This Spiritual Energy is Lethal!
Chapter 531: Do Him In

Chapter 531: Chapter 531: Do Him In

Diana moved into Chen Ke’s Illusion Dream Center, unaware of how long she would stay, but it didn’t matter—time had no concept in the Illusion Dream Center, and Diana had infinite time to consider her future.

For Chen Ke, however, turning Diana into a witch was merely an accident, an interlude. What this action might bring to the timeline was beyond his knowledge.

What he needed to do now was to get his hands on the green Holy Diamond, a fragment of Godheart.

The head of the FBI died suddenly in the headquarters of Si’s consortium, and Yasla was engulfed by a great fire overnight—Opportunity City had recently witnessed these two big events, and the huge forces behind them must have made their moves.

Diana and Slavin did not recognize each other, and to keep Slavin from bothering her, Chen Ke had them stay on different floors. He had asked both Slavin and Diana about the consortium’s partnering issues and internal matters of the Administration Bureau.

Slavin, true to being just a pawn, knew nothing about White or the mysterious power behind him, and White was just a higher-level pawn after all.

However, by guessing from the different statuses of White and Slavin, one could infer how enormous the power behind White must be. Chen Ke had a feeling that the organization White belonged to was at least on par with the Foundation and was unlikely to pay much attention to something like the Administration Bureau.

Diana was very familiar with the Administration Bureau. In 2006, Chen Ke had also entered an abandoned Administration Bureau building. According to her, if the green Holy Diamond was indeed in there, it would definitely be kept in the archive located beneath the CPA building.

Calling it an archive was actually misleading—it was a large warehouse where Holy Diamonds were stored, with extremely high security. The archive’s security priority was above even the President’s...

Protected by the most elite Spiritual Ability Units of the United Federation, three teams patrolled 24 hours continuously, and all Spiritual Agents’ equipment and skills were distributed from the archive.

"Secret tomes are inscribed on steles or stones, which are embedded in a large glass wall; upon triggering an alarm, a 12-centimeter-thick steel wall drops down, isolating the steles from the interior space. Holy Relics are stored behind six vault doors in stainless steel cabinets, each with a number, with precise logging of borrowing and deposit times down to the second. Speaking of which, my sword has been overdue for over a week now... and I must drain it too..."

Diana briefly introduced the situation of the Administration Bureau. She had not yet accustomed herself to her new identity as a witch and was still preoccupied with the drainage cycle.

White had obtained that Holy Diamond and, if nothing had gone wrong, he was the one who had transferred it to the Administration Bureau.

If that were true, it could only prove that above White, the organization must have a higher-level pawn lurking within the Administration Bureau, or rather, one of the organization’s leaders also played a key role in the Administration Bureau.

Regardless of which possibility, neither was good news for Chen Ke. It meant they could conveniently and quickly transfer the Holy Diamond.

Once they did that, the search for it would become difficult; not to mention, this was just one of the six missing Holy Diamonds, the whereabouts of the other five yet unknown.

"That diamond may have already been transferred after all, since we waited nine days to rescue Diana," Lucina said.

Lucina, Chen Ke, and Diana were seated in a room on the third floor of the Illusion Dream Center, employing their new time-saving method.

"Have you still not figured out a way?" Lucina asked Chen Ke as he remained silent.

"No matter whether that thing is in the Administration Bureau or not, it’s our only clue. If it really is there..." Chen Ke said, lifting his head to look at Lucina.

Lucina looked at Chen Ke, understanding his implication, but she shook her head. Even as brash as she was, she would not dare to entertain that thought.

"What are you guys doing?" Diana asked, somewhat surprised.

"You know what I mean, Lucina," Chen Ke said.

"Lucina, what does he mean?" Diana inquired.

"No, I’m not going to let you do that. That’s the goddamn Administration Bureau," Lucina said.

"We’ve even robbed banks before!" Chen Ke spread his hands.

"Chen Ke, what’s the principle of a postman? Don’t kill cops, don’t recruit Spiritual Ability Users, only target corporations. Do you know why?" Lucina asked.

"That’s the postman’s rule, and the postman is gone," Chen Ke said.

"It has nothing to do with the postman! Not killing cops means we won’t be sentenced to death! If all members are normal people, Administration Bureau agents won’t bother us! We only rob corporations because their goods aren’t clean either! Damn it, there’s a reason for this design!" Lucina said.

"Lucina, we’re sitting in a place outside of time and space, where no one but me can enter, and you’re still scared of cops?" Chen Ke said.

The three fell silent for a while.

"You guys are planning to rob the Administration Bureau?" Diana finally understood.

"No, no... it’s him who wants to rob it," Lucina said.

"Oh... well, that’s... what if what you want isn’t there?" Diana asked.

"That’s what I’m worried about too. We could totally act while they’re transferring the Holy Diamond," Lucina said.

"That’s impossible, even if they were to transfer the Holy Diamond, the Administration Bureau redistributes Holy Relics every week throughout the country. If we were to do it that way, they could easily mix the Holy Diamond in with one of the convoys," Diana shook her head.

"We don’t even know who in the Administration Bureau is White’s contact, nor do we know which convoy he’d mix the Holy Diamond into. This is a fucking impossible mission," Chen Ke said.

"We can observe. What if you spook them by moving too soon?" Lucina added.

"Lucina, this isn’t like you. You were so happy when we robbed the bank before, you’ve changed," Chen Ke crossed his arms.

"I..." Lucina faltered.

"Before... Chen Ke, were you really robbing a bank that day?" Diana looked at Chen Ke.

"That’s right, Pulito Bank, are you going to arrest me?" Chen Ke asked.

"If it were that day, I really would have," Diana smiled.

"I have a bad premonition, do you remember the future I predicted? Why do I always feel like this is going to make that happen?" Lucina looked at Chen Ke.

"Perhaps that has already been rewritten, you see, the thing that was supposed to happen to you is now happening to Diana, the future might have changed." Chen Ke said.

"Listen, Chen Ke, you need to think this through. If you go through with robbing the Administration Bureau, there won’t be a place for you in the whole United Federation," Diana said.

"I understand, we’ll have to disappear for a long time after pulling it off, I’ve already made up my mind," Chen Ke said.

"You better think it through, Chen Ke," Lucina leaned back on the sofa, knowing she couldn’t dissuade him.

"So here’s the question: do you want to rob the Administration Bureau alone?" Diana said.

"Of course not... I have two perfect candidates in mind," Chen Ke looked at Diana.

"I guess I’m one of them," Diana sighed.