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Chapter 239 The New Captain
The system reviewed its records and confirmed Jiang Xingni's words.
"Indeed, no one came looking for you."
After all, it was only a day—Jiang Xingni didn't spend too much time in the lower city, and spent most of his time away from the main characters exploring how to leave the capital.
Even if Xiao Jiming and the others were worried about Jiang Xingni, they wouldn't have rushed to her bedside so soon after they parted, wailing and howling at Jiang Xingni, who was basically fine and just needed some time to recover her powers.
—They will be driven out by the medical superpowered individuals.
Moreover, they also needed to report their mission to Lin Hongguang.
"Xiao Jiming and the others are still reporting to Lin Hongguang and the others, and they are preparing to start discussing how to wipe out VOID once you have recovered."
"As for the manga, there haven't been any new chapters recently, just an ending, and it doesn't seem like anything very important has happened."
"There was a forum post in the lower city about you, but it didn't last long before it was all deleted by the VOID team."
"...Oh, I see, they didn't use memory erasure."
The system sent the message to Jiang Xingni's mobile phone.
The latest news is reporting on the incident that Shan Qing and Jiang Xingni stirred up in the lower city.
The consequence of not erasing memories is that they need to provide a legitimate explanation.
Jiang Xingni clicked on the link.
The reason given in the news was that Shan Qing and his group, including Jiang Xingni, were members of a terrorist organization, and Shan Qing was the organization's number one wanted criminal.
In order to protect the lives and property of the people in the lower city, the authorities used firearms to carry out the siege.
VOID thus became an official organization.
Jiang Xingni couldn't help but roll her eyes, but she continued reading—she was very curious about what kind of reason they would eventually come up with.
Terrorist organizations were completely indifferent to civilian casualties. The authorities had to balance controlling the damage caused by firearms with killing terrorists and saving civilians. In the end, they brought the terrorist organization under control and eliminated it in a gunfight.
Jiang Xingni watched and kept clicking his tongue in admiration.
This is a complete distortion of the truth!
The real official organization has become a so-called terrorist organization.
VOID, on the contrary, became the official entity that punished evil and promoted good.
Jiang Xingni didn't know how many people had seen this report, but she could tell that VOID had definitely been involved in the whole affair.
"Go ahead," Jiang Xing glanced down and saw the comments section below the news article.
—As expected of a national organization! They should all be wiped out!
So, in the end, were all those terrorist organizations completely wiped out?
—I just want to know how many people those terrorist organizations killed, and whether anyone has come forward to take responsibility for those who died.
—It should be even more brutal!! Our soldiers have suffered heavy casualties fighting them!
—They deserved it, those people deserved to die!
"Do Yamasumi and the others know that they ultimately received this kind of evaluation?"
Jiang Xing asked the system in his mind.
All the blame was pinned on them.
All the credit was taken by the opposing organization.
They didn't even have a way to refute it.
—If you want to refute this, you must clarify what happened and why such a vicious gunfight broke out in a residential area.
Bureau 49 does not approve of the arrogant attitude of those with superpowers towards ordinary people, but that does not mean they are willing to tear down the veil and show the truth behind it to everyone.
Perhaps in the future.
But not now.
*
The group from Yamasumi were unaware of the local news reports about them.
After leaving the downtown area, they directly connected to their superior's network and sent the data over.
Otherwise, what if VOID still refuses to give up even in this situation?
All the hard-earned information would be wasted.
Once everything was settled, Yamasumi sat in the helicopter, took out a cigarette, but didn't light it. He just stared at the smoke in a daze.
"Why was it Shanqing who died—?" She instinctively wanted to ask, but after speaking, she laughed at herself. "Look at what I'm saying."
There aren't that many whys.
Isn't that exactly what their field operations units are like?
Their lives are precarious; they might die at any moment.
Those with special abilities have special powers, and their numbers are small. Even if they encounter a life-or-death situation, whether it's Shanqing or Shanyu, they will voluntarily give up their chance to survive—whether Shantang and the others will accept that is another matter.
In short, the casualty rate among ordinary people in their line of work has always been consistently high.
Yamasumi had long been prepared for death.
She simply found it hard to accept that death had befallen someone close to her, and so suddenly.
It wasn't even a situation where death was inevitable; there was clearly a chance of survival, and death wasn't a certainty.
"What are you talking about?"
Shan Tang lazily swirled the wine glass in his hand.
Like Yamasumi, he didn't drink alcohol either. Instead, he used his supernatural ability to shake the wine glass in his hand, freezing the wine into ice, and then melting the ice back into wine.
It does look really boring.
I really need to do something to release my stress.
"Shan Tang, don't waste your special ability," Shan Lan whispered a reminder.
So Shantang stopped his aimless behavior.
"So, who's the next captain?" Shantang asked.
The group's gazes swept over each other.
There is an unwritten rule that people with superpowers cannot become the team leader.
One reason is that the captain is responsible for all members of the team, but the lives of superhumans are state property and do not belong to them.
Another reason, though no one wants to mention it, is indeed true—the influence of the superhuman community is too great.
They couldn't help but be wary.
Every team leader is an ordinary person, responsible for the ordinary people and those with superpowers in the team, and for all team members.
"...I'll do it," Yamasumi said calmly. "I'm more suitable for this position than Yamatoshi."
Of the remaining two people who are also ordinary people, Yamasumi's physical skills are better than Yamashita's.
Shan Zhi merely glanced at the mountain corner and offered no objection.
team leader.
It is to be the most outstanding ordinary person.
They are often the ones who die the fastest.
"I will report to my superiors about Longinus and our cooperation with the Hidden Order—this only represents our team and only this operation, and cannot represent the entire 49th Bureau or the Hidden Order's future plans."
"..." Yamasumi rubbed his head, feeling a bit of a headache.
"But at the same time, we should indeed reassess the Hidden Order's position."
"If they truly agree that ordinary people should know the truth about this world, will it endanger the order of the entire society in the future?"