Drop dead in the human world, start a job in the underworld.
Lu Qingming is the lowest-ranking temporary ghost officer in the Underworld, employee number 9527. No money, no offerings, no connections. His soul-catching rope is just a rusty iron chain. The permanent staff get Netherworld Ropes with tracking. If a temp’s chain breaks, he has to pay for it himself.
The Underworld’s bureaucracy is deeper than the River of Forgetfulness: positions are ranked in every which way, promotions depend on offerings and favors, and the blame always falls on the temps.
Until he discovers that his eyes can see the “Grievance Score” above every ghost’s head. Records of karmic virtue can be altered, but Grievance Scores cannot.
The first case he takes on is a wronged female ghost who died thirty years ago.
The one who tampered with her file is his direct supervisor.
A temp investigating his boss is asking to get shot.
But Lu Qingming says, “I’ve already died once. What have I got to be afraid of?”
