He who plays with fire will surely be burned.
Luo Kun was such a person, using demons to harm people for profit, and then turning into a demon himself, eventually dying a violent death.
He tormented Shi Xiaojia for nine years, and finally buried Shi Xiaojia in a flowerpot, using the Life-Binding Flower to turn Shi Xiaojia into a flower demon.
He Li felt that shooting such a devil would be letting him off too easily.
The group finished their meal at Jun Ting Xiao Zhu and returned to the Spirit Management Association building to rest.
During the meal, besides He Li and Tao Xue, Captain Susan, Bai Fei, Min Liang, and Sister Jiang all drank alcohol. Min Liang even wanted to have a drink with He Li.
But He Li said he couldn't hold his liquor and liked to act crazy when drunk.
Min Liang immediately stopped persuading him. A mentally ill person getting drunk and acting crazy, and also a dual-ability user with gravity powers, who could handle that?
Everyone in their hearts deeply remembered the rule: "Never let He Li drink alcohol."
Although they didn't know what He Li's drunken antics were like, judging by how he killed Luo Kun, he would just shoot without going through any procedures.
They returned the weapons to the armory and went upstairs to their rooms to sleep.
Just as He Li finished showering, put on his pajamas, and lay down on the bed, he suddenly opened his eyes, turned his head, and looked at the windowsill.
A little girl in a cartoon dress sat on the windowsill, swinging her legs, wrinkling her nose, and giggling at He Li.
He Li smiled, sat up from the bed, and asked, "He Xi, it's so late, aren't you going to sleep?"
The little girl shook her head and said, "I've slept enough. Uncle Li and Uncle Jin have been out lately, and I haven't had a chance to play."
He Li sighed and scratched his head, "I've been busy with some things lately."
"I know, and I can't help, so I haven't come out," He Xi jumped off the windowsill and hopped onto the bed. She seemed to think the mattress was soft and bounced a few more times playfully.
Then, standing at the foot of the bed, she put her hands on her hips, tilted her chin up, and said proudly to He Li, "Knight He Li, this princess commands you to play with me, as compensation for me being well-behaved these past few days and not causing you trouble."
He Li looked at He Xi's cute appearance and couldn't help but smile. He very cooperatively flicked his right hand, then brought it to his side, bowed slightly, and lowered his head.
"As you wish, Your Highness, my Princess."
"Really?" He Xi's eyes widened, looking at He Li expectantly.
"Of course. It was because of joining the Spirit Management Association a few days ago, everyone was a bit tense. Now that I've joined, and things are decided, I can relax a little," He Li explained with a smile.
"Great!"
He Xi shouted happily and bounced around on the bed.
"Then, my Princess, can your most loyal knight get some good sleep? I need to rest up to lead the horse and hold the stirrup for the beautiful Princess tomorrow."
"Alright, get some good rest, my knight. This princess wants to go shopping tomorrow and eat crispy ice cream cones and White Rabbit milk candies. Do you remember?"
"I remember, my beautiful Princess."
After He Li agreed, He Xi disappeared.
He Li let out a sigh of relief, closed his eyes, and leaned back.
Bang!
Sleep!
...
The next day.
At Binhai Central Plaza, a whale leaped out of the naked-eye 3D screen.
"Wow, He Li, let's go see a real whale sometime!" He Xi stood on He Li's shoulders, her small hand shielding her eyes, and exclaimed excitedly as she watched the giant whale.
He Li chuckled, "Didn't we go to the aquarium to see whales?"
He Xi pouted, "Those were orcas, belugas, and pilot whales, not blue whales. I want to see blue whales, sperm whales. I want to ride a blue whale. I want to be a blue whale princess."
He Li chuckled, "Your Highness, my Princess, you have a blue whale as a knight, do you still need me?"
This question clearly stumped He Xi, who was only six years old. She wanted to be a blue whale princess but didn't want to lose He Li. She hugged her shoulders and pondered for a while before tentatively saying to He Li, "Can I have two knights then?"
He Li pretended to be hesitant and said, "Alright, but I want to be the leader."
"That's a given. The leader of the He Xi Princess Knights is always Knight He Li."
"Thank you, my beautiful and kind Princess He Xi. Let's go, we're going to buy crispy ice cream cones."
"Let's go, let's go, trot! Trot!"
"Hey, hey, I'm the knight, not the horse!"
"Hehe..."
...
"Mom, that big brother is so strange, he's talking to himself and laughing so happily."
"Don't stare at him, it's impolite."
"Mom, that big brother bought two crispy ice cream cones, and White Rabbit milk candies and cream strawberries. I want two crispy ice cream cones too."
"Hmm... let's have one, and then buy a small mountain pudding, how about that?"
"Yay!"
......
In the evening,
He Li brought He Xi back to the Spirit Management Association building. As soon as he put the pile of sweets and snacks he bought back in the room and arrived at the sofa area, the door to the monitoring room was pushed open with a bang.
Sister Jiang rushed out.
"He Li, there's demonic energy in Yanzi Hutong. Go there quickly. I'll notify the others."
He Li was stunned for a moment, quickly said "Okay," went down to the 33rd floor, got a shotgun and bullets, then took the elevator to the underground garage and drove a car straight to Yanzi Hutong.
After putting on his communication headset, a moment later, Bai Fei's voice came through, "I'm on Linghua Street, about 10 minutes to Yanzi Hutong."
Then,
Captain Susan's voice sounded, "I'll be there in fifteen minutes."
Finally, Tao Xue said, "I'll be there in ten minutes."
After the two action teams arrived, Sister Jiang said, "The incident happened suddenly, and the demon's level cannot be determined. Both teams are required to act together. I have already notified the police to evacuate the residents of Yanzi Hutong. Once you reach your positions, immediately turn on your communicators for video synchronization to facilitate analysis and develop an elimination plan."
Unlike Min Liang, who was solely responsible for desktop information processing, Sister Jiang was responsible for both desktop information processing and tracking demonic energy. During operations, she provided suggestions and handling methods to the action teams, and at times, even Captain Susan had to follow her orders.
The four of them rushed to Yanzi Hutong.
After putting on his communication headset, He Li glanced at the shotgun on the passenger seat and He Xi sitting on the shotgun.
"I'm going on a mission, are you coming too? Should I ask Uncle Li to come?"
He Xi snorted, "Uncle Li's abilities can help you, and my abilities can too. Don't underestimate me, I'm even more powerful than Uncle Li."
He Li pursed his lips, "I didn't mean it like that. I meant that we might see demons later, and they're very scary and disgusting. I'm afraid you'll be scared."
He Xi said dismissively, "Come on, are there any demons scarier than Chen Sui when he goes crazy?"
He Li fell silent. As far as he knew, there were no demons scarier than Chen Sui when he went crazy.
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