On the fourth day of the Rule Period, at noon, Guan Tong walked out of the Twin Stars Bar.
Black Star's commission completion efficiency was very high, with no delays. Every ti Guan Tong ca, he could get the already fully charged Mind Power Crystals.
Each reserve was six hundred points, and after several tis, it amounted to several thousand. For other Ascendants, this was already a lot, but for Guan Tong, it was far from enough.
His own Mind Power Upper Limit was close to a thousand points, and he could also convert a significant amount into reserves daily. Adding self-conversion and external conversion together, he could store about fifteen hundred points per day.
This might sound like a considerable amount, but considering the imnse consumption rate of Guan Tong's abilities, it truly wasn't enough to look at when actually used.
"Buzz."
His phone vibrated in his pocket at that mont. He took it out and saw it was a ssage from Black Star.
"My channels have news. Soone has their eyes on you. Be careful."
Guan Tong replied: "I know."
Ever since he walked out of the bar, he had already sensed sothing following him.
However, it wasn't a person, but a miniature low-noise drone.
That palm-sized drone seed stealthy and maintained its distance from him, but it was still discovered by the Shadow.
The reason his Mind Power consumption was so high wasn't just because of combat, but because he almost constantly had Shadows deployed outside, responsible for surveillance, reconnaissance, and other tasks.
Even though these Shadows weren't large in volu and didn't consu as much as a complete humanoid "Shadow," accumulating over a whole day still ate up a significant amount of Mind Power.
Guan Tong's actions were very necessary because he was now in an unfamiliar foreign land, and due to his agreent with Yelanka, he was inevitably dragged into the political whirlpool of the Xisiya Empire.
In such a perilous environnt, he had to remain cautious and vigilant at all tis. Therefore, the large number of Shadows released for scouting and alert duty were indispensable.
It's just... he wasn't clear on who sent this drone.
Was it Valeri's group, or soone else?
If it was the forr, since he had taken the one million Ascension Coins deposit, just taking the coins without doing the job, Valeri and the others would definitely not let it go easily.
But he just took the deposit last night. Sending a drone today without him having made a move yet seed a bit too impatient.
Guan Tong pondered this. Instead of finding a secluded spot to use Body Swap to return, he wandered around the vicinity and entered a deserted park.
Inside the park, he found a long bench to lie down on, pulled up his hood, putting on the appearance of soone intending to nap in the sun for a while.
That drone monitored from not far away. After about ten minutes, the Shadow Guan Tong had deployed at a corner of the park entrance discovered over a dozen people in trench coats hurrying into the park with brisk steps.
Through the shared vision, Guan Tong saw these people all had point displays above their heads. So had 1, so had 3, and one among them had the most: 14.
Furthermore, their waists were bulging, likely carrying firearms, and they didn't seem like small handguns either.
This discovery made Guan Tong realize these people probably weren't sent by Valeri — knowing his identity, no matter how foolish Valeri was, he wouldn't think sending a dozen or so Ascendant gunn could eliminate "Shadow."
Then it could only be soone coming for the Ascension Coins.
Guan Tong thought this as he sat up. By then, those dozen-plus people had already jogged close by.
They saw Guan Tong, who was originally "napping," sit up. They were slightly startled internally, but their plan remained unchanged. They all pulled out submachine guns from under their coats, aiming them at Guan Tong.
The one with 14 points seed to be the gang boss. Without wasting words, he spoke in a threatening tone: "Hand over the Ascension Coins on you and then get lost! Don't play dumb, we've been watching Black Star's place for two days. We know you're the one buying Mind Power!"
Hearing this, Guan Tong thought, just as Black Star had said, spending Ascension Coins to buy Mind Power would eventually attract attention. He just didn't expect it to be so fast. He hadn't been buying for many days before violent elents ca looking for him.
"Don't you think doing this is very risky?" Guan Tong spoke up. "I an, none of you had a thought like — this person has a lot of Ascension Coins, so he must be very dangerous, we'd better not provoke him — ?"
The gang boss sneered a few tis, gesturing with his gun muzzle towards the space above Guan Tong's head: "If you were really so dangerous character, would you only have 1 point?"
"..."
Guan Tong was speechless. Judging a person's strength solely by their point count was truly foolish.
"Listen! Transfer the Ascension Coins to
imdiately, or you won't leave this park today!"
"The one who should be saying that is ." Guan Tong said. "Give
all your Ascension Coins, and I might consider sparing your lives."
"Haha, this foreigner is really crazy!"
"Don't waste words with him, boss, let's teach him a lesson first!"
One of the younger gang mbers raised his gun and pulled the trigger, aiming at Guan Tong's arm. A bullet shot out with a bang, intending to cripple one of his arms first to show him what's what.
In the next mont, everyone's eyes widened.
They saw the person they intended to rob actually raise his left hand and catch that bullet. With a light pinch, the bullet completely vanished without a trace, as if performing magic.
One person pointed at the pure black glove on Guan Tong's left hand and shouted: "It must be that glove! It's strange!"
He was correct. Guan Tong's glove, ford by nano insects, could rapidly decompose anything it touched. It was just that the process was too fast for the naked eye to see clearly, making it seem like it vanished into thin air.
"My principle is simple." Guan Tong stood up. "I don't care if others hold hostility towards . But if they turn that hostility into action, transforming it into an actual attack... I will never let it go."
Killing intent instantly spread through the air. The robbers felt an inexplicable fear spreading through their bodies. In their panic, they even forgot the purpose of the robbery, frantically pulling their triggers to kill Guan Tong.
In the next mont, they all fell silent. Shadow spikes erging from the ground pierced through all of them. Only the leading gang boss seed to have a Defensive Item that negated the Shadow's attack.
"Shadow... you... how is this possible..."
The legs of the robbery gang's boss went weak, and he collapsed onto the ground. Guan Tong picked up a dropped gun and sent him off with a burst of bullets.
At this mont, the number above Guan Tong's head had changed from "1" to "37." The total points of the dozen-plus robbers had been added to his.
"I was actually thinking these past two days if I could keep 1 point until the rules ended..." Guan Tong shook his head.
Just then, he heard police sirens approaching from outside the park. Soone had probably reported hearing the dense series of gunshots earlier.
He didn't want to get entangled in explanations with the Xisiya Police Departnt. He activated Body Swap and returned to Yelanka's estate.
Yelanka had just finished lunch and was taking a walk in the courtyard. As Guan Tong walked out of the room, she was about to greet him when she saw the prominent "37" above his head, making her very surprised.
"Teacher, you..."
"Hmm? Oh, the points, right." Seeing Yelanka looking above his head, Guan Tong didn't hide it. "So robbers attacked , and I dealt with them. These points are from them."
"..."
Seeing Yelanka fall silent, Guan Tong realized her identity was the Administrator of Xisiya, and those robbers were all Xisiyans.
Even if they were robbers, his direct execution of them might make her feel uncomfortable.
"If you're unhappy, you can say it directly." Guan Tong said. "But this is how I am. Whoever attacks , I will definitely strike back."
Yelanka shook her head: "Teacher, you've misunderstood. I don't bla you at all. In fact, I understand very clearly that in this special era, we can no longer follow compliant procedures for everything like in peaceti.
Moreover, since Teacher says they were robbers and used force to attack you... then eliminating them is also beneficial for this country."
Guan Tong: "It's good that you think that way. I was worried you might be constrained by your position and unable to accept my actions."
"No, precisely because I am the Administrator, I should be more proactive in cutting out the malignant tumors on this country's body, preventing more good people from being hard... By the way, Teacher, about Valeri asking you to assassinate Sigaochin, I've already told Sigaochin."
"Really? What did she say?"
Yelanka said seriously: "She said she wants to blow up the Security Bureau and smash Valeri into at paste with one hamr."
"... I didn't expect her to have such a wild side."
"Although she's angry, she won't act impulsively. She said whatever plan we have, she will cooperate. She also said if necessary, even if it costs her life, she wouldn't even frown. But I told her Teacher would absolutely never do such a thing."
Guan Tong nodded: "Exactly. I'm not Jing Ke, you're not Prince Dan of Yan, Sigaochin isn't Fan Yuqi, and that guy Valeri certainly isn't Qin Shi Huang."
Upon hearing this, a look of confusion appeared on Yelanka's snow-white face: "... What?"
"Ahem... nothing, just a small historical anecdote, not important." Guan Tong glossed over it. "Let's proceed according to what we discussed yesterday. Valeri's group will probably wait for
for three days because Sigaochin will be staying at the suburban factory maintaining competition order for these three days. With many dangerous Ascendants gathered there, it's an excellent opportunity for an assassin to make a move.
So when three days pass and the Rule Period ends, if I still haven't killed Sigaochin, they will definitely think I'm not on their side and will take action. To seize the initiative, I'll try to get the recording tonight. Then we'll act first and report later, take them down, and then publicly reveal the Evidence of cris. That way, you can also provide an explanation to the public."
"Good, let's do it that way." Yelanka paused, looking at Guan Tong with gratitude. "Thank you, Teacher, for thinking so much for ."
"You call
Teacher, so of course I have to think things through for you. However, I'll keep that one million Ascension Coins deposit for myself. Is that okay?"
Yelanka didn't say anything, just pursed her lips into a faint smile.
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