My Ability Pool is Superior-Chapter 105 - 104: Countdown Ends

"Suspension? Why?"

Xu Qiang was momentarily stunned, then seemed to have thought of something and forced a smile as he said, "You don’t need to worry about me. There’s not much pressure on my end. How could personnel appointments be swayed by public opinion?"

"I’m not worried about you not being able to handle it."

Lv Bai got up, walked to the window, and glanced at the police line set up below the inpatient department.

In a tone that was almost matter-of-fact, he said, "Now I’m not even worried about the higher-ups applying pressure; I even suspect that even if they want to remove me, the higher-ups won’t approve it."

On the other end of the phone, Xu Qiang fell silent immediately. It was clear enough; naturally, he understood what Lv Bai meant.

To put it plainly, this situation has already placed the Special Affairs Bureau against the public.

The arguments online are about positions, emotions, volume, not the truth.

After all, in the arena of public opinion, the truth doesn’t matter.

The public is convinced that the Special Affairs Bureau is up to something shady and is a department full of bureaucracy.

As long as everyone online keeps saying so.

Even if it’s not true, it becomes true.

As time goes by, if Lv Bai isn’t dismissed, the public’s dislike for Lv Bai and even the Special Affairs Bureau will only increase day by day.

By then, adding some more explosive information and with the fervent public whose blood is boiling, one can’t imagine what might happen.

"So, we should have responded faster by dismissing me first."

Lv Bai calmly added, "I hope my assumptions are wrong."

It’s now too late to step out and clarify or apologize.

At first, we thought the mayor was stirring public opinion just to pressure the Special Affairs Bureau into firing him.

Now it seems we were a bit too complacent.

We truly didn’t expect that parasitic creatures could play the game like this and hadn’t considered this aspect at all.

Of course, it’s more likely that there are Death Fighters involved in this scheme from the start.

...

Lv Bai hung up the phone.

He casually tugged the cord, opening the blinds fully to see the view outside.

Yao Yi watched him finish the call and hurriedly asked, "Brother Lv, what did Director Xu say?"

"You heard it yourself, right? I asked him to dismiss me first."

Lv Bai turned slightly, his tone as gentle as ever.

This is probably the benefit of this body. At least he won’t feel vexed over things, allowing him to remain calm at all times.

"Why? Others might not know, but doesn’t Director Xu know? No one in the entire Special Affairs Bureau has killed more parasitic creatures than you. Why should you be dismissed?"

Yao Yi didn’t understand the situation and thought Xu Qiang had mentioned being unable to handle the pressure on the phone, which led to Lv Bai making this decision.

Lv Bai jokingly said, "Even if I want to resign, the higher-ups might not agree."

Yao Yi: "Ah?"

At this moment.

Bang~ Bang~ Bang~

The door was knocked, and Tong Shujuan came in with a stack of insulated boxes.

She glared at Yao Yi, who was playing with his phone on the hospital bed, and complained, "You moved the ward to the seventh floor without telling me. Don’t you want to have lunch?"

"Are you teaching me how to do my job?"

Yao Yi retorted with a stern face.

Who knew Tong Shujuan would glare at him immediately upon hearing this?

Yao Yi instantly softened, coughing, "Well, you know, I’ve been busy defending Brother Lv online."

Due to her work at the Special Affairs Bureau, Tong Shujuan was naturally aware of the matter long ago.

She quickly lost her playful mood, placed the insulated boxes on the small table, and looked at Lv Bai, who stood by the window with his back to everyone.

"Mr. Lü, given the current situation, let’s have a meal first."

... Full and satisfied.

Tong Shujuan packed up the dishes into the insulated boxes and, before leaving, saw Lv Bai walking back to the window, assuming he was feeling down, and immediately felt sympathetic, speaking softly to comfort him.

"Mr. Lü, don’t worry too much about this. We all know what kind of person you are. After all, the internet doesn’t have a memory. At worst, just disconnect for a few days."

Lv Bai gave her a harmless smile and turned his head back again.

Seeing this, Tong Shujuan sighed silently and, with nothing more to say, greeted Yao Yi and left with the insulated box.

...

The afternoon passed quickly.

With Yao Yi watching over things, Lv Bai didn’t need to keep focusing on the public opinion online and turned his attention entirely to the system panel that appeared before his retina.

[00:00:05]

...

[00:00:02]

[00:00:01]

As the countdown ticked down to zero,

[Ding!]

[Successfully acquired the current Death Arena Node.]

[Double points reward loaded.]

[Current points: 32, Current ranking 1/187]

Lv Bai exhaled a deep breath and returned to sit on the bench.

From this moment, all Death Fighters’ "Node" locations will show Lv Bai’s location.

If things go as expected, quite a few Death Fighters will start taking action.

He was quite pleased to see this situation unfold, eliminating the need to search purposely as Death Fighters would come to him.

Seeing Lv Bai finally sit down, Yao Yi thought he had figured it out and couldn’t help but suggest, "Brother Lv, why not issue a clarification online?"

The main injury wasn’t healed yet, so games requiring two hands were out of the question; he could only browse news to pass the time.

Therefore, Yao Yi witnessed the entire escalation of public opinion, which now seemed to be getting more intense.

"What kind of clarification?"

Lv Bai stretched lazily and laughed, "Say you think you’re a better team leader than me? Then why don’t you come up and give it a try?"

"Uh, but is doing nothing really the way?"

Yao Yi felt a bit helpless; he’d been trying to explain on behalf of Lv Bai, but unfortunately, his words carried little weight to make any impact.

As they were talking, a phone began to ring suddenly.

Lv Bai took out his phone and pressed the answer key.

"You might be right."

The first words out of Xu Qiang’s mouth carried an undeniable gloom.

"Oh?"

"As you guessed, the suspension was rejected from above."

Xu Qiang didn’t know whether to laugh or cry, "And the reason given was something about public opinion not interfering with government decisions."

Having anticipated this outcome, Lv Bai was unsurprised,

He nodded thoughtfully, "Then help me write a resignation letter, and by the way, release the contents of the resignation letter in the name of the Special Affairs Bureau."

With that, he hung up the phone.

The worst-case scenario would be that the resignation letter couldn’t be sent out either.

He certainly wouldn’t pin all his hopes on that.

Since the "Node" acquisition was complete, there was no need for him to stay in the hospital, at least not in a place where too many people knew about it.

Seeing Lv Bai get up and head for the ward door, Yao Yi couldn’t help but blurt out, "What’s going on? Where are you going?"

Lv Bai waved his hand, casually explaining.

"I’m going out to lay low for a while; contact me by phone if anything comes up."