The Naming of the Night
Chapter 200

Forbidden Item ACE-002!

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The two men slowly walked up to Qing Chen, and one of them calmly said, "Xu Linsen, long time no see."

As the two men pushed their way out of the crowd, everyone in the prison stopped what they were doing and silently watched them.

Everyone here was waiting for Qing Chen to speak.

Qing Chen stared at the man in front of him in silence for a long while before asking, "... Who are you?"

The man sneered, "I'd heard that Black Spade A Xu Linsen was arrogant, but I never imagined he was this arrogant."

Qing Chen was both amused and exasperated. He wasn't deliberately trying to appear arrogant; he genuinely didn't know who the other person was, so he could only continue the conversation in this way.

In this situation, pretending to know what you don't is more likely to cause problems.

But then another man next to him sneered, "Looks like Xu Linsen, the Black Spade A, doesn't remember me either."

After carefully examining the other party, Qing Chen remained silent for two seconds before saying, "You haven't reached the level of a demigod, so you're not worthy of being remembered by me."

What kind of image will be projected onto Xu Linsen after today? What does that have to do with Qing Chen...?

The man opposite him grew increasingly gloomy. "You've only just been promoted to A-level. I don't know where you get your confidence. Even 'Chen Shi' wouldn't dare to speak like that."

Qing Chen asked, "Who is Chen Shi?"

The breaths of everyone around suddenly caught in their throats, and even Guo Huzhan looked shocked.

"Okay," the man suddenly laughed, "I'll pass that message on to him."

Qing Chen first apologized to Xu Linsen in his heart, but the most important thing was that he really didn't know who Chen Shi was.

At this moment, Guo Huzhan felt an immense sense of honor. It turned out that his boss was so tough, not even putting Chen Shi, the number one person below the demigod, in his eyes!

With the boss's leadership, Spade's future is sure to be bright.

"Boss, aren't we supposed to be watching him make a fool of himself? But why does he seem so natural at this?"

In a corner of the prison, Lin Xiaoxiao muttered to herself.

Ye Wan nodded. "Xiao Chen has never even met Xu Linsen, yet he managed to portray Xu Linsen's arrogance perfectly, even surpassing it."

Li Shutong, Lin Xiaoxiao, and Ye Wan stood in the shadows, silently watching a good show unfold.

Originally, everyone had agreed to see Qing Chen in a flustered state, and then Li Shutong, as his master, would step in to save him, so that his value as a master could be demonstrated.

After all, the student's calm demeanor on a daily basis did make the master feel a lack of accomplishment.

Just like a mother in an ordinary family, although she may nag you for not making your bed, not keeping warm, or not studying hard, if you really do everything well, she will suddenly feel that she has no presence.

Li Shutong felt this way, so he wanted to create some crisis for Qing Chen. Anyway, with his demigod status in charge of the prison, nothing could go wrong.

However, things seem to be developing in a direction that no one expected...

Li Shutong remained silent for a long time before saying, "Let me think about it again."

At this moment, the man opposite Qing Chen said, "What we didn't expect was that the mighty Black Spade A would risk his life to come to Prison No. 18. Aren't you afraid that Li Shutong will suppress you to death here?"

Over the years, the superhumans captured by the Federation have been recruited by corporations, who then hire the most powerful and expensive lawyers to clear their names.

Then those extraordinary individuals whose weaknesses have been exploited will disappear from public view. For example, Du Hao and Xie Yingeng in front of Qing Chen are like that. They have been missing for three years and are now silently serving the Li and Chen families.

However, there are exceptions. For example, a few people like Guo Huzhan who refuse to submit to the death will be sent directly to Prison No. 18.

Because of Li Shutong's presence here, the other extraordinary individuals couldn't cause any trouble.

Although Xu Linsen was stronger than Guo Huzhan, he would still be suppressed in Prison No. 18, which is why the man said that.

Qing Chen calmly said, "Everyone knows that Li Shutong has left Prison No. 18, so there's no need to say such useless things. If you didn't know he had left, would you two dare to enter this prison? We all know perfectly well why hundreds of people have been transferred from Prison No. 18 during this period."

Du Hao across from him sneered, "Then let's be frank. No matter how arrogant you, Xu Linsen, are, there are only a few dozen Spades in Prison No. 18. If you want to fight for ACE-002 by yourself, Xie Yingeng and I can ruin your plans together. So why don't we cooperate and capture Lin Xiaoxiao and Ye Wan first?"

"Do you think you're worthy to cooperate with me?" Qing Chen looked at the two coldly, but he suddenly noticed that they seemed about to make a move. "You are worthy."

This sudden change of tone left everyone bewildered. Gao Tianya was completely confused as to whether Xu Linsen intended to cooperate or not.

Qing Chen looked at the two of them. "When do you plan to make your move against Lin Xiaoxiao Ye Wan?"

"Night has fallen," Xie Yingeng replied calmly.

The commotion in Prison No. 18 gradually subsided.

Everyone was waiting for the student march to disrupt the order outside; two seemingly unrelated things suddenly became closely connected.

Perhaps this is one of the reasons why the student march was legally approved; some people hope it can confuse more people's attention.

Countdown: 14:00:00.

There are still 9 hours until nightfall.

Amidst the crowd, several prisoners quietly slipped away from the group and went into the toilet one by one.

They met in the restroom, but none of them spoke. Instead, they each went into different stalls.

These people belong to different organizations, and now they need to make contact with the outside world as soon as possible, such as asking why their superiors have not mentioned that Xu Linsen would come in, whether Li Shutong has appeared outside, and the progress of the student march.

A prisoner rolled up his sleeves and then disassembled his monolithic robotic arm, extracting several parts and reassembling them into a complete signal transmitting device.

However, in the next moment, all the prisoners in the cells responsible for delivering intelligence discovered that their communication devices had malfunctioned and could not detect any signals at all.

This fortress-like Prison No. 18, seems to have become an isolated city separate from City No. 18.

Once the crowd dispersed, Qing Chen breathed a sigh of relief.

He remained calm, knowing that countless eyes were still watching him.

The arrival of the Black Spade A certainly stirred the nerves of countless people.

However, Qing Chen didn't think too much about it; his current task was to muddy the waters.

Lin Xiaoxiao had previously said that there were too many prisoners transferred this time; in just over ten days, Prison No. 18 had added 1,200 people.

Among these 1,200 people were members of various organizations and forces, as well as innocent people who had been forcibly transferred. They were all mixed together and it was impossible to distinguish them.

Even if Li Shutong, as a demigod, wanted to clean up Prison No. 18, he was unwilling to indiscriminately harm innocent people.

Therefore, only by stirring up this stagnant pool and getting the animals in it moving can we determine which animals are carnivorous and which are herbivorous.

With that thought in mind, Qing Chen led Guo Huzhan silently through the crowd and headed straight for Li Shutong's room.

In an instant, all eyes turned to him, wanting to see what this "Xu Linsen" was planning to do.

"Boss, where are we going?" Guo Huzhan asked, puzzled.

"I'll take you to get the Forbidden Item," Qing Chen replied calmly.

However, at the next moment, Qing Chen suddenly walked into an open cell, took out a thick book, and stuffed it into Guo Huzhan's hands.

Qing Chen said in a serious voice, "Run! I'll cover you!"

Guo Huzhan paused for a moment, then turned and ran toward the alloy gate on the north side of the square.

Although he felt that all of this was a bit sudden, his boss had entrusted him with such an important ACE-002 and was going to cover his escape from Prison No. 18. How could he be overthinking this?

In an instant, Guo Huzhan's body was covered in totems, and he charged out like a raging bull, displaying an aura of unstoppable force.

At that moment, nearly a thousand people in the square began to move, with some shouting, "Stop him! Don't let him take the Forbidden Item!"

"Take that Forbidden Item away from me!"

Chaos suddenly broke out in Prison No. 18. Most of the prisoners had no idea what was going on and seemed confused and bewildered, while a small number of prisoners ran after Guo Huzhan.

The crowd surged forward, and before Guo Huzhan could even reach the alloy gate, hundreds of people blocked his path!

"Get out of here, all of you!" Guo Huzhan roared as he charged into the crowd, clutching the heavy books tightly to his chest.

In the blink of an eye, more than a dozen prisoners were sent flying into the sky in a gruesome manner, as if they had been hit by a speeding armored vehicle.

However, just as Guo Huzhan was forging ahead, two people calmly slipped past him from behind.

The middle-aged man named Du Hao calmly made his move. He extended two slender fingers and, while Guo Huzhan was dealing with the others, swiftly slipped them under the bald man's ribs.

Guo Huzhan was attacked in the ribs, and the pain instantly spread throughout his body, causing his arms to involuntarily loosen for a moment.

The next second, Xie Yingeng on the other side suddenly grabbed the edge of the book and pulled it out forcefully!

"Don't even think about it!" Guo Huzhan's hands, as big as a bronze bowl, gripped the books in his arms tightly, preventing the other party from taking them away.

Between the two sides...

With a tearing sound.

The Forbidden Item ACE-002 was actually torn to shreds...

Everyone froze, staring blankly at the sky, momentarily unable to comprehend what had just happened.

Forbidden Item are products of rules, so how could they break?

So many Forbidden Item can only be contained and cannot be destroyed, so ACE-002 shouldn't be that fragile, right?

How am I going to explain this to my boss now? Should I just say that I successfully destroyed the Forbidden Item ACE-002?

If you really say that, you'll probably be sent to the wilderness to grow corn!

Du Hao, who had attacked Guo Huzhan earlier, stretched out two fingers and caught a torn page from the air. The page clearly read, "Middle-aged Health Manual..."

"This is not Forbidden Item at all! We've been tricked!" Xie Yingeng roared as he looked at Guo Huzhan.

However, they suddenly realized that Guo Huzhan's expression was also one of shock at this moment!

The prisoners were confused. It was one thing for them to be shocked, but why was Guo Huzhan also showing such shock...

Guo Huzhan pushed through the crowd and turned back to look for his boss, but he discovered that "Xu Linsen" had disappeared.

But the most crucial aspect of this farce is that almost all the wicked individuals hidden among the ordinary prisoners were exposed for their true colors.

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