Soul Trigger

Chapter 87: Aftermath and Harvest (I)

In the diffuse gray fog, Ji Li's clothes returned to their original state, and at the same time, a dark figure appeared not far in front of him.

The thing was shadowy and unclear, but it seemed to be holding a newspaper in its hand and showing something to himself, and then it was covered by the rolling gray fog.

It was unknown how long it had passed. When the gray fog completely dissipated, Ji Li sensed various spiritual fluctuations coming from all directions. At the same time, Jin Misha's voice appeared in front of him:
"Old Ji!?"

As the gray and white reflection world appeared before his eyes, Bunny Girl held him up:
"I knew you were okay! Where's that idiot?"

"Here."

Ji Li picked up a bloody mess, and the rabbit suddenly jumped away and almost dragged Ji Li to the ground:
"Fuck!!!"

It was at this time that the gray fog completely dissipated, and the figures of the Special Management Bureau agents around him appeared in Ji Li's sight.

There were some makeshift equipment arranged around them, and it was obvious that they had formed a small battle position, ready to fight—

After all, if it wasn’t Ji Li who came out, it might have been another fierce battle.

Now, everyone just breathed a sigh of relief and dispersed their spiritual essence, and then they saw the corpse behind Ji Li and the things in his hands, and their faces suddenly changed.

The two youngest ones covered their mouths and retched on the spot.

A bright red, skinless corpse was lying behind Ji Li, the head was missing and the broken end was smooth and neat.

As for his skin, it was currently being held in Ji Li's hand.

Now if he were given a leather apron and a kitchen knife, he would look like a real butcher.

"The skinner was skinned to death, it's karma..."

Yan Xiyu walked forward, her high ponytail swaying.

Although she said so, her face also turned pale and the corners of her mouth twitched——

Human skin and corpses are nothing to these agents, but it's a different feeling when human skin is in the hands of an ally:

"Although it is necessary to recover the spiritual circuit, the forensic doctor will be responsible for handling these matters..."

Ji Li turned his head and looked at her:
"Forensic doctor? Sure, how much do you want?"

"How much?" Yan Xiyu's red eyes widened.

Ji Li mentioned human skin:

"We can give you this thing. What's the price for it?"

Misha carried Ji Li and smiled:
"Yeah, don't act like it's your police's stuff. This is the Black Goat's spoils. If your Special Management Bureau wants it, you have to pay more."

"Hey, this is what we agreed on before..."

Yan Xiyu raised his hand to stop the man with glasses who was approaching:
"We didn't discuss the ownership of the 'spoils' before... After all, the word I used was 'capture' people..."

"But now that things have come to this, please don't sell or damage these things for the time being. After we complete the report, we will buy them at a price that satisfies you... In addition..."

She took a deep breath and forced herself to smile:
"Congratulations on coming back alive."

"Thank you."

"Tsk... congratulations. What did that four-eyed guy behind you just say?" Misa glanced at the police officers present.

The agents looked at Misa one by one and subconsciously looked away, with an awkward expression.

The sight circled around and finally landed on the face of the man with glasses:
"'The octagonal cage of the old world, a taboo, fair rules, you're dead, don't count on it'... Now that you're back, where's your handstand kowtow?"

Glasses was at a loss for words: "...I was just making a reasonable analysis based on the situation, and..."

"Besides, now that he's out, why don't you kowtow to him?"

Ji Li glanced at the ground. At this moment, a newspaper was surrounded by various spray paints and formations in the center, and there were some testing instruments brought by the Special Management Bureau next to it.

After Bunny Girl carried him on the shoulder and whispered to him, she found out that after he was pulled into the octagonal cage, Misa, as the "door opener", of course had to find a way to get in and rescue him, so she made a lot of formation diagrams.

The Special Management Bureau generally does not have the term "gate opener" which has a strong underworld flavor.

The man wearing glasses next to him belongs to an "engineering investigator", who is specifically responsible for mechanized spiritual detection and dimensional travel, in other words, the Special Management Bureau's version of a "gate opener".

He determined that he could not interfere from the outside, after all, it was a taboo.

In addition, he believed that this "old-world octagonal cage" was actually a special spiritual prison, and the newspaper was just a means to open it. It could not be confirmed whether the spiritual prison existed in the forbidden object.

Rabbit, who was in a hurry to go in and help Ji Li, couldn't hear this and retorted with just two words on the spot.

When Yan Jing heard this, he became angry and spoke directly to him.

Two people from the same major are arguing with each other. It is hard to say how good Misa is at cursing, but she must have a lot of tricks in her mouth when she hangs out on the street.

In the end, Glasses became more and more anxious, and it turned into one sentence:
"If he can come back alive, I will stand on my head and kowtow to him!"

Although he was pulled over by Yan Xiyu for a lecture afterwards, words cannot be spoken and your attitude has already made your brother bear a grudge against you.

Now that people are back, let’s kowtow.

Ji Li didn't care about such trivial matters at all. As a man of hundreds of years old, why would he care about children's quarrel?

But Yan Xiyu smiled and patted the man with glasses on the shoulder.

The latter took off his glasses reluctantly, and two agents came up from behind, grabbed his legs, and helped him do a handstand.

The two of them laughed for a while, and the guy with glasses, who looked disheveled and in a mess, stood up again and turned back to his four-eyed form, looking at Jin Misha:
"Are you satisfied now?"

"You're courageous. You do it just by saying it!" Misa gave him a thumbs up with a smile. The man with glasses blushed and went to adjust the equipment.

Ji Li looked at Yan Xiyu with some inexplicable meaning in his eyes.

Obviously, this red-eyed woman is very popular in the team, and her methods are also quite cunning.

These agents didn't think he could get out alive, and now that they've been slapped in the face, plus the rabbit is rather jumpy, they're naturally a little embarrassed.

Yan Xiyu understood this situation:
The attitude of these Special Management Bureau agents may make Ji Li and Jin Misha feel uncomfortable.

This discomfort in this kind of environment may affect the follow-up and finalization of the current cooperation between the two parties.

So she simply took advantage of the conflict between Jin Misha and her subordinates and used this seemingly playful bet to leave a good impression on Ji Li.

The atmosphere eased, the agents were no longer so awkward, and both sides felt comfortable with each other.

It’s just that Brother Glasses may need to make a little sacrifice.

But at this moment, the guy with glasses had a slightly red face, and was humming and groaning as he dismantled the equipment with his colleagues next to him, and he would look back a few times from time to time.

But if he meets the eyes of any of the three, he will immediately turn his head away.

When it comes to beautiful girls, Ji Li has seen and eaten a lot of them over the past few hundred years, but other people are different.

The good brothers' appearance is still very eye-catching. The guy with glasses seemed to be a little jealous. He just ran away after getting a thumbs down.

Ji Li also took a look at the boss of Brother Glasses, Yan Xiyu. He also had a good figure, but it was definitely not as good as Brother Gu's.

"Old Ji... I think your eyes are a little dangerous... Do you like this style?"

Ji Li glanced at the mean-looking rabbit, looked at the big thunder wrapped in the close-fitting leather material, and shook his head:

"It's not as good as yours."

"Have vision!"

The brother straightened his head happily, obviously quite proud.

Yan Xiyu rubbed his forehead, the corners of his mouth twitching:
"When you two are talking about others, please keep your voices down a bit..."

"This is called honesty. I'm glad I didn't hide anything from you." Jin Misha put gauze on Ji Li's face.

"Why is it white?"

"Your wound is just a flesh wound, right? Black gauze is expensive."

"You bought a limited edition car, and you're still short of a few thousand Hong Kong dollars?"

"This is called treating the disease with the right medicine..."

"Anyway, you two..." Yan Xiyu had to interrupt them:
"Can we start talking about finishing touches?"

A group of people packed up their things and prepared to evacuate.

At this moment, a deep and loud voice suddenly broke out, causing everyone to turn their heads:

I saw the man with glasses holding the black and white newspaper titled "Old World Octagonal Cage" in his hand, standing straight and reading aloud:

"…For a person with superior talents, knowing how to treat others equally is the greatest and most upright quality!"

“Equality and freedom form the perfection of human dignity! Our society needs equality to achieve fair competition…”

The bunny girl blinked her big eyelashes:
"What is he doing?"

Yan Xiyu covered his face and signaled his subordinates to put away the guns they had subconsciously taken out:

"...I told you not to touch forbidden objects with your hands..."

……

The roaming taboo object "Old World Octagonal Cage".

The appearance is a black and white newspaper reporting on the Asian Federation’s “Declaration of Equality” in the last century.

After injecting spiritual essence and using it, a crude boxing octagonal cage spirit prison will be generated (or possibly teleported), and the designated object will be pulled into it as a challenger.

As the champion, the user can read out the "equality rules" to restrict both parties.

If one of the parties dies, the winner will be teleported back to the location when they entered Limbo.

Proclaiming the "rules of equality" will incur a price, and the level of the price depends on the strength and status of the "challenger".

When carrying the "Old World Octagonal Cage", it will have a certain impact on the mind of the human spirit.

including but not limited to:

1. Orally promote the concept of "equality for all" and recite the Asian Federation's "Declaration of Equality".

2. Behavior is sometimes influenced by the concept of "equality".

3. Extreme egalitarian.

No loss of control has been reported.

This taboo object is very fragile and can be easily damaged. If it is damaged, the newspaper will lose its spirituality.

The Taboo trait generates a new newspaper that appears in a random place.

(End of this chapter)