My Arms Can Turn into Blades-Chapter 37 - 31: The Odd Jobs Squad

April 15th.

Morning, nine o’clock.

Chen Lusi stepped into the Celestial Strategy Trading once again.

And just like the past few days.

Although it’s marked as a trading company, the entire place didn’t have a single regular employee, and the receptionist looked half-dead, yawning, clearly not in the mood to work.

As Chen Lusi walked in.

The receptionist noticed him and suddenly spoke: "Good morning, welcome back."

Chen Lusi was slightly startled to hear this, not expecting her to greet him, but quickly responded, "Good morning."

"Wu You is waiting for you in the conference room."

"Thanks."

Chen Lusi expressed his gratitude and headed to the conference room.

He opened the door.

Inside the conference room, Wu You sat idly on the chair, looking at Xia Panqiu, seemingly saying something.

Xia Panqiu lifted her head and was about to reply when she noticed Chen Lusi.

She was slightly startled, then lowered her head.

"Lu Si, huh."

Wu You turned his head and saw Chen Lusi, he immediately stood up, hooked his arm around Chen Lusi’s neck: "How are you feeling?"

"Pretty good."

Chen Lusi replied, "Is there something you need from me?"

"Have a seat first."

Wu You led him to a chair, then released his neck, allowing him to sit down.

And then.

Sure enough.

He asked about the matter of dying and coming back to life.

This question was asked by Xia Panqiu yesterday, so Chen Lusi’s answer was quite formal.

And he indeed didn’t know.

Wu You listened to Chen Lusi’s answer, unsurprised, only pondering: "So you don’t know what the Clockwork Man really is... Or, to put it another way, you don’t fully understand the scope of your Authority Ability at the moment?"

"Yes." Chen Lusi nodded.

"Then, let’s do this instead."

Wu You thought for a moment and suggested: "Let’s assume the Clockwork Man is your Authority Ability for now, and we’ll gradually research and verify it, how about that?"

"That’s fine..."

Wu You saw the doubt in Chen Lusi’s eyes and explained: "You’ve officially been incorporated into our team. Currently, the team members include me, you, and Panqiu... Knowing each other’s Authorities is crucial for smooth cooperation in the future.

Since it’s come to this, I should introduce my own Authority too: my Authority Ability is ’Heart Sound Reflection’..."

He introduced his Authority Ability.

Chen Lusi, although he heard about it yesterday from Lin Ying, put on a serious expression out of respect.

After Wu You finished his introduction, he looked at Xia Panqiu.

"My Authority is ’Cloud Ascension’."

Xia Panqiu spoke softly: "The main effect is making the body more agile, with a certain speed enhancement. Additionally, because the body becomes lighter, the Acceleration Technique can be more powerful, sometimes allowing brief suspension in extreme cases."

Chen Lusi, hearing this, showed a look of realization.

No wonder it felt so light.

"These are our Authority Abilities. Though our team is quite small... Since I primarily handle the assessment of new recruits while Panqiu assists, in our downtime we help other teams or guide newcomers in handling minor anomalies."

Wu You said jokingly, "Nicely put, we’re called the mobile unit, but in less flattering terms, we’re basically the errand boys."

"What about Li Tian?" Chen Lusi thought of something and suddenly asked.

"...He’s not suitable for the Celestial Strategy Mansion." Wu You paused upon hearing this, then shook his head.

Chen Lusi understood.

"So that’s how it is."

Wu You laughed: "From now on, the three of us are teammates, looking forward to working with you... Of course, if you feel this errand squad isn’t for you, you can let me know. I can help transfer you to another team."

"Forget it."

Chen Lusi glanced at Xia Panqiu, shook his head: "As long as you welcome me, I’m quite willing to run errands..."

"Of course, we welcome you."

Wu You scooted his chair closer, once again hooking his arm around Chen Lusi’s neck: "The two of us will run errands together, and carve our own path."

"Hmm."

"Now that we’re teammates..."

Wu You released Chen Lusi’s neck, kept a serious expression: "I have another question—can you absorb Spirits?"

"Yes, mainly because of my Authority—I mean the Slashing Authority, which requires external Spirits to assist in twisting flesh into a blade."

Chen Lusi raised his hand, demonstrating the skill of transforming into a blade: "It’s because of this feature that I can gather the surrounding Spirits..."

Wu You was somewhat shocked: "It’s actually possible."

"Your Authority, which is spirit-based, doesn’t allow for that."

Chen Lusi looked at Xia Panqiu, asked curiously: "Can’t Xia Panqiu’s Authority, which directly affects the body, do that?"

Xia Panqiu replied quietly: "No, never heard of it."

"Exactly."

Wu You added: "Though in some sense, Authority Ability can be seen as a preset Technique, this preset Technique is a ’Black Box’, its operational principle is a mystery, not to mention developing Spirit gathering from this base.

I’ve never heard of any Authority owner being able to gather Spirits; we absorb Spirits mainly through breathing exercises while activating the Technique only with our own internal Spirits and a few equally ’Black Box’-like ancient Techniques... By the way, how do you usually absorb Spirits?"

Wu You thought of this and looked at Chen Lusi.

"Uh..."

Chen Lusi hesitated for a moment, replied: "I gather the nearby Spirits into a cluster, then swallow them."

Wu You: "..."

Xia Panqiu: "..."

Though they were mentally prepared, hearing Chen Lusi admit it personally still felt shocking.

"Are you serious?"

Wu You blurted out with a laugh: "Isn’t this basically cheating!? Normally, we’d stick our tongue out, trying our best to absorb, and only barely clear the Spirits around us overnight... But you’re telling me you can gather Spirits in a wide area and directly swallow them!?"

"Do you want to give it a try?"

Chen Lusi thought about it and replied.

Wu You paused, then with interest said: "Yes!"

Two minutes later.

Chen Lusi raised his hand, holding a compressed Spirit Pearl, and handed it over.

Wu You swallowed it directly.

And then.

He bent over.

"Blegh—"

It seems.

Anyone would feel nauseous swallowing it like that...

Chen Lusi looked at Wu You humorously and then glanced at Xia Panqiu, who was watching with curiosity, then reached out again.

Just now, he had left a portion unabsorbed in the surrounding area, enough to form another ’Spirit Pearl.’

Chen Lusi asked, "Do you want it?"

Xia Panqiu looked at him and then glanced at the retching Wu You.

"I used a different hand," Chen Lusi thought for a moment, answered.

"...Thank you."

Xia Panqiu paused, wanting to say something but unsure how to start, so only expressed thanks, leaning on the conference table, body tilted forward, opened her little mouth.

Chen Lusi fed the Spirit Pearl into her mouth.

"Mmm—"

Once swallowed.

Xia Panqiu immediately covered her mouth, turned away.

She was also nauseous.

But she displayed more restraint.

"Whoa! This is amazing!!!"

Meanwhile.

Wu You had recovered, suddenly stood up, grabbed Chen Lusi’s shoulder in excitement: "Though it’s gross... But damn! Eating this tops up for a month! Lu Si, you’re now my step-sibling! Wrong... step-parent!!"

"......"

Chen Lusi paused for a moment: "Did you eat something to mess your brain up?"