Translator: ThatLazyPotato
Translation Checker: Rin
Editor: DragonFae
Yan Yi returned to his office from the Medical Association. He put his coat on the table, opened the computer, and connected to the real-time monitoring system of the Technology Department; checking the damage in every corner of Greenfly City one by one.
The screen jumped to the clock tower near the Alliance Police Station. Around four to five mutated experimental subjects were climbing up quickly. Thick black vines were tightly wrapped around the clock face of the tower, using the tough outer skin to withstand the mutant experimental subjects clawing.
However, the vines had already been heavily damaged by the clawing, while Bi Lanxing himself was scratched on his arms and thighs while doing his best to defend against the experimental subjects. The clock face deformed under repeated harsh impacts. From the largest crack, one could see Xiao Xun who was trapped inside while holding on to the door.
Bai Chunian and Rimbaud abandoned the car and ran over from a distance of 300 meters. Rimbaud reached the clock tower first. A strong high-voltage current passed through the metal decorative pattern of the outer clock tower, and the experimental subjects crawling on the tower fell like mosquitoes being zapped, clearing a path for Bai Chunian.
Bai Chunian followed closely behind, his hands clutching the raised patterns on the tower’s surface, and climbed up like a cat without stopping. Clinging to the outer edge of the clock tower with both hands, he jumped over and into the red brick enclosure, and knocked off the experimental subjects one by one.
By the time he had cleaned up the clock tower, the clock face had been ruined and full of frenzied impact marks. Bai Chunian opened the deformed iron door and pulled Xiao Xun out. He carried him on his shoulder and lept down the tower lightly. Bi Lanxing used a rattan net to capture the experimental subjects electrocuted by Rimbaud’s electric current.
It seemed like they were fine. Yan Yi dispatched a car for them, and called the leader of the Secret Service, Cang Xiao’er.
“How is it?”
Can Xiao’er answered, “The condition of the wounded has stabilized. Five members of the patrol team sacrificed their lives. I’m still checking the traces of fighting in the ward area. And arrangements have been made to appease the families of the soldiers.”
“I mean, when Xiao Bai comes back, listen to what he has to say. Understand?”
Cang Xiao’er pondered for a while. “I understand. But if he…”
“Lock him up and punish him for several crimes. I will be watching you guys.”
The members of the Search Department of the Secret Service returned to the headquarters to report. Beside Xiao Xun who did not come back with them, Dr. Han was also still in the urban area rescuing the wounded. Xiao Xun was already familiar with assistant work, so he got out of the car halfway to help the emergency team.
Bai Chunian brought back the mutated experimental subjects that had been purified and dispelled by Han Xingqian. Once he returned, he took them to the Medical Association, then ran upstairs with Rimbaud following closely behind him.
When they reached the ward area, Bai Chunian separated from the Secret Service members who had gathered in the ward area and walked in.
A red circle was circled with red tape on the corridor floor and the ward floor, representing the location where the nurses were killed.
Some of the experimental subjects in the wards were transferred out and squeezed into other wards so as to not damage the scene.
Rimbaud approached the red circle and sniffed. There was some white powder left on the floor.
“Odd Bones did this.” Rimbaud licked his lips. “It smells like her.”
“Team Leader.” Bai Chunian saw Cang Xiao’er and slightly nodded in greeting.
We’re sorry for MTLers or people who like using reading mode, but our translations keep getting stolen by aggregators so we’re going to bring back the copy protection. If you need to MTL please retype the gibberish parts.
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Three annihilated marbles fell into his hand, and Bai Chunian held them respectfully.
“Come with me, I have something to say to you.”
Team Leader Cang seemed to be holding in his anger.
Bai Chunian whispered in Rimbaud’s ear, “I’ll go alone. Darling, go to the ward and help take care of the children.”
Rimbaud glanced distrustfully at the back of Team Leader Cang walking away. “En.”
Bai Chunian scurried upstairs with Team Leader Cang.
They turned a few corners, then saw the door of the Medical Association’s mortuary. Team Leader Cang directly entered the room and temporarily sent away the security guard in front of the door.
Bai Chunian followed after him and went in. The temperature in the mortuary was very low, and the lights weren’t very bright. The remains of fallen soldiers were left on several side-by-side beds.
Seeing that there were still some empty beds, Bai Chunian put the snow-white marbles in his hand onto the beds; putting one lightly on each bed and then covering them with a white sheet.
“Have you notified their families yet? I’ll pick them up later.” Bai Chunian said, “It’s the fault of my lax defense. I didn’t expect them to attack the downtown area.”
“It is indeed your responsibility. This kind of trouble happened not long after you became the Search Department chief.” Team Leader Cang put his hands behind his back and stood in front of Bai Chunian with a stern expression. Although he was just a petite hamster omega, the aura around him was full of oppressiveness.
“It’s already a scandal that something like this happened in headquarters.”
Bai Chunian stood with his hands down and slightly lowered his head. “I know, I’ll reflect on it and accept any punishment.”
“It’s already too late, things have already happened. Think about how to salvage the situation.” Cang Xiao’er sighed lightly.
“You mean…”
“Your M2 ability, Annihilate, can compress the opponent into a marble after you say the name recognized by the opponent. And crushing the marble will make everyone forget their existence, correct?”
“Yes.” Bai Chunian answered, then suddenly realized the issue. “Do you mean you want me to annihilate the victims, then break them…so that this situation never happened?”
“Correct. Once the casualties are announced, the situation of the experimental subject will be more severe. I heard that the legal department is already considering defending the experimental subjects. Since something like this happened, there is no chance of winning the case anymore. Don’t you want them to have their freedom and rights?” Cang Xiao’er approached him and whispered, “This is the best way. The loved ones of fallen soldiers are also spared of pain.”
“…” Bai Chunian walked slowly to the bedside, lifted the white sheet, and his palm lightly touched the forehead of the sacrificed soldier.
This person should be a soldier of the patrol team of the Medical Association. They have never crossed paths due to the field they’re in, and Bai Chunian also doesn’t know him. Even though they work under the same roof, the soldier could only be a stranger to him.
Cang Xiao’er also came over, telling him, “His name is Zhang Youzhi. If you have a psychological burden, then you’ll annihilate it, and I’ll crush it.”
Bai Chunian thought about it for a long time.
“For humans, does it mean they’re dead once their heart stops beating?”
“Of course, otherwise?”
“I don’t know if the deceased’s own memory will still exist after the marble is crushed. I also never accomplished anything great. But if I die, I would still want someone to remember me.”
Bai Chunian withdrew his hand. “I had a really capable student called Cheng Chi. He was young and courageous, but you guys have already forgotten him. I will never do the same thing ever again, even if their parents request it, I won’t do it. I don’t believe this is the president’s idea. Team Leader, I’ll pretend that I never heard what you said today, and you never said it either. I will do the job of comforting the family members, so I’ll leave first.”
Bai Chunian left the mortuary like the wind.
Team Leader Cang stood in front of the door, and only walked out after Bai Chunian’s figure disappeared at the end of the corridor. He went to a place with a signal and called the president.
“He passed. I guess he’ll hate me from now on. Why would you entrust me with such an offending thing?” Cang Xiao’er said, “Oh yeah, who’s Cheng Chi? Was there such a person among the students in Greenfly Island?”
“An excellent fighter. Come up, I’ll tell you.”
Bai Chunian went back to the ward area. Order had already been restored here. He found Rimbaud in one of the wards after asking two nurses.
There were five infant and cultivation-staged experimental subjects crowded in the ward. Rimbaud held a Persian cat experimental subject with pupils of different colors in his arms. He didn’t care about the remaining four who were crying.
“You’re too biased.” Bai Chunian took the remaining four into his arms and held them on his lap. Smelling the scent of someone strong and who was the same kind as them, the little kiddos became obedient and hugged Bai Chunian while babbling.
“If we have a baby, and it is a lion cub, how will it turn out from being spoiled by you?” Bai Chunian drooped his eyes, his voice sounding exhausted.
“Mhm, I’ll give them anything.” Rimbaud lifted up the Persiam cat by its armpits. “Talent, beauty, health, everything.”
“What if it’s a fish?”
“Just make do with it. They should go to the sea to develop hard scales by themself instead of waiting for me to feed them.”
Bai Chunian didn’t answer. He lowered his head and touched the four little furry heads sitting on his lap.
“Randi…” Rimbaud put down the Persian cat, then sat next to Bai Chunian, and rubbed the alpha’s head. “Let’s go back.”
“Not yet, I have to inform the families of the sacrificed soldiers and nurses before dawn.”
“I’ll go too.”
“Don’t, I’ll take Lanxing with me. He should also get used to it ahead of time.”
In the evening, the major news stations in Greenfly City were already reporting on today’s terrorist attack, and every household was nervously following the news.
Bai Chunian was standing at the door of a house with Spring Festival couplets on it. Bi Lanxing stood beside him, hesitating to ring the doorbell with a half-raised hand.
“Chu-ge…” Bi Lanxing couldn’t help but look back at him with a gaze asking for help.
“Forget it, just stand behind me.” Bai Chunian pushed him aside and rang the doorbell.
An omega in their thirties came to open the door with an apron tied on their body. Seeing the badge on Bai Chunian’s chest and his serious expression, the omega’s expression changed suddenly, and they stared at them stiffly.
After telling him about the situation, the omega stood in front of the door in a daze for a long time, then ran back into the house without closing the door.
Not long after, he brought out a pot of tomato and egg soup that was on the table and splashed it all over Bai Chunian’s face. He then told them to fuck off while crying, and then closed the door strongly. There was a whimpering sound coming from the other side of the door.
Bi Lanxing never saw such a scene before, so he was petrified. He had also been splashed with a bit of the soup. It took him a long time before he thought to take out a tissue. “C-chu-ge, did you get scalded?”
“Let’s go to the next house.” Bai Chunian turned around to leave.
After leaving the unit door, Rimbaud curled up on the air conditioner cover outside. When he saw Bai Chunian, he stuck out his tongue and wiped his face clean.
“It’s a bit tasteless.” Rimbaud smacked his lips. “Are you guys staying to eat? Then I’ll also go back to the apartment to eat.”
“Let’s go.” Bai Chunian looked at the address book in the phone, “We don’t have time anymore, we’ll notify everyone first before washing.”
After visiting five houses in a row, it was completely dark out. Bai Chunian walked out of a unit with two bruises on his arms and face, but they healed on their own after he left the house. It was just two punches from an elderly human being, and they couldn’t do any real damage to him.
Walking out of the unit door, Bi Lanxing seemed to have lost his soul. He took two steps forward in a feeble manner, then suddenly fell to the ground, supporting his wounded and bandaged arm from the clock tower and weeping silently.
Bai Chunian also crouched down and leaned against him. His cigarette box was already empty, so he could only play with the lighter boredly.
“I feel very wronged.” Bi Lanxing turned his head, quickly rubbed his eyes with his sleeves, and hoarsely said, “We have already tried our best to protect everyone.”
“What are you wearing on your chest?”
“The IOA Secret Service Freedom Bird Badge.”
“Just do what is worthy of it.”
“…” Bi Lanxing Adam’s apple moved. “Yes.”
From far away, an elderly person tremblingly came over with a flashlight, holding a thermos in his hand. Bai Chunian looked around, but there was no one around, so he felt that he was coming for him.
The old lady stood in front of them. Seeing the thermos in the old lady’s hand, Bai Chunian subconsciously wanted to dodge.
The old lady shone a flashlight at Bai Chunian’s face and spoke in a vague dialect, “It’s you. I saw you on T.V. My grandson was almost crushed by a piece of glass and you blocked him from it. I live in this neighborhood. I heard from Old Zhang that you guys came, so I came out to have a look. Luckily I caught up with you guys. Come to my place to sit.”
Bai Chunian was stunned. He rubbed his hands on his pants and stood up. “No need ma’am, we will send you home to the unit where you live.”
“What did you say?” The old lady’s hearing wasn’t great. She stuffed the thermos into Bai Chunian’s hands. “President Yan said that you agents don’t accept gifts or money. You guys can drink this freshly made mung bean soup, which will relieve the heat.”
Bai Chunian gave Bi Lanxing a look. Bi Lanxing returned to his senses, dusted off the dirt on his knees and stood up. He helped hold the old lady’s things in one hand and supported her with the other hand to her unit.
Upstairs, there was a balcony with the lights on. There was a kid on the window sill. The kid stuck closely to the window and waved downwards.
Bai Chunian cheered up, looked up with a smile, revealed his canine and showed a peace sign with his hand.
This old lady QvQ
Thank You for the new chapter ♡(ღ˘⌣˘ღ)
Its nice we get a bit of sweetness after such a heavy chapter.
This only means that as long as you’re kind, even if some people might not appreciate what you do, someone else will still be just as kind to you.