My Ability Pool is Superior-Chapter 92 - 91: Public Opinion

Lv Bai hung up the phone after a few words, completely uninterested in hearing Xu Qiang’s complaints on the other end.

He squatted down to check on Yao Yi’s condition: "There are no fatal injuries, the most dangerous thing is excessive blood loss. It seems you’ve protected him quite well."

Multitasking was easy for Wang Ting, as it modified a few brains while responding: "I’m doing it to survive myself."

Lv Bai quickly performed hemostasis on Yao Yi: "Looks like you two are getting along well now?"

"Not really, I can feel he still resents me. This time he accepted me only because he was in mortal danger."

"Indeed, you couldn’t take over his brain, that’s my fault." Lv Bai shrugged.

Wang Ting temporarily couldn’t understand Lv Bai’s sarcasm, its two peculiar eyeballs nodded slightly.

"Yes, the current parasitic location is not ideal for me."

"For you, isn’t the brain the only ideal location? The arm?"

"Neither is ideal; Yao Yi is too weak."

Wang Ting finished modifying two boys’ brains and started on a female high school student.

One of its eyeballs turned to Lv Bai: "According to my judgment, the survival rate would increase by 70% if I parasitized you."

"Why only 70%?"

"Because this is my preliminary judgment. My understanding of you is not deep enough, so the judgment is inclined to be conservative."

The person and the creature chatted like this, on and off, for a few minutes as the sound of sirens and ambulances approached from a distance.

Lv Bai stood up and patted dust that didn’t exist off his body: "Alright, you should hide now."

...

In the evening, outside the ICU ward of Jiangyu City First People’s Hospital.

"I just don’t know if there will be any aftereffects on that leg."

After learning about Yao Yi’s condition from the doctor, Tong Shujuan finally felt relieved.

Xu Qiang sighed: "Don’t worry, this kid’s luck has always been quite good."

Lv Bai checked the time: "It should be misfortune; he just got discharged a few hours ago."

"So what on earth happened? There were only three parasitic organisms, yet he was injured so severely."

Xu Qiang couldn’t comprehend; in his understanding, even encountering five or six parasitic organisms, Lv Bai should have been able to handle it without injury.

"Blame it on you for not giving him a gun." Lv Bai casually shifted the responsibility; after all, he couldn’t say he went knife-fighting at that time.

"You all haven’t received professional training, which disqualifies you for a gun."

Xu Qiang gave a token explanation, then said: "Since there’s no major issue, I’ll go back to the bureau first. There are a ton of things unfinished. I’ll come see Yao when he wakes up. As for you kid..."

Thinking of Lv Bai’s conduct, he felt a mix of emotions: "At least you’re a team leader now. Take it easy and don’t rush to eliminate parasitic organisms. Don’t call me later for cleanup."

With that, Xu Qiang hurriedly left with two subordinates.

Suddenly, it became quiet. In the family waiting area outside the ward, only Lv Bai and Tong Shujuan were left, making the atmosphere a bit awkward.

It must be said, Tong Shujuan’s feelings toward Lv Bai were quite complex, at least not as natural as with Yao Yi.

Yao Yi was different because he had pulled Tong Shujuan to escape, hiding her behind a pile of scrap; she was grateful for that no matter what.

Lv Bai was just different.

Not that there was resentment or anything of the sort, it was just a psychological hurdle.

Rationally, she should be grateful to Lv Bai for saving her life, but emotionally, watching Lv Bai kill her parents one by one, even knowing they were no longer her parents, wasn’t easy to get over.

This led to her acting unnaturally around Lv Bai, generally avoiding being alone with him or starting casual conversations.

"Um... Leader Lv."

Tong Shujuan felt that the silence would only make things more awkward, so she initiated the conversation: "Did you know the official report on parasitic organisms came out?"

"Director Xu mentioned it once, what’s up?"

Lv Bai didn’t experience the complex psychological activity of Tong Shujuan; he focused most of his energy on observing people coming and going in the corridor outside.

From what he understood, since the "Node" had emerged, quite a few Death Fighters should be approaching this hospital stealthily. Some might even be bold enough to blend in among the people passing through the corridor.

"Uh, it’s just, it’s really trending online."

Lv Bai’s reaction made Tong Shujuan feel more awkward, so she continued, despite herself: "A lot of people are discussing parasitic organisms, and there’s significant interest in the Special Affairs Bureau, which handles these incidents."

"Is that so?"

Lv Bai responded absentmindedly.

He hadn’t spotted anyone with a title over their head, and the Death Fighters were generally pretty good actors, making it hard to judge from behavior alone, which left him suspicious of everyone he saw.

Not finding much success in conversation, Tong Shujuan gave up and pulled out her phone to check her feed.

But it didn’t take long before she furrowed her eyebrows: "Leader Lv Bai, someone’s posted your information online."

Remarkably, the top trending topic on the internet was parasitic organisms, with Lv Bai’s history coming second, ranking even higher than the Special Affairs Bureau.

"I’ve been doxed?" Lv Bai was taken aback.

"Yes, your history was posted online. I’ll have a colleague handle it for you."

Tong Shujuan wasn’t exaggerating; her role at the Special Affairs Bureau was in the online monitoring department.

"Is there a problem?"

"It’s all about your black marks from school, and the top comments are very biased, clearly led by someone stirring things up."

Tong Shujuan was halfway through her explanation when she raised an eyebrow in disbelief: "How come the official media is also sharing it? And this bias..."

Lv Bai leaned over for a look.

The article first praised the work and necessity of the Special Affairs Bureau, laying a supposedly solid foundation for something. Anyway, it was a lot of high-sounding words.

Then it shifted, expressing confusion about the team’s purity, suggesting that the Special Affairs Bureau was the pillar against parasitic organisms and couldn’t let some bad elements rise within it, worsening over time...

Although it never mentioned Lv Bai by name, given the official media’s reposting, the inference of who those "bad elements" referred to was crystal clear.

Even if Lv Bai didn’t check the comments section, he figured it was full of insults about him.

In a way, there was no denying it, as the facts were indeed compelling.

He could only blame the initial resume provided by the Deathmatch System for being overly negative, making redemption difficult.

But for such a big stir to occur, there must be someone pushing from behind. 𝙛𝒓𝒆𝙚𝒘𝒆𝓫𝙣𝓸𝙫𝓮𝒍.𝒄𝒐𝓶

Lv Bai rubbed his temples.

Compared to the Death Fighters, he felt this was more like the Mayor’s handiwork.