Chapter 65 Alert: "I can examine both human and snake bodies."...
“Okay,” Shu Qing replied, though she didn’t agree in her heart, “You’re planning to do it yourself again, aren’t you? Be careful.”
Her true attitude was completely hidden behind the words. Jiu Su couldn't read her true thoughts from the two lines of embellished text—and it wouldn't be good to read them anyway, since the two of them had different views, and it would be better to avoid arguing with each other.
"Don't worry." Jiu Su replied quickly this time, it seems she had already made up her mind and was on her way to carrying it out, which is why she had the time to talk to her. "This one is much easier to deal with than the monsters around your former boss."
How could Shu Qing be at ease? After all, this was a monster that had lost control and was devoid of consciousness. There was a common sense rule in the Super Management Bureau: when dealing with a monster that had lost control, the energy level should be calculated by doubling it—because it had lost its mind and did not know how to protect itself, it used all its strength to attack others, which was exactly the same as a person who had gone mad.
She hesitated for a moment, then finally asked, "Do we really have to go? If we just drop the weapons directly, you won't have to take the risk."
“Yes, I’m going,” Jiu Su replied. “We need to figure out why it went out of control so we can prevent it from happening again. Besides, I don’t want to kill it just because it went out of control once. Don’t you humans say that mentally ill people aren’t held legally responsible for injuries?”
He even knows about "restricted capacity for civil conduct," which shows he's done his homework. So what was he trying to do with this homework... his intention is obvious.
Shu Qing didn't argue with him anymore. Besides, what he said about "finding out why it went out of control" made sense, so she simply instructed, "If all else fails, just deploy weapons. Anyway, you have to come back unscathed [threat.jpg]"
Jiu Su returned her a smiley face.
He put away his phone and looked at the desolate mountain engulfed in flames. By this time, the sun had already set, and the flames rising from the forest illuminated his face, casting a warm, blood-red glow on his handsome profile.
The Super Energy Management Bureau has an energy monitoring system covering major cities. At 4 p.m. this afternoon, the monitoring system detected a signal of abnormal energy fluctuations. An operational meeting was immediately convened, and the basic plan and personnel to depart were confirmed in half an hour. Then, equipment was mobilized and a special plane was boarded. Apart from a slight delay in contacting the headquarters of the Super Energy Management Bureau in the capital, it can be described as a swift and efficient operation.
As far as he knew, the personnel at the capital headquarters also took action as quickly as possible. Normally, for a monster of this level, there would usually be a gap of one or two days between the onset of abnormalities in its demonic power and its complete loss of control—unless the monster encountered an invincible opponent and recklessly self-destructed. Otherwise, there would always be a development process.
However, the whole process only took a little over two hours.
Why so fast?
After much deliberation, the Super Management Bureau forced the out-of-control Firefly back to its lair. Finding a sparsely populated area near the capital was not easy, so forcing it back to its lair was the least damaging solution they could think of, but the cost was that they would have to fight on foreign soil.
Fortunately, this "Little Demon King" title is not just an honorary one. He doesn't care about away games; wherever he is, it's his home game.
Jiu Su stopped the others from following and walked alone into the raging fire. Pure white, frigid air swept over the flames in the forest, extinguishing them as the mist choked them out. From the forest came the sharp roar of some wild beast.
Shu Qing spent a restless night, only managing to fall asleep after receiving a message from Jiu Su confirming that she was safe. She didn't even feel like updating the video.
The first thing she did when she woke up the next day was to grab her phone and check the news. Sure enough, there was a follow-up story.
The official announcement was issued early this morning, stating that the incident was caused by a high-level supernatural being going out of control. The supernatural being is now under the supervision of the Supernatural Management Bureau. Everyone is told not to worry, and so on.
The message, written in white on a blue background, was concise and to the point, but it was of no use. After reading it, everyone was even more terrified.
First, the victims' families, who had finally recovered from their grief, questioned: Is it just being kept under guard? What measures are in place to ensure it won't come out again and cause new accidents? Why wasn't this high-level supernatural being discovered before? Are there any other similar undiscovered supernatural beings?
Some people were so emotional that they simply blurred out the photos of the dead and injured before posting them online. Shu Qing glanced at them and even looked away before the social media warning that the images were "potentially disturbing" finally appeared.
She steadied herself and looked back at the screen. The photos were horrific; not only were the injured person's hands and feet badly burned, but some were so badly disfigured that it was impossible to recognize the deceased's face. The faces were completely decomposed, the eyes, ears, nose, and mouth unrecognizable—a truly gruesome sight.
Unsuspecting bystanders, upon seeing the photo, were indeed filled with sympathy and silently supported the emotionally charged family member's plea—that the Supermarket Management Bureau should directly deal with this out-of-control monster. Even if the Supermarket Management Bureau can guarantee it won't cause new disasters in the future, what about the victims of this incident? Did they all die in vain?
Of course, there were dissenting opinions, with many suggesting that the cause of the supernatural beings' loss of control should be determined first, and then the Supernatural Authority should decide how to handle the incident. However, considering the feelings of the victims' families, the wording was very polite, and so far there have been no arguments.
With a heavy heart, Shu Qing closed her social media app, opened a short video platform, and found that a few people in her comment section were asking her about her attitude towards the matter.
She didn't want to mention that her family members almost died in the fire, but only explained the regulations of the Supernatural Management Bureau to the onlookers: if an out-of-control high-level supernatural being is discovered, it should be brought under control as a priority; if it cannot be controlled, it should be executed immediately in order to reduce casualties and property damage.
She replied in a businesslike manner, "Nothing is clear yet. Trust the Supermarket Management Bureau's handling of the matter."
As for how to deal with them specifically, there is a very detailed set of evaluation criteria, including many clauses that leave it to people to "do as they see fit"—in a sense, high-level superhuman beings are also important weapons. If they can be recruited alive, it is certainly better to recruit them, like Jin Wanli.
These details were too extensive and were all contained in a confidentiality agreement; she had neither the inclination nor the ability to explain them.
After settling her parents, who were visiting her new home for the first time, and ordering them breakfast, she went to their studio as usual.
Fortunately, the studio's business was not affected by the incident. Their customers are all people interested in yokai (supernatural beings), and since this was an isolated incident, it didn't affect their natural interest. Neither the number of people visiting the store nor the number of reservations decreased.
When Shu Qing entered the studio, she only heard customers occasionally mentioning the disaster and lamenting the tragedy of the victims, but they showed no intention of stopping their business.
Shu Qing breathed a slight sigh of relief, returned to her seat, rested her chin on her hand, and watched the people and little monsters playing around.
After a while, Jiu Su sent her a "Good morning" emoji.
Shu Qing glanced at the time, 10:42, and teased him, "You just got up?"
"Mmm." Jiu Su replied with a voice message, her voice filled with weariness, "I didn't fall asleep until after five last night."
It was such a simple sentence, and it wasn't like he was rushing to the accident scene, so he deliberately sent a voice message. The ending note even had a little snake tail-like hook, making Shu Qing reasonably suspect that he was deliberately being affectionate.
"Okay," she agreed, turning on her voice and asking softly, "Then why don't you sleep a little longer?"
"No," Jiu Su's voice softened, the heavy weariness fading away. "I want to finish my work as soon as possible and go home to see you."
Shu Qing was teased by him again. She covered her face, took two deep breaths, and then asked, "When are you coming back?"
This time, Jiu Su did not answer immediately. After a while, he sent a video call invitation.
Shu Qing accepted, and Jiu Su's current location immediately popped up on the screen. He was in a conference room with no one else around. He was sitting in front of the computer typing, not wearing a uniform, his silver hair casually hanging down his shoulders, chatting with her on the phone.
Shu Qing admired her boyfriend's good looks for a while, then asked with a smile, "How's it going on your end?"
“Most of the tasks I was required to complete have been finished.” Jiu Su typed on the keyboard—after all, he had started learning from pinyin and simplified Chinese characters, so his typing speed was still a bit slow. His snow-white fingers moved back and forth across the black official keyboard, and he would occasionally look down to find something, making him appear exceptionally focused. “Now they want me to write a process report…”
He looked at her on the other end of the video call with a troubled expression. "I don't want to write it either, but no one else can write it. After I finish writing it, I have to explain it to them again tomorrow. I really don't know why the process is so complicated. I can go home the day after tomorrow."
Shu Qing extracted the key information from his words, and her lips twitched. "Did you go alone again?"
Jiu Su accidentally blurted out the truth and bit her lip in annoyance. But Shu Qing had already guessed it, so he couldn't argue anymore and could only obediently nod.
Shu Qing sighed helplessly and said, "Are you hurt? Stand up and move around so I can see."
Jiusu got up as instructed, turned around in front of the camera, and even held up her phone to show her from multiple angles: "I'm not hurt. Don't you know this wouldn't hurt me?"
"That's what they say," Shu Qing said dejectedly, "but I still can't be completely at ease."
Jiu Su smiled at the camera, clearly enjoying her concern even though he said "Don't worry".
“Then I’ll give you a thorough check-up from head to toe when I get back the day after tomorrow,” he said seductively. “I can check both your human and snake forms.”
"Pah." Shu Qing laughed and scolded him, "When you were hiding your identity before, I wanted to check your wounds, but you used illusion magic to fool me."
"This time I won't fool you. Inspect it however you want—"
Before the joking words had even finished, Jiu Su's snow-white face on the screen was suddenly bathed in a crimson glow, and a piercing alarm sounded from the other end of the video call. Jiu Su abruptly turned her head, and the nationwide energy monitoring system popped up on the computer screen without warning, taking over the entire screen.
City B, located more than 100 kilometers from the capital, was highlighted in red. A warning sign in bold capital letters, "Extraordinary Energy Risk Alert," was displayed at the top of the screen, indicating yet another incident of an abnormal biological out-of-control event!
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