Ch25 - Bark? Bark woof woof… woof woof!

“It took me to the factory.”

Wu Rong looked down at the puppy soul in his arms and said no more. But those who had watched the video had already made up the cause and effect. 

A young man with a strong sense of justice broke into the den of the dragons and tigers regardless of the danger and obtained such precious evidence. The disappearance case of Century Park, which had been hanging over the police’s head for a long time, finally had a clue. The corpse pit, the yin barrier, and the factory were definitely organized crimes committed by gangs, and the location was on the desolate No. 9 Highway. If it wasn’t for the surprise today, it wouldn’t be hard to guess that the other party would have moved by the time the police found out.

The voices of people who were paying attention to the interrogation came from the headset worn by the policewoman.

 

 

“Wu Rong, male, 18 years old, just registered as a free person in the Fourth Court today, the concentration of ghost qi in his left arm is low, and he is judged as a third-class ghost disability.”

“Disabled ghosts are more sensitive to yin qi, coupled with the guidance of the puppy soul, it is very possible to find that the factory is abnormal.” 

“The live broadcast equipment and this live broadcast opportunity were all given to Chen Cheng (Huang Mao) by Liu Bao. The evil dog soul group will not appear on Highway 9 for no reason.”

 

The female policeman kindly guided: “Do you think there is a relationship between the two?”

Wu Rong did not speak, and there was a trace of fatigue in his eyes, which could not help but move the policewoman who had been in police for many years with a heart as hard as iron.

Before Wu Rong came, they checked this person’s information carefully, and it was judged that he did not have the talent to become a ghost keeper and a celestial master since he was a child. However, his ghost was judged to be a third class disabled, and the eldest brother who had been trusted was probably the suspect of murdering his brother.

 

It’s too bad!

“Let’s rest first.”

The person in charge outside the interrogation room said, “We’ll talk about it when the search team comes back.”

 

Wu Rong would rest in the Public Security Bureau tonight, and temporarily hand in his mobile phone. In fact, Huang Mao, who was not too worried about Wu Rong, called and heard that Wu Rong hurried over from the police station and took the initiative to make a statement. 

“Yes, Liu Bao took the initiative to contact me. He gave me the live broadcast equipment and the live broadcast mission to Route 9.”

When punks like them face the police, there is always a kind of feeling of a mouse that wants to sneak away when they see a cat. Huang Mao, who came to the police station for the first time, fidgeted and twitched his fingers unconsciously, trying to calm down with a cigarette. But when talking about Liu Bao, he did not hesitate: “Actually, Brother Rong should have sensed something was wrong when I was eating at night. When I took out the wooden box containing the equipment, he took the initiative to go over and look at it, and then said he would come with us watch the live broadcast.”

The fragments of the locust wood box were found by the search team on the road, and the broken pieces of wood were full of yin, which confirmed Huang Mao’s words.

“Brother Rong is cold-tempered, but he really didn’t say anything to us brothers. He has never been interested in my petty troubles. He must have discovered something by suddenly taking the initiative to follow me tonight. ‘Don’t worry about me’. Damn it, why didn’t I think about it.” 

Huang Mao’s tone was full of remorse: Yes, there are ghosts, I am an ordinary person and I can’t see without the lens. At that time, it was so cloudy that no one could move, so how could one have a hand to shoot, even the grass and leaves on the roadside were covered with frost, ah.”

“Dog ghosts? It seems that there were, yes, there were. At that time, Brother Rong seemed to be playing with a dog ghost to throw a ball, and then the ghost spirit was dispelled. Brother Rong asked me to give him the live broadcast equipment and the wooden box and drove us back.”

“It must be Liu Bao who messed up, there must be something wrong with this person!”

Huang Mao said firmly: “I’m famous for not seeing ghosts. You can check with the public security. I’ve never seen ghosts live in the most famous haunted place every night. Why is this so coincidental? Brother Rong must have found it, but he is too affectionate. Alas, we gangsters just live for a living, and only he sincerely regards Liu Bao as his elder brother, born and into death, no ambiguity.” 

“Even though Wu Rong still thought about him at that time, ‘let’s go back first and investigate alone’. He doesn’t want to chill the hearts of the brothers, but Liu Bao doesn’t deserve it! ”

In Huang Mao’s mouth, Wu Rong carried morality on his shoulders and swallowed it by himself, and the word “brother” was written in his silent and deserted eyes. His hands were shaking when he was excited, and the policeman handed him a cigarette, and he thanked him hoarsely.

 

“I can only rely on the help of Brother Rong. When I wanted to do live broadcasts, I had no equipment and no money. Only Brother Rong was willing to help me. His family is not rich, and most of the money I get every month supports me, but I do it. I haven’t been able to pay it off until now.”

“I’m useless, useless, just an ordinary person, and staying here is to hinder Brother Rong. Officer, officer, let me tell you that Liu Bao has a lot of influence behind him, you must know this. You will definitely trouble Brother Rong. You must protect him!” 

“Don’t worry, we will protect the witnesses.”

Huang Mao turned his head and walked away, worried. This major case involved the killing of people by evil dog spirits and was transferred to the Seventh Division. In the Ministry of Public Security, the seventh section meeting room dedicated to dealing with supernatural events related to the undeground. Under the bright snow-white headlights, four special policemen in black trench coats sat around the long table and stayed up all night to sort out the files. After the files were copied to the video. When they saw Wu Rong’s figure again, they couldn’t express their emotions.

“In fact, there is still doubt about this.”

A special police officer with a hoarse voice and a deformed face paused the video: “He has been broadcasting live on the way to the factory. Look at the six spirit dogs that appeared in the live broadcast.” 

“Seven.” On the other side the police officer, who looked sallow and sickly, reminded: “There is a white tail tip at the edge of the camera.”

“Wu Rong’s family background is average, and he has a balanced constitution of yin and yang. How could he raise so many spirit dogs? ”

“It doesn’t matter how he raised it, what if it’s someone’s unique skill.”

A young special police officer buried his head in the file carelessly. Thick and heavy: “It’s not against the law to raise a spirit dog. Why bother so much? People don’t want to say yet you’re still asking. Instead of comparing the corpses, you’re just thinking about someone raising a spirit dog.” 

“You!”

“Okay, what matters now is the corpse pit case and the Liu family brothers.”

The senior policewoman who was interrogating Wu Rong tried to smooth things over, but the young police officer with a horse face got excited and raised his head to point at the video: “If you ask me, it’s not certain whether this spirit dog is real or not. Look at these spirit dogs. The light on the body is so bright that it is abnormal. Although it is said that the most pure and pure spirit dog will emit light by itself, but it is a shimmer on the tip of the hair, and the brightness is very low. Take the case of the Celestial masters’ spirit dogs. Especially in the sky when the darkness is at its heaviest, the aura is not much brighter than a fluorescent stick.”

“You can only see the outline of the spirit dog, but the light can never illuminate the surrounding environment.” 

“I have the same idea.”

The sallow face kept coughing, sickly: “Actually, I think it is a bit like a universal talisman that is very popular among young people nowadays. What kind of spirit dog is it called…”

We’re sorry for MTLers or people who like using reading mode, but our translations keep getting stolen by aggregators so we’re going to bring back the copy protection. If you need to MTL please retype the gibberish parts.

“Ktf rqlgla vbu kbgrtlqr atf wbbc.”

“Glgfmabg Itbe!” 

The four special policemen stood up at the same time and saluted the middle-aged man who had just entered the door. The youngest and liveliest police officer Ma Lian said happily, “You have finally returned from Yicheng. How is the situation?”

Director Zhou shook his head. He was tall and big. His face was cold and stern. There was a vertical gap between his eyebrows, just like Erlang in the myth. At first sight, he was very selfless and resolute.

 

“Ktf rqlgla vbu kbgrtlqlcu atf wbbc lr atf ijafra wjrr-qgbvemfv ajilrwjc bo atf Tec ojwlis lc Obcute Zbecajlc. Cr ibcu jr la lr abemtfv klat j vgbq bo gbbaifrr kjafg, atf ajilrwjc mjc yf agjcrobgwfv lcab j wlcljaegf rqlgla vbu obg j rtbga alwf. Pa lr mijrrlolfv lc atf ‘vjlis ajilrwjc’. Ktf vbu klii fwla j nfgs ygluta iluta, jcv ktfc erfv klat ajilrwjcr, la mjc qgfnfca kfjx mtlivgfc ogbw fcmbecafglcu utbrar bg yewqlcu lcab utbra kjiir ktfc atfs kjix ja cluta.”

“I remembered.” The policewoman suddenly realized: “Is the Longhu Mountain Youth League endorsing this spirit dog charm? My daughter brought a bunch back when she went to the autographs party that day.” 

“Children like this kind of animal that can be turned into small animals and can be fancy.” The sallow-faced special police officer said feebly, “However, this talisman must be unusual for the Yun family to carry it out vigorously. Spirit dogs are the natural enemies of ghost dogs. Director Zhou, tell me… Could it be that the Yun family saw something in advance.”

“In any case, this matter should be dealt with seriously! The ghost king is about to enter the country, and there are still people who dare to kill and abuse dogs and raise ghost dogs at this juncture and engage in crooked ways!

The police officer with a deformed face stared at Ma Lian and was grumpy. When he roared, his face became blue: “Why don’t you shoot all the mice in the sewer? If you dare to make trouble at this time, you should kill all the ghosts!”

“Mice are also part of the natural ecology.” 

A man with narrow eyes and a smile came out from behind Director Zhou. He had long hair reaching to his waist, leaning against the door with a smile, he is obviously a man, but his figure was more charming than many women, his voice was soft and the ending is a bit whiny: “The most important thing now is the matter of the ghost king.”

There was a natural smile at the corner of his mouth, and his tone was ambiguous, light and soft, itching to the bottom of the heart, and everything he said was like dirty jokes. Hearing this, the irritable police officer turned red with anger, rolled up his sleeves and was about to choke, but was calmly pulled away by the sallow face, who smoothed things over: “Leader, did Taoist Master Yun say anything when we went to Yicheng headquarters this time?”

“I heard that Master Ling Yun has left seclusion again. Isn’t Taoist Master Yun his closed-door disciple? Do you know what divination Master Ling Yun got out of this retreat? Is there anything about the lantern ghost king?”

“No.” 

The smiling-eyed man interjected, and said in a slow and drawn-out voice: “Even if there is, I dare not say it. You forgot to say that Immortal Ling Yun, I don’t know what he said, that day he was chased by heavenly thunder 27 times and almost died. He was hit again just after he left the seclusion this time, and I don’t know what terrible secrets he spied on.”

“The secrets must not be revealed, but we can see something from the actions of the cloud family in Longhu Mountain these days.” The sallow face analyzed: “Half a month ago, the Yun family suddenly started mass-producing spirit dog moon worship talismans. I heard people say that this kind of talisman looks simple, but in fact it originally had a purple talisman level. I don’t know where the Yun family got it from. It can also take effect if it is changed to the lowest level white charm. It also uses modified machines for mass production. This time is too coincidental maybe it was Master Ling Yun’s method. ”

“Lingquan Bai Yue, , Lingquan Bai Yue, spirit dogs are targeting ghost dogs, is this a coincidence or……”

As if thinking of something, Ma Lian suddenly closed his mouth and glanced at the long-haired man, but he didn’t expect to meet those smiling eyes: 

“The Yun family is good at divination, but Fu’s seals are the foundation of the Fu family.”

The man leaned against the door without bones, curling his hair with his fingers, smiling, fearing that the world would not be chaotic: “The Yun family wants to go further and win the gold medal plaque of the Fu family? Very interesting~”

Sallow Face didn’t pay attention to him, so he jumped to the topic and said to Director Zhou: “Anyway, we should take precautions in advance. We can’t reveal the secrets, but we can prepare in advance. Chief, is there a spirit dog moon worship charm being vigorously promoted from the higher ups? Do you want us to save some, maybe it will be useful in the future?”

Watching the discussion among his subordinates, Director Zhou had never participated in the discussion ever since he went downstairs, and just listened in silence. Suddenly he pressed his ears and raised his fingers, and the others in the conference room naturally fell silent. A few seconds later, Director Zhou said: “Xiao Xun and the others have dealt with it.” 

“Go, go up and watch.”

——

 

“F*ck, that scene made me feel like not wanting to eat for ten days and nights!”

There were too many corpses, and it was necessary to deal with all kinds of evil things produced by the mutation of the corpse pit at any time. The human spirit must be highly strained, and they couldn’t deal with them all night. Zhou Xun and others came back by turns. They would go to the front again after a bath and sleep. 

“After showering five times, the smell still doesn’t go away. Now I’m really full of bad breath!”

Zhou Xun, who was rarely able to take off his mask in the bureau, said without hesitation, smelling his own arm in disgust, while he buttoned up and walked out: “Where is A-Rong, is he still there? How is the interrogation going now? Remember to light some incense. For an ordinary person seeing this, no matter how determined he is, he will be frightened for a few days. Must not be able to sleep at night.

“Zhou Xun. ”

A scold came from the elevator entrance, and Director Zhou, who was standing at the front, reprimanded with a straight face: “It is forbidden to make loud noises in the bureau.” 

“Go to rest after taking a shower, don’t delay going to the front line for a while.”

“I’ll go to see A-Rong and sleep right away.”

Zhou Xun shut his mouth with a bang, stood at attention, and lowered his voice an octave: “He’s a nice guy, but he’s really unlucky. I’ll give him a stick of incense to drive away evil spirits.”

“Wu Rong is now a suspect.” Director Zhou looked stern and unselfish: “No private visits are allowed without an application, this is the rule.” 

“Then I will apply.”

Zhou Xun was so angry that he choked and said, “I was responsible for Wu Rong from the beginning to now. Let’s see what happened!”

“I won’t pass.”

“You!” 

You are reading story After Rebirth, I returned to Miaojiang to inherit my family business at novel35.com

” Well, it’s so late, Wu Rong should also rest.”

Seeing that the two of them were about to quarrel, the good old man quickly smoothed things over with his sallow face. Before he finished speaking, Zhou Xun complained with a hint of grievance: ” Dad!”

“At work, you should call me Director Zhou.”

Director Zhou would neither listen to reason nor bow to force, and Zhou Xun, who was angry, left in a rage. Watching the quarrel between the boss and the second generation of ghost keeper, several special police officers looked at each other, lowered their sense of presence, and went about their own affairs in a low-key manner. 

“Jianbai, come with me.”

“Okay.”

 

The sallow face who was called didn’t ask much and followed Director Zhou into the special elevator. The narrow-eyed man smiled, and naturally wanted to follow in, but he was stopped by one hand.

“Forbidden” 

Looking at Director Zhou briefly, the man’s eyes turned green under the elevator lights, like a pair of fox eyes. He faintly stared at Director Zhou for a while, and suddenly he smiled like a flower: “Okay, I’m not following you.”

“Please take a half day off. The little pet at home is disobedient. I have to go back and have a look. I will supply you with a leave note later~”

The elevator door closed slowly, and the fox-eyed man stood outside in the slit, with a smile on his face, but the smile was unspeakable. It was like a beast using human skin, and the animal’s cunning and ruthlessness were revealed in the disobedience.

The sallow face shuddered, and when the elevator door was completely closed and began to descend slowly, he let out a long breath with lingering fears in his heart: “Director Zhou, Consultant Hu is getting more and more out of order, has he been influenced too deeply by the ‘Great Immortal’?” 

“If you eat too much dirty food, even if you are a spirit at the beginning, you will be infected with evil.”

Director Zhou’s expression remained unchanged, and when you looked closely at his face, which was somewhat similar to Zhou Xun’s, he looked extraordinarily cold and solemn due to the years of weathering. The elevator went down to the thirteenth floor. Most of the ghost raisers are afraid of light and thunder, so many special places of the Ministry of Public Security were located underground. The thirteenth floor was a very special one.

Beep, the elevator door opened, and Director Zhou walked out with Sallow Face. The underground space was very open, divided into closed compartments like a prison. There were lights everywhere, but all of them were special purple lights, which made people dizzy after looking at them for a long time. The surrounding temperature was very low, as if entering a freezer, the exhalation quickly became white mist. The floor of the corridor was soft and slightly elastic, as if it was covered with a layer of carpet, or as if… walking on human skin.

“Identity verification.” 

A cold and sharp voice came from the right hand side, and there was a display board nearly two people high at the exit of the elevator, just like a shelf displaying newly released posters in a movie theater. But what was covered on the shelf was a piece of human skin.

It was not appropriate to say that it was human skin, because this piece of skin was too huge, the edges extended infinitely, covering the entire corridor like wallpaper, even under their feet were covered by it, the flesh-colored skin was densely covered with blue blood vessels, you could feel it still pulsating when you stepped on it.

The skin is still alive.

What was covered on the shelf was only a part of it, with a human face protruding from the center, covered with wrinkles, kindly brows, closed eyes, thick and blessed lips, like an amiable old man. 

“Captain Zou.”

Director Zhou took off his hat and saluted the human skin solemnly. Sallow Face came to this place for the first time and was busy learning how to behave.

“Authentication.”

Director Zhou took out his police officer’s card and stuck it on the human skin. The skin sagged naturally, swallowing up the documents, and Sallow Face followed suit. When affixing the police officer’s card, he accidentally touched the human skin, and found out that it is as warm as ordinary people. 

“Zhou Yongnian, Yungui District Public Security Bureau, Director of Yangjiaping Sub-bureau, ghost number: 569”

“Kang Jianbai, Yungui District Public Security Bureau, Yangjiaping Branch Seventh Section Special Police, ghost number: 1690”

 

“Granted, room 52 has been opened.”

The wriggling flesh spit out two police certificates. Director Zhou took it for granted and put it back in his arms, walking forward along the corridor. Kang Jianbai followed for two steps and couldn’t help but look back again. Yet he was surprised to see that the expression of the old man on the human skin had changed, the corners of his lips were slightly raised, as if he was smilling. 

Surprised in his heart, Kang Jianbai saluted again on conditioned reflex, and he didn’t dare to look back. He hurriedly caught up with Director Zhou who was walking in front, his face full of confusion, and hesitantly said in a low voice: “Boss, then, is that Team member Zou who died in the Huangquan 15 years ago? ”

“He, wasn’t he swallowed by the backlash of human skin ghosts? How could he be here…”

“There are many secrets on the thirteenth floor.”

Director Zhou said calmly, walking into a room. In the closed compartment with the ‘prison door’ open, if two people entered, the cell door would automatically close. The cubicle was not small, and it didn’t look cramped when two big men sit facing each other. What was unbearable was the surrounding environment. If it was skin when they got off the elevator, then they seem to have entered someone’s body now. The blood-colored wall seemed to be piled up with pieces of minced meat, and the dark red blood was ticking. There was a half-finger-high blood piled up on the ground and the smell was pungent. 

The top of the head was the scariest. A huge eyeball-like sphere protrudes from the center of the roof, surrounded by veins of milky white and blood intertwined like a network of blood vessels and nerves. The eyeballs were still moving, and they had been staring at Director Zhou and Kang Jianbai since they came in. Looking at it, it was extremely depressing, giving people a great psychological shadow, it was simply spiritual pollution.

“The secrets under the gaze of evil eyes will not be disclosed.”

Director Zhou folded his hands on the table, his eyes were deep.

“You will go to the headquarters to participate in special training the day after tomorrow, and it’s time to let you know about some things.” 

“This time, our bureau had only one quota to head office, but now it has added three, you, Mr. Fu… ”

“…and Liu Hu.”

“Liu Hu?!”

Kang Jianbai, who was listening carefully, was shocked and lost his voice. Realizing that he had lost his composure, he quickly calmed down, but still murmured in disbelief: “How could there be him? Could it be because of Liu Bao…” 

Director Zhou said indifferently: “Even if Liu Bao knows some tricks and is backed by the Hu family and the Bai family, it is not worth mentioning to the headquarters. There is another reason why they are not moving now.”

“Half a month ago, Yangjiaping. A reborn person appeared.”

Kang Jian understood clearly: “Xun An?”

“That’s right.” 

“After Taoist Yun’s soul search, Xun An left thirteen precious messages before he went mad, and there were three conclusions.”

Director Zhou flexed his finger and said simply: “First, the Lantern Ghost King is passing through the border; second, Mr. Fu’s real identity; third –”

 

“A very powerful ghost will appear in Yangjiaping.”

“Daozhang Yun paid a huge price calculating the secrets. It was discovered that the opportunity for this ghost to take shape was when the Lantern Ghost King crossed the border.” 

“The ghost king’s crossing is already difficult in hell.” Kang Jianbai was horrified and anxious: “If there is another ghost, then——”

Then Yangjiaping will be completely destroyed. It’s over!

“So the headquarters decided to control the unstable factors before the Lantern Ghost King crossed the border.”

Director Zhou said meaningfully: “The most important feature of that ghost is that it has raised a spirit of a vicious dog.” 

“The secret can’t be spread outside. According to the above speculation, Liu Hu is likely to be the fierce ghost in the future.”

“You are responsible for monitoring, recording, and if necessary…”

Director Zhou chuckled, and said in a cold tone, “The training place is unusual. Even a fierce ghost can’t make trouble.”

Kang Jianbai suddenly realized, and instantly understood what a heavy mission he shouldered. He clenched his fists tightly, with a resolute expression: “I understand.” 

“Boss, leave it to me!”

——

Wu Rong didn’t sleep well in the police station, the exorcism incense made him dizzy, and there were still bursts of noise in the police station. The aroma of the rice wafted out, but it seemed that there was nothing to cover it, and the fragrance was faintly present, which really made people scratch their heads.

He frowned and fell asleep until the next afternoon before waking up. When he woke up, he found that the young ghost dog who had been with him before going to bed had disappeared at some point. Opening his eyes, Wu Rong saw that there was still a root of the exorcising incense left after burning. He showed disgust like a cat smelling orange peel and raised his hand to snuff out the incense. 

After waking up, the fragrance from underground could no longer be smelled.

Wu Rong was thoughtful, got up and went to the cafeteria of the police station to eat. He was said to be a suspect, but the treatment he received from the police station was not bad, including food, drink and fruit after dinner. After dinner, special policemen sent him home.

“A-Rong, are you sure you don’t need special police protection?”

Zhou Xun scratched his head worriedly: “Although there will be additional patrols and patrol cars in the whole area, after all, it’s such a big deal. It’s safer to have special policemen close protection these days.” 

Wu Rong shook his head and said calmly, “It’s fine to send someone to protect my mother and Chen Cheng.”

Seeing that Zhou Xun wanted to persuade him again, he raised his left hand and said, “Disabled ghost.”

 

“Oh, it’s really inconvenient to have disabled ghosts.”

Zhou Xun sighed helplessly, knowing that the disabled ghost was sensitive and fragile, and would easily dissipate when frightened by the big ghost. If there were special police’s close protection, Wu Rong’s career as a ghost raiser would be over when the protection ended. What is the concept of a third-class disability? Even ordinary people with strong yang will make ghosts weaker. 

“You can’t go on like this. If you really want to raise this ghost, you have to make it healthy, otherwise what will you do in the future… Well, I will give you an address.”

Zhou Xun quickly edited a text message and sent it to Wu Rong phone.

“Every month, freelancers have a market exchange meeting, which is hosted by the Freelancers’ Alliance. It is more formal. It will be held in different cities every month. This month happens to be Yangjiaping’s turn. It is estimated that there will be many people who care for disabled ghosts. Items or personal experience for sale, it should be suitable for you!”

“The time is tomorrow, you can try your luck.” 

“Thank you.”

Wu Rong sincerely thanked, until now there were feeding methods for the little spider and the green spirit Gu, but only the big ghost on his left arm worried him, especially the bone bell that could make the big ghost react. He didn’t take it out at the police station, but he could think about it after returning home.

“Hey, we’re all brothers, you’re welcome.”

Zhou Xun laughed smirkingly, seeing no one around Wu Rong’s ear, he whispered solemnly, “I heard that Liu Hu and Liu Bao were detained for a day, and now they’re released again. Be careful these few days, and call anytime you need something.” 

“Yeah.”

Zhou Xun’s words were indeed right, and on this night, in the dead of night, Wu Rong was at home sorting out the booty that the two evil Miao ghosts plundered from the factory corpse pit when the phone rang. The caller ID was an unfamiliar number. After Wu Rong picked up the phone, there was a moment of silence on the opposite side, and then a deep, majestic and imposing voice came.

“A-Rong.”

The author has something to say: 

Liu Bao: A-Rong, I’m here to deliver food too.

 

You can find story with these keywords: After Rebirth, I returned to Miaojiang to inherit my family business, Read After Rebirth, I returned to Miaojiang to inherit my family business, After Rebirth, I returned to Miaojiang to inherit my family business novel, After Rebirth, I returned to Miaojiang to inherit my family business book, After Rebirth, I returned to Miaojiang to inherit my family business story, After Rebirth, I returned to Miaojiang to inherit my family business full, After Rebirth, I returned to Miaojiang to inherit my family business Latest Chapter