Hell’s Handbook - Chapter 315:

Chapter 315:  The Higher Ups

Yang Tianzheng felt like he was going to suffocate. The pressure weighing on him felt like there was a mountain on his body. If he didn’t hang in there, he would be crushed to pieces immediately.

Su Jin flicked a finger, and all the fighters outside the restaurant who had failed to locate the entrance earlier immediately found it. Some of them knew that what they experienced earlier was something unusual and was definitely a manmade phenomenon.

“Watch out, everyone! An expert in illusions blinded us earlier!” a woman in her twenties warned the rest in a loud voice.

“Let’s go in! Mr. Yang has been stuck in there for quite a while now, so if we don’t go in now, something bad might happen to him,” said a woman in her fifties. In front of her stood a large man in black. The man looked like he was made from iron, and if you looked closely, you would see very fine threads connecting the man to the woman behind him.

“Grandma Wu, your puppet has no fear of illusions. How about you let him go in and check out the situation first?” suggested someone.

The woman nodded slightly. Her puppet wasn’t alive and did not use his eyes to search for enemies, so he wasn’t susceptible to illusions either.

The woman’s fingers trembled slightly and the man in black dashed toward the main entrance of the restaurant. But just when he was about to crash right through, a young man walked out.

“Be careful, don’t hurt someone innocent!” called out someone else.

Grandma Wu’s control of her puppet was so highly calibrated, she could move him by the millimeter. The puppet suddenly stopped less than a meter away from the young man.

But the young man merely smiled. He grabbed the air with his hand and the puppet bounced forward again. Just when Grandma Wu was puzzled as to how this was happening, the young man raised his leg and brought it down on the puppet’s head.

CRAAACCK!

There was an odd crushing sound as the large puppet was flattened like aluminum cans under a machine press. That young man’s foot had turned the man-sized puppet to nothing more than a sheet of metal.

“Oh my god…” All the fighters couldn’t help but gasp. That puppet wasn’t made from flesh and blood, but from refined iron mixed with another metal that was specially manufactured by the government. Not only was it as tough as refined iron, but it was also resilient and could absorb a lot of impact. In short, not even a grandmaster would have been able to destroy him, never mind the foot of a young man.

Everyone fell silent. Yang Tianzheng and Han Mengyao walked out of the restaurant after the young man with nasty looks on their faces. Of course, the young man in front of them was Su Jin.

Su Jin scanned the area. There were a total of 13 fighters, some exposed, some hiding. All of them were at the same level as Yun Tianye, and three of them seemed even more formidable, so they were probably grandmasters.

“Mr. Yang, tell them to leave. If I spot any of them after the next ten seconds, I will kill them without question,” said Su Jin frostily. He was getting really annoyed after being disrupted time and again by these people. Or rather, this was something he was destined to go through because of the change in his identity. Su Jin was no longer able to remain part of society like he used to. He now needed a lot more freedom than before. He couldn’t afford to be stopped and checked every time he did something.

He was still willing to respect some rules of this world, and he was also willing to be punished if he did something wrong. But… that didn’t mean just anybody was allowed to challenge him.

“All of you, leave within the next ten seconds! No one is allowed to stay behind!” said Yang Tianzheng nervously to the fighters through his communication device. All these people were precious to the government, so if Su Jin ended up killing them all, it would be a terrible loss to the country.

The fighters exchanged uneasy glances, but Yang Tianzheng was their leader after all. Since he told them to leave, they did not protest and left immediately.

“Mr. Su, I’ve followed your instructions and gotten them to leave. I guess… we can put an end to this matter!” Yang Tianzheng had a bitter smile on his face. Before this, he thought that no matter how extraordinary Su Jin might be, the young man was like the Monkey King in the novel, Journey to the West, and he was like the Buddha in the same novel who could trap the Monkey King beneath a mountain with ease. But now, he realized that… while Su Jin was just like the Monkey King, he wasn’t anything like the Buddha.

Su Jin paused to think, then smiled and said, “Let’s go to B City!”

“B City? Why?” Yang Tianzheng was puzzled at first and couldn’t figure out why Su Jin would want to go there. But he immediately thought of a possibility and shuddered.

“It’s better to clear up some matters with those in power, then you guys will stop making things difficult for me next time.” Su Jin smiled and didn’t wait for a response from Yang Tianzheng and Han Mengyao. He engulfed them in a silver light and flew into the sky toward B City.

In less than 20 minutes, Su Jin had arrived in B City with the two of them. He shut his eyes slightly and unleashed his psychokinesis throughout the city. He didn’t know where the leaders of the country were right now, so he had no choice but to scan the city. But the first one to react was Xu Ran.

In less than a minute, Xu Ran appeared in front of him. Yang Tianzheng and Han Mengyao were especially delighted to see him.

Who was the guardian of China? In the past, that would have been the Department of Supernatural Affairs and the special police, but those in the know would say that Priest Qiu Chan was the one. And those who knew more would switch from Priest Qiu Chan to Xu Ran.

The two of them were high-ranking officials in the special police, so they knew that Xu Ran was now the true guardian of the nation. To them, Xu Ran had come to stop Su Jin, the great demon who was here to destroy the world.

“It’s you?” Xu Ran broke into a smile when he saw that it was Su Jin. “I was just wondering who in the world would have enough psychokinesis to actually cover the entire city! But that’s a little over the top, don’t you think?”

Su Jin made a face and said to Xu Ran, “I’m sorry about that. I’m trying to locate our country’s leaders but I don’t know where they are, so I had to search for them.”

Xu Ran blinked at him in surprise. “Why are you looking for them?”

“He’s trying to make trouble! Mr. Xu, please stop him! Don’t let him get his way!” Han Mengyao yelled loudly at Xu Ran.

Xu Ran looked at Han Mengyao and Yang Tianzheng and chortled. “Why did you bring these two along with you? Besides, if you wanted to know where the leaders were, you could have just asked these two? Why cause such a commotion?”

“Haha! I was hoping to get your attention so that you could come with me to discuss something,” said Su Jin with a laugh. Bringing Xu Ran along was something he had thought about earlier on already. He wanted Xu Ran to accompany him and he figured that Xu Ran would oblige.

And as he had expected, Xu Ran paused to think for a moment and agreed. “Alright then, I’ll go with you. But first things first. If you don’t have to do anything extreme, don’t.”

“Of course.” Su Jin nodded.

Meanwhile, Yang Tianzheng and Han Mengyao were too stunned for words. What was going on now? Their guardian, Xu Ran, didn’t seem like he was going to stop this demon at all. Worse still, they seemed to be on good terms. Or at least they were already acquainted before this.

With Xu Ran around to lead the way, Su Jin didn’t need to scan the city anymore. They arrived at the residence of the country’s leaders, Zhongnanhai, and before they could enter, they saw another familiar face. It was Situ Jin.

Hope arose in Han Mengyao and Yang Tianzheng’s hearts again. Han Mengyao called out, “Mr. Situ! Su Jin’s gone mad! He’s here to make trouble for our leaders! You’ve got to stop him!”

But Situ Jin ignored what Han Mengyao was saying and said to Su Jin, “I got news that Xu Ran had brought a young man to Zhongnanhai. I figured it was you. What’s going on?”

“Oh! I’ve just been feeling a little frustrated lately with the things your folks have been doing, so I thought I’d clear the air with the higher-ups today. It’d be terrible if we end up falling out in the future,” said Su Jin nonchalantly.

He did not purposely lower his volume so all the guards in the vicinity could hear him clearly. They looked in surprise at Su Jin, wondering to themselves where this young man had come from and how he could be saying such boastful things.

But Situ Jin nodded in agreement and said, “Good idea. Since we’re going on this path, we will need to make things clear to the people of this world. Otherwise, even though we’re not afraid of them, we’ll end up getting distracted by all these unnecessary disruptions.”

The group of four became a group of five, and the guards discovered that four of them belonged to special agencies of the government. The fifth one was not familiar to them, but he had a pass issued by a special agency too, so this was a pretty formidable group of people.

After entering Zhongnanhai, Situ Jin made a call with his specially issued phone. “Yes, that’s right, Commander-in-chief. I hope you can take some time out of your busy schedule, I need you to be present here. Yes, I know you’re very busy right now. You can turn down the delegate from that small country you’re supposed to be meeting or send someone else to meet them. I can promise you that the person you need to see in your office is much more important than that.

“Yes, there’s myself, Superintendent Yang and Mr. Xu Ran. That’s right. We’re already outside your office, so I hope you can come back right away. Yes, yes, I’m not trying to order you about, you can take this as ordinary communication. I guarantee that if you don’t come back, you’ll regret it.” Situ Jin hung up immediately after saying these words and said to Su Jin, “That’s how it is when you’re talking to these leaders. They need you to be polite and respectful at all times!”

Su Jin nodded. Yang Zhengtian and Han Mengyao were completely flabbergasted. The way Situ Jin had spoken to the Commander-in-chief had been… so audacious. The Situ Jin they knew would never have behaved like this in the past. What in the world happened? The world seemed a little strange to them now.

In no time, someone informed Situ Jin that his group could enter the office and that the Commander-in-chief was already waiting for them. Situ Jin nodded at Su Jin and Xu Ran, then led the way into the office.

Three very elderly men sat inside the office. But as long as you were a Chinese citizen, you would recognize these three instantly. All the nationwide schemes and policies over the past few decades had basically come from these three.

“Situ Jin, Yang Tianzheng, Han Mengyao… as well as Mr. Xu. So, this last young man is our guest?” asked one of the old men with a merry smile.