New Police Leader

Ding~

The elevator door slowly slid open as four police officers filed out with tired faces. One of the officers couldn't help but complain, "Sheesh, why would anyone come all the way out here to this remote place at this time of the night just to get high on drugs? Seriously, forcing us to work overtime."

"Hush, do you want to lose your job? Didn't you see the old butler downstairs? It seems the son of the mayor is here. We need to handle this case cleanly or you will have more to worry about then some simple overtime," a young officer reprimanded as he glanced around the apartment vigilantly, "Also, keep your guards up. This place is not simple."

"Yes, Leader Pan ..." the three other officers replied as one of them yawned.

As the group of officers walked down the hallway towards apartment 446, one of the officers couldn't help but ask, "Xiao Pan, you look so tense ... have you been here before?"

"Call me Leader Pan when on duty!" Xiao Pan snapped before he took a deep breathe and grimly stated, "Yes, I have came here for multiple cases before. It is also due to chasing clues of this place that Leader Gu disappeared."

Hearing this, the other three officers couldn't help but tense up as they became a bit more alert. The officer who asked the question apologized as he saw Xiao Pan's gloomy face, "Sorry, Leader Pan. I knew you were close to Leader Gu, yet I still reminded you of him ..."

"No worries, it's in the past," Xiao Pan replied as he sighed sadly.

It wasn't long until the group reached apartment 446. Seeing the door opened a tiny gap, the officers glanced at each other silently as they pulled out their weapons.

"Let me do it, Leader," one of the officers stated as he carefully shoved the door open.

The officers aimed their gun forward as they vigilantly watched the door creak open as a weird, discomforting smell wafted into their noses. The officer opening the door couldn't help but backup a bit as he cursed, "Heck, why does it smell like sh*t in there?"

After taking a couple of breathe to get used to the stench, the officers glanced into the room and saw a charred room. Leaning against the wall opposite of the front door was an unconscious teenage boy dressed in fancy clothes with faint white powder scattered over it. With a signal from Xiao Pan, an officer hurried up to check on the condition of the boy while the other two officers stayed at the door to cover their retreat.

Xiao Pan then stepped into the room and began to survey the area. It wasn't long before he discovered three more unconscious boys, one in the bedroom and two in the bathroom. Checking and seeing that the boys were out cold, he then tried to radio in some more backup from outside, but the radio only had static sounds. Xiao Pan frowned a bit before he told the two officers guarding the door, "Come over and bring down the two boys in the bathroom first. Also, call up some more backups. The radio doesn't have a signal in here."

The two officers guarding the door strolled in and picked up the duo from the bathroom. They then hurried away towards the elevator as they complained about the smell radiating from the boys' bodies.

Meanwhile, Xiao Pan walked up to the boy dressed in fancy clothes. Seeing the white powder on the boy, he frowned as he glanced at the officer who had collected some for evidence, "Did you take the photos?"

"Yes I did, Leader Pan. He can't escape even if he's the mayor's son," the officer replied with a chuckle.

Xiao Pan sighed as he revealed the truth, "He will most likely be released on bail soon, and may come out unscathed."

"Huh? Leader Pan ... this ..." the officer's face scrunched up in confusion as he felt the injustice.

"We have no choice. The above will most likely give orders once we bring him back. Ever since Leader Gu disappeared, our squad has become an eyesore for some of those above. The most we can do now is to exchange some benefits for our squad so that we don't get suppressed so much anymore," Xiao Pan sighed as he rubbed his eyebrows in frustration.

The officer then silently looked down without responding, but his face was filled with a bit of anger as well as worry. Seeing this, Xiao Pan patted the officer's shoulder with a sigh as he continued to survey the area.

It wasn't long before Xiao Pan walked into the kitchen and found the final unconscious boy. He was about to holler over to his colleague, but his colleague spoke first, "Leader Pan, I think I need to use the restroom real quick."

Xiao Pan glanced over in confusion as he saw his colleague clutch his stomach with a wry smile. XIao Pan then nodded, "Permitted. Don't worry, I'll watch over them."

It wasn't long before moans of pains came from the bathroom. Xiao Pan awkwardly scratched his head and looked away as he went to guard the door. It wasn't long before he heard the elevator door open after which four officers filed out.

As the officers neared the room, they heard the toilet flushing as they saluted Xiao Pan, "Sir."

The bathroom door opened as an officer awkwardly walked out of it with his legs twisting weirdly. Seeing his colleagues, he awkwardly chuckled as he said, "No toilet paper."

His colleagues' face stiffened a bit before their bodies shook lightly as they tried to hold in their laughter. One of them even chuckled out loud without care, but he suddenly froze as his face distorted.

Seeing this, his colleagues around him all tensed up as they vigilantly stared around while asking, "What's wrong?"

The officer awkwardly coughed before he replied, "I think I need to use the restroom for a bit."

Then, his colleagues blankly watched him hurry into the bathroom and shut the unlock door. It wasn't long before stifled moans of pains sounded from the bathroom.

On the other hand, Xiao Pan felt something was wrong so he immediately ordered, "Hurry, get the remaining three boys down. We should pull out as soon as possible."

"Huh? Leader Pan, what's wrong?" one of the officers asked.

Xiao Pan grimly replied, "It's better for you to not know. Just follow the orders and get them out. The longer we stay here, the more risky it is. Also, remember, don't go off alone. Everyone must be in pairs!"

The officers saluted as they replied, "Yes, Sir!"

Then, two officers carried the unconscious boy covered in powder and the boy who's hand was covered in sh*t into the elevator while one of them cursed for losing rock, paper, scissors. When the elevator came up again, two officers did their best to heave the chubby boy into the elevator as they began to sweat a bit. Xiao Pan calmly watched all of this while paying attention to his surroundings.

It wasn't long before the bathroom door opened. An officer weakly walked out from inside as he said to Xiao Pan, "Leader Pan, I think I might have to take tomorrow off."

Xiao Pan twitched his lip as he wanted to reply, but he suddenly felt his stomach grumble! Xiao Pan's face paled as his heart heart rate sped up a bit. He wanted to tell the officer to leave this dangerous place together, but his stomach disagrees! Seeing the attractive bathroom, Xiao Pan gritted his teeth as he commanded, "Wait for me here. We'll go down together."

Then, Xiao Pan hurried into the bathroom under the officer's weird eyes. It wasn't long before grunts and growls came from the bathroom. After a while, the toilet flushed once more as Xiao Pan stepped out of the bathroom with a pale face while clutching his stomach.

Seeing the officer who tried his best to keep a serious face, Xiao Pan rolled his eyes before he commanded, "Hold it in! It's dangerous in here, you can laugh all you want once we get out of here."

The officer nodded as his face flushed a little as he tried to hold it in. The duo then weakly shuffled off to the elevator. Stepping into the elevator, Xiao Pan glanced back at the silent hallway with a grim face as his mind came up with wild theories.

Seeing his leader's moody face, the officer standing behind Xiao Pan couldn't help but change the mood by asking, "Leader, do you need toilet paper?"

Xiao Pan's face stiffened as his lips twitched a bit before he inquired, "Why? Do you got some?"

"No, sir," the officer replied as his face turned into his most serious face possible, staring straight forward as if he didn't say anything.

Smelling the faint sh*t stench in the elevator, Xiao Pan's eye twitched as he also put on his most serious face. With one last glance at the silent hallway, Xiao Pan sealed all his speculations away in his mind as he watched the elevator door close.

Hearing the laughter from outside, Pro peeked out the window with curious eyes, but he didn't understand what the officers were laughing about. After a while, Pro watched the three police cars drive away and happily smiled as he felt the little kitten rubbing his back asking for attention. Pro turned around and gave Alice a hug as he patted her head while explaining, "Not now Alice. I have to work hard tonight as there may be a wave of invaders soon."

"Okie~ master has to work. Alice understands. Alice will wait for master here!" Alice replied as she pecked Pro on his cheek before plopping onto the bed to roll around for fun.

Pro gently smiled as he admired this scene for a bit before glancing at his total points of 4400 resulting from the 30 points harvest on each officer. Seeing how close he was to an expansion and thinking about the possible invaders in the near future, Pro decided that he needs to gather the required points tonight if possible.

"If my prediction is correct, the mayor might send some investigators from the normal side or maybe even some from the mystic side if he has enough connections, but they probably won't be too difficult for me to deal with," Pro confidently thought.

"What I am worried about is the possible investigations from the Black Death Society. After all, there was a special existence coming here and it may have alerted the elder. Normally, investigators should have already came, but it seems that the task difficulty may be higher than normal which may have caused a delay due to the selection of members," Pro muttered with a bit of worry as he strolled towards the bathroom, "Well, as long as the elder doesn't come, I may be fine, but I should get the hallway expansion as it may come in handy."

Hopping into the toilet to recover, Pro continued his train of thought, "There should be a bunch of lingering spirits on this floor still. Although they give a measly amount of points, there should still be a lot of points if I counted all of them together."

"Now that all the baleful spirits are gone, I won't have any worry of being sneak attacked when grinding these lingering spirits. After all, baleful spirits may pose a threat to a blood spirit if they band together with a group of lingering spirits under its command, but lingering spirits alone are a completely different story. I can probably fight the entire floor of lingering spirits all at once with no problem," Pro speculated.

"Of course, the chances of that happening are slim. So, I will most likely be able to grind each room easily as long as there is not a spirit with some overpowered backer behind it," Pro confidently muttered.

After recovering his energy and confirming his plan, Pro got ready to set out as he had Alice give him a lucky kiss.

"It's time to make this floor completely belong to me alone!"