Stronger with More Jobs

Chapter 654 - 284: True Redemption

"If there’s any progress or if you need to act, I’ll inform you in the group immediately."

"Understood!" "Captain Fang, rest assured!"

Everyone responded in unison, their eyes filled with trust.

Fang Qingyu and Jiang Wei nodded to everyone once more before turning and leaving the room.

The door closed, blocking out the light from the corridor outside.

The atmosphere in the room didn’t lighten much with Fang Qingyu’s departure.

Someone quietly sat back in the corner, took out a new phone, hesitated for a moment, and dialed a familiar number, speaking in a low voice, "Just finished the mission, the signal’s bad..."

Another person walked to the window, staring blankly at Spine City’s undying lights, lost in thoughts unknown.

Others, like Zhao Tie and Zhang Meng, had already begun quietly stretching, feeling the power within them slowly recover.

After a brief silence, a young Divine Chosen who appeared to be the youngest, with a face still tender and fearful, timidly broke the quiet, "Do you think... we can really manage it? Those people are so strong..."

Lin Yu walked to his side, gently patting his shoulder.

"We were all pulled out from the deepest despair by Captain Fang."

"We know better than anyone how cold, how dark, how suffocating it is to fall into that icy pit."

"If we don’t even believe in ourselves, if we don’t believe that the fire we brought back from Hell can burn through that darkness..."

"Then what did we rely on to hold on until the moment of rescue in the Abyss back then?"

Her voice echoed in their ears.

Causing some confused eyes to gradually focus.

...

On the street.

Fang Qingyu and Jiang Wei walked side by side.

The ink-blue combat uniforms cast long shadows under the street lamps.

The night in Spine City remained noisy, but this clamor seemed separated from them by an invisible barrier.

Fang Qingyu’s eyebrows furrowed slightly once more.

His gaze was deep, staring at the street ahead, seemingly contemplating some difficult problem.

"What’s wrong?"

Jiang Wei’s clear voice sounded beside him, carrying a hint of concern.

She turned her head to look at Fang Qingyu’s furrowed brow, "Isn’t it a good thing they’re willing to stand up and help? The more people, the greater the power, and it speeds up the investigation."

She knew very well that Fang Qingyu chose not to report it for internal Federation handling.

But instead decided to pursue it to the end in his own way,

which meant...

Next, when they faced the mastermind... they couldn’t rely on Federation’s assistance like before.

Because no one knew if the one coming...

was from the Federation or the one behind the scenes.

So having these dozens of experienced Tier Two helpers who also loathed the mastermind to the bone,

undoubtedly increased the chances of success.

Fang Qingyu did not stop walking, staying silent for a few seconds before slowly speaking.

"It’s a good thing, I’m just a bit worried."

He turned his head, looking into Jiang Wei’s pure red eyes in the night, "I’m afraid that after just rescuing them from that hellish ice pit, before they’ve had a chance to catch their breath, I’m leading them to plunge into another region..."

"This could very well... be a one-way road. Isn’t this unfair to them? This was the Federation’s negligence, this was the protection and justice they owed, and now they have to seek it with their own lives..."

Jiang Wei suddenly quickened her pace, gracefully walking in front of Fang Qingyu.

She stopped, turning to face Fang Qingyu.

She spread her arms slightly, as if to embrace the biting night wind.

The girl’s tall figure stretched under the street lamp, her scarlet hair tips fluttering gently in the wind.

She didn’t immediately answer Fang Qingyu’s question but tilted her head slightly, staring at the lead-gray night sky where snow was falling, as if pondering something.

A moment later, she turned back.

Her gaze was clear and profound, gazing quietly at Fang Qingyu.

Her face showed a thoughtful expression, appearing to be organizing her words, trying to convey a complex and profound feeling.

After a long while, she softly asked, her tone carrying a hint of exploration:

"Have you ever experienced... the feeling of taking revenge with your own hands?"

Fang Qingyu was taken aback by her sudden question.

He thought back carefully, in neither his past life nor this life did he seem to...

ever have that kind of deep-seated hatred, needing to personally confront enemies with blood and blade.

So he shook his head, candidly admitting, "No."

Jiang Wei wasn’t very surprised by this answer.

Her ruby-like eyes were exceptionally bright in the darkness.

She nodded slightly, stepping forward lightly once more.

Resuming her step alongside Fang Qingyu, she spoke softly.

"That’s why... you underestimate the power of ’with your own hands’."

She turned her head slightly, looking at Fang Qingyu’s profile, a curve forming at the corner of her lips:

"Watching your enemy fall before you, using the power in your own hands to end that pain and humiliation..."

"That feeling..."

"Is something no external comfort, no belated justice... can replace."

Her gaze reached toward the snow-filled street’s end, her voice like a declaration:

"Leading them, you’re not causing them to re-enter the Abyss..."

"You’re using your own way."

"To give them true redemption..."