Sequence 8 - Clown

Sequence 8 - Clown

"Master, are we just going back like this?"

Luoshui asked Song Xian uncertainly. Earlier, she had retrieved Bai Cangshu's file from the municipal bureau and sent it to Song Xian.

The information in that file sent a chill down Luoshui's spine. She simply could not imagine that the clean-cut, handsome man in the dormitory, like a young gentleman from a corrupt age, had such a "terrifying" past.

At thirteen, he had beaten seven adult men into the hospital, leaving several with concussions and broken bones;

Starting at nineteen, he had engaged in "self-defense" every year. As a result, public security around Binhai University had become exceptionally good. Rumor had it that the underworld in the university district all followed that young "monster."

Song Xian sat in the front passenger seat, rubbing the space between his brows. Bai Cangshu truly gave him a conflicted impression.

On one hand, Bai Cangshu seemed to him like a monster brimming with primal savagery. All manner of unknown, bizarre incongruities wrapped around him, and Song Xian had once considered requesting a special order to bring him directly to the bureau for a thorough psychological examination.

Yet on the other hand, he also sensed an unusual feeling of "stability" from Bai Cangshu. The man's physical condition was extraordinarily high.

Judging by the fact that he had been able to directly defeat a gang of nearly ten thugs at the age of thirteen and severely injure several of them, Bai Cangshu's body had to possess some abnormal gift.

Yet Bai Cangshu, despite having such qualities, had never left any record of actively harming others.

That showed that Bai Cangshu acknowledged order, and would take the initiative to learn and adapt to it.

Song Xian felt that Bai Cangshu was a special kind of human walking the boundary between darkness and light. And he was still young. If Song Xian handled things improperly, he might very well push him completely into darkness.

Given the unprecedented turmoil of the current situation, and the mysterious space expanding, if someone like Bai Cangshu could be properly guided, perhaps he might enter the space in the future and become someone with potential.

"Eh, Master?"

Luoshui suddenly hit the brakes. The inertia jolted Song Xian out of his thoughts. He frowned at his somewhat overly naive disciple, feeling helpless.

Luoshui was the daughter of an important figure. Though she was nominally his disciple, in truth, she was an informant planted in the Executive Bureau by the higher-ups.

Even the upper ranks used supernatural power with exceptional caution.

"What is it?"

Luoshui's expression was strange. The pendant around her neck sparkled.

"There's absolutely nothing in Bai Cangshu's file about his parents or family?"

"Isn't that very strange?"

Song Xian's pupils suddenly constricted. At the same time, he recalled the unusual detail in the file.

There was absolutely no trace of parents or relatives...

That was practically impossible in a file. But why had no one, himself included, noticed it...

And why had Luoshui noticed it?

He suddenly remembered that the director had said Luoshui was not only a supervisor of the Executive Bureau, but also a scale that could not be deceived.

Countless speculations arose. His expression turned solemn as he said to Luoshui, "Go. We need to head to the Special Affairs Bureau immediately!"

With a roar, their vehicle drove straight from outside Binhai University's gates onto the main road and vanished.

Across from the school gates, in a milk tea shop, a man dressed in a loose T-shirt and knee-length shorts sat at a table facing the street, watching the scene with a beaming smile.

When he smiled, his mouth split toward both sides. It did not feel warm at all, but rather somewhat horrifying.

A Tarot Card lay on the table before him.

The towering structure on the card had been struck and destroyed by lightning, while two men fell headfirst from it.

It was the sixteenth card of the Tarot deck: The Tower.

At this moment, The Tower was reversed, representing considerable danger, but one that would unfold in a relatively slow and gentle manner.

Evans—no, Li Chenchen—put away the card and revealed a knowing smile.

So-called supernatural abilities were not a game of comparing numbers. He held those mainstream Reincarnators in the space in great contempt for blindly pursuing ability levels and destructive power.

Battle was always about planning before acting. That was his principle.

He had paid a considerable price to trade for a power known as a Sequence from a Reincarnator in the higher-level areas.

From Sequence 9 - Seer to Sequence 8 - Clown, Li Chenchen's acting had been nearly perfect.

He was a sophomore at Qianing Municipal University. He used student clubs to practice the Acting Method, and the popularity of online fortune-telling had accelerated his digestion progress tremendously.

Although the lower Sequences of this pathway did not possess strong direct combat power, their powerful divination abilities allowed Li Chenchen to proceed steadily, whether in real life or in the Reincarnation world.

He constantly divined, sought fortune and avoided disaster, and gained rewards through steady progress.

Recently, he had discovered a new source of resources—hunting newcomers!

Newcomers' trial missions were simple, yet their rewards were remarkably plentiful. And these newcomers were also the group with the weakest vigilance in the real world.

One after another, he had approached several newcomers under the identity of a "broker," then used the act of giving them something—whether Dimensional Points or small items—to perform divinations locating their real-world positions.

He had successfully ambushed and killed two people.

Having tasted the benefits, Li Chenchen divined another resource-rich newcomer today and received an exaggerated revelation.

A newcomer had given him an unimaginable brilliance in his dream, which meant the other party had gained something extraordinarily astonishing during the trial mission.

So, under the identity of Clown Evans, Li Chenchen successfully made contact with him. Then, by returning the Dimensional Points to him, Li Chenchen completed the process of letting the other party become tainted with his "spirituality."

Because the Reincarnation Space's Dimensional Points were, in essence, also a form of information, and information could become tainted with an individual's spirituality.

When he returned to reality and kept divining, he finally discovered that "Mercenary Tao" was in Binhai City next door. Li Chenchen was ecstatic and immediately took the high-speed rail over.

But cautious as he was, he still performed a divination for himself and found the Tower reversed, representing potential danger.

So Li Chenchen patiently began discreetly asking around for that person in places where Binhai University students frequently gathered, such as Bar Street and Food Street.

And through divination, he successfully avoided that troublesome Hunter, Song Xian.

Song Xian was a Reincarnator who had practically been "doxxed" in the Reincarnation Space, because he had directly issued a "recruitment notice" under the identity of a specially appointed operative of the East Xia Special Affairs Bureau.

This made many people think Song Xian was a lunatic, but several unruly Reincarnators had tried to hunt him down in reality, only to vanish completely.

As a result, Song Xian's name grew renowned alongside East Xia's terrifying national strength in the real world.

Within East Xia, at present, this was not a place where Reincarnators could act with impunity. That was the signal the authorities had deliberately sent.

For the first time, the status of one of the world's five permanent powers made these individuals who possessed extraordinary force feel fear.

"Bai Cangshu... Heh, don't rush. Once that hyena Song Xian gets a little farther away, I'll go find you..."