novelsite Chapter 205 What about me?
Chapter 205 What about me?
An organization cannot possibly have only a few research departments.
Even if the paths are generally the same, the different departments will still compete with each other, each with its own advantages and disadvantages.
The department that abducted everyone this time clearly doesn't see the supernatural as their final destination.
Otherwise, according to their research philosophy, killing them all wouldn't have required so much effort.
Rather than seeing monsters as humanity's final destination, this department seems more interested in using monsters to explore the possibility of how humans can become superhumans.
From artificially enhanced individuals on airplanes to innocent people in laboratories, Xiao Jiming and his companions encountered mostly laboratory test subjects.
The only remaining question is whether or not to tell Lin Hongguang the whole story.
—They didn't have any doubts about Lin Hongguang.
But teachers are just teachers after all. They didn't believe that Lin Hongguang could defy the entire world of superhumans and stubbornly protect them.
Furthermore, they do not believe that others can trust Xie Yungui's side of the story without evidence, and thus harbor doubts about another organization in the world of supernatural beings.
"So, haven't we already reached a consensus?" Su Yanzhi smiled and leaned closer, while Pei Zhaoye disdainfully made room for him.
The blond-haired, green-eyed boy spoke in a lighthearted tone.
"See? I told you, working under the authorities wouldn't end well. In the end, we still had to go it alone, didn't we?"
Su Yanzhi's tone was quite self-righteous.
Jiang Xingni did a careful calculation and found that out of all the people in the team, there were actually very few who were truly dedicated to working for Taixu Academy.
Xiao Jiming only truly came into contact with the world of superpowered individuals last year. He Jingtong is basically confirmed to be from the VOID side. Pei Zhaoye has his own family—although it sounds like he doesn't have a good relationship with his family, and he also seems to be running his own businesses in the black market. Su Yanzhi is not worth mentioning at all, and Xie Yungui is wherever Jiang Xingnian is.
Jiang Xingni... Not to mention that Jiang Xingni knew about these things the shortest of all, just considering Jiang Xingni's pseudonym, Jiang Xingni felt that he wouldn't even pass the political vetting.
Song Juexiao could have been considered one.
She left her home and was able to access the outside world entirely through the world of superhumans and the Taixu Academy within it.
Although Taixu Academy, in a sense, is more like a regular university, the places Song Juexiao attended from childhood to adulthood are not entirely unrelated to it.
Similar to the relationship between a university and its affiliated high school.
But the previous question—if her special ability only allows Song Juexiao to stay behind the scenes and act as a support, would she be willing to do so?
Song Juexiao would not agree.
That question successfully pushed Song Juexiao away from the Taixu Academy's camp.
—This is entirely the fault of Taixu Academy!!
Upon hearing Su Yanzhi's words, everyone present fell silent, a rare occurrence.
Su Yanzhi still had a smile on her face: "Am I wrong?"
"Then we've reached an agreement." Xiao Jiming stared at Su Yanzhi, then his gaze shifted from Su Yanzhi to his teammates around him. "Even if we remove the 'teammate' label..."
Xiao Jiming gave a harmless smile.
"Are we accomplices in some sense?"
As a student, he discovered a secret but refused to report it, and even wanted to solve it himself.
Whether in the world of superpowered individuals or in the world of ordinary people, he could be accused of being reckless and audacious.
Jiang Xingni finally felt a sense of reality, as if he were in a shonen manga.
After all, Xiao Jiming's appearance was just the most ordinary black hair and black eyes.
No matter how stunning someone's appearance is, you'll eventually get used to it after seeing it a lot.
The remaining people didn't have overly cartoonish hair or eye colors, like pink hair or green eyes.
Aside from seeing familiar faces in the comics, Jiang Xingni feels a sense of knowing he's living in a comic book, yet everything seems normal, lacking the feeling of being in a two-dimensional world.
Until now.
She blinked, heard He Jingtong chuckle, and saw Xie Yungui's expression indifferent as he looked at her.
"That's what I meant too," Su Yanzhi replied with a smile. "What if you guys get wanted someday?"
They could all guess what Su Yanzhi wanted to say.
"I chased after them one by one, according to the amount of money listed on the wanted posters."
Su Yanzhi's tone was very sincere: "Cold teammates and accomplices have turned into warm money."
Jiang Xingni pushed him away, all the feelings in her mind were shattered by Su Yanzhi's words.
"Then we'll report as usual," she said definitively. "Xie Yungui doesn't need to talk about his experiences in other timelines; he just needs to report that all the data was destroyed along with the experimental base."
Pei Zhaoye leaned closer, resting his chin on his hand.
"Then our score for this mission will probably be very low," he said with a smile. "We might even be laughed at by our classmates at school for not living up to our reputation?"
Song Juexiao turned his head and glanced at Pei Zhaoye.
A red ponytail swept across her back in a flame-like arc, and her green eyes were clear and sharp.
"Who cares?" Song Juexiao replied with a light laugh.
Who cares about the opinions of those mediocre people?
*
The helicopter flew smoothly back in the direction it had come from.
He was sitting properly in his seat among a group of people, but upon closer inspection, he had actually been asleep for a while.
Jiang Xingni's seat was right next to Xie Yungui's, and the two of them were at the very front.
He noticed the few people behind him—mainly Pei Zhaoye and Song Juexiao—and fell asleep on the back of the chair.
She lowered her voice.
Xie Yungui, who had closed his eyes, heard Jiang Xingni's voice faintly behind him.
How many timelines did you travel through?
"..." He was silent for a moment, then smiled innocently. "Does it matter? It's already an abandoned timeline anyway."
In any case, those timelines were destined to be destroyed when Xie Yungui didn't choose them.
Jiang Xingni shrugged.
"Speaking of which, I was thinking of talking to you about your thoughts before."
She spoke with a smile.
Jiang Xingni didn't actually care what Xie Yungui thought of him.
When Xie Yungui turned around, his golden eyes met those light red eyes.
"After you came back, what happened to me in those timelines?" Jiang Xingni asked softly, a slight smile playing on her lips.
—Has that timeline just been abandoned like this? Have you just discarded all those people in that timeline? What about me in that timeline? And why would you choose me from this timeline?
"Don't think about those things," Xie Yungui said softly, looking into Jiang Xingni's eyes.
Don't dwell on those possibilities.
Don't think that I would abandon you in this timeline because of you in another timeline.
And don't feel like... I'm abandoning another possibility for you.
"I will not abandon you. Please, you must believe me."