Chapter 167
Based on the above, the likelihood of Chen Huai'an being deceived is quite high!
“This is not going to be easy,” Zhao Ying frowned and sighed. “It’s normal for college students to be tempted by large sums of money. I expected Chen Huai'an to spend extravagantly, but I never thought he would spend it on games instead of fancy cars and beautiful women…”
“We can’t rush the persuasion; we need to appeal to his emotions and reason with him…”
Knock, knock, knock!
There was a knock at the office door.
“Captain Zhao, there’s a Resurrector outside claiming to take over the governor position…”
Zhao Ying exchanged a glance with Xiang Xiaoyuan, then stood up and opened the door, gripping the doorframe tightly, her face darkening. “What do you mean? Didn’t I upload Chen Huai'an’s information yesterday? Why is someone still being sent?”
“I… I don’t know.”
“I do!” a voice interjected, dripping with arrogance and disdain.
At the end of the corridor, illuminated by the flickering overhead lights, a tall woman strode in. The sharp sound of her high heels echoed as she approached, her fitted leather jacket accentuating her curves, a dark green whip hanging at her waist. The backlight obscured her features until she stepped closer, revealing a pair of cold, dark green eyes beneath her bangs.
This was a dangerous woman.
Zhao Ying instantly made up her mind.
“The person you reported doesn’t have the qualifications to be governor, so I was sent down instead… Zhao Ying, right? Let me introduce myself; I’m Lin Chen, the eldest daughter of the Lin family. From now on, I’ll be in charge of all planning for the Demon-Slaying Division in C Province.”
Lin Chen looked down her nose at them, and as a major under thirty, she certainly had the right to be arrogant.
Her words seemed polite, but she had no intention of shaking Zhao Ying’s hand.
“Chen Huai'an doesn’t have the strength to be governor?” Zhao Ying felt as if she had just heard the biggest joke in the world.
Didn’t she know how powerful Chen Huai'an was?
He was the kind of person who could make KSC-01 and KSC-02 hesitate to move.
Previously, they thought it was the cancerous dragon within Chen Huai'an that suppressed KSC-01 and KSC-02, but after injecting Luo Haisheng with active cancer cells to revive Chen Huai'an, the mutated cancer cells had been forced into a corner of the tree-like spiritual energy cluster, reduced to a dormant state. Yet even so, it hadn’t changed the situation in Shelter 0.
This meant that it was Chen Huai'an’s own strength that made KSC-01 and KSC-02 dare not act recklessly.
Her submitted report had made this very clear.
Surely, the higher-ups didn’t really think Chen Huai'an could only rely on those talismans…
“He only killed a major-level demon with spiritual artifacts,” Lin Chen said, crossing over Zhao Ying to take a seat at the main position, crossing her legs. “Spiritual artifacts are ultimately external objects, and the cost of obtaining them is enormous—ten years of life for a single talisman. How long can Chen Huai'an live? So his strength is merely inflated; it takes someone like me, a genuine major, to command respect.”
“The headquarters rated the Corpse King as a major level? Just… one rank above a major?”
Zhao Ying’s eyes widened in disbelief, a mix of laughter and tears.
A creature with the ability to slaughter an entire province was merely rated as a major?
When the headquarters researched and announced the rankings of major, king, and emperor, she had thought that Emperor Jiang should at least be rated as a king, or even an emperor, considering they had faced him directly and felt the vast chasm of difference.
If it were a major, perhaps a dozen elite soldiers could hold him back.
But Emperor Jiang gave her the impression that even if all the major-level demon slayers, yin-yang masters, and bounty hunters in the world came, it would be meaningless—they would just be walking to their deaths!
“This was decided by the elders of the aristocratic families and your superiors at the Demon-Slaying Division based on the information you uploaded. The destruction caused by the Emperor Jiang incident was less than 100 square kilometers, with casualties under 100,000. That level of destruction is a stretch even for a major-level demon. Do you know how many humans were turned into vampires in the Balkans?”
Lin Chen spread her fingers wide. “Over five million! That’s the kind of destruction worthy of a major.”
The sound of a glass cup hitting the coffee table abruptly cut off the conversation.
Even Xiang Xiaoyuan, known for her good temper in the C Province Demon-Slaying Division, couldn’t hold back.
“But the destruction caused by Emperor Jiang was completely suppressed because Chen Huai'an arrived in time…”
“Right, I’m not denying that,” Lin Chen said with a light laugh, tapping the tips of her high heels, casually adding, “So even if Emperor Jiang’s destructive power doesn’t meet the standard, considering his potential for destruction, he’s still rated as a major. That’s already the limit.”
Zhao Ying laughed in anger.
Once, she had thought the headquarters of the Demon-Slaying Division was the light of this world.
But now, the headquarters, in conjunction with the aristocratic families, had rated Emperor Jiang as a ridiculous major.
From this, she knew that the internal personnel of the headquarters had already rotted away.
“What are you babbling about so early in the morning?”
The door to the meeting room swung open.
Chen Huai'an, still bleary-eyed, stepped out, his gaze immediately locking onto Lin Chen.
“New face? A new member of the Demon-Slaying Division?”
He stared at Lin Chen’s chest, frowning. “Your outfit is too revealing; you shouldn’t wear leather jackets. It’s inappropriate!”
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Chapter 180: The Disappeared Him, Her, and It
Too revealing, the leather jacket couldn’t contain it.
Chen Huai'an understood that as a combatant, wearing leather in a thunderous situation was indeed necessary for mobility, but deliberately leaving a gap in the leather was going too far! Who was this testing in the middle of summer?
He had just gotten out of bed, at the most alert moment of the day.
He couldn’t stand this; it had to be stopped seriously!
Lin Chen covered her chest, her cheeks slightly flushed, her cold eyes glinting with malice. “You’re asking for it!”
She lashed out with her whip, the sharp crack of the whip slicing through the air reached him before the action did.
Lin Chen could almost envision the whip’s barbed tip tearing the skin from this man’s face.
However, before the whip could reach him, it was deflected by an invisible wall of energy, shattering the glass beside the desk instead, and the force sent Lin Chen stumbling back a few steps.
“Captain Zhao, how much is that window worth?” Chen Huai'an flicked his fingers, a glint of brilliance flashing in his eyes.
In less than half a second, he had already reacted.
This thunderous woman was definitely not a new member; she was likely here to stir up trouble!
In that case…
“This is specially made tempered glass, over twenty thousand for a single pane,” Zhao Ying replied, looking at Chen Huai'an.
Whether it was just her imagination or not, after not seeing him for a night, Chen Huai'an seemed to have gained an inexplicable aura.
Like a sword that had suddenly been sharpened.
Chen Huai'an leaned toward Zhao Ying, raising an eyebrow. “Cough, Captain Zhao, think carefully; is this glass really worth that much? I seem to remember it has quite the backstory, like it’s worth a lot…”
At first, Zhao Ying didn’t grasp what Chen Huai'an meant,
But recalling his fear of running out of money, she quickly understood.
Zhao Ying slapped her forehead, feigning realization. “Oh, Governor, I remember now! This glass is special tempered glass, but it also contains rare materials, after all, it’s to protect your office. It’s one hundred fifty thousand a pane~”
Hmm, inflating from over twenty thousand to one hundred fifty thousand was quite a jump.
One shouldn’t go too far; the glass had already been shattered, and pricing it in the hundreds of thousands would be a bit insulting to one’s intelligence.
Chen Huai'an felt that was enough, then turned to the fuming Lin Chen and smirked.
“Did you hear that? Are you paying by card or through EasyPay?”
Lin Chen didn’t answer, only stared at Chen Huai'an. “They call you governor; you… are Chen Huai'an?”
“Indeed, I am the one and only, the one known as the Jade-Faced Little White Dragon, charming and graceful, loved by all, the super invincible handsome guy, Chen Huai'an!”
Zhao Ying/Xiang Xiaoyuan: “…”
Lin Chen: “…”
The C Province Demon-Slaying Division chose such a foolish male college student to be the governor?
Had they lost their minds?
She scrutinized Chen Huai'an’s profile, her heart inexplicably fluttering.
He was indeed handsome.
Even with his cocky words and exaggerated actions, his stunning looks overshadowed everything else.
She even felt a bit tempted to kick her fiancé to the curb.
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