Dark Light Chaser.

Chapter 121 Belief (Thanks to Ye Da for secretly giving a reward as the Alliance Master (whispering))
"So, what exactly are you trying to say?"

Ai Liang retorted, "You asked me to come out just to find someone to confide in?"

"If there's nothing else, I'll head back now."

"Wait! Wait a minute!"

Jin Ping'an watched Ai Liang's retreating figure, took out two banknotes from his wallet, slapped them on the table, and hurriedly chased after her.

Ai Liang did not stop walking because of his shouts, so Jin Ping'an had no choice but to walk and talk beside Ai Liang.

“You ruined their plans, so they’ll definitely turn on you in the end. Why don’t we join forces first?”

Faced with Ai Liang walking faster and faster, Jin Ping'an could only quicken his pace, hence his somewhat hurried tone.

"I hope you can help me find the real mastermind and find those who have disappeared..."

“I refuse. My safety is none of your business. If you hadn’t dragged me into this, I wouldn’t have run into all this trouble.”

Ai Liang stopped under the streetlight.

Ai Ta slapped away Jin Ping'an's hand from his shoulder and said coldly, "I can accept my bad luck being held hostage by robbers in a bank, but now you want to drag me into this mess."

"I saved your life, and how did you repay me? Knowing that investigating something would be life-threatening, you still dragged me into it. Don't you have any shame?"

"I...I just wanted to..." Jin Ping'an took a half step back, his face showing a struggle.

"What you think is your business. I have no reason, let alone an obligation, to cooperate with your actions."

Ai Liang approached Jin Ping'an with overwhelming force: "Don't use the guise of saving lives to stand on the moral high ground and give orders to others."

To drag unrelated people into dangerous actions for one's own purposes is ultimately just to satisfy one's so-called sense of justice.

You may not care, but have you considered what will happen to those you've dragged into this?

Reality isn't a fairy tale; there won't be a perfect happy ending. If the truth isn't revealed in the end, and you face retaliation from your enemies, can you protect those you've dragged into this mess?

Ai Liang's words were not loud, but to Jin Ping'an, they were like a bolt from the blue.

This was the first time anyone had said these words to him.

"Don't delude yourself into thinking that by raising your voice, righteous people will unconditionally help you fight against evil forces. This is reality, not a fairy tale world."

Ai Liang said these words because he felt that Jin Ping'an was very similar to his former self. He saw a trace of a hermit in him.

Just like him, Ai Liang, who had just gained superpowers ten years ago, acted to satisfy his sense of justice.

But after hearing Jin Ping'an's account, Ai Liang was somewhat disappointed.

Although the hermit once acted out of a sense of justice, he at least knew basic human relationships and was capable of investigating the truth on his own without implicating innocent people.

Jin Ping'an, however, was somewhat blind to his own limitations. He tried to take on a job he wasn't qualified for, naively believing that others would unconditionally help him after hearing about the dark side of his life.

He's just a young kid who's engrossed in a detective game.

In short, we haven't been toughened up enough by society.

After saying these words, Ai Liang turned and left.

"I understand what you're saying!"

A cracking sound came from behind.

The streetlights shone very brightly, appearing from a distance like a cone-shaped white dome.

Jin Ping'an stood directly under the streetlight with red eyes, while Ai Liang's body was hidden in the shadows outside the light. He slowly turned to the side, and the streetlight illuminated half of his indifferent face.

"I know I'm useless! I don't have Lao Tian's reasoning ability, nor Le Jia's information gathering ability, and my physical fitness is also average. I'll be out of breath after running three kilometers."

Jin Ping'an clenched his fists and his voice trembled slightly.

“I didn’t want to be a criminal police consultant. I just wanted to be an ordinary student and occasionally help out at the branch office.”

"But I can't let go!"

Jin Ping'an raised his head, his bloodshot eyes slightly moist.

"I cannot turn a blind eye to those victims!"

“I know nobody wants to meddle, especially when it comes to the black market.”

"People can feel at ease handing over the disappearances of those people to the police, but what about the victims if the police are also unable to conduct an investigation in a timely manner due to various reasons?"

"Old Tian and the others were conscripted and don't have time to conduct an investigation, so what about me?"

"Just because I'm young, does that mean I can stay silent and pretend I don't know anything, letting the victims be brutally murdered by criminals in some corner?"

"While the victims are in hell, desperately praying that someone will come to save them."

Little did they know that no one cared about their lives, no one was taking action for them. If you were the victim, could you accept that?

Jin Ping'an stepped forward and grabbed Ai Liang's shoulders with both hands, turning him towards himself.

“I recently saw your information in the police database. You once stood guard downstairs at the murderer’s house for a day and a night to monitor him. If you are really the kind of person who doesn’t want to meddle in other people’s business, why would you do that?”

"What I do is none of your business, and that's not a reason for you to drag me into this."

Ai Liang's entire face was in shadow.

Jin Ping'an's eyes, which had been exposed to the bright streetlights for a long time, could not see Ai Liang's expression at this moment.

"I know I shouldn't have dragged you into this, I know... but I had no choice..."

Jin Ping'an lowered his head, and under the influence of alcohol, his emotions began to gradually spiral out of control.

"Le Jia went overseas and couldn't be contacted. Lao Tian, ​​who promised to help me investigate, was urgently transferred by the branch to other areas to handle cases."

Everyone else in the criminal investigation team made excuses to avoid me, and even my informant cut off contact with me.

“I don’t resent them for not helping me, because they all have their own families and concerns, and what I’m doing now is like a moth drawn to a flame, but ah.”

Jin Ping'an's snot and tears mingled together. His hands, which had been on Ai Liang's shoulders, slowly fell down, and his knees gradually bent until he knelt down in front of Ai Liang.

Jin Ping'an continued, his voice choked with sobs, "But... I'm powerless. With my own strength alone... I can't even fly to the fire..."

"I'm desperate, I've tried everything, that's why I've come to you, someone I just met. Please help me... please help the victims... please..."

The surroundings were eerily quiet.

Even the cicadas in the green belts have stopped chirping.

The two were on the road near the residential building, but they couldn't see a single pedestrian or car.

Only Jin Ping'an's sobs echoed in Ai Liang's ears.

Ai Liang silently watched Jin Ping'an kneeling on the ground.

I take back what I said earlier; you and I are nothing like the person I used to be.

(End of this chapter)