The nurses recognized the temporary cleaner hired a few days ago. How did he know Duan Chen? And why were so many ghost-faced monsters flying around him, yet none attacked him? It was too bizarre.
"Good, good, another prey, a new prey, hee hee hee~ You all die together." The boy clapped his hands excitedly, counting the ducks before they exploded.
Upon hearing this, Wu Suowei turned his head to look at the boy, his voice as calm as still water, yet carrying absolute authority:
"When an adult speaks, there's no room for you to interject."
Their eyes met for an instant.
*Buzz!* A terrifying spiritual pressure instantly pressed down on the boy.
It was like an unfathomably deep ocean surging, leaving him breathless and unable to struggle. In the suffocating abyss, a giant ghostly hand opened, binding his body, his soul...
Wu Suowei's form became as immense as the deep, dark sea, so vast it was bottomless, so immense he could crush himself with a little finger.
So terrifying, humans are too terrifying!
*Wuwuwu*, Mom, I want to go home! The boy's legs trembled, and he collapsed onto the ground, cold sweat soaking his clothes.
With just one glance, Wu Suowei rendered the boy incapable of fighting.
Hongying, who had been guarding Duan Chen, also felt this terrifying spiritual pressure. Her complexion turned extremely pale, she flickered and disappeared, transforming back into a hairpin and hiding in Duan Chen's hand.
The nurses, bewildered, still wanted to remind the temporary worker to hide. In the next moment, they saw the dangerous little boy kneeling on the ground. The four ducks were also trembling, desperately burrowing into the boy's embrace.
"Are you feeling better?"
Turning back, Wu Suowei spoke to Duan Chen as if no one else was present.
"I am, but my spiritual power has been inexplicably sealed. I don't know if it's related to the aftereffects of the explosion. I'll have to ask Third Master to take a look when I get back."
Duan Chen pondered. Wu Suowei wasn't involved with the "[g]" mentioned by Wu Suowei and Xiao Li, so he should be trustworthy.
"I see," Wu Suowei adjusted his glasses. "Then do you wish to break the spiritual power restraint?"
Duan Chen's eyes lit up, "You have a way?"
"One million," Wu Suowei held up his index finger and smiled slightly.
"...You're extorting me," Duan Chen was speechless and pondered for a moment.
"An old customer, a discount then."
"Alright, 90%."
"No, last time it was 50%, let's do 50% this time too."
"Last time you had 2,000 in your bank account, now you have 6 million. Are they the same?" Wu Suowei smiled like a fox, clearly unwilling to lower the price further.
"Damn it! Why do you know how much money I have in my account so clearly?" Duan Chen anxiously scratched the back of his head.
The nurses nearby were on the verge of panic. There were ghost-faced white-clothed monsters everywhere, and a terrifying child playing with ducks. Instead of fighting them, you two are chatting? And haggling? Can't you see the situation!
"Officer Duan, stop wasting your breath on a cleaner. Let's kill the monster boy while we have the chance!" Xiao Lian said anxiously.
"Yes, yes, why buy anything from a cleaner? Don't let him trick you!" The nurses urged.
"I think this guy isn't a good person. The white-clothed monsters aren't attacking him. Could he be one of them!" Ding Ding hid behind, "Handsome, quickly shoot him dead before he attacks us!"
Wu Suowei tilted his head, looking at Ding Ding hiding behind, and said kindly, "Who did you say to shoot?"
Ding Ding shivered all over, her face turning pale instantly. She cowered, not daring to utter another word.
Duan Chen looked at Zhang Yuxiu and Tian Qi, who were seriously injured on the ground, and then at the terrified nurses. He gritted his teeth.
Protecting the safety of the public is the most important thing. Money is an external object.
...Goodbye, Maybach.
"Okay, 900,000, it's a deal." Duan Chen felt a pang of regret.
"I have a way," Wu Suowei took off his mask and cleaning gloves, revealing a somewhat delicate face.
Duan Chen: ??????
"So? What's the method?"
"You asked me if I 'have a way', and I answered 'yes'."
"............"
Damn it! Today, whether you're a god or not, I have to beat you up. You're addicted to being arrogant!
Duan Chen could barely control his impulsive fist, aiming at Wu Suowei's detestable face. He forcefully suppressed his clenched right fist with his left hand.
Assaulting ordinary citizens was strictly forbidden by the guild.
But assaulting a god... should not be within the scope of prohibition, right?
"Brother, this is not the time for jokes."
"Really? So, jokes need to be timed." Wu Suowei put on a 'learned' expression, casually pulled out a small glass bottle from his pocket, containing a clear liquid.
"Drink it."
This left Duan Chen no room to hesitate. He took it and downed it in one gulp.
Duan Chen savored the taste, "Why does it feel like plain boiled water?"
Wu Suowei: "It is plain boiled water."
"............"
Damn it! If I don't punch you in the face today, I won't be named Duan!
Just as Duan Chen was about to punch, Wu Suowei suddenly reached out and lightly tapped Duan Chen's heart.
*Thump!*
His heart pounded violently, the binding chains shattered, and spiritual energy surged like a gushing spring, irrigating every cell, every bone and sinew.
The power was back!
And it was purer and deeper than before. Indeed, his spiritual energy had doubled. The Divine Pupil did not deceive me.
Duan Chen joyfully experienced the change in his spiritual energy. His wounds slowly healed. He suddenly felt a slight itch in his left eye, as if a tiny worm was crawling inside.
He rubbed it, his vision became a little hazy, but the sensation quickly passed. He didn't pay it any mind, thinking it was blood in his eye.
"You guy, you could have unsealed it directly. Why did you make me drink plain water first?"
"You paid, so you had to get something. Otherwise, I'm afraid you'd feel shortchanged," Wu Suowei said earnestly.
"...So, selling me a gulp of plain boiled water for 900,000, and I won't feel shortchanged?"
"Clearly priced, free trade. This doesn't violate transaction regulations, Officer, so you have no reason to arrest me," Wu Suowei said confidently.
"Sooner or later, I'll resign from the guild for a day just to beat you," Duan Chen muttered.
The boy, who had been prostrate on the ground, suddenly raised his head. His face contorted, and a faint black number appeared in his pupils—
[5].
"Hmph hmph hmph~ Foolish humans, I must have been hit by an illusion just now. You didn't take the opportunity to kill me and chatted so enthusiastically. Don't you take me seriously?! Go to hell and regret it!"
The boy simultaneously threw out four ducks, "Polly, Holly, Molly..."
The nurses turned pale with fright, hugging themselves tightly and shrinking into a ball.
Is Dylan going to disappear again?!
Where did that elusive duck go this time?
Duan Chen performed a flourish, the dark muzzle of his gun pointed at the boy. His [Insightful Pupil] rippled with a subtle blue wave, and the world constructed itself in multiple layers before his eyes.
The ducks once again rushed forward to block the gun, heedless of the danger. The little boy let out a wild grin.
"I told you, guns can't kill me... Wait! How is it a spiritual bullet?! No! You, when did you become a Spirit Hunter? This spiritual pressure... it's too terrifying!!"