My Ability Pool is Superior-Chapter 88 - 87: Don’t Be Hasty Yet

On the LCD TV, the mayor was still endlessly speaking grandiose words.

Lv Bai watched its performance while quietly calculating how to expose the opponent’s identity.

Ignoring it was impossible now.

After all, he had already seen the mayor mingling with the parasite, and even if he had no malicious intent towards the mayor, he couldn’t ensure the other party would let things go.

Yao Yi nervously stared at the corridor; the impact of the mayor’s identity was too overwhelming, making him feel that someone might come knocking at any moment.

"Brother Lv, why don’t you tell Director Xu about this?"

"Okay."

Lv Bai nodded. Yao Yi would have mentioned it, even if he hadn’t.

But whether Xu Qiang would believe it is another matter, so he couldn’t put all hope on Director Xu.

Thinking of this, Lv Bai took out his phone and clicked into Jiangyu City’s official website.

"Several Measures to Promote High-Quality Enterprise Investments..." Next.

"Seven projects in Jiangyu City have won the National Science and Technology Award of the year..." Change again.

"The ’Harmonious Jiangyu’ Lecture Series will hold a special lecture, with Mayor Shi Huai Ren attending..."

Alright, this is the one.

Lv Bai’s eyes lit up as he clicked in to view detailed information.

"Brother Lv, what are you looking for?" Yao Yi, seeing Lv Bai focused on his phone, was curious about what he was doing.

"There’s a special lecture next week, and Mayor Shi Huai Ren will attend, with a Q&A session during it."

Lv Bai thoughtfully rubbed his chin; perhaps this could be a good opportunity.

Upon hearing this, Yao Yi’s spirits lifted.

"Do you plan to question the mayor’s identity during the Q&A? Make him pull out a hair right there?"

...

"Folly!"

Special Affairs Bureau, second-floor director’s office.

Xu Qiang glared, pointing at Lv Bai with a trembling finger.

It was clear he had much to say but hadn’t yet.

"Do you realize if the mayor has really been parasitized by a monster, what kind of turmoil it would cause?"

"You’re opposed?" Lv Bai asked with a chuckle.

Xu Qiang took a deep breath, calming his excitement: "Any certainty?"

"No evidence, but I saw it myself."

Lv Bai spoke with regret.

Mainly because he hadn’t expected the potbellied parasite to be the mayor of Jiangyu City.

Otherwise, he would have used his phone to capture evidence and wouldn’t be as passive now.

Xu Qiang stood up from his chair, walked back and forth in the office, as if to digest the shocking news.

After several rounds, he stopped and said in a deep voice: "You might have misjudged; let’s not make a fuss. Who else have you told this to?"

"It should be just me." Yao Yi, sitting on the sofa without drawing attention, raised his hand.

He’d completed early discharge when coming to the Special Affairs Bureau with Lv Bai.

"Hmm..."

Xu Qiang pondered: "Don’t tell a fourth person; this matter is not trivial and needs careful planning."

Seeing Lv Bai wasn’t stopping him, Yao Yi immediately asked: "Are you saying, uncovering it at the next week’s lecture isn’t appropriate, Director?"

Xu Qiang sat on the sofa, "No, if the mayor has indeed been parasitized by a monster, it must be exposed, but don’t rush in recklessly. A plan should be in place."

"Are you thinking of gaining momentum first?"

Lv Bai thought for a moment, feeling it was off: "Isn’t the parasite something we’re supposed to hide from the public?"

Upon hearing the question, Xu Qiang shook his head: "No need to hide it. Before you two came, a document was issued from above for the publicity team to comprehensively inform the public about parasites, asking our Special Affairs Bureau to fully cooperate.

If you hadn’t brought me such big news, I’d already be organizing a meeting."

Lately, rumors have spread wildly online, impossible to suppress completely.

Announcing the existence of parasites was inevitable, yesterday night’s nearly a hundred murders only accelerated this process.

...

Leaving the Special Affairs Bureau, it was already afternoon.

Healed and returned to duty, Yao Yi was naturally placed by Xu Qiang into the third field group, under Lv Bai.

"Brother Lv, what should we do now?"

Yao Yi drove a black compact sedan, taking the chance to ask Lv Bai in the passenger seat while waiting at the traffic light.

"Wander around the city, see where we go." Lv Bai replied without looking up.

He was busy checking information.

Since the mayor’s exposure was not urgent, he focused first on the work of a Death Fighter.

Under the guise of investigating the murders, he’d gained access to the resident database and even found several suspected Death Fighters based on the published positioning map from the system.

Of course, calling them suspects was conservative.

Pretty close to reality.

He silently noted down these suspicious folks, expecting to stumble upon them.

"Though we don’t have to worry about fuel expenses, isn’t aimlessly wandering overdoing it?"

Yao Yi looked at the red light turning green, shifted gears, and accelerated.

"Let’s go here, Fat Sister Noodle House, park there and wait for me." Lv Bai casually suggested a location.

A Death Fighter might be in that restaurant, close to their current location, less than a kilometer away.

...

Regardless of the restaurant type, outside meal times, it was mostly quiet.

Shi Fenglian, wearing an apron, leaned over a table, snacking on sunflower seeds while playing on her phone.

Unintentionally, she caught sight of a green light on the road from the corner of her eye.

At first, she thought she’d stared at her phone for too long, but upon focusing, she shivered, "Title?! Such a puny thing..."

She accurately discerned the four large floating green letters — Innocent Smile.

These four glowing green words floated above a black sedan, which slowly drove up and stopped next to her noodle house.

Unbeknownst to her, fine beads of sweat appeared on her forehead.

Even if the title sounded a bit amusing, as a Death Fighter, she knew what having a title in the second round of death fights implied.

The car door opened.

Lv Bai got out and headed directly towards the noodle house.

Shi Fenglian’s expression turned serious.

Oh no, he’s coming for me.

Suddenly, the roasted sunflower seeds lost their flavor in her mouth.

She forced herself to look away from the floating green letters and managed a formal smile, "What would you like to eat?"

"A bowl of beef noodles, no scallions."

Lv Bai, seemingly unaware of her identity, ordered and found a table against the wall to sit.