As if her brain had lost the ability to direct her actions, she stood there like a piece of wood, staring blankly at the horrific scene in the room. “Ah, uh…” His mouth opened halfway, then slowly closed, but no meaningful sound came out. It seemed like he wanted to say something, but it also seemed like it was just an unconscious instinctive reaction. The convulsions in her stomach surged up her throat. She covered her mouth with her hands, bent down and ran away as if to escape. After a few steps, she vomited "wuuuuuuu". Her chest ached and tears flowed, but she still couldn't stop the double feeling of nausea, both physical and psychological, and kept retching. Qi Ji knew that such a bloody and cruel scene was far beyond her ability to accept, and was probably countless times worse than the most horrific situation she could have imagined. After all, she is a rich girl who grew up in a greenhouse. Even though she has been exposed to real life in the market, her impressions of the evil of human nature and the dark side of society are mostly influenced by various novels, storybooks and operas. Such an unreserved and bloody reality was still too shocking for her. "No, this is the normal reaction." Qi Ji laughed at himself, "I can remain calm... It's incredible to me." She is now very rational and calm, her mind remains highly clear, and her rational thinking is not disturbed at all by emotions such as anger, disgust and sympathy. But when a person is too rational...itself is an abnormal behavior.
She couldn't help but worry about her mental health. If this continues... How long can I keep my humanity? Will I become a machine without any emotions? Or a demon who regards life as nothing? She believes that she is a human being and should be a human being. This sense of self-identity comes from the decades of her previous life and is deeply rooted. She does not want to become a "looker from high in the clouds" - at least not yet. Qi Ji realized that in order to maintain basic humanity, she had to communicate, interact, and struggle more with the people in this world, and she couldn't be afraid of causing trouble or conflict. Because only in this way can we integrate into the civilized world, avoid becoming an isolated island, and enter a state similar to "Supreme Forgetfulness". She walked to the entrance of the cave step by step, faced the miserable scene, and did not suppress the sympathy and anger in her heart: "You are free." By the time Lunxi came to his senses, Qi Ji had already released most of the detained women and children. These victims all had injuries, some of them serious. Qi Ji picked out those whose health conditions were too poor and gave them the remaining 400 Ferums he had. Of course, she released the victims in batches, a total of 13 victims, and none of them knew who had taken the money. This was mainly for the personal safety of those who received the money. After all, more than 400 Ferums is a huge sum of money in this extremely poor southern region, and it is even enough to change one's fate. If others are tempted by the money, these sick and weak people will not be able to bear it. It’s no wonder that Qi Ji judges people with malice. She cannot pin her hopes for human lives on the moral level of others. "What happened to him, to them?" Lunxi pointed at the room and said tremblingly. Her throat was burning and her voice was a little hoarse. There were two skinny figures lying in the room. They didn't move or make any sound from beginning to end. In fact, she could have guessed it, but she didn't have the courage to walk into this sinful and filthy room to confirm it. "They're dead." Qi Ji walked up to her and gave the answer, "When we first came in, they were already beyond saving." Lunxi stared at the two skinny and deformed bodies, clenching his fists, not knowing what he was thinking. They looked like children under ten years old, and their lives had not even officially begun, yet they had such a miserable and painful ending. After a while, she suddenly turned around and walked straight towards Danny who was watching in the corner. Before the latter could react, she raised her hand and slapped him! "Snapped!" Danny covered his cheek with his hands, looking confused, but he didn't dare to say anything, let alone fight back. He just stared blankly in confusion.
"I won't... demand that you must rescue him; you... have no obligation to do so. But, but you just want to make money... and do things for them, and turn a blind eye to everything that happens here..." Lun Xi gritted his teeth, his eyes were filled with anger, sharp enough to kill, "I, I really... my moral values... really can't convince myself to forgive you..." Danny didn't say a word. He knew there was no need to explain this situation. He was wrong no matter what, because he was indeed wrong. It is a fact that these kidnapped women and children have nothing to do with him and he has no responsibility at all. He didn't arrest the person, he just happened to be working here. But knowing that your employer is guilty of heinous crimes, you still accept their employment... This is unacceptable. It doesn't mean that you have to be a messenger of justice, but a gentleman should stay away from the kitchen... This should be the most basic bottom line for being a human being, right? Danny understood all these, but he had no intention of repenting. After years of wandering in the underworld, often wandering in the gray area, witnessing evil and tragedy was commonplace, and he had actually become numb a long time ago. The most important thing is his life, followed by the promotion of strength. The desire to explore higher realms may be the only trace of romance left in his smooth and numb heart. Otherwise, he would not have given up the comfortable life in the empire and run away to become a wandering mage. But in order to obtain promotion resources, he had to spend money, a lot of money. In the process of earning enough money, he gradually developed a flexible moral bottom line, and was able to selectively ignore some facts without any psychological burden. After the slap, Lunxi quickly calmed down and stopped blaming Danny. She knew that venting her anger on Danny would not solve any problems. The key to the problem was Ghost Wolf, this mysterious and huge organization was the culprit... probably. "Sorry, I was impulsive." She rubbed her forehead and returned to Qi Ji. Qi Ji shrugged: "It's okay. To be honest, I think he's also quite unhappy." When Danny heard this, his heart tightened and cold sweat broke out, fearing that Qi Ji would chop off his head in the next second. Qi Ji looked Danny up and down and said coldly: "Your current image is not bad, so I will spare your life for now." Danny was stunned and looked down at his body. In terms of "image", his current appearance was not decent. After being hammered into the wall by Qi Ji, his originally elegant robe became tattered, and his handsome face was bruised and swollen. He looked very embarrassed. How could he look like a wizard? "We want you to look like you've been beaten up." Qi Ji said with a joking smile, "We are leaving now. You stay here and wait for Ins to come back. When he comes, you open the door for him and tell him that a mysterious man in a cloak has broken in. He will beat you up without saying anything and then destroy the hideout and leave. You are no match for him at all." "You are free to play with the details, but don't say anything unnecessary...you know what I mean." She snorted coldly a few times, and Danny agreed repeatedly without any objection. ========================== Liquor prices plummeted for the third time, I went to the rooftop to calm down ヘ(;?Д｀ヘ) Chapter 23 Traveling Together Tomorrow is Sunday, I plan to add an update. ================= After leaving the cabin, Lunxi seemed to be in a very low mood. He looked at the floor and followed Qi Ji silently. "Are you going to follow me?" Qi Ji turned around and asked, "I'm going to the Adventurer's Guild now, do you want to come with me?" I completed a commission to subdue a B-level alien yesterday. According to the guild's poster girl, if nothing goes wrong, I can get 14500 Ferum today, which is a considerable income. Today we are tracking down the person who drugged me and dealing with Ins. It has been a long time and now it is noon, which is exactly the time for delivery.
Qi Ji thought that since he had nothing to do now, he might as well go to the North District Guild to get the money. "Uh," Lunxi raised his head and looked at Qi Ji with a little surprise, "Miss Qi Ji is going to the guild too? What a coincidence, I also need to go there to confirm a commission now." "Oh, so we're going the same way." "It's about time," Qi Ji estimated a few minutes later, muttering to himself, "Ince should be meeting Danny." She was quite satisfied with the results of this experiment. Analyzing the alert mind-sealing spell cast by Danny was not as difficult as originally expected. It is no exaggeration to say that it was a piece of cake! With the help of this body, her mind became as clear as a mirror and as fast as lightning. If she retained this thinking ability and went back to her student days, she would be able to come up with dozens of complete and self-consistent solutions to those math questions that she could only cheat to get points by writing formulas in the summer. And with such a powerful thinking ability used in analyzing spells, just by paying a little attention to Danny's spiritual rhythm, Qi Ji immediately learned its rules and cycles, and thoroughly grasped all the key points. Moreover, what she gained was more than just a spell to seal alert thoughts. Any systematic knowledge cannot be completely isolated and must have connections with other parts, big or small. As long as you successfully master a small part, it is equivalent to mastering the methodology contained in this system, and the rest of the parts will also be applicable. It’s like after understanding the complete derivation method of the Pythagorean theorem, solving most basic junior high school geometry proof questions can be done with ease. Therefore, after analyzing and mastering the mind control spell that Danny cast on Ins, Qi Ji went a step further and directly reverse-engineered a complete set of mental spells, which of course also included the memory deletion spell. And Ins was the guinea pig she used to test her reverse ability, and it seemed the results were very good. When she heard that Danny didn't know how to use it, she was a little surprised, because she felt that there was no essential difference between the two spells, so how could it be difficult? It is unreasonable to be able to do addition but not multiplication. "Miss Qi Ji, are you making this arrangement... to deliberately alarm them?" Lun Xi seemed to have thought of something and came up with her, "I mean to let Ins know that their hideout has been destroyed." Qi Ji nodded: "Ins will definitely report the situation to Andre tomorrow. We will stay at the meeting point and should be able to trace back to Andre from the contact person... We will act accordingly." "Besides, I'm really curious about how these guys will react." She smiled playfully, "Let's just wait and see what happens." If these gangsters had normal IQ, they would realize that the "mysterious man in the cloak" mentioned by Danny is either Qi Ji himself or an accomplice who has a close relationship with Qi Ji. This sends a message to them: I have seen through your tricks, and I am coming to your door. I am powerful, and the thugs you hired at a high price are not worth mentioning at all. Alerting the enemy is also a means of advancing the plot. What will happen next... just wait and see. "That's a good idea indeed." Lun Xi praised, but immediately showed a worried look: "But... Miss Qi Ji, what if they retaliate against you? These bastards... I really can't imagine their bottom line." Qi Ji spread his hands: "Let him come as he pleases. If he can provide me with clues, I will be more than happy to do so." Danny is a high-level righteous mage, at the peak of C-rank. He is just so-so in fighting. Apart from his more varied and flexible abilities, he is not much stronger than a Gog. The strongest priest in the city, Rosago, is a "herald", B-level, just one level higher than Danny, and it is unlikely that he is tens of thousands times stronger.
In terms of head-on confrontation, there is nothing to be afraid of. As for the conspiracy... come if it comes, at most I will just not sleep, why should I be afraid? "Is that so..." Qi Ji's explanation didn't seem to reassure Lun Xi. She pursed her lips and thought for a while, then suddenly her brows relaxed, her eyes flashed with an unknown light, and she asked tentatively: "Miss Qi Ji, are you interested in having afternoon tea at our house? It just so happens that a few of my friends are coming too. It would be quite lively for us to discuss literature, art, and cultivation together!" Lunxi's family? I think it's called the Iris Family, right? Qi Ji remembered that Lanchester had also invited her to attend the celebration party at his house yesterday morning, but she declined. It is true that Qi Ji was not opposed to aristocratic gatherings, and she rejected Lanchester only because she did not want to have an emotional dispute with him. Now facing the same invitation from Lunxi, she had no reason not to go. "Sure, I have no problem with that." Lunxi's mood suddenly became excited, and he raised his hands above his head happily: "Then let's get going right away! My home is not far from here, and we can get there quickly by carriage." "Don't we still have to go to the guild?" Qi Ji was speechless. "Oh, yes, I was so excited that I forgot..." Lunxi put down his arms and rubbed his hands embarrassedly. How come you, a noble lady, are different from what I imagined... Qi Ji found that Lunxi didn't look like a nobleman at all. In her acquaintance, people like Lanchester fit her imagination of aristocrats: elegant, gentle, well-spoken, but with a strong sense of pride and arrogance engraved in his bones, always looking down on others like a superior. In short, Lanchester would never mingle with the common people like Lunsey did, no matter how capable the other party was or how much help they had given him. Lunxi gives people the impression of a lively, outgoing and carefree girl next door. If it weren't for her naturally beautiful and well-maintained face that doesn't look like the child of an ordinary family, one would really not realize that she is of noble birth. While they were talking, the two walked out of the impoverished South District and came to the relatively more prosperous and stable East District. Lunxi stood on the side of the road with her hands behind her back. Not long after, a two-wheeled carriage passed by. She stretched out her hand to stop it, and Qi Ji followed her into the carriage. "Go to the Fearless Guild." Lunxi handed the driver a few coins and gave brief instructions. It turns out that these little carriages that are always cruising the streets are taxis... The road conditions were not good, and the wheels were made of solid wood, which had almost no shock absorption effect, so the car was extremely bumpy. In order to avoid biting their tongues, the two of them did not speak during the whole journey. Lunxi felt that the atmosphere was a bit boring, so he turned around and secretly glanced at Qi Ji who was not wearing a hood. This unreasonable beautiful and unreasonable strong little girl was picking at a few strands of her hair with one hand. Her delicate and delicate hands, like works of art, were flexibly turning the dark black hair into different shapes. The scene was so pleasing to the eyes that she became a little obsessed with it. Qi Ji picked out a strand of black hair, wrapped it around the index fingers of both hands, and pulled it to both sides. The hair was slightly sunken into the flesh, and it was obvious that she was pulling it hard, as if she wanted to break it. Miss Qiji is quite childish... After all, no matter what, he is still just a half-grown child. So cute, I really want to hold her in my arms and rub her... I really want to poke that fair and tender face and see her disgusted and helpless expression...
"...Stop! What am I thinking about? This is my savior!" Lunxi hurriedly interrupted his somewhat blasphemous thoughts, straightened his head and looked forward. After keeping the original posture for more than ten seconds, Qi Ji released his hand and let the hair down. It is common sense that it is best to keep your mouth shut when the body is too bumpy, otherwise you may bite your tongue. But this made her think of a question: Can this body be hurt? So far, she had never been injured. The stabs of the skull ghost were enough to shatter rocks, but when they landed on her, they did not leave even a trace on her skin, even though her skin was so smooth and moist that it seemed fragile. So on a whim, she tried starting with her hair. He didn't use any special abilities, he just used pure strength to try to pull out a strand of hair.