Chapter 50 Anchor Point
Mingsong looked at Yanshi warily, without answering.
Gu Feng turned around and gestured to the team members behind him, "Each of you carry two, and lift them up."
Gu Feng: "Director Yan, which prison is the suspect being held in?"
The General Administration also has prisons, but there are two types of prisons under the General Administration.
One type is for detaining residents of the outer world who cultivate spirits and then use those spirits to commit crimes in the outer world; this is done in a regular prison.
There's another type, which houses the most heinous criminals from the Otherworld; they will eventually be locked in the Void Realm. It's also the most heavily guarded prison in the entire Bureau of Alien Control.
The problem is that even though the spiritual energy in the surface world is very thin in the ordinary prisons of the General Administration, they can't hold Namu Natsu and the others. This is because these prisons don't have any prohibitions against curses.
Once you're locked in the void, there's no way out.
Yan Shi could imprison the Nan family patriarch and elders first, but he couldn't send them all into the Void Realm. Firstly, the chain of evidence was insufficient, and secondly, such actions could lead to Yan Shi being blacklisted by the entire Inner World.
That would be absolutely brilliant.
She immediately understood Gu Feng's predicament, and after thinking for a moment, she said, "Lock him in the prison of the Weil Hub Branch."
The Ville Hub is the closest point to the capital of the world's capital city when taking a normal cross-border route.
Meanwhile, Duan Yunchen, the head of the Will Hub branch, may seem extremely unreliable, but she is an ageless witch. In other words, she has no personal biases.
Even if he doesn't side with Yan Shi, he won't get involved with any major families.
As the execution team approached, Ming Song summoned a wind shield: "Don't come any closer!"
“Madam,” Gu Feng said, “the Bureau of Extraordinary Affairs’ Enforcement Division is now, in accordance with a Level 1 Emergency Arrest Warrant, detaining criminals who have violated the Bureau of Extraordinary Affairs’ Peace Protection Regulations.”
“You are obstructing the actions of the Bureau of Other Affairs. According to the Common Treaty of the Underworld, we have the right to temporarily restrict your freedom of movement.”
Ming Song bit her lip.
She couldn't move aside.
The other family members who arrived with her, such as Fang Qingyun, had already taken a few steps back. Clearly, they were wary of Yan Ju's presence and didn't want to get involved, becoming the first guinea pig to be cut.
Ming Song took a deep breath and made a decision: "Director Yan, I have the detailed accounts of the special appropriation funds for the Ju'e Plain from last year."
She could see the disapproval in the eyes of her stiff, lying-on-the-ground grandmother, because she had laid out all her chips too early.
However, Mingsong believed that Director Yan was not the type to reason with them.
"Take them all to the Weil Hub first," Yan Shi said to Gu Feng, then looked at Ming Song, "You can come to the Weil Hub anytime. How long they are detained at the Weil Hub branch and what charges they face are entirely up to you."
Ming Song seemed to be deep in thought, then quickly rode the wind and left.
Yan Shi glanced at his phone again; it was exactly five o'clock.
She sent the Level 1 Emergency Arrest Order to the A5 Execution Team on the system, so that they could dispatch a vehicle to take the person to the Weil Hub Branch Prison.
At the same time, forward a copy to Duan Yunchen to inform her that they are recruiting.
Then, I happily decided to leave work!
She handled a lot of things today; her workload was almost equal to that of the previous week.
She needs to go back and get some rest.
Just as she turned around, instinctively preparing to cast a spell to tear open the world barrier, Yan Shi suddenly felt weak all over, and a surge of blood rose in her throat.
Gu Feng and the other family members were behind him.
Yan Shi's fingertips dug deeply into his palm.
Yan Shi, unable to spit it out, swallowed it back.
She cares about her image!
Then she heard a sigh.
Yan Shi's vision blurred, and then he could no longer stand up. He leaned on the ground and spat out a mouthful of blood.
The carpet in Kirina's office was quite soft, Yan Shi thought to himself for some reason.
After spitting out that mouthful of blood, she simply sat down on the ground.
"You've got some nerve," Kirina said, standing in front of her. "You should know your anchor point, right?"
Yan Shi: "What does my anchor point have to do with you?"
"Or rather, what do I, or this other world, have to do with you?"
She laughed, "I hate it when you look down on me like that. You act like you know me so well, but you won't say anything."
“If you really care about this other world, why don’t you become the director yourself? The Bureau of Extraordinary Affairs is rotten, and the other world is rotten too.”
She was incredibly busy and frustrated today, feeling like the entire Bureau of Extraordinary Affairs was riddled with loopholes. And she was the unlucky one, patching things up.
Who would have thought that the director of the Bureau of Extraordinary Affairs would not only obtain a spell that worked sometimes but also used it in a way that could harm himself?
If your job is harmful to your health, please just say one thing: run!
Yan Shi: "I quit."
Fog Name: ?
“I said,” Yan Shi shrugged, “I’m quitting.”
She had recently earned 840,000 from the Mithril Merchant Guild, enough to live on for a long time, so she decided to try some new jobs.
For example, changing careers to become a charlatan.
It is said that charlatans make a lot of money; they usually don't make any business, but when they do, they can live off it for a year.
Having been in contact with the underworld for so long, it shouldn't be difficult for her to pretend to be a charlatan.
Moreover, even without all these messy things, she discovered last time that she could control Shui Ling.
It can be considered a somewhat fruitful outcome.
Yan Shi thought to himself, and forcefully ripped off the faded, grayish crown of the blazing sun and the uniform jacket of the Bureau of Eccentricity he was wearing, and threw them on the ground in front of him.
Perhaps because it had used too much power today, the Crown of Blazing Sun did not struggle and was thrown to the ground, rolling a few times before landing at Kirina's feet.
"This contract you signed shouldn't be an unfair contract," she said lazily, leaning back. "I'm resigning."
Kirina seemed somewhat incredulous, and slowly said, "You're resigning? Didn't you just make a lot of big moves today?"
“You said I’m very bold,” Yan Shi said, trying to scan Wu Ming from below. “Now I think the operation was indeed too big, and I don’t want to clean it up anymore. You should find someone else to do it.”
Wuming: "What are you going to do about Sheng Chunqiu?"
Yan Shi: "Why do you think I care about Sheng Chunqiu?"
“She’s the head of your execution department, and you’ve been protecting her before. She’s your deputy.” Wuming quickly offered a lot of explanations.
Yan Shi realized he really wanted to laugh. "You're strange. You seem to have a benchmark for how I should be. Who are you looking at through me?"
Wuming fell silent, then suddenly squatted down, his fingers transforming into sharp blades. He sliced open his wrist and held it to Yanshi's lips: "Drink."
The blood flowing from the wound on his wrist was golden.
Yan Shi: "Do you have the constitution of some rare and protected animal? The blood of a god?"
She grabbed Kirina's wrist and took a mouthful of golden blood, which surprisingly tasted sweet.
Yan Shi thought, "I'll buy a cup of mango pomelo sago on my way home after I resign."
After drinking a few mouthfuls of blood, Kirina's face turned noticeably pale.
"Alright." Yan Shi let go of him. "This is work injury treatment, and you did it voluntarily. Don't try to extort money from me later."
She felt her body regain its strength, and the pain in her throat from coughing up blood was gone.
Yan Shi stood up from the ground, dusted off his clothes, and asked, "How do we leave?"
Now Kirina is squatting on the ground, looking up at her.
Yes, it does feel good to be on top.
Kirina said slowly, "Hikoto, do you want to see your grandmother?"
Yan Shi: "Grandma? I don't quite remember. You just used Sheng Chunqiu to morally blackmail me, and now you're trying to use Grandma to morally blackmail me?"
She clicked her tongue. "Is it that hard to find someone else? There are so many prodigies in the inner world, or there should be many suitable candidates in the outer world. You can pick whichever you like."
“It can’t be changed,” Wuming said. “It can only be you. The world barrier can’t hold.
Yan Shi was somewhat surprised: "What does that have to do with me?"
Kirina: "Aren't you afraid that after the world barrier is completely shattered, the people from the inner world will come out to seek revenge on you?"
"First of all, I don't have many enemies," Yan Shi said lazily. "Secondly, I think my ability to control water is pretty good too."
Although I don't know the specifics of Ling's Western magic system, Wei Ning said she is a water-based archmage.
Even if they can't beat someone, they probably have the ability to outrun them.
Kirina: "Don't you have any ideals? You saw the orphans on the Giant Jaw Plain. Aren't you afraid that the powerful families will take their anger out on them later?"
Yan Shi: "What does it have to do with me if you take your anger out on them?"
"Is this how Lin Zizui taught you?" Wuming seemed to have recovered and stood up from the ground. "Don't you have any compassion at all?"
"You still know my mother?" Yan Shi found it extremely amusing. "If you know her, you should know that she never taught me anything."
Her eyes revealed her boredom and annoyance: "Is there anything else you want to say? Say it all and then send me away."
Kirina: "What if your life was exchanged for your grandmother's?"
Yan Shi's pupils involuntarily dilated: "What did you say?"
“I said, your life,” Wuming said, enunciating each word clearly, “was bought with your grandmother’s life.”
"And your grandmother, Shan Fengyang, the 64th director of the Bureau of Extraordinary Affairs, her greatest wish in life was for the world outside to be peaceful and prosperous."
Yan Shi: "Where's the evidence?"
Kirina walked towards the bookshelf next to her. "The fact that you're still alive is the best proof."
"You should have met Guan Yunji before. That eye of hers is the one that told your fortune, and it made you blind." With that, Wuming pulled a very thick book from the bookshelf and threw it at Yanshi.
The book floated in front of Yan Shi, carried by the spirit, and Yan Shi took it.
It is the working notes of the director of the Foreign Affairs Bureau.
Yan Shi also had a notebook, which he used to record some of the more important official matters he handled.
This one was clearly different. When Yan Shi opened it, she discovered that her grandmother seemed to be using her work notes as a diary.
[Sunny on May 9th]
Today is a very important day. I've become the Director of the Bureau of Extraordinary Affairs. Headquarters! Director! I'm going to send a message mocking Linxiqiao. She worked hard at the Bureau of Extraordinary Affairs for three years, and in the end, she still has to be my subordinate, hahahahahaha.
My office is huge, and it overlooks Guixu Sea. The floor-to-ceiling windows are enormous—I have to take a picture!
[Sunny on May 11th]
I'm so angry! Sunbeam Island is in such a mess, so many demons have died, yet the Su family still clings to their meager interests. They might as well burn a bunch of ashes and scatter them on the spirit mine.
But I ended up slapping Su Luo, and it felt so good.
I love seeing them dislike me but can't do anything about it.
...
The owner of this notebook was clearly unconventional, recording whatever he pleased.
Yan Shi had only read a few pages when Wu Ming said from the side, "Turn to the last page."
They have no patience.
Yan Shi turned the book over, opened to the last page, and then fixed his gaze on it.
[July 28th, cloudy]
I did the most selfish thing I've ever done since I became the director of the Bureau of Extraordinary Affairs.
...
Yan Shi slammed his fist shut. "You win. You've morally blackmailed me."
Wuming held out his hand: "Notes."
“These are my grandmother’s work notes, which should be considered part of my inheritance.” Yan Shi tucked the notes under his arm. “I haven’t even confronted you about how you’ve been taking my inheritance for over ten years.”
Kirina's hand fell limply to her side: "I'll send you away."
“Wait a minute,” Yan Shi said. “I’ve only agreed to consider not resigning. There are still some things I need to clarify before I can make a decision.”
"For example, what exactly is my curse? What does my anchor point mean to me? Why did I vomit blood today?"
Kirina walked towards the desk: "Sit down and let's talk."
The familiar large desk remains, though some changes have been made. Outside the floor-to-ceiling windows stretches an endless sea that seems to float in the air.
Below the sea are white clouds, and above the sea are also white clouds.
Kirina: "Your anchor point is fair; you signed it yourself."
"Many people died today when the scorching sun fell."
“So,” Yan Shi leaned back in his comfortable chair, “let me make this clear beforehand: if I hurt myself like this again in the future, I won’t consider staying on.”
"After all, you said it yourself. My life was bought with my grandmother's life. She would never want me to put my life on the scales."
Author's Note: Today's chapter is super long! Consider it a bonus chapter x
I've finally gotten to this point...
Yan Shi doesn't have a split personality; she's just a bit too concerned about her image and tends to be pushed around, saying things offhand. She'll probably shift from a passive to an active role in the future.
Everyone was so anxious, so they added the next part as well!
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