“How was the night?” Wei Jun asked the woman next to him who clearly had a disappointed expression on her face but replied, “I-It was amazing.”

“You don’t have to lie. You can’t expect much from a waste after all.” Wei Jun said. The woman was confused by Wei Jun’s words. Was he calling himself that?

Before she could fathom his words any further, Wei Jun grabbed her by her neck and snapped her clean without a moment’s hesitation. Once he was done, he stored the body in his inventory and went outside the room.

Outside, there were some burly men waiting for him.

“Good morning, Sir,” One of them said, clear intimidation in his voice, “Did you have a pleasant night?”

“Can’t say much about the night but I’m surely about to have a pleasant morning,” Wei Jun said.

“Pardon?” The man asked.

“Nothing,” Wei Jun said as a gun appeared in his hand, and before anyone could react, he shot and killed everyone in the room. Once he was done, he killed everyone else in the building. Anyone who could have seen him enter that building died that morning.

As for Wei Jun, once he was done and erased all traces of his presence, he left for his apartment. Arriving there, he went straight to the shower and took a long lengthy shower.

‘I feel dirty for some reason,’ He thought inwardly.

[It’s not like you slept with her]

‘Only because I have to share this body with that waste.’ Wei Jun cursed. He wanted to kill the original Wei Jun somehow but killing him inside that imaginary world wouldn’t work. Besides, his brother wouldn’t point it out if there was something important to it.

Since that was the case, he decided to tolerate the original owner of the vessel for a while. Besides, he was helpful in dodging the truth test. Since he wasn’t the one to commit anything, anything and everything he said, despite it being told to him via Damien was the truth to him and according to the system, lies only worked when one knew they were lying.

It was very much like the polygraph test where one’s heart rate was monitored to see whether they were lying or not. Only this one was in a magical sense and there were some other factors involved than body signs. It was only because of that did Damien required Wei Jun.

Once he got out of the shower, Wei Jun went straight to the kitchen and cooked himself a healthy breakfast. It was so much that the entire kitchen table was filled with nothing but meat from various animals and monsters. Without caring for decorum or anything, he chowed down everything in front of him.

Once he was done, he sat cross-legged and began to strengthen his core. He couldn’t increase his Qi due to his poor performance in the last quest but he wasn’t going to make the same mistake this time.

First of all, came strengthening his core. Once that was done, he’d think about the rest. Unlike before when he was behind the scenes, he decided to actively involve himself in the life of the current protagonist.

He was too far strong for him to intervene directly still, but he wouldn’t be completely on the sidelines as well. After a week of meditation, he couldn’t proceed anymore due to how tiresome it had become.

[Even if you cannot endure the strain of Qi concentration on your mind]

[It is better to give it a rest]

Wei Jun nodded to the advice given by the system and checked the current state of his own life. He was on temporary leave from the army until all the accusations against him were investigated.

He stood up and turned on the TV. The date he decided with Yan Rong would be tonight so he’d have the results by then. He remained in his apartment since he knew there were eyes on him. He had to shake them off when he went to fulfill the original Wei Jun’s condition, but he couldn’t fool them around his permanent residence.

Besides, he needed those eyes on him as well. To prove the CSF and the law enforcement for once and for all, he needed them to see that he was present in his apartment when…

“This just came in. The biker has been spotted in the downtown once again. After a long and strenuous chase, the biker disappeared into mid-air, never to be seen again. The search for the biker is ongoing but the police have yet to come up with anything. The CSF and even the military have involved themselves in this matter but so far, there’s no news of him. Stay with us as we go to the scene and ask our reporter….”

Wei Jun turned off the TV and sighed.

The presence around his apartment was still there and he was sure there were bugs in his apartment as well. It was nothing difficult for the military or the CSF. And even if there weren’t any, it was always better to be careful about everything than give anything away as long as there was a small chance of it happening.

The presence remained there for an entire day. Wei Jun also remained in his apartment the entire day, doing nothing at all. He couldn’t cultivate so all he did was roam around the apartment, watching TV and sleeping the day off.

The next day, the presence was no longer there. His apartment could have still been bugged but he didn’t care about any of it. He was cautious enough to know how to dodge them.

[You could just fry them with Qi interference]

It was a good idea but Wei Jun didn’t do so. He needed them to trust him or at least free him from all the suspicions. For that to happen, he must deal with the constant eyes on him.

But to him, another approach was more appropriate. Something more suited to his nature. Something very much… aggressive.

Wei Jun called his lawyer and said, “The biker was spotted last night. I have an alibi that I was at my apartment. It’s time to get back at the CSF.”

As he put down the phone, he turned to one of the cameras and said, “I’d appreciate it if you could spare me the video. Well, even if you can’t, I already have it.”

He smiled and went to his shower to get ready. As for the people on the other side of the camera turned to look at each other. The man who was present at Wei Jun’s questioning turned to the scarred woman and said, “I told you. There’s something strange with him.”

“Whatever it is, we now know he isn’t the biker.” The scarred woman said.

“No. The biker is said to have the power of evil cultivators. The biker spotted last night only robbed a bank but didn’t use any of the power of evil cultivators.” The man said.

“You know as well as I do that we can’t use that. He now has an alibi and that’s us. Even the emperor would have no choice but to look the other way with all that irrefutable evidence present.” The scarred woman said.

Had there not been such a strong backing behind Wei Jun, no matter what he would have done, he wouldn’t have been able to have the empire do anything. But the powers behind him were something else and even the emperor wouldn’t want to make an enemy out of the sect master of the Thunder Cloud Tempest sect.

With all those factors involved, there was no way they could use their power against Wei Jun and convict him of anything. Underhanded tactics only worked against those who were powerless. Wei Jun himself was anything but powerless. With the support he had, it was nearly impossible to do anything about him now.

~~

At the press conference, everything went as Wei Jun expected. The military itself cleared Wei Jun of all charges and even the present Commander Rong had no choice but to do as he was told by the emperor and cleared Wei Jun’s name.

Once that was done, Wei Jun’s military service was brought up, about which Wei Jun showed a very interesting video to the entire empire in which he had to clean human feces and such.

After knowing about such a treatment, the military had to pay a lot as well. Well, many of them weren’t even aware of such things but those who were knew of it very well.

The sect master was enraged and threatened to bring the matter to the emperor himself. Of course, negotiation was always possible but Wei Jun didn’t want that in the first place. Had he wanted to make a deal with them, he wouldn’t have shown the video to the public.

All he wanted was to make a deal. A deal which simply stated…

“If Wei Jun was ever harassed by anyone, ever again,” The sect master said, “They will have to answer to me.”

A deal disguised as a threat. The military was wise enough to understand everything as well. Wei Jun was now untouchable by the authorities unless they could procure concrete evidence.

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