Domination 2: Offer Up Victory, He Is Watching Them...
The small tool in Ye Jiang's hand was given to her by the Little Thief Wang Zhiqiang when darkness fell. She didn't know where he got it from; it was probably an essential item for breaking into homes. She just didn't know why he gave it to her. Ye Jiang didn't think too much about it. Wang Zhiqiang gave it to her, so she took it. Then, relying on this flashlight, she followed the trail of blood back to the base.
Having attracted attention, Ye Jiang turned off her flashlight.
Seemingly oblivious to the oppressive atmosphere in the room, Ye Jiang stared at the man named Cao Tao and spoke softly, "Excuse me, may I ask a question?"
After a moment of surprise, the man named Cao Tao replied, "Of course, thank you for saving me."
If his weapon hadn't been taken away, if he hadn't been attacked, he might still be asleep.
"What do you want to ask?" Cao Tao asked.
Ye Jiang said, "Do you know where the person who turned you into this is?"
Ye Jiang was unhappy.
She was going to look at houses, but the natural light had been taken away. How could she look at a house without natural light?
I'm unhappy.
She deliberately followed the trail of blood back to find the person who brought the strange phenomenon. Now the man has recovered, but the culprit is still there.
"How much do you know about the person who turned you into this?" Ye Jiang asked.
These annoying little tricks of hers are getting in her way.
Chapter 50 Domination 2: He delivers victory, and He is watching over them...
Ye Jiang's question focused the investigation team's attention on the man who had just regained his memories. The air seemed to be sucked away; the atmosphere became so tense just from mentioning the monster.
"Who... knows...?"
The man, who had calmed down somewhat after being comforted by the investigation team, suddenly lost all color in his face, was drenched in cold sweat, swayed, and doubled over in pain.
"Ah, uh."
A painful groan escaped his throat, as if something was about to leap out.
The Iron Man helped him up. "Are you alright?"
The man raised his pale face and laboriously raised his arm, pointing in one direction.
"... There." He uttered a few words, barely audible, so faint that no one could hear them.
The man pushed aside the superhuman and staggered towards the window. He looked up, cold sweat dripping down his neck. His throat trembled, and he gripped the window tightly with both hands.
"There!"
His voice became high-pitched and thin with fear.
The members of the investigation team exchanged glances, quickly ran to the window, and followed the man's gaze. A blue high-rise building came into view, an 88-story skyscraper that pierced the clouds.
The man cried out in terror, "I... I remember now, the person who did this to me... he's on the top floor of that building!"
Investigation team:!!
The man groaned.
Gasping for breath, the memories shoved into his mind were causing him unbearable pain. The investigation team, preoccupied with the tall building, paid him no attention.
Really... really... in that tall building?
Several people instantly became envious.
Monster!
Xiao Pei glanced at the tall building, her hands clenched into fists at her sides. After a while, she loosened her grip and gently swept her gaze across the man in pain by the window. A hint of scrutiny flickered in her eyes, but she kept it to herself.
The air was so tense it felt like sparks could fly, when a hollow voice rang out from behind them.
"He didn't pay, did he?"
The question was so abrupt and nonsensical that the investigation team, including Xiao Pei, paused for a moment. The tension in the air eased instantly as they turned to see who had spoken. "?"
What is it?
Ye Jiang kept a straight face. "."
Ye Jiang stared intently at the building that had caught her attention... the building she had her eye on.
Someone beat me to it.
Ye Jiang, who was looking for a house, became depressed.
But then I thought, with such a huge building and the city not even open yet, the only people rushing to move in at this time would be...
Illegal appropriation.
It must be illegal appropriation.
Ye Jiang thought to herself.
But she had amnesia and her understanding of the world was not very clear. To be sure, she confirmed with several officials at the front. "That person is staying there now and hasn't paid any money, right?"
The investigation team, led by Xiao Pei: "..."
The man in pain. "..."
Xiao Pei's lips twitched slightly. "Probably not."
The entire City S has become a den of monsters; what's the point of talking about rent?
Ye Jiang said seriously, "Then he illegally occupied it."
Xiao Pei:..."
The head of the Ability Control Bureau is experienced, but this is the first time he has seen someone question a monster for illegal encroachment. Although it was indeed illegal encroachment.
Ye Jiang was satisfied with the answer she wanted.
This is truly illegal appropriation.
That's not a big problem. Just kick her out; she still has a chance.
Creating fragile, easily manipulated Polluted who can only bully ordinary people and low-level ability users is like playing house; such people can't possibly be that strong.
--A certain E-level ability user has her own way of making judgments.
Ye Jiang regained her composure and noticed that the people in the room were still watching her, seemingly waiting for her to continue. Ye Jiang tilted her head, not understanding their meaning; she had nothing more to say.
The person inside. "..."
"Ahem." Xiao Pei cleared her throat. "Waiter, why are you asking this?"
Ye Jiang said, "Give him a piece of her mind."
She doesn't understand any rules. If everyone could just arbitrarily seize things like that person behind the scenes, wouldn't her honestly earning money to buy a house make her seem like a fool?
This behavior cannot be tolerated and must be seriously criticized.
Xiao Pei had thought a lot, but she never expected to get such an answer, leaving her speechless.
She paused her exploration of the Waiter's strange thoughts, returned to the main topic, glanced at the victim named Cao Tao, then at the distant broadcasting center, lingering there for a long time, her eyes flickering.
The investigation team couldn't stay in the room for too long. Xiao Pei left only one person to look after the man who had just recovered. The man felt he didn't need it, but Xiao Pei still left one person behind and told him not to be too polite.
One person remained while the others went out; there was still work to be done outside. A one-sided massacre came to an end. The joy of being saved slowly faded with time, replaced by the wailing of those who had lost their loved ones. The base had become a giant stage where several tragedies were being staged simultaneously. Xiao Pei's figure as she walked out of the room caused a slight change in the expressions of everyone in the base, but the overall atmosphere remained as heavy as stagnant water. Xiao Pei looked around, taking in everyone's reactions. She gave her usual speech of encouragement, and the people in the base barely regained some of their spirits. But Xiao Pei knew that this method could not last. If things continued like this, the people in the base would become walking corpses before they even received their death notices.
We need to find a way to end all of this.
How can this be ended?
Humans can't even protect themselves against S-Rank Polluted, so what can they do against monsters?
Xiao Pei felt a heavy weight on her mind, so she went back to hold a secret meeting with her team members.
When Ye Jiang stepped out of the room, the base staff had already begun cleaning up the scene, gathering the injured together for treatment, and filling in and burying the blood-stained ground. As Ye Jiang walked on the increasingly dilapidated ruins, she suddenly stopped and looked down. She was standing on a patch of black cement, and a very slight stinging pain rose from the soles of her feet. She stomped on it, and found that a shallow layer of the hard concrete had been corroded away. She pushed it with her foot, and it became soft and decaying.
As she was studying the area, a loud voice suddenly came from the group of wounded soldiers not far away:
What do you mean?
You want me to treat these people?
"These ordinary people?"
Ye Jiang looked over and saw the therapist trembling with anger, his face contorted with humiliation.
The therapist found this base utterly absurd. They'd already annoyed him, and now they wanted him, a noble healing-type ability user, to treat the base's injured. Did they really think ordinary people would dare trouble him? Life had different values; it was one thing for ability users, but ordinary people? This was an insult! There were so many ordinary people, what did it matter if a few died?
However, while the therapist claimed to have been humiliated, it was actually the people in the base who were made to feel ashamed by the therapist's words.
The healer's nasty nature resurfaced. He straightened his clothes and looked down at the injured members of the base. "I can help, but think about what you can afford for treatment. Come back to me when you have a plan."
He suddenly seemed excited, as if a thought had occurred to him, and said, "Speaking of which, someone in your base has something I want, that gloomy, expressionless guy."
As soon as he finished speaking, the therapist's gaze swept around and landed on Ye Jiang Ye Jiang, and the eyes of everyone in the base followed suit.
The therapist glanced at Ye Jiang before looking away, then gave the group of injured people a malicious smile, "Don't you always emphasize unity? Go ask her if she's willing to save you. She eats your food, isn't she a member of your base?"
After saying this manipulative remark, the therapist left and went back to his room.
Silence.
Some people stared blankly at Ye Jiang, holding their badly injured and bleeding relatives. Ye Jiang looked at them calmly. She thought they would come forward to beg or at least ask what was wrong, but they didn't. They just looked at her for a while and then looked away.
Because Ye Jiang saved them and the base, they remembered the sense of security when the fireball ignited, and the warmth of the beam of light piercing through the darkness.
Ye Jiang waited for a while but nothing happened. Something flickered in her calm eyes. Her dark eyes looked toward the therapist's room. The therapist's door was tightly closed, and there seemed to be a few words written on the door, "Do Not Disturb, Lowly Person".
No one dared to provoke him.
The administrator hesitated whether to go find Xiao Pei now, since only Captain Xiao, an A-Rank ability user, could make the healer submit, but Captain Xiao was in a meeting and had said not to disturb them.