With the report submitted, the matter was considered settled.
However, Li Jingxing has become a completely unsolvable problem.
You call him a ghost? Strictly speaking, no, but he's not human either. This kind of being, somewhere in between, is the first time the Special Administration Bureau has encountered it in decades.
Because this laboratory was exposed, the higher-ups at the Special Administration Bureau took Li Jingxing very seriously, and a heated discussion ensued regarding his punishment.
Radicals believe they should be eliminated on the spot, since this strategy has been used for all the non-humans they have found in the past.
Conservatives believe that he can be detained, and that keeping him in the Special Administration Bureau would eliminate the risk of him committing crimes. They also argue that eliminating him would be more difficult, and that detention would be easier.
Ye Jiu was also at the meeting, watching the show with her chin resting on her hand.
She just found these people ridiculous. Annihilate him? Even Lin Jin'an, who claimed to be the strongest superpower holder in the Special Administration Bureau, couldn't annihilate him. What made these people think they had the ability to annihilate Li Jingxing?
Detain him? They can't see Li Jingxing in his soul form, so how can they imprison him? Besides, Li Jingxing is far more powerful than they imagined. Unless he does it willingly, how could this group possibly capture him?
A bunch of whimsical people.
Sitting in the office for too long can make you think you're invincible.
After arguing for several hours without reaching a conclusion, they took a break and decided to discuss it again another day.
Ye Jiu left the conference room with her hands in her pockets and met Lin Jin'an and Li Jingxing waiting for her in the stairwell.
Originally, Li Jingxing was supposed to be temporarily detained at the Special Administration Bureau, but Ye Jiu saved him by "debating with the scholars".
Although Ye Jiu has only been on missions for a short time at the Special Administration Bureau, her status is by no means low. Under her superpower, all beings are equal, and anyone would be afraid if they suddenly lost their superpower.
Moreover, she was the only one who could control Lin Jin'an's superpower outburst; she was irreplaceable in the entire Special Administration Bureau.
"The meeting's over?" Lin Jin'an glanced at the time. "It lasted four hours."
Ye Jiu yawned. She barely spoke during the entire meeting, watching those old bastards argue the whole time.
In Ye Jiu's opinion, among the entire upper echelons of the Special Administration Bureau, only Director Fang Tianxiong was somewhat decent, but the Special Administration Bureau wasn't his personal fiefdom.
"Don't even mention it. They've been arguing from beginning to end, and they still haven't reached a conclusion. They'll have to hold another meeting in a few days."
"Ugh!" Lin Jin'an said angrily, "They haven't come to a conclusion after four hours of discussion, are they just sitting around doing nothing? They've even wasted your sleep time!"
Li Jingxing handed Ye Jiu a small bread roll, "Have some to tide you over."
"Thanks." Ye Jiu unwrapped the small bread and stuffed it into her mouth. She had missed lunchtime after a four-hour meeting and was starving.
On the way to dinner after leaving the Special Administration Bureau, while Lin Jin'an was carefully choosing a restaurant, Li Jingxing leaned close to Ye Jiu and asked, "Is it because of me?"
"What?"
Was that meeting because of my problem?
"Ah, no, no, it's just about things at the bureau." Ye Jiu didn't really want to tell him all that nonsense. Anyway, Ye Jiu wouldn't let the Special Administration Bureau take him away. As for being eliminated, Ye Jiu believed he had the ability to escape.
Li Jingxing lowered his head. "I heard it that day."
"What did you hear?"
"What you said to those people."
Ye Jiu feigned ignorance, "What are you talking about?"
"You said you would vouch for me, and if I caused any problems, you would resign."
Li Jingxing naturally took her hand and pressed the back of her hand against his face. "Thank you, but have I caused you a lot of trouble?"
Li Jingxing closed his eyes, enjoying the sensation of Ye Jiu's hand touching his face. "The higher-ups' attitude towards me is probably mostly one of elimination."
"Huh? No, it's fine, it's not your business." Ye Jiu retorted stubbornly, even though what he said was true. Those who are not of our kind will surely have different intentions, and eliminating them completely is the best method.
Li Jingxing opened his eyes and placed something cold to the touch in Ye Jiu's palm. "Why don't you just kill me? I only want to die by your hand."
Ye Jiu's expression changed drastically. What Li Jingxing placed in her hand was a strangely shaped knife!
Ye Jiu's heart remained unsettled for a long time, her eyes constantly shifting between his face and the knife.
Li Jingxing chuckled and shook his head. "Don't be afraid. This knife is the only thing that can kill me."
“If you’re scared, I can grab your hand and you can stab it into my heart. You’ll hit a hard object, which is the ‘ruby’ we saw earlier. Once you break it, I will disappear.”
Li Jingxing's smile deepened, "To die at your hands would be a very happy thing."
If it weren't for the icy coldness of the knife hilt in Ye Jiu's hand, one would definitely think he was saying something like "The weather is nice today" just by looking at his expression.
Ye Jiu gripped the hilt of the knife and pushed it closer to his chest. He released her hand. "Yes, that's it. It seems you're not afraid. Don't feel burdened. This is the place I've been longing for."
Ye Jiu shifted her gaze from his face to the knife. "Is there any special significance to this knife?"
"Ah, let me think." Li Jingxing began to recall, and slowly said, "It seems to have been made from my heart. I don't know what method he used."
Ye Jiu looked down at the knife in her hand. "Is that so?"
"Okay, hurry up and get started, don't delay your lunch. Lin Jin'an will probably take you to eat beef noodles in East Alley today. He said last night that you told him a few days ago that you wanted to eat beef noodles."
"Sigh." Ye Jiu stroked the blade with her fingers. "It's a very exquisitely crafted knife."
"I'm glad you like it. It wasn't originally like this. I made some modifications to it."
Li Jingxing felt an unprecedented calm. He was not afraid of death; he was more afraid of loneliness than death, but he was clearly no longer lonely.
Lin Jin'an can take good care of Ye Jiu. Although he is a little jealous that Ye Jiu can continue to stay with him, he reluctantly accepts him.
Ye Jiu asked again, "Besides killing you, is this knife of any use?"
"Well, you can use it to cut fruit if you want; it should be fairly sharp."
"I see." Ye Jiu nodded, then exerted force with his hand, and with a "crack", the knife split in two.
Great, your strength hasn't decreased.
Ye Jiu casually tossed the broken knife into a roadside trash can. "I don't like this color. Can you get me a different color?"
Li Jingxing only snapped out of his daze when he heard Ye Jiu speak. He smiled brightly and said, "Okay, can I make you a pink one?"
"I want a pink and blue gradient."
"good."
Just then, Lin Jin'an finished ordering food and turned to tell Ye Jiu and Li Jingxing, "I ordered food at Yu Shi Zhai! They're usually packed! I didn't expect to be able to get a reservation at this hour. Let's go."
Ye Jiu stretched and said, "Great luck today. Life is always full of surprises and unexpected events."
Li Jingxing's lips curled up slightly. "Yes, it's an unexpected surprise."
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