Chapter 142 Competition for Power
"What happened to that person just now?" Su Ming asked.
"Ying Shuran is a B-level psychic. Her psychic ability is to allow targets within a certain range to withstand impacts similar to the power of a rifle shot. It is not very practical, and the abnormal value is relatively low, so she was rated B.
In short, she is a poor person. Ten years ago, before the Investigation Bureau moved into Dongyang Island, her whole family was killed by a local gang called Longyun Society. She herself was abducted by a small leader, and then by accident she awakened her special powers, killed her "master" and escaped.
A year later, the Investigation Bureau moved in, and she joined the bureau immediately, hoping to use the power of the bureau to eliminate Longyun Society.
But of course the Investigation Bureau could not take action against Long Yun Society because of her personal reasons. At that time, there were many gangs that were much worse than Long Yun Society. What's more, the main enemy of the Investigation Bureau at that time was the old aristocracy, so she never had the chance to take revenge.
Normally, someone like her would not last long in the Investigation Bureau, after all, she was only a Class B. But perhaps because of her tragic experience, the devil was very interested in her, so she made a deal with the devil and became a contractor.
Just half a year ago, she climbed to the position of captain of the executive department and was already capable of clearing out Longyun Society with her own power. The only things she lacked were some application procedures and motivation arrangements.
But as luck would have it, the leader of Longyun Society just happened to surrender to Investigation Bureau Six, and those psychics in Longyun Society became informal members of Investigation Bureau Six, acting as its black gloves, helping Bureau Six to handle dirty work.
But precisely because of this reason, Investigation Bureau Seven was unable to take action against Longyun Society from a standpoint, and Ying Shuran’s revenge was aborted before it was about to be completed.
I guess she ran for district chief because she wanted revenge. Although I don’t know the details, Zhang Tianxiao should have promised her something.”
"So it's the Avengers." Su Ming said thoughtfully.
"Don't worry about it. People like this are very common in the Investigation Bureau. It's just that there are few who are as miserable as her. Twice the false joy... haha, it's like a black comedy." Sylvie let out an ambiguous laugh.
"Xiao Ming, did you kill those children with super powers in the Black Gate space?"
"No."
"Why not kill?"
"I thought maybe I could save them."
Sylvie stopped and turned to look at him: "You saved her this time, but what about next time? Will you save her again next time?"
"It depends on the situation. I don't have to save them. I just think I can save them. If they pose a threat to my life, I will still do it."
"Oh, that's good. I'm glad you made the decision yourself. But I still hope that next time you encounter something like this, you can be more decisive and put your own safety first."
Su Ming frowned and asked tentatively: "Do you mean that next time I encounter this kind of situation... I should just kill those children?"
"Yes, there was a person who was very similar to you, but even worse than you, a real good guy, and he died in the end. If he had done what I said, he wouldn't have died, but he insisted on being a hero, so... he died."
"Is it Nightstar?"
"So you know that. That makes it easier to say. I hope you don't really think of yourself as a hero like Ye Xing. A hero is a title given by others, not an objective person. It is enough to show heroic behavior at the critical moment... So be a little selfish."
Su Ming's expression became more serious. He could understand what Sylvie said, but he could not agree with it.
It feels strange to follow an emotionless process to maximize your win rate.
If you can save more people by putting in more effort, why should you give up saving those people just to save effort?
Xia Xiaoyu beside him noticed Su Ming's thoughts and said, "I think what you did is great, but the minister is right. Next time you encounter such a situation, you should put your own life first."
"Do you think so too?" Su Ming asked.
Xia Xiaoyu nodded: "I agree with the minister's opinion. In that case, it would be better to kill those children. After all, if you don't kill them, they will kill you."
"But I won't be killed by them."
"What if?" Xia Xiaoyu asked worriedly. She felt that if Su Ming continued to carry out missions with this mentality, sooner or later he would get into danger because of his kindness.
"There's no such thing as a chance of that happening. At the time, I could feel that there was a better outcome than killing those children, and it turned out that I was right." Su Ming replied.
He suddenly thought of Ye Xing, so he asked Sylvie:
"Has Yexing also encountered the same situation as me?"
"No, that guy is even dumber."
As they were talking, the three of them came to the office. Sylvie stopped and asked again, "Xiao Ming, do you like power ?"
"If you mean becoming a district chief, or someone like you who is a minister, then I would quite like that. The more power you can control, the more things you can accomplish. But I hate political struggles, which are very troublesome," said Su Ming.
Sylvie looked at Su Ming meaningfully and nodded thoughtfully.
They admire power but don't like to follow rules. This type of person, when placed in a chaotic environment, will overthrow the old order.
In contrast, there is another type of people who also worship power but like to control things with rules. These people are generally maintainers of the old order and hate drastic and rapid changes.
The former desires to rely on pure force as the basis of their existence, while the latter desires to use rules to stabilize everything.
Su Ming is the former, and is a bit like himself.
"Yes, I have high hopes for you." Sylvie patted Su Mingdao's shoulders. "But since you will soon be the district chief, you must learn to deal with others in the right way. You can't get ahead in this world just by having big fists. Political alignment is extremely important."
"Um...I'll try my best."
Just as Su Ming was about to shrug, Sylvie immediately reached out and pressed his shoulders.
"Don't shrug. You need to be more stable." Sylvie smiled and took her hand away from Su Ming's shoulder. "I'm going to work overtime. You should have a good rest. You'll be busy later."
Su Ming and Sylvie said goodbye at the office door and went to the women's dormitory with Xia Xiaoyu.
He went to find Flora. He planned to follow Xia Xiaoyu's advice and clarify some things with Flora.
Su Ming called Flora out of the building. When she saw Su Ming, she smiled, but the smile was a little forced. She seemed to have known that Su Ming would come to see her and was not surprised at all.
"That's amazing. I didn't expect you to solve the S-level monster in one go." Flora said softly.
"Fortunately, I came here this time to tell you..."
"I know." Flora interrupted Su Ming, "You will run for district chief in the future. After you become district chief, it may be difficult for you to get along with those nobles. It's okay, I understand... You don't have to marry me... Thank you for helping me before."
Su Ming was stunned for a moment, and said, "It's not impossible, but I thought that the plan would be difficult to implement, so I came to discuss it with you."
"No, thank you," Flora whispered.
Flora was serious. She really didn't need to marry Su Ming anymore. Lance had already told the Mitchell family about her plan to murder him, and now the Osborn family also knew about it.
Just the day before yesterday, her father called and scolded her.
I'm afraid that from now on, she has completely lost the trust of the Osborn family. After all, if she can even murder her future fiancé, what else can't she do?
All the efforts were in vain. They would not send Milo here, nor would they give themselves power.
Likewise, she couldn't leave here... She couldn't do anything, everything was over.
At this moment, Flora regretted her decision. She should have killed Lance decisively. Why did she trust Lance? Even the weakest lambs have a fierce side, let alone humans.
Su Ming seemed to have sensed Flora's determination, nodded, and changed the subject:
"That's fine too. Oh, by the way, I have something else to tell you. I have the ability to extract abnormalities from other people's bodies. I think I might be able to use it on Milo.
I looked up some information a while ago. Is his condition also caused by the chronic loss of abnormalities? If we clear all the abnormalities in his body in one go, maybe he will be fine. "
Flora looked up and stared at Su Ming in disbelief.
"What did you just say? You can extract the abnormality from other people?!"
Su Ming nodded.
“But this approach is also risky, and the risk is not small. I can only perform abnormal extraction when a person is seriously injured and on the verge of death. During the extraction process, that person will suffer unbearable pain, and there is a high probability that he will die directly.
If I operate more carefully, I'm afraid the survival rate will not exceed 20%, so I came here to tell you and let you and Milo make your own decisions."
"No! There's no need to think about . Of course you have to do it!" Flora was surprised. "Oh my God! Why didn't you tell me earlier that you have such ability?"
Su Ming couldn't say that he was still researching at the time, so he had to lie: "I was still hesitating at the time. This approach was too risky."
"No! Compared to continuing to struggle like this, it's worth a try even if the probability is only 10%!" Flora said excitedly.
"Are you sure? There is less than a 20% chance of survival." Su Ming emphasized again.
"Well, I believe Milo will definitely be willing to try. The academic community generally believes that patients with abnormal loss syndrome die from the loss of their physical constitution during the loss of abnormalities, and the amount of abnormality left is also small, so the loss caused by the last part of the loss is greater.
Therefore, patients must take spiritual salt to alleviate the damage to their bodies, but this is actually just a temporary solution and does not address the root cause.
If we can remove all the abnormalities in one go, maybe the patient will have a chance of survival!" Flora said seriously.
