Although Xiang Huai had locked himself up, phone signals could still be transmitted in and out of the basement.
On the third day, Xue Xi only found out about this when she received Xiang Huai’s call.
She’d thought that they would probably lose contact during this period of time.
The moment she saw the phone ring, she even felt that she might have seen wrongly until that deep voice said in a hoarse voice, “Little kid.”
Xue Xi was stunned. “You can call?”
Xiang Huai chuckled. “Of course. I’m not being jailed. I can even video call, but the radiation here is a little strong. If it’s a video call, the signal will always get cut off. When I’ve stabilized it, I’ll give you a video call.”
Xue Xi felt that being able to talk on the phone was a pleasant surprise. She nodded. “Okay.”
She hesitated for a while before asking, “Are you alright?”
“Not really.”
Xiang Huai sighed. “I’ve just started eating meat and now I’m being forced to go vegetarian. I’m too pitiful.”
Xue Xi: “?”
For a long time, she thought about what Xiang Huai meant by eating meat and going vegetarian before she suddenly understood. She immediately spat at the phone and her cheeks turned red.
The scene on the night of her birthday seemed to echo in her mind again, making her say, “Can you be more serious?!”
“Alright, then, I’ll say something serious,” Xiang Huai said lazily. “Protect yourself. You don’t have to protect the special department for me. I believe that they can protect the country well.”
After saying that, the man continued, “I’m just worried that after I go out, my little kid won’t have much meat on her. I feel apprehensive.”
Xue Xi: “…”
If it were in the past, she would have hung up in anger. However, now, even though Xiang Huai was trying his best to change the atmosphere and not let her worry, she still realized that if Xiang Huai could easily make a call, he would not have waited three days.
She could not bear to hang up and could only say, “Aren’t you going to eat?”
Xiang Huai sighed. “I do want to eat it, but my body is probably suffering from indigestion. The energy from those nuclear bombs is too strong. I reckon I won’t have to eat for three years.”
Three years.
It meant that he would probably be imprisoned for another three years.
Just as Xue Xi was about to say something, Xiang Huai said, “I’m sleepy. I’ll hang up first.”
In the basement.
Xiang Huai squatted in the corner.
The surrounding walls were made of metal. His body was emitting layers of radiation, and it was burning fiercely. Just as it turned red, it returned to normal, then it was burning red again… This kept repeating, but only Xiang Huai knew how painful it was.
He could not take it anymore, so he wanted to hang up so that the little kid would not worry.
Just as he was about to hang up, he suddenly heard Xue Xi’s voice soften. “I’ll make myself fat.”
Xiang Huai’s fingers paused.
The girl’s voice was cold but gentle. “When you come back, I’ll let you eat meat.”
“…”
Xiang Huai wanted to say something, but a wave of pain hit him, making him hang up and fall to the ground.
The skin that had just recovered started to turn red again and burn…
…
In the hospital.
One of the firemen who went to put out the fire was too close to the radiation source, causing his entire body to become burned.
A few days ago, he did not feel anything.
However, on the third day, the radiation started burning from the inside out.
This kind of illness was incurable.
Even though he had been injected with a large amount of anesthesia in the hospital to make him feel better, that person was still rolling around in pain and convulsing. His entire body was burned until it was black and his skin was charred…
He would not live for long.
The sharpness of this pain spread throughout the entire hospital.
Xue Xi and Jing Fei stood at the side and stared silently. Listening to that person’s voice and seeing his miserable state, Xue Xi lowered her eyes. “Getting burned is the most painful condition in the world.”
Jing Fei nodded.
Xue Xi did not speak further, but at this moment, she suddenly understood what Xiang Huai was enduring.
She clenched her fists tightly.
After parting with Jing Fei, she called the Xue family’s pharmaceutical company and asked the scientific research department to start developing new anesthesia.
She wanted the most effective painkillers.
…
In the following period of time, because Xiang Huai was in seclusion, the espers who were originally scattered across the country gathered in the capital.
After all, the call Jing Fei had received attracted everyone’s attention.
Half a month later, all the experts gathered. About ten P9 and P10 members of the special department gathered in the special department’s meeting room.
Jing Fei looked at the familiar faces in front of him and sighed. “Everyone must have heard about the phone call from the International Association of Espers, right?”
Everyone nodded.
Lu Chao and Qian Xin sighed.
Jing Fei clenched his jaw and said, “The International Esper Academy. Ever since Boss graduated, it has not been recruiting students from China. Now that they’ve learned that Boss is in seclusion, they are actually forcing us to send our eight strongest espers to their school again.”
Lu Chao said, “Why eight? In’t it supposed to be two?”
Jing Fei’s expression was also filled with indignation. “Because we haven’t done it in the past few years, they want us to make up for it this year!”
“…”
Everyone knew that this was the International Association of Espers seeking revenge.
Ever since Xiang Huai graduated from the International Esper Academy and became the boss of the special department, he had become China’s treasure.
With him around, the International Esper Academy did not dare to recruit any more students.
This also resulted in the few new esper experts from China being preserved in the country in recent years, causing the power of the espers in China to increase year after year.
But all these espers combined were not as intimidating as Xiang Huai to the International Association of Espers!
When Qian Xin heard this, his eyes turned red. “F*ck! I’m a northeastern man, but I’m actually being bullied until I can only stay at home and not go out? This is too much! Aren’t they afraid that Boss won’t go into seclusion and go overseas instead?!”
Everyone fell silent.
Everyone turned to look at Lu Chao. “What exactly is Boss’s current situation?”
Lu Chao had always been Xiang Huai’s personal secretary. When he heard this, he sighed.
He said, “In the past, Boss’s power could flatten a country, so they were afraid of Boss and did not dare to provoke us. Now, Boss’s power is even greater and can flatten a planet.”
Everyone: “!!”
Qian Xin did not understand. “If it’s even more formidable, isn’t it even scarier?”
Jing Fei was so angry that he threw the book at him. “What kind of brain do you have? How did you earn money all these years?! You’re really the kind of person who can just count money without doing anything, huh? Boss is so powerful that before he can completely control that power, he will have destroyed the Earth first once he flared up. Wouldn’t China be destroyed along with him?! Unless the international community does something that poses a threat to our entire country, Boss will not take action. Do you think Boss will go all out on them just because they want eight espers?!”
Qian Xin: “F*ck! Boss is even more formidable now yet he is being restrained?! They… They’re really going too far! Isn’t this just them bullying Boss because he doesn’t dare to risk China?!”
Lu Chao sighed.
There was something he did not say. Boss was indeed more formidable, but at the same time, Boss was also suffering a powerful backlash. It was impossible for him to come out of seclusion right now.
However, this was the most important secret. Other than him, no one else knew.
“What should we do now?” Jing Fei said.
Suddenly, a cold voice answered, “I’ll go.”
Everyone looked over and saw the perpetually ice-faced Ai Si.
Jing Fei shook his head. “You can’t go. You’re the most formidable esper right now. If you go, who can go out and fight one-on-one if someone comes to provoke us?”
Ai Si’s beautiful features swept past him, making Jing Fei feel as though his entire body was frozen. “If you guys go instead of me, can you graduate?”
The conditions for graduating from the International Esper Academy were very strict.
After so many years, Xiang Huai had graduated in the shortest time possible.
Ai Si said, “I’m not as good as Boss, but give me five years and I can come back.”
Everyone: “…”
After a moment of silence, Qian Xin stood up. “I’ll go. I’m the most useless. The God of Fortune Group’s money should be enough. Moreover, I’m just a decoration in the God of Fortune Group. If I go, it won’t affect us much.”
This was the truth.
Lu Chao also stood up silently. “My special power is also useless. I usually run errands for Boss, but now… he doesn’t need me. I’ll go too. Perhaps if I go, they’ll end up falling in love and want to kill each other. Hehe…”
Jing Fei was very worried and berated angrily, “We’re still short of six people though. Are you all going? If you all go, who will guard China?!”
