help but run around when I get excited."

"Don't worry. Practice regularly." Fang Jing said, "Sooner or later you will get used to it."

"That's the only way to go." Baldhead said.

"Just ask if you have any difficulties, and I will try my best to help you if I can," Fang Jing said again.

"There is indeed a matter." The bald head said, "Personal computers are not allowed to be brought, can I replace my old computer with a new one? That broken machine, it takes 2 minutes to start up, a full 2 ​​minutes, team leader!! I am so scared God, I couldn't bear it, so I set it on fire."

"It's impossible." Fang Jing refused without thinking, "The meeting requires that the old computer be scrapped after seven years, and yours was still new when it was stored, but it was a little dusty after a year. Just wipe it when you are free, maybe it will be faster. Or you can switch with the people in the group, this is allowed."

"Come on, those machines of theirs are not as good as mine." The bald man sighed helplessly, raised his hand and pushed open the door of the spare conference room.

That bald head is none other than Gu Zhen himself.

It is said to be bald, but it is not quite.In fact, his hair has grown out, sticking to a thin layer of scalp.It's just not long enough to be styled, which doesn't look much different to him than a bald head.

As long as the regular meeting continued, Gu Zhen stood in the back row for a long time, and immediately slumped down in his seat after returning to the office.

He leaned back for a while, feeling that something was wrong, then he stood up and looked at his armchair: "This is not my chair, is it?"

Liang Haoren volunteered to jump out and explain to him: "The girl at the front desk just changed it for you. It is made of pure iron and can withstand high temperatures. You can burn it as you like."

Gu Zhen: "Where is my original one?"

Liang Haoren: "Send it to the conference room. The personnel said that you haven't made up the deductions for the damage to public property last month, and you haven't made up for it. This month's salary will continue to be deducted. You can only sit here until the debt is paid off."

After reviewing this, Zhen had nothing to say, sat back on his seat, pressed the power button of the old desktop, and waited for it to turn on slowly.

Liang Haoren hooked Gu Zhen's neck, squeezed a chair with him, and lowered his voice to inquire: "I heard that the special second team will hold departmental activities next week?"

This is before the application is made, and it is advertised first.

Thinking of the face of the leader of the special second team who was so angry that he could only hold back, Gu Zhen wanted to laugh a little, but he held back: "You got it wrong. Our team can't go, and neither can they."

"Is it possible to go?" Liang Haoren nodded in satisfaction, "Then I can rest assured."

"What mentality?" Gu Zhen smiled and pushed him.

Liang Haoren took advantage of the opportunity to stand up and said, "Brother Zhen, why don't we go to an event. Outdoor barbecues are fine."

"Not in the mood. Let's talk about it later." Gu Zhen said.

"Don't, Brother Zhen." Liang Haoren thought for a while, "I have your nude/photo in my hand, you can decide whether to go or not."

"???" Gu Zhen was confused, "When was it taken? Why didn't I know?"

"Just when Linmei was on a mission. A close-up of you walking out of the fire with your naked butt in pitch black!" Liang Haoren said, "2000 million pixels, high-definition! I saved it on the computer, and I will send it to you later. You can do it wallpaper……"

"I'll go, I'll go, barbecue, camping, and sightseeing is up to you." Gu Zhen covered Liang Haoren's mouth, quickly glanced around, and asked quietly, "Have you shown it to others?"

"I haven't shown it to others." Liang Haoren said as he pulled Gu Zhen's hand away.

Just as Gu Zhen wanted to breathe a sigh of relief, Liang Haoren continued, "It was published in the internal magazine. The title is "A Man Reborn from the Ashes."

"It was taken by the girl in the special second group. The one published in the internal magazine is another one. The angle is really good, and there is no bird!"

Gu Zhen: "...So the entire anti-hunting alliance, has anyone seen me nude/photographed?"