Chapter 193: Communication Is Very Important

“So, what they believed in was a place called True Homeland, not a specific evil god?”

Lu Xin opened his small notebook and recorded the things the guest had confessed bit by bit under the enthusiastic hospitality of the family. He prepared to use this for the report later. “According to his account, he received a divine revelation when his abilities awakened?”

“He felt he was a chosen one, and then started preaching in Satellite City No. 4, developing followers…”

“I suspect he read too many novels…”

“The specific development model was: letting the person he selected also listen to divine revelations, open their wisdom, and pursue True Homeland…”

“If the other party agreed with his philosophy, he made them voluntarily offer everything they had.”

“If the other party did not agree, he forcefully made them offer everything?”

“…”

Lu Xin paused and turned his head to look at the guest trembling among the family members, undergoing the heart-to-heart talk, and slightly shook his head.

Beforehand, he had not expected that such a mysterious organization was created by such a weeping fellow. Looking at his appearance, it was really impossible to connect him with those ruthless and sinister evil deeds they had committed.

“Those they would eliminate were either those they needed for development and absorbed, or those with whom conflicts arose.”

“The boss of Yin Huan Business Company who was killed by them earlier was targeted because of his wealth.”

“The Red Vest Brotherhood were targeted because of conflicts with them.”

“In addition, this boss of Yin Huan Business Company had a daughter. She was also found dead after falling off a building about half a month before this. Was she also pushed down by one of their members?”

“…”

The more he questioned, the more uncomfortable Lu Xin felt internally, and he frowned.

The development method of this mysterious organization was truly unpleasant, especially when he heard about their specific selection approaches.

“To develop new members, one way was to see who was beneficial to them, and the other was to select them through a certain specific method.”

“Simply put, one was for benefits, the other was for fate…”

“For example, in a particular environment, ordering a special cup of coffee…”

“…”

Lu Xin felt he could not continue writing: What the hell?

So, both he and Drunkard, as such professional Special Clean-up Department special operations agents, were actually targeted and pursued not because they had uncovered any crucial secrets, but because he and Drunkard had attracted their dislike?

Their pursuit of him and Drunkard was not meant to kill, but a form of baptism?

His mind conjured up one complete segment of their preaching process: when encountering someone who happened to meet their preaching conditions but was stubbornly resistant and unwilling to follow their guidance, they targeted that person and sent out a Psychic Entity.

That person would generally expose their “true” self that very night.

And there was a high chance they would do something they regretted for a lifetime in that true state.

…

That is to say, the person who went to find Drunkard at the time was not trying to kill her.

Initially, they probably intended for Drunkard to be influenced by the Psychic Entity, to do the darkest thing deep in her heart. Then, when regret was too late, she would accept their preaching, ultimately reform herself, and become one of them.

However, those two Psychic Entities spent two days and still could not find Drunkard.

Drunkard used her ability to distort their Perception, causing them to fail both days and disappear before they could act.

At that time, Drunkard thought the Psychic Entity was seeking her to kill her and silence her.

But in reality, those two Psychic Entities were there to “preach”.

The people in that mysterious organization did not even know why those two Psychic Entities failed to preach for two straight days. They just felt the delay was too long, so on the third day, they changed tactics and directly let the Monster influence Drunkard’s neighbor.

The meaning was: since they could not make her reveal her true side, they let her see the real world…

…The reason for the previous failure of Drunkard and himself was found.

Drunkard had kept analyzing how the other side had discovered the investigation and whether sending the Psychic Entity held some deep meaning…

But in fact, the other side had no plan at all…

…

…”Who could have thought of such a complicated mental circuitry…”

Lu Xin somewhat helplessly shook his head.

If he had actually investigated himself, he probably would not have figured out their true purpose even after ten days or half a month.

But fortunately, he had another investigation method: directly inviting the guest to his home, and through a friendly and cordial conversation, directly asking the guest to completely share his inner secrets, with him solely responsible for recording.

Of course, with the guest sharing so thoroughly, it actually made his later report hard to write.

The opponent had fallen so utterly that Lu Xin found it difficult to explain how he’d managed to make the other party sprawl out like that, revealing everything so completely…

Investigative assignments were probably all like this: easy to complete, but tricky to write the report…

After some serious consideration, Lu Xin decided to report truthfully.

The method of investigation shouldn’t matter much, right? The bosses only really cared about the results anyway.

He just needed to submit everything honestly. Whether they could understand it depended on how professional the Headquarters people were.

……

The true purpose and reason behind the Psychic Entities hunting the Drunkard – wrote truthfully and underlined the entire section.

Also added: ‘The methods of development used by this organization are highly unprofessional.’

(Bracket: Though members of this organization are Lever Spirits themselves, they intensely despise Lever Spirits, yet especially enjoy recruiting Lever Spirits)

After writing this, he thought for a moment, then crossed out the line ‘especially enjoy recruiting Lever Spirits’.

After all, he and Drunkard weren’t Lever Spirits. Definitely not.

Next, he recorded: “Ability of this mysterious organization’s Ability User: Branding the opponent!”

“And the brand attracts Psychic Entities to influence the target, or… directly devour the target’s head…”

“Just what kind of ability is that?”

“……”

Lu Xin couldn’t help but frown again.

This ‘guest’ had been very clear about his own ability.

That feeling of constantly being secretly watched, he and Wei Wei had both experienced after being targeted — it came entirely from this ability.

But that raised a question: Psychic Entities didn’t just appear out of nowhere. How did they come about?

And why would they obey this Ability User?

……

Actually, there were still many things he hadn’t figured out.

For example, did this ‘Brotherhood’ have other ‘brothers’?

For example, the ‘Divine Revelation’ they heard — was it the delusion of a lunatic, or was something truly whispering suggestions to them?

For example, how many people had they killed, before and after this, by using these two controllable Psychic Entities?

How many among their followers were truly cruel at heart and thus drew their attention?

And how many, driven by the influence of Psychic Entities, ended up committing acts they deeply regretted?

And most importantly of all:

Did the ‘True Homeland’ they believed in actually exist?

……

With so many questions, Lu Xin felt like asking a bit more.

But after waiting for a moment and hearing no movement, Lu Xin turned to look and discovered that the guest could no longer answer any questions.

After going through a series of steps — sincere talks, exchanges, a fake attempt to leave, forcibly being made to stay, helping with household chores, and so on —

He had now, along with those two Psychic Entities, fully participated in the family dinner.

“Forget it, let it be just like this…”

Slowly recording the last piece of useful information, Lu Xin snapped a few photos of his notebook and sent them to Wei Wei.

Then, he put the notebook away and quietly returned to his room.

The living room was too noisy and bustling; he disliked such commotion.

……

“This time, you did very well.”

Both Father and Little Sister were very happy and had momentarily forgotten him. However, his gentle and thoughtful Mother, caring for Lu Xin even amidst the lively scene in the living room, brought a plate of cut apples into his bedroom and smiled while offering her praise.

“Is it because I started inviting guests home?”

Lu Xin looked up at Mother.

“No…”

Mother gently shook her head and softly said, “It’s because you started believing in your family, especially your Father…”

As she spoke, she glanced through the crack in the door at Father, who was currently cooking in the kitchen with their guest. A deeper smile appeared on her face.

“Even if it’s in this form…”

“……”

Lu Xin could feel Mother’s genuinely good mood at this moment, so he gave a slight nod.

“Well then, can we have a proper talk now?”

He looked up at Mother and asked directly, “Was it you who told Little Sister not to help me at first?”

“Why?”

“……”

Hearing Lu Xin’s question, Mother’s expression didn’t change at all.

She showed neither unease at him asking this question nor surprise that he would ask it.

“Because you can’t always rely on Little Sister oh…”

She merely smiled while answering: “You have to grow up eventually. What will you do when your family isn’t around to accompany you?”

Lu Xin listened to her words and fell into thoughtful silence for a moment.

Mother’s face revealed a comforting smile, “Of course, your family will always be with you. Don’t overthink it. It’s just… as you get older, you also need your own friends, your own life. If your friends never truly understand you, never truly believe in you, how can you genuinely earn their trust… or even get them to sincerely help you?”

“……”

“So then…”

Lu Xin slowly raised his head, looking at Mother seriously, “…you deliberately deceived them…”

“…in order to help me pass the Second Stage smoothly?”

“……”

“It wasn’t deception oh…”

A hint of mystery appeared on Mother’s smile. “What they themselves think… that’s their business…”

“We merely provided a little guidance, that’s all.”

“……”

“I understand.”

A long while later, Lu Xin finally looked up and replied with a smile, “That’s why I told them too that I could directly lock onto the Monster.”

Mother’s face bloomed with a happy smile.

Lu Xin also smiled at Mother. This time, he and Mother were fully in agreement.

See? Communication is what families need!

Although, sometimes during communication, maybe a little something like gifts is needed as a lubricant.