hsntnovel Chapter 54 Killing You Is Real
Chapter 54 Killing You Is Real
"Wait a minute." Jiang Xingni was greatly shocked by Su Yanzhi's short sentence. "Did he just mention assassination?"
The little girl thought to herself, "System, our world is a society governed by the rule of law, right?"
The system was even more shocked than Jiang Xingni. It pushed its data processing limits, and its first response to Jiang Xingni was: "[…Fortunately, I don't have to worry about you being blacklisted by the readers anymore.]"
Jiang Xingni is just from a rather shady background—the same background as Xiao Jiming—so he's suspected of being a villain, but so far he's doing nothing but good things!
How can anyone compare to Su Yanzhi, who truly walks the line of the law and declares his intention to kill Jiang Xingni the moment he appears!
One is merely a potential outlaw, while the other has truly become one!
"I just want to know, do they even have laws behind their curtains?" Jiang Xingni thought to himself.
Although Jiang Xingni was internally complaining, the girl didn't actually show much emotion on her face. She glanced around and calmly assessed the reactions of everyone present.
— Pei Zhaoye, Song Juexiao, He Jingtong.
All three of them grew up in a world of superhumans.
Song Juexiao sneered. Although he accused the government of "being in a society governed by law," he was not actually shocked or surprised. He Jingtong was still idly twirling his knife. Pei Zhaoye stared at... her earring? Noticing Jiang Xingni's gaze, he smiled and gave Jiang Xingni a smile.
Jiang Xingni fell silent.
Their attitude only confirmed Jiang Xingni's judgment: behind the scenes, the law had no effect on those with superpowers.
Or, to put it another way, perhaps behind the scenes, those with superpowers have their own set of laws specifically for them.
Jiang Xingni inevitably thought of the Lower City once again.
She once wondered why the law seemed to have no effect in the Lower District. It wasn't that the law didn't exist, but... all the cases occurred so frequently.
Now, in a daze, Jiang Xingni realized that he seemed to have finally touched upon the truth of what happened back then, even if it wasn't entirely true, he had still gained something.
"Assassinate me." Jiang Xing silently repeated this sentence to the system in his mind.
The system remained silent, waiting for Jiang Xingni's next words.
"So I was targeted, someone hired him to assassinate me," Jiang Xingni analyzed calmly. "At least this proves one thing: this comic has a main storyline."
The system was listening attentively to Jiang Xingni's analysis, but when it heard her conclusion, the system fell silent, puzzled.
[Wait? What happened to the main storyline?] the system asked.
"If there's a main storyline, then this comic will definitely have an ending!" Jiang Xingni said matter-of-factly. "I don't want to live in an episodic world."
Who knows if this episodic comic will ever be completed in the lifetime of the comic's creator?
—For example, a certain famous detective, Minami.
Jiang Xingni thought deeply that if she were really in this kind of episodic comic, she would rather go down into the villain's life and create a main storyline for the main characters.
System: [That works too.]
On the other side, Song Juexiao and Su Yanzhi's one-sided interrogation continued. Although Su Yanzhi was the one who could speak, it was clear that Song Juexiao was the one who controlled the entire conversation.
"Who hired you to kill Jiang Xingni? Why did you have to kill Xingni?" Song Juexiao frowned, staring at Su Yanzhi, as a line of text appeared on the screen.
Su Yanzhi chuckled, trying to evade the question: "Xiaoxiao, I also have professional ethics, okay? I can't do things that leak employers' privacy, otherwise no employers will come to me in the future, and I'll starve, really."
Song Juexiao narrowed his eyes, and just as he was about to open his mouth, Jiang Xingni covered his mouth.
The red-haired girl turned her head and stared at Jiang Xingni with a resentful look. Jiang Xingni thoughtfully pinched Song Juexiao's cheek.
"No need, there's no need for an answer," Jiang Xingni said calmly. "Could you introduce him to me? Juexiao?"
She avoided using Su Yanzhi's nickname "Xiaoxiao" for Song Juexiao, and instead called him "Juexiao".
Song Juexiao frowned in dissatisfaction, but ultimately did not push Jiang Xingni's hand away. Instead, he took out his phone and introduced Su Yanzhi to Jiang Xingni.
—Su Yanzhi, sixteen years old, with supernatural abilities related to space, a student at Taixu Academy, currently on leave of absence.
Great, he goes to the same school as the main characters.
Jiang Xingni raised his eyes and carefully scanned Su Yanzhi's figure.
The young man noticed Jiang Xingni's gaze, but he was neither annoyed nor avoided it. He smiled and turned around, spreading his arms to let Jiang Xingni look him over.
"Your college..." Jiang Xingni looked at Song Juexiao thoughtfully. "...Does it still make students do this kind of side job?"
She carefully crafted her words. Since neither Song Juexiao nor Pei Zhaoye reacted much to Su Yanzhi's mention of "employment," it meant that such things were quite common behind the scenes.
Then Jiang Xingni shouldn't have acted as if she was making a big fuss.
Pei Zhaoye couldn't help but defend his school: "Su Yanzhi is an exception."
He said, "He's just spending money like a floodgate. Normally, our college doesn't need students to earn extra money."
As expected, Jiang Xingni lowered his eyes.
Pei Zhaoye's final point was about "extra income," not the kind of extra income she wanted to emphasize.
"Actually, I already noticed." Su Yanzhi narrowed her eyes, her emerald green eyes sparkling in the light, staring at Jiang Xingni with a cat-like, inquisitive gaze. "You don't seem to be very good at using your supernatural abilities."
Jiang Xingni's smile remained gentle, but a hint of coldness flashed in her eyes.
"After all, my ability isn't really suited for combat," Jiang Xingni said slowly, observing the change in Su Yanzhi's expression the moment he uttered this explanation. "Isn't it normal not to use it often in combat?"
"Pei Zhaoye rarely uses his supernatural abilities in battles against monsters, right?" Jiang Xingni shrugged and said.
"Alright." Su Yanzhi's smile deepened. "A reasonable explanation, then this is the test your teacher wanted to give you—you still need to practice your special ability more, Xingxing."
Jiang Xing glanced sideways and asked, "Refurbishment?"
So, he's finally been targeted by the main characters' teachers? Jiang Xingni finally breathed a sigh of relief. Even if he couldn't join the main characters' group, at least he wouldn't die so easily if he could be a supporting character with a name and a name in the future.
"Oh..." Su Yanzhi drawled. "But it's true that I want to kill you, you know? After all, I really accepted this mission."
what.
Jiang Xingni sneered inwardly.
Another little liar who loves to spout lies.