novelGlobal #537 - The Reason Behind Chapter 536
#537 - The Reason Behind Chapter 536
The previous Li Bai, due to impulsiveness and anger, coupled with the knowledge that Li Ji and Zhou Luan's father had old grudges, subconsciously believed that Zhou Luan was behind it all, using his position for personal revenge.
But after he calmed down, he realized that things were not as simple as he thought.
People from the Li family also participated in that meeting. Even if they had no affection for Li Ji, they would not agree to Zhou Luan's proposal for the sake of the Li family's reputation.
If any of the three parties refused to budge, the "public purge" proposal would not pass. But the problem was that the Li family agreed, which meant there was a deeper reason behind the public purge.
A reason that was beneficial to the Li family, or one that gave the Li family no reason to refuse—the New World!
Without external intervention, a Chosen One cannot become a Reviver. Li Ji was once a Chosen One, but now he has become a Twelfth Forbidden Reviver, which means he was subjected to external intervention.
And that external force is the New World. Apart from the World Creator, the ruler of the New World, no one can actively turn someone into a Reviver.
A Twelfth Forbidden Reviver is a top-tier combat force even in the New World. They cannot possibly ignore it and will definitely take action, and that is the purpose of the Security Bureau.
This public purge is to lure out the big fish of the New World.
The Security Bureau, the New World, and the Underworld have always had a tacit understanding with each other, a tacit understanding not to push each other to the point of no return.
As long as the Underworld and the New World are not so cruel as to massacre cities every day, recklessly killing people from the consortiums, and using kidnapping and other despicable means to force the Federation to yield, the Security Bureau will not bother to fight them to the death.
After all, a desperate fight would be harmful to both sides. The Northern Federation would be littered with corpses, and the Underworld and the New World would also suffer heavy losses.
The struggles on this premise are the main theme of the present.
Just like the current public purge, if the New World suffers heavy losses because of this, they can only blame themselves for being inferior, rather than acting like a mad dog, constantly massacring cities to vent their anger. This is an act that breaks the tacit understanding.
After understanding everything, Li Bai picked up his water glass, drank it in one gulp, and walked out of the meeting room with a gloomy face.
"Director Li, goodbye and don't let the door hit you on the way out."
Zhou Luan waved his hand, a contemptuous smile on the corner of his mouth.
...
The news that Li Ji, the former Director of the Security Bureau, had become a Reviver was not widely known. If you randomly grabbed a hundred people on the street, maybe only three to five could tell you the general idea.
Firstly, the Li family deliberately suppressed the spread of information, cutting off the public's access to information from the source, such as short video platforms, major news channels...
Secondly, Li Ji was too far removed from most people. Who would deliberately pay attention to a figure from decades ago? If the current Director of the Security Bureau became a Reviver, that would be newsworthy.
However, this calm did not last long. Under the deliberate promotion of the Security Bureau, the news that Li Ji had become a Reviver, including the news that he was going to be publicly purged, quickly spread throughout the streets.
"The fourth Director of the Security Bureau has mutated into a Reviver, using the alias Li Ji, hiding in the city, relying on the killing of civilians to delay aging, living for decades. I'll be damned, is this true or false?"
"Donate your eyes if you don't need them. Look at the upper left corner, this was posted by the official account, how can it be fake?"
"That's outrageous! How could the Director of the Security Bureau be a Reviver? That's a big figure in the Federation!"
"Bah! He's a big figure my ass. He's been living for decades by killing civilians, with at least thousands of people's blood on his hands. He's a cold-blooded beast!"
In a small restaurant at noon, a young man with flat features cursed fiercely, which aroused the agreement of many people.
"That's right, he's a cold-blooded beast, a beast in human skin."
"Instead of being a good Chosen One, he wanted to be a monster. I don't know what went wrong with him."
"Public purge is too good for this kind of guy. I think he should be dismembered!"
The restaurant was filled with curses and spittle. Perhaps insulting Li Ji was a way for them to show their sense of justice!
By the window, Li Chenqiu and Nu Sha, who had already changed their appearances, sat opposite each other.
The former wore a baseball cap that hid half of his face in the shadows, with his arms crossed, not speaking or eating.
The latter held a plate and clumsily shoveled rice into his mouth with a spoon, as if he hadn't eaten in decades... which was indeed the case, and it had been hundreds of years since he had eaten, Yue Fusheng's barbecue didn't count as a meal.
Just as the curses in the restaurant intensified, a different voice sounded in the room.
"Although Director Li has now become a Reviver and should be purged, you don't need to slander his past!" The speaker was a hunched old man.
"What's wrong, you want to whitewash this kind of guy?"
The old man squeezed a furrow between his eyebrows: "Do you know how many practical things Director Li did during his tenure? The reason why the Northern Federation is so stable and not invaded by Reviver beasts..."
"Old man, don't talk about these irrelevant things. If you enjoy the benefits of the Director, you should do what the Director should do. What's so praiseworthy about that?"
"That's right, if I were to be the Director, and they gave me a salary of ten million a month, I would do practical things every day!"
"Killed so many people, just..."
Bang!
A sound of slamming the table suddenly rang out, startling everyone's hearts, causing the small restaurant to fall silent for a short time.
For a moment, almost everyone turned their heads to look at the same location. The person who slammed the table was a delicate-looking young man wearing a black baseball cap. This person was Li Chenqiu.
"Eat quietly, if you want to quarrel, go outside," Li Chenqiu said calmly.
The young man with flat features slammed his chopsticks on the table and sneered, "You're not old, but you have a big temper. Is this restaurant run by your family? If you can't stand it, just plug your ears!"
Li Chenqiu didn't even look at him, and said casually, "Eat quietly, if you quarrel again, I will kill you."
"Kill someone?" The young man was stunned by these words, and then laughed loudly, "Hahaha, I didn't expect you to be so arrogant!"
"Are students nowadays so violent? Opening your mouth to kill people, how impressive!"
"Hahaha, he probably watched too many movies and TV series and put himself in the role."
"With those thin arms and legs, he dares to kill someone. I don't think he dares to kill a chicken!"
The other diners in the restaurant also ridiculed without hiding their voices.
The young man with flat features stood up, smiled and walked to Li Chenqiu's table, put his hand on his shoulder, bent down, and said with a smile, "I forgot to tell you, I am a First Forbidden Ordinary."