My Ability Is Role-playing

Chapter 432 - 425: Life Span Tax! The Inhuman Decision!

Su Qiangwei was stunned.

While she was finishing her noodles, Ma Ran had quietly resolved the crisis?

Doesn’t that make her seem quite foolish?

Thinking of the determination she had so painstakingly built up earlier, the girl felt a bit silly, so she reluctantly asked, "That Zhao Guanlan, could he really be so kind-hearted?"

"Don’t let him fool you!"

"That slick pretty boy doesn’t look like a decent person at all!"

"Hey, I’m not talking about you. Even though you’re also fair-skinned, you’re different from him."

Ma Ran smiled slightly and said calmly, "The Profound Immortal and I are sworn brothers, having shared the Brotherhood Wine, our fates are intertwined."

"Simply put, if something happens to me and ’Wudang’, the Profound Immortal won’t end well either."

Upon hearing this, Su Qiangwei’s big, bright eyes widened in surprise, blurting out, "There’s something like that?"

"Even that wily old fox Zhao Guanlan could be fooled..."

"That little daoist from Wudang is really cunning!"

The Brotherhood Wine was brought out by the young daoist in the Wudang robe, and there were hidden dangers, which he would obviously blame on him.

Ma Ran remained composed and said in a calm tone, "It’s not exactly deceit."

"The Profound Immortal knew this before drinking that bowl of Brotherhood Wine."

"Your parents are business elites, and you, having been influenced since childhood, should understand that wealth moves people’s hearts."

"When the stakes are high enough, people can overlook all hidden dangers."

"Now, the Earthly Heavenly Dao is gradually awakening."

"The Profound Immortal, wanting to remain on Earth, will gradually face rejection."

"As a visitor from Cangming Star, the Sword Master and the Demon Child only stayed on Earth for a short time before choosing to return, partly because of this."

"The ’fate’ hidden in those three bowls of Brotherhood Wine on Wudang Mountain will leave an Earthly mark on the Profound Immortal, making him recognized by the Heavenly Dao and not so unlucky."

Ma Ran’s plan for cultivating the Earthly Heavenly Dao is not focused on the revival of Spiritual Qi, nor is it to make everyone on Earth as strong as dragons.

When facing foreign invasion, the Heavenly Dao can either expel the invaders or make them suffer ’fate backlash’, becoming unlucky and hindered at every turn.

In Ma Ran’s setting, the Heavenly Dao is like an invisible planetary manager, providing a protective shield for the planet, akin to an immune barrier.

All efforts are ultimately for protection.

"And you?"

Su Qiangwei furrowed her brows, "Zhao Guanlan drank the Brotherhood Wine to leave an Earthly mark on himself."

"You are originally a native resident of Earth, a pride of Heaven, a man leading an era, you don’t need to drink it, right?"

Ma Ran had long anticipated her question and explained calmly, "To obtain fate and further deduce ’Burning Martial’ to a higher realm."

"After the arrival of the Extraordinary Era, Earth’s coordinates were suddenly exposed to countless outer star civilizations."

"Eternal Civilization, Chuanke Civilization, Sea Demon Civilization..."

"These are just appetizers."

"They all think of themselves as advanced civilizations, Earth’s most fearsome enemies."

"In reality, in the future enemies of Earth, they don’t even rank."

Hearing this, Su Qiangwei understood.

What drove Ma Ran to drink that bowl of Brotherhood Wine was simply the ’sense of urgency’.

The enemies are too many and too strong, while our side is too weak, so we can only rely on strategy, using deep and far-reaching plans.

If the Earth Faction’s hard power were strong enough, Ma Ran wouldn’t need to worry so much!

"Don’t furrow your brow and don’t dwell too much on this matter."

As Ma Ran spoke, he raised his hand and gently flicked the noodle bowl on the table.

Bang!

The Star Power dissipated, turning into nothingness.

After doing all this, he looked at Su Qiangwei, speaking leisurely, "I already told Elder Huang about this when I returned yesterday."

"In the coming months, Grass Hut Academy will arrange for members to be stationed at Shiyan to protect ’Wudang’s’ safety."

"After a few months..."

"The hidden dangers of the Brotherhood Wine will no longer exist for me."

Upon hearing this, Su Qiangwei finally breathed a sigh of relief, "Alright, then I’ll head back."

With that, the girl pushed open the door, took a leap, and jumped to the fourth floor of the opposite dormitory building, returning to her room.

Su Qiangwei never doubted Ma Ran’s talent and strength.

Zhao Guanlan, who could hold his own against Ma Ran, although eccentric, full of mischief, was ultimately the third generation of Cangming Star, a man who suppressed an era, and wouldn’t easily die or drag Ma Ran down.

The only flaw was the young daoist from Wudang with the robe.

With the elite members of the academy taking turns to protect, there shouldn’t be any problems with Wudang either.

...

In the dormitory, Ma Ran drew upon Star Power to make himself a bowl of spicy scallion fried egg rice.

Once all plans were on track, this was his rare moment of ’cultivation’ and enjoyment.

The room was filled with fragrance.

As Ma Ran ate quietly, he contemplated the next steps.

The ultimate traits hidden within the ’Sword Master’ and ’Profound Immortal’ medals, ’transcendence’ and ’borrow life span’, are very powerful.

But they are different from the transformation of the ’Demon Child’ medal.

Since obtaining them, Ma Ran has hardly used them except for testing.

Either the timing wasn’t right, or the conditions weren’t met.

The "transcend" trait of the [Sword Master] medal, at least when combined with the [Martial Arts Celestial Pride] and [Academic Demon] medals, evolved into a special ability of "group teleportation," barely making itself useful.

However, the critical ability of the [Profound Immortal] medal has never been activated.

Now, its time to shine has finally come.

The so-called "borrow longevity" trait...

In Ma Ran’s view, calling it "extract longevity" is more fitting, more appropriate.

After all, borrowing implies returning.

The [Profound Immortal] medal doesn’t grant Ma Ran the ability to transfer longevity to others.

It’s purely extraction, never returning!

Through the character of Zhao Guanlan, deploying the ability of the [Profound Immortal] medal to levy the "life span tax" in Japan wasn’t urgent initially.

But now...

It can begin directly.

...

Guanlan Country, Honshu Island, Aomori Prefecture.

Ogaki Hikari pushed open the door, the glaring sunlight making him squint slightly.

He looked cautiously at the burly man in a suit wearing the Profound Immortal Team medal, his tone cold as he said, "I’m working right now, if it isn’t urgent, please don’t disturb me."

Ogaki Hikari’s stance was neither humble nor overbearing, but his pale complexion and thin frame made him seem somewhat like a paper tiger.

The burly man wore heavy lead gloves on both hands, smiling as he took out a bottle of mineral water, handing it to Ogaki Hikari: "Recently, the entire nation is swept by a wave of reform, no one can escape it."

Japan was renamed Guanlan Country, the parliament consented, the constitutional amendment passed, announced to major organizations worldwide, everything went smoothly, so smoothly it felt eerie.

To someone like Ogaki Hikari, a homebody manga artist, recent times felt like a dream.

Those Controller Groups, in his eyes, seemed to have brains stuffed with garbage. They had no sense of honor, utterly disgraceful!

After abandoning the name JPN, will the residents of this island nation remember their glorious historical traditions?

As time goes by, people will only remember "Guanlan Country," sweeping the past glory into the dust of history!

Yet now, many residents on this island nation choose to support the Profound Immortal Team and Zhao Guanlan!

To Ogaki Hikari, this is simply incomprehensible!

He has no goodwill towards the Profound Immortal Team, hence his cold tone.

But Ogaki Hikari also knows very well that the Profound Immortal Team now holds administrative and surveillance power in Guanlan Country. If he doesn’t open the door for this person, the self-defense forces or police might come knocking soon.

Watching the mineral water bottle in the other’s hand, Ogaki Hikari stepped back cautiously two steps.

The man in a suit wearing the Profound Immortal Team badge looked at him jokingly, laughing: "To protect the peace of the world, to prevent the world from being destroyed, a decision was made in Guanlan Country today at 3 a.m."

"Every island resident has a responsibility and obligation to consume these ’treated nuclear wastewater’. "

The burly man looked Ogaki Hikari up and down, shaking the mineral water bottle in his hand: "Just like every American citizen must pay taxes."

"Every island citizen must drink a bottle of treated nuclear wastewater in front of an Inspector every week."

The icy look finally vanished from Ogaki Hikari’s face, replaced by a look of fear: "Impossible! This would sever the roots of the Dahe nation! I don’t believe it! I’m going to call the police, you all..."

Halfway through his words, he couldn’t continue.

Because the other seemed to have anticipated his reaction, presenting a document covered in official seals.

"Resolution on Guanlan Country Citizens Maintaining Earth’s Environment."

The title doesn’t fit regulations or standard procedures at all.

But it’s very Zhao Guanlan.

Besides, two fully armed police officers had already emerged from behind the burly man, pointing guns at Ogaki Hikari.

"Big manga artist, I know you."

The burly man looked at Ogaki Hikari, not allowing any refusal: "Our nuclear wastewater, after treatment, is guaranteed safe and non-polluting, absolutely reaching drinking standards."

"If you don’t want to drink these things, that’s fine too."

"Just agree to pay a day’s lifespan to Lord Profound Immortal, and you can get a month’s ’nuclear water exemption’."

Ogaki Hikari suddenly felt the world was changing too fast for him to keep up.

Pay lifespan?

This sounds too fantastical, utterly unreal!

He even suspects he’s dreaming!

Pa!

Ogaki Hikari gave himself a slap.

It hurt, his face seemed a bit swollen.

So...

He wasn’t dreaming.

Ogaki Hikari swallowed a mouthful of saliva, hesitating for a long moment.

Despite being a homebody, he kept up with current events and constantly followed the news.

So, Ogaki Hikari knew very well how the Profound Immortal Team worked.

Acting dumb in front of these ruthless people is meaningless.

Pretending to be foolish will only get you a horrific death.

The number of islanders who died because of the Profound Immortal Team is greater than those killed by Feng Yuji; this is no joke!