Extraordinary Realm from Persuasion System

Chapter 526: Chapter 197: Return to School, Sensation

Someone is watching me!

As Zhang Beixing stared at the pitch-black high-rise building, this thought flashed through his mind. His brow furrowed immediately, but upon close inspection, he didn’t see any suspicious figures. He had this premonition despite the great distance.

Are they using a telescope to peep? Or a camera?

Zhang Beixing murmured, his eyes sparkling with an indistinct glow in the dark night.

He pondered who this person spying on him could be. Is it the military, or someone else? If it’s the military, that’s more manageable. I can just assume it’s a countermeasure because they don’t feel secure about me, this walking thermal weapon. Besides, if the military is watching, they’d most likely just observe my daily activities and wouldn’t do anything too drastic.

Zhang Beixing wasn’t too worried about that.

But if it’s someone else... things would get complicated.

Since the observer’s identity was unknown, Zhang Beixing had no idea why they were spying on him.

If it’s an obsessive fan, like for celebrities, that would be manageable. Zhang Beixing was confident that with his combat prowess, he could subdue them and bring them to their senses. What I’m really afraid of is if they’re someone with a shady background and foreign connections!

Zhang Beixing might have a considerable reputation domestically, but internationally, he was notorious. Due to the Black Ghost incident, he had thoroughly offended the Black Ghosts. He had become their prime assassination target, a must-kill on sight. The shootings in Shishi and Yingtian Prefecture might have been their doing.

If Zhang Beixing were alone, he wouldn’t be afraid. Bring it on! Let them try whatever devious plots they have; my fists will smash through them.

But the problem was, Zhang Beixing was not alone. He had family, people he cared about. Even if he himself could one day walk through barrages of bullets with his unmatched martial prowess, the others could not. They were just ordinary people. That was Zhang Beixing’s greatest vulnerability. If someone were to exploit this and orchestrate a plan... The consequences would be unthinkable!

Fortunately, this was domestic territory. There was no need for excessive concern. But even so, a ruthless light flashed in Zhang Beixing’s eyes.

He immediately channeled the Postnatal Five Qi beneath his feet, stimulated his acupoints, and his figure surged forward abruptly. In just a few breaths, he had completely vanished into the darkness.

I have to confirm their identity before I can rest easy.

However, by the time Zhang Beixing arrived at the rooftop of that building, it was already deserted. Only a trail of footprints in the snow indicated that someone had been there.

Even though he came up empty-handed, it wasn’t a complete waste. At the very least, this allowed Zhang Beixing to eliminate one possibility: This person spying on me is definitely not one of ours.

Military personnel would never sneak around like this.”Damn it! Just after New Year’s and I run into this crap. You little brat, you better not be up to no good, or not even the Jade Emperor himself could save you!” Zhang Beixing said fiercely, glaring at the footprints on the ground as he took a deep drag from his cigarette and flicked the burning stub away.

In this situation, pursuit was clearly futile. He had lost their trail, and Zhang Beixing lacked professional counter-surveillance skills. Fortunately, the footprints on the ground could serve as a clue.

With this in mind, Zhang Beixing took a photo of the footprints in the snow, then immediately called Chief Bai to inform him of the situation.

When Chief Bai heard that Zhang Beixing had once again attracted the attention of someone of unknown origin, and during New Year’s no less, he was speechless. However, bound by the responsibility of his uniform, he didn’t say much more. He only asked for the location of the incident and then arranged for an investigation.

After taking care of all this, Zhang Beixing returned home.

The incident kept him up all night. After all, with someone of unknown identity spying on me in secret, how could I possibly act as if nothing was wrong and completely disregard it? He spent the whole night pondering who the person could be, contemplating all the potential situations that might arise.

Time passed quietly, and in the blink of an eye—

「Morning.」

Zhang Beixing, who hadn’t slept all night, sat up in bed. His father got him up to go pay homage to their ancestors and burn joss paper for them.

Perhaps Zhang Beixing’s direct move to confront them the previous night had frightened the person away. By the time Zhang Beixing and his family finished burning joss paper and setting off several strings of firecrackers, returning home amidst the CRACKLE! POP! of the firecrackers and the smell of gunpowder, that familiar sense of being watched had not reappeared.

This provided some relief to Zhang Beixing’s tense nerves.

Back at home, he had a bowl of millet porridge. His mother and grandmother were preparing the traditional New Year’s Eight Bowls.

With nothing particular to do that day, Zhang Beixing decided to lie down and sleep, recovering the mental energy he had lost from his sleepless night. He slept straight through to the afternoon, his Essence, Qi, and Spirit replenished.

Zhang Beixing originally planned to read a book to unwind, but before he had the chance, a message from Lin Siqi came through, asking if he was free that day.

The answer was, of course, yes. Lin Siqi then said she would drive over to see him.

Zhang Beixing readily agreed. After giving her his village’s name and location, he told his family he was going out, then went to wait on the road at the village’s southern entrance.