Soul Trigger

Chapter 273 Domination
"Personality relic?!"

Yan Xiyu's voice was surprised, and Misha beside him was also stunned:
"That's a lot of fireworks. If they're all relics of personality... how much would they cost?!"

"...Money?" Ji Li glanced at Bunny Girl, who immediately raised her hand:
"I mean...strategic resources!"

Judging from the scale of the fireworks, there would be at least several hundred personality relics, if not thousands.

If all of them were taken by the Special Management Bureau, even if the psychic props were manufactured according to the lowest standards, it would still be a huge fortune, which could be regarded as a strategic resource for any force in Aurora City.

But Yan Xiyu obviously thought of another key point:
"...What consequences will it cause if so many personality relics are distributed in Aurora City?"

"If it is contaminated, then a large-scale corruption incident will occur..." Ji Li said.

Misa immediately responded: "One Hundred Demons Night Parade...?"

"Even a hundred demons parading daily is not impossible..."

A long and soft female voice came from the side of the few people. Turning their heads, they saw Qin approaching slowly.

She looked at several people:

"I'm glad to see that everyone is alright..."

Yan Xiyu next to him instantly fixed his eyes on Ji Li——

Why do I always feel like these words are directed at Ji Li?
Misa snorted coldly:
"Happy? This is your own Hongmen Banquet! You wish all the people from the Special Management Bureau would die, right?"

Ji Li glanced at her:
"You seem to be from the street, too."

Misha immediately pressed Ji Li's neck and shouted in a low voice:

"Old Ji, I stand with you now! Why are you trying to tear me down?"

Watching the two people's intimate behavior, Qin's eyes inevitably flashed with disgust——

She was busy outside for a long time and finally calmed down the chaos. She arranged for shelter, cooperated with the Special Management Bureau to reorganize the scene and complete supervision.

More importantly, she was running around outside thinking about how to get Ji Li out, but she ended up hugging the little girl as soon as they met?
Yan Xiyu, who was standing next to her, clearly sensed the displeasure in Qin's eyes, and felt more and more that there was some unclear relationship between this woman and Ji Li.

However, the current situation was not suitable for intervening personal feelings, so she chose not to say anything more here.

To be honest, apart from the atmosphere and her words to Ji Li, Ku Niu'er had always been in a heavy mood:

"How is Flash Street going to deal with this matter?"

"According to my thinking, the corresponding compensation will naturally be given to each force..."

Qin looked calm. She was only attending the rally as the organizer. Although Shan Street would definitely take a share of the blame for what happened tonight, that was something that the regional leader, the "Lord of Darkness", had to consider:
“As for the Yinchi Group, Shanjie will fully cooperate with the Special Management Bureau to complete the crackdown on the Yinchi Group.

After all, someone needs to give an explanation to the forces in the entire Aurora City about what happened tonight..."

Yan Xiyu nodded, but Wang Guocheng remained silent, and then said:
"Such a big thing, but the Lord of Darkness didn't show up?"

"The Lord of Darkness... is currently investigating the matter of 'fireworks'."

Qin's expression was a little strange, and she was signaling something to Ji Li with her eyes -

It’s hard to say whether it’s a real investigation, but the personality relics are attractive. However, for Qin, there are outsiders present here, so it’s not easy for her to explain it directly to Ji Li.

But other people actually know the situation well.

After saying hello, Qin exchanged glances with Ji Li and then left.

Then Wang Guocheng glanced at Jin Misha, as if he was thinking about something, and then he spoke dully:

"Ji Li, how are you doing now?"

"The spiritual essence has reached the bottom."

"I can still move."

Ji Li and Yan Xiyu said in turn.

Wang Guocheng nodded and looked at Yan Xiyu with a hint of apology in his eyes:
"I heard about your team's situation. I'm sorry. Let me host the event from now on."

"It doesn't matter." Yan Xiyu's voice was no longer very dynamic: "At least... there are still two alive."

Wang Guocheng shook his head:
"Forget it. That's all for tonight. The bureau has already made arrangements with the Silver Pool Group to freeze all their accounts, and an emergency investigation has begun on the 'fireworks' matter.

There will be no shortage of inspections in the future, or direct suppression by the Reflection Walker. They will all be sent to the Black Prison. They must give an explanation to Aurora City or to our dead colleagues."

Quite a few people died tonight. After these words were spoken, even Jin Misha, who was usually very lively, felt a little depressed. After all, they were all human lives.

Although there were many people from the Special Management Bureau with malicious intent, there were also many ordinary awakened people who came for the rally itself. These were all innocent people.

The Beastiality Stable had paid its price, but the Silver Pool Group had not.

"If I remember correctly, the influence of the chaebol is there, it shouldn't be that easy to solve." Ji Li said.

"It's a bit tricky, but Aurora City has more than just the Special Management Bureau." Wang Guocheng smiled slightly:
"Even if Gaoxing Group is not crushed to dust, it will spit blood all over the floor after tonight..."

Ji Li nodded, and Wang Guocheng continued:

"As for the rest, we'll discuss it when we get back to the bureau. Whether it's the 'animal pen', the Tower of Babel, or the 'fireworks' incident, we can discuss it later."

"in addition……"

He looked at Ji Li:

"Although I didn't bring many people out this time, tonight was the worst single operation for the Special Management Bureau in such a long time. One of my team leaders died."

As the director of operations, Wang Guocheng leads a direct team, which is a special squadron of the Special Management Bureau. The team leader is also the top ruler who does not participate in the management.

"...You don't want me to join your squadron again, do you?" Ji Li raised his eyebrows.

Wang Guocheng grinned immediately:
"Why, don't you want to?"

Then the conversation changed:
"Anyway, judging from the results, you solved the matter."

"Although most of the forces in Aurora City have suffered losses due to what happened tonight, Director Xiaosuke's situation has been exposed, so..."

He stared at Ji Li with burning eyes:

"Are you interested in sitting down as the Director General for fun?"

As soon as these words were spoken, the busy Special Management Bureau agents around them suddenly stopped and looked shocked.

……

The crowds from various forces left the scene in an orderly manner under the leadership of Wang Guocheng. Tonight was destined to be a sleepless night.

This is the first large-scale gathering of awakened people opened by the official (capital council members) in many years. In the eyes of countless awakened forces and secret societies, it should be a cake-sharing meeting to re-divide Aurora City and send off the old Special Management Bureau.

In the end, it turned into a super-large Hongmen Banquet that spread across most of Aurora City.

All forces, big and small, suffered damage. Some of the small societies affected lost their leaders and were directly disbanded on the spot and their belongings were divided.

The West City Mutual Aid Association, which had shown a bad face to Ji Li and others before, now left in disgrace, as if the president was dead.

On the official side, whether it was the Special Management Bureau, the Third Contact Defense Team, or the Public Security Police, basically all three were dispatched.

The Special Management Bureau is in charge of Shanshan Street, and even many people from local branches have been brought in. A large number of police vehicles have surrounded the Shanshan Hotel.

Public security personnel set up cordons and isolated most of the city into different areas.

In addition to clearing and cordoning off the streets around the Flash Hotel, possible locations where the fireworks might have fallen were also sectioned off and searched.

Many police officers were woken up from their sleep by phone calls and asked to work overtime.

The guards were not much better, rushing over to clean up the mess for the dignitaries attending the banquet tonight.

By the way, a local politician also died. But these things have nothing to do with Ji Li and others for the time being.

At this moment, he was standing next to the ambulance and tapping on his cell phone.

Tonight he gained a lot of personality relics and cognitive indexes, as well as Che Li's cognitive golem and Yan Xiyu's second-level cognitive golem, but he didn't have the environment to check them now.

"The samurai?"

Yan Xiyu came out of the ambulance and looked much better after receiving simple treatment.

"Actually, it's a ninja."

Ji Li put away his phone.

Yuyazhe also stayed in the lair until the end. Due to his sensitive identity, he did not come to Ji Li to say goodbye in person, but sent a message to say goodbye.

Ji Li asked a few more questions about the arrangements of the Black Sun Mansion in Silla, but the other party had not replied yet, probably still returning to his safe house.

At this moment, around the ambulance, in addition to the special service vehicles of the Special Management Bureau, there were also countless vehicles from large and small associations, as well as some unorganized "scattered people".

A man and a woman were crying as they followed a middle-aged man's stretcher into the ambulance.

"That man is a father, a casual person who came to attend the rally." Cool Girl said softly:
"He used the power of the Awakened to support his family. He was just registered on the death list by the agents. His soul is broken and can only be symbolically rescued."

"Then the pillar of this family is finished?" Ji Li said.

"Isn't it..."

Yan Xiyu casually threw a booklet in his hand into the ambulance:
"Generally speaking, ordinary people are not allowed to enter the scene, but that person is an 'informant' registered by the Special Management Bureau."

Awakening or not is something that cannot be controlled, so the Special Management Bureau has a "Civilian Protection Plan".

Aims to "protect" those who have been identified as accidentally awakened, but have not joined any secret societies and are unable to enter official positions.

In fact, it is both protection and monitoring.

Many of these people will choose to return to normal life, and some will choose to use the abilities of the Awakeners to do some small work in the Reflection Walker world, but personally speaking, not many can go deep into it -

Most of those who went deep died.

The group of Reflection Walkers is integrated with the real world, which means that this kind of "superpower" is actually difficult to make money in the world of ordinary people.

Because there is actually a group of awakened people who rely on their abilities to make money from ordinary people.

Things like fortune-telling, ghost-catching, or blessing are monopolized by some associations that are also registered with the Special Management Bureau.

But if you do something in the world of Reflection Walker, you can still make money, and one sum of money can cover a lot of expenses for an ordinary family.

Therefore, many individuals choose to become reflection walkers part-time or even full-time.

As for the final outcome, those who succeed may have become famous reflection walkers.

Those who fail may be just like that father.

"Do you feel sorry for him?" Ji Li said.

"I can't say it's pitiful. This is their own choice. It's just that..."

Cool girl clenched her fists:

"If there had been no Tower of Babel, no animal pens, and no gathering, he wouldn't have died. At least he wouldn't have died tonight..."

"Whether it's the glasses, Li Shuncheng, or the agents... If I were stronger, and the Special Management Bureau was stronger, none of this would have happened..."

Then she looked at Ji Li, a hint of unwillingness flashed in her red eyes:
"There's no need for a kid like you to take over—"

Ji Li's chuckle interrupted her grief, and then slowly subsided:

"You're not that old, little brat."

"Who are you talking about, little brat?" Yan Xiyu glared at him.

Yan Xiyu is in her twenties. If Rabbit didn’t nickname her “Dead Fish Eyes,” then it should be “Old Woman”—

Of course, the main reason is that there is an old lady who is suspected to be older in Misha’s interpersonal relationships. In terms of age, Yan Xiyu has to lag behind a little.

At this moment, Ji Li changed the subject: "Do you understand what I said to you that day now?"

She was stunned:
"what?"

"I told you when we were eating at a roadside stall, and when we participated in the eating contest."

Yan Xiyu fell silent.

"God...?"

“But it did wake me up.”

A dark spirit flickered in Ji Li's eyes:
"You almost died, and so did Cheli. Judging from the character of the bunny, although she was very smart and experienced, she was a door opener. Those who drowned were all good swimmers..."

"I've actually lived a very comfortable life since I came into this world."

"Although the equipment is a bit inferior, it has something I have never had before. I like the bright lights and wine, so I naturally indulge in it. It is also very interesting to play house with the bunny girl."

Yan Xiyu next to her didn't quite understand, but she recalled that Ji Li seemed to come from a wealthy family, and she didn't know why he came to Silla alone.

And Ji Li continued:
"But think about it, if I wasn't here today, wouldn't you guys who I care about be doomed?"

Yan Xiyu's cheeks flushed instantly. As she turned away, she subconsciously lifted the long hair beside her ear:
Is it necessary to speak so bluntly in front of others?

But she thought about the scene where Ji Li held her hand affectionately and said "Sarangheyo", and instantly goose bumps rose from the soles of her feet to the top of her head——

It's too eye-catching. My love may not be suitable for this style...

However, if there was no Ji Li, many things might not have so many intersections. Objectively speaking, such things are difficult to explain.

But in fact, Ji Li was seriously reflecting on himself:
"I looked at these natural people who seemed to be living in the Stone Age and surrounded me, and naturally I felt proud - they were just a bunch of carbon-based monkeys, they had never seen a sun spot at four in the morning, had they?"

Yan Xiyu blinked her eyes. She didn’t understand what was said.

"Just like the chickens surrounding a phoenix, the snakes surrounding a real dragon, a group of incompletely evolved species, the qualification to look me in the eye is only given to them by me because I am in a good mood."

"But... Yan Jing is indeed a very interesting person. Director Xiaofu is also very good to his subordinates. Although Xiao Wang's words are not pleasant to the ears, he is also the most sincere person I have met in all these years."

Ji Li scanned the scene in front of him, watching the agents shouting and maintaining order, and watching the bodies of those natural persons being sent into the ambulance amid crying and indifference.

Most of the looks were cold and indifferent, but the cries were heartbreaking enough.

He thought back to when he was carrying wanted warrants from several large companies throughout the galaxy before he joined World Tree.

He returned to his hometown and found that the cemetery where his best friend's ashes were placed had been bombed to pieces by those who were hunting him. Their childhood sweetheart also died in the bombing. He raised his middle finger at the drone swarms and space-based weapons cannons.

Although with the passage of time, these old calendars can no longer cause any waves in his heart, the operation of the world's rules will not change.

Thinking of this, he turned his head to look at Jin Misa, who was facing the car window, concentrating on looking in the mirror, not knowing what she was doing.

This guy has a big heart.

If the silly rabbit died, according to his mentality, he would not cry as bitterly as the pair of children pushing their father's body, but he would probably be in great pain too.

And after some pain happens, no matter it is hatred, anger, or regret, no amount of action can dispel this emotion.

I can only seek the answer in long pain, or let even longer time tell the answer——

"I should complete the rule of this planet as soon as possible. It's not too late to start from Aurora City now."

Yan Xiyu: “Huh?”

(End of this chapter)