Chapter 98
That day, Qu Zhaoxuan's right eyelid kept twitching.
He stepped down from the bustling scene of profit, pressed his brow wearily, and with a wry smile asked one of the psychics sent by the Heresy Monitoring Bureau to protect him: "My eyelids have been twitching. They say the left eye twitches for good fortune, the right eye twitches for disaster. I hope I won't be beheaded soon, right?"
This psychic possessed extremely rare predictive skills. Qu Zhaoxuan remembered his name, Zhou Mian. He seemed to be a very introverted child who didn't like to talk. Others might think that this child was not sophisticated enough, but Qu Zhaoxuan thought it was a good thing.
Zhou Mian doesn't speak in formal language or official jargon, and there are no twists and turns, so it's comfortable to get along with him.
Just like now, Zhou Mian told him the truth honestly: "It's a small disaster, but it's not a big problem. We will solve it."
Qu Zhaoxuan said cheerfully, "Then I feel relieved."
"Xiao Zhou, how long have you been at the Heresy Monitoring Bureau?" Qu Zhaoxuan started chatting with Zhou Mian. "I heard that your family is in the hospital for treatment. How is it going now?"
Zhou Mian answered each question: "About one or two months ago. My grandma's surgery didn't go well, and she's still in the hospital for observation."
"Is that so?" Qu Zhaoxuan sighed, "Then your financial pressure must be quite great."
Zhou Mian replied stiffly, "It's okay. The bureau covered my grandma's medical expenses, and she's getting much better now."
"I've heard it all. It's not easy for you either. I heard you still owe a debt." Qu Zhaoxuan took out a card from his pocket and handed it to Zhou Mian with concern: "Xiao Zhou, I have high hopes for you as a junior. Take this money for now. At least it will solve your immediate problem."
Zhou Mian froze for a moment and hurriedly said, "How can this be? I can't accept it!"
"Just think of it as my appreciation for your talent," Qu Zhaoxuan winked at him, "Just pay me back later. I won't let you owe me a favor."
Of course Zhou Mian couldn't accept it. He refused bluntly, and couldn't come up with any polite words to fool him. Seeing him like this, Qu Zhaoxuan pretended to be angry and said, "Xiao Zhou, if you do this again, I will be angry. Come and accept it!"
He was about to force the card into Zhou Mian's hand when a voice interrupted him: "What are you whispering about? Let me hear it too."
The two of them paused and looked at the newcomer. Feng Jihan walked over leisurely, his eyes sweeping over the cards they were pushing back and forth, and jokingly said, "Oh, our Director Qu is really nice. He's already showing care for his subordinates?"
Qu Zhaoxuan laughed heartily: "Look at what you said, it hasn't been decided yet."
"It's a done deal. It's not too much to call Director Qu in advance," Feng Jihan said, rubbing his hands towards Qu Zhaoxuan with envy. His hint was obvious: "Director Qu is so generous. He's completely different from Director Liu before. I'm also in financial difficulty. Could you please give me some help too?"
Qu Zhaoxuan laughed and scolded, "Go away! Everyone knows atheists are rich. You've always been at auctions and spent hundreds of thousands or millions. Tell me the truth, are you worth more than me?"
Feng Jihan waved his hands repeatedly: "How is that possible? I only have a little bit of bonus, but how can it compare to your rich family background, Director Qu?"
The two of them exchanged a few words, laughing and joking for a while, and the previous topic was naturally brought up.
Feng Jihan patted Zhou Mian's shoulder and said with a smile, "Our little Zhou has just been transferred here. He's young and has never seen such a scene before. Director Qu, please don't make things difficult for him. The boy is shy. After accepting this money, I guess he won't be able to sleep well at night. He will only think about working to pay back the money."
Qu Zhaoxuan took the card back apologetically: "Well, I meant well but ended up doing something bad."
Feng Jihan disagreed, "Nonsense! There's nothing wrong with the big boss. You're doing this for Xiao Zhou's own good. When Director Qu officially takes office, I'll definitely bring Xiao Zhou to visit you when I'm free."
Who doesn't like to hear nice words? Qu Zhaoxuan laughed cheerfully and pointed at Feng Jihan and said, "You're such a smooth talker. I didn't realize it before, but you're quite good at talking."
Feng Jihan: "Well, how can you cheat for a bonus if you can't speak? From now on, my bonus will depend on you, Director Qu."
Qu Zhaoxuan was so happy that he was still smiling when he left.
Feng Jihan watched him leave, then put away the smile on his face. He looked at Zhou Mian, who was pursing his lips and saying nothing, and asked with concern, "Are you okay? Are you scared?"
Zhou Mian was a little embarrassed: "It's okay, but why did he suddenly want to give me the card? Is he trying to win me over?"
"It's rare to see people with precognitive abilities these days. Don't doubt it, he just wants to win you over." Feng Jihan explained the trick behind it to him: "He gave you the card because he wants to use this favor to win you over. If you accept his card, then when he asks you for a 'small favor' in the future, won't you feel embarrassed to refuse?"
Zhou Mian was stunned for a moment, then nodded slowly.
Yes, if he accepted the card, it would be difficult for him to righteously refuse Qu Zhaoxuan's request.
Then Zhou Mian frowned slightly: "You helped me reject Qu Zhaoxuan, will he hold a grudge against you?"
"How is that possible?" Feng Jihan suddenly laughed: "Do you know where I got those millions of bonuses?"
Zhou Mian said honestly: "I don't know."
"Of course, I got it by working for some big shots," Feng Jihan said in a low voice, "Don't worry, I, your captain, have a lot of connections, and many people ask me for help. Who would dare to make things difficult for me?"
Zhou Mian finally breathed a sigh of relief and said sincerely, "Thank you, Captain."
"You're welcome," Feng Jihan sat down next to Zhou Mian. "Actually, I used to be just like you. I didn't understand the intricacies of the situation and didn't know how to deal with it."
"Those people smile on their faces, but who knows what they are hiding in their hearts. They say high-sounding words on the surface, but they are making messy calculations behind the scenes."
"When I first joined the Heresy Monitoring Bureau, a card like this was handed to me."
Feng Jihan looked at his hand with a nostalgic look in his eyes: "My captain helped me block it."
"Now I'm the captain, but he's gone." Feng Jihan smiled: "If he knew that I can now protect others like him, he would definitely be very happy."
Zhou Mian said seriously: "He will definitely do it."
Feng Jihan thought about it, shook his head and said self-deprecatingly: "I have done good things and bad things. If he knew, he would probably just be disappointed in me."
Zhou Mian's words of comfort were still dry: "No, Captain, you are the best person I have ever met."
"Really? Thank you." Feng Jihan stood up with his knees propped up. "If I could see the captain alive, I'd be willing to stop talking about this even if he scolded me. That's about it. If you need anything, just come find me."
Zhou Mian pursed his lips and smiled: "Okay, I understand."
In fact, Zhou Mian would not ask for help from anyone unless he was pushed to the extreme. Why should others help him if they just met by chance? He has long been accustomed to solving problems on his own.
Zhou Mian keeps money and feelings very separate, and would rather work several jobs than owe favors to others.
After the banquet, Qu Zhaoxuan walked towards the car that would pick him up under the escort of several psychics. Just as he reached the car, an explosion suddenly sounded from behind him. Qu Zhaoxuan was slightly stunned. Before he could react, the psychics who rushed over protected him behind them and urged him to get in the car and leave.
Recently, it is a critical period for the change of power. Many people want to kick him out and take his place. It is normal for assassinations to occur. Qu Zhaoxuan calmed himself down, got into the car quickly, and left the explosion site. A group of psychics followed the accompanying car and left to protect his safety at any time. Another group of psychics stayed to explore the cause of the explosion.
At first everything was normal and the car was driving steadily, but Qu Zhaoxuan soon discovered something was wrong. His special ability [telepathy] told him that the driver and the accompanying special ability users all had ill intentions towards him.
Qu Zhaoxuan calmly turned on [Mirror Reverse] and [Mirror Copy], and reached for his phone with one hand as naturally as possible.
The driver's voice suddenly came from above: "Oh, you found me."
Qu Zhaoxuan's hands stiffened instantly, he rolled his eyes and looked up inch by inch.
The driver was leaning on the headrest of the driver's seat, looking at him, with one foot still on the accelerator. Upon closer inspection, he found that his waist was twisted into an arc that was not like a human, and his body was stretched out. He was staring at him with a dim gaze, and his golden eyes were as cold as some kind of beast.
Qu Zhaoxuan was really scared. He screamed and was groping to press the emergency device in the car when suddenly a pungent smell filled the air.
The smell made his consciousness gradually dizzy, and even his thinking speed slowed down a lot.
He slowly realized what was happening.
His skills can reflect other skills, but they cannot reflect the anesthetic gas mixed in the air.
When the psychics rushed to the explosion site, the culprit had already left the crime scene.
Tong Ming hummed a song and walked into an alley. It was not late at night yet, and occasionally there were voices and dog barking in the alley. He didn't know whose family had dinner late. The aroma of braised pork was faintly floating in the air, and it was a bit annoying.
Coincidentally, Tong Ming just happened to have one bomb left in his hand.
Otherwise, just throw it into a residential area, Tong Ming thought with a bit of malice, if we blow these people up, won’t there be a lot of good shows to watch?
He looked around and quickly chose a direction: "It's you! The evil human who cooks braised pork in the middle of the night!"
Just as he was about to throw the bomb, a low shout suddenly came from the alley: "Stop!"
Tong Ming stopped and looked at the person in surprise. He was a human youth who looked sick, but the information sent back by the All-Seeing Eye was more than that.
Tong Ming quickly figured out this person's identity.
Zhou Mian, B-level psychic, precognitive ability, main skill: [Fork in the Road]
The moment his eyes met his, this person with the clairvoyant ability obviously saw something. His pupils suddenly shrank, and Tong Ming also felt a certain fear from him?
"Look what I found." Tong Ming immediately became very interested in this precognitive psychic named Zhou Mian. He was no longer in a hurry to drop the bomb, and said playfully, "A poor little precognitive person who walked into a trap."
He slowly approached Zhou Mian, looking him down. "How strange! I've never fought a precognitive psychic before, but now it seems quite interesting. You suddenly appeared here. Did you see the fork in the road where I threw the bomb?"
Zhou Mian's face turned a little pale. He stared at Tong Ming, as if he was repeatedly confirming something, and he didn't look away for a long time.
"Are you afraid of me?" Tong Ming felt the fear again, but he couldn't see the reason, which made him more curious. "But why? This is obviously our first meeting, and I haven't even had the chance to do anything to you."
He suddenly leaned forward slightly and whispered maliciously in Zhou Mian's ear: "Or did you see something terrible in my future?"
Zhou Mian took a few steps back in panic, and his eyes, which were always drooping, finally opened wide and glared at him fiercely, with a rare anger on his face.
"You're so angry, did I secretly go to the hospital and kill your grandmother, or did I secretly go to your house and kill you?" Tong Ming speculated one by one with interest, observing Zhou Mian's reaction: "Huh? Neither? Then what is it?"
Zhou Mian said coldly: "Do you want to know? I can tell you now."
He swiftly drew his gun and shot directly at Tong Ming. Tong Ming had already sensed his movements and quickly distanced himself from him. The gun was equipped with a silencer, but the bullet still made some noise when it was fired. Zhou Mian pursed his lips slightly, fearing to attract the attention of nearby residents and deciding to make a quick decision.
He raised his gun and aimed at Tong Ming again, firing another shot. The next shot was fired without any pause, with a slight deviation, and hit Tong Ming who had avoided the previous bullet.
"Damn!" Tong Ming covered his abdomen. He was a weirdo, so even if he was shot in the heart, he would only suffer minor injuries. However, for Tong Ming, although this injury was not very harmful, it was extremely insulting.
As an omniscient being, Tong Ming can always avoid danger in advance. This control over the overall situation gives Tong Ming a great advantage, allowing him to calmly deal with various scenarios in the battle.
But predictability completely destroyed this advantage.
Zhou Mian can predict all of Tong Ming's actions, but Tong Ming cannot predict Zhou Mian's next move.
Omniscience can only see the past and present, but foresight can see the future.
Tong Ming was shot in the arm again. He gritted his teeth and found cover. Zhou Mian did not continue shooting. Instead, he stood not far away and said, "Go away. Your plan tonight is doomed to fail."
Tong Ming: "What do you mean?"
Zhou Mian said: "You will know the reason in ten seconds."
Ten seconds later, Yaxu's voice came through the communication headset: "Mission failed. That Qu Zhaoxuan is a mirror clone. The atheist is heading this way and is expected to arrive in 56 seconds. Retreat quickly."
Tong Ming gritted his teeth and blurted out a few words: "Mirror image clone?"
He quickly thought of Zhou Mian. Since Zhou Mian could appear here to stop him, he could certainly remind Qu Zhaoxuan to use his clone to go out today.
Damn precognition!
Tong Ming laughed in anger, walked out from behind the cover, and said with murderous intent: "Zhou Mian, I will remember you, we will see!"
Upon hearing this, Zhou Mian actually smiled strangely: "Then I advise you not to think like that, otherwise you will definitely regret it."
"Really? Then I'll wait and see." Tong Ming sneered, took out the mirror and left the mirror space.
Not long after he left, Feng Jihan hurried over. Looking at the empty alley, he frowned and asked, "Is he gone?"
Zhou Mian said "hmm" absentmindedly.
Feng Jihan: "That's too much! What if I don't act in time..."
Zhou Mian whispered, "I calculated the time well. I came only when I knew nothing would happen."
Feng Jihan's brows didn't relax. "[Omniscient] has a strong desire for revenge. If you let him mess up the mission, he will definitely take revenge on you at all costs."
"Then let him take revenge," Zhou Mian put the gun back to his waist and murmured, "What's coming cannot be avoided."
"I must kill that foresight!" Tong Ming slammed his palm on Cen Xun's desk, furious: "No one has ever humiliated me like this, no one!"
The panda cups on the table were all slapped and shook. Cen Xun pushed the cups inward and said calmly, "Calm down."
"How can I stay calm!" Tong Ming paced back and forth, extremely anxious. "Brother, that foresighted person can see our plan. If he can stop us once, he will definitely be able to stop us a second and third time. If we don't get rid of him, he will sooner or later become a stumbling block on our road to success!"
Wu Sa lay on the table and watched Tong Ming spinning around. He almost felt dizzy. "Dean Tong, stop spinning around. Sit down and take a rest. The bullet holes in your body haven't healed yet."
It would have been fine if this matter hadn't been mentioned. As soon as it was mentioned, Tong Ming became even more furious: "I'm so pissed off! That sickly guy suddenly appeared and shot me. Who the hell is he? Just a dog controlled by the Heresy Monitoring Bureau. How dare he come and stop me? I must kill him! I'm going to torture him ruthlessly, make him lose the most important thing, and then let him die in agony!"
Cen Xun was quite experienced in this area: "You just haven't seen enough. You don't know that there are always people better than you. Aren't my puppet threads invincible under normal circumstances? Even these have their nemesis, not to mention your omniscient vision."
Cen Xun gave the final conclusion: "Congratulations, Lao Liu, your natural enemy has appeared."
Tong Ming said sinisterly, "I'm different from you. You're reluctant to kill Feng Jihan, but I will ruthlessly cut Zhou Mian into eight pieces!"
"But before that, I must know what he saw in the precognitive image of me that could frighten him so much."
Tong Ming suddenly changed the subject and looked at Cen Xun with a smile: "Brother, can you lend me your [Fantasy World]? I want to see what he fears the most and at least let out some anger."
Cen Xun picked up the cup and said calmly, "You messed up, and you still dare to ask me to borrow something?"
Tong Ming said embarrassedly, "I didn't expect that a foresight would come out to cause trouble, Fourth Brother. I'm just trying to make amends. After dealing with Zhou Mian, we won't encounter this situation again."
"Then I'll trust you once more," Cen Xun said, his eyes cast down nonchalantly. "But there's one thing. You have to bring Zhou Mian back to me. I plan to use his foresight to see something."
Tong Ming was eager to find out what kind of future Zhou Mian had seen, so he reluctantly agreed.
Through Cen Xun's skill [Teaching and Educating], Tong Ming got a chance to use [Fantasy World].
Taking [Fantasy World] with him, Tong Ming couldn't wait to leave.
Cen Xun looked at his back and shook his head.
The cow cat lying next to him wagged its tail and asked curiously, "Principal, why are you shaking your head?"
Cen Xun smiled slightly: "Oh, I just remembered that when I left the orphanage, I was also so eager to kill Feng Jihan."
Repeated failures only lead to a stronger desire to win.
History always repeats itself.
Cen Xun asked Wu Sa thoughtfully, "Secretary Wu, what do you think Zhou Mian saw in Tong Ming's future?"
Wusa thought for a while: "Maybe he was killed by Dean Tong?"
Cen Xun said, "I don't think so. If Zhou Mian knew that he would be killed by Tong Ming, and even his family members who he cared about would be affected, given his personality, he would never appear in front of Tong Ming."
"So, perhaps the truth is just the opposite. In the scene Zhou Mian foresaw, Tong Ming didn't kill him, but instead brought him some benefits."
Wu Sa couldn't understand why: "That's impossible. Dean Tong is obviously going after Zhou Mian, so why would he do him a favor?"
Cen Xun took a sip of the tea in his cup and said, "Things in life are unpredictable. Who knows?"
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