Chapter 270: The Fool Chasing Dreams

If there were multiple "Strongest," then what value would that title even hold?

Luo Xi made a funny face: "Wastewood uncle, are you sure you didn't get hit by her spell and still haven't gotten it lifted?"

"I think that might be it, Little Yan, you're probably bewitched out of your mind. Want to go out for a sparring session with Sister Yu later?"

Yan Jing ignored the both of them: "However, since she took the initiative to protect civilians, and showed obvious disgust after eliminating the demons, I still stand by my judgment."

"Her stance should lean toward the side of order and good."

After listening to Yan Jing's description, the office fell into a brief silence.

"..."

Qin Shengshi nodded: "I also tried to look into some leads just now."

"There's no trace of her on any of the security cameras, yet in the eyes of those eyewitnesses, she clearly and plainly existed."

"Curse words, flames, erasure, invisibility... Looking at it this way, her spell effects really are baffling."

"Saying it so exaggeratedly, making it sound like she's omnipotent or something..."

Luo Xi, who had just finished putting wolf ears on Chen Yujie, pouted, "Yan Jing, could it be that you saw wrong? Or maybe it was a temporarily activated cursed artifact or an illusion trick!"

"Let me tell you, I just met a super awesome big brother yesterday."

Luo Xi was dead serious, even lifting her chin with a look of pride and shared honor: "I think he's an even more powerful sorcerer than that arrogant Wu Nuo!"

"...What are you two even talking about?"

Chen Yujie complained: "How could there possibly be that many modern-day Strongest appearing overnight, each comparable to the Deputy Chief?"

--Do you two think this is some kind of drama? Where everyone gains the courage of the Strongest after the Strongest dies?

Not to mention Wu Nuo isn't even dead yet.

Qin Shengshi looked at the serious-faced Yan Jing and Luo Xi, and couldn't help but pause for a moment, as if something had just occurred to her: "Luo Xi, that person you're talking about, could it be..."

"Yes yes yes! It's that big brother who had me deliver something to him! He's super awesome!"

As soon as the words left her mouth, Luo Xi immediately puffed out her little chest and proudly raised her chin: "Mission perfectly completed! Not only did I safely deliver the items, I even established a super friendly relationship with him! We've already exchanged phone numbers!"

"Shengshi, listen to me, Brother Lin Guang is really super strong! And he's super handsome, looks a bit cold at first, but he's actually really gentle... I think he could totally beat Wu Nuo, that arrogant jerk!"

Chen Yujie's feet resting on the coffee table couldn't help but twitch: "Oh my goodness, this is getting more and more outrageous."

However, Qin Shengshi's expression held not a trace of dismissiveness.

--This task was personally assigned by Wu Nuo for Luo Xi to carry out.

And before that, he had specially expedited the process, skipping even the tests, using the Sixth Division and his own reputation to fast-track the other party's first-grade sorcerer certification.

Wu Nuo had never done anything like this before.

This was enough to prove how much that modern-day Strongest valued the sorcerer named Lin Guang.

Moreover, the last divination result had been...

Luo Xi's words suddenly caught Qin Shengshi's attention once again.

"Oh right, Brother Lin Guang just called and asked me for a favor!"

"He said a person has been missing for a week, and even the police have no leads. He hopes we can help look into it, and it might be related to this 'P Curse' incident..." The girl tilted her head, her golden hair swaying, "I think it's... the head of the Wind Capital Youth Palace Sword Hall?"

"..." x3

"...That missing person, is their surname Chu by any chance?"

Unexpectedly, it was Chen Yujie who spoke.

She hesitated slightly: "The name is Chu Tianjiao?"

Luo Xi's eyes lit up, and she nodded rapidly: "Yes yes yes! I think that's the name."

Yan Jing also pushed up his glasses, looking at Chen Yujie with some surprise: "You know this person?"

--It felt like, even though everyone here just happened to have free time and gathered together today, the strange coincidences were piling up way too much.

"Kind of know them, but it was a very, very long time ago."

Chen Yujie shrugged, "We were in the same grade in elementary school. We'd seen each other, that's all."

Luo Xi let out a "wow" and exaggeratedly opened her mouth wide: "That would be over thirty years ago!"

Chen Yujie immediately got annoyed, flipped over and sat up from the sofa, extending both fists to grind them against the sides of Luo Xi's head:

"Your Sister Yu knows exactly how old she is! I don't need a little brat like you to remind me!"

"Ow ow ow ow!"

"..."

Yan Jing asked: "You remembered a grade school classmate for all these years, and still remember them this clearly?"

Chen Yujie released the golden-haired girl's skull before sitting back down on the sofa: "That Chu Tianjiao was a big celebrity in school back then."

"Oh?" Yan Jing perked up with interest.

"That guy was like a lunatic since childhood, firmly believing that the supernatural absolutely existed in this world."

Chen Yujie recalled the past.

"He believed the 'Seven Mysteries of Campus' were real, thought the stone statue in the art room moved at night, and believed there were ghosts in the girls' bathroom... In short, he caused quite a few laughs."

"With a sorcerer's memory, it's hard not to remember."

However, at this moment, there wasn't much amusement in her expression, only a faint trace of reflection.

"We went to different schools after middle school, but I knew Chu Tianjiao went on to study swordsmanship. He earned plenty of impressive placements in national competitions, and later even opened his own sword hall."

"All things considered, he was living quite well within the circle of ordinary people."

"But he never gave up searching for the supernatural. When the Sixth Division was first established over a decade ago, I occasionally heard people mention his deeds, and only then did I learn he was still working at it all this time."

Luo Xi, rubbing her head on the side, couldn't help but sigh: "He kept searching for twenty years without giving up? This guy has way too much perseverance!"

"Maybe it wasn't twenty years, but over thirty, and he still hasn't given up even now."

Chen Yujie's tone grew slightly more serious.

"My guess is... the reason he's so convinced the supernatural exists might be because he once witnessed a genuine supernatural event by chance."

"Later, even though his memories were wiped, because the technology wasn't mature back then, or perhaps his will was simply too strong, some vague impressions still lingered in his mind."

"Also, back then Chu Tianjiao won major awards in many provincial-level swordsmanship competitions, and had standout results at the national level too. His overall qualities were quite impressive."

"The Sixth Division was even more understaffed back then than it is now. I actually did consider whether I should just recruit him into the fold."

Chen Yujie sighed, "After all, an ordinary person like that, who's endured setbacks while pursuing the supernatural with unwavering determination, is sometimes far more reliable than many wild-card sorcerers who awakened by pure luck."

Luo Xi asked with a curious look: "Then why didn't you end up recruiting him?"