My Arms Can Turn into Blades-Chapter 327 - 210: How Is This Related to Chen Lusi Again?
But he still didn’t expect... it would be that exaggerated.
Si Yujie looked at Xia Yue, who was massaging his temples as if he had a headache, hesitated for a moment, and then said, "I know you have many questions, but you should ask Chen Lusi yourself. He’s in Jinling now."
"..."
Xia Yue snapped out of it, let go of his hand, suddenly looked at Si Yujie, and suspiciously asked, "Are you very worried about Chen Lusi? You say it’s for someone else, but you just want me to check on him, right?"
Si Yujie was expressionless.
"...Really unexpected."
Xia Yue saw Si Yujie’s expression and understood, gently shook his head, then sighed somewhat emotionally: "Killing Yan Kan, discovering a new use for advanced weapons, annihilating the First Rider Position, being valued by the Security Army... How long has he been in the Celestial Strategy Mansion? To outsiders, it might seem like decades have passed, but some people’s brilliance can’t be hidden.
But what surprises me the most is your attitude. How long has it been? I remember you were once worried that Chen Lusi’s Authority Ability being out of control would cause issues. I just left for a month, and now it’s not just a matter of his Authority being out of control. Yet, you’ve done a complete 180-degree turn in attitude.
If I recall correctly, aside from your daughter, this is the first time you’re showing concern for someone so directly, right? Quite rare."
Si Yujie still looked at Xia Yue with an expressionless face.
Xia Yue seemed not to notice Si Yujie’s expression becoming dangerous. After expressing his sentiment, he shifted the topic, suddenly saying, "You said Chen Lusi disappeared in Jinling, right? Before I came out, I noticed... a city had temporarily lost contact with the Yellow Springs Mainstream."
"..."
Si Yujie was slightly taken aback upon hearing this, then her beautiful face gradually revealed a look of shock: "Lost contact?"
"Yes, at first I thought it was ’Self’, but after hearing you say that Ji Xin became the actual leader of the Celestial Strategy Mansion and what happened in Jinling, I roughly understand what’s going on."
Xia Yue turned his head to look outside the door, frowned, and said, "It’s probably Ji Xin’s ’Demon Slayer’. Something major has evidently happened in Jinling, at least it’s not a normal legend activation. Otherwise, Ji Xin wouldn’t risk so much to execute ’Demon Slayer’.
Si Yujie pursed her red lips: "And yet you’re still standing here?"
Xia Yue looked somewhat helpless: "Listen carefully to what I’m saying, Jinling has lost contact with the Yellow Springs Mainstream."
Si Yujie was stunned for a moment, then reacted: "Succeeded?"
"I estimate so."
Xia Yue nodded: "If Demon Slayer can’t solve it, then I don’t think there’s anything I can do, just like that macaque causing the Monkey Anomaly Realm to continuously revive; being anxious is meaningless... Besides, I’m full of Yellow Springs’ aura; if I go to Jinling now, it would quickly revert to chaos just when it became ’clean’ because of Demon Slayer, so calm down first."
"..."
Si Yujie watched the mist continuously seeping from Xia Yue’s body, slightly startled, then took a deep breath, suppressing the sense of urgency in her heart, and then asked, "How long will it take?"
Xia Yue glanced down at his body, then replied, "Including travel time, about an hour."
Upon hearing this, Si Yujie no longer spoke.
She too realized... she was too impatient, perhaps feeling fed up with waiting for news too many times before, having to always wait for news at the Celestial Strategy Trading; perhaps because she was worried about Chen Lusi, Wu You, and Xia Panqiu.
In any case.
Today, she seemed particularly agitated.
On the other side.
Xia Yue didn’t notice the change in Si Yujie’s expression, still pondering over the matter in Jinling.
Actually, the reason he came out was also related to Jinling temporarily detaching from the Yellow Springs Mainstream.
After all, a whole city... Xia Yue couldn’t remain completely indifferent.
Otherwise, staying in Yellow Springs might have been an option.
So what exactly happened in Jinling? What kind of legend activation necessitates a ’Demon Slayer’ to sever the entire city’s connection with the Yellow Springs Mainstream to resolve it?
As Xia Yue thought about this, he suddenly raised his head and asked, "Does this have anything to do with Chen Lusi?"
Si Yujie shook her head lightly: "Unclear, I only know he disappeared. For the specifics, you’ll need to ask Ji Xin."
"Ji Xin."
Xia Yue repeated the name, then while dispelling the Yellow Springs’ aura from his body, asked, "After Ji Xin seized power, did she leave any message for me?"
Si Yujie came back to her senses and asked, "How do you know?"
"Her personality is too extreme, she can do anything, and she knows this better than anyone."
Xia Yue frowned and replied, "And that kind of personality easily offends people. It was fine while I wasn’t around, but since I’m out, some members might have other thoughts. After all, in the eyes of many ordinary members, I’m evidently more suitable to succeed Mount Tai.
And she’s smart; she forced Mount Tai to step down, surely considering what to do about me after I came out."
"..."
Si Yujie didn’t refute upon hearing this.
Because Xia Yue wasn’t boasting, it was the truth.
Xia Yue looked at Si Yujie’s silence, somewhat curious, "So how does she plan to convince me?"
Si Yujie remained silent for a moment and then replied, "After seeing you, she told me to tell you — I can’t beat you..."
"Can’t beat me?"
Xia Yue repeated once, then said, "You mean she wants me to act as a limiter?"
"Not finished yet."
Si Yujie reminded, "Her exact words were — ’I can’t beat you, but someday the dog will be able to.’"
Xia Yue was taken aback: "Who’s this dog?"
"Probably Chen Lusi..."
"..."
Xia Yue took a deep breath, then asked, "How is this related to Chen Lusi again? What exactly happened? Is there anything that has nothing to do with Chen Lusi these days?"
"The security guard downstairs had a son."
"... Is this also related to Chen Lusi?"
"You asked what has nothing to do with Chen Lusi, this has nothing to do with him."
"..."
...
At this moment.
Chen Lusi still didn’t know that Xia Yue had returned.
He was still standing at the hospital entrance, waiting for news from Shan Li.
However.
Instead of waiting for Shan Li, Zhou Jian showed up.
When he saw Zhou Jian leading more than thirty plain-clothed security army members, each with a bulging ’guitar bag’ on their backs, appear in his sight.
Chen Lusi was taken aback and then curiously asked, "Aren’t you supposed to be assisting Tang Language in catching someone? Why did you come back?"
"..."
Zhou Jian walked up to Chen Lusi in silence. Because of the sheer number of people, and most of them from the security army being tall and burly, each carrying the same style of ’guitar bag’, all passersby were already looking over.
Hearing Chen Lusi’s words.
Zhou Jian thought for a moment, not daring to mention it was to protect him.
After all, if the higher-ups don’t know, don’t they themselves know?
Who protects whom is still uncertain.
So Zhou Jian thought for a moment and came up with a very awkward reason: "Nothing... we are worried about Ji Xin Celestial Strategy’s situation, so we specifically came to protect."
Feeling that saying protecting Chen Lusi was somewhat absurd.
Still better to say protecting Celestial Strategy Mansion’s Celestial Strategy.
"... Protect?"
Chen Lusi glanced at Zhou Jian.
To be honest.
Zhou Jian was not good at lying.
However, Chen Lusi did not expose him.
After all, Chen Lusi was not part of the security army, and considering he had only been with Celestial Strategy Mansion for a few months... some ingrained thoughts had not yet changed.
He didn’t feel he could boss around the security army.
"Suit yourselves then."
Chen Lusi stepped back, signaling to Zhou Jian to feel free.
And Zhou Jian really did feel free, surrounding Chen Lusi in layers.
Chen Lusi glanced around, then looked at Zhou Jian again: "Aren’t you supposed to go to the hospital to protect Ji Xin Celestial Strategy...?"
Zhou Jian’s face blushed, stubbornly saying, "It’s the same, it’s the same."
As soon as he finished speaking.
Chen Lusi caught sight of two familiar faces from the corner of his eye.
In the distance, Luo Mountain and Mount Tai, who had just left for unknown reasons, were walking over, their expressions complex.
Mount Tai walked up to Chen Lusi, also looking around at the surrounding security army, finally passing over the confused Chen Lusi to look at Zhou Jian, saying complexly: "No need for this... Tell General Li, Chen Lusi is with Celestial Strategy Mansion. We are not monitoring him because of the Celestial Punishment Weapon, just to observe the cat he has... there’s no need to treat us like thieves."
Zhou Jian looked at Mount Tai, seriously saying: "Sorry, I’m just following orders."
Mount Tai’s expression grew more complex.
As soon as the news of Chen Lusi’s disappearance came out, the security army had arranged for a large number of personnel to enter the city.
Evidently.
Their and Luo Mountain’s movements had been tracked.
Including their monitoring of Chen Lusi.
And the security army higher-ups were particularly nervous about this.
So is Chen Lusi a member of Celestial Strategy Mansion or the security army... 𝒇𝙧𝙚𝓮𝙬𝙚𝓫𝒏𝓸𝓿𝓮𝒍.𝓬𝙤𝓶
On the other side.
Chen Lusi looked at Mount Tai, his eyes questioning what had happened.
Mount Tai sighed, just about to speak.
Shan Li came out.
