81. The Birth of the Investigator and the Night's Watch
Tesla exhaled and relaxed: "So I am very happy to see a friend who shares the same philosophy, especially since he is also in Belfast."
Lu Li asked, "Are you part of that small group?"
"Yes." Tesla thought of something and a touch of softness appeared on his eyebrows: "If I have the opportunity, I will invite you to my home and meet my wife by the way."
Lu Li realized something and didn't ask any inappropriate questions.
He asked about the thing that concerned him more: "Can you tell me about the investigator?"
"Of course, that's why I'm here."
The Demon Slayer has been around for more than 700 years. According to the tradition of one generation every hundred years, this is the seventh generation.
In the fourth generation, the exorcists split into exorcists and exorcists, and in the sixth generation, investigators and night watchmen were established, more than a hundred years ago.
Prior to this, the Demon Slayer Association had always adhered to the same idea: we explore, we discover, and we clean up.
They either act alone or form teams, walking through mountains, rivers, oceans and towns to solve all the troubles they see. If they can't solve it - call in more demon slayers.
The world at that time was not as bad as it is now. Except for some ancient ruins, most places were safe. Although there were endless demon slayers who died of madness due to reduced sanity points...but the demon slayers at that time had the absolute upper hand.
, evil spirits are mostly reduced to research tools. For example
"Possibility of Fire Stealing Shadow to extinguish fires" refers to the use of the evil spirit Stealing Fire Shadow to put out forest fires and town fires. For example, "Dark Crow Disaster Warning" refers to the use of the evil spirit Dark Crow to sense disasters that will occur in towns in advance.
events, as well as "How the Tree of Mind Realizes Sanity Value", etc.
But as time goes by, the number of evil spirits inevitably increases, the balance of the evil spirits is no longer high, and the advantage of the demon slayer gradually shrinks, but at least the situation is still under control.
Until the late period of the fourth generation of exorcists, that is, three hundred years ago.
The great explorer Sorasivia Him set sail and discovered the Farmland Garden. His voyage seemed to trigger something in the deep sea, because from that time on, existences other than evil spirits began to appear in the Varshi continent, and they were
Called: Evil God.
At that time, most people complained that Thorasylvia Him's exploration had brought disaster to the world, and Him died depressed because of this. He drove his beloved Zeni out of the port in one day and never came back.
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However, after investigation by the demon slayers, they discovered that evil gods had existed there for hundreds or thousands of years before Shim arrived in the Farmland Garden.
At best, Thorasivia Him brought back the aura of the evil god there, turning the Allen Peninsula and the continent into soil suitable for the existence of the evil god.
Evil gods and evil spirits both belong to chaos, and are naturally enemies of humans who yearn for order. Therefore, there are two weights in the scale on the side of evil spirits.
The other two of the four systems, evil spirits and weirdness, only appeared in recent times, decades ago. Weirdness emerged from the deep sea. Most of them are indescribable objects, encroaching on the land from the deep sea to offshore. Evil spirits are
Shrouded in mystery, few exorcists have come into contact with it, and there is very little information.
But I think as time goes by, evil spirits will gradually become more and more known to people - although this is not a good thing.
At that time, there were only evil spirits and evil gods, and the balance tended to be parallel on both sides. For demon slayers, this level was still within their tolerance, but too many demon slayers died every year because of handling incidents.
Therefore, in order to reduce casualties, the fourth generation of demon slayers began to transform from chaos to order and became more efficient.
That is to say, it is divided into exorcists and slayers.
The former is composed of weak demon slayers and is responsible for maintaining security around towns and villages. The latter undertakes dangerous work, exploring surrounding dangerous areas and eliminating dangers.
This situation lasted until the sixth generation, when the people gradually became wiser, and the centralized kingdoms and archipelago councils began to contact the exorcists, seeking cooperation, and at the same time brought more efficient management methods. So at that time, the exorcists exterminated demons
People began to cooperate with the authorities and were once again subdivided into investigators and night watchmen.
This is how Investigators and Watchmen were born.
As Lu Li knew, the two subdivided organizations have separate responsibilities. It is no longer the "we explore, we discover, and we clean up" as in the Demon Slayer period. Investigators are responsible for investigating strange phenomena and bringing back information and materials.
, the Night's Watch is responsible for solving the strange things they find.
The investigators explore and the Night's Watch cleans up. The slayers maintain the status quo and do both.
The benefits of this are obvious. Those exorcists with special skills do not have to take risks and deal with events that they are not good at. For example, let an exorcist with expert detection capabilities destroy the evil god, or let the evil spirit in the head
The muscular exorcist sneaks into the evil god's territory.
More importantly... they started to get paid.
It’s not that the Demon Slayer organization doesn’t give rewards, but the contributions used internally by the Demon Slayer organization are generally exchanged for homologous items or some materials and materials, and the price-performance ratio in exchange for money is very low.
So the life of a demon slayer is mostly embarrassing.
After cooperating with the official, money is no longer an issue.
The tasks that investigators are responsible for are the same as their names. Investigators with an explorer mentality can go on adventures, and the weird things they see or smell can be sent to the branch, and they can receive contribution rewards or money based on their importance.
If you are too lazy to run around, you can accept regional events or continental events released by the organization, go to the event location to investigate, and then obtain rewards based on the clues brought back.
After being integrated, these information will be handed over to the Demon Slayer Association or the Night Watch, and they will go and solve it. Of course, it would be better if you are willing to solve the incident while exploring the clues, and prepare the share for the Demon Slayer and Night Watch.
Rewards will also be given to you.
It is not compulsory for investigators to accept events, and their freedom will not be restricted like that of the Night Watch. In other words, an explorer-type investigator can completely travel around and have adventures, even if he can't find weird things - anyway
The Investigator Organization will not pay a penny for this.
It sounds like the investigators are very close to what Lu Li expected: a loose and casual organization with little restraint.
"If you want to know more specific content, I won't tell you until you join the investigator. Okay, that's it for now. You will do the main talking next."
Tesla finally realized that now was not the time for tea and chat in the afternoon, but for a sanity test.
"If I say too much and the branches of the tree of the soul think that I am a contactee, it will be troublesome. I can't find a second branch in Belfast for the time being."
When he finished speaking, he turned his head, stopped acting like a gentleman, and shouted rudely toward the backyard.
"Old Pique, bring me the drawing board, I know you are hiding in it!"
