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Chapter 260 People you shouldn’t mess with

"...So it wasn't Red Lotus after all?" Elori seemed relieved after hearing Chen Xuan's analysis. "That's good."

"What's so good about it?" Chen Xuan asked, puzzled.

“I’ve actually thought about it. Could it be that the Limitation Agency has already colluded with the demons and betrayed me to them? If Honglian was involved in this, it only proves that I completely misjudged her, thinking she was a good captain who valued loyalty and righteousness.” Elori truthfully expressed her thoughts. “Fortunately, that’s not the case.”

But the fact that the organization colluded with the devil is beyond doubt.

It's impossible to pinpoint Elori based on just a few greeting messages.

Unless the other party has already planned to locate her and turned sending messages into bait to lure her in.

In just one hour, the devil had orchestrated this siege.

If it's not Honglian, then who in the organization could it be? This person must be a leader, someone who can not only forge his subordinates' communication numbers, but also perceive historical changes through comprehensive analysis and decide to betray Elori to the devil immediately.

People who fit these characteristics are few and far between in government agencies.

If you ask Jiang Siqi to provide a list of all the leaders of the Jiangcheng branch, this person will definitely be among them.

The crucial information obtained from the angel gave Chen Xuan a complete understanding of the ins and outs of the entire incident.

He might be able to make something of this.

After a lively dinner, it was clearly time to say goodbye.

Although dreams can go on indefinitely, indulging in them cannot truly save Elori. Chen Xuan had not forgotten the purpose of his trip, and he believed that even in her unconscious state, she could still hear his encouragement.

However, when he actually said it was time to leave, Elori's expression made him hesitate for a moment.

As if realizing something, she stared blankly at Chen Xuan, "Will I... ever see you again?"

Dreams cannot be repeated, nor can they continue.

Elori, born from a dream, will disappear completely.

Theoretically speaking, this farewell is a final goodbye. Even if the same dream is dreamed again, the next Elori will be a recreated illusion by the dream maker.

"Sigh..." Liuli didn't say anything, she just kept drinking.

“It’s nothing… I shouldn’t have asked the manager that question.” Elori took a deep breath, looked up at him and smiled. “You can go now. I know you have important things to take care of. But if you ever have some free time, don’t forget to come and see me…”

Chen Xuan nodded, both agreeing and making a promise to himself, "I will come at least once a week from now on."

"Really?" She looked incredulous.

Liuli looked at him with some surprise.

"Of course it's true," Chen Xuan affirmed. Dreams can't continue, but does that mean it's all meaningless? If each meeting leaves a trace in memory, then when the dream creator creates a new dream, they should be able to sense the changes in Elori's memories.

As the two said their goodbyes, the dream gradually faded away.

Chen Xuan opened his eyes and it took him a long time to recover from the lingering emotions of separation—even though he knew clearly that the dream was just an illusion created by his abilities, the sensations in his brain were real.

"How are you?" Lin Qing asked as soon as she saw him wake up.

"How long have I slept?"

"Seven hours, it's around 8 pm now."

"So long?" He stretched. "It was around this time when I said goodbye in my dream."

"Farewell?" Lin Qing tilted her head.

"It's nothing," Chen Xuan waved his hand, brushing the matter aside. To a third party, saying goodbye to someone from a dream was already a strange thing. "This time, we gained more than we expected. Elori revealed a lot of information to me, including how she was attacked." He looked at the girl with her eyes closed in the glass jar. "But this isn't the place to chat. Let's talk about it when we get back."

After greeting the dean, the two returned to Tianlu Community by car.

Once inside the shop, Chen Xuan first closed the roller shutter door before recounting the entire dream.

"I never expected the Dream Weaver's effects to be so astonishing." Lin Qing frowned after hearing this. "The Limits Agency is cooperating with demons... This has never been recorded in history."

The intrusion point record only indicates that this world is close to the near future, which greatly helps the dimensional limit agency in its breakthrough in prosthetic technology.

However, the newly created world did not popularize cybernetic technology, and demons, a special type of ability user, were not even mentioned.

“This is the result of history being altered,” Chen Xuan said. “Elori was also seriously injured as a result.”

"Are you trying to talk about the price?"

"It's not that bad. You and I are both aware of the risks involved." He shook his head. "It just means we need to be more cautious if it involves things that could change the future."

Lin Qing agreed, "What are your plans next?"

"Of course we should retaliate. We can't let Elori's suffering go unpunished," Chen Xuan said without hesitation. "Red Lotus might be a breakthrough."

"Tell me."

He had already thought about this on his way back. Honglian must be a person with strong convictions and high moral standards. Of course, most of the members who were willing to join the Limitation Agency in the early stages were not lacking in convictions and a sense of justice, but not many people could stick to their original intentions to the end, and Honglian happened to be one of them.

This factor also contributed to her gaining Elori's approval.

Even when the Vision Agency was at its zenith, Guren dared to risk her life to break with it and subsequently led her followers in a continuous fight against them. The reason for this break was that the agency gradually became corporatized, resorting to any means to achieve its goals, and no longer acting as cautiously and carefully as it had during its hidden period.

Chen Xuan believed that this conflict didn't arise suddenly; she must have gradually become disillusioned until she could no longer tolerate it. Did the fact that she could still endure it mean the organization was flawless? Clearly not; it simply meant she was unaware of it.

The fact that the organization is now secretly colluding with the devil is undoubtedly one of the evil deeds she is unaware of.

Moreover, the nature of this matter is not just ordinary.

It's important to know that the demon caused the tragedy of hundreds of deaths in Jiangcheng. Given Honglian's personality, she absolutely cannot accept the organization forming a cooperative relationship with such an ability user.

“That makes sense.” Lin Qing said thoughtfully. “Through Jiang Siqi, we do have a chance to contact Honglian. The problem is that this news is tantamount to blatantly accusing the Weixian Agency of wrongdoing. The stronger the accusation, the heavier the evidence required. Now that Elori is unconscious, based solely on what we’ve told her, the possibility of her immediately rebelling against the agency is not high. At most, it can only plant a seed of doubt in her mind.”

She nodded approvingly at this point, "However, defeating the Limitless Organization is not something that can be accomplished overnight. Your strategy is already very good. Originally, she was not going to break with the Organization until more than 30 years later. With this seed, she may be able to do so 10 years earlier."

Chen Xuan disagreed. "No, if she wants evidence, we can find it. A seed of doubt is hardly a memorable counterattack."

"Found evidence?" Lin Qing asked, somewhat surprised. "Where did you find it?"

“Of course it came from the devil,” Chen Xuan replied coldly. “Since they made a deal with the organization, they must have evidence of the deal. Even if they don’t, we can find out.”

Lin Qing was taken aback for a moment, then realized, "You're going to the Paris of the future?"

“That’s right. Since it’s a counterattack, it should be something the enemy never forgets.”

A store should protect its customers as much as possible; if not, it must at least make amends afterward. As the first line of the store manager's code states: "Customers are our most valuable asset."

Before this, demons weren't considered true enemies, but since they chose to cooperate with the organization, they became enemies.

Perhaps the demon who attacked Elori didn't know about the existence of the power shop, but so what?

They only need to know one thing.

That means they messed with the wrong people.

(End of this chapter)