Don't Get Ahead of Yourself

On the LCD TV, the mayor was still eloquently delivering his grand and righteous speech.

While watching its performance, Lu Bai silently plotted how to expose its identity.

Ignoring it is no longer an option.

After all, he had already seen the mayor mingling with Parasitic Organism, and even if he didn't have any intentions towards the mayor, he couldn't guarantee that the other party would let it go.

Yao Yi stared nervously down the corridor. The sheer awe he felt at the mayor's position made him feel like someone might come knocking on his door at any moment.

"Brother Lu, why don't you tell Director Xu about this?"

"OK."

Lu Bai nodded; he would have done this even if Yao Yi hadn't asked him to.

But whether Xu Qiang would believe it or not is another matter; we can't place all our hopes on that Director Xu.

Thinking of this, Lu Bai took out his phone and went to the official website of Jiangyu City.

<Several Measures to Promote High-Quality Development of Enterprise Investment...>, Next.

<Seven projects from Jiangyu City won the annual National Science and Technology Award...>, then change.

<A special lecture will be held at the "Harmonious Jiangyu" Lecture Hall, and Mayor Shi Huai-ren will attend...>

Okay, that's it.

Lu Bai's eyes lit up, and he clicked to view the details.

"Brother Lu, what are you looking for?" Yao Yi noticed that Lu Bai was staring at his phone and was curious about what he was doing.

"There will be a special lecture next week, which Mayor Shi Huairén will attend, and there will be a Q&A session."

Lu Bai stroked his chin thoughtfully; it seemed like a good opportunity.

Upon hearing this, Yao Yi's spirits lifted.

"Are you planning to question the mayor's identity during the questioning session? To make him pluck a single hair from his head on the spot?"

"Nonsense!"

Special Affairs Bureau, second floor, director's office.

Xu Qiang's eyes widened, and the finger he was pointing at Lu Bai was trembling slightly.

It was clear that there was still a lot he wanted to say but hadn't yet.

"Do you know how much of a commotion it would cause if the mayor were really infected by a monster?"

"You don't agree?" Lu Bai asked with a smile.

Xu Qiang took a deep breath to calm his excited emotions. "Are you confident?"

"I have no evidence, but I saw it with my own eyes."

Lu Bai couldn't help but feel regretful as he said this.

He genuinely hadn't expected that the pot-bellied Parasitic Organism would actually be the mayor of Jiangyu City.

Otherwise, if they had taken a picture of it with their phone first, they would have had evidence and wouldn't be in such a passive position now.

Xu Qiang stood up from his chair and paced back and forth in his office with his hands behind his back, as if this would help him process the shock of the news.

After several back and forth, he finally stopped and said in a deep voice, "It's possible you've misunderstood. Don't tell anyone yet. Who else did you tell this news to?"

"It should only be me." Yao Yi, who had been sitting on the sofa and had been completely unnoticed the whole time, raised her hand.

Incidentally, when he and Lu Bai arrived at the Special Affairs Bureau, they had already completed the procedures for early discharge from the hospital.

"Um..."

Xu Qiang thought for a moment and said, "We can't tell a fourth person. This is no small matter and needs careful consideration."

Seeing that Lu Bai showed no intention of stopping him, Yao Yi pressed further, "Director, do you mean it's inappropriate to expose it in next week's lecture?"

Xu Qiang sat down on the sofa. "No, if the mayor has really been parasitized by the monster, then of course we have to expose it, but don't be a fool, we need to come up with a plan."

"Are you trying to create hype in advance?"

Lu Bai thought about it and felt something was off, "But shouldn't the issue of Parasitic Organism be kept secret from the public?"

Upon hearing the question, Xu Qiang shook his head. "There's no need to hide it. Before you two came here, a document was just issued from above. The propaganda department will comprehensively educate the public about Parasitic Organism, and our Special Affairs Bureau is required to fully cooperate."

Honestly, if you two hadn't brought me such big news, I would already be organizing a meeting with my colleagues right now.

During this period, all sorts of rumors have been flying around online, and it's impossible to completely suppress them.

Therefore, the announcement of the existence of the Parasitic Organism was only a matter of time, and the nearly one hundred murders that occurred last night only accelerated this process.

It was already afternoon when we left the Special Affairs Bureau.

Yao Yi, who had recovered from her injury and returned to the team, was assigned by Xu Qiang to the Field Team Three, which was under Lu Bai's command.

"Brother Lu, what should we do now?"

Yao Yi, driving a black compact sedan, turned to Lu Bai, who was sitting in the passenger seat, and asked him a question while waiting at Red Green Light.

"Just driving around the city, wherever it takes me," Lu Bai replied without looking up.

He's busy checking information right now.

Since revealing the mayor's identity can't be rushed, we might as well focus on doing our job as a fighter for the death.

Under the guise of investigating a murder case, he gained access to the resident database. By comparing the location map published by the system, he actually found quite a few residents who appeared to be the perpetrators of the suicide battle.

Of course, saying "suspected" is actually a conservative way of putting it.

It's pretty close to the truth.

He silently noted down these suspicious individuals, thinking he might run into them on the way.

"Although we don't have to worry about fuel consumption when using company vehicles for private purposes, isn't it a bit excessive to drive around aimlessly like this?"

Yao Yi watched the red light turn green, she shifted gears, started moving, and accelerated.

"Let's go here then, Fatty Girl Noodle Shop. Wait for me in the car when we get there," Lu Bai casually suggested a location.

There might be deathmatchers in that shop, and it's very close to where they are now, less than a kilometer away.

Regardless of the type of restaurant, it's generally quite quiet outside of mealtimes.

Shi Fenglian, wearing an apron, was lying on a dining table, eating sunflower seeds and playing on her phone.

Unwittingly, she caught a glimpse of a green light on the road out of the corner of her eye.

At first, she thought her eyes were playing tricks on her from using her phone too much, but when she looked closely, she was startled and shuddered. "A... a title?!"

She could clearly make out that they were four large, suspended characters shimmering with emerald light—"Innocent Smile."

The four bright green characters floated on the top of a black sedan, which slowly drove up and finally stopped next to his noodle shop.

Before she knew it, a fine layer of sweat had formed on her forehead.

Even though the title sounded somewhat ridiculous, as a deathmatch fighter, she certainly knew what it meant to have a title in the second round of Deathmatch Showdown.

The car door opened.

After getting out of the car, Lu Bai went straight to the noodle shop.

Shi Fenglian's expression turned solemn.

Oh no, it's coming for me.

Suddenly, the roasted sunflower seeds in my mouth didn't taste so good anymore.

She forced her gaze away from the four floating green characters and forced a formulaic smile, "What would you like to eat?"

"A bowl of beef noodles, without scallions."

Lu Bai seemed unaware of her identity, and after ordering, he found a square table against the wall and sat down.