[Lumine: Brother, talking behind my back like this, do you think I don't exist?]
Seeing Lumine's message, everyone else tacitly remained silent, ready to sit back and watch the drama unfold.
"Haha, System, I feel like Aether is going to get beaten up at least once the next time he sees Lumine, hahaha."
"Uh, didn't you start this in the first place, Host? If Aether gets beaten up, you share the blame."
While Lin Yu was chatting with people in the chat group, little did he know that he had already caught the attention of the Supernatural Affairs Bureau.
Earlier, when he had obtained his Vision in his rented apartment, he had stirred up some Anemo elemental energy, causing a wisp of it to leak out. That very wisp of elemental energy had just been detected by agents from the Bureau.
At that moment, four people were inside Lin Yu's former rented apartment. One of them was Brother Wang, who was inspecting the place.
The other two women and one man had walked straight in through the open door.
"Hey, hey, hey, what are you people doing? How can you just trespass into someone else's place?"
Brother Wang was very displeased when he saw the three strangers suddenly walk in.
The three did not answer Brother Wang. After sizing him up for a few seconds, one of the women lowered her voice and said to the other woman, who was a head taller than her.
"I can confirm there is residual Anemo energy here."
Hearing this, the glamorous woman glanced at the man behind her and gave him a look.
The man nodded upon receiving his superior's signal and walked toward Brother Wang with a hearty laugh.
"Hahaha, ah, sorry about that. We're here looking for a friend, but seeing you here made us wonder if we came to the wrong place."
As the man spoke, he placed his hand on Brother Wang's shoulder and activated his supernatural ability.
His power was extremely sensitive to energy; the moment he made contact with someone, he could detect whether there was any energy inside their body.
Clearly, no energy was detected. Brother Wang didn't react much to being embraced by the man either, as he was a good-natured and kind person who never made enemies.
Besides, this was a society governed by law—surely nobody was going to murder him, and since the visitors approached with smiles, it wouldn't be polite to give them a cold shoulder.
Still, his basic vigilance remained, so he asked, "Who are you looking for? Let me see if I know them."
Before coming over, they had already reviewed the background information of everyone in the surrounding area and had a rough idea, so the man replied.
"We're looking for a friend named Lin Yu."
As for why the man knew him among all the residents in the vicinity, it was simply because Lin Yu was an orphan, a detail that happened to stand out in his memory.
"Oh~ so you're looking for little Lin! Sigh, that kid has had it rough. His boss ran off with his wages, such a pity."
Thinking of Lin Yu's recent misfortune, Brother Wang sighed with emotion.
Yet he knew Lin Yu didn't have many friends, let alone people dressed this well. It was possible Lin Yu had gotten into some trouble and these people had come to settle accounts.
"By the way, the Lin Yu you're looking for went to the countryside. He went to visit his aunt's place."
"Oh, oh, alright, we understand. Then you go ahead, we'll be leaving first."
With that, the man walked out. The two women had already stepped outside the moment the man approached Brother Wang.
Seeing the man come out, they left together.
"Captain Li, there wasn't any energy on that man."
"I know. Judging from that man's inner thoughts, the young man who rented this place has gone to the suburban villa area. Never mind him for now—orders from above just came down: the Blood Butcher has come to our Jiangyun City. Let's capture him first, and then go look for Lin Yu. After all, a newly awakened person isn't that big of a threat."
"What? The Blood Butcher is here?"
The man was somewhat surprised. The Blood Butcher was originally reported to have fled to Shuchuan City; he never expected him to turn up in Jiangyun City, several cities away.
The Blood Butcher was a Class-C wanted criminal whose awakened ability manifested as a blood-thirsty demonic blade. He had already killed seven people, and his murders followed a distinct pattern.
Specifically, all seven victims were newly awakened individuals. What puzzled the Supernatural Affairs Bureau was how he managed to locate those awakened ones before the Bureau did.
The three of them suspected there might be an accomplice inside the Bureau, so they chose not to report the fact that Lin Yu was also an awakened individual, heading instead toward the location of another registered awakened target.
Before the three of them arrived, awakened agents from the Bureau disguised as ordinary citizens were already staking out the area.
Meanwhile, after finishing his chat with the group, Lin Yu looked toward the System.
"System, how many Emotional Points do I have right now?"
"The Host currently has × Emotional Points. (Note: 10 Emotional Points = 1 Point)"
Lin Yu thought for a moment and immediately decided to keep 3,200 Emotional Points, converting all the rest into Points.
Why? Because a Space Stone cost 100 million Emotional Points, whereas it only cost 9 million Points in the Point Mall—a savings of a full 10 million Emotional Points.
"System, ten consecutive draws, activate!"
It was the familiar interface, though this time his luck was a bit poor. There was only one purple item, while all the others were one-star white quality.
"Ding! Congratulations to the Host for acquiring Chinese Yuan × (White)"
"Ding! Congratulations to the Host for acquiring a pen holder (White)"
"Ding! Congratulations to the Host for acquiring a psychic fruit (Purple)"
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(It's over, it's over, brothers! My stockpile of drafts is gone. From now on, I might only be able to release one chapter a day since I still have to go to school and time might be tight. But I'll do my best to write. When I write fast or have more time, I might update an extra chapter. Sorry to all you great readers!)