Afterlife Department

Huo Ling frowned while Mo Shi's eyes widened before panic filled with eyes.

"Then... then what should we do?" Mo Shi asked, feeling anxious. "What if he senses us and exposes our identities?" he said.

"This won't happen. If he did, who would believe him?" Huo Ling said. "Also, if he exposes us, then he will also be exposing himself." He smiled.

Mo Shi sighed in relief. His tension eased. "Then… what about if he makes trouble for us?" he asked. "Hinder us in our task?" he added.

Huo Ling fell silent. This is also is his concern.

"Didn't I already tell you?" Yi Bing said. "Don't worry. We are here to catch him." he told them.

Huo Ling looked at him before he smiled. That's right. Yi Bing is here, so what is there to fear? He thought and took a deep breath, relaxing his muscles.

"But… you were injured…" Mo Shi muttered.

"Bah!" Jin Wu snorted. "If he didn't deliberately suppress his aura to trick us, and took advantage of us being absent-minded that time, would he have the opportunity to get the first strike and hit us at the same time?" he asked.

Seeing Jin Wu's scary expression, Mo Shi subconsciously took a step back. "N – no… of course, he can't." he answered and shrank his neck.

"Tch!" Jin Wu clicked his tongue and rolled his eyes at him. Obviously, he didn't buy Mo Shi's answer.

"You were hurt, but what about him?" Huo Ling asked as he looked at Yi Bing.

Yi Bing looked at him. "Even if he had the first strike, it is not like Jin Wu and I are weak." He said. "Not to mention that there are two of us, we also are vengeful." He smiled.

Huo Ling. "…" I know this… he thought and grimaced.

"So, every time he hits us, we will hit him back…" Yi Bing continued. "Thrice." He said.

Huo Ling and Mo Shi. "… oh." They muttered. Not to mention they hit back thrice, there are two of them so wouldn't that be six times the worth of attack?! they thought and nervously gulped. Adding to the fact that Yi Bing and Jin Wu are very strong… oh, dear. They wonder how is that Deserter now.

Definitely isn't in a good condition, either, and is actually worse compared to how Yi Bing and Jin Wu are now.

"Good, then." Huo Ling spoke. "Mo Shi and I can then do our task with our minds at ease. With this, we can think of better solutions to our current problems." He said.

Yi Bing looked at him, then recalled the main reason why he is here.

Huo Ling thought that Yi Bing is asking him of the progress of his task so he told him his current progress. "We have found out that the cause of Hyacinth Li's, or Li Fengxin, death was due to her fate was exchanged with other person's." he started. "Mo Shi and I are currently looking for a person with the same name and birthday as hers so that we will know who exchange their fates with Li Fengxin's fate." He explained. "Since this can only be done by someone in the supernatural world, after careful deliberation, Mo Shi and I are currently disguising as orphaned children who grew up in an orphanage after we were abandoned by our parents due to our… strangeness." He said and pointed his and Mo Shi's eyes.

Jin Wu turned to them. "Right… your eyes…" he muttered.

Huo Ling looked at him and smiled. "Our background is that our parents were scared off by our eyes when we were born and that we can see supernatural beings, so we were abandoned." He explained. "To get contact with the people of the supernatural world, we infiltrated the Supernatural Department." He told them.

Yi Bing started. "The Supernatural Department…" he muttered as his brows knitted when he recalled something. "Isn't this led by Hao Baiyun?" he asked as he looked at Huo Ling.

Huo Ling nodded, then smiled. "It seems that we both have some fate with each other." He said.

Yi Bing. "…" damn it! He inwardly cursed as his face darkened.

Jin Wu and Mo Shi saw his expression. Mo Shi immediately retreated behind Huo Ling while Jin Wu, though he wanted to 'tease' Yi Bing right now, but he loves his life, not to mention that he is still injured. He doesn't want to add more to his injuries if he provokes Yi Bing so he decided to change the topic.

"Right." Jin Wu looked at Huo Ling and Mo Shi. "Although we descended here in the mortal world to catch a Deserter, this is just a supporting task." He said.

Huo Ling and Mo Shi started. They were surprised. "This isn't your main task? Then, what is your main task?" Mo Shi asked, puzzled.

"To protect you two." Yi Bing answered. He has now calmed down.

Huo Ling turned to him. "Protect us? Why?" he asked as he looked at him in surprise.

"We forgot to mention. The exchanging of fates must be done by the Deserters." Yi Bing answered. "So, your task should be related to them." told them.

Huo Ling and Mo Shi were stunned. "WHAT?!" they exclaimed.

They just talked about the Deserters and found out how terrifying they are, and the strongest of them actually was even here in S City, and even injured both Yi Bing and Jin Wu! Now, Yi Bing and Jin Wu are telling them that their (HL & MS) task is related to the Deserters?!

Mo Shi's face instantly paled in horror while Huo Ling's face darkened. He has never felt this much pressure in his tasks before, nor his tasks were as dangerous as his current one. As expected of a task in the Stable World!

"What… what should we do now?" Mo Shi asked. He really wanted to cry but he has no tears.

"Don't worry. We will catch him as soon as possible." Jin Wu said. "We can't let him harm more people." He added.

Huo Ling and Mo Shi were moved, but unfortunately, even though Jin Wu's words were moving, his expression and current condition aren't convincing. He is still injured, okay! How will he fight against that Deserter? Not to mention that this Deserter is extremely sly, but also strong!

And Yi Bing… Yi Bing is also currently injured! They just don't know to which extent was Yi Bing injured, as he is not telling them, nor they can find any clue from his cold and indifferent expression! This is worrying them ah! Instead of feeling reassured like earlier, Huo Ling and Mo Shi now feel even more tense and anxious!

"This…" Mo Shi bit his lip. There is an obvious reluctance on his face.

Jin Wu saw this and he fell silent. His expression turned blank. No one knows what he is currently thinking. How can Jin Wu not know about their current situation? He and Yi Bing know this the most, as they are the ones that are injured!

Yi Bing's expression also changed. "Huo Ling…" he called, but then stopped. He glanced at Mo Shi before he secretly sighed. "Don't worry." He said and looked at Huo Ling. "Even if we are injured, Jin Wu and I will do our best to protect the both of you." He told Huo Ling.

He only wanted to tell Huo Ling these words but he is afraid that Huo Ling would be scared and find out his feelings for him… although Yi Bing does want for Huo Ling to find out about it, he also doesn't want since he fears Huo Ling's reaction. In short, he became coward due to his emotions, and is now feeling contradiction.

If this was before, Yi Bing would already have directly confessed to Huo Ling. But right now, he doesn't dare. Why? Because he learned to care. He started to care. If he doesn't care too much on how will Huo Ling react after he finds out his feelings for him, Yi Bing would have already confessed and get together with Huo Ling. But, he didn't dare. He didn't dare confess yet.

Or… maybe never? Yi Bing thought and suddenly, he felt his chest hurt. He took a deep breath to suppress the pain that he felt and shook his head. Then, he looked at Huo Ling who is now chatting with Mo Shi with their plans for tomorrow after they got reassurance form Yi Bing and Jin Wu.

Jin Wu is also currently looking at Mo Shi who is now smiling to Huo Ling and even laughing. He somewhat feels regret that he pulled Mo Shi into this mess. If he didn't turn Mo Shi intro a grim reaper, maybe Mo Shi now was reincarnated to a good family. But, Mo Shi wasn't since Jin Wu selfishly pulled him into this abyss and turned him into a grim reaper.

Even though Mo Shi volunteered, but Jin Wu still feels guilty about it.