SIATOWITF Chapter 42
by Volare“A very abstract answer.” After a moment of silence, Yang Ji scratched his chin. “But it doesn’t have any entertainment value.”
“…” No, I’m serious.
Ji Mo An silently glanced at him.
Xuan Bai can be very straightforward sometimes, happy is happy, pretending to be cute is pretending to be cute, even the things he hides from him are displayed with an attitude of [I totally know but I just won’t tell you] that deserves a beating.
So he continued to silently stick to his view.
Although he didn’t know what method Xuan Bai used to replace the photos, but… the bad snake’s purpose was very likely just to make himself more cute.
“Hehe…” Yang Ji suddenly let out a strange laugh, he used his cane to hook Ji Mo An’s hand and pulled him to his side, “Even more abstract than me, I’m starting to like you.”
“Hiss hiss…” A snake’s hissing sound came from the computer.
Tang Lin was playing a video, in which a small snake with golden eyes was raising its head and fiercely hissing at the camera.
And the angle of the hiss was perfectly aimed at Yang Ji.
Was this a coincidence?
Ji Mo An could feel Yang Ji’s body stiffen all of a sudden, even his smile faded, and then he moved his arm away from him little by little.
“Damn, this video isn’t live, is it?” Yang Ji ran to the side, and the little snake hissing at the camera followed his direction all the way.
“It is indeed a recording.” Jing Junze dragged the progress bar of the video, his brows furrowing tighter and tighter, and finally he simply shut down the computer.
“Lin Mo, take the computer to Little Qin, let Qi Qi check where the leak is coming from, then transfer all the important documents that can be summarized, and destroy those that can’t be transferred on the spot. All ability users, gather in the conference room in fifteen minutes.”
“Okay.” Lin Mo picked up the computer and walked out.
“See, the aberrant snake is more powerful and more bizarre than we imagined. My point is that the aberrant snake is not acting alone, there must be Star Moon helping him behind the scenes.” Jing Junze nodded to Ji Mo An.
“The enemy is in the dark and we are in the light, which is very disadvantageous for us. This capture operation was also a last resort, we were too hasty.”
“The NHE Association you mentioned, are they also enemies?” Ji Mo An was still very concerned about the birdman Xuan Bai mentioned.
The snake was very aggrieved when he said it, and then he fell off the cabinet and injured his tail.
“Yes, but I’m sorry, there may not be time to explain it to you now.” Jing Junze made several calls in a row with the communicator.
Everyone’s expression became serious.
“An An, knowing too much at once will be overwhelming, go and rest first.” Mu Nanyuan’s voice also sank.
“I’ll… go back upstairs.” Ji Mo An nodded.
“My suggestion is to stay here, we have plenty of lounges.” Jing Junze gave instructions while taking the time to look at Ji Mo An’s expression.
“Please rest assured that the computer connected is not connected to the internal network, our internal network is still very safe and has not been implanted with foreign objects. However, perhaps we should switch to alert mode.”
“Xin Xin is still upstairs, I can’t leave her alone.” Ji Mo An rejected her proposal, “As you said, since Xuan Bai is in another remote organization, I don’t think he will appear here now.”
“But…”
“According to the level of ability of Star Moon in your mouths, I think they want me, there is no need to spend so much effort.” Ji Mo An didn’t give others a chance to speak at all.
“I think I am safe at least tonight, and the old house is not far from here.”
“Mr. Ji…” Jing Junze shook his head at him.
“…”
“Alright.” Finally, after a few back-and-forth rebuttals, Old Master Mu finally spoke, “Go, An An. You do need time to rest. Junze, let him go.”
“Then so be it as you say.” Jing Junze finally stopped blocking, “Mr. Ji, please be vigilant, please contact us immediately if there is any abnormality, anyone can.”
“Thank you for your hard work.” Ji Mo An’s expression also softened, “Grandfather, I remember the way back, you don’t have to see me off.”
“Okay, I’ll go find your grandfather later, rest well, child.” Mu Nanyuan gently patted his shoulder.
“Go.”
“Mm.”
……
“Yang Ji, go and follow Mr. Ji, don’t let him find out.”
“Alright.” Yang Ji stretched lazily and swaggered towards the door.
“Old Mu, you and Grandpa Lin should also go to a safe place first.” Jing Junze arranged the work of his subordinates and rubbed his aching eyebrows.
“Junze, what are you going to do next?” Mu Nanyuan did not leave.
“Perhaps… we’ll take it one step at a time.” Jing Junze shrugged, “This is not a plan that a director should say, but… there are too many unknown factors.”
“Junze, actually, I think so too.” Mu Nanyuan lowered his eyes, “Meet soldiers with generals, and water with earth. Sometimes, no plan is the best plan.”
“Star Moon is very powerful, but they will definitely not be able to travel freely in our world.”
“It can even be said that… the direct threat posed to us by Star Moon members is less than that of the NHE Association.”
“But the future… is hard to say.”
“Old Mu, the meaning of the Seventh Bureau’s existence is to protect mankind. No matter what the nature of Star Moon is, we will firmly stand on the side that is beneficial to the country.”
“Mm, I know. You guys, are all good children.” Mu Nanyuan put his hands behind his back, he looked at Jing Junze’s firm back, the corners of his lips slightly raised.
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Ji Mo An returned to the old house, looking at the familiar furnishings around him, he felt a burst of trance.
What’s going on…
He walked into his room, still locking the doors and windows and drawing the curtains.
But this time he did not immediately open the cabinet door to take out the little snake.
Ability user… Ji Mo An sat on the bed, closed his eyes and listened to the sounds around him.
Quietly, except for the rustling of the night wind blowing through the branches and leaves, there were no other sounds.
He didn’t believe that those people would let him leave alone so easily, he had seen the strange abilities of ability users in the documents sent by Blood Shadow.
Now that he thought about it, perhaps not all of it was made up.
Perhaps someone was watching him right now, and the thought of this possibility made Ji Mo An feel a little creeped out.
Try it out first… He threw his clothes behind him and inconspicuously swiped a small bottle from the desk.
After a simple wash, he filled the bathtub with hot water and sat in it without taking off his clothes.
A few minutes later, a touch of red floated out from the bottom of the water.
Ji Mo An tapped the ink bottle slightly, and strands of red spread out along with the warm water, and soon the entire pool of water became completely crimson.
It looked kind of bloody.
Ji Mo An soaked in the ink pool for half an hour, soaking until the white shirt was full of red, and the pool of water also cooled down.
There was still no movement outside.
Perhaps there was no one or perhaps they couldn’t see the scene in the room.
Ji Mo An was slightly relieved, he sat up from the bathtub, preparing to take a shower to wash off the ink and then go to the closet to get the snake.
Just as he walked out of the bathtub, the bathroom door was kicked open violently.
“My ancestor!” What entered the bathroom faster than the figure was a long cane.
Yang Ji howled and rushed in, pouncing on Ji Mo An.
“Ancestor! I just went to get a box of instant noodles, what are you doing…”
The man’s rough voice came to an abrupt halt, Ji Mo An could clearly see his pair of emerald green eyes suddenly dissipate, and the fingers pinching his shoulders also suddenly loosened.
Yang Ji stared blankly ahead, and in the next second, he fell straight backwards to the ground and stopped moving.
Clatter.
The cane fell to the ground, splashing water everywhere.
Ji Mo An followed Yang Ji’s stiff gaze and met a pair of golden eyes.
A black snake over a meter long was coiled on the glass door of the shower room, flicking its bright red tongue again and again.
“Xuan Bai?” Ji Mo An was stunned, when did this snake appear here?
But he quickly went to check Yang Ji’s condition, the green-eyed man was paralyzed on the ground with his eyes rolled back, suddenly making a huge snoring sound.
“Hiss hiss~” The snake also made a sound at this time, it crawled around the glass door and finally raised its head to look down at the bathroom from above.
Ji Mo An walked to the door, carefully peeked out, and then shrank back to lock the bathroom door tightly.
“Xuan Bai, get down here.” He suppressed his voice and reached out to grab the snake, but the snake climbed up again, teasingly dangling above his fingertips.
“Hiss hiss~” Xuan Bai shook his tail, tilting his head left and right, just not looking into Ji Mo An’s eyes.
Bad snake…
Ji Mo An picked up Yang Ji’s cane, trying to sweep the snake down with the cane.
“Hiss hiss!”
The cane looked thin, but it was unexpectedly heavy in the hand, Ji Mo An couldn’t control the force and hit the snake several times.
“Ouch ouch…” The snake’s round eyes became teary at a speed visible to the naked eye, he pitifully spat out two words and then turned around to bite the tip of his tail.
“You… if you come down, I won’t hit you anymore…” Ji Mo An leaned the cane against the wall, “I don’t want to hit you, it’s just that this cane is too heavy.”
“Hiss hiss…” The snake finally obediently swam to the cane and climbed down along the pole.
Just as it was about to touch Ji Mo An’s arm, Xuan Bai suddenly arched his body and leaped, landing steadily on the ground.
He continued to swim forward with effort, even struggling on the slippery ground to get to Yang Ji’s side.
“He’s the one I…” Ji Mo An had just wanted to explain when he saw the snake suddenly straighten his body and flip his belly to the top.
Then he tilted his head and opened his mouth, half of his soft red tongue drooping beside his mouth.
“…”
“What are you doing…” Ji Mo An looked at the snake that seemed to be playing dead, and couldn’t say the words he had originally wanted to say.
Seriously, the snake’s appearance made it impossible for him to associate it with a big bad guy.
It wasn’t his fault, it could only be said that it was a very abstract snake.
“Xuan Bai, what’s wrong with him?” Ji Mo An crouched down and lifted Xuan Bai up from the floor, “Are there any other people nearby?”
“He, bad!” The snake was being grabbed by his seven inches, and his tail was swinging back and forth.
“Can we go out now?” Ji Mo An dragged the snake and slightly opened the door, a cool breeze blowing in.
The window was open, it was dark outside.
“No one.” Xuan Bai swung his tail onto Ji Mo An’s body and quickly wrapped it around his thigh.
“He broke in through the window, and the snake just broke through the plastic wrap.” The snake became teary-eyed again.
“Got it.” Ji Mo An breathed a sigh of relief, he quickly closed the window and took out a bath towel from the closet to wrap the snake in.
“Wuwuwu…” The snake was wiped thoroughly, and his scales changed from being covered in red water to being shiny again.
While he was arching around in the towel, Ji Mo An also changed out of the dirty clothes.
“What did you do to Yang Ji?” He washed the red ink off his hands while looking at the snoring Yang Ji.
“Just made him fall asleep.” Xuan Bai transformed into human form as he spoke, he loosely wrapped Ji Mo An’s bathrobe around himself and sat on the edge of the bed, a large area of pale skin exposed, and silvery-white tattoos could be faintly seen disappearing under the wet black hair.
After seeing the little snake for so long, suddenly seeing Xuan Bai in human form, he was actually not used to it.
“Xuan Bai.” Ji Mo An tried his best to control his gaze from moving to the bad snake’s exposed flesh, he had clearly listed the questions, but when he actually stood opposite Xuan Bai, he couldn’t ask any of them.
“Put your clothes on properly.” After hesitating for a long time, he only choked out five words.
“Sad.” Xuan Bai tilted his head, suddenly reaching out and grabbing Ji Mo An’s waist.
“What are you doing?” Ji Mo An was startled, the bad snake was hugging his waist tightly, and he could feel the coldness of the snake through his clothes.
“Sad.” Xuan Bai rubbed against Ji Mo An’s arms, and the already loose bathrobe slipped down a little more, relying entirely on the two sleeves to support it from falling off completely.
“Brother suspects me.” He raised his head, revealing a super aggrieved expression.
“…” His mouth could be used to tether a donkey…
Ji Mo An inexplicably remembered a rant he saw online.
He forgot that this snake could sense emotions, Ji Mo An sighed and put one hand on either side of Xuan Bai’s face.
“There’s no way, they have too much evidence, and… how can I not trust the country.”
“Liar.” The snake became teary-eyed.
“How could I, didn’t I come back? I didn’t report you, I’m giving you a chance to defend yourself.”
“Hugs~”
“…” Ji Mo An looked speechlessly at the snake whose face changed in a second, if a snake had such a thick skin, it would be very successful in doing anything.
“My family would definitely not do bad things to me, it’s just that you are too mysterious.” He poked Xuan Bai’s brow.
Not soft skin, but a little cold and slippery.
A layer of transparent snake scales covered the man’s forehead, they formed strange and beautiful patterns, surrounding the pair of golden eyes.
“Can I not say it?” Xuan Bai opened his mouth and gently wrapped Ji Mo An’s little finger with his bright red snake tongue.
“Then you have to give a reason for not being able to say it, if there is nothing, then I can only hand you over.” Ji Mo An’s tone was gentle, but the content of his words was still tough.
In the past, the snake always threatened him, but now that he had the opportunity to threaten the snake, Ji Mo An felt inexplicably excited.