mesbooks Chapter 192 Bonus Chapter: Cao Ye
Chapter 192 Bonus Chapter: Cao Ye
Beijing, Beiman Mountain, Anomaly Management Bureau, Director's Office.
"Prince Mingdeng, the mother-and-child black coffin, the wooden ox and flowing horse, and... you."
Cao Ye poured Li Mingyue a cup of tea, lit a cigarette for himself, and continued:
"You are the only four taboos of the Anomaly Management Bureau, and you are also the source of the Bureau's confidence."
Why are you so depressed when you hold such a high position in the Bureau of Abnormal Affairs?
Are you terrified by the Black God?
Li Mingyue stared at the steaming cup of tea in front of her, remained silent for a while, and then suddenly gave a self-deprecating laugh:
"I just don't understand the purpose of the Anomaly Management Bureau."
Cao Ye exhaled a puff of smoke and said softly:
"Handling abnormal events and protecting the Xia Kingdom—that is the significance of the Anomaly Management Bureau."
Li Mingyue looked at Cao Ye:
"However, ever since I joined the Anomaly Management Bureau, every anomaly has been handled by Dusk, and the Anomaly Management Bureau can only watch helplessly."
Cao Ye narrowed his eyes:
"Go check the case file."
The Five Emperors Poison Money Incident, the Wooden Ox and Flowing Horse Incident, the Human Skin Drum Incident—how many colleagues have we lost?
"In the Onmyoji incident, we were defeated..."
A fleeting dimming light crossed Cao Ye's eyes:
"One of my colleagues was killed in action. He was one of my soldiers and also your former leader."
You're saying the Anomaly Management Bureau is just standing by and watching?
Li Mingyue's eyes widened suddenly, and her voice rose:
"That's why I question the purpose of the Anomaly Management Bureau!"
So many of our colleagues sacrificed their lives to handle these extraordinary events!
What happens after dusk?
We have hardly ever lost anyone.
Lately, I've been thinking about what the purpose of the Anomaly Management Bureau is.
Are people dying constantly in order to handle abnormal events?
With dusk as our guide, why can't we... relax a little?
Li Mingyue's voice became increasingly hesitant as she saw the cold glint in Cao Ye's eyes.
She forced herself to continue:
"I am not saying that the Bureau of Abnormalities should be disbanded."
I mean, why can't we work closely with Twilight?
The Bureau of Abnormal Affairs represents the state apparatus; our authority in Xia Kingdom is truly immense.
If this authority were granted to Huang Hun, he would undoubtedly be even more powerful.
Li Mingyue became increasingly convinced of her own reasoning as she spoke, regaining her confidence, and earnestly stated:
"Xia Kingdom will no longer be troubled by any unusual events!"
Our colleagues will no longer be sacrificed due to unforeseen events!
She mentioned serving the twilight years at the conference.
Before anyone could raise their hand to vote, Cao Ye unilaterally rejected the proposal.
The reason is that the Bureau of Abnormalities cannot be subservient to the twilight.
Li Mingyue felt that Cao Ye was simply reluctant to give up his position as the director of the Abnormal Management Bureau.
It's just that I can't bring myself to bow my head even slightly to the twilight.
But are we going to let more investigators sacrifice themselves for unusual events just to save face for you?
She really didn't want to see any more of her colleagues sacrifice themselves.
Even if this colleague is someone I've never met.
The bond between comrades-in-arms is truly wonderful.
The moment they shout out their unit number, they become brothers bound by blood.
If there hadn't been a sunset yesterday, I don't know how many brothers would have died.
Li Mingyue looked up and saw deep disappointment in Cao Ye's eyes.
She was originally full of confidence.
But this disappointment felt like a knife, piercing her eyes.
Cao Ye took a deep drag of his cigarette smoke:
"You suspect your mother?"
Li Mingyue looked at Cao Ye in disbelief.
Why did he swear?
Cao Ye chuckled and said:
"I'm not swearing, I'm just asking you, are you doubting your mother?"
Li Mingyue said blankly:
"my mother?"
Her mother was a sheriff.
She died in the line of duty when I was in high school.
When he first became a sheriff, he inherited her badge number.
Cao Ye said quietly:
"Sun Xiaona was transferred from the South China Sea Security Bureau to the Anomaly Management Bureau five years ago due to her outstanding performance."
Three years ago, in the Five Emperors Poison Money incident, Sun Xiaona was the first person to catch the Five Emperors Poison Money.
He was infected with a plague and died in the Five Emperors' Poison Money incident.
Li Mingyue's expression was stiff, her eyes were filled with horror, and her mouth was unconsciously wide open.
Didn't my mother die in the line of duty five years ago when I was in high school?
Li Mingyue suddenly thought of something.
The investigators' identities must be kept strictly confidential.
Even family members wouldn't know the investigator's identity.
For example, the white horse.
His daughter Natasha always thought he was dead and had no idea that he had joined the Bureau of Abnormalities.
Could it be that his own mother...?
Li Mingyue's eyes reddened.
Cao Ye's eyes revealed a hint of reminiscence:
Five years ago, we joined the Anomaly Management Bureau at the same time.
I have a very good relationship with Nana, and she has taken good care of me in my daily life.
She said I was a level 10 disabled person in terms of daily life.
Sister Nana is my best comrade-in-arms and most trustworthy partner.
Three years ago, if Sister Nana hadn't pushed me away, I would have been the one who got infected with the plague after receiving the Five Emperors' Poison Money.
Li Mingyue wiped away her tears:
"So, you took me on as your apprentice because you felt the Bureau of Abnormal Affairs owed my mother something?"
"Debt? You say you owe me something?!"
Cao Ye's tone suddenly rose.
He stood up, a cigarette dangling from his lips, grabbed Li Mingyue by the back of the neck, and strode to the window, pulling open the blinds.
Cao Ye roughly grabbed Li Mingyue, forcing her to look at the busy investigators, researchers, and clerks outside.
"Debt? You're talking to me about debt?!"
The Bureau of Abnormal Affairs has never wronged anyone!
Everyone has given their all for this country!
Look at all those people out there, who the hell doesn't have a family? Are you and your mother the only ones who are special?
He grabbed Li Mingyue's hair, forcing her to look at him, his eyes flashing with malice:
"Li Mingyue! Li Mingyue!"
Tell me, what's the difference between them?!
You're telling me you doubt the very existence of the Anomaly Management Bureau?
Do you think these heroes are idiots?
You're telling me the Abnormality Management Bureau should serve Twilight?
So many of us have left our families and homes to provide services for the twilight?
What have you taken our sacrifices and efforts for?!
Li Mingyue pursed her lips tightly.
The pressure she felt from Director Cao Ye was too great.
But she still steeled herself, and with a sense of shame, said in a weak voice:
"If they assist in the twilight, they will not have to suffer this pain."
Cao Ye laughed in extreme anger:
"Huh? Hahahaha, I really want to fucking kill you."
What are we sacrificing so much for?
Tell me, why are you telling me?!
Li Mingyue said:
Handling abnormal events.
Cao Ye shoved Li Mingyue to the ground and glared at her fiercely:
"Yesterday morning, that succubus killed someone at the entrance of No. 24 Middle School!"
The reason was that the two vendors were being rude and used foul language, insulting the succubus.
But I ask you, is this a capital offense?
Li Mingyue moved her lips:
"no."
Cao Ye casually spat the cigarette butt from his mouth onto the floor.
Why doesn't anyone care about this?
Just because that succubus is a transcendent being, under Twilight's command?
Cao Ye took two steps forward, squatted down, grabbed Li Mingyue by the collar, and suddenly pulled her up to his face, his eyes sharp:
Why can't we control her?
Because our fists aren't big enough!
We cannot be like Twilight, easily eliminating Lucifer and the Black God.
We are indeed weak, terribly weak, and can only deal with abnormal events with the spirit of moths drawn to a flame.
But......"
Cao Ye gritted his teeth and said, word by word:
"But being weak is not a reason for us to give up, Li Mingyue!"
Li Mingyue remained silent, unable to utter a single word.
Cao Ye released his grip on Li Mingyue, walked back to his desk, sat down, took a deep breath, lit a cigarette, and said:
"If we choose to serve the twilight, our means will forever be subservient to it."
We will never have the chance to compete with the twilight again.
Do you know what a gentleman is?
Everyone at the dinner table had the power to flip the table, but everyone was very polite and didn't flip it rudely.
We may not overturn the table, but we must have the confidence to do so.
Do you want the people of Xia to live forever under the shadow of dusk?
Where are the rules? Where are the laws?
"There's no extreme behavior at dusk now, but what about later?"
Cao Ye put down his cigarette, his eyes deep and unfathomable:
"Of course, it's not just dusk; dusk is good so far."
What about the Way of Peace?
We're paid by the government, shouldn't we uproot Taipingdao?
You can't expect us to beg Dusk to clean up Taiping Road, can you?
Fuck you, do you even deserve your salary?
Do you live up to the trust the nation has placed in our Bureau of Abnormal Affairs?
When Cao Ye mentioned the Taiping Dao, Li Mingyue thought of Princess Honey Flower, who had joined the Witch's Guild.
Princess Honey Flower killed many people; she deserves to die and should be punished by law.
But she joined the Witches' Guild.
Li Mingyue's desire to harm her lessened considerably.
One reason is that witches serve the twilight.
Secondly, because the leader of the Witch Society is her best friend.
Li Mingyue stood up, paused for a moment, her eyes gradually hardening, and finally spoke:
"I understand now, I was... I was too naive."
Cao Ye's tone softened:
"We've been working hard, and now we have some trump cards up our sleeves."
Li Mingyue was stunned for a moment:
"What?"
Cao Ye said:
"Prince Mingdeng harbors great hostility towards Huanghun, which can be considered a trump card."
After all, we're in the same boat as Prince Mingdeng.
In the future, if any unusual events occur, Prince Mingdeng will not stand idly by as before, out of consideration for the people on the same ship.
However, I don't know the extent of Prince Mingdeng's abilities, but I do know the extent of the power of the mother-and-child black coffins.
Li Mingyue frowned:
"A mother-and-child black coffin? These things aren't dangerous, are they?"
Cao Ye's lips curled into a smile:
"The mother and child black coffins are indeed harmless, but what's inside is very dangerous."
Li Mingyue was taken aback:
"You mean, Bai Juzhi inside?"
Cao Ye nodded:
"The murderous aura and resentment on Bai Juzhi's body will materialize into his own combat power through the mother and child black coffins."
That guy's murderous intent and resentment were the most immense I'd ever seen.
Li Mingyue pursed her lips:
"He's a pitiful person, too."
For the sake of his wife and daughter, Bai Juzhi joined the service of the previous bureau chief, Zhao Pengcheng.
He killed countless people because of him.
Finally, he realized that it was all Zhao Pengcheng's conspiracy.
Zhao Pengcheng had no intention of reviving his wife, nor did he even take care of his daughter.
As a result, Baiju ordered the indiscriminate destruction of the survivors of the sea train.
Perhaps his daughter didn't even leave behind a body.
Zhao Pengcheng only wanted him, who possessed extremely strong resentment, to enter the mother-child black coffin and obtain a puppet with extraordinary power.
Cao Ye scoffed:
"To kill innocent people for one's own selfish desires is not something to be pitied."
His fate can only be described as reaping what he sowed.
However, it cannot be denied.
The power of the white horse is growing stronger and stronger.
No one can say for sure what Baiju's potential is.
Did Lucifer call the woman beside him at dusk "Human Peak"?
Perhaps, Bai Juzhi is the new "peak of humanity."
Cao Ye stubbed out his cigarette and said:
"Alright, enough with the chit-chat."
Next, your task is to develop the power of your Eye of Hela as much as possible.
For the Bureau of Anomalies, we need more trump cards.
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P.S.: Generally speaking, each chapter of a book on Yuewen is about 2,000 words.
However, I usually write around 3,000 words per page, sometimes 2,500, sometimes 3,500.
To solidify the plot, the pacing may sometimes be slow, but those plot points are all necessary.
I want to be able to depict the extraordinary world in my mind; I don't want to settle for less.
The opening chapters of this book are designed to cater to the market with their fast pace.
This isn't what I like; I don't really like mindless writing.
And indeed, we suffered from this; a slow pace meant that readers would support the books.
Readers on Qidian are okay, but for readers on Q Reading, if they are supporting a book, their royalties will be drastically reduced.
The problem is that this book is a channel book on Qidian, and I can only get half of the subscription money from Qidian.
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The royalties for reading ten chapters a day are exactly the same as those for reading two chapters a day.
The author will not let the readers down; each chapter will be around three thousand words, really.
Today's extra chapter counts as 10,000 words a day.
I really want to write a very, very long book and establish a vast worldview.
Also, I really don't have any drafts saved up.
I knew the plot two hours earlier than everyone else.
Every character is alive in my heart, with their own thoughts.
Sometimes when I'm writing a plot, this thought pops into my head: Wow? He actually thought and did that.
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