Spiritual Recovery: Gamification of Reality

Chapter 21

Damn.

When he heard that his gun was back, he was so excited he wasn’t paying attention to his strength.

After he maxed out his Mountain Collapsing Strength last night, the most obvious change was his strength.

There were ten levels of Mountain-crushing Force. Each level had an additional 2% increase. Ten levels meant a 20% strength increase. This morning, Xu Bai almost broke the faucet in his house.

Although a night had passed, the sudden surge of power still made it hard for Xu Bai to control.

Xu Bai’s mind raced. He raised his head and looked at his boss and team leader, Nero Zhou.

“You need a new lock, boss.”

“…”

When Nero Zhou heard this, his eyebrows twitched involuntarily.

At this moment.

“Haha.”

Su Bancheng, who had been sitting on the sofa and looked like Su Meng’s uncle, the deputy director of the Department of Homeland Security, laughed heartily. He looked at Bai Zhou and said, “Team Leader Zhou, this should be our branch’s Xu Bai, Agent Xu.”

Nero Zhou came back to his senses and was about to nod.

The next second.

Xu Bai walked in and smiled at Su Bancheng, who was sitting on the sofa. He extended his right hand and said, “You’re a good judge of character, Deputy Supervisor Su.”

Su Bancheng was a little taken aback. He stood up and shook hands with Xu Bai. “Agent Xu, do you know who I am?”

Xu Bai smiled and said, “Mengmeng showed me your photo. I really want to say that the photo doesn’t do any justice to Deputy Supervisor Su at all.”

He had nothing against Su Meng’s uncle.

From Su Bancheng’s point of view, he would indeed think that if Mengmeng took the credit, not only would she not need to thank Xu Bai, but she would also need Xu Bai to thank her uncle.

Of course.

All of this was based on the premise that Xu Bai was just an ordinary person and not a hacker with a system.

However, Su Bancheng did not know about Xu Bai’s system.

‘So…’

Su Bancheng laughed out loud and retracted his right hand. “That girl Mengmeng’s photography skills have always been mediocre. By the way, I haven’t thanked Agent Xu for taking care of our Mengmeng. Mengmeng admires you very much.”

Xu Bai smiled. He had no intention of being modest.

In this day and age, people were particular about showing off their abilities. They would make it a point to not hide them.

If it weren’t for the fact that Xu Bai hadn’t figured out some things, he definitely wouldn’t show that his current Level 20 was actually around Level 10. From the corner of his eye, he saw Anya sitting on the other sofa.

‘Huh.’

Nero Zhou seemed to have seen something extraordinary. He looked at Anya, who was leaning against the sofa as if she was watching a movie. He looked at the two of them chatting happily.

Anya saw Nero’s gaze from the corner of his eye and turned around.

Nero Zhou coughed and looked away.

Su Meng’s uncle and Xu Bai talked about finding time to have a meal together. Su Bancheng looked at his watch and said goodbye to Zhou Bao. “Team Leader Zhou, there’s a lot of time left. I should go back to the police station. I’ll have to trouble you with Mengmeng’s matter.”

“No problem, I’ll send you off.”

Su Bancheng waved his hand, indicating that there was no need. Then, he looked at Xu Bai and said with a smile, “Then it’s settled. How about it? Up for a casual meal at our house?”

Xu Bai smiled brightly. “Sure, I’ll definitely go.”

Su Bancheng smiled and shook hands with Xu Bai again. Then, he looked at Anya, nodded and left the office.

After Su Bancheng left, Nero Zhou, sitting in his seat, opened the wolfberry cup in front of him and took a sip happily. Then, he rolled his eyes and looked at Xu Bai. “Next time you come in, can you knock first?”

“Okay, got it.”

Xu Bai nodded. Then, his eyes lit up. He ignored the mole from the branch office and looked at Zhou Bao. “Boss, where’s my gun?”

Nero Zhou did not answer the question. He looked at Xu Bai curiously. “Do you know why Su Meng’s uncle is here today?”

Xu Bai nodded.

“You do?”

“Yes, Mengmeng came to look for me last night.”

“You agreed?”

“Of course.”

“…”

When Nero Zhou heard this, he frowned and nodded. “That’s good, but it’s a pity.”

Xu Bai smiled and said, “What’s there to pity? Credit? I don’t want it. Besides, I don’t want to leave our branch office.”

The East District was his base camp.

Although he would get a raise if he was promoted, he would still get a raise even if he was not promoted. So, if he was going to be promoted anyway, why would he run out to unfamiliar territory?

He’d rather be the big fish in a small pond than the other way round.

When the Zhou heard Xu Bai’s words, he could not help but laugh.

‘But…’

Zhou stopped laughing because he realized that Xu Bai did seem to have the confidence to say that he could easily get credit for this.

Except…

Ordinary contributions were easy, but that department was extremely hard to get into.

That was what he thought in his heart, but he quickly thought of Xu Bai’s sister and understood.

This was fine too.

The danger of that department was also double.

After thinking about it.

Zhou shook his head and opened the drawer in front of him. He placed a silver .45 caliber pistol and a fully loaded magazine on the table.

Xu Bai’s eyes lit up. Before he could stabilize himself, he had already reached out and retrieved his pistol.

Crack!

There was a crisp sound.

Xu Bai nodded. All was well again.

Or would be. Soon.

Xu Bai put the pistol back at his waist and looked at Zhou Bao. “Boss, I told you that guy was framing me. What about it? Have you investigated it?”

Nero didn’t say anything. Instead, he looked at Anya, who was sitting on the sofa.

Anya, who had her arms crossed, said coldly, “The investigation is not over.”

Xu Bai looked at Anya. “Then why did you return the gun to me? Don’t tell me you’re planning something.”

Anya rose. “No. The suspect who complained about you is dead.”

Xu Bai was stunned.

“Dead.”

“Right.”

Anya nodded and looked at Xu Bai. “Our internal inspection is only responsible for handling problems. Now that the person who raised the problem is dead, naturally, the problem no longer exists. However, this is a lesson, Agent Xu. I hope you can remember it.”

With that, Anya left. She said goodbye to Nero Zhou and left the office.

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