After Bystander A Bound to JJ Literature City – CH100

Chapter 100

Yu Zhi took a sip of water, fished two candies out of his pocket, popped one into his own mouth, and stuffed the other into Lu Liming’s hand.

“Liming, if the sky falls, the tall ones will hold it up.”

It had nothing to do with the two of them.

Lu Liming had a healing ability.
As for Yu Zhi—aside from lacking the need to eat, drink, or use the bathroom, he only had that useless ability of his. At most, he could protect himself.

“If the sky really falls and I’m the one holding it up, then we might as well all wait to die together.”

Lu Liming tore open the candy wrapper, chewing as he glanced at the livestream comments.

[User “Light Returns” suggests you kill him while he’s off guard and tipped you 10 universal coins.]
[User “Interdimensional Otaku” says he’s selfish and lazy and hopes you switch loyalties.]
[User “Vast Pass” says he has a pure heart and advises you to stay by his side.]

Seeing several comments telling him to kill Yu Zhi, Lu Liming bit down hard and crushed the candy.

You don’t know shit, he thought.

Brother Yu is just soft-hearted under that sharp tongue. Says no with his mouth, but his body’s honest.

Back in H City, he’d said he saved him for an apartment in B City. But now Yu Zhi had never brought that up again.

Every time they ran into a contamination-source instance, Yu Zhi was always the first to suggest running—yet every single time, he was the one who solved it and saved him.

And when facing a lunatic like Fu Suxi, Yu Zhi neither killed him nor crippled him. He’d only… humiliated him a little.

Refusing to save people… maybe it just wasn’t the right time to tell him yet.

Lu Liming chewed and swallowed the candy whole.

“Okay, Brother Yu.”

“If you’re not saving them, then I won’t either.”

Yu Zhi: “…”

Bang—

Another gunshot. Another person fell.

It was noon. The sun hung high, bright and warm light pouring into the operations building. Yet the spacious, north-south-facing lobby on the first floor was shrouded in an invisible gloom, the air heavy and suffocating.

Among the waiting ability users, a shorter man cautiously edged backward, trying to avoid interrogation.

The next second, a large hand appeared before him, clamped around his throat, and yanked him out of the crowd.

Click—

A bullet was chambered. The dark muzzle aimed at his forehead.

Fu Suxi pulled the trigger without hesitation.

Just before the bullet pierced the man’s forehead, it abruptly stopped midair, seized by an invisible force—then reversed direction, shooting straight toward Fu Suxi’s brow.

Fu Suxi tilted his head instantly. The bullet grazed his cheek and embedded itself in the wall.

In an instant, every guard raised their guns at the counterattacking man. Red targeting dots blanketed his face.

Knowing he had a metal ability and could control bullets, the soldiers didn’t fire recklessly. They waited for Fu Suxi’s command.

Fu Suxi touched the cut on his cheek and smiled silently.

He hadn’t changed expression, but many of the other ability users had—especially the man’s teammates, captain, and friends.

Lin Xiangyuan was one of them. “Tang Gang! You—you—”

Tang Gang stared at Fu Suxi and suddenly burst into laughter.

“I’m doing this for humanity’s future!”

“You’re all wrong! The Operations Bureau is dead wrong, hahaha—”

“I die today, you die tomorrow!”

“Yu Yi, covering my mouth won’t help! Sooner or later everyone will know contamination sources actually—”

Before he could finish, a gun barrel was shoved into his mouth.

Fu Suxi pulled the trigger.

Bang—
Bang—
Bang—
Bang—

He emptied the entire magazine, then casually tossed the pistol to the floor.

Without even glancing at the corpse, he turned to the soldiers.

“If this happens again, shoot immediately.”

“Continue.”

A phone ringtone shattered the dead silence.

Fu Suxi paused and looked over, seeing He Hanhai pulling a phone from his pocket.

Seeing the caller ID, he said flatly, “Mine.”

He Hanhai blinked. “Huh? This is my phone.”

Fu Suxi: “…My call.”

He Hanhai glanced at the screen and awkwardly handed it over.

Fu Suxi gestured for Shang Yu to temporarily take over, then walked outside to answer.

The moment the call connected, Ji Yangqiu’s hoarse, exhausted voice rang out.

“Damn it, twenty-plus hours of meetings. I finally argued them all into submission.”

“Headquarters has decided—for now, eliminating contamination sources is the priority. No purification operations.”

“There’s one problem. Since the system publicly announced global purification progress, it must have another motive—”

“Let it go to hell,” Fu Suxi cut in coldly.

Ji Yangqiu hesitated. “Are you sure we don’t need to handle elimination and purification simultaneously?”

“Purification doesn’t work. Not now.”

“How do you know? Why not? What’s wrong with contamination sources? What do you know?”

Fu Suxi lit a cigarette, irritation rising. “I do know something.”

“I know you told Yu You about the system—and about me.”

“I didn’t say anything!”

“Yu You said you told him everything.”

“???”

“That’s slander!”

“I was afraid he was baiting me! I didn’t even tell him your real ability. If he knows, it’s not my fault!”

“I barely mentioned side effects. I only said overusing it makes you bloodthirsty and prone to killing. He could see that himself!”

“Fu Suxi! Do you believe your son or your fake boyfriend?”

“…I believe neither.”

Ji Yangqiu: “…”

After a beat, suspicion crept in. “Wait… did you tell him yourself and now you’re dumping it on me?”

“Am I insane?”

“Yes.”

Fu Suxi: “…”

“There are only a few people in the bureau who know. They all keep their mouths shut. Why would they tell an outsider? Unless he’s someone’s long-lost precious son. I’ll question them later.”

“You won’t find out,” Fu Suxi scoffed.

Gunfire crackled in the background.

“You’re still interrogating? Killing whoever you uncover?”

“Mm.”

He gave the number of moles.

Ji Yangqiu fell silent. “Do you know what Meteorite Biotech plans to do?”

“They want humans to coexist with contaminants and contamination sources.”

Both spoke at once.

“They’ll make a move on S City.”

“They’ll make a move on S City.”

“They’ll use S City as a test field,” Ji Yangqiu muttered darkly. “What do we do? Dad? Father? What’s your plan? Does killing the moles even help?”

“…Ji Yangqiu. Someone has to die.”

“You can’t save everyone.”

———

Four days of interrogation followed. No one was spared—not even cafeteria staff. Anyone who tried to avoid questioning was shot.

By the end, nearly the entire bureau had witnessed Fu Suxi killing without blinking—and noticed his unstable mental state.

No one dared approach him.

Seeing Yu Zhi? Avoid him even more. That precious darling’s presence was directly tied to Fu Suxi’s mood.

Fu Suxi quickly became the most feared person in the bureau.

Lu Liming, meanwhile, became one of the most popular.

He was cheerful, generous with tips—and most importantly, as Yu Zhi’s ex-boyfriend, he was still alive under Fu Suxi’s watch.

Some even went to the observation room to ask him for survival tips.

“Liming, why aren’t you afraid of Director Yu?”

“With Brother Yu around, what’s there to fear?”

“But Director Yu doesn’t ask Brother Yu before killing someone!”

“He only kills moles. If you’re not one, why feel guilty?”

“But what if you anger him during training and he beats you half to death?”

Lu Liming thought carefully.

“Brother Yu did mention a strategy.”

“What is it?”

“Go out in a blaze of glory.”

“…?”

“Meaning—whatever you do, do it with the resolve to die!”

“If you’re ready to die, you won’t fear anything. If you don’t fear death, why fear Director Yu? Worst case, we die together. If the sky falls, we all die.”

———

The next morning, Yu Zhi yawned as Fu Suxi brought him onto an armored vehicle heading toward the Wall Gate.

The driver was passionately repeating, “If we die, we die gloriously!”

Lin Xiangyuan muttered, “That sounds familiar…”

“Xiao Lu said it! Brother Yu taught him.”

Both men froze when they realized Yu Zhi was right there.

Fu Suxi kept his eyes closed, indifferent.

Later, they discussed global contamination progress.

[Global Elimination Progress]
Asia: 161
Europe: 88
Africa: 83
Americas: 67
Oceania: 22

[Global Purification Progress]
All: 0

“They’re building safe zones now,” Lin Xiangyuan said. “Five-month plan.”

Yu Zhi watched road signs being replaced: District 1, District 2…

“Where does headquarters get funding?” he asked.

No one answered.

The livestream comments didn’t question it either.

That meant they knew.

But they didn’t know Meteorite Biotech’s actions.

Interesting.

———

At the Wall Gate, civilians lined up for inspection.

Fu Suxi sat casually, surveying them.

Whispers rose:

“Who’s that?”
“Ability user uniform.”
“They’re executioners.”
“If he says you’re contaminated, you die.”

Bang—

A man in line was shot dead.

Silence fell instantly.

Later, Yu Zhi noticed an eleven-year-old girl with swollen red eyes.

“…Can they just kill ordinary people like this?”

The girl behind her covered her mouth in panic.

Yu Zhi said gently, “They kill their own people like this too.”

The girl froze. “???”

———

On the ride back, Fu Suxi stared out the window.

Yu Zhi felt uneasy.

“What are you planning?”

Fu Suxi glanced at him lazily.

“Taking you on a date.”

Yu Zhi: “???”

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