My Arms Can Turn into Blades

Chapter 603: Chapter 63: Let Me Do It

"Still the same advice, don’t try to defy your Authority Ability lightly."

Chen Lusi was momentarily stunned by the words and replied after a long pause, "Okay."

"Mm, stay safe, on my end..."

Si Yujie gave a final reminder.

But the words were not finished.

Chen Lusi interrupted her, asking, "Sister Siyu, does this count as protection?"

Si Yujie on the other end of the phone seemed a bit surprised but still replied softly, "Mm, after all, you’re my team member now, aren’t you?"

"..."

Chen Lusi fell silent for a long time after hearing the definitive reply, then suddenly asked, "Are you afraid now?"

"..."

Si Yujie, upon hearing this, did not immediately answer.

Instead, after a short silence, she gave a bitter smile, "Actually, a little, considering that Xia Yue, that idiot, is indeed important, the situation is really complicated... but no worries, at least I’m better than Tang Language."

Though she said no worries.

You can tell that the reality is far from being as relaxed as she portrayed.

Chen Lusi sat in the chair, hearing this, fell silent once more.

And after Si Yujie gave a slight explanation, she hung up the phone.

She still needed to prepare for the trip to the Imperial Capital the next day.

Chen Lusi listened to the sound of the dial tone, slowly lowered the phone, sat quietly for a while, hesitated for a moment, and then dialed Xia Panqiu.

"Chen Lusi..."

And as soon as the call connected, Xia Panqiu’s voice came through with a hint of sobbing.

Chen Lusi briefly mentioned what happened over at Kunlun.

Xia Panqiu did not express any views on this, only sobbed.

But in the end, before hanging up the phone.

She said similar things to Si Yujie... asking Chen Lusi temporarily not to use the Authority Ability.

This time, Chen Lusi did not ask Xia Panqiu if she was afraid.

Because there’s no need to ask.

And as for Wu You, Chen Lusi thought there would be a change.

But still, the same result.

Chen Lusi hung up the phone once again, then slowly put down the phone, looking at the giant ant on the table, sat dazed for a while.

By the time he came to his senses.

It was already dusk.

Chen Lusi turned his head stiffly, glanced at the sunset streaming through the windows, and truthfully, still couldn’t fathom what Xia Yue wanted him to do by handing over the Kuwa Clan.

So she still didn’t know how to handle the ’Kuwa Clan’ on the table.

After the call with the three of them.

Many thoughts surfaced in his mind, but he just couldn’t connect them together.

This left him a bit uneasy.

He glanced once more at the giant ant on the table, then looked away towards the laptop, planning to shift his focus by updating the first two Chapters of the novel released yesterday.

After all, there was nothing he could do at that moment.

Chen Lusi turned on the laptop, woke up the screen, and placed his fingers on the keyboard, then... couldn’t help but look again at the giant ant.

He couldn’t help thinking... What kind of character would someone like Xia Yue be in a novel?

Chen Lusi began using his meager imagination, trying desperately to visualize.

Finding a corresponding character wasn’t actually difficult.

Although he lacked talent and his imagination was limited, he was diligent enough to know quite a few tropes.

And characters like Xia Yue, strong and willing to sacrifice themselves for the protection of others, are not uncommon in various novels.

...Willing to sacrifice oneself for the protection of others?

Chen Lusi, while thinking, suddenly became a little distracted.

He suddenly remembered what Si Yujie had just said.

And... his past conversations with Xia Yue.

"...Then I’ll try not to involve you in troublesome matters, I’ll help keep Lu Hao’s issues at bay, how does that sound?"

"Mm, thank you."

"But correspondingly, I hope you can agree to one thing."

"What?"

"Please try to protect this place, protect my rear."

"..."

"..."

Chen Lusi slowly returned to his senses, looking at the giant ant wrapped in purple mist on the table, pressed his lips, and remained silent.

He suddenly understood why Xia Yue handed him the Kuwa Clan.

The responsibility passed onto him... or more accurately, it should be the responsibility of the rear passed onto him.

The reason he didn’t understand earlier.

Was simply because... he had never truly integrated into the Third Squad, not because of the short time, but simply because he didn’t want to take on too much responsibility.

So he’d always been on the outside, rationally viewing his relationship with each colleague.

After all, with rights and care comes corresponding responsibility.

And Chen Lusi always felt he lacked the capability to bear so much responsibility.

Being responsible for the two sisters was already the limit.

Thus, he couldn’t comprehend Xia Yue’s decision; he obviously could solve the problems by sacrificing fewer people through other methods, yet he chose to confront God head-on.

So he didn’t understand Xia Yue’s reason for passing the Kuwa Clan to him, which is actually quite simple, Xia Yue merely wanted him to protect Si Yujie and the others.

Therefore, he couldn’t understand why Si Yujie, Xia Panqiu, and Wu You tirelessly reminded him not to release the Authority Ability.

Furthermore, he had even prepared a backup plan.

Chen Lusi looked at the novel’s original draft on the laptop.

By the time he decided to send out the original draft, he probably had already made up his mind... and would withdraw from the Celestial Strategy Mansion once the timing was right.

Because he hoped the two sisters could stabilize.

However, the day after the novel was sent out.

The news of Xia Yue’s death came out.

The strong Xia Yue died... all plans were disrupted.

But he still followed the previous preparations by inertia, and commenced his actions.