Book 3: Chapter 33: If You Can’t Beat Them, Join Them
“Then I’ll kill her…no. If Elder Brother Chen discovers that, it will be over. It’s always wise to play safe. It’s fine. It is just a 14-year-old brat. I’m confident in surpassing her.”
When Chen Heng heard the word “kill,” he almost went over to give Luo Li a spanking on her…bum. Fortunately, he endured.
“Although Sirin is young, her chest is larger than yours. What are you going to win with?”
Although Luo Li was indeed pretty and had gained the white hair that the Chinese loved after awakening her ability, her chest was very flat. Alright, “very” was not the right word; it was flatter than those of her peers, just slightly smaller than Sirin’s.
“How funny! You’re qualified to say my chest is flat? Did I hear wrong?” Luo Li activated ability: mockery.
“Do you want a fight?” Mo Qingtong’s scornful expression immediately changed when she heard that.
Luo Li struck Mo Qingtong’s weak point dead on.
After enduring for a long time, Mo Qingtong finally erupted. When fighting, one should not hit the face. When insulting another, one should not insult the chest. This was Mo Qingtong’s bottom line.
“Goodbye, I’m leaving now. I’ll monitor for any commotion in the Secret Scholar Society.” After Luo Li successfully agitated Mo Qingtong, her mood improved, and she no longer wanted to fight; she had things to do.
This left Mo Qingtong alone, fuming.
This is the first time Luo Li has spoken so much. Truly. Previously, Chen Heng had labeled her apathetic. Now, it looked like he had to add “yandere” and “sharp mouth”—rather, “toxic mouth.” Why does it feel so different from the personality she displayed? So, her apathetic nature was an act?
What should I do now?
Go to the beach and release lightning, then find Jiang Cheng and see if he has destroyed the Secret Scholar Society already? It’s happily decided, then.
Chen Heng waited for Mo Qingtong to leave before slowly reappearing. Then he looked in the direction Luo Li took and used his spatial jump to head for that beach. After all, he was in a rush for time.
Chen Heng had already released electricity twice. The somewhat charred tree stump now underwent a third inhumane lightning bombardment.
This tree stump was truly pitiful, but Chen Heng could not help it. After all, he was a person who cherished memories.
After releasing electricity for five or six minutes, he noticed someone arrive and stopped calling down lightning and sending out electricity.
“I say, do you, Mister Strange Masked Man, have a problem in your head? Don’t you have anything better to do than release electricity here every day? As a Special Affairs Bureau member, I already warned you once. To think you still released electricity here? Even a thief knows not to go back to the scene of the crime.”
“Uh…I have a question. Have you already made a move on the Secret Scholar Society?”
“You asked too late. I’ve already done it. I won’t let you participate. Everyone will know about it tomorrow. Of course, I’m talking about everyone in the hidden world.”
“…It’s over. Why did you act so swiftly?”
“What do you mean, it’s over? Don’t tell me you released electricity here for so long to lure me here and ask me about this?”
“Can’t I?”
“Don’t you have other normal methods of contacting me?”
“I do know your phone number, your private one. However, I won’t call it. After all, I have to hide my identity. Now that I’ve asked my question, I should go. Bye-bye. As for you…well, I’m going to seek refuge.”
“Wait. If you are being pressured or chased after by a criminal organization, you can come to the Special Affairs Bureau.” Jiang Cheng tried to stop Chen Heng, wanting to pull him into the Special Affairs Bureau. Based on the past few days, he was at least a powerful electromagnetic-type ability user.
“Save it. The Special Affairs Bureau can’t stop this. Furthermore, it’s not an enemy pursuing me or anything like that; it’s a private matter.”
“Alright. I got it. From your words, it’s a love problem. Youth these days… Goodbye.”
“…” Chen Heng found himself speechless. He wanted to explain but could not say anything, so he just left.
This time, Chen Heng spatial jumped straight into his room.
“Customer Service! Customer Service! Something major happened?”
Are you done yet? You sought me out just this afternoon. Now, you come looking for me again. Do you think I don’t have to rest?
“Do you need to rest?”
I don’t.
“…”
However, I want to play games too.
“It is an official matter this time.”
Speak.
“I’m making a report. I’m reporting that there are people in this world who joined the Re:Life Chat Group.”
This was the terrible method that Chen Heng came up with. He was not trying to send Luo Li and Mo Qingtong back after their re:life; that was too much. He just wanted to delay as long as he could.
After the experience from completing a few missions, he was confident the punishment for joining the Re:Life Chat Group would not be major.
Furthermore, don’t I have the invitation letter given to administrators? It’s no big deal…it’s no big deal…
…I was wondering what it was? So, it’s this….
“Wait, this is not enough? Isn’t the Dimension Administrators Association responsible for maintaining the world’s order? Don’t you care about this?”
Chen Heng knew the punishment would not be major, but he did not expect there would be no punishment.
There are many multidimensional organizations. Are we going to shut them all down? Chat group here or system there? They all have monitoring systems in place. If they cause too much destruction to the world, we will issue a mission and send you to deal with it. These things are like cheat software; there is no way to close them all, so we might as well let the cheats that do not go overboard operate right under our noses.
“…Then, taking a step back, can I join the Re:Life Chat Group?”
Right now, Chen Heng was thinking he would join them since he could not beat them. Know yourself and know your enemy, and you will come through a hundred battles unscathed. If he joined the Re:Life Chat Group, he could monitor Luo Li’s and Mo Qingtong’s movements. I’m such a genius!
Things like chat groups would have a detection system. You would be recruited into the group only if you fit the requirements. You are not a re:lifer…wait, perhaps it might be possible, as you have the Absolute Precognition. Furthermore, you successfully observed the future of your death. That would fulfill one of the recruitment requirements for the Re:Life Chat Group. However, why do you want to do that? The benefits there would not be as good as the Dimension Administrators Association’s. Furthermore, you are the only administrator here. Don’t take the wrong path.
“…You are overthinking. I just want to monitor the movements of those two re:lifers of my world to prevent them from affecting my world too much.”
Erm…that means sense. One does need to take some precautions if there are re:lifers in one’s world. Sure, I’ll contact the creator of the Re:Life Chat Group. By the way, what display name would you like?
“Use ‘Welt,’ then. A re:lifer needs to seem like a re:lifer.”
[TL Note: Welt is potentially a reference to Welt Yang from Honkai Impact 3rd. Welt Yang faked his death by deconstructing his body and hiding his soul in his Herrscher core. Later on, he reconstructed his body, coming back to life. Here is more information on Welt Yang: /wiki/Welt_Yang.]
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