Can I Parasitize You?

The Inpatient Department was quiet in the dead of night.

To avoid affecting sleep quality, the hallway lights were dimmed to a level that could be described as extremely dim.

Buzz buzz buzz~

Lu Bai's phone, which he had specifically silenced, suddenly vibrated.

He lay in his hospital bed and picked up his phone to take a look.

The screen showed that it was Xu Qiang calling. He swiped his thumb to press the green answer button.

"I've got the facts straight. The rumors about you online did indeed start coming from the Mayor's Office."

Xu Qiang's voice on the other end of the phone was somewhat grave. "I'm starting to seriously doubt Mayor Shi's identity now."

"You only believe me now? So you were just fooling me during the day?" Lu Bai joked.

Unfortunately Xu Qiang wasn't in the mood for jokes right now, and his tone remained serious. "I'll continue to follow this matter. You should lay low for a while and not let the rumors on the internet affect you."

"I suppose your call wasn't just to express concern?"

"Yes, I plan to move the plan forward and hold Press Conference first thing tomorrow morning."

Lu Bai was well aware of the plan Xu Qiang had described.

In fact, this plan was a consensus reached after their discussions.

After all, if you stand up and question the mayor directly during a lecture, there's no guarantee that the mayor will prove himself on the spot.

Therefore, it is necessary to create momentum first.

This creates the perception among the public that Parasitic Organism are difficult to detect when hidden among people, and that it cannot be ruled out that even high-ranking officials may be infected.

To put it bluntly, they're labeling me first.

This will force officials to come forward and prove their innocence.

To this end, Xu Qiang contacted two officials in advance and arranged for them to come forward and prove that they were human after the press conference. This would put invisible pressure on the other officials.

Look, everyone else dares to stand up and prove their innocence, but you don't. Is there something wrong with you?

Even if this is done, many high-ranking officials will still disdain to prove anything to the public. However, as long as the seeds of doubt are sown in the public's mind first, when Lu Bai confronts him face to face, the mayor will have no reason to continue to play dead.

"What a pity. If you had told me about this earlier, we wouldn't have had to go through all this trouble."

Xu Qiang sighed.

It is worth mentioning that after realizing that the Parasitic Organism could transform into a human, the Special Affairs Bureau immediately conducted a comprehensive investigation of government personnel at all levels.

At the time, no problems were found, and everyone understood the necessity of conducting an investigation.

However, this screening did not become a regular practice. In the subsequent period, only two small-scale inspections were conducted targeting some grassroots government personnel.

Admittedly, everyone is born equal in modern society, but some people are just slightly more equal than others.

You can't expect the mayor and Vice Mayor to queue up for inspections like ordinary citizens every day, can you? Do you even want to keep your job as the head of a Special Affairs Bureau?

As for conducting separate inspections, that's even more absurd.

People can even remain completely hidden, sending a secretary to inform you that the inspection was successful and that you're being treated with respect.

If you're dissatisfied, the higher-ups have something to say too. The livelihoods of millions of people in Jiangyu City and the surrounding areas depend on the mayor's shoulders.

With official duties so demanding, how can they have time to be constantly urged to conduct inspections? I advise the Special Affairs Bureau to focus on its work and not to abuse its authority.

That's the situation.

Xu Qiang's suggestion to the higher-ups in the afternoon to conduct another comprehensive investigation was rejected. It would be impolite to make another suggestion, so for the time being, we can only try this approach for now.

Lu Bai chatted briefly with Xu Qiang for a few more minutes, then hung up the phone after aligning the granularity.

It was now midnight.

"Come in, the door's unlocked."

He sat up, looked towards the door of the ward, and asked softly, "After listening for so long, what are your thoughts?"

Click~

The ward door slowly opened.

Two young people wearing striped hospital gowns walked into the ward one after the other.

What made Lu Bai a little flustered was that both of them were wearing cheap plastic masks, one was a cat, and the other was a dog.

Knowing how to hide one's appearance is good, but wearing this kind of mask is too abstract.

"Boss, you're really composed." The Cat Mask's shoulders trembled slightly, obscuring his face, making it hard to tell if he was nervous or smiling.

The Dog Mask, carrying Fire Axe he'd somehow acquired, looked around and growled, "Just him. Enough talk, get to work."

Before he could finish speaking, Dog Mask raised the Fire Axe in his hand and swung it at Lu Bai.

Although Lu Bai intended to chat with these two hotheads, since they insisted on making a move so quickly, he wouldn't stand idly by.

With a sudden burst of strength from his waist, his posture changed from half-lying on the hospital bed to squatting.

[Flash Time] is activated, freezing the entire scene before your eyes.

He leaped into the air, Long Fang appeared in his hand.

Tsk~

The blade pierced the flesh, and with the light filtering into the ward through the Blinds, a few streaks of blood could be faintly seen splattering out.

With a single, fatal blow, the Dog Mask collapsed to its knees, and Lu Bai even had time to grab the Fire Axe that was about to fall to the ground.

He didn't choose to fight the Fire Axe head-on, not because he was afraid, but because it wasn't necessary.

He stood guard next to Yao Yi to fish, but he couldn't make too much noise and scare the fish away.

The Cat Mask clearly hadn't reacted yet. One second his teammate was raising an axe, ready to chop someone down, and the next second he was dead? Was my internet lagging?!

Without saying a word, Lu Bai delivered a final horizontal slash with his Long Fang, instantly separating the Cat Mask from its head.

[Bite!]

[Points +2, Current Points: 9, Current Rank: 1/293]

After quickly dispatching the two hotheads, Lu Bai was not complacent.

After all, having mastered the [Flash Time] ability, achieving a kill on first sight was no challenge for him at all.

Lu Bai retracted his Long Fang and closed the ward door again.

Then, barefoot on the cold floor, he dragged the two corpses under Yao Yi's hospital bed.

"Do you have any conflicts with these two people?" Wang Ting asked in a low voice.

To ensure Yao Yi's safety, or rather its own, it had been on high alert since the two masked men entered the room, but it refrained from helping out of trust in Lu Bai's combat abilities.

"You're awake?"

Lu Bai met the gaze of the two strange eyes and said softly, "Alright, then I'll leave these two corpses to you."

"Should we remodel it the same way as before?" Wang Ting could roughly understand that Lu Bai was doing this to shift the blame.

"Don't take it too seriously, there should be more later."

A kind smile unconsciously appeared on Lu Bai's face, like an old farmer in autumn, filled with the joy of an impending harvest.

Wang Ting obediently busied herself with the task, and after a while, she suddenly asked, "Can I Parasitize You??"

"You don't like Yao Yi anymore?"

"No, I think you're better. You've killed more humans than any of us."

Lu Bai: "..."