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Chapter 86: Eternal Loyalty: Nicholas
"Is it tasty."

"good to eat."

"If it tastes good, you can eat my plate too."

"it is good!"

Xiao Jiji happily took another plate of dumplings and stuffed another one into her mouth despite the fact that it was still bulging.

"You are still so young, don't learn to be so annoying in the future." Xiao Yu sat opposite, picked up an apple with his right hand, and used his left hand as a sharp knife to peel the apple while educating him: "It's not time for you to introduce a partner to others yet."

"I see." Xiao Jiji nodded, tilted her head back and swallowed her food: "Why did those two sisters fight just now?"

"Don't worry about it." Xiao Yu handed over the apple: "It's been a while since I last had fruit."

"We can eat it every day. There are some in the trash can in front of the orphanage every day."

Xiao Yu: “…”

Xiao Yu: "Would you like something to drink? A beverage? Sprite? Coke? Juice?"

"Are we the ones spending the money?" Xiao Jiji asked.

"Since the day your brother became a dick, I haven't touched money."

"Ah. Then I'll drink watermelon juice."

"Row."

Standing up, Xiao Yu poked his head out of the window and shouted to the two female students who were still fighting downstairs in the backyard, "Stop for a moment. Bring me a bottle of cold watermelon juice."

"Yes, sir! I'll go right away."

"I go!"

"He told me that!"

"Shut up! You told me!"

The two fought again.

Retracting his head, Xiao Yu glanced at the plate of "fish bones" on the table that was still motionless, and asked, "Aren't you going to eat the fish bones you ordered?"

“Save the good stuff for last.”

"You can eat first." Xiao Yu looked at the sky outside the window: "Otherwise it may be too late."

"Why?" Xiao Jiji was stunned and spat out half of the dumpling in his mouth.

Xiao Yu did not answer, but leaned forward and asked with interest: "The world has upgraded, have you awakened any talents?"

"What is dimensionality? What is talent?"

"Ascension is what they call the 'purple miracle'. Talent is the characteristic that you feel is different from ordinary people."

"Oh." The girl picked up half of the dumpling on the table, put it back into her mouth, frowned and thought: "It seems not."

"Think about it again. The limiter on your neck has been removed. You can feel what's different about your body. For example, your eyes can see through things, you can create fire out of thin air, you can summon lightning and move the wind, etc., all of these count."

Xiao Jiji groaned: "I can eat a lot, does that count?"

“…This doesn’t count.”

"I can be constipated for a long time."

"That doesn't count. This is an heirloom of our Xiao family."

"Then I don't have any."

"Yeah……"

Xiao Yu felt a little regretful.

But this is normal.

After all, according to the hemp-clothed boy from the future, one in ten unlucky people still failed to catch up with the "main force" in this dimensional upgrade.

With this thought in mind, Xiao Yu leaned out of the window again and shouted, "Stop beating me. Where's the watermelon juice I ordered?"

"Sorry, sir."

"We'll go right away."

"Let go."

"You loosen up first..."

The two female students grabbed each other's hair tightly and moved towards the cafeteria in the backyard step by step.

"Let's loosen up together!"

"Okay. Whoever doesn't loosen up is BYD."

"No problem! Three, two."

"one!"

"..."

"Bitch! You didn't loosen up either!"

"You didn't loosen up either?"

"I knew you wouldn't let go!"

"Don't I know you won't let go? Why are you playing Liao Zhai with me..."

After watching the two fight all the way to the cafeteria, Xiao Yu smacked his lips and withdrew his body. But he suddenly found Xiao Jiji sitting opposite him eating and drinking...

people!
Gone!

"???"

"Ji Ji?!"

Xiao Yu was startled and stood up in horror.

With his current perception, he actually let a child disappear right under his nose?
"Xiao Jiji! Where are they?"

"Brother. I'm here."

Xiao Yu looked around hurriedly: "Where?"

"You're across from me! I can see you."

Xiao Yu immediately straightened up, but there was still no one in front of him: "...What? Your talent is invisibility?!"

"No, I'm on the stool."

Xiao Yu lowered his gaze.

Suddenly I saw a dumpling on the chair.

Xiao Yu: “…”

dumpling:"……"

“…Are you this dumpling?”

Dumpling: “Yeah.”

Xiao Yu: "...Don't make trouble."

"Pfft~"

The soft dumpling jumped on the spot: "It's really me! Nephew! I know my talent! It's to turn into dumplings!"

"Are you fucking talking to me?!" Xiao Yu roared.

“I didn’t.” Jiaozi jumped again: “Nephew, this is so interesting! I can also transform like you. But I can only transform into a dumpling.”

Trying hard to suppress the complaints in his mouth, Xiao Yu picked up "Xiao Jiji" with his eyelids twitching wildly, and put it in front of his eyes to observe it carefully.

The dough is delicate and exquisite.

The meat filling is crystal clear.

A faint fragrance wafts through the air.

The surface is even steaming...

But it is much more delicate than his rough deformation by changing the "gas" in the body.

Even the fingerprints left by human hands are still there on the dumpling skin.

Xiao Yu: “…”

Xiao Yu: “Ahhhh?!!!”

Dumpling: "...I saw your stomach."

"Can you...can you change back?"

Dumpling: "I don't know. Let me try."

As he spoke, the dumplings in Xiao Yu's hand began to move a few times.

Then it slowly expanded silently and turned back into human form.

"It can be changed back." Xiao Jiji nodded while being held in Xiao Yu's hand.

Xiao Yu: "...Can you change back again?"

"can!"

The girl obediently turned into a dumpling again.

"Nephew, is my talent that good?" Jiaozi asked, "What level is it?"

Xiao Yu: “…”

Suddenly, he realized something: "Ji Ji! Change back quickly!"

"what?"

"Return to normal human form."

"Oh."

Jiaozi nodded. (?)
The body size increases and changes.

Back to its original appearance again.

"Here." Xiao Yu took a peeled banana from the table and handed it to him seriously: "Eat this."

Xiao Jiji tilted her head in confusion.

But he still opened his mouth obediently, took a bite of the banana, chewed it, and swallowed it into his stomach.

"Change again!"

"Still changing?"

"Yes! Change!"

The girl nodded and her figure shrank rapidly.

Success turned into... a small piece of peeled banana.

The head is pointed.

There is also a row of small tooth marks on the tail.

Xiao Yu covered his face: "Fuck."

"I...I turned into a banana again!" The banana jumped in Xiao Yu's hand in surprise.

“…Alright. Change back.”

Xiao Yu's scalp tingled: "Your talent turns out to be Kirby."

Changing into human form, Xiao Jiji sat on a chair, shaking his short legs, his eyes sparkling, "What is Kirby?"

"It's just...whatever you eat, you will become."

"Awesome!" Xiao Jiji gave a thumbs up in amazement: "Then can I turn into shit?"

"...How come your mental state...is as unstable as mine?"

Xiao Yu took a plastic plate and said, "Try this. Take a bite and swallow it."

“You can’t eat this.”

"Don't you dare eat shit?"

“But you can’t eat this.”

"It's okay. You are a superman now. You can even drink petroleum. I want to see if you can transform even inorganic substances."

"Oh."

Like biting a biscuit, Xiao Jiji took a bite of the plate, chewed, and swallowed: "It's not delicious."

"I know it doesn't taste good. Change."

The girl shrank again.

It turned into a bitten-off corner of a dinner plate. Xiao Yu: "...You are going to be invincible."

"Sir! I have something to report to you!" Just then, Zhao Deng ran up to the second floor from outside the door: "There is a man named Nicholas looking for you."

Putting the plastic-like Xiao Jiji into his pocket, Xiao Yu temporarily suppressed the shock in his heart, restrained his expression, and looked out the door calmly: "Come in."

"Yes." Zhao Deng pushed open the door and walked in with a mobile phone in his hand.

"Who's looking for me?"

“Nicholas.” Zhao stepped forward a few steps, bowed respectfully, and handed over the phone with both hands: “He said his name is Commander-in-Chief Nicholas Joel.”

"Him?" Xiao Yu was stunned and immediately took the phone.

Sure enough, on the screen of the phone, I saw the slightly familiar face of Nicholas Joel.

"Your Excellency the Leader!" When Nicholas Joel saw Xiao Yu, he was so excited that he almost cried.

"Do you know him, sir?"

"...I am someone I know." Xiao Yu looked at Zhao Deng: "You go down first."

"Okay. Um, where's Master Xiao Jiji?"

"None of your business. Get out and close the door."

"Yes!"

Zhao Deng walked out of the door thoughtfully and closed it carefully.

"Mr. Fuhrer!" Nicholas Joel on the phone screen wiped his eyes: "You still recognize me."

"I know him." Xiao Yu nodded: "Nicholas Zhao Si?"

"Yes." Nicholas Joel nodded: "Nicholas Zhao Si, I will change my name now."

"What do you want to talk to me about?" Xiao Yu took out the plastic from his pocket and placed it gently on the table. He hid outside the camera of the mobile phone and made a "silence" gesture to the plastic.

"Yeah." Plastic nodded obediently. (??)

"Mr. President, did you go to the prison in Xinskaner State more than ten minutes ago? To find Mr. Chen Tian and the others?"

"Yes." Xiao Yu nodded.

“It’s you!”

Nicholas Zhao Si clenched his fists. "I was not far away at the time. The more I looked at you, the more you looked like me. But before I could confirm further, you destroyed the place. I just searched the Internet and found out about Dongda Baicheng. I was finally sure it was you! Then I got Principal Zhao's contact information through some means... Mr. President. I... I really felt like I was dreaming. You are still alive..."

"No need to explain so much." Xiao Yu grasped the key point: "What were you doing around the prison at that time."

"My Lord, I am here to rescue your family."

"..." Xiao Yu narrowed his eyes and sat on the chair: "Continue."

"This is a scheme designed by Senator Token and I. I bribed Senator Token two years ago, and then I finally got the chance to transfer your family out."

"Good fellow." Xiao Yu was delighted: "It turns out that my grandpa and his family were kidnapped by you!"

"No...no." Nicholas Zhao Si on the screen suddenly became nervous.

"What?" Xiao Yu frowned.

"I was originally planning to hijack them. But... when we blew up the transport vehicle with the RPG and rushed down as a group, we only found the bodies of a few prison guards who were transporting the prisoners."

Xiao Yu suddenly stood up and asked: "Someone cut off your beard?"

"Not really. Your Excellency, I will send you a video now. This is the in-car surveillance footage that my men brought back from the car."

"Okay. Call me back later."

Xiao Yu immediately hung up the video call.

Then Zhao Deng received a video sent by Nicholas Zhao Si in his express message.

The video is four and a half minutes long.

It started with Chen Banxian being the last one to get on the bus.

Until Xiao Yaya spoke to divert attention and the four escorts in the car killed each other...

"Ring ring ring——"

Just after I finished watching it, Nicholas Zhao Si sent me the video.

Xiao Yu answered the call.

"Your Excellency, have you finished reading?"

"I've finished reading it." Xiao Yu looked serious: "Is this some kind of talent of my sister? Can she control others?"

"pretty close!"

"But isn't she wearing a restraint?"

"I'm not sure about that." Nicholas Zhao Si hesitated: "Sir, I have never seen such a strange... talent. I suspect that spiritual talents may not be restricted by the limiter."

"They got off the bus halfway." Xiao Yu asked again, "Did you send anyone to chase them?"

"I chased him, but I didn't catch him."

"They were wearing full limiters, so their strength should be at the level of ordinary people. How come your people couldn't catch up?"

"I didn't catch him."

Nicholas Zhao Si corrected: "My men were all dead. After the first team sent the surveillance equipment to me, I reassigned six people with professional investigation. But later, I only saw five bodies."

"There's one left."

"As for the remaining one, I analyzed that he was controlled by Lord Xiao Yaya and escaped with them on his back. Lord President, I have never seen such a strange ability. For my own safety, I did not lead anyone to chase him."

"...I understand." Xiao Yu nodded, and the stone that had been pressing on his heart was finally put down: "No need to chase them. When they know I'm here, they will definitely come. Yes. Even if they don't know, they will come. After all, Xiao Jiji is here."

"Yes."

Sitting back down, leaning back against the chair, Xiao Yu crossed his legs and relaxed: "Then I have a question now. Normally speaking, you should not survive, right? Will Lee Howard be kind enough to let you go?"

“Your Excellency!” In the picture, Nicholas Zhao Si straightened up and said in a serious tone: “I knew that Lee Huade would not let me go. So I took some of my soldiers and fled in advance. Oh, yes… I am very sorry that I could not get back your… body.”

"Did you rob it?" Xiao Yu raised the corner of his mouth.

"...robbed." Nicholas Zhaosi's eyes wandered.

"Did they really rob it?"

“Really…really robbed.”

"Okay." Xiao Yu nodded: "Loyal minister. A very loyal minister."

"Thank you for the compliment, Mr. President." Nicholas Zhao Si swallowed nervously and continued, "Later, I escaped from the Western Region and established the Shengshi Alliance in the Southern Region."

"Oh!" Xiao Yu suddenly realized: "That Shengshi Alliance, it turned out to be you who set up it."

"Yes."

"So you are also behind the scenes manipulating some of the online opinions that are stirring up conflict between the people and the Human Federation?"

"Yes." Nicholas Zhao Si nodded again: "But the starting point of these public opinions is to help you redress your wrongdoing. After all... billions of people around the world have too deep a misunderstanding of you..."

"What misunderstanding?" Xiao Yu raised his eyebrows.

"Uh... there was a misunderstanding anyway."

"..."

"In short, everything you did, including killing that bastard Lee Ward, must have its own reasons. You must be righteous! Sooner or later, all mankind will understand."

"Very good." Xiao Yu smiled: "I know your loyalty."

"I am so humbled!" Nicholas Zhao Si was excited.

"Then come to White City. I have some things to do right now, and you can be my commander-in-chief."

"Yes!!!"

A click of the thumb hangs up the call.

Xiao Yu threw Zhao Deng's phone onto the table and said to Xiao Jiji, who had turned into plastic: "Change back. It can be preliminarily confirmed. Your talent is to change into anything you eat. This includes inorganic substances such as rocks and metals. But I don't know if you can change into living things."

"it is good."

A corner of the plate expanded rapidly.

She turned back into Xiao Jiji's original appearance.

She naturally heard the whole process and excitedly jumped from the dining table to Xiao Yu: "Are grandpa and sister okay?"

"It should be fine. Just wait for them to come over."

"Great."

Xiao Jiji's eyes were red: "That uncle in Gulila is such a good man."

Xiao Yu: "...His name is Nicholas."

Xiao Jiji nodded: "No matter where he is, he is a good person."

Xiao Yu: “…”

"A good person?"

Xiao Yu remained noncommittal.

The world is bustling, and everyone is fighting for profit.

We are all adults, there is no such thing as absolute loyalty.

What's more, he has only known the other party for less than an hour.

The reason for all this was probably because he was the one who appointed the other side's commander-in-chief of the three armed forces, with Lee Ward's tacit approval.

The other party's subordinates, a considerable number of people, individual ambitious people in the federation, and even netizens all knew about this.

Then he, Xiao Yu, is the legitimacy foundation of Nicholas Zhao Si's current high position.

Disagree with Xiao Yu.

Naturally, this is equivalent to publicly giving up his position as "Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces".

In addition, the federation is not a monolithic entity, and Xiao Yu is apparently dead again.

Nicholas could naturally rely on this "political will" to start a new business and obtain constant support from ambitious people.

of course.

anyway.

Given Nicholas Zhao Si's situation, this is the only thing he can do if he wants to stay alive.

The action to rescue Chen Banxian, Xiao Guanguan, and Xiao Yaya was merely a means to suppress the Anthropology Society and enhance their own political resources.

But there is no need to explain these things clearly.

The adult world is tacit.

Especially now that Xiao Yu is back.

Then no matter whether the other party is truly loyal or not, you must be truly loyal in the future...

"Whatever I need, I get it. I was just worried that no one would help me fight the war."

"Zhao Si is much more professional than Zhao Deng."

He picked up Xiao Jiji and put her on the ground.

Xiao Yu stood up and observed the sky through the window frame for the third time.

"If Lee Howard was going to attack, it would be about time now."

This is the thought.

He shouted out the window: "Lao Deng! Zhao Deng! Come here."

"Here comes the lord!"

Respond immediately below.

Then, accompanied by the sound of "thump thump thump" coming up the stairs, the door was pushed open from the outside. Zhao Deng hurried over and bowed: "Sir, do you have any instructions?"

"Huh?" Xiao Yu frowned, his face suddenly turned cold: "How did you enter the door with your left foot?"

"……what?"

"I asked, how dare you score first with your left foot?"

"Ah?" Zhao Deng widened his eyes, thinking he had heard it wrong.

"I hate it most when someone scores with their left foot." Xiao Yu waved his hand and said, "You've been demoted."

"Ahhh?!"

……

(End of this chapter)