Retired for A Hundred Years: Re-Employment for the Apocalypse Bigshot!-Chapter 475 - 470: Investigation (IX)

"Escape? How to escape? She’s lying in the intensive care unit right now." Li Wenxin didn’t believe Ji Ning’s words at all.

Right now, his mind was entirely focused on how to suppress the news of Su Qiangwei’s injury to prevent any adverse impact.

The statue of the Commander had just been destroyed; if something were to happen to Su Qiangwei too, the Huazhou Safety Zone would undoubtedly experience turmoil and panic.

Even if the three families joined forces, they couldn’t withstand the people’s wrath.

But Ji Ning on the opposite side remained calm, not worried about the development of this incident at all.

"Do you know about her heart condition?" Ji Ning suddenly asked.

Li Wenxin was taken aback, seemingly unaware of this information. 𝘧𝓇𝑒𝑒𝑤ℯ𝑏𝓃𝘰𝑣ℯ𝘭.𝘤ℴ𝘮

Ji Ning spoke coldly, "A high-level Spiritual Ability User with a heart issue, what does it mean? You should know."

After pondering for a moment, Li Wenxin said, "This might be an angle. If she doesn’t wake up, we could announce that she unfortunately died of a heart attack to the public."

Ji Ning’s gaze towards Li Wenxin gradually turned cold, "She was also connected to the West Continent Eternal Life Sect, did that make you think of anything?"

Li Wenxin looked at her, his expression calm again, "I know what you’re implying. You think Su Qiangwei realized her body wouldn’t hold up, and since you were investigating her, she deliberately set this plot to make it look like she died and live eternally in a chip."

Ji Ning sneered, "Not only live eternally in a chip, but she’d also be reborn in a new host body, continuing to develop more Eternal Life Cultists. I think she’s already picked out a host for herself. Just waiting for her body to completely fail, then straight to surgery."

At this point, Li Wenxin wasn’t bothered about Su Qiangwei’s situation; he said bluntly, "Whether or not she’s the mastermind behind all this, the pressing matter is to quickly seal off the information and present a unified front to the outside. Minimize the impact of her incident."

"But her choice of timing to have an incident suggests the host is nearby. She can leave at any time and announce her death in advance," Ji Ning analyzed calmly, looking at Li Wenxin, "Immediate priority is ensuring Su Qiangwei’s body remains intact, preventing her death news from getting out, so the narrative stays with us. Meanwhile, you need to urgently find a recently missing girl who is petite and resembles me—quickly."

Li Wenxin’s fists immediately clenched, "Are you saying she wants to become the Commander?"

"It’s not out of the question. Playing the Commander for decades, isn’t she allowed to dream?"

Ji Ning spoke blandly, as if she didn’t care at all whether someone else impersonated her identity.

Li Wenxin’s expression turned serious, and he withdrew the superpowers around them.

"I’ll make arrangements, you keep an eye on her."

***

In the dead of night—

Outside the intensive care unit, a female nurse pushing a medical cart arrived.

The detective at the door asked a couple of simple questions, then carefully checked the medicines and syringes on the cart, allowing her to enter the room.

Throughout the process, the detective didn’t take his eyes off her through the glass, until she pulled the curtain around the bed.

The detective was a man, so it wasn’t appropriate for him to keep watching, and he turned away slightly.

The female nurse, sensing that the eyes outside had moved away, quickly took a small bottle of medicine from her cap, tore open the syringe package, and prepared to draw the liquid into the syringe for injection into the woman on the bed.

Just as she pushed the medication and was about to inject it into the woman’s skin, the woman on the bed suddenly opened her eyes, removed the oxygen mask, and looked at her calmly.

The female nurse was startled. Her assignment was to inject the concoction into the comatose Su Qiangwei and make her appear dead, but why wasn’t Su Qiangwei unconscious?

"Who sent you?" The eyes of "Su Qiangwei" on the bed gradually became deep, and the female nurse, her consciousness becoming fuzzy, said without any defense, "The organization sent me to rescue Lady Rose."

"Where are you planning to perform the surgery?"

"I don’t know. My task is to inject the concoction to fake her death and then announce Lady Rose’s death."

"Lady Rose? Su Qiangwei is married?"

"I don’t know. In the organization, everyone calls her Lady Rose."

...

After the nurse was taken away by the detective outside the door, "Su Qiangwei" on the bed slowly returned to her original appearance.

Wind Girl and Asheng emerged from the bathroom, looking serious, "Team leader, they should be working in coordination. Only after the female nurse announces Su Qiangwei’s death will they proceed with their next steps."

Ji Ning sat on the hospital bed, legs curled and deep in thought.

Su Qiangwei remained cautious. If no news of her death spread from the hospital, those hiding in the shadows would surely know the plan had failed and would immediately have the Smart Brain activate the self-destruct mode of the chip in Su Qiangwei’s heart, causing her immediate death.

So their time was limited, at most 24 hours, to confirm the positions of Su Qiangwei’s hidden operatives.

"Asheng, imitate the female nurse’s voice now and contact her organization to buy us some time."

"Wind Girl, keep an eye on online discussions. As soon as users with Beijing or surrounding city IPs post anything related to Su Qiangwei’s incident or hospitalization, locate their exact addresses and personnel information, synchronizing the data in real-time with my Smart Brain. Also, check where the body of that deceased driver is located?"

The two were startled, "Isn’t it in the morgue?"

"I suspect he may have faked his death and is a helper for the next stage of Su Qiangwei’s plan after her apparent death."

"Yes—"

...

In the neighboring ward, although Su Qiangwei was in a coma, her spiritual power fluctuations were very active. As Ji Ning approached, her spiritual power even tried to attack but was mercilessly crushed.

Ji Ning stood by the bedside, saying coldly, "I know your consciousness has awakened; it’s just your body’s functions that can’t move. You want to fake your death, be reborn in a new body, and even become the Commander, but I won’t let you have your way. I am an independent person and detest others using my name to deceive. You’ve crossed my line, and now you have two choices: first, wake up and confess about the West Continent Eternal Life Sect. Second, end it yourself, and I’ll extract the Eternal Life Sect information from your memory."

Su Qiangwei’s spiritual power became more active, even frantically attacking Ji Ning, trying to prevent her from approaching to extract memories.

After crushing wave after wave of spiritual power, Ji Ning coldly stared at her slightly trembling eyelids.

Continued, "Ah yes, I forgot to introduce myself. My name is Ji Ning, the person you’ve always been impersonating."

This sentence struck with such force that the spiritual power inside Su Qiangwei suddenly fell silent.

Ji Ning sneered, "Don’t play dead. Even if you want to end it yourself, I’ll get the information I want before you completely erase your memory. Having impersonated me for so long, you should know my strength. Don’t think of trying tricks. Wake up or die."

After finishing, Ji Ning’s hand emanated white light, directly entering Su Qiangwei’s brain to her body, gradually repairing her physical form.

Even the failing heart slowly gained new life.

After an unknown amount of time, Su Qiangwei finally slowly opened her eyes.

Tears welled up in her eyes as she blankly stared at the white ceiling. Thoughts of decades past, of General Fu sitting lovingly by a hospital bed, echoed in her mind.

"Not just anyone can become the Commander."

"Since you’re impersonating her and have done so successfully, you must continue to play the role with dedication."

"Inherit her spirit, strive to live up to her example, and become a torchbearer for the Commander’s legacy in the new era."