Chapter 185 Begging
At noon on the same day, in the director's office of the Strategy Bureau, Lin Yun was dealing with a troublesome guest.
A woman in a tattered Taoist robe was sitting in front of his desk, holding a box lunch in her hand and wolfing down the food.
"It's great, it's great."
She chewed the food in her mouth and said in a vague voice: "I haven't had such a good meal in many days. It feels so good!"
"I hope this is the last time."
Behind his desk, Lin Yun was holding his head with his hand as he felt a headache coming on. “The Yi Ce Bureau is not a restaurant, nor is it a relief center. Please leave immediately after you finish your meal.”
"Uh... yeah! I don't want to either!"
She swallowed the food in her mouth with her throat moving. Yuan tapped the lunch box in her hand with her chopsticks and said, "I have experienced many vicissitudes of life these days. I am so poor that I can't even afford a full meal."
"Destitute and destitute..."
His eyelids twitched twice. Although Lin Yun felt strange, he still kept a blank expression: "What on earth happened?"
"Nothing happened. In short, a penny can make a hero fall."
Yuan held the chopsticks between his thumbs and spread out his hands: "I don't have any money."
"I know you don't have any money, otherwise you wouldn't have been arrested for eating and drinking."
Lin Yun nodded: "I just don't understand why you have fallen to this point."
The Yuan in front of him looked even worse than a few days ago. If the robe he was wearing was just worn out before, now it was dirty and messy, looking like he had rolled in a garbage dump.
The scene where the other party loudly declared "I want to have a good time in the human city" and then left in a leisurely manner is still vivid in my mind. I didn't expect that he would become like this in the blink of an eye. It is really embarrassing.
"It's a long story... I originally wanted to find a place to work, but after working for a few days, the foreman who was in charge of leading me disappeared completely. I didn't have a mobile phone and didn't know where he was."
Putting the chopsticks on the lunch box, Yuan sighed: "When I couldn't find a job, I thought about doing odd jobs elsewhere, but they all said they wanted some 'education'. I didn't even finish elementary school before I started practicing martial arts, how could I have such a thing."
"so?"
"So, I had no money and no food. I had no place to live and nothing to eat."
Yuan licked his lips, seeming to be still unsatisfied with the lunch box he had just finished. "I couldn't find a place to sleep, so I originally planned to go to the park and find a random place to lie down, but there were people patrolling there at night and they didn't allow homeless people to sleep outdoors, so I was chased away after sleeping there for one night."
"Since I was not allowed to sleep in the park, I could only look for abandoned houses. However, the few places I looked for were too dirty and messy to stay. The few clean houses were already occupied by other beggars. They thought I was providing some illegal service."
Waving his hands as if to drive away bad luck, Yuan continued, "I had no choice but to sleep under the bridge. It's a bit cold at night, but as martial artists, we're not afraid of getting sick from the cold."
"Then you should solve the problem of food!"
Sammy on the side suddenly interrupted and shouted, seeming to be full of resentment: "It's fine if you can't solve the problem of eating yourself, but you also want me to compete with stray cats for the trash can! How many times do I have to say that I am a fairy, not a cat!"
"They look so similar. A cat can use its claws to dig in a trash can, so why can't you?"
Yuan was a little surprised and said, "Don't even mention you. Even I went to look through the trash can when I couldn't stand the fasting..."
"Alright, alright, I already know your situation."
Feeling that if they continued talking, it would turn into an argument, Lin Yun decisively raised his hand to stop them: "If you want to quarrel, can you go outside first? As the main culprit who destroyed the office facilities of the Strategy Bureau, you are still wanted by us. Although the Strategy Bureau has no ability to arrest you, can you please not treat this place as a vegetable market?"
"Hey, am I wanted now?"
Yuan blinked and looked back at Semi behind him: "Look, what do you mean? Wanted? Doesn't this sound a bit like a bad guy?"
"I'd rather you do something more in line with your identity as a bad guy, rather than begging for fortune-telling on the streets like a charlatan..." Semi sighed.
Yuan said confidently, "So I'm here to beg at the Yi Ce Bureau, right?"
——"I must emphasize again that the Special Policy Bureau is not a relief center."
Seeing that the man and the demon were about to formulate a criminal plan in front of him, Lin Yun interrupted again: "However, if you just want to solve the problem of food and accommodation, it is not impossible to consider it. Although the Bureau of Strategy cannot provide any financial assistance to wanted criminals. But if you really have this need, I can give you a small sum of money in my personal name."
"Oh, money? Really?"
Yuan was shocked when he heard this: "Begging at the Yi Ce Bureau is actually useful?"
"I'd like to make it clear in advance that this amount of money is not a lot. It will only be used to provide basic accommodation and food. And in exchange, you must not cause any trouble in Fangting City next time."
Lin Yun rubbed his temple with one hand: "If you can't do this, I will only report it to the higher-ups and see if the Magic Kingdom has any opinions."
This sentence was actually scary to say, because he had already reported to Emerald about the existence of this man and the fairy, and the answer he got from her was very simple: there wouldn't be any big problem.
Although he didn't know where the other party got the confidence from, since the Gem Scepter had made such a promise, he didn't want to get involved in the matter.
After all, it was no longer his turn to worry about the safety of the Beast Source - it had become something of an emerald.
He had already packed it up and thrown it to Emerald.
Realizing that holding this thing in his hand would only attract more people's covetousness, and considering that he was currently unable to deal with the endless stream of enemies, he decisively threw it away.
What he needs to do most now is to maintain the stability of Fangting City. Allowing the Source of Beasts to cause trouble in his hands will not only be detrimental to his own safety, but also to the growth of the new members of the team.
It would be fine if an enemy of Yuan's level did not have much malicious intent, but if they came with great malicious intent, it would undoubtedly be a disaster for Fangting City.
Considering all this, there is no better buyer than Emerald. No matter how untrustworthy the Gem Staff is, it still belongs to the Magical Girl. It is better for the Beast Source to fall into Emerald's hands than into Claw's hands.
As long as the owner of the Beast Source becomes Emerald, then the responsibility for its safety will naturally be transferred to Emerald. It is easier for a Gem Scepter in power to protect the Beast Source than for a wounded person like him.
It is precisely because of this that Lin Yun is now more confident facing Yuan - since the thing is not in his hands, he is not afraid of what the other party can do.
His attitude surprised Yuan, who came to the Strategy Bureau with the idea of "giving it a try". "It's easy not to cause trouble. After all, I don't like bullying the weak. But this money...are you really going to give it to me? Don't you want something more?"
"It would be a great thing for the Yi Strategy Bureau if you don't cause trouble."
Lin Yun narrowed his eyes: "As for other requests, I don't think you can give anything like this."
After he said this, he found that the other person was looking at him strangely.
"Well... he looks quite decent, and can be considered a handsome guy. His position is also not bad, he is a director."
Yuan rubbed his chin and said, "If you want something special, I can consider it."
"No thanks."
Hearing the other party's slightly obscure words, Lin Yun remained indifferent. He just drooped his eyelids and said indifferently: "Please take the money and leave. Don't stay in the Yi Ce Bureau for too long."
"Hahaha, with your slovenly appearance, what man would be interested in you?"
Seeing that Yuan's suggestion and actions were blocked, Semi on the side immediately mocked: "You'd better stop having these evil thoughts."
"Hmm."
Even though she was a carefree person, she was still a little frustrated when her charm as a member of the opposite sex was denied so directly: "You rejected me so decisively? As a woman, am I not attractive at all?"
"I'm sorry, you're beautiful, but I'm married."
Lin Yun still had no expression on his face: "And I love my wife very much."
"Okay, okay, then just pretend I didn't say anything."
Putting the lunch box in his hand on the desk in front of him, Yuan said as if giving up: "Just to confirm, you said that we can't cause trouble, but I'm not going to cause trouble by challenging a magical girl to a fight, right?"
“It doesn’t count unless you kill people or destroy public facilities.”
Guessing the other party's plan, Lin Yun suppressed the twitching of his mouth and narrated in a calm voice: "It's just that neither I nor the Yi Ce Bureau want to see such a thing."
From an emotional point of view, he wanted to dispel the other party's idea of arguing a fight, because he was very busy and really didn't have time to fight with a martial arts fanatic every day; but from a rational point of view, blocking all the other party's roads would be detrimental to the negotiation. Therefore, he could only use the tone of a third party and relatively soft language to express his opposition.
"Then can you give me Cornflower's contact information?"
His opinion obviously did not touch Yuan's nerves. When she heard that fighting was not strictly prohibited, she immediately perked up: "I haven't seen her for several days."
"The Strategy Bureau has a two-way confidentiality rule. We will not provide the personal information of magical girls to anyone."
Lin Yun said solemnly: "Besides, it would be useless even if I gave you the contact information. As you said before, you don't have a mobile phone."
“Oh, I don’t have a cell phone.”
Yuan finally realized and nodded: "But it doesn't matter. If I have money, I can use a public phone. By the way, if that's the case, why don't you give me a mobile phone as a gift..."
"No need to discuss this."
Lin Yun ended the conversation with extremely cold words.
In the end, he gave Yuan several thousand dollars, ensuring that it was enough to maintain the other party's food and lodging for a period of time, and then he decisively "invited" the two troublesome guests out of the Yi Ce Bureau.
After seeing off the two great gods, he was able to regain his free time and start dealing with the work he had not finished that day.
The director of the Special Policy Bureau not only has to deal with internal affairs of the bureau, but also has to deal with communications with the Special Policy Bureaus of other cities and the local municipal government.
In the past month, the Full Moon Festival, the Spring by the Lake, and the attack on the Strategy Bureau a few days ago have caused the city government to bleed heavily financially. Whether it is the cost of comforting the sacrificed employees or the cost of rebuilding the Strategy Bureau, all fell on their heads, which made some government officials very dissatisfied. Although they knew that Lin Yun, the airborne director of the Strategy Bureau, had some background, it did not stop them from making "suggestions" to Lin Yun, asking him to standardize the management of the Strategy Bureau and reduce additional losses.
In this regard, Lin Yun had to take time out to go to the municipal government to make a report in order to explain the increase in expenditures in recent days, and at the same time to appease them to ensure that the Special Policy Bureau would not be cut off from its source of funding.
The huge Strategy Bureau, with thousands of employees, required a lot of money to maintain. If he failed to appease the city government officials, even if the money was cut by 10% or 20%, many places would be stretched to the limit, and he would have a lot of headaches.
While thinking about these questions and completing some of the paperwork at hand, time gradually passed into the evening and it was time to get off work.
Although there was still a lot of work to be done, Lin Yun could no longer continue because he had other plans after get off work - he had to go to the Emerald Research Institute.
He always goes there these days.
Firstly, because the transaction of the Source of Beasts has been completed, the treatment process of the True Aspect has also begun. He needs to go to Emerald for more examinations and some minor physical therapy to start controlling his injuries.
Secondly, it was because he had a fellow patient there who needed to be taken care of, that was Hong Siyu.
As expected, the reason why Hong Siyu was able to regain the power of the magical girl was because of Emerald. According to her, Hong Siyu had retired not long ago, less than ten years, so there were some ways to regain her magic source.
Of course, when asked about the specific method, she became vague and obviously didn't want to talk about it more, and it wasn't a formal way either.
As for the motive for doing so, it was because when Hong Siyu was sent to the country for treatment, Emerald first proposed a deal with Delphinium. In order to increase the bargaining chips of the deal, Emerald privately asked Hong Siyu. After getting his consent, he carried out this operation.
Hongsi and reclaiming the power of the magical girl are not without hidden dangers. Just from the perspective of identity, because she did not join the kingdom like a normal magical girl, nor did she obtain the qualifications of a lifelong magical girl like Delphinium, so now she is considered an "illegal magical girl" just like Claw Mark.
As for the power itself, it is even more problematic, because before regaining the power of a magical girl, Hong Siyu did not live as an ordinary person. In the past two years in Fangting City, she was seriously polluted by the magic source of the remnant beast implanted in her body. Even after the concept of the remnant beast was directly separated by Cuique with scissors, her sleeping true self still showed a certain degree of mutation.
Therefore, Hong Siyu, who regained the power of a magical girl, is in an unstable physical condition.
Compared to Delphinium's symptoms of occasionally transforming into a magical girl, her symptoms were much simpler - she couldn't change back.
It can be said that this condition is much better than Delphinium's, but that is simply because Delphinium's condition is too bad; from an absolute perspective, her own condition is not much better.
According to Emerald, after obtaining the Source of the Beast, she could make some targeted attempts to stabilize Hong Siyu's physical condition. Therefore, Hong Siyu had to go to Emerald's research institute for follow-up treatment in recent days.
It has to be said that the weight of this chip did shake Delphinium's decision to a certain extent.
For this reason, after get off work these days, no matter how busy he is, he needs to find a way to take time out to visit Emerald's research institute to learn about the latest progress in treatment.
(End of this chapter)
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