Since arriving in Mexico, Lu Li has never left Tijuana.
This campaign to protect Ms. Maria has given me the opportunity to see more of the place.
The following morning, he accompanied his campaign team to the city of Mexicali in the east to protect women during their street speeches.
[Mexico is tired of corruption, and I will strike it mercilessly, banishing corruption from our country!]
On the pedestrian street, Ms. Maria was giving a passionate speech, surrounded by a large crowd.
The woman's political views were extremely sharp, and coupled with her high reputation, even many reporters cheered at this moment.
Lu Li stood calmly to the side, keeping a watchful eye on the assassins who were bound to appear.
His mind surged forth, but could not continue beyond a range of 150 meters.
"This is the current range of my ability; it should increase to 200 meters after I reach the Great Perfection stage."
"In terms of strength, it should be able to grow to 10,000 jin, which is over 5 tons."
"However, nurturing and refining the flying sword will slow down my cultivation speed a bit... but it doesn't matter, it'll just be time for my Martial Arts cultivation to catch up."
As Lu Li pondered this, he simultaneously manipulated his mind to monitor the crowd, but he still couldn't detect anything unusual.
"It's impossible that they didn't; they must have learned their lesson..."
Seeing this, Lu Li became more cautious and focused his monitoring on the surrounding buildings.
Sure enough, they soon spotted a gun barrel protruding from the rooftop a hundred meters away.
Lu Li's pupils dilated, and the image was clearly imprinted in his mind.
On the rooftop of the shopping mall, a man wearing a baseball cap had set up an Mk 14 sniper rifle; you could even see his stubble.
Lu Li slightly raised the muzzle of his gun, pulled the trigger, and a bullet imbued with his spirit whistled out of the barrel, rapidly slicing through the air above the crowd.
The man had just set up his gun when, unexpectedly, a 9mm pistol bullet flew in and pierced his throat with a "thud."
The man touched his neck, looking puzzled, only to find his hand covered in blood.
Immediately afterwards, the clothes on her chest were soaked with blood.
He leaned against the wall and slowly collapsed to the ground, dying with a look of confusion on his face.
Lu Li said into his headset, "There was a gunman on the roof of the shopping mall, but he's been dealt with."
A short while later, Aurora's voice came through:
How did you do that?
She had found the body, her face filled with disbelief.
"Hit the target with a pistol at a distance of 100 meters!"
Beyond 50 meters, even if a pistol bullet has lethality, it will fly in all directions, and even the best marksmanship will not be able to hit it.
"Did they arrange for another gunman?"
There was only one explanation. Aurora waved her hand, and several staff members immediately stepped forward to handle the body.
Seeing the sniper rifles scattered on the ground, everyone's faces showed admiration and joy.
The ordinary staff members of these campaign teams didn't care how Lu Li did it; they just hoped he could keep doing it forever.
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Lu Li himself was quite satisfied with this shot.
His ability to control his mind has always been one of his strengths, and he is increasingly looking forward to being able to control cannonballs.
However, at this moment, good news came first from the flying sword side.
My phone rang; Professor Wei had sent me a video.
A group of doctoral students were seen polishing several short swords of various shapes using diamond grinding heads.
This is followed by a text message:
[The flying sword is complete! Based on a "tungsten-cobalt-titanium carbide" cemented carbide, 5% gold has been incorporated as per your request. Testing has shown its lifespan is three times that of ordinary cemented carbide.]
[A total of 7 were made, and three diamond grinding heads were worn out while polishing them.]
Lu Li was surprised by the other party's efficiency, completing the task in just one day, and quickly replied:
"Thank you so much for your hard work!"
Professor Wei seemed to be busy and did not reply immediately.
At this moment, enthusiastic applause erupted in the hall, and Ms. Maria's speech came to an end.
She waved to the crowd and got into the car amidst cheers.
Lu Li and the others also got into the car and set off on their return journey.
Today's speech was a great success, and Ms. Maria was in a very good mood.
She knew, of course, who the hero was, and smiled faintly at that moment:
"Colonel Garcia has agreed to the proposal to purchase new artillery. It is expected to take half a month, and Aurora will be in contact with us regarding the details."
Good news kept coming in, and Lu Li smiled and said, "That's great, thank you very much."
"No need to be so polite," Ms. Maria said kindly.
"In a few days, we'll need to head south to try and win over swing states. It's more dangerous and chaotic there, and we'll have to rely on your skills then."
Lu Li had just nodded in agreement when his phone rang. He saw that it was a video call from Professor Wei.
"Excuse me, I need to take this."
Please, go ahead.
Lu Li pressed the answer button, and a face with a square jaw and large ears appeared on the phone; it was Professor Wei.
[Lu Li, I've sent everything to you; it was shipped directly to Tijuana Airport by air.]
"Okay, thank you for your help this time."
[What trouble is there? I'm just killing time anyway... Hey~ you're out there?]
"I'm doing something with a friend."
Then I won't bother you any longer. Come back to China for a visit sometime.
After hanging up the video call, Professor Wei had a puzzled look on his face.
I caught a glimpse of a foreign woman next to Lu Li just now; she looked very familiar, like I'd seen her somewhere before.
Being a professor, he had a sharp mind and quickly remembered seeing it in the news this morning.
I took out my phone and swiped around for a bit, and quickly found it:
[Mexico launches the largest election in history; the Federal Election Commission ultimately confirms four candidates as presidential nominees...]
In the news, Ms. Maria's photo was prominently featured at number one!
Professor Wei exclaimed in surprise, "A 40% approval rating! That's nearly 20 percentage points ahead of second place!"
In other words, barring any unforeseen circumstances, the woman sitting next to Lu Li, chatting and laughing... will be the next President Mexico!
"Hiss... No wonder he doesn't care about money."
Professor Wei gasped, truly surprised that Lu Li was doing so well.
He then became quite smug, glad that he had made the necessary connections beforehand.
"We need to pay attention to this Mexico election."
Professor Wei immediately subscribed to news reports about the election.
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Tijuana is located in Baja California, which is Maria Carey's stronghold.
Her current task is to completely stabilize the situation here, and then try to win over those "swing states".
In the days that followed, under Lu Li's protection, the woman frequently traveled to major cities across the state to hold campaign rallies and street speeches.
Three days later, Baja California was completely secured, and it was time to head south.
Lu Li's flying sword also arrived.
UPS International Express sent a message saying they will deliver the goods first thing tomorrow morning.
The campaign team will depart the day after tomorrow, which gives them just two days.
Next, we'll see if we can use social media to turn carbide into [sacrificial artifacts].