I write obituaries for the gods

When Lin Chen saw his face clearly, his expression immediately darkened.

Li Zhanyi covered his mouth in disbelief:

"Louis?"

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Chapter Four: Escape (6000 words)

Standing in the center of the director's office was Louis.

Louis, who once provided intelligence support to everyone.

Louis, the one I used to drink with at dinner parties.

When Lin Chen saw his face clearly, he admitted that he was somewhat dazed.

But he drew his shotgun almost immediately and aimed it at Louis's chest.

"Decisive, truly decisive."

Seeing Lin Chen holding a gun, Louis remained completely calm.

He exuded a newfound composure, a composure that Lin Chen found somewhat strange.

"As expected of you, you clear away anything that stands in your way without a care in the world. It's precisely because of your decisiveness that you've been able to climb the ranks within the Bureau of Investigation..."

“I don’t care about status. The one who’s always wanted to climb the ladder is you,” Lin Chen said in a low voice. “From a technician, a liaison officer, to a secretary in the director’s office, and now… what should I call you? Acting Director?”

“Only by reaching a higher position can one do the right things,” Louis sighed softly. “Yudu has always been a toy of various powers. I always thought the Bureau of Investigation was righteous, but when I discovered that the Bureau of Investigation was nothing more than a pawn of the Secret Party… I admit I felt guilty.”

"Louis, where is Director Hua Molan?" Li Zhanyi's eyes were red. "What did you do to her?"

"I didn't do anything."

Louis smiled.

"That's all...it's done to rid the people of a scourge."

He snapped his fingers, and as the lights came on, the scene around the director's desk was laid bare—

Hua Molan was sitting in a chair, her head drooping, a dagger piercing her chest.

"Chief..." Li Zhanyi murmured, "...dead...?"

“She didn’t expect me to be so decisive,” Louis sighed. “Unfortunately, she underestimated me, didn’t she? She thought I was a sycophantic, fame-seeking junior, while I’ve always been a player…”

“No,” Lin Chen closed his eyes, “you are not qualified to sit at the table.”

He aimed at Louis's leg and pulled the trigger—

"Oh!"

"clang!"

The bullet bounced off.

A figure suddenly appeared in front of Louis, shielding him from the bullet.

Lin Chen looked closely and realized that the one who had blocked the bullet was actually Mephisto!

That American skunk demigod!

"Mephisto?" Lin Chen frowned. "Found a new master?"

He looked directly into Mephitius's eyes and found them empty.

wrong...

As Mephittis stepped aside, Lin Chen saw Louis's eyes—

His eyes gleamed with a deep blue light!

Lin Chen immediately entered the "Mirage City" field of vision and saw a white line emerging from above Louis's head, like a ghost...

No, that's not a ghost!

“Bai Duozhi,” Lin Chen said in a low voice.

Upon hearing this, Louis paused for a moment, then immediately clapped his hands:

"How clever of you to have found my partner so quickly."

"Operation Break the Nation?" Lin Chen narrowed his eyes. "The battle during the 'Scorched Earth' campaign..."

In that operation, to prevent the Hundred Intelligences from invading the operators' consciousness, Professor Jürgen made a plugin for their "consciousness cradle" to ensure that the operators' consciousness could be awakened immediately if it was invaded.

However, during the "scorched earth" operation in the ruins, the Cradle of Consciousness briefly failed for a few seconds.

Louis was... hacked by Baidu Zhi at that time?

But Bai Duozhi is already dead; there is a tombstone for him in the Mirage City.

So...

"That foolish demigod originally wanted to control me, but when his main body died, the remaining wisp of consciousness was so weak that it could be ignored."

Louis shook his head:

“I nourished it with the Azure Factor, and guess what? It survived and became a part of me.”

"After reading the files on the artificial god, I realized that I am no longer the mortal I once was."

Louis's eyes gleamed even more brightly.

"I am now... a demigod."

“Don’t make any rash moves,” Louis said, raising a finger. “If Mephisto sprays out the poison gas, we’ll all die. You don’t really want to play the game of mutual destruction, do you?”

"What do you want to do?" Lin Chen asked in a low voice.

It appears that Louis was responsible for killing Director Hua Molan and having the missile array bombard the rockets.

Lin Chen didn't want to make excuses for him, and he certainly wouldn't be soft-hearted because of past friendships.

Whether his mind was damaged by the ghost of Byakuji, or he was just inherently evil...

Lin Chen was prepared to beat him down first.

"It's very simple. I hope Yudu will be independent and not become a victim of the power struggle between various forces."

Louis stared at Lin Chen for a moment, then turned to Li Zhanyi:

"In the eyes of the Secret Party, neither the Bureau of Investigation nor the citizens of the Rain City are anything but sacrifices to achieve their goals."

"Now, Rain City is in chaos, and people are dying every minute and every second. Yet the Investigation Bureau is focused on implementing the Secret Party's plan, sending a large number of troops to seize land for the country. Is this really the posture of a protector?"

"What do you want to say?" Li Zhanyi asked in a low voice.

Louis extended his hand:

“Lin Chen is a dog of the Secret Party. I saw that goldfish pendant he has.”

"But you are different, Zhanyi. The you I know is righteous."

"Join me, and together we will make the rain...no longer suffer."

"You're dreaming." Lin Chen's expression darkened.

“I’m not talking to you,” Louis said, looking at Li Zhanyi. “Zhanyi, think about it, he didn’t even tell you that you’d joined the Secret Party, did he? Maybe you didn’t even know what the Secret Party was before that, right?”

"Does he even consider you one of his own? He puts on this righteous act, saying he doesn't care about status at all, but in reality, he's hooking up with the rich heiress of United Concrete with his left hand and joining the Secret Party with his right. He treats you like a vase, not even giving you a proper title. To put it bluntly, he's eating what he has while eyeing what he doesn't. Once Shen Xuanyi and he hit it off, you'll be his leftover toy."

“Louis…” Lin Chen let out a deep breath.

Lin Chen wanted to say something nasty, but he couldn't say anything.

Has this former friend really been corrupted by fame, fortune, and self-interest to this extent? In his eyes, everything Lin Chen does is for fame, fortune, and power.

He looked at Lin Chen as if he were looking in a mirror, a mirror reflecting a self that had long since been distorted.

"It'll get on your clothes," Lin Chen said softly.

Li Zhanyi took two steps forward.

"I believe Lin Chen!" Li Zhanyi shouted. "You've gone mad! You killed the bureau chief, started a civil war, and so many people died!"

"you..."

Li Zhanyi's hand trembled slightly.

"How did you become like this..." she said softly.

Seeing Li Zhanyi's heartbroken expression, Louis sighed:

"Pathetic... It seems you've been completely brainwashed. I even thought you were somewhat intelligent..."

A flash of deep blue light appeared in Louis's eyes, and Li Zhanyi immediately felt a wave of dizziness.

Lin Chen shielded Li Zhanyi behind him and raised his shotgun—

"Boom!"

Mephitius rushed forward to shield Louis from the shrapnel, and the demigod turned around, ready to unleash the poison gas.

Just then, a sonic boom came from outside the window—

"boom----"

A fighter jet flew almost past the Bureau of Investigation building, and a window on the 50th floor shattered instantly.

Amidst the shattered glass, a grayish-white crack suddenly appeared, and a figure clad in black armor burst forth—

"bass----"

With a single slash, Mephittis was decapitated and fell to the ground.

Black Sword brandished his blade, glanced at Hua Molan lying dead in her chair, then turned the blade and stabbed at Louis—

"Ugh!"

Louis was pierced through the stomach by the black sword and pinned to the wall.

"Any last words?" Black Sword asked in a low voice.

Louis gave a pained smile.

“The Secret Service’s dogs are almost all assembled,” he coughed up blood, “so… let’s begin!”

The next second, a violent electromagnetic shockwave struck—

"boom!"

Sparks flew from the armor on Black Sword's body. She stared wide-eyed in disbelief at Louis, who was pinned to the wall by her.

"Surprised? I went to great lengths to target you..."

Louis drew his pistol and pressed it against Black Sword's head—

"Oh!"

The super-alloy armor-piercing bullet pierced Black Sword's head, almost blowing half of his skull off!

Almost simultaneously, Hua Luo Ri jumped out of the armor and nimbly retreated a few steps.

She had barely landed when the door to the bureau chief's office was kicked open—

"Oh!"

Wang Pan led a team of members from the Second Rapid Response Division in, fully armed.

The moment Wang Pan saw Hua Luori, Lin Chen, and Li Zhanyi, she didn't hesitate at all:

"Take them down."

"Da da da da da da—"

Lin Chen and Li Zhanyi immediately raised their trench coats and retreated, while Hua Luori drew his pistol to cover them.

"Bang! Bang!"

The three retreated behind the desk, and Lin Chen pressed the emergency button under the desk. The bulletproof screen fell down from above, blocking the bullets.

"Da da da da da!"

The people outside continued to fire their bullets at the screen, seemingly intending to simply sweep it aside.

"Senior, what do we do now?" Lin Chen looked at Hua Luori. "Senior?"