Full-Time Public Enemy-Chapter 642 - 491: An Unremarkable Star

Gao Deng's subordinates, the three female Professionals from the Xiaogasa Family, no longer displayed their usual malice and arrogance. They couldn't understand how a distinguished Seventh Energy Level could have been defeated.

A Fifth Energy Level can defeat a Seventh Energy Level—could we possibly be a match for such an opponent?

Meanwhile, the soldiers from the same Super Soldier Program as Gao Deng quickly rushed onto the field, picked up Gao Deng, and fled.

The agents of the Bureau of Mystic Security shook their heads. Given Gao Deng's condition, there was basically no hope for treatment. Even if they managed to save his life, his professional career was certainly over.

There was a lot of inside information they didn't know.

These people hustled Gao Deng to the parking lot. Their maglev car was their own, not the standard-issue model.

Inside the massive vehicle was an advanced life-support device. They rushed to stuff Gao Deng inside.

They had to ensure Gao Deng didn't suffer complete brain death. As long as his brain remained alive, his precious memories—especially the experience of fighting Chen Gu—could be preserved.

General Du Lifeng had memory backups of everyone, but those backups were updated only every three days and were incomplete.

"The vehicle's life-support pod doesn't have enough power..."

As an alarm sounded, several people decisively pulled Gao Deng from the life-support device, swiftly lopped off his head, discarded his body, and placed only the head back into the life-support device.

BEEP.

BEEP.

BEEP.

Green indicators lit up one by one, and the life-support device began to operate smoothly.

「...」

Aviloya was still dealing with official duties. After Chen Gu's victory, cheers erupted throughout the Director-General's building, but the door to her office isolated her from the outside world. She was the Director-General—lofty, revered, but inevitably solitary.

As for the live broadcast from the Ninth Refining Field, she truly had no interest in it.

Spending time on that was less useful than processing more documents; she really was very busy.

Suddenly, her office door was pushed open, and Rainbow walked in languidly. Seeing no one behind her, Aviloya asked, "Where is Qing Ruyan?"

With a playful smile, Rainbow said, "She went to the hospital to take care of her good brother. Tsk, tsk, those two are real oddballs. I actually thought they'd make a good couple, but the more they hang out, the more they act like siblings!"

Hearing that Chen Gu was in the hospital, Aviloya's expression remained placid. "He lost?" she asked. "Not surprising, as long as he's not dead."

"He won," Rainbow stated.

Aviloya paused, setting down her documents. "Won?"

"He won," Rainbow confirmed. "He exploited a weakness in Gao Deng that isn't exactly a weakness: his lack of pain sensation."

Rainbow only needed to hint at it, and Valkyrie immediately understood. "It... wasn't easy," she mused. "No wonder he ended up in the hospital. Wearing down a Seventh Energy Level is no small feat."

"We all overestimated Gao Deng. He's likely the weakest Seventh Energy Level..." After saying this, Rainbow frowned, thought for a moment, and corrected herself: "No, I mean he's the easiest Seventh Energy Level to defeat."

He might not be the weakest, but he definitely had the thinnest HP bar.

"Even so, that was a Seventh Energy Level! I really underestimated that thief," Aviloya remarked.

Then, she suddenly realized something. Looking up, she saw her best friend watching her with a teasing gaze. In a rare display of girlishness, she rolled her eyes playfully. "Fine, fine, you were right before. Are you happy now?"

"It was my meddling that led the Special Action Squad to a crushing defeat..."

If it wasn't for my concern that no one in the Special Action Squad could defeat Gao Deng, and my deliberately adding the Third Energy Level restriction, then Chen Gu, Chen Jixian, and Gong Shuxu might have won all three matches. It should have been the Independent Action Squad that was obliterated...

A rare flush warmed Aviloya's cheeks; this whole affair now seemed... rather foolish. The distinguished Valkyrie, Director-General of the Bureau of Mystic Security, had almost never in her life been associated with the word "foolish."

But this time...

From Aviloya's perspective, her original intention in imposing that restriction was simple: do everything possible to secure the first victory for the Capital Star Region. Keeping the jurisdiction of Capital Star under her control was what mattered most.

The outcome of the last two matches was, in her view, insignificant.

Rainbow didn't want to embarrass her close friend and instead praised Chen Gu. "That young man, we should all think more highly of him. If we need a miracle in the future, just send him out."

But Aviloya's focus was slightly askew. "Makes sense," she replied. "We should keep him on a tight leash and make sure he doesn't cause any trouble."

In the end, Aviloya couldn't help but feel regret. "Alas, the Capital Star Region," she sighed, "and the jurisdiction over those prosperous star systems... they slipped through my fingers. I can't get them back now."

「...」

Chen Gu was seriously injured, but none of his wounds were fatal. Given the medical standards of this era, they were all considered "minor."

He lay in the medical pod in good spirits as the members of the Special Action Squad surrounded him, everyone buzzing with excitement. This was a cathartic release after three days of suppression, a moment of sheer exhilaration.

The girls chattered away, while Chu Zheng quietly stayed by Chen Gu's side, attending to him.

Dora wanted to come over too, but Big Rabbit was too shy and couldn't bring herself to compete with Chu Zheng for that spot.