Chapter 156 The Savior Society’s Trap, the Fifth Child (asking for monthly tickets)
"In three days, you will go to London to carry out your first mission on behalf of our Salvation Society."
As he spoke, the instructor pulled out a pack of cigarettes from the pocket of his white coat.
"London..." Ji Minghuan whispered to himself.
"That's right."
The mentor nodded in response as he tore open the cigarette box's wrapper with his fingertips, opened the shell, and pulled out a cigarette.
Ji Minghuan held his chin with one hand, looked at the cigarette in his tutor's hand, then looked at the plastic paper on the table, and said nonchalantly: "I have lived for more than ten years and I have never been abroad even once. I didn't expect that the first time I went abroad would be tied by you guys. How boring."
He lowered his eyes, looking at his overly long nails, thinking to himself: Ke Qirui's information is correct: the Red Light Society will appear in London... Is the source of her clues the same as that of the Salvation Society?
If they came from the same source, then the power of the Savior Society should have also infiltrated the Exorcist Association - but this is not surprising, after all, the Savior Society has infiltrated Rainbow Wing, let alone the Exorcist Association.
From this perspective, the only organization among the major forces that may not have been infiltrated by the Salvation Society is "Lake Hunter".
An organization like Lake Hunter, which is handed down from generation to generation and carefully selected by the family, would never allow outsiders like the Salvation Society to sneak in.
The instructor took out a lighter from another pocket, put the cigarette to his lips, lowered his head close to the flame to light it, took a deep breath, and then exhaled a puff of white smoke.
He held the cigarette between his fingers and said casually, "Actually, there's nothing good abroad."
"So, the base of the Salvation Society is in the country?" Ji Minghuan asked every day.
"Maybe?"
The instructor pushed the frame of his glasses on his nose and answered without comment.
"Hey... let me make it clear first, I can't do anything. If there's a fight, the most I can do is throw a few stones at someone." Ji Minghuan emphasized, "What if, what if, what if, you put too many restrictions on the other kids and this operation fails, then you can't blame me."
He looked away, "After all, I'm just a Muggle. Muggles understand? I can't help."
"It's okay." The instructor smiled and said, "You just need to watch. We will make sure that there will be no accidents in this mission."
"Oh, that's good." Ji Minghuan turned his head to look at the cigarette in his hand, and asked with a little curiosity: "You actually smoke? I thought you were a gentle beast who didn't smoke or drink."
"We are all adults, and we need a way to relieve stress. Porn, cigarettes and alcohol are similar things. We all know that they are not good, but in life we inevitably need these things to eliminate sorrow."
As he spoke, the instructor suddenly coughed twice, drank a cup of warm water from the thermos, and then screwed the lid on while saying, "I also just learned to smoke recently."
"It seems like you are under a lot of pressure."
Ji Minghuan, the source of pressure, said so.
The instructor put the lighter back into the pocket of his white coat, and said with a smile:
"Being assigned by the higher-ups to look after a child who could destroy the world at any time, how could it not be stressful?"
Ji Minghuan tilted his head and said, "You look so pitiful. Can you ask your superiors to come and talk to me? I promise to scold them for you. I will spit on these idiots' faces."
"It's not convenient for them to see you." The instructor shook his head, "But when you can stably control your own power one day, they will meet you and congratulate you on your 'graduation' from the Salvation Society."
"I almost believed what you said. Why don't we talk about something else..." Ji Minghuan thought for a moment, "How many children are going to carry out the mission this time? Are there only four of us?"
"There are five in total."
Hearing this, Ji Minghuan raised his eyebrows and tilted his head to look at the instructor: "Five?"
He counted on his fingers: "Me, Kong Youling, Firion, and Sun Changkong, a total of four people."
At this point, he raised his head and asked tentatively: "Who is the fifth child? Is he the 'very dangerous guy' you mentioned before?"
"No," the instructor shook his head, "that 'very dangerous guy' is not stable enough, so we can't let him leave this institute without any worries for the time being."
"Who is the fifth person?" Ji Minghuan asked.
"We all call him 'Mario'," the instructor said. "Mario is an exorcist. You will be able to see him in two days."
"Exorcist, what is his exorcism?"
"Game console."
"Game console? What type of game console?"
"Handheld game console." The instructor said calmly, "If it were put in the Exorcist Association's Sky Drive rating, Mario's Sky Drive would probably get an SSS rating, which is the highest rating... He is a genius among Exorcists who has never been seen before or since. Of course... he is still far behind you."
"Oh? So powerful?" Ji Minghuan raised his eyebrows, "What can his Sky Drive do?"
"Mario's Sky Drive can pull people around him into a random game scene and control various elements in the scene, such as the game characters that appear in the scene, or some controllable environmental props in the scene... For example, if the loaded scene is Jurassic World, he can control the dinosaurs to bite and kill the opponents. If the loaded scene is an empty mountain, he can control a boulder to roll down the mountain and crush the enemy into a piece of meat."
"That sounds pretty impressive." Ji Minghuan exclaimed, and then asked: "When he grows up, can he be compared with the 'Lake Hunter' you mentioned?"
"Of course you can... The people in the Lake Hunters are only at a level that you only see once every hundred years, but an exorcist genius like Mario probably only appears once every few hundred years."
"Oh." Ji Minghuan said, "Then what is the red street light driver we want to catch? It can't be a 'street light', right?"
"That's right," the instructor said. "Red Street Light's Tianqu is just like his nickname, a street lamp." He paused. "His fighting style is extremely brutal. According to the information we have, he likes to hold the street lamp pole and swing the street lamp to smash his opponent's head."
Ji Minghuan smacked his lips and took a breath.
He leaned back on the chair, put his hands together in front of his abdomen, and then looked up at his instructor: "So, it seems that I just need to follow behind them?"
"Yes...if nothing unexpected happens, that's the case."
"Why don't you try to remove the superpower inhibitor and this collar from me? Maybe the superpowers you've always dreamed of will suddenly awaken?"
"Unfortunately, I can't do this."
"Then what's the point of letting me out?"
"We're testing your ability, but not just for you. We also have to test the stability of other children." The instructor paused, "In my eyes, you are all equally important."
Ji Minghuan stared into his mentor's eyes in silence, thinking that if the people from the Salvation Society knew that his supernatural powers had already awakened, they might indeed test him in this way...
If we look at it from this perspective, the purpose of the people of the Savior Society releasing his original body was to nip the "things" he created in the bud before his superpowers were fully unleashed.
His true form is bait:
——The Salvation Society wanted to ensure that he would not escape, so they resorted to this desperate measure.
Therefore, if he kept staring at his true self, he would fall completely into the trap of the Savior Society.
What he should have done was not to consider how to take his own body away, but to think about how to get ahead of the Savior Society and take the crazy exorcist away.
As a result, the core goals of both parties were misaligned.
The focus of the Savior Society's action this time is to "test whether his superpowers have been awakened" rather than to capture Hong Lu Deng; Ji Minghuan's focus is to "snatch Hong Lu Deng" rather than to rescue his own body from the Savior Society.
"As long as I catch Red Street Light and take him away, I can use Black Pupa's "Restraint Belt Mantra" to get information about the Salvation Society from him later... No matter how much or how little this information is, it should be helpful for my future escape."
"But if you rush at this point, everything will be over."
"I am not strong enough to fight against the Salvation Society. Acting rashly will only cost me my life, and even the lives of those around me."
"My goal must be clear: to seize the red light before the Salvation Society, and then evacuate London safely. After establishing the goal, I must not waver no matter what happens along the way, otherwise I will fall into their trap..."
Thinking of this, Ji Minghuan took a deep breath, shifted his gaze, and changed the subject:
"You said I can't see Mario until two days later. Isn't that when the mission starts?"
"No, we will make arrangements in two days." The instructor smiled. "Mario is a lonely child. He is different from other children here and does not desire to have a friend. His only interest is in various video games."
"It sounds really reliable." Ji Minghuan said with emotion, "Can he let me travel into the world of Pokémon? I took a few Poké Balls and became a Pokémon Master."
"In theory, any game scene you can imagine can be realized in his hands."
"No wonder you locked me up here."
"No way, this is our duty."
After saying that, the instructor stood up from his chair and put his hands behind his back, "Your friends are here."
He held a cigarette in his mouth, squinted his eyes and smiled at Ji Minghuan, then walked slowly towards the exit of the prison cell.
Ji Minghuan watched his mentor leave, touched the plate with his little hands, put two pieces of nougat into his mouth, and then turned on the TV with the remote control on the table.
The disc in the CD player was "Robot Dreams", which he hadn't finished watching yesterday.
Soon the metal door opened again, and the white-haired girl was the first to arrive as usual.
The lights in the corridor were bright. She lowered her eyes and staggered over like a round-headed penguin.
She sat down opposite Ji Minghuan and looked up at him curiously from her notebook.
"I have a TV, too." Ji Minghuan looked into her eyes and pointed at the TV on the ground with his chin. "We can watch cartoons together, just like in the welfare home."
Kong Youling followed his gaze and looked at the TV in the corner. She was stunned for a moment, then wrote on the notebook: "That's good."
She had watched a lot of movies and TV series, and even drew simple pictures of the plots of these works in her notebook. She wanted to share the stories she had watched with Ji Minghuan when she met him, along with her drawings.
But she didn't expect that there was already a TV in his bedroom. Thinking of this, Kong Youling closed the notebook, carefully not letting Ji Minghuan discover the "homework" she had done.
Otherwise he would definitely call her a fool.
After a while, the metal door opened again.
Then a red-haired girl wearing a peaked cap walked in majestically, as if this was her Flower and Fruit Mountain. Every step she took was very cool, and her red hair swayed behind her head.
She was still humming the tune of the Doraemon theme song.
But as soon as she stepped into the door, she saw Ji Minghuan and a white-haired girl sitting on the ground, shoulder to shoulder, watching TV intently.
From time to time, the two would use notebooks to chat about the plot of the animated film "Robot Dreams".
The white-haired girl wrote in the notebook: "The little robot is so pitiful. It has been lying on the beach for so long and no one has found it."
Ji Minghuan took the notebook and pencil and wrote on it: "I have read it twice. The carrot head at the back has found a new owner."
Sun Changkong was stunned for a moment, stopped singing, and the expression on his face disappeared, leaving only the awkward feeling of visiting a relative.
(End of this chapter)
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