Seizing the BOSS Template at the Start

Chapter 54: Chapter 52: Baiyi’s Growth

Luoning nodded with some fear, the candlelight at night illuminating the two of them, casting their faces in a slightly pale hue.

A faint voice from Luoning began, flowing only between the two: ”Just now, I suddenly felt very uneasy, that woman was approaching me, she seemed very eager to see who I was, but I turned and ran, ran fast, and I only regained consciousness after shaking her off.”

Baiyi was startled, somewhat incredulous: ”You mean, you shook her off?”

”Yes, yes, she couldn’t run as fast as I could, she seemed to be held back by something.” Luoning nodded, his voice a bit trembling.

Baiyi stroked Luoning’s head, his eyes contemplative: ”Got it, you can’t tell a third person about what happened just now, understand?”

Luoning clutched Baiyi’s clothes tightly, sensing that being close to Baiyi was the only safe place in her premonition, deepening her dependence on Baiyi.

From childhood to adulthood, apart from her mother and the lady next door, she had never felt any kindness.

Especially after these two died, she felt everyone was evil—classmates from school, the big brother from the neighbor’s house, even passersby.

They all harbored malice towards her, so she would deliberately make herself dirty and never spoke to those people. When they talked to her, she would only reply with a hoarse voice.

Because in her premonition, only by doing so could she stay safe and survive in that fiercely competitive yet terribly corrupt civilian district.

She nodded uneasily: ”I, I understand.”

Contemplation lingered in Baiyi’s eyes; the Divination Master of the Black Night Rose was chasing after the organization he had fabricated, so at the very least, they must be a Silver Upper Tier or possibly higher.

A Divination Master of this level was actually unable to foresee Luoning, which was quite absurd.

She must have awakened some extraordinary premonition specialty, judging by her fame thirty years from now, this specialty should be as outrageous as Light and Dark.

”Wait for me here, don’t worry, this place is safe, I’ll go get you something.”

Baiyi brushed Luoning’s cool cheek and walked out the door.

Luoning stared dumbly at Baiyi’s departing figure, and after it disappeared, she quickly picked up the money pouch that had fallen on the ground, hugged the heavy Gold Coin, and hurriedly ran to the counter, sitting on the stool with her arms hugging her knees, looking anxiously at the door.

The woman nearly caught her; she was still very frightened now.

She had a premonition that if that woman caught her, then she... would die.

As the new year approached, the heavy snow had long since stopped, but the sub-zero temperatures still left white traces under every eave.

On a cold night, there weren’t many people on Saint Martial Avenue. Baiyi walked towards the Knowledge Hall, his eyes full of thought.

Luoning’s talent needed to be developed, developed aggressively.

Clearly, the people of the Black Night Rose were looking for him, but because Luoning was in the shop, that premonition ended up being dodged by Luoning. Luoning’s talent seemed to also have the function of becoming a premonition shield.

If this function were to improve, then let the enemy try to foresee Baiyi all they want, each premonition will yield no answer.

Thinking about this, Baiyi’s pace quickened a little; the mascot must be armed up fiercely!

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Outer City District, West City, Underground.

”Hmm?”

A soft voice of doubt rang out as a woman with a veil on her face and purple pupils opened her eyes, her look of puzzlement mixed with a hint of understanding.

She spoke to a person beside her who wore an Angel Mask: ”I can’t find them. The other side has a way to divert premonition, my foreseeing cannot land on the target, but I can confirm that those people are still in Dongwu City.”

The Angel nodded: ”That was expected. An organization with such a strong intelligence network is bound to have the capability to prevent premonition.”

He turned to look at a somewhat weakened Clown, who had been thrown into spatial turbulence by the Mage’s Hand from Baiyi’s Spell Scroll. Had it not been for the Shadow Power pre-arranged, he might not have made it back.

The Angel said calmly: ”The Federation has already taken notice of us, it’s not suitable to move against Baiyi now, and he’s worth attempting to recruit multiple times. After this period, you will be responsible for this piece.”

Resentment was evident in the Clown’s pitch-black eyes: ”That Alchemist definitely has issues, might even be connected with that organization. Why not keep investigating?”

The Angel maintained a voice of composure, pulling a dossier from a drawer and tossing it to the Clown, speaking calmly:

”This is Baiyi’s life trajectory. Except for our recruitment half a month ago, nothing unusual is apparent. Moreover, his talent erupted half a month ago, which only shows that his irregularities are due to some opportunity, and now having seized the opportunity is very reasonable.”

Unwillingly, the Clown picked up the dossier and opened the first page, which clearly chronicled everything about Baiyi from birth to the present.

[Born on March 1, 1518, mother died in childbirth, father passed in 1523, begged at the age of five, began cheating classmates at eight for more meat, ranked top in studies at ten, earned a scholarship to enter a prestigious school; at eleven, deceit led to a qualitative leap in lifestyle after fooling his aristocratic classmates.

At twelve, classmates attempted revenge but were deceived again. Baiyi then began learning the most elementary Alchemy Knowledge. At thirteen, he continued to deceive classmates for resources. At fourteen, he became an Alchemist, deceiving classmates, at sixteen, began altering his life’s trajectory, achieving many whimsical ideas.

Seventeen gained some fame, moved from the Capital City to open a Potion Shop in Dongwu City, his actions somewhat mysterious, possibly sensing an opportunity. A year later, reached Bronze Upper Tier, recently gained a mountain opportunity, broke through to Silver Middle Tier, with a potential evaluation of SS+.]

Looking at this resume, the Clown’s eyes turned into one of reluctance; it was indeed spotless, even including evaluations from people around him.

[Cheated Classmate, Diane Di Feng of the Legislator Clan: This guy’s a swindler, an absolute swindler, even played amnesia with me, just wait, I’ll definitely have my revenge!]

[Neighbor: This young fellow’s always been smart since childhood, it’s good to see he’s doing well now, my premonitions are always spot on, I even gave him bread when he was a kid.]

[Teacher: .....]

Clown: ”But he could have changed after coming to Dongwu City, couldn’t he? Didn’t he abruptly alter his life trajectory at sixteen? Start investigating from there!”

The Angel’s eyes remained calm, extracting detailed information from the thick archives, records even documenting every word Baiyi spoke in public.

The Clown continued flipping through, growing increasingly agitated as he went.

Finally, he slapped the information in his hand into shreds with a ’bang’: ”So did I take that slap for nothing? I nearly died!”

”The fifth rule: Any talent with a potential above S level must be recruited first, and if incorporation is impossible, pray to the Supreme and await instructions from the Supreme.”

The veiled Divination Master spoke smilingly.

The Clown instantly fell silent. Rules given by God had to be obeyed, no matter how large or powerful their mortal faction.

Reluctantly, he allowed the shadows to gradually swallow him: ”I understand.”

The Angel bowed slightly to the Divination Master: ”Apologies, he’s just not good with losing, but you still need to take a trip to headquarters.”

”Understood, the Federation is already investigating, and it’ll be more troublesome when Baiyi’s network rises, tch, when will that old Sword Saint ever die....”

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Inner City District, West side, Kami pondered over the thin information in his hand, pondering if perhaps this Baiyi... had no issues indeed.

”Why do you want information on this guy?”

Kami looked away, glancing up to see a sweet-looking human girl walk in, visibly displeased.

Kami greeted with a smile: ”Miss Diane, long time no see...”

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