Chapter 101: Half an Hour is Enough for Me

"What do you want?"

The male ghoul lowered his head in resignation, though his gaze remained somewhat dangerous.

"If I need anything, I will come find you."

Su Xiao stepped aside, signaling for the ghoul family to pass.

Both the husband and wife were somewhat stunned, looking at Su Xiao in confusion. They both thought Su Xiao would use means to control them, such as making them take chronic poison.

"Heh~, you've lived underground for a long time, haven't you? The surface world now is different from what you imagine."

Su Xiao had already seen the family's appearance. If this family lived on the surface, it wouldn't be difficult to find them.

In this era, there were surveillance cameras on every street corner. With the CCG's power, finding someone was simple.

Neither the husband nor the wife spoke, and they walked past Su Xiao, hugging the wall with their daughter.

The adorable little loli looked at Su Xiao, her gaze as if saying, "You bad person."

Perhaps the couple was still rejoicing that Su Xiao had let them go just like that.

It wasn't that the couple lacked combat power or were afraid of battle; they had a "little drag" with them, and this "little drag" was someone they couldn't possibly abandon.

Battle meant danger. No parent would let their child be in danger, whether they were human or ghoul.

Watching the family in the distance, Su Xiao didn't feel any regret. He wasn't having a sudden burst of kindness; that kind of thing had long been dug out and crushed to pieces. Compared to the secrets of the 24th Ward, the couple's Kagune was worthless.

As for the treasure chests that might be dropped by two SS-rank ghouls, Su Xiao didn't hold high hopes.

He now seriously suspected that killing a black market merchant in the Pirate World could yield a treasure chest because the difficulty of the Pirate World far exceeded his level.

The difficulty of the Ghoul World was similar to his level, so there was no such good fortune.

Su Xiao continued to guard the 24th Ward entrance, preventing ghouls from escaping.

Roaring sounds and strange noises constantly erupted from within the 24th Ward, but fortunately, no ghouls came to the entrance.

An hour later, the screeching of brakes came from outside the entrance, and a large group of investigators rushed into the entrance.

The headquarters acted quickly this time; it seemed they attached great importance to the situation in the 24th Ward.

"Quasi-Special Bai Ye, how is the situation now?"

An investigator with a decent appearance, clean-shaven, and small eyes walked into the entrance, followed by a dozen investigators.

Su Xiao recognized the newcomer; it was Quasi-Special Class investigator Itsuki Marude.

Following closely behind Itsuki Marude was a rookie investigator named Takeomi Takizawa, a rookie with relatively high potential.

After graduating from the Ghoul Investigator Academy, some top-ranked rookie investigators would be arranged to learn experience alongside Senior or Quasi-Special Class investigators.

There were other investigators behind the two, but Su Xiao didn't recognize them.

"There is no situation for the time being. A major change must have occurred deep in the 24th Ward; the specific cause is unknown."

Su Xiao didn't reveal the situation he understood, such as Kisho Arima already being deep in the 24th Ward, or those primitive ghouls occupying the "Central City" of the 24th Ward, although he didn't know what that "Central City" looked like either.

"Hello, Quasi-Special Bai Ye, I am Second Class Investigator Takeomi Takizawa."

Takeomi Takizawa was very green and still looked somewhat nervous.

"Hello."

After Su Xiao greeted him, he continued to be vigilant about the situation in the tunnel.

Speaking of Takeomi Takizawa, the impression he gave was that of a "goody-two-shoes."

But this was just Takeomi Takizawa's outward appearance. Su Xiao had once seen some introductions about Takeomi Takizawa while browsing the forum.

In the early stages of the plot, Takeomi Takizawa was an investigator who wasn't strong but was very heroic.

During the CCG's operation to exterminate the manager, Takeomi Takizawa had his arm bitten off by Noro's Kagune and was captured alive.

After that, Takeomi Takizawa was forcibly transplanted with the manager's Kagune, becoming an artificial one-eyed ghoul, using the alias "Owl."

After becoming a ghoul, Takeomi Takizawa quickly accepted his ghoul identity, and the darkness in his heart was gradually released.

This guy ate human heads like "pineapples" and treated "brains" like jam.

Even among ghouls, Takeomi Takizawa was of the extremely perverted kind.

And after becoming a ghoul, Takeomi Takizawa still couldn't forget Akira Mado.

In general, Takeomi Takizawa was always wavering between good and evil; heroic and courageous when good, and horrifying when evil.

A dozen investigators set up a defensive line at the entrance, some even wanting to repair that metal door.

But the metal door was severely damaged and could not be repaired.

Among these dozen people, except for Itsuki Marude who had combat power, the others didn't seem reliable in Su Xiao's eyes.

Among them, a Senior investigator appeared very anxious, seemingly having a shadow over the 24th Ward.

Just at this moment, Su Xiao's eyes suddenly became sharp.

"They're coming."

Su Xiao looked up at the dim, long, and narrow tunnel. The tunnel was unusually quiet.

"What's wrong, Quasi-Special Bai Ye?"

Itsuki Marude's speaking speed was steady; he seemed unhurried in everything he did.

"Prepare to face the enemy. The number of enemies is about two hundred."

Su Xiao's Intelligence attribute was not low, reaching 12 points.

The Intelligence attribute didn't represent IQ; IQ was influenced by many factors like innate and acquired ones. A moron adding Intelligence attributes was useless.

The Intelligence attribute increased the degree of control over magic and also represented the strength of magic skills.

Not only that, the Intelligence attribute also determined mana points. More importantly, after the Intelligence attribute was enhanced, the perception of the surroundings would be stronger.

This ability was used by mages to perceive the elements around them and mobilize those elements.

Su Xiao's development direction was different. Because of his 【Magic-Immune Physique】, he couldn't perceive the existence of elements at all, so he took a different path, using it to perceive enemies around him.

Mages could also do this, but because of the influence of various attribute elements, under the same Intelligence attribute, the range and sensitivity of perception were much worse than Su Xiao's.

The Magic-Immune Physique was like an innate filter, directly ignoring the elements drifting in the air, achieving a better perception effect.

From this, one could see that the skills of the Shadow of the Law-Breaker were not immutable; as long as one's thinking was broad enough, one could develop them deeply.

The Shadow of the Law-Breaker profession had only been acquired by seven people including Su Xiao, so the development route for the late stage had to rely on himself.

As for the unlocked skills, they should have been developed by the six stone statues when inheriting the profession.

Su Xiao vaguely had a feeling that the ability of Qing Gang Ying might not be the core ability of the Shadow of the Law-Breaker.

Now was clearly not the time to think about this. Urgent footsteps could already be faintly heard in the tunnel.

Fortunately, there were a dozen investigators beside Su Xiao who could provide him with fire cover.

"Boss, there are investigators ahead. What should we do?"

"Kill them! I'd rather fight investigators than encounter those 'beasts'."

A dense mass of ghouls rushed over, a vast and mighty crowd in the tunnel.

Su Xiao let out a long sigh of relief. Since he entered the Ghoul World, he had seen this scene many times; he could already remain calm.

Su Xiao was very calm, but the investigators beside him couldn't be.

Takeomi Takizawa held a cylindrical Quinque, gun-shaped, looking very pathetic.

At this moment, Takeomi Takizawa stared blankly at the "ghoul army" in front of him, his body already shaking like chaff.

"Quasi-Special Bai Ye, I'll provide cover, you all retreat first."

Itsuki Marude held a long-handled broadsword. This was an SS-rank Quinque named "Akashachi," made from the Quinque of Tatara's brother.

Itsuki Marude actually showed a determination to die, looking like he was going to cover the retreat.

"Mr. Marude, no, you'll die if you do that."

Although Takeomi Takizawa was shaking like chaff, he still ran behind Itsuki Marude.

It seemed that this scale of ghouls was already a disaster-level event for Itsuki Marude and the others.

Su Xiao unbuttoned the top two buttons of his trench coat and walked to Itsuki Marude's side.

"Quasi-Special Marude, if you can support me with long-range weapons, half an hour is enough for me to handle these ghouls."

Itsuki Marude, Takeomi Takizawa, and the others looked at Su Xiao in astonishment. ===== CHAPTER 102 =====