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Chapter 349 Hidden

"Fool?" Chizuru Tsukishima leaned closer, examining the photo on the Baishu supercomputing ring screen, and curled her lip. "That's it? It doesn't even look as strong as me."

The girl in the photo is indeed not very intimidating. She is petite and wrapped in a large red robe, looking like a child who has stolen an adult's clothes.

Li Guanqi looked at it twice. The red robe and the faintly visible blue hair instantly reminded him of a certain troublesome card deck.

"If you only look at her attack power, she is indeed quite weak."

"Attack power?" Tsukishima Chizuru was even more puzzled.

“Fifty.” Xia Sheng recalled for a moment, then said succinctly, “The solemn prayer of the one who prays.”

"Oh—" Tsukishima Chizuru drawled, suddenly realizing, and stammered, "That...that legendary priest?! He's so young?"

She then frowned: "But why did she come all this way alone? To get herself killed?"

“That’s the strangest thing.” Xia Sheng’s pupils contracted as he fell into deep thought. “What was the Pope thinking? Even she couldn’t possibly stand against the entire Spirit Control Division’s defenses.”

Li Guanqi didn't participate in their discussion; he was only concerned with one thing right now.

He looked at Bai Zhu: "What did they say?"

Bai Shu raised his head, his eyes carrying an inscrutable meaning: "The rest of you stay put, the Dark Division has already been dispatched to handle the situation. But... Li Guanqi, you've received a special order from above."

"Me?" Li Guanqi pointed to himself, somewhat surprised. "What instructions?"

"It's not complicated at all." Bai Shu's tone was very calm, unusually so.

"I'll tell you to hide it well."

The air seemed to freeze for a moment after those words were spoken.

Xia Sheng and Tsukishima Chizuru's discussion abruptly stopped, and they both turned to look at Li Guanqi.

Chizuru Tsukishima blinked, not quite understanding: "Hide it? What do you mean? Does Li-san have a virus?"

Bai Shu ignored her joke and stared at Li Guanqi, adding slowly and deliberately.

"According to the trajectory calculated by the Dark Side, the Fool is heading to the Eastern Seventh District with the aim of taking you away."

"Huh? Arrest him?" Tsukishima Chizuru was the first to look at Li Guanqi, her eyes filled with nothing but pure dumbfoundedness.

A clock, driven to the brink of desperation, sends out a handful of its most capable generals, risking annihilation, just to rush in and capture... an intern? What's wrong with this world?
She looked Li Guanqi up and down, her eyes seeming to say: Are you the Pope's long-lost son?

That may sound harsh, but it's the truth.

Xia Sheng's brows furrowed into a deep frown; he couldn't understand this tactical arrangement.

No matter how you calculate it, this account is not right.

Either the Pope has been driven mad.

Either.

This intern's value far exceeds their imagination; it's worth risking everything, even going bankrupt.

In an instant, three pairs of eyes converged on Li Guanqi, their gazes filled with inquiry, confusion, and scrutiny, as if trying to penetrate him.

Li Guanqi himself was also confused, spreading his hands to indicate his innocence: "I don't know."

He was certain that he had no connection with the Pope, but the way the other party was naming him made it seem as if they had some deep-seated grudge against him.

What do I possess that the Pope is determined to have?

Wait a minute, I don't have any epic cards, could it be...?
Li Guanqi's eyes widened, as if he suddenly realized something.

Symbiosis Card?
Dr. Zhang said his symbiotic card is likely an epic card. How did the Pope know this? Was the intelligence leaked?

Li Guanqi's heart sank.

"Don't think about it too much." Bai Shu interrupted everyone's thoughts. He looked at Li Guanqi and repeated the order, "The instructions from above are very simple: hide well and don't let her find you."

"Okay." Li Guanqi nodded, his expression turning serious.

He avoided the probing gazes of the crowd and walked straight to the back of a half-collapsed wall not far away, where he squatted down.

Natsumi and Tsukishima Chizuru looked at each other in bewilderment.

So... it was hidden?
Immediately afterwards, a strange, faint sound came from behind the wall.

The noise was strange; it didn't sound like something a flesh and blood body could make. Instead, it sounded like countless tiny metal components wriggling and meshing precisely, or like some kind of carapace peeling away and reconstructing layer by layer.

The sound lasted only a few seconds before abruptly stopping.

Under the astonished and uncertain gazes of the three, Li Guanqi emerged from behind the wall, dusted himself off, and looked relaxed and carefree, as if reborn, even stretching his back.

He met the bewildered gazes of the three men and spoke calmly.

"All right."

"I'm well hidden."

Xia Sheng: "..."

Chizuru Tsukishima: "..."

Bai Shu's eye twitched slightly.

No, what's the difference between this and before? The person is still standing here! What kind of hiding is this?!
"I've really hidden it well." Li Guanqi chuckled, looking as relaxed as if he were on a picnic.

Chizuru Tsukishima stepped forward, extended her index finger, and poked Li Guanqi's arm without any hesitation.

"Hard."

She poked his face again.

"hot."

Finally, she put her ear to his chest and listened.

"It even makes a sound."

Chizuru Tsukishima straightened up, looking at him with an expression that said, "Do you think I'm an idiot?" She said, "Li-san, you're standing right here, a grown man, and you're telling me you're well hidden? He's a fool, not a blind man!"

“In a sense, she really can’t find me now.” Li Guanqi spread his hands, his expression innocent and sincere.

Bai Shu narrowed his eyes slightly behind his glasses, scrutinizing Li Guanqi. Then, as if thinking of something, he smiled meaningfully and said, "You hid it well."

Only Xia Sheng remained silent.

He stared intently at the broken wall from which Li Guanqi had just emerged, his brow furrowed.

That sound just now...

So weird.

It was a sound that no human could make; it was an extremely precise sound, a mixture of mechanical meshing and the friction of carapace.

More importantly, in that fleeting moment, he keenly caught a glimpse of two shadows out of the corner of his eye.

"Offense is the best defense." Li Guanqi spoke some vague and abstract principles. "Since the other side can pinpoint my location so accurately, it means that our internal information channels have been infiltrated, or they have special tracking methods."

"In this situation, even digging a hole and burying yourself won't help."

This argument failed to convince anyone, and Tsukishima Chizuru rolled her eyes so hard they almost reached the sky.

Xia Sheng didn't say a word and walked towards the broken wall.

His actions attracted everyone's attention. Li Guanqi was slightly taken aback, but did not stop him.

Xia Sheng went behind the wall, but the ground was empty, with only pebbles and dust, and there was no trace of a second person.

He crouched down and carefully searched the ground.

Suddenly, his gaze fixed on a shadowy spot.

There was a small clump of extremely fine silver-gray dust, which could easily be mistaken for ordinary dust if not examined closely.

Xia Sheng stretched out two fingers and carefully picked up a small amount.

As he touched the dust, he felt a cool and hard sensation on his fingertips, completely different from rock powder. He brought his fingers close to his eyes, and in the dim light, the dust gleamed with an eerie luster that was a mixture of metal and crystal, like the crushed remains of some mechanical creature after it had shed its skin.

This is definitely not something that formed naturally.

Xia Sheng's pupils contracted, and he suddenly looked up at Li Guanqi, who stood calmly outside the wall.

In the sunlight, Li Guanqi's shadow was stretched very long, a solitary line, no more, no less.

But that second shadow just now...

And this strange dust...

An utterly absurd thought suddenly entered Xia Sheng's mind.

This is Li Guanqi standing outside the wall.

Is it still the "original" one?
Ten kilometers away, at the other end of the wasteland.

Li stopped behind a giant rock. She closed her eyes, the map of life in her mind, composed of countless points of light, crystal clear. One of those points of light was their target: Li Guanqi.

At this moment, the man was standing there casually, chatting with the rest of his team, and even had time to check the weather.

Hidden in the shadows in the distance, Imi X clicked her tongue softly, the sound ringing directly in her mind, carrying a hint of irritation.

"What is he up to?"

"You think you're well hidden just because you wiggled your butt a few times behind the wall? Do you think we're blind?"

As originally planned, Li was responsible for instigating a riot in the Eastern Sixth District to draw all of the Juling Division's defense forces there. At that time, Li Guanqi, the key person under protection, would inevitably be transferred to a safer location.

That would be Immy X's chance. She could lay in ambush in advance, cooperating with Zhong's informant in the Soul-Binding Division and the army of the undead to take down the target in one fell swoop.

But now, Li Guanqi is not playing by the rules.

He stood there, like a lighthouse.

Where does an intern get such courage? Isn't he afraid at all?
Li did not respond to Imi X's complaints; she simply "looked" at the map and silently analyzed the situation.

At the edge of the map, a blinding spot of light appeared, hurtling toward her at an incredible speed. She frowned and magnified the life-giving light.

"This person has such a strong plant-based aura," Li muttered to himself.

“It’s a twin flower,” Immy X said in a deep voice. “In order to besiege the Pope, they actually arranged for two Purgers.”

She smiled and said, "I really want to steal from their house right now."

"The Black Rose Garden, we're surrounded." Li looked around, and saw black roses rising from the ground, sprouting menacing thorns.

“The plan has changed!” Immy X’s voice was decisive, without any hesitation. “Let’s retreat first. There’s still a gap in T point. We’ll go around to the East 7th District from the north.”

In his mind, Yimi X has already planned a completely new and more tortuous route.

"Miss Li, you don't need to make such a big fuss this time."

"Go to the abandoned mine on the north side of East Seventh District. The terrain there is complex with many rock layers, making it easy to sneak around."

"Since that kid isn't hiding anything."

"Then let's..."

Immy X lowered his voice, a cold glint flashing in his eyes like a viper flicking its tongue.

"Go straight to Huanglong!"

Li slowly opened her eyes, her calm, deep blue eyes reflecting the distant, hazy sky.

She raised her hand and gently grasped the cool blue crystal on her chest.

"it is good."

In one word, crisp and clear.

The shadows writhed, and Immi X silently merged into the deeper darkness, the two stealthily heading in a new direction.

The aftershocks of the explosion had not yet dissipated, and the air was filled with the acrid smell of shattered rocks.

At the boundary between East Six and East Seven, a hideous crater was blasted into the ground, and the soil at the edge was melted by the high temperature and solidified into a glass-like crystal.

Several members of the Dark Guard, dressed in the combat uniforms of the Spirit Control Division, were treating their wounds, their faces grim.

Suddenly, from the shadows of the pit, a jet-black rose bloomed silently, its menacing vines snaking out like venomous snakes and quickly covering the scorched earth.

The next second, a figure silently landed in the center of the giant pit.

The newcomer wore a dark red trench coat, stood tall and straight, and had his black hair neatly tied back. He was none other than Qi Mengsi, the Purifier codenamed Twin Flowers.

She glanced at the chaotic scene, her gaze cold.

A dark force captain with a bandage wrapped around his arm stepped forward quickly, bowed his head, and said, "Sir."

"Where is he?" Qi Mengsi frowned, her voice cold.

“She ran away, she ran away.” A hint of resentment flashed across the dark army captain’s face. “She withdrew before we could form an encirclement. She was very decisive, as if… she knew you were coming in advance.”

"An epic-level barrier, we can't break through it."

Qi Mengsi didn't speak. She walked to the edge of the giant pit, squatted down, and reached out to touch the glass-like ground.

There was no residual violent energy, only an extreme, pure destruction, clean and efficient.

She announced her arrival, and then left?
Qi Mengsi stood up, dusted off her hands, and a hint of doubt flashed in her eyes.

"What on earth is going on?"

Why make such a big fuss, attract everyone's attention, and then withdraw? What is the purpose of this roundabout approach?

She looked up towards the direction of East Seventh District, where Li Guanqi was located.

"Could it be that--"

"There's one more person?!"

“She didn’t run away.” Qi Mengsi frowned sharply, looked away, and said with certainty, “She changed her route.”

The dark force captain was taken aback: "You mean..."

"A feint to the east while attacking in the west." Qi Mengsi interrupted him, quickly sketching out the possible route of the other party in her mind. "The Fool is not the only one coming; there is another person lurking in the shadows."

"There are accomplices, but who could they be?"

She paused, unable to think of anyone else who would side with the Pope at this time.

"Feint to the east while attacking in the west." Qi Mengsi uttered these four words, quickly sketching out the opponent's circuitous route in her mind.

She turned around abruptly, her sharp gaze sweeping over the dark force captain.

"The one who came was not only the Fool, but also another lurking in the shadows."

The dark force captain was taken aback: "You mean..."

“She didn’t run away,” Qi Mengsi interrupted him, her tone cold and certain. “She changed her route.”

"Pass down the order: all squads, tighten your defensive perimeter and immediately move to the B-3 outpost in the East 7th District, the cannery."

"Yes!"

Without the slightest hesitation, the commander of the dark forces immediately turned around and relayed the order.

Qi Mengsi raised her wrist, opened the supercomputing ring, and after the authorization was approved, directly accessed Li Guanqi's internal file.

She tapped the screen with her slender finger and sent a short message.

There's another one, well hidden, be careful.

……

The atmosphere was somewhat frozen amidst the ruins.

Chizuru Tsukishima kicked at the pebbles at her feet listlessly, occasionally glancing at Li Guanqi who seemed completely unaffected.

Xia Sheng stood a few meters away, silent, but his gaze seemed to fall on Li Guanqi's shadow, his eyes dark and unfathomable.

Just then, the communicator in Li Guanqi's pocket vibrated slightly.

He took it out and glanced at it.

"What's wrong? What happened?" Tsukishima Chizuru immediately came over, her face full of excitement. "Is there some special mission from above?!"

She is now very curious about this man, and as a ninja, she is also very sensitive to the word "mission".

"Pretty much." Li Guanqi put away the communication device and replied casually, "A very fierce older sister told me to be careful and not to die."

"Someone's coming, should you hide?"

"Who wants to come over?" Chizuru Tsukishima's eyes widened. "That fool?!"

"The order has come down." Bai Shu raised his head and looked at everyone. "Tsukishima Chizuru, you go to point A for refuge. We are in great danger right now."

“As for Li Guanqi, you come with me,” he added.

The order came abruptly, yet it was also perfectly reasonable.

Xia Sheng and Tsukishima Chizuru's gazes both turned to Li Guanqi once again.

It looked like an order was given to him alone.

That familiar feeling returned. Li Guanqi felt like a calamity, and misfortune would befall anyone who got close to him.

“Okay,” Li Guanqi replied softly.

Bai Shu led Li Guanqi down an abandoned side path.

Xia Sheng did not participate in the conversation. He flashed and silently disappeared into the shadows on the flank, keeping watch for the two.

(End of this chapter)