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Chapter 216 Victims
Jiang Xingni took a deep breath, and his voice sounded calm and even after being filtered by the voice changer.
Only Shan Qing, who was closest to Jiang Xingni, could faintly hear her true voice through the voice changer.
The girl's voice became somewhat strained due to too many things on her mind, and for a moment, Shan Qing felt that the voice seemed somewhat familiar.
But upon closer reflection, she couldn't recall where she had heard that voice before.
In the end, all that could be remembered was one thing.
The man in black, of unknown organization (suspected to be the Hidden Order), is suspected to be a woman, and it is unclear whether the person encountered is the same as the character mentioned in the intelligence.
"Lu Ming is in trouble," she whispered in Shan Qing's ear.
So Shan Qing's good train of thought was suddenly interrupted by Jiang Xingni. She subconsciously opened her mouth, just about to ask who Lu Ming was, when she realized that the people around her were not the group of teammates she was used to.
"Lu Ming?" Shan Qing narrowed her eyes thoughtfully, swirling the name in her mind. Only after confirming she didn't recognize the name did she probe. "Who is this? Shouldn't we know this person's name in your knowledge?"
Jiang Xing stared at her mask.
More accurately, it was actually about observing the changes in Shanqing's expression through the mask.
Shan Qing didn't know why, but she suddenly felt a cold sweat break out on her back.
After confirming that the other party genuinely didn't remember this person and wasn't hiding it because of a grudge against Jiang Xingni, Jiang Xingni felt an even bigger headache.
"You guide Lu Ming in the direction he can escape from the pursuit," Jiang Xingni instructed the system in his mind.
"By the way, did you find out anything about Lu Ming's background that I asked you to investigate before?"
The system gave a notification that it had found everything, then packaged the data and sent it all to Jiang Xingni's phone.
Seeing everyone's bewildered expressions, Jiang Xingni's suspicions were further confirmed. She pursed her lips, then without hesitation, flipped her hand and threw the pistol she was holding.
Just halfway there, it collided silently with a transparent object, sparks flying everywhere.
Jiang Xing smiled at the superhuman who used this ability. Although there was a mask between them, the superhuman on the other side couldn't see anything either.
"If you don't know Lu Ming—then follow me." Jiang Xingni released her grip on Shan Qing without hesitation. Before Shan Qing could react and try to turn the tables on Jiang Xingni, Jiang Xingni slipped out the window and landed lightly on the windowsill. "If you don't want the tragedy of Jiang Qishi and Ji Hanzhang to repeat itself, if your reason for coming is what I suspect, then I can only advise you that you'd better catch up."
After saying that, Jiang Xingni didn't care about the reactions of the people behind her. She jumped a few times on the rooftops and then smoothly hid in the shadows of the alleys in the lower city. She then ran wildly towards the direction of Lu Ming's coordinates that the system had sent her.
Shan Qing and his teammates exchanged a glance.
"What do we do, Captain?" The young man who had just used his special ability only to have it exposed by Jiang Xingni was now flustered and looked at Shan Qing with unease. "Should we listen to her?"
"Shanqing, you've been led by the nose by her the whole time." Shanqing turned her head and heard Shantang's cold admonition. "Our purpose in coming here is to gather research data on Jiang Qishi and Ji Hanzhang."
Shanqing, whose emotions were already unstable, became even more irritable: "I know about this, Shantang. I don't need your reminder."
She took a deep breath.
"You two, stay here." Shan Qing pointed, keeping the two ordinary people besides herself behind. "Find out inside the house where Jiang Xingni might have hidden her parents' inheritance."
Then she looked up at Shantang and another superhuman.
"You two, come with me." Shan Qing's tone was calm. "Follow that person; I want to see what she's up to."
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As Jiang Xingni rushed towards Luming, he also had to connect all the clues in his mind.
The sense of familiarity she initially felt was not unfounded.
In a sense, Lu Ming is indeed the second her.
If Jiang Xingni's parents' background is really as Jiang Xingni thinks, that they came to the Lower City to investigate strange things because of their research work.
For some unknown reason, he was killed by the monster before his research could yield any results.
Perhaps it's because this matter involves the supernatural.
Jiang Xingni wasn't sure if the world of superpowered individuals—the world behind the veil—knew about this matter. Perhaps it was due to some strange reason, or perhaps, like at Fourth Middle School, everyone's memories had been erased by official organizations such as Taixu Academy.
Jiang Xingni had even forgotten where she grew up before coming to the Lower City.
However, even if his memory had simply been erased by the official organization, Jiang Xingni could still sense that something was amiss.
Jiang Xingni was certain that Jiang Qishi and Ji Hanzhang were members of an official organization.
After all, Ji Hanzhang had kept her honors from childhood to adulthood much more carefully than Jiang Xingni had.
Jiang Xingni also believed that his mother would not fabricate evidence in such a place.
Ji Hanzhang did indeed join the National Research Institute. Although Jiang Xingni didn't know exactly which area of research Ji Hanzhang was in charge of, he was unlikely to be wrong in general terms.
The "Dragon Group" members that Jiang Xingni just saw are also an official organization, and Jiang Xingni can use his supernatural abilities to believe this.
So, after the whole thing was sorted out, it turned into an internal conflict within the official organization to some extent.
So Jiang Xingni deliberately brought up the name "Luming". From their blank expressions, it was clear that they were completely unaware that they had also forgotten another colleague of theirs—perhaps more than one.
If they were the ones who used memory deletion, and they were also the ones whose memories were deleted, then... Jiang Xingni has never forgotten his original intention in establishing the Hidden Order Society.
The thoughts and backgrounds of ordinary people should not be buried by grand narratives, as if sacrificing a few people is a perfectly reasonable option in order to save more people.
The deaths of thousands of students at the Fourth Middle School are not a number that can be covered up by simply erasing memories; rather, it represents the real death of one person occurring thousands of times.
Memory erasure seems to have become a necessity, but what if it endangers them?
Jiang Xingni was happy to see some conflicts arise between these organizations. If Jiang Xingni could gain some benefits for himself and many others from this, that would be the best thing ever.
In a sense.
Jiang Xingni stopped in his tracks.
She saw the deer's cry.
—They are all victims of this grand narrative.