Dying, but not completely dying.
Everyone present was silent.
It couldn’t be determined if it was because everyone was shocked by Jian Xie’s words, but for several minutes, no one spoke first.
Cheng Li: “…”
The stakes were too high; Fu Huanyu would have to work for him for nothing for the rest of his life.
One hundred million was by no means a small sum.
Perhaps, Fu Huanyu would always remember how high a price he paid for his arrogance tonight.
It was not difficult to imagine that every time he earned or spent any amount in the future, an extreme sense of shame would be evoked in his subconscious mind, recalling how he, who has always been arrogant, lost the second half of his life to a high school student named Jian Xie.
Cheng Li’s hands trembled.
Must never provoke Jian Xie in the future.
Jian Xie did not rush him to give an answer, as if giving Fu Huanyu time to consider, but also not giving him another option at all.
Because whether he was willing or not, he must accept the penalty of the bet.
“…I accept.”
A voice broke the silence.
Fu Huanyu took a deep breath and looked at Jian Xie steadily, with extremely complicated emotions flashing in his eyes: “I will… accept it.”
Hearing this, a hint of surprise flashed in Cheng Li’s eyes. He originally thought that this guy would default on his debt.
The other world couldn’t be explained by common sense, so every word must be spoken with caution, otherwise it may backfire.
At this point, although he had only verbally agreed to Jian Xie’s bet, he could no longer renege on it.
What made him change his mind?
Fu Huanyu’s suit was now crumpled into a mess, and his hair, which had been neatly fixed behind his back, was now scattered in front of his eyes. He looked at Jian Xie who was overlooking him, and a subtle strange emotion flashed through his heart. He should have felt dissatisfied, but he could not suppress his palpitations at all.
He saved him.
It was both a gift and a deterrent.
At the same time, although Jian Xie did not mention any issues related to the report of this incident, Fu Huanyu knew that he would never dare to slander him again.
Moreover, he didn’t even know how to write this report.
His eyes subconsciously moved to the testing instrument on the table, and his pupils contracted instantly when he saw it clearly.
The value actually changed without his knowledge!
The instrument’s interface that showed 0 as the energy peak turned into a mess of gibberish. The electronic screen that should have shown a positive number was flashing a faint green light and creating extremely dazzling cracks, which disappeared and reappeared every so often, like an electronic miasma whose sanity has been completely disrupted.
Could it be that something had happened when they weren’t paying attention…
Fu Huanyu’s lips trembled. He raised his eyes to look at Jian Xie, but he ran straight into a pair of eyes that were glowing scarlet deep. They had taken on an inhuman luster without him noticing, and they stared at him with an extremely cold gaze.
[Quiet.]
It came straight from his mind.
Jian Xie in front of him didn’t say anything at all, and the voice was definitely not the same as the one he had heard from him before.
Those were definitely not Jian Xie’s eyes, or rather, it was impossible for a human to have such eyes.
Rather than a simple monster, it was more like some higher-level unknown existence, observing the human world dimly through those eyes.
Fu Huanyu was instantly horrified, his hair stood on end, and horrible memories flashed through his mind.
This familiar pair of eyes… the contemptuous glance it had just given in his nightmare…
——That was It!
No… but in front of him, there was only Jian Xie.
He didn’t know how long he had been in a trance until he heard someone stand up beside him, causing him to come back to his senses from his fear.
Cheng Li fumbled in his suit pocket, fished out a pack of cigarettes, took out one and handed it to Fu Huanyu, who was still sweating profusely.
“We’re going.” He patted his shoulder and said, “I’ll give your phone number to Jian Xie.”
This also meant a one-sided connection. It was impossible for Jian Xie to give him his phone number.
And he had to be on call at all times despite being burdened with huge debts.
Jian Xie, who was standing next to him, turned his face slightly to the side, looking like a harmless and innocent high school student. His thin body seemed like it would break with the slightest effort, but everything that happened tonight completely overturned his thoughts. This was definitely a very dangerous person.
His eyes flickered.
It was not difficult to imagine that once this young man joined the Supernatural Management Bureau, he would inevitably break all the original rules and attract attention from all sides.
There were five departments within the Bureau, but they were definitely more than just part of a common organization.
Cooperation and competition with each other were the most familiar norms among departments.
If Fu Huanyu were to use a more understandable term to explain it, he could call it a kind of “federation” if going by history books, which would help to better understand the relationship between them.
He himself was kicked out of the Investigation Department for misconduct, but was rehired in the Logistics Department after. The blacklists of the two departments were not universal, and one department has no right to interfere in the private affairs of another department.
It was to the extent that he was now quite curious about where Jian Xie would go after passing the autumn recruitment.
After seeing such a vast world, as a mere C-level investigator, he always couldn’t help but feel jealous of those higher-level people.
But once he realized the gap between him and Jian Xie, he was no longer able to muster such emotions.
More than that, there was an unspeakable fear.
After a while, Fu Huanyu stopped resisting, took the lit cigarette, and said thank you faintly.
Ever since seeing this guy being beaten to a pulp in front of Jian Xie and then immediately landing a debt of 100 million, Cheng Li’s attitude towards him changed to one of extreme pity. He no longer hated him as much as before and was even able to talk to him in a nice way.
“Remember to stay positive. How did you get through the job interviews before?” He kindly reminded, “Also, remember not to write nonsense in the report, or else you’ll have to be a good person in your next life.”
Not surprisingly, these words sounded very much like an arrogant mockery, with a hint of death threat.
Fu Huanyu: “…”
You’re just a fox exploiting the tiger’s might, you’re relying on a high school student!
*
It was getting late at night. The stars twinkling in the sky had lost their color and became exceptionally sparse and dim.
This was the second time that Cheng Li sent Jian Xie back to the old neighborhood. Speaking of which, he was a little familiar with the name of this neighborhood, as if he had seen it in a certain file.
It seemed to be an accidental fire.
The fire burned several victims to death, and the thick smoke even spread to the entire residential building. The groans of suffocation and tragic death attracted the appearance of A-level vengeful spirits. Many investigators were killed at the time before the situation was barely resolved.
While Cheng Li was driving, Jian Xie remained very quiet.
High school students were supposed to be noisy, curious, or naive, but he never showed any of these emotions.
No matter what went against common sense, it seemed that the other party did not show any corresponding drastic emotional fluctuations, as if he was a game character with reduced senses.
In general, he was very defensive and difficult to approach.
“You’re going to school tomorrow?” Cheng Li decided to find a topic.
Jian Xie glanced at him. “The day after tomorrow.”
“Oh, I see.” He was a little embarrassed. After all, he had been a company slave for too long and he didn’t remember that students had two days off a week. “You don’t live on campus, right?”
Jian Xie nodded. He wrote in the materials that he was a day student. Cheng Li was not surprised to know this.
“I’ll try to contact you in my free time.” Cheng Li thought for a moment and said, “It’ll be soon. The autumn recruitment will start in a few days. You can prepare in advance.”
Jian Xie asked, “What do I need?”
“Fasting should be done for eight hours before the test, and eat as little as possible because during the testing process, relevant tests will be involved, such as on-site close contact with monsters of different levels. Many personnel in the past were unable to endure the psychological pressure and went crazy, even vomited and fainted in public——”
Before Cheng Li could finish his words, he fell silent, and his expression suddenly became indescribable.
“……”
What was he talking about? Just based on Jian Xie’s horrific performance in the past few days, even when the people in the logistics department vomit, he probably wouldn’t.
…He should just hope and pray that by the time of the interview, the monsters that the Supernatural Management Bureau has worked so hard to capture would be of a high enough level to be used.
Ah, this.
Suddenly targeted by the topic and never expecting that he would have to interact with monsters in public, Jian Xie couldn’t help but fall into deep thought: “……”
Anxious.
Wait, how should he explain the issue that the monster couldn’t even get close to him because they’d be absorbed immediately??
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Facing the Monsters——
Others: Trembling
Jian Xie: Buffet
