Book 4: Chapter 76:2: I—Chen Heng—Have Four Layers of Identities, Part 2
He Who Knows Fate: Oh, right, Shiroyasha, how goes the recovery of your strength?
Lord of the White Night: Not very well. I have been doing missions continuously; I don’t even have much time to look at pretty girls.
He Who Knows Fate: That tough?
Lord of the White Night: After all, I plan to gather 1,010,000 points before undergoing the ability awakening. I feel that after I have earned enough points for up to the ability fourth awakening and regain my Spiritual Essence, I can just go to a suitable world for the awakening. After the awakening, my strength should increase considerably.
He Who Knows Fate: Can your strength return to the peak of when you had your full Authority?
Shiroyasha: It’s hard to say. I have to try first before I know.
Efreet: How many points do you have already?
Lord of the White Night: 200,000 points. Fortunately, the world consciousness helps me cover my tracks when I’m on a mission. Otherwise, those people who worry about me causing trouble would have discovered it.
Umaru-chan: 2…200,000…
While Chen Heng was killing time in the chat group, his doorbell rang.
“Huh?” Who can it be? Nightingale and Skadi have already left, so it can’t be them. It could be Exusiai, but this is not her usual time. Could it be Ch’en’s group?
Chen Heng did not have the interest or the habit of using his Absolute Precognition to see everything. In life, one needed to have some anticipation for the future.
Chen Heng walked to the door. After opening the door, he saw a petite figure covered in a red cloak. The hood of the red cloak revealed some golden hair and horns.
Bang! The moment Chen Heng opened the door and saw this, he slammed the door without saying anything.
…What is the point of having anticipation for the future? I should have checked first. Chen Heng suddenly regretted not checking who it was with the Absolute Precognition first.
Ding dong! Ding dong! Chen Heng had startled the person outside. That person paused for a while before pressing the doorbell again.
“There’s no one in!”
“…If you continue to refuse to open the door, I’ll use force!”
“If you dare, I will file a complaint with the Lungmen Guard Department for harassment!”
“The Lungmen Guard Department wouldn’t dare handle this.”
“Does Lungmen no longer have laws?”
“Chen Heng, you bastard, shut up and open the door, or I will kick it down!”
“Huh?” If Chen Heng guessed right, this person should be Arknights’s Leizi, a five-star Caster, the shame of five-star operators. However, why did she sound like she knew Chen Heng?
[TL Note: Leizi is a Censor, a judicial officer, from Yan’s Supervisory Department. She is a Kylin, an ancient race with traits of the qilin, a legendary creature from Chinese mythology said to bring good fortune. Here is more information about her: /wiki/Leizi/Story.]
Chen Heng thought about it. Then he looked through the information of his legal identity—yes, legal identity, not temporary legal identity. He had spent 300 points to make his identity permanent.
In any case, he could visit this world in the future, and 300 points were not much, like spending on candy. With his current strength, he could get at least 5,000 points with each mission. However, the re:life matter gave him a headache, so he could come to Arknights’s world to do missions and calm down.
Most importantly, Chen Heng had set many things into motion using his identity. If his identity disappeared and he left, would it bring trouble to Kal’tsit? He did not know.
The temporary legal identity lasted only seven days, so the information was very basic. After all, it just needed to last seven days. Now that Chen Heng made this identity permanent, the world consciousness updated his identity with more details.
Considering that Chen Heng did a lot of things, dealing in medicinal pills and lightning Arts, the world consciousness gave him a ludicrous identity—a retiree of the Central Judicial Office, the Censorate, the Anti-Corruption Bureau, and the Supervisory Department. Therefore, any unexpected issues could be blamed on this identity.
Damn! Chen Heng might as well have ascended to heaven. Such an identity was very messy. Furthermore, could a person hold concurrent positions in judiciary, executive, legislative, and anti-corruption departments?
Well, it did not matter what one thought. As long as the world consciousness could accept it, it would work.
When Chen Heng received this identity, he did not look at this information, as he had thought it would be the same as before. Who knew, there was more this time.
“I’ll count to three. If you still refuse to open the door, I’ll kick it down!” Leizi’s voice came from outside, and Chen Heng could hear anger laced in it.
“Hey! Isn’t this Leizi? It has been a long time. When I opened the door earlier, I did not see anyone, despite the doorbell going off. It seemed strange.” Upon hearing the threatening tone, Chen Heng opened the door with a smile and greeted Leizi.
“You bastard, are you calling me short?” A fist, flickering with electrical light, headed for Chen Heng’s abdomen. However, he caught that fist easily with his right hand. As for the electrical damage…he could even turn into lightning now; would this faze him?
“How can that be? My vision is pretty poor these days. Do bear with me.”
“Like I believe you.”
Since Chen Heng and Leizi knew each other, he could not leave her at the door and had to invite her in.
“So, Leizi, why are you in Lungmen?”
“To evaluate Lungmen’s defenses… Wait, that’s not right. Why should I tell you?” Leizi recalled she was no longer colleagues with Chen Heng only midway.
“Tsk! How petty!”
“Official business.”
“That’s right. How did you know I was here? Did Wei Yenwu tell you?” Although Chen Heng did not use his Absolute Precognition, his instincts told him it was that old fox’s doing.
“Yes.”
“Why did you come looking for me? Don’t tell me it’s because you miss me. I won’t believe it.” Chen Heng directed Leizi to the sofa before pouring her a cup of tea.
“Excellent tea. That’s right. You are working in Rhodes Island now, right?”
“That’s right. What’s up?”
“Do you know…Blaze?” Leizi paused for a while before mentioning this name.
“Blaze? I’ve heard of her but never met her. After all, I joined Rhodes Island only a few days ago and spent just two or three days there. How could I befriend so many operators?”
[TL Note: Blaze’s family is believed to be involved in a mysterious murder spree in Yan, hence Leizi’s attention on her. Here is Blaze’s profile: /wiki/Blaze/Story.]
“You’ve never met her? You truly are as useless as you were before.”
“…” Chen Heng now wondered what kind of character setting the world consciousness had arranged for him.
However, he roughly knew why Leizi wanted to search for Blaze. Although he had drawn Leizi in the game, he did not train that character, as according to the player forums, both Leizi and Swire were called the shame of five-star operators.
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