My Ability Pool is Superior-Chapter 95 - 94: Can I Parasitize You?

The inpatient department is silent in the dead of night.

To avoid disturbing the quality of sleep, the corridor lights are dimmed to an almost dark degree.

Buzz buzz buzz~

The phone, deliberately silent by Lv Bai, suddenly starts vibrating.

He lies on the hospital bed, picks up the phone, and takes a glance.

On the screen, it shows Xu Qiang is calling; he swipes the green answer button with his thumb.

"I’ve got everything figured out. The online public opinion about you did indeed originate from the Mayor’s office initially."

Xu Qiang’s voice is somewhat heavy on the other end: "I’m genuinely starting to doubt Mayor Shi’s identity now."

"Only now you believe? So you were just fooling me during the day?" Lv Bai joked.

Unfortunately, Xu Qiang isn’t in the mood to banter with him, still sounding so weighty: "I’ll continue to look into this. For now, you should stay low and not let the online rumors affect you."

"I guess this call isn’t just to express some concern, right?"

"Mm, I plan to move the plan forward and hold a press conference early tomorrow morning."

Lv Bai is certainly aware of the plan Xu Qiang mentions.

In fact, the plan was originally a consensus they reached after discussions.

After all, directly questioning the Mayor during the lecture cannot guarantee that he will definitely prove himself on the spot.

So hype is needed first.

To create a public understanding that it is difficult to distinguish parasitic creatures hidden among people, and it can’t be ruled out that high-ranking officials are also likely parasitized.

To put it bluntly, a hat must be put on first.

Then force the officials to prove themselves.

For this reason, Xu Qiang arranged for two officials to stand out and prove they are human voluntarily after the press conference, thus forming an invisible pressure on other officials.

Seeing that others dare to stand out and prove themselves, if you don’t dare, do you have some issues?

Though even doing this, many higher-ups still disdain proving anything to the public, as long as the seed of doubt is planted in people’s hearts, when Lv Bai questions the Mayor face-to-face, it would not be possible for him to continue ignoring it in both reason and emotion.

"Pity, if you had told me earlier, we wouldn’t be this troublesome."

Xu Qiang sighed.

It’s worth mentioning that upon realizing parasitic creatures could take human form, the Special Affairs Bureau conducted a comprehensive inspection on government personnel at all levels immediately.

At the time, nothing problematic was found, and everyone understood the necessity of the inspection.

However, the inspection did not become routine, and in the subsequent period, only a few small-scale inspections targeting some grassroots government personnel were conducted.

Indeed, in modern society, everyone is born equal, but some people are just a little more equal than others.

We can’t demand the Mayor or Deputy Mayor to line up for inspections like lower-tier personnel, can we? Do you still want to continue as a Special Affairs Bureau Chief?

As for conducting inspections individually, that’s even more far-fetched.

One might not even appear personally, sending a secretary to notify you the inspection is problem-free as a courtesy.

If you are dissatisfied, the higher-ups have their defense: the livelihood of millions of people in Jiangyu City and its surroundings rests on the shoulder of the Mayor.

With work being so busy, there’s no time to be repeatedly urged for inspections. The Special Affairs Bureau is advised to do its work properly and not act beyond its bounds.

That’s just the situation now.

Xu Qiang’s proposal for another comprehensive high-level inspection this afternoon was dismissed. Reiterating it would be impolite, and at this stage, they have to try this method first.

...

Lv Bai chatted briefly with Xu Qiang, aligned their granular details, and hung up.

By this moment, time had reached midnight.

"Come in, the door is not locked."

He sat up and looked towards the ward door, softly asking: "How about it after listening for so long?"

Click~

The ward door slowly opened.

Two young men wearing striped hospital gowns walked into the ward one after the other.

What Lv Bai hadn’t predicted was that both their faces bore cheap plastic masks—one of a cat, and the other of a dog.

Knowing to hide their appearance is wise, but wearing such abstract masks is a bit much.

"You’re chilling under pressure, boss." The cat mask’s shoulders trembled slightly, with no face visible, it’s hard to tell if he’s nervous or laughing.

The dog mask was holding a firefighter’s axe from somewhere, glanced left and right, then growled, "It’s only him. Less talking, let’s do it."

Before his words finished, the dog mask raised the axe in his hand and swung it at Lv Bai.

Although Lv Bai intended to chat with these two hot-headed youths, since the opponent insisted on moving quickly, he wouldn’t hesitate either.

The waist suddenly exerted force, shifting his posture from half-lying on the hospital bed to a deep squat.

[Flash Time] activated, freezing the scene before his eyes.

Leaping forth, Long Teeth manifests in hand.

Shhh~

The blade sinks into flesh, under the dimmed lights from Venetian blinds streaming into the room, faint sprays of blood can be seen.

With one fatal strike, the dog mask collapses, Lv Bai even has leisure to grasp the firefighter’s axe about to hit the floor.

He did not choose to fight the firefighter’s axe head-on, not out of fear, but unnecessary.

Guarding beside Yao Yi is meant for fishing, and cannot create too much commotion that scares the fish away.

The cat mask evidently hasn’t processed yet, one second ago, his teammate was preparing to hack, and how is it that the next second his teammate knelt? My internet lagged?!

Without much words, Long Teeth in Lv Bai’s hand makes a horizontal cut, instantly decapitating the cat mask.

[Ding!]

[Points +2, current points: 9, current rank 1/293]

Having swiftly dealt with two hotheaded youths, Lv Bai did not relish.

Given mastery over [Flash Time] ability, achieving first-sighting kills poses no difficulty for him.

Lv Bai puts away Long Teeth, closes the ward door again.

Then barefoot, he stood on the cold floor, dragging two corpses towards Yao Yi’s bed to hide them.

"Do you have a grudge against these two?" Wang Ting asked quietly.

To ensure the safety of Yao Yi—or for herself—it had been on alert ever since the masked men entered, only because of trust in Lv Bai’s battle prowess did it refrain from assisting.

"You’re awake?"

Exchanging a glance with the two odd eyes, Lv Bai spoke softly, "Alright, then I’ll trouble you with these two bodies."

"As before, transform them?" Wang Ting probably understood Lv Bai’s actions aim to shift blame.

"No need to be too serious; there should be more soon."

Unconsciously, a benevolent smile appeared on Lv Bai’s face as if a farmer anticipating a bountiful autumn harvest.

Wang Ting obediently got busy, then suddenly asked, "Can I parasitize you?"

"You don’t fancy Yao Yi anymore?"

"No, I think you’re better, having killed more humans than us."

Lv Bai: "..."