When Wen Wen returned, the feathered serpent was already lying on the street, its joints dislocated and a large crater formed beneath its body, indicating the immense violence it had endured.
A slender girl with red hair was standing barefoot beside the feathered serpent, and there were dozens of shoe prints on the monster's body.
"Are you the superhuman who attracted the feathered serpent?"
The man in the cowboy hat looked at Wen Wen with surprise, not expecting him to return.
So, this monster was called a feathered serpent…
They referred to people with supernatural abilities as "superhumans"…
"I don't understand what you're saying," Wen Wen said with a confused expression. Since the monster had been dealt with, there was no need for him to reveal his identity.
"Don't play dumb. You lured it here, and you were the one who captured that weak ghost at Green Source Middle School. I recognize your aura," the man said calmly.
"…"
Since the man had been so clear, Wen Wen knew there was no point in pretending. He sighed and pointed at the traces of the fight around them.
"Don't you need to clean up the scene? The commotion was quite loud."
"We don't handle that. Specialists will come to take care of it. People who witnessed supernatural events nearby will have their memories erased. Right now, I need to focus on dealing with you," the man said indifferently.
"Ah… So it was you who did all this. I wondered why those middle school kids said they went to the cold storage. That was nonsense."
Wen Wen suddenly understood. He had been puzzled by this matter before and realized that there were many supernatural cases.
Despite the numerous supernatural cases, there were very few witnesses. Those who claimed to have seen monsters were usually just spreading rumors.
As a result, many supernatural events went unverified due to the lack of witnesses and became urban legends.
Even now, the ordinary public still thought of the Earth Federation as a world devoid of the supernatural.
The man adjusted his hat and introduced himself, "Hunter Association, Furong River area hunting squad leader, Lin Zheyuan."
"Furong River area demon hunter, Lin Lu," the girl with pink hair said as she hopped over to Lin Zheyuan.
"Do I need to introduce myself too?" Wen Wen scratched his head and said, "Um… Detective Wen Wen?"
Lin Zheyuan and Lin Lu looked at him with blank expressions.
Wen Wen didn't plan to run away. His supernatural abilities had already been exposed, and his identity wasn't too secretive.
Given that his appearance was revealed, he couldn't escape unless he completely abandoned his identity. Since he wasn't going to abandon his identity and there was no 'foreign country' to escape to, Wen Wen decided to cooperate with them.
"Come with us. We won't do anything to you. We just want you to understand some basic things that every superhuman should know, so you don't cause trouble and run away like today."
Lin Lu gave Wen Wen a sidelong glance.
"To correct you, I wasn't running away. I was looking for weapons."
Wen Wen opened his trench coat to reveal a bunch of various knives strapped inside, a typical sight for a psychopath.
He had been looking for weapons because, while his strength wasn't greater than that of the monster, the monster's blood was highly corrosive. Therefore, Wen Wen needed as many weapons as possible to kill the monster.
"You were clearly trying to escape, just being evasive, man," Lin Lu said disdainfully.
"Hiss…" Wen Wen's eyes, slightly reddened, fixed on Lin Lu, scanning her from head to toe.
From her bare feet to her torn white stockings and then to the flat expanse of her thighs…
The gaze made Lin Lu's skin crawl. With the added unsettling aura from Wen Wen, it felt like being stared at by a poisonous snake.
"You demon hunters have quite a taste."
Wen Wen withdrew his gaze and gave Lin Zheyuan a knowing look, which made Lin Lu grit her teeth in frustration.
Back at the hotel, Wen Wen gathered his things and got into a van with them. After driving for about half an hour, they arrived at the western outskirts of Furong River City, at the Eighth Mental Hospital.
The hospital was fairly large but looked quite desolate, with piles of garbage visible in the corners.
Upon opening the iron gate, Wen Wen followed Lin Zheyuan into the hospital.
"A mental hospital? You're not going to use me for experiments, are you? The Fifth Hospital is just a quack institution, and the Eighth… Tsk tsk."
Due to an incident at a private mental hospital, Wen Wen had a bad feeling about mental hospitals. However, out of professional curiosity, he carefully observed this one.
It was located in the western outskirts but was conveniently accessible, with a simple geographical layout and few people, making it less noticeable.
Therefore, the mental hospital was likely a front; this was probably their headquarters.
However, even if they did plan to experiment on him, Wen Wen wasn't afraid, as he could always enter the disaster containment site.
"By the way, how did you find the monster so quickly? It had just appeared," Wen Wen suddenly asked as he followed Lin Zheyuan.
"We didn't find the monster; we found you. If we had found you earlier, the monster wouldn't have appeared," Lin Lu replied.
"Looks like you've had your eyes on me for a while."
Wen Wen raised an eyebrow. He had thought he had cleaned up all traces when he captured Qin Shuang's ghost at Green Source Middle School, but it seemed he had still been tracked down by these two.
"Of course. As long as you don't go too far, there's no one the captain can't find," Lin Lu said proudly, as if she had found Wen Wen herself.
"So, you said if you had found me earlier, the monster wouldn't have appeared. Why is that?" Wen Wen asked curiously. He was very interested in how the monster had appeared and why it had targeted him.
In the misty world, there were countless such shadows. Why had only this one come to attack him?
Lin Zheyuan stopped walking, and Wen Wen did the same.
"Before I answer you, I want to ask: Have you been attacked by other monsters before?"
"No," Wen Wen shook his head. He was certain because he had only been the one attacking other monsters.
"I can guess why the monster attacked you. You entered a world filled with mist and tried to see it clearly, right?" Lin Zheyuan said affirmatively.
Wen Wen nodded. Indeed, the monster had only gone berserk and attacked him after he had tried to see it clearly.
"Your intuition is quite strong. You must have awakened not long ago and yet you were able to enter the mist layer and attract a Netherworld monster," Lin Zheyuan praised.