Mom and Dad, I'm Moving Home

The mutated cashier Wang Haitao finally could no longer resist the temptation of the Shell Currency, swallowing them all and plunging into a killing spree.

He lunged at the bustling crowd of customers, initiating a cruel and sadistic massacre.

In just ten minutes, seven customers had been brutally slaughtered and arranged into various shapes, their methods of death mirroring the carvings on the Shell Currency.

Two people had been assimilated by Wang Haitao: Wang Cuie and Gao Zixuan.

Wang Cuie had been getting a perm and, upon hearing the customers in the mall screaming, walked out of the hair salon.

She then saw the mutated Wang Haitao preparing to pounce on a little girl eating ice cream.

Without a moment to think, Wang Cuie ran over to protect the girl, only to be grabbed, killed, and assimilated by Wang Haitao.

Gao Zixuan had just bought a pair of sneakers at the time; seeing Wang Haitao hurting people, he grabbed a clothing rack and charged forward, intending to subdue him.

He was grabbed by Wang Haitao, who had already assimilated one person, and became a part of the Amalgam.

They were all good people.

Even Wang Haitao himself shed tears continuously after he began killing.

That was his last shred of sanity, wanting to stop his own body but finding it utterly impossible.

He had promised his girlfriend that they would go to the mall's cinema after work today, but he would never be able to do so.

Fortunately, investigators from the Anomaly Bureau arrived quickly, evacuating the crowd while launching attacks on the Amalgam.

A group of regular investigators stood guard in the perimeter, drawing the Amalgam's attention through gunfire while using grappling guns and net guns to restrain it.

They used special bullets containing potent sedatives, and the grappling and net guns were also equipped with high-voltage electricity.

A man with a crew cut wearing a leather jacket acted as a human shield, fighting the Amalgam with powerful martial arts.

It was Wang Yong, the captain of the Seventh Brigade of the Third Investigation Detachment.

Eventually, the Amalgam was completely subdued. After being subjected to high-voltage current, the Seventh Brigade cleared over a dozen Shell Currencies from Wang Haitao's body.

The Amalgam lost all traces of life, and its spiritual radiation dropped to near zero.

After a hasty confirmation that there were no residues, it was sent to the Dissection Department.

What followed was the scene Li Fan had experienced.

Li Fan shook the phantom chains again, and the Tiger Pillar God in the Prison of Suppression indicated it had no other memories; it had already been inside the Amalgam when it woke up.

"Unity Society..."

The "Lord of Unity blesses you" spoken by the mysterious hooded figure who gave the Shell Currency to Wang Haitao was the signature of the Unity Society.

This grudge was now set in stone.

Not just for the good people who were slaughtered, but also because the other party had nearly killed him.

And the grudge over the promotion to section chief.

It was you brat who ruined my internship period... Li Fan muttered to himself.

Tomorrow, he would give his cheap parents a mission to go and kill this Unity Society bastard!

Let him know that the Cleaning Association is the worst of the bad guys!

Checking his watch, it was already four o'clock, and the sky was showing the faint light of dawn.

Having survived this long night, Li Fan collapsed onto his bed and fell into a deep sleep.

Since he didn't have to work until three in the afternoon anyway, he planned to sleep until noon.

What left him speechless, however, was that he was woken up by a frantic knocking at his door at just eight in the morning.

"Who is it?" Throwing on some clothes haphazardly, Li Fan got up, bleary-eyed, to open the door.

"Brother Fan, it's me, Lei! I brought the brothers over to help you move!"

Zhao Lei beamed as he spoke to Li Fan, with six or seven people behind him—mostly newly hired trainee investigators from the Support Center, a group of friends who were on decent terms with Li Fan.

Following behind them were two others, who turned out to be Wang Chaolong and Zhang Ya, whom he had seen the night before.

"Why are you all here?" Li Fan asked, looking confused. "Moving? Moving what?"

"You've been promoted, haven't you? And you kept it from us! Wang Chaolong and Zhang Ya told us first thing this morning," Zhao Lei said with a grin.

"Brother Fan, I was the one who told Zhao Lei and the others. After all, we're colleagues from the same batch; we have to share such happy news with everyone."

Wang Chaolong, shedding his arrogance from the previous night, spoke with a face full of smiles, clearly trying to improve his relationship with Li Fan.

Zhang Ya added:

"Li Fan, didn't you know? The staff dormitory is for trainee investigators. Once you become a full member, you get a large housing allowance and can't stay in the dorms anymore. Of course, you get even more money after taking a leadership position. Haha, congratulations!"

Zhao Lei nodded:

"Exactly, exactly. Usually, the Bureau would arrange the move for you, but after the brothers heard the news, they all volunteered to come and help you move, just to catch some of your good luck!"

Then, a young man with delicate features squeezed forward and said with a smile:

"Brother Fan, I'm Liu Duo from the Political and Personnel Department. We were in the same study group during training; you haven't forgotten me, have you? As soon as I got the news, I got your address and rushed over here with the brothers. I even called a truck for you; it's downstairs."

"That's right, Section Chief Li. If you keep being this distant, you're not treating us like your own people."

Realizing what was actually happening, Li Fan felt as if he had been struck by a bolt of lightning.

What was going on?

Had his life in the single-occupancy dormitory really just come to an end!?

Which idiot came up with the rule that you can't stay in the dorms after becoming a full-time employee?

"Brother Fan, this is the Bureau Chief's regulation. I know you're reluctant to leave the brothers, but you have to move. And you need to do it as soon as possible; after all, you've just been promoted, and it wouldn't look good otherwise," Liu Duo said with an earnest, heart-to-heart expression.

This grudge over being forced to go full-time could only be blamed on those guys from the Unity Society.

This is a grudge that cannot coexist under the same sky!

Seeing that there was no way to refuse, Li Fan had to force a smile and say:

"I'm truly sorry to trouble you brothers, but since your kindness is hard to refuse and you've already come all this way, I shall respectfully comply."

Aside from Zhao Lei, who was sincere, most of the people here had likely heard that he had been promoted to section chief on his very first day of work and came over to build a connection, thinking he had a bright future.

That was just human nature, after all.

Li Fan opened the door wide, and a group of young people immediately filed in, starting to help him pack.

Li Fan kept the backpack filled with Shell Currency close to his body and began packing his own things as well.

Wang Chaolong and Zhang Ya were clearly trying to make up for their behavior from yesterday, as they worked the hardest.

The group of colleagues also kept congratulating Li Fan on his promotion; some were genuinely happy for him, while others were fishing for information, asking if he had any connections at home, clearly assuming he had taken the path of high-level influence.

After all, becoming a full-time employee on your first day and getting promoted to section chief was truly shocking.

In the eyes of these greenhorns who had just started working, even if the Dissection Department was the most remote corner of the entire Bureau, a leader was still a leader. What if he were to be transferred to a department with real power in the future?

Li Fan quickly realized that this group of young people was infected by bureaucracy, though not entirely.

However, he couldn't be bothered with that right now and could only force himself to pack his luggage.

The mere thought of living with his "parents" and the greatly increased risk of exposure left him feeling somewhat dejected.

He had wanted to rent a place to live, but that would have to wait for the future; at the very least, it wasn't possible today—it would be too abrupt.

With the diligent packing of the group of young people, Li Fan's few belongings were quickly cleared out and loaded onto the truck downstairs.

This whole commotion successfully attracted the attention of other intern investigators in the dormitory building.

Under the loud-mouthed publicity of Zhao Lei, many people learned that Li Fan had become a full-time employee and was promoted to section chief on his first day.

He was genuinely happy for Li Fan.

After all, if Li Fan became a big leader in the future, he could look out for him.

Many people who weren't even familiar with him came over to shake his hand and offer congratulations, leaving Li Fan unable to fend them all off.

Of course, there were also some genius intern investigators whose mental strength was close to 100 and were about to become Awakened, who looked upon this with disdain.

After all, to an Awakened with abilities, a small section chief was nothing.

But geniuses were the minority, and for the newly hired intern investigators, Li Fan had already taken a step to the heavens.

Stepping into the leadership ranks.

Everyone secretly muttered to themselves that Li Fan's constantly gloomy expression seemed a bit hypocritical, as if he were being overly humble.

Once the truck was loaded, the group found two more cars, intending to escort Li Fan home and help him move his things inside.

They took the opportunity to ask for a half-day off.

At this moment, the head of the Dissection Department, Wu Qian, arrived with Liu Dalong and the others, saying they wanted to help Section Chief Li move and take the opportunity to see his home situation.

Faced with this situation, Li Fan felt his soul leaving his body. Unable to refuse, he had no choice but to get into the car.

Surrounded by the crowd, a massive motorcade headed toward the outskirts of Gu City.

Fortunately, Liu Duo had obtained the address from the Political Work Department in advance and led the way in the lead car; otherwise, Li Fan wouldn't even have known where his own home was.

On the way, seeing Li Fan distracted, Wang Chaolong and Zhang Ya couldn't help but nod slightly.

A house in the suburbs shouldn't be anything special.

The group of young people also whispered to themselves, perhaps Li Fan's family conditions weren't very good, which was why he didn't want everyone to see him off.

Half an hour later, the moving motorcade stopped in front of a three-story detached villa in the DC District.

The first thing that caught everyone's attention was the private garden covering over a thousand square meters, followed by the magnificent decorations and the arches with a distinct artistic flair.

There was also a fountain in the front courtyard.

The people who got out of the cars looked at the garden villa before them in shock.

His parents, who were sunbathing on lounge chairs in the villa garden, looked at Li Fan, who had just stepped out of the car, with equal shock.

Li Fan forced a smile:

"Dad, Mom, I'm home to live."

I'm screaming internally: The Cleaning Association is this rich!?