I think that "Bai"'s silence is definitely not a good thing, and it should be a big move, so I must not let go of my vigilance.

Christmas, which had been preheated for a month, finally arrived. The store was doing a lot of business that day, and all the young people came to have dinner. There were many students because the Christmas bestie and couples meals in the store were delicious and not expensive, so the seats were booked half a month in advance.

The rest of the people had to come to the store to pack takeout. Ling Keer and the buns were on duty in advance and were so busy that they were too busy on the three days of the festival.

I didn’t stay in the capital because I had a mission, and the grand occasion in the store was seen from the food reviews website.

Chen Qinghan was accompanied by his Christmas mission. He only had morning classes, so he came to the unit to pick me up in the afternoon. We went to the province to handle a case together.

It's interesting to say that the case is related to Christmas. Some people say that Santa Claus came to the house and stole the child.

This happened on the 23rd, and not only happened. That night, seven families reported the case, saying that Santa Claus had entered the house and the child disappeared.

For adults, there is no fairy tale at all. Even if there is Santa Claus, they will not give gifts to their children. They carry large cloth bags and are obviously suspected of stealing children.

Therefore, the local police treated these reports as cases of trafficking in persons. Early in the morning of the 24th, the police went to the scene to investigate, but found nothing and found no clues or evidence.

Adults from these seven families found that Santa Claus had different ways. Some people said that they got up in the middle of the night to drink water and saw a man wearing a red hat and a white beard standing outside the window.

On the 24th floor, standing outside the window, the police certainly didn't believe it.

If there is a thief, it is possible, but it is too difficult for the thief to hang his child on his back and outside the high-rise building.

Although it was outrageous, the police still conducted a comprehensive investigation, including whether there were any traces of thieves on the rooftop rooftop.

Snitches don’t really know how to fly. They must use tool ropes to climb to such a high place.

But the police of the seven households have inspected all doors and windows, and there are no signs of being opened. It is winter now, and the windows of every household are closed, and the cracks are covered with dust. As long as someone has opened them, marks will inevitably be left.

The investigation results showed that there were no signs of opening. The surveillance in the corridor showed that no people were in and out during the period when the child was missing.

It is quite good to see Santa Claus outside the window. Someone saw Santa Claus in the house. The adult got up in the middle of the night and went to the bathroom. He was so scared that he was completely sleepy. With the lights in the bathroom, he could only see the outline of the man. He was wearing Santa Claus outfit, with a white beard on his face, and his beard was so thick that he couldn't see the other person's eyebrows and eyes.

But when the adult turned on the lights in the corridor or living room, the man disappeared again. He thought he was dazzled and didn't care. The next morning, he found that there was no one in the child's room and the bed was already cold. Parents had no idea when the child would not have it.

I looked back and remembered that I saw someone in the living room last night, but no one could prove that someone had really entered his house, without extra footprints and fiber residues. The corridor monitoring showed that no one came out to move during that time period.

The common point among several families is to see "Santa Claus" and then find that the child is missing.

This case was naturally reported to our unit. In the case of child disappearance, Chen Qinghan and I rushed to the city where the incident occurred. Several families did not live in the same community or adjacent areas. They lived very scattered and had no connection with each other. The missing children were also of different ages. The oldest was five years old and the youngest was two years old.

There was no sign of struggle in the child's room, and a corner of the quilt was lifted up, and the small slippers were placed beside the bed.

Chen Qinghan took the information from several families and looked at it repeatedly, trying to find clues from it. I said that if "Santa Claus" is a random lottery, then Chen Qinghan is wasting his time.

"No, why aren't the candidates selected randomly? Why aren't they over five years old or younger? I've read the household information of several of their communities. There are a lot of them over five and under two years old, and there are not many between five and two years old."

"Oh? You mean, you are trying to pick a few people to attack?"

"It can be said that, but we need to know why and why."

"I'm so sensible that I'm over five years old. Now my children are precocious and I'm too young under two years old. I have limited ability to express and understand."

"That's right."

"Is it because Santa Claus wants to accept disciples? Those who are too big are disobedient and have ideas, while those who are too young cannot learn."

Chen Qinghan sighed and looked at me speechlessly. I waved my hand quickly and said that I won’t bother him anymore and let him think for himself. My role is a thug, so I don’t need to use my brain.

We visited seven families and walked around the community inside and out. Chen Qinghan was reading information on the road, and he didn't waste a minute of time.

He went to someone's house without the tools used for the forensic department. The parents of the missing child couldn't understand him because they didn't know the instruments in his hand and didn't have the nerve to ask.

Since the case has been reported to our unit, the investigation methods must be changed. Besides, the police have used ordinary methods and have not found any normal clues.

Then we have to investigate in an abnormal direction. Chen Qinghan did not tell the parents after getting the data. He looked serious and said that he wanted to analyze the data and find the children as soon as possible. The parents had nothing else to say, so he just repeatedly begged us to hurry up.

I saw him measuring a bunch of data in a decent manner, and when it was only the two of us, I asked, "How is it? Is there any abnormality?"

"Yes, by the way, last time you took over Team Leader Lin's task, have you ever seen her have a gourd?"

"Yes, it's hidden in the wall."

"Let's go, let's borrow it for use." Chen Qinghan started the car and pulled me back to the capital.

On the way back to the capital, I called Team Leader Lin and asked her to use it for borrowing gourds. She asked me what to use it to catch. I turned my head to look at Chen Qinghan, and Chen Qinghan said it was a ghost who likes to control children.

There are many records in the unit's data. What Chen Qinghan said to me later was similar to what Team Leader Lin said. We don't have to explore the origin in person. The source of many things cannot be found, but as long as the predecessors have mastered the methods of arresting and eliminating them, we can do the same.

For example, this time, Chen Qinghan used data calculations, then compared them in the unit's data, found out the ones that can match, then filtered the objects that meet the conditions, and determined their classification and handling methods.

Of course, the reference for comparison was found by Chen Qinghan from the family information of missing children, and he found that several families had a very special commonality.

Parents from seven families have all gone to specialty hospitals for treatment due to infertility. Because the hospitals are not the same and the number of hospitals is different, no one noticed this.

I don't understand what is related to the ghosts that control children. Could it be that these children have been related to ghosts from the beginning?

Ghosts are just synonyms. There are too many records of ‘criminals’ in the unit database, and not every supernatural energy or creature has a name.

Those who have no names are called ghosts. The thing found by Chen Qinghan that meets the current "crime" standards is called Tong Ling.

They like to steal children and go to a "park", which is like creating a fairy tale world.

Those who are too young cannot take care of themselves. They may need someone to take care of themselves when they go to the toilet and eat. Those who are too big have a strong sense of self-awareness and are difficult to control by Tong Ling.

But I still don’t understand what the arrest of these children has to do with their parents’ treatment.

Chen Qinghan’s answer to me is very simple. We just need to catch the ‘criminal’ and rescue the child. If the criminal is gone, it doesn’t matter whether we know the motive or not.

After all, there is no one in our industry who studies "criminal psychology". When training, they only talk about monster killing skills and have never trained negotiation experts.

Team Leader Lin said happily that the gourd was lent to us. I asked her if the thing she caught last time was still inside. She said it had long been gone. This gourd is not an ordinary magic weapon, it is much more powerful than Fahai's rice bowl. Any energy body will turn into "nothing" when it enters.

Of course, it also has limitations, and can only conquer things without physical properties, such as Godzilla and Hydra, which cannot be taken in.

Most of the people with the word "spirit" have no entity, but are just an energy body that can be seen by people. It is just right to use this gourd to dress it.

The ‘criminal’ has been confirmed and there are also tools to capture it. The next step is our biggest problem. Where can we catch it?

"Today is Christmas, where will it appear?" I held the gourd and looked at the colorful street shops outside the car window.

The streets are filled with festive atmosphere. Although it has a strong commercial atmosphere, it is really lively.

Christmas trees stand at the entrances of many shopping malls, and Santa Claus is also sending leaflets at the entrance.

"There are too many children of appropriate age. Do we need to go to the hospital to check the files?" According to Chen Qinghan's ideas, parents of missing children have all treated their illnesses in specialized hospitals, so our search range is indeed much smaller.

"I've seen it, only one meets the criteria." Chen Qinghan turned the steering wheel and turned the car into a dilapidated old street.

People who seek medical treatment in this city are usually from the city. Occasionally, couples from the surrounding countryside come to the city for medical treatment. When they are cured, they go back to the countryside. They do not live in this city. Despite this, the distance is not far and will not waste too much time.

I'm very curious about how Chen Qinghan selected the person he was looking for.

"Not all treatments will work, and there are many cases of failure. Excluding those who fail, those who do not match their age, and those who move out of the city and are far away from other provinces, there is only one candidate left."

"Why can't Santa chase him to another province? Doesn't he have a car?"

"I can't explain why it only catches children in this city, but it does that. We block it locally, so it's better to go to other provinces. And..."

Moreover, Chen Qinghan believes that the "park" built by Tong Ling is in this city, and it is unlikely that it will leave behind the children they had captured before and go to other provinces to kidnap people. The children need it to guard them.

The child we want to protect lives in a very old street. Wu Jianpan helped us check the files of this family. The child is four years old. His parents have not had a son for seven years. Later, they became pregnant with him after approaching treatment.

His mother is an elderly mother. She died of severe bleeding during childbirth. His father married another new man a year later and gave birth to another daughter the next year, so the child was taken care of by his grandmother.

Chen Qinghan parked the car on the side of the road and turned off the fire. Considering that Tong Ling might only appear at night, we sat in the car and waited for darkness.

After nightfall, Chen Qinghan jumped onto the roof. The child's grandmother lived in an old building built in the 1970s. She was a factory house. Later, due to property rights issues, all the houses around her were demolished and renovated. Only their community still has no one to care about it.

The child lives on the top floor. Chen Qinghan went up to the roof of the small building. He paid attention to the roof and outside the window. Several families said that they saw Santa Claus outside the window, so outside the window was the area we focused on.

We couldn't get in the house. It was midnight. If we found any reason to knock on the door, we couldn't let us in.

Of course, we can say that we suspect that someone is going to abduct the child, and we can also provide evidence, but we are afraid that this will alarm Tong Ling. It may know who the family is, like a thief who burglaries will investigate in advance. If two extra people suddenly appear and scare it away, we will be in vain.

Chen Qinghan was on the roof and I was outside the door, but I was not at the door of someone else. I first hid on the stairs to the rooftop and paid attention to the movement at the gate from top to bottom.

Time passed slowly. In the second half of the night, I squatted on the stairs and didn't dare to play with my phone. Because the screen was light, I contacted Chen Qinghan using Bluetooth headphones.

Suddenly, Chen Qinghan asked me to go upstairs, and I quickly jumped up the stairs and pushed open the door of the rooftop. The door was originally locked, so we opened it.

Chen Qinghan was standing by the rooftop. He seemed to have grabbed something, which was outside the rooftop and outside the window of the child's house.

I quickly stepped forward and took out the gourd. Chen Qinghan wore a pair of very special gloves. He grabbed one leg in his hand and dragged it upwards. In other words, the person he was holding was planted with his head facing down.

I reached out to grab it, trying to help him, but I caught it for nothing...

"You can't touch it, use a gourd!" Chen Qinghan whispered.

"No, you are too close, no, I'll suck you in." Although Team Leader Lin said that the gourd cannot suck in something physical, she also said that the gourd near the opening is very dangerous. Who knows whether the "soul" will be sucked in if the body cannot suck in.

Chen Qinghan pulled hard, and I knew how strong he was. He couldn't drag the thing up like this.

"Don't move, it's... very heavy." Chen Qinghan gradually lost his strength. I felt that he didn't pull the thing up, but he was almost fallen.

"I'll go down! Listen to my command, then let go." I took out the hook and stick, pierced it into the exterior wall of the building, and hung it outside the building with its power.

"Don't fall down, be careful."

"Don't worry, I've climbed through the cliff and abyss, what's this small building?"

I hung outside the building, and my eyes could see more clearly. The thing hanging upside down outside the rooftop was a thing wearing red clothes, red pants, red hat, and white beard, but it was definitely not a human.
Chapter completed!