Soul Trigger

Chapter 83 Trading
Ji Li and Jin Misha walked through the busy atrium of the shopping mall, and they had each changed the drink in their hands.

The large indoor screen above is showing promotional advertisements about the company behind the shopping mall, because the cinema and the shopping mall next to it are opened by the same company.

Aries College is located in an important area of ​​the college area in Xinnan District.

This Yinchi Shopping Mall is backed by the Yinchi Group, a large enterprise with considerable strength in New Luodu.

In addition to the business world, they are also the board members behind Aries College and have extensive involvement in the food, automotive, electronics, public welfare, and entertainment infrastructure industries.

Generally in Silla, such groups were called "chaebols".

But in Ji Li's eyes, this is nothing.

The World Tree behind Murphy's megastructure is a giant global enterprise, and you have monopolized a few industries on a small piece of land.

As the third-in-command of the solar system, he listened to the second-in-command bragging about expanding the Milky Way all day long. How could the Yinchi Group be so advanced?

However, it must be said that the entertainment facilities in this mall are very good, and there is even a small zoo on the first floor.

Ji Li saw many animals that had become completely extinct during the Murphy's megastructure period.

Marsupials such as kangaroos, wombats, iguanas, water bears and emus felt very fresh to him.

But Bunny Girl has little interest in animals.

One was because her favorite Komodo dragons and silverback gorillas were not there.

Another reason is that she always feels uncomfortable with the "fishing" thing:

"I say, Old Ji... there are so many stalkers following us, how can you still have so much fun..."

Ji Li swept the animal hair stuck on his black sweater:

“Because I’m really having fun.”

"It's not real enough. How can you fool the people behind you? And to be precise, they are targeting me. You are the one being dragged into this."

"How dare you say it!"

The rabbit hit him on the back with a hammer:
"Brother, I gave up my good sleep to accompany you to go fishing, and this is your attitude? I am so disappointed."

"You sleep all day?"

"Do you think I'd be fine if I stayed in school forever?"

The rabbit yawned. "I go to school during the day, and I have work on the street at night. Yesterday I was catching people in the city center until midnight."

At this time, Ji Li's phone buzzed, he picked it up and took a look:

"Don't worry, you will be rewarded afterwards... The Overlord Group has confirmed that there is only one inside the mall, but it is not certain that there will be one outside the mall."

"Is it possible that two groups of people are watching us?" Jin Misha helped him analyze:

"This mall is huge. From our current position, we can see all the possible observation points. The people outside can't cooperate with him at all. They are probably not in the same group."

"It's possible. Let's wait and see how the people behind us react."

After a conversation, Misha didn't care anymore and pulled Ji Li to the video game arcade, exchanged a stack of game coins and ran to the two "Hercules" machines.

The so-called "Hercules" is a boxing game with a small sandbag and boxing gloves.

After you hit the sandbag controlled by the mechanical device, an approximate output score will be calculated, and then the sandbag will slowly reset, with two coins required for each hit.

It's a game after all, so the measurements aren't exact, but there are leaderboards.

There happened to be a big bald guy nearby who seemed to be trying to improve his ranking. He punched one after another, making the place buzz loudly. He had already made it into the top three locally, attracting a lot of onlookers.

But the boxing ring next to it was empty and rarely visited.

The bald guy was in a very aggressive posture and there were many onlookers. Passersby who were playing the machine next to him would inevitably compare themselves with him.

So no one was willing to bring humiliation upon themselves. They all just watched the bald guy play, and occasionally clapped and encouraged him.

Seeing this, Ji Li became somewhat interested——

It seems like I've seen an opportunity to make some money.

At this moment, Misa had already walked up and put on the boxing gloves. With one punch, the machine was shaking, and the local ranking exploded.

The bald guy who had just thrown a punch was stunned where he was, and the onlookers were also stunned.

The bunny girl let out a long sigh, threw another coin and punched it, and it exploded again.

Then he turned around and gave Ji Li a provocative look:

"The loser calls me dad?"

"boring."

Ji Li walked up, his spiritual essence opened, and with one punch he blew Jin Misha's record.

Then turned his head:

"Scream quickly."

"Didn't you say you were bored?!"

Rabbit snatched the gloves and broke Ji Li's record:
"Call!"

Ji Li stepped forward and repeated it.

The two men punched each other, the machine was shaking violently, and the banging sounds of the punches made it seem as if the ground was shaking.

As for the onlookers nearby, they were already stunned. Every punch seemed to hit them in the chest. Some people even shook subconsciously.

There's no way, mainly because the noise is too loud.

The bald guy who had just been fighting and was sweating all over stopped fighting now. He stood beside his companions and whispered, with an expression of helplessness and curiosity on his face from time to time.

The incident ended with Ji Li punching the coin storage bin to pieces, and the coins were scattered all over the floor. People nearby started to pick them up, and the boss came over angrily, saying that you young lovers were throwing tantrums and shouldn't mess with his machine.

Before the two of them said anything, Bald Brother came out to smooth things over, and he seemed to be a friend of the boss.

After coaxing the boss away, the bald guy walked up to Ji Li and the others and showed them his business card.

It seems that there is a gym upstairs.

Then he started praising the two of them, took out two trial coupons and stuffed them into their hands, and insisted that they go to his gym to try it out.

They were also invited to participate in a fitness exchange activity in a few days.

And just at this moment, Jin Misa's phone rang.

Using the excuse of answering a phone call, the two quickly left the arcade.

After Bunny answered the phone and said a few words, her expression suddenly became strange:
"Old Ji, I know who the other group following you is."

"Your acquaintance?"

Ji Li said as he took the phone that Misha handed over.

……

"Let me introduce myself. My name is Yan Xiyu. I'm sorry to contact you so late."

"Are you one of those people following behind me?"

Inside the combat command room, Yan Xiyu was stunned for a moment, then quickly recovered:
"It's really you..."

Since they have the means to discover the plainclothes tracking of the Special Management Bureau, their strength must not be too weak.

"I have no intention of hiding anything, so officer, are you calling me this time to cooperate with me?"

"Since you can find us, you must have found the 'outlier' as well."

"I do have a tail behind me..."

Ji Li felt something was stuffed in her ear. She turned around and saw that it was Bunny Girl who was putting a pair of wireless headphones into her ear.

Then he pointed at his phone and ear, while another wireless headset was already plugged into Ji Li's ear:
"Wait a moment...Okay, go on."

Now both of them could hear Yan Xiyu's voice:
"Let me be frank. The real name of 'The Outlier' is An Zhongxun. He is a member of the Blood Shuttle Group, a very dangerous group of skinners."

"They are involved in the black industry chain of the Skinners, as well as the chaotic association called 'factory' and even deeper behind it. Therefore, the Blood Shuttle Group is the focus of the team I am currently leading. We cannot be careless."

"So I apologize for monitoring you..."

"Oh, you became an official after I left. That's really amazing." Jin Misha interrupted.

"...Operator Jin, you can just say what you want to say."

Jin Misha glanced at Ji Li:

"You said so much just to get us to help you, so what can you pay?"

"...I can initiate a formal commission from the Special Management Bureau. The remuneration is negotiable. You know the terms, right?"

"The terms are a lie for fools. Besides, when my friend was attacked by the Skinners, I came to you guys... What did the fairy who was in charge of logistics tell me?"

"Oh... I remember now! Something like 'I've given you the bounty, so don't push your luck'... Those were her exact words. It's hard for me to contact you, Captain Yan."

Jin Misha blinked at Ji Li, signaling him not to speak for the time being.

The latter shrugged and watched Jin Misa perform.

In the combat command room, Yan Xiyu looked at his subordinate who was also listening in and had a rather unhappy look on his face:

"Is what she said true?"

"...Ahem, I... don't quite remember..."

"Don't bring your workplace tricks into our team. Did she really say something like that?!"

The man with glasses glanced at the air guiltily: "...Yes."

There was a flash of anger in Yan Xiyu's eyes, but now was not the time to lose his temper and teach his subordinates a lesson. He turned to Jin Misha and said:

"I understand the situation. What you said is indeed true. I will personally apologize to you for this..."

"It's no use apologizing, Officer Yan. You ignored me at first, but now you can't afford to be with me... Ouch."

Ji Li withdrew the hand that was about to chop her neck:

"Speak in a more normal tone, it sounds too weird."

"...I'm trying to help you gain benefits, Old Ji!" Jin Misha elbowed him.

Yan Xiyu was helpless and glanced at his subordinate, the man with glasses.

This time you are going to be slaughtered.

However, when working for the Special Management Bureau, it is normal to be ripped off by the awakened people who cooperate with you in the underworld. As long as the final result is good and the operation is completed smoothly, the bureau can pay for everything.

Yan Xiyu pondered for a moment and said:

"Okay, so what do you want?"

As soon as these words came out, Bunny Girl was happy and looked at Ji Li——

This means you can now ask for a sky-high price.

Ji Li gave her a thumbs up and said:

"A manual for the schools of spiritual circuits, from beginner to master."

(End of this chapter)