Chapter 95: Chapter 90: Experimental Adoption A young man with vacant eyes walked along a street in Yunhua City.
He wandered as if he had no destination, with no idea where to go.
"BUMP."
A passerby bumped into him and immediately frowned. "What are you doing? Not watching where you’re going, you..."
He stopped mid-sentence when the young man’s murderous gaze fell upon him. The passerby swallowed hard, lowered his head, and quickly scurried away.
’...To think that I, Gu Fei, would fall this low!’
The young man was Gu Fei, the former captain of the Third Official Squad.
The Third Squad’s failure in the recent Ascender challenge had made him the one to bear the most responsibility.
In truth, the moment he was killed on Holy Grail Island, he had a premonition that he would be punished.
But he never expected the final decision from his superiors would be to expel him from the squad and confiscate all the items that had been invested in him.
It felt like being cast from heaven into hell. After handing over his items to the official personnel, Gu Fei left the base in a daze and wandered the streets aimlessly.
He knew that from this moment on, he was no longer a member of the official organization. He could no longer enjoy its comprehensive protection and unconditional investment. Even if his Psychic Power capacity was higher than the average person’s, so what?
Gu Fei knew full well that after leaving the Official Team, his former teammates, who had once been weaker than him, would soon surpass him. And he could never go back; he could only live on as an ordinary person.
The sheer drop in status was something he couldn’t accept.
Gu Fei kept walking. When he came to his senses, he found himself on the rooftop of a tall building.
Standing on the edge and looking down, he raised his right hand. His Psychic Power item, a scimitar, appeared in his grasp.
Gu Fei slowly brought the scimitar to his own neck, his hand trembling slightly.
Before today, the thought of "suicide" had never once crossed his mind. But now, his spirit had shattered. He simply couldn’t accept falling from the lofty position of an Official Team captain to being just a slightly stronger ordinary person.
He was going to use his own weapon to slit his own throat, then let his body fall from the building.
"A former captain of the grand Official Team, and this is all the mettle you have?"
Just as Gu Fei was about to act, a voice suddenly came from behind him.
"Thinking of suicide just because you were kicked off the team. It’s so pathetic it’s almost laughable."
Gu Fei spun around to see a short-haired woman in a suit standing not far away.
"Who are you?!"
"Does it matter who I am?"
"..."
Gu Fei wasn’t stupid. He knew this woman must have been watching him for some time; otherwise, she would never have followed him to the rooftop of this abandoned building.
He pointed his scimitar at the woman and said coldly, "Why were you following me? Talk, or I’ll kill you right now!"
"Relax, I have no interest in you. The Commander-in-Chief merely asked me to assess your situation... From the looks of it, the results aren’t very promising. What good is a person who’s so quick to end their own life, no matter how strong they are?"
’Commander-in-Chief?’
Gu Fei frowned. "Who is this ’Commander-in-Chief’ you speak of?"
He had just been kicked off the Official Team, and now this "Commander-in-Chief" was sending someone to investigate him. Something was clearly off.
’How did this Commander-in-Chief know about my captaincy? How do they know inside information from the Strategy Research Room?’
"The Commander-in-Chief is the Commander-in-Chief," the short-haired woman said. "Gu Fei, let me be blunt. You became a captain after passing round after round of selections. I’m sure you know better than anyone how difficult that was."
"If you want to end it all, then by all means. But if you still harbor resentment, if you want to prove yourself, if you want revenge... then the Commander-in-Chief might give you a chance."
’Prove myself... Revenge...’
The hand Gu Fei used to grip his scimitar unconsciously lowered.
"Take me to your Commander-in-Chief."
The short-haired woman smiled. "The Commander-in-Chief is not in Yunhua. Since you’re interested, I’ll report your situation. If the Commander-in-Chief is willing, you will be summoned. Until then, you will wait."
After speaking, the woman turned and left. Gu Fei stood there in silence for a long time, his gaze gradually hardening.
’That’s right, I can’t just kill myself... That would be pathetic! Even if I was kicked out of the Official Team, can’t I, Gu Fei, rely on my strength to join another organization and get resources? Sooner or later... Hmph!’
After going downstairs, the short-haired woman took out a small cell phone and made a call.
"Commander-in-Chief, Gu Fei wants to see you."
"Let him wait," came the voice from the phone—the voice of the big sister and founder of the Qingmei Association. "I will make time to see him later."
"Commander-in-Chief, forgive my impudence. This Gu Fei was about to commit suicide after being kicked off the Official Team. Is someone with such a weak character truly worth cultivating?"
"Hehe," the big sister chuckled. "Child, that’s not weakness. Truly weak people don’t have the guts to kill themselves... Since this Gu Fei dares to kill himself, he dares to kill others. With a little guidance, he’ll become a useful blade in our hands."
"Yes, Commander-in-Chief. I understand."
...
’The city is changing so fast...’
Guan Tong walked down the street. He hadn’t been out in a while, and downtown Yunhua City had changed drastically.