Little Taotie looked towards Mo Haihao’s different pupils, which exuded a sense of mystery, detachment, mixed with a compassionate and world-weary sorrow.
"In the future, you’ll encounter cases too, when we from the Special Department must not appear before them, must not let them know of our existence, yet we must ensure they receive their punishment,"
"Even if he escapes legal sanctions, he still can’t evade the punishment administered by our Special Department."
Little Taotie asked curiously, "What did you do? Why did he... go mad?"
Mo Haihao: "Do you remember the paper effigy from the restaurant explosion case?"
"Yes, the Spiritual Body possessed the paper effigy."
"Right, the spiritual Body can possess a paper effigy! When my captain learned the truth, he decided to let the deceased possess a paper effigy to seek their own vengeance."
Little Taotie’s eyes shone with admiration, thinking the former team captain of Team Three was so cool!
"Your eyes, they look just like mine did back then. At that time, when we learned that he had anticipated everything and was finally released without charges, many of my colleagues were outraged. We thought of many ways to punish him, but we never expected the captain to suggest letting the deceased take personal vengeance. Hearing this plan, we felt a great sense of relief."
"He’s so impressive!"
"Yes, very impressive." Mo Haihao lowered his eyelids, concealing a trace of sorrow in his eyes.
"The deceased, having possessed the paper effigy, transformed back into his original look, and I even maliciously prepared those coconut husk shoes for him to wear as he went to find the boy."
"The boy was basking in smug satisfaction, thinking he had deceived everyone and was proud of his high intellect. Little did he know, an unexpected guest was about to arrive."
"When he saw the deceased standing at the door, he fainted on the spot."
"That’s why people should not do guilty deeds, otherwise they will inevitably fear a ghost knocking at the door."
Little Taotie’s eyes lit up as she clapped her small hands: "Good job! Scare him to death! He deserves it for being so bad!"
"Before long he woke up, but on seeing the deceased standing by his side, looking down at him, he fainted again."
"This cycle of waking and fainting repeated several times until he seemed to become numb to it and finally stopped fainting."
"After he calmed down, he did not believe it was really the deceased, thinking instead that it was the deceased’s twin brother, or that someone was purposely testing him, finding someone who looked similar to scare him. But a paper effigy is not a real person, with no internal organs and no blood. The paper effigy stabbed itself repeatedly with a knife, all the while smiling at him and saying, ’Come on, stab me, no matter how many times you do it, I won’t die again,’ then gave him a sinister smile."
"One has to admit, this deceased was indeed an interesting soul."
In Little Taotie’s mind, she had already vividly pictured the scene: a Spiritual Body possessing a paper effigy to seek revenge on a murderer, maliciously stabbing itself and then deliberately scaring the murderer. Seeing the murderer faint must have been quite satisfying, right?
Little Taotie covered her mouth and snickered: "He deserved to be scared!"
"This time he had no choice but to believe that the deceased had come back to seek revenge on him."
"The deceased told him that even if he escaped the law, he couldn’t escape the eyes of heaven! He would get his retribution!"
"The deceased was quite a character, spewing all kinds of things, like stuff about the Eighteen Layers of Hell, which scared the boy into crying and even wetting his pants. He was nothing like the confident man predicting everything in the restroom; he was like a true 13-year-old child instead."
"He became terrified of dying and going to Hell to be punished, haunted by nightmares day after day, until he eventually drove himself mad with fear. He even thought about suicide but lacked the courage to jump from a building, only to be tripped by a piece of paper."