In a conference room of a high-rise building in Huaxia.
Bang!
"Damn it! The Blood Moon disappeared, for fuck's sake! Tonight was supposed to be the West's turn to suffer, but it vanished at this crucial moment, goddammit!"
"Why does heaven treat our great Huaxia this way!"
"Heaven is unjust!"
The Ghost Officer leader immediately burst into a string of national treasures (curse words), while many other leaders sighed heavily, their hearts filled with frustration.
"Let's be serious, be serious!" The Night Watcher leader, wearing glasses, slapped the table, but was kicked to the ground by the Ghost Officer leader beside him.
"Four-eyes, you reek of fish. Obviously been slacking off at work too much. Stay away from me."
"You *****!" The Night Watcher leader lunged forward with a kick, sending the Ghost Officer leader flying out of the high-rise's conference room.
The conference room was filled with the smell of blood. Everyone was covered in varying amounts of blood, and even though they had showered and changed clothes for the meeting, the bloody stench remained suffocatingly strong.
Li Zhenlong, one of the highest-ranking leaders whose exact position cannot be described, pointed at the Ghost Officer leader who had crawled back in from outside and was about to cause more trouble, "Hold him down."
In an instant, dozens of people in the conference room stared at him with fierce, burning gazes.
The Ghost Officer leader shuddered before being firmly pinned to the ground.
"Damn! Let me go! Fight me one-on-one if you dare! You cowards!"
"You think I'm afraid of you? Let's fight one-on-one!"
Someone slapped the back of his head.
"One-on-one? Sure, how about you versus all thirty-two of us?"
The Ghost Officer leader wasn't just crazy in personality; he was also very powerful.
Everyone took turns slapping the back of his head.
This group had long despised the Ghost Officers. Their usual style was extremely domineering, using any means necessary to achieve their goals. They were a bunch of legal bandits who often caused trouble and demanded the lion's share of resources, creating chaos if they didn't get their way.
They only produced strong individuals because the weak ones had all been destroyed by their schemes.
Some people didn't need to die, but they often liked to do exciting things. For example, when facing ten thousand enemies with only a dozen of their own men, they would send just two people.
One would flank while the other pushed forward. If these two could eliminate the entire army, they would compete to see who killed more (counting teammates). If they couldn't eliminate everyone, they would keep fighting to see who could survive longer. The competition would only end when one was near death and rescued by teammates.
But usually, when a teammate was near death, they couldn't be rescued most of the time.
The three Ghost Officer leaders who came to the meeting were pinned to the conference table by various organizations, their mouths gagged so they could only listen, not speak.
The meeting discussed the tens of thousands of homeless victims after the Blood Moon, and the spatial gate that would open on the third day of the Blood Moon.
"With the Blood Moon just ended, we're not only facing millions of people who lost their homes during the Blood Moon, but also foreign powers itching to take advantage and grab something from Huaxia. Any suggestions?"
Hearing this topic, one of the Ghost Officer leaders broke free from his restraints and slammed the table, shouting:
"The Blood Moon just disappeared, and foreign powers want to join in? Then let's fight!"
Everyone exchanged glances, with meaningful smiles in their eyes.
"Are you plotting something?" That leader felt something was off.
Li Zhenlong smiled and said, "Since you're so passionate, then the task of suppressing foreign powers will be yours."
"No problem!"
"I guarantee to crush those trash until nothing remains."
The Ghost Officer leader agreed readily, and during the detailed discussion, he took the opportunity to request some resources using this as an excuse.
Other organizations remained silent. If they dared to speak up, the Ghost Officer leader would push this responsibility onto them.
The Ghost Officers were Huaxia's first supernatural organization. Some things they didn't want to admit were nevertheless facts.
These organizations had grown to their current status under the Ghost Officers' protection.
A hundred years ago, during turbulent times, if it weren't for these thugs and legal bandits maintaining a tough stance internationally to help Huaxia stand tall... today's situation would be different.
The reason they became notorious was that they needed to establish not just authority, but also a reputation for ferocity.
This way, everyone would know that Huaxia was not to be trifled with. Anyone who dared to harm Huaxia would face death at minimum, or the destruction of their entire organization at worst.
They were crazy enough to destroy all supernatural organizations in an entire city for the death of a single teammate!
Chu Yang, the legendary captain of Huaxia's Ghost Officer Wandering Theater Squad, once declared at an international gathering of supernatural organizations:
"Whoever harbors thoughts against Huaxia, I advise you to keep them to yourself. Don't let us find out. If you want to unite against us, I can't stop you, but whoever dares to take the lead, I'll destroy them."
This was said during the first Blood Moon, and it truly helped reduce Huaxia's external threats significantly.
However, it also greatly damaged these bigwigs' face, and they nearly united to eliminate this squad of thugs.
If the Ghost Officers hadn't been so intimidating, Chu Yang might not have walked out of that building alive.
Though reckless, it was truly a necessary measure.
This shows that a nation's peace isn't just maintained by those carrying heavy burdens in the dark night, but also by these people fighting their way forward, one punch at a time.
Noon.
News of the Blood Moon's end spread throughout Huaxia, and everyone celebrated.
Su Ze lay in the ICU breathing oxygen, staring at the harsh lights above.
Forcibly activating the laws within the oil lamp and attaching the law flames to his body had caused severe damage. His body was withered and rotting. He didn't even know how he ended up in the ICU; he only remembered wanting to go home after the battle, not even experiencing the process of collapsing. When he opened his eyes, he was already in the ICU.
But seeing the anesthesiologist playing with their phone nearby, he knew he was stable.
...Wait a minute! Isn't this supposed to be during surgery? How am I awake? So much for being stable!
The anesthesiologist noticed him and was shocked, immediately becoming busy.
"Your sister has been found," Meng Xingyao said, sitting in a chair with one hand in her pocket.
"Really!" Uesugi Chigenki excitedly stood up from the bed, running barefoot to grab her hand.
"Yes," Meng Xingyao waved her phone, "but we need to wait a few days. The person who was taking care of her is in the ICU now, and many regions of the country are being rebuilt and arranging accommodation for disaster victims, so there's no time to bring your sister here."
"Take me there! Please take me there!" Uesugi Chigenki held Meng Xingyao's hand tightly.
A few days ago, she had a bad attitude towards Meng Xingyao. She had neither good nor bad impressions of Huaxia people, but she disliked Meng Xingyao because she felt she was being threatened and used through her sister.
Meng Xingyao's purposefulness was too strong, which made her very dislikeable.
Until Meng Xingyao was hospitalized, Zhou Zijie took her to the rest room and brought boxed meals and snacks, warming her lost heart in Huaxia.
It felt like feeding a stray dog a piece of sausage, and from then on, that stray dog would wag its tail and stick out its tongue whenever it saw you, greatly increasing its fondness for you.
Fondness is a strange thing. Some people take their parents' sacrifices for granted, but when strangers show small acts of kindness, these people become eternally grateful. It's not that they're unfilial, it's just their mindset.
Uesugi Chigenki had this mindset. She was actually as pure as her sister, somewhat silly and easily deceived, which was why she was moved by the small warmth Zhou Zijie gave her.
The difference between her sister and Uesugi Chigenki was that her sister had lost her memories and had no power, making her appear completely clueless, beyond just being easily deceived.
Basically, she was the type who would help count money after Su Ze sold her, and when being led away by someone, she would still turn back with her beautiful eyes wide open, seemingly asking 'Where am I going? Why aren't you following?'
In Uesugi Chigenki's memories, before her sister lost her memories, she was cute, silly, and a bit prideful.
Meng Xingyao looked at Uesugi Chigenki's pleading gaze thoughtfully, "Alright, but wait until I finish my shower."
"Thank you..." Uesugi Chigenki felt like crying. Although she had a bad impression of Meng Xingyao, mainly because Meng Xingyao was shameless, liked to tease and bully her, and always used her sister to threaten her into joining forces against the Blood Moon.
Based on their interactions over the past few days, she didn't have many complaints about Meng Xingyao, since Meng Xingyao hadn't done anything to wrong her.
Meng Xingyao casually tossed her jacket onto the bed, revealing a blood-stained t-shirt that clung tightly to her perfect figure. As she grabbed her clothes and headed toward the bathroom, she suddenly turned back, narrowing her eyes with a mischievous smile at Uesugi Chigenki.
"Why are you staring at me like that? Looking a bit lustful there. Perhaps you want to join me in the shower?"
Uesugi Chigenki, who had indeed been staring at Meng Xingyao, suddenly became flustered. Being teased like this, her beautiful face immediately flushed red, and she stamped her foot in anger.
"You... you pervert! Who would want to shower with you!"
Meng Xingyao shrugged innocently and walked to the bathroom with a demeanor that was five parts flirtatious, three parts amused, and two parts nonchalant.
Leaving Uesugi Chigenki alone in a daze.
I... I wasn't looking at her lustfully, was I? I just thought her figure was... no, wait, was I really staring at her like that?
Am I... craving her body?!
Impossible, impossible! She's a girl, how could I crave her body?!
Right!
It's impossible, absolutely impossible!
If anyone's doing the craving, she's the one craving my body!
Why else would she keep teasing me?
So, she's the pervert, not me!
Uesugi Chigenki tried her best to find reasons to comfort herself, suppressing those wild thoughts in her heart.