Book 4: Chapter 68:2: I—Chen Huijie—Do Not Have a Younger Male Maternal Cousin Like You, Part 2
“Alright, alright. We are going off topic.”
“That’s true. I’ll just tell you the truth. The one that can solve the problem I mentioned earlier is indeed Rhodes Island. Why else do you think I would seek employment at Rhodes Island? Ch’en can testify; she should have seen my information and knows I joined just two days ago.”
Upon hearing this, Swire turned to Ch’en, their gazes meeting. There seemed to be a bunch of question marks in Swire’s eyes, asking for verification. However, Ch’en’s eyes seemed to show a string of exclamation marks, confirming the information.
They were enemies…good friends for so long, after all, so there was some degree of rapport.
“That is to say, Rhodes Island is the key to resolving this situation?”
“That’s right.”
He Who Knows Fate: What do you think, Kal’tsit? This assist should be useful, right? Although I feel its uses are not very clear, I did it out of kind intentions, at least.
Kal’tsit: Thank you, even though it is not very useful, indeed.
He Who Knows Fate: …I was just being humble and polite. You actually took it literally?
17-Year-Old Beautiful Young Lady: To think you were being polite to Kal’tsit. Has water entered your brain?
Efreet: You should be direct with Kal’tsit. When Kal’tsit understands what your words mean, she will not be polite with you, either.
He Who Knows Fate: Never mind. Never mind. Kal’tsit, do me a favor.
Kal’tsit: Speak.
He Who Knows Fate: I have 1,800,000 LMD now. Can you help me gather the materials for the Elite 1 and Elite 2 promotions? You can keep the rest as payment. After all, I have no channels for obtaining these things.
Kal’tsit: Sure.
Efreet: Weren’t you preparing to go fishing?
He Who Knows Fate: Indeed. I’ll go fishing to get the materials for the Elite 3 promotion. Those materials cannot be obtained just by having money.
Umaru-chan: There’s Elite 3?
He Who Knows Fate: While I call it Elite 3, it’s just a third strengthening of the gun. Even after the Elite 2 promotion, the gun cannot undergo a qualitative change; it needs to be strengthened one more time, according to the association’s store when I checked the strengthening service.
Umaru-chan: Hah…and I thought operators could reach Elite 3.
“You only mentioned a large-scale attack by the Reunion Movement on Lungmen and that Rhodes Island is the key to resolving the situation. Yet, you are charging 1,800,000 LMD for that? You might as well rob someone.” Swire waited for a while and noticed Chen Heng did not continue speaking.
“Miss Swire, please watch your words. I’m a law-abiding citizen. Robbery would put me in a lot of trouble. However, you can try claiming this from Wei Yenwu. Of course, I don’t know if he would approve it.”
“Are there no other hints?”
“None.”
“Good. Come with us to the Lungmen Guard Department.”
“…” Swire looked at her ex-colleague with some shock. Erm…current colleague. She did not expect the normally strict, upright, and responsible Ch’en would misuse her authority.
“Swire, don’t look at me like that. Also, He Who Knows Fate, this is a park. It is prohibited to set up stalls here, especially when your stall does not have a business license. Furthermore, I suspect the identity you gave me when we were taking records is fake, so come to the Lungmen Guard Department with me.”
Ch’en took out the handcuffs hanging at her lower back once more. Then she shook it at Chen Heng, telling Chen Heng to just obediently follow her back to the Lungmen Guard Department.
“…Unexpectedly, the rigid Ch’en has learned to set others up. Is the world truly changing?” Swire now gained a new understanding of her colleague.
“Wait, wait. I have proof of identity.” Chen Heng had already seen Ch’en using this trick with his Precognition and prepared a trick that was even trickier than Ch’en’s.
My father once said, One must use magic (tricks) against magic (tricks).
Chen Heng had already spent ten points to purchase a temporary legal identity, so he handed over the ID card that came with it to Ch’en.
As for why the temporary legal identity? Of course, because it was cheap. While it was valid for only seven days, Chen Heng would leave after seven days, so it was suitable.
“Let me take a look!” Swire snatched Chen Heng’s ID card before Ch’en could take it.
“Yan’s Chen Clan, Chen Heng…wait…Chen Clan?” When Swire saw the first line on the ID card, she could not help glancing in Ch’en’s direction.
“Chen Clan? Let me take a look.” Upon hearing this, Ch’en could no longer wait. She snatched the ID card from Swire’s hand. Swire did not stop her.
Ch’en looked at Chen Heng’s ID card dubiously. Then she flipped it around to check the mark that protected against forgery. She scrutinized it, looking over the card several times.
“Alright, Ch’en. You can stop looking at it. No matter how many times you flip it around, it is the same. Surely, as a Lungmen Guard Department member, you can tell whether this ID card is real or fake, right? Even if you don’t want to admit it, the fortuneteller who tricked us of 1,800,000 LMD is your relative, even if the relationship is a little distant.”
Ch’en raised her head and looked at the innocent-looking Chen Heng with a complicated gaze. Although she did not want to admit it, it was as Swire said; he was her younger male maternal cousin. However, their relationship was indeed quite distant.
[Author Note: Lungmen belongs to Yan, and Ch’en’s father was Wei Yenwu’s sworn brother, so her father probably had a high status. Furthermore, he married Wei Yenwu’s younger sister. That’s why I created a Chen Clan in this world. Actually, it did not matter how big a clan was. As long as the family had members with status, they could call it a clan. Furthermore, I set this as a branch. Also, Ch’en and Talulah had the same mother. Both her daughters are very beautiful. I wonder what she looks like.]
Chen Heng had not expected this, either. Initially, he just wanted an identity. Who could have imagined he would end up related to Ch’en?
This time, the world consciousness set him as someone from Yan. Since Chen Heng’s family name was Chen and he had medicine pills in Yan’s style, this identity suited his setting. At the same time, this was a cost-saving measure; it did not have to fabricate a clan for Chen Heng. Thus, the world consciousness gave him a setting in a large clan. However, he was just from a branch of the large clan, a mysterious branch with almost no members.
Now, this branch only had Chen Heng. Even in a different world, Chen Heng was still an orphan.
Chen Heng had reason to suspect the world consciousness simply copied his identity in his original world. He felt a little targeted.
Efreet: Your move is ludicrous.
He Who Knows Fate: This is purely a coincidence, alright. I only got a temporary legal identity for this world. Furthermore, this thing seems to have just copied my original identity in my original world and applied it to this world. I feel offended.
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