Forty-nine rules of the end times

Chapter 374 is not history
At noon on the fourth day of the rule period, Guan Tong walked out of the Twin Star Bar.

Black Star's requests are completed very efficiently, without any delays. Each time Guan Tong comes over, she can get a fully charged Mind Power Crystal.

Each time, six hundred are stored up, and after several times, it amounts to several thousand. This is a lot for other ascendants, but it is far from enough for Guan Tong.

His own mental energy is close to the upper limit of 1,000 points, and he can convert a lot of it into reserves every day. With self-conversion and external conversion, he can save about 1,500 points a day.

These may sound like a lot, but the power to close the pupils is so great that it's actually not enough in practice.

"Buzz."

Just then, his phone vibrated in his pocket. He took it out and saw that it was a message from Black Star.

"I have information through my channels that someone is watching you. Be careful."

Guan Tong replied, "I know."

He had sensed something following him ever since he left the bar.

However, it wasn't a person, but a miniature, low-noise drone.

The palm-sized drone seemed to be concealed and kept its distance from him, but it was still spotted by the shadow.

The reason he expended so much mental energy was not just because of the battle, but because he was constantly sending out shadows to monitor and investigate.

Even though these shadows are not large and do not consume as much mental energy as a complete human-shaped "shadow," they still consume a lot of mental energy over a day.

Guan Tong's actions were necessary because he was now in a foreign land and, due to his agreement with Ye Lianka, had been forced into the political vortex of Sisia.

In this perilous environment, he must remain cautious at all times, making it essential to release a large number of shadows for reconnaissance and surveillance.

However... he didn't know who sent the drone.

Is it Valery's group, or someone else?
If it's the former, and they've taken a million-dollar deposit but haven't done any work, Valery and the others certainly won't let it go easily.

He only received the deposit last night, and he sent a drone over today without even taking any action. Isn't that a bit too hasty?

Guan Tong thought for a moment, but instead of finding a secluded place to teleport back, she wandered around the area and entered an abandoned park.

He found a bench in the park, lay down, put on his hood, and looked like he was going to take a nap in the sun.

The drone followed and monitored for a while. About ten minutes later, Guan Tong's shadow, which was positioned in the corner of the park entrance, spotted a dozen people wearing trench coats hurrying into the park.

Through the shared visuals, Guan Tong saw that these people all had points displayed above their heads, some with 1, some with 3, and one with the most with 14.

Moreover, these people all had bulging waists, indicating they were carrying firearms, and not just small guns.

This discovery made Guan Tong realize that these people were probably not sent by Valery—given that he knew Valery's identity, even if Valery was stupid, he wouldn't think that sending a dozen or so Ascended Gunmen would be enough to kill "Shadow".

Then they must be after the Ascension Coins.

Guan Tong sat up as she thought about it. At that moment, the dozen or so people had already jogged to the vicinity.

They were slightly startled to see Guan Tong, who had been "taking a nap," sit up, but their plan remained unchanged. They all pulled out submachine guns from under their coats and aimed them at Guan Tong.

The one with 14 points seemed to be the gang leader. Without wasting words, he threatened, "Hand over your Ascension Coins and get lost! Don't play dumb. We've been watching Black Star's shop for two days. We know you're the one who collects mind power!"

Upon hearing this, Guan Tong thought to himself that, just as Black Star had said, spending Ascension Coins to collect mental energy would inevitably attract attention sooner or later. He just hadn't expected it to happen so quickly; violent elements had already come knocking on his door after only a few days.

"Don't you guys think this is risky?" Guan Tong asked. "I mean, does any of you have the thought that this person has a lot of Ascension Coins, he must be very dangerous, and we should probably avoid provoking him?"

The gang leader chuckled a few times, pointed his gun at Guan Tong's head: "If you were really some dangerous person, would you only have 1 point?"

"..."

Guan Tong was speechless. Judging a person's strength solely by their points was incredibly foolish.

"Listen! Trade me the Ascension Coins right now, or you won't be leaving this park today!"

“I’m the one who should be saying that,” Guan Tong said. “Give me all your Ascension Coins, and I might consider sparing your lives.”

"Haha, this foreigner is really crazy!"

"Stop wasting your breath on him, bro. Let's teach him a lesson first!"

One of the henchmen raised his gun, aimed it at Guan Tong's arm, and pulled the trigger. A bullet flew out, intending to cripple him first to teach him a lesson. The next moment, everyone's eyes widened in surprise.

The person they were about to rob suddenly raised his left hand, grabbed the bullet, and with a gentle crushing motion, the bullet vanished completely, as if by magic.

One person pointed at the pure black glove on Guan Tong's left hand and shouted, "There must be something strange about that glove!"

He's right. Guan Tong's gloves, formed from nanobots, can rapidly decompose anything they touch. It's just that the process is so fast that it's invisible to the naked eye, making it seem like they've vanished into thin air.

“My principle is very simple.” Guan Tong stood up. “I don’t care if others are hostile to me, but if they turn that hostility into actual attacks… I will never let them get away with it.”

A murderous aura instantly spread, and the robbers felt an inexplicable fear creeping over them. In their panic, they forgot their purpose in robbing Guan Tong and frantically pulled the triggers to kill him.

The next moment they all fell silent as the shadow spikes that emerged from the ground pierced through them all. Only the gang leader seemed to have a defensive item that neutralized the shadow attacks.

"Shadow...you...how is this possible..."

The gang leader's legs gave way, and he collapsed to the ground. Guan Tong picked up a fallen gun and fired a burst of bullets at him before sending him flying.

At this moment, the number above Guan Tong's head had changed from "1" to "37". The total points of the dozen or so robbers had been added to his score.

"I was hoping to maintain a score of 1 until the end of the rules these past two days..." Guan Tong shook his head.

Just then, he heard police sirens coming from outside the park. Someone must have reported the incident after hearing the series of gunshots.

He didn't want to get into a fight with the Sisya security bureau, so he used his teleportation ability to return to Yelena's manor.

Yelena had just finished lunch and was taking a walk in the yard. When Guan Tong came out of the room, she was about to greet her when she saw the conspicuous "37" on Guan Tong's head and was quite surprised.

"Teacher, you..."

"Hmm? Oh, points, right?" Guan Tong saw Ye Lianka looking above her head and didn't hide anything. "Some robbers attacked me, but I dealt with them. These are the points I got from them."

"..."

Guan Tong realized that Ye Lianka was the governor of Xisia when she saw her silence, and that the robbers were all Xisia people.

Even if they were robbers, her decision to execute them might make her uncomfortable.

“If you’re unhappy, you can say so,” Guan Tong said. “But that’s just how I am; if anyone attacks me, I will definitely retaliate.”

Yelena shook her head: "Teacher, you misunderstood. I didn't mean to blame you. In fact, I know very well that in this special era, we can no longer follow a compliant procedure for everything as we do in peacetime."

Furthermore, since the teacher accused them of being robbers and even attacked them with force... eliminating them would also be beneficial to the country.

Guan Tong: "It's good that you think that way. I was worried that you might not be able to accept my actions because of your status."

"No, it is precisely because I am the consul that I should remove the malignant tumor from this country and prevent more kind people from being harmed... By the way, teacher, I have already told Stochastic about Valery's request for you to assassinate him."

"Really? What did she say?"

Yelena said seriously, "She said she was going to blow up the Security Bureau and smash Valery into mincemeat with a hammer."

"...I never expected her to have such a wild side."

"Although she was angry, she wouldn't act impulsively. She said she would cooperate with whatever plans we had. She also said that if necessary, she wouldn't even flinch if it cost her her life. But I told her that the teacher would never do such a thing."

Guan Tong nodded: "That's right. I'm not Jing Ke, you're not Yan Dan, Stochastic is not Fan Yuqi, and Valery is not Qin Shi Huang."

Upon hearing this, Yelena's snow-white face showed a moment of confusion: "...What?"

"Cough... It's nothing, just a little historical anecdote, not important." Guan Tong brushed it off. "Let's do it the way we agreed yesterday. Valery and his gang will probably wait for me for three days, because Sgorchin will be staying at the suburban factory during those three days to maintain order at the competition. There are many dangerous ascendants gathered there, which is an excellent opportunity for assassins to make their move."

So if I haven't killed Sgorchin by the time the three days are up and the rules expire, they'll definitely think I'm not on their side and will take action. To gain the upper hand, I'll try to get the video tonight, then we'll kill them first and report back later—we'll take them down and then release the evidence. That way, you can also give the public an explanation.”

“Okay, let’s do it that way.” Ye Lian paused, then looked at Guan Tong gratefully. “Thank you, teacher, for thinking of me so much.”

"Since you've called me teacher, of course I'll think it through for you. However, I'll keep the one million Ascension Coins deposit for myself, is that alright?"

Yelena didn't say anything, but simply smiled.

(End of this chapter)