"No~"
A beautiful yet seductive Evil Spirit revealed its true form amidst wails.
It was a twisted soul with a ferocious face and blurred flesh, its flesh bubbling and body elongating, trying to break free from the bindings of Tang Qi's hands. But after a burst of golden light, it slowly dissipated like a wisp of green smoke.
"Boom"
When Tang Qi, gasping for breath, retract his hands, the Magic Book floating in front of him immediately fell to the ground.
Everyone heaved a huge sigh of relief and then, without any pretense, collapsed onto the ground, not minding the scattered flesh and blood.
"Is it over?"
"Did we, survive?"
Most of the officers on the scene were tough as nails, but at this moment, they looked utterly shaken, clearly terrified.
Especially the black chief, Vid, who had rushed forward fastest to save his subordinate, and thus was closest to the spot where his subordinate self-destructed. Now, his body was still covered in his "subordinate".
Although the Evil Spirit had disappeared, the color of fear on his face was not going to recover anytime soon.
The rest weren't much better off.
The only ones who could remain calm were, aside from Tang Qi, the hero who successfully performed the exorcism, and Stanna.
After all, it wasn't her first time; she was used to it.
Stanna packed up the Red Rhino and walked to the center of the living room, where Tang Qi had already picked up the thick Magic Book, frowning and looking at it with an odd expression.
The slowly recovering officers also turned their gaze towards it.
If what they had just seen wasn't an illusion, then everyone realized.
They had glimpsed a Mysterious World.
Witnessed a Mysterious Event!
Confronted an Evil Spirit!
In front of them, was there really a Magic Book that could summon Evil Spirits?
It's a good thing the officers weren't hormone-driven teenagers, otherwise they would all be extremely excited and crowding around by now.
Still, curious glances were unavoidable.
Stanna, of course, knew about the contract signed between Messer Police Station and Tang Qi, that all "spoils" must first be chosen by Tang Qi and then the police station could claim theirs.
So at this moment, she took the initiative to ask: "What exactly happened here? Are you going to take this Magic Book back and destroy it?"
"Hm?"
Just as Stanna finished speaking, she saw Tang Qi hand the Magic Book to her.
She instinctively took it, and before she could ask why, she herself noticed something was off.
At first glance, judging by its cover, she thought it was an ancient, mysterious Magic Book, capable of summoning Evil Spirits.
But now, she clearly saw that the cover of the Magic Book seemed deliberately aged, the pages inside were clearly of the newest type, thin and delicate, and had nothing ancient about them. The most outrageous part was a small corner beneath the cover of the Magic Book.
It was stamped with a date of manufacture.
Divine Eagle Calendar, year 102, May 1st!
Looking at the name of the Magic Book, it was clear it was perfunctory.
Evil Spirit and Evil God Summoning Spell Compendium... Collector's Edition?
At this moment, Stanna felt strange.
She wordlessly handed the Magic Book to the other approaching detectives.
However, there was still a trace of perplexity on her face.
"If this isn't a real Magic Book, then why could it summon Evil Spirits?"
Tang Qi heard the words but did not reply immediately; instead, he walked to the small kitchen located to the side of the living room, turned on the tap, and washed himself. Having been embraced by an Evil Spirit covered in blood, Tang Qi inevitably had some flesh and blood fragments on him too.
He really disliked that smell.
After cleaning himself, Tang Qi slowly said while walking out of the house, "This might... just be a coincidence."
"Coincidence?"
"Yes, if you look carefully, you will find that this is a mistaken edition of magic books, most of the spells in it are ineffective. But due to some printing errors, a few effective spells were created, yet the targets summoned by the spells underwent unpredictable changes."
"For instance, the housekeeper Miss here originally intended to summon a red Banshee that could grant her beauty but ended up summoning a Blood Flower Evil Spirit instead."
Hearing Tang Qi's explanation, Stanna, among others, showed an expression of subtlety.
Can the world of the Mysterious Side be explained in such a manner?
"A wrong spell summoned the wrong Evil Spirit, then what spell did you use to drive her away?"
Stanna grabbed back the Magic Book, caught up with Tang Qi, and curiously asked.
"Just take a closer look, each incorrect spell has a corresponding reversal spell; you just need to quickly find them, combine them into a new exorcism spell, and that's it."
Tang Qi casually pointed to a spot in the book, then said.
That was exactly on the second page, the third line of spells, clearly writing several lines on how to summon a red Banshee, and the notes behind were the corresponding reversal spells.
"How did you manage that in such a short time?"
Stanna asked again.
A very reasonable question; however, Tang Qi, already seated in the back of the car, did not even lift his eyelids as he gave a brutally simple answer.
"I am a genius!"
Upon hearing this answer while just started driving the police car, Stanna almost mistook the accelerator for the brake.
Well, no chance to rebut!
Stanna muttered internally, with more questions rising in her heart.
Yet, she held back.
She only glanced at the "mistaken edition of magic books," already packed in an evidence bag, placed on the co-driver's seat.
With an uncertain tone, she asked, "So, are you planning to hand this book over to the police station?"
After finishing that sentence, Stanna's eyes flickered with a thoughtful shade, and she silently added, "Just like… the treasure map last time?"
Her latter statement finally made Tang Qi lift his gaze.
Looking at Stanna with an appreciative view, his mouth curved into a subtle smile, and then he lightly said, "Exactly!"
After speaking, both of them tacitly fell silent.
Together with other officers, they turned back to the police station.
Just after stepping down from the police car, Tang Qi could feel the excitement on the faces of the officers behind him, including his own colleagues Havier and Nathan, who after having gone through fear, were all exhilarated now.
It could be anticipated that soon the story of their encounter with the Evil Spirit, where the officer named James was even sacrificed by the Evil Spirit, would spread throughout the entire Messer Police Station and even faster across other jurisdictions.
In fact, before this, the encounter inside Messer University had already left a deep impression of Tang Qi in some officers' eyes.
The events that had just passed might deepen those impressions.
Tang Qi seemed to have already thought of what would follow, so once back with his team, he asked Stanna for a quiet room, excusing himself to rest for an hour.
Of course, rest was just a pretext.
What he really needed was to digest.
After all, having just burned an Evil Spirit, Tang Qi wanted to timely transform those massive spiritual powers into his own progress.
Simultaneously, he also silently pondered about leaving that "mistaken edition of magic books" to the police station.
Was this action right or wrong?