My Future Refreshes Weekly

Chapter 35: The Security Bureau’s Request

The Arc Light Organization’s attack caused nearly ten thousand casualties, even the mayor fell into a near-death state, leaving the citizens with immense psychological trauma.

Several days passed, yet Central State City still had not shaken off the gloom. Many had lost their relatives and friends; grief hung heavy in the air.

However, years of peace and order made many citizens believe that the council was taking this matter very seriously and had already begun investigating the criminals. Sooner or later, the Arc Light Organization would pay the price—

Until May 24th.

The Arc Light Organization not only reappeared in Central State but even launched an attack on the Security Bureau!

Such lawless behavior was undoubtedly a resounding slap to the council, completely awakening the fear buried in people’s hearts.

Even the Fire Bureau was shrouded in a dark cloud, the atmosphere heavy.

“These thugs are simply lawless, this is slapping the council in the face!”

“They already slapped it once a few days ago, this is just slapping it again.”

“The Prophet can even see through the future, why can’t he figure out their true identities!?”

“S-rank is not a god, maybe there’s also an S-rank behind the Arc Light Organization…”

“An S-rank evil thug… hiss, if it really comes to a fight, won’t that lead to the Third Transcendent War…”

Jiang He’s breakthrough to E-rank was completely overshadowed by this attack.

The firefighters of the Seventh Squad were arguing, fear filling their expressions.

This scene was a reflection of the entire Central State City.

Jiang He stood in the corner, not participating in the discussion.

A few days ago, he had already foreseen this event through White Crane, yet he had not tried to stop it.

From White Crane’s experience, he knew that the 【Arc Light’s Return】 was a major trend. Unless he possessed the power to suppress the entire city, it was fundamentally impossible to stop.

As for today’s incident, the thugs bold enough to attack the Security Bureau were at least B-rank Transcendents. Even if White Crane took action, the outcome might not be guaranteed.

As for giving an early warning… Jiang He’s talent was Word-Spirit, not foresight. Why would he be expected to predict the future?

Even if he said it, no one would believe him.

At the end of the day, Jiang He was just an F-rank high school student, not some partner of justice.

Just last week, he had still been afraid of school bullying. It wasn’t as if he could suddenly transform into “afraid the school wasn’t violent enough.”

He might help find a neighbor’s missing child out of sympathy, but confronting B-rank thugs? That was far too difficult. The thought alone made him give up.

Oh, right, he was now E-rank.

“In the Transcendent system, E-rank counted as a small qualitative change.”

“Not only does the energy-level shackle rise to 500 points, but one also gains the qualification to transfer to a B-rank Transcendent Profession, enabling the first professional advancement.”

“Excluding basic Professions like Student, if an E-rank Transcendent maximized all their Professions and fully advanced them, they could possess up to eight Transcendent Professions!”

“Combined with profession levels, skills, specialties, talents…”

“An E-rank peak Transcendent could easily take on ten entry-level E-rank Transcendents at once.”

Of course, this was only theoretical value, usually appearing only in Transcendent card games.

In the real world, promising E-rank Transcendents often broke through to higher levels before they had even completed their profession transfers.

Those without potential, like the human traffickers Jiang He had encountered, had time to train profession levels but lacked the qualifications to obtain Transcendent Professions.

In truth, their so-called “Transcendent Professions” might have just been 【Thief】 or 【Hooligan】, these kinds of ordinary professions.

Jiang He was different.

After breaking through to E-rank, he could acquire advancements in 【Word Keeper】 and 【Flame Envoy】.

Both of these were B-rank Professions, each capable of bringing tremendous increases in combat power!

“Come to think of it, both of these are mental-type Professions.”

“White Crane, I still have two profession slots. Should I continue advancing in mental-type Professions to strengthen my mind, or should I transfer to physical and energy-type Professions to cover my shortcomings?”

“Unclear,” White Crane replied. “I am a Word-Spirit talent holder, purely a mental-type.”

“So, including Word-Spirit professions, my profession setup is one foundational with four mental ones. (Four learned, one self-created.)”

“As for you… with a BUG-level talent like 【Ferryman of Time】, it seems to be purely rules-based, unaffected by attributes. My experience doesn’t apply.”

“My suggestion is, wait until your talent refreshes tomorrow, summon another version of us from a different timeline, and see what his talent is before deciding.”

Jiang He nodded.

White Crane was right. His talent was strong but leaned toward 【Summoner】.

As for his own combat strength, it largely relied on his 【Heroic Spirit Talent】.

If he advanced into four mental professions, yet his future self refreshed into a physical-type talent, then it would basically be ruined, and his strength would plummet.

In that case, either he should wait until he drew a suitable Heroic Spirit talent, then build a corresponding profession system…

Or he could simply develop evenly, sharing resources across the board. That way, no matter what talent his future self refreshed into, it could always be useful.

Jiang He said, “Then I’ll advance into 【Word Keeper】 first.”

As the advancement of Rumor Bearer, the rituals for Word Keeper were somewhat more complicated—

1. Transcendent energy level not below E-rank.

2. Possess the prerequisite Profession 【Rumor Bearer】 at not less than level 10.

3. Stored “Spell Words” must reach maximum capacity.

4. Must have experienced the power of Word-Spirit multiple times and been influenced by it (no fewer than 50 times).

5. …

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9. Obtain the decree of a Word-Spirit talent holder (or high-rank Word-Spirit professional).

Although the rituals were complex, Jiang He had long been prepared, so most of the conditions were already met.

For those not yet met, such as “stored Spell Words reaching maximum capacity,” fulfilling them wasn’t too difficult.

In fact, there were exotic beast farms built in the suburbs of Central State, and spiritual blood was also available for sale on the market. Although the price was relatively high, it was enough to satisfy Spell Word requirements.

Of course, now that he had access to the blood quota provided by the captain, things became even easier.

Jiang He was just about to head to the Blood Refining Chamber to extract a few grams of spiritual blood and max out his Spell Words.

At that moment, a firefighter led a blue-uniformed security officer into the room.

“May I ask, which one of you is Student Jiang He?”

The leading firefighter was a captain from another fire squad.

Before Jiang He could speak, Zhang Zhiyong stood up to greet them.

“Old Li, what’s going on?”

“Hello, Captain Zhang, my name is Qiu Qiyuan, a C-rank security officer from the Security Bureau.” The blue-uniformed officer looked anxious, standing directly in front of Zhang Zhiyong as he spoke.

“You must have already heard what just happened—Jianghua District’s security station was attacked, several security officers were killed by thugs.”

“I would like to ask Student Jiang He to help track down the murderer…”

“What kind of joke is this!”

Zhang Zhiyong cut him off: “The attackers of the security station are the Arc Light Organization. They are Transcendent thugs that even the council can’t deal with, and you want a child to investigate?!”

“Captain Zhang, please calm down. The thugs who attacked the security station this time might not have been from the Arc Light Organization.”

Qiu Qiyuan explained: “Before the attack, Jianghua District’s security station was investigating the disappearance of a security officer.

“Just when they found a lead and were about to uncover the truth, the station was attacked. All the clues were burned, and several security officers with investigative talents were killed by the thugs…”

“You should be aware, the reason the Arc Light Organization previously attacked Central State was to seize the S-rank Transcendent item 【Tear of Heaven’s Law】 from Mayor Chi.”

“Their goal had already been achieved. Why would they risk the council’s wrath to attack a security station?”

“Therefore, the director concluded that someone was impersonating the Arc Light Organization, attempting to use this as a cover to kill and silence.”

Hearing Qiu Qiyuan’s explanation, the firefighters in the room gradually calmed down.

They had been terrified by the Arc Light Organization’s previous atrocities and had fallen into panic by instinct.

Now that they listened, it indeed didn’t seem likely that it was really the Arc Light Organization.

Zhang Zhiyong still frowned. “Even so, you shouldn’t be looking for Xiao Jiang. Don’t you already have many investigators?”

“The most capable ones have already died in action.” Qiu Qiyuan gave a bitter smile. “Such talents are quite rare. Our Security Bureau only has a few D-rank investigators left.”

“They’ve already tried, but couldn’t uncover much.”

“The director sent me to the Fire Bureau because there really weren’t any other options. He wanted to give it a try—maybe an S-rank talent could see more.”

Just as Zhang Zhiyong was about to speak, Jiang He’s voice came from the side.

“Then let me try.”