Older Brother is Just Older Brother - Chapter 2

Chapter 2

Facing the current situation, Jiu Li had a terrifying suspicion.

But Jiu Li didn’t dare speak it.

Jiu Li decided to observe a bit more.

Fortunately, Jiu Li had always encountered bad people before, so he was a master at playing dumb;

Jiu Li also used to love secretly playing with his phone when his Grandma wasn’t paying attention—the moment Grandma turned her head, he would instantly switch to homework mode. Thus, his “fake movements” were exceptionally good at fooling people; even a professional magician would have to watch the replay.

And so, Jiu Li naturally performed a “Pan-style” maneuver and put his hand back as if nothing had happened.

Jiu Li heard the person suspected to be “Mr. Sato” speak: “The subject’s hand just dropped naturally… did you see it wrong?”

The man whose throat sounded like it was full of phlegm: “Alright, it seems so.”

“Haha, of course it is, you must be joking. We all know the high-risk level of this subject. For a one-time nuclear bomb type subject like this, without permission from above, we would absolutely never casually add human consciousness to him.”

Hearing this, the man seemed very satisfied. He then asked questions regarding the subject’s abilities, and Sato answered them one by one.

Listening to the words “Ability,” “Detonating the subject could lead to the destruction of an entire country,” “Other clones failed,” “World War,” “For Japan’s initiative”… Jiu Li was completely certain now.

Damn! He hadn’t guessed wrong! He had traveled into a Japanese human experimentation subject!!!

Jiu Li suspected he had traveled to the era of a world with supernatural abilities. He was so angry his heartbeat quickened and his blood flowed faster—

Remembering that there were likely instruments nearby monitoring his physiological reactions, Jiu Li forced himself to endure.

Don’t get angry, don’t get angry, if you get angry, the bad guys win…

The man suddenly asked abruptly: “Speaking of which, where did you get this subject that fuses power so well?”

Sato: “This? I’m not sure about that.”

The man was confused: “The only successful subject, and you’re not sure?”

“All I know is that he’s a Chinese person who was out traveling. His family are all dead. With his genetics, except for cloning, you won’t find a second one. Besides.” At this point, Sato seemed to smile, “He’s just fuel for Japan, why bother with him.”

The air was quiet for a short while, then the man and Sato laughed together in mutual understanding.

“Fuel for Japan” Jiu Li: [Input Text].

Too angry, he couldn’t hold it back anymore. But in this situation, Jiu Li became increasingly calm instead.

Jiu Li knew he was in a Japanese research institute, he was a foreigner, and he was labeled as a “Subject”—he was a completely vulnerable group.

Even if Jiu Li had some amateur martial arts skills, it was impossible to hard-carry against high technology and thermal weapons, take down everyone here, and force his way out.

But adding the “Ability” these two were talking about made it different.

According to these two, the ability Jiu Li possessed could be called “Corrosion” or “Erasure.” Clearing anything was as simple as using an eraser in Photoshop.

It was for this reason these people didn’t dare let Jiu Li have self-awareness. Because they felt that once Jiu Li had self-awareness and developed thoughts of resistance, they would have no possibility of stopping him.

Jiu Li only needed to activate his ability and then step by step, slowly walk out to return to the sunlight.

But the problem now was, Jiu Li had tried to activate his ability—it was useless. Jiu Li couldn’t sense any changes around him at all.

Jiu Li, who was expecting his ability to lead him to safety: Dammit! Getting screwed by this world again…

Wait.

Not right!

He definitely should be able to use his ability freely now. After all, once he traveled over, this body gained a self-will, and the researcher said this body could use its ability freely as long as it had self-will. There was no reason for the researcher to lie.

Furthermore, the arrogance in the researcher’s tone looking down on Jiu Li was real, but so was the fear of Jiu Li.

This could only mean that Jiu Li’s ability was indeed in an activated state, but there was something here that could suppress his ability, causing Jiu Li to misjudge.

Guessing the object directly was hard, but connecting it to “Japanese researchers would design it this way,” it seemed simple.

Jiu Li understood.

If he guessed correctly, he could indeed escape now.

The risk was high, but Jiu Li knew that when facing danger, often only the first one or two seemingly unsafe situations are suitable for escape.

Like jumping out of a window immediately after being caught by human traffickers.

Like—Now!

Jiu Li suddenly raised his right hand and smashed a punch forward!

His knuckles first felt the hard texture of glass, but in the next second—

“BOOM!!!”

As expected! What stopped him from using his ability wasn’t some high technology or the outer cover—it was the water inside that was in direct contact with him!

Accompanied by a piercing alarm, the entire glass cover holding Jiu Li disappeared instantly. Along with it, the mask blocking Jiu Li’s vision was erased, and the water around Jiu Li surged in all directions.

Jiu Li was pulled down half a meter by gravity, but he forced himself to stabilize his figure amidst the water flow sweeping through the room, and then he looked up.

At this moment, Jiu Li finally clearly saw the two Japanese people who had been talking big in front of him.

One wore a white lab coat, standard researcher attire. Jiu Li felt this was Sato.

The other one looked older, wearing a suit that looked very expensive. Jiu Li felt this was the guy with phlegm in his throat.

Right now, both men were looking in horror at Jiu Li, who had woken up for some reason and made such a huge commotion upon waking.

The man in the suit obviously wanted to question Researcher Sato why such an accident occurred, but meeting Jiu Li’s cold black eyes, he shut his mouth.

Sato, however, instantly thought of what to do.

His acting skills exploded. Ignoring the wetness on his body, he stepped forward urgently and, with a tone so warm it made Jiu Li feel sick, spoke kindly in Japanese: “You’re awake? I am your father…”

The original Jiu Li would have been thinking about how to get more information about himself from this researcher.

The current Jiu Li stopped thinking. The anger of his “Father” changing from a “patriot” to “Imperial Army” occupied his brain.

Damn! Who are you insulting?!

Jiu Li raised his hand expressionlessly. In the next second, Jiu Li’s slap greeted him: “Although I don’t have much of an impression of my own dad, this slap is given on his behalf.”

Researcher Sato, who was slapped right away by the subject he looked down on: …

He wanted to hurl a few insults, but he realized he was missing an ear, and the wound was gushing blood: “AAAAAAAAHHHH!!!”

Jiu Li: “Tsk!”

He had been so restrained, only erasing the other party’s ear, and the guy was still screaming. Ungrateful!

Still screaming! Speaking of which, the information about his current body was indeed important, but in this research institute, surely Researcher Sato wasn’t the only one who knew? If Sato died, he should be able to ask others, right?

It must be so! Even if it isn’t, it doesn’t matter; it’s even better that way—if Sato dies, his secret information will truly be known by no one!

Spending 3 seconds finding an excuse for his action, Jiu Li spent another 0.1 seconds raising his other hand and delivered another slap to the other side of the man’s face: “Almost forgot, this slap is on behalf of my Grandma.”

This time, the researcher lost his entire head.

Researcher: .

Under the horrified gaze of the man in the suit, the researcher’s body fell heavily to the ground: “THUD!”

Looking at the large amount of blood flowing out, staining the entire floor deep red, the man in the suit became completely quiet, not even daring to breathe.

The laboratory instantly lost all other sounds, making the outside alarm sound even noisier.

Jiu Li ignored the alarm. He just followed the principle that “being smooth is good, but being quick is better” and conveniently snatched a handgun from the researcher’s body.

Before others could arrive, Jiu Li flipped the safety and pressed the muzzle against the suit-man’s forehead, asking: “What are you here for?”

Seeing the subject handle a handgun so skillfully, the suit-man completely gave up the idea of fooling the subject like a child as Researcher Sato had.

“I… I am Mr. Sato’s assistant, but I just arrived, I don’t understand the situation here at all!”

The suit-man had a flash of inspiration, and a lie escaped his mouth, “After learning that Sato and the others were conducting human experiments, I regretted it! Just now I was only pretending to cooperate with Sato. In fact, even if you hadn’t woken up, I would have found a way to report this institute after leaving!”

It seemed plausible, but Jiu Li only felt the other party was treating him like a fool: “You’re a new assistant, and Sato, as your boss, took you on a tour and introduced everything to you?”

Brother, has he ever seen anyone work a job before?

The suit-man insisted: “I’m a nepotism hire (connected person).”

Jiu Li: …

“A nepotism hire, huh. Fine.”

Jiu Li laughed out of anger, but he was too lazy to argue with the guy for now and simply accepted the claim verbally.

“Seeing as you don’t look like you participated in the experiments, I won’t kill you. As a price, you must tell the guards outside not to make any unnecessary moves, and have one researcher who can tell me everything to enter alone can you do that?”

“After I finish questioning the researcher and confirm you didn’t lie to me, I will let you go,” Jiu Li added.

The suit-man nodded frantically: “Yes, sir!”

The research institute had entered a state of level-one alert. Inside the lab where Jiu Li was:

In front of Jiu Li, a researcher was trembling as he said: “…You are very strong now.”

Jiu Li: “So, what is the price?”

Out of fear and a guilty conscience, the researcher trembled even harder: “Personally, I feel there is no price, only benefits… but specifically, it depends on what you want!”

Jiu Li withdrew the hand he had just reached out and said honestly: “I want to go home.”

Back to his real home.

The researcher certainly couldn’t guess that Jiu Li was a transmigrator, but his face still turned green.

“To China? You can’t go back.”

Knowing this couldn’t be hidden at all, the researcher cautiously told the truth, “Not to mention the instability of your ability, just the fact that you underwent human modification here and may have received our mental suggestions means your country will not allow you to return.”

The suit-man also nodded silently in agreement.

Jiu Li: “…I see.”

The researcher immediately said: “But if you choose to join us, there will be no problem! We can ignore your background and become your comrades. We will also do our best to train you to be even stronger…”

“BANG!” Jiu Li, who already knew all the information he needed, suddenly raised his hand and fired a shot.

Jiu Li: “If you don’t rein in your calculating mind, my trypophobia is going to act up.”

Researcher: .

This new researcher was dead too.

The suit-man wanted to scream, but he held it back. He only opened his mouth to order the guards outside not to come in.

Then, the suit-man said pleasantly: “Sir, have you finished asking? I’ve done everything I promised you, you see…”

Jiu Li blinked his beautiful eyes.

In the next second, Jiu Li followed the guards’ example outside and took two steps back.

Jiu Li was even more sincere; with a flick of his wrist, he threw the handgun, which still had a few bullets left, into a corner to show he posed no threat to the suit-man.

“Thanks. You can go,” Jiu Li said.

The suit-man was simply overjoyed. He first tried taking one step, then rushed toward the door in two or three strides—

The safe world, here he comes!

Throughout the process, the guards outside didn’t dare to make a move.

It was as if they were terrified of provoking Jiu Li and causing the suit-man to die.

Jiu Li stared at the man’s back, finally completely certain.

This suit-man’s identity was very powerful, and he was 100% related to the research here. The research here was “related” to pleasing him and his faction.

Jiu Li was also certain that he was strong—so strong that even if all the guards prepared to attack together, they couldn’t take him down.

Since that was the case, he would thank the suit-man for the two pieces of information sent at the end of his life.

Jiu Li’s finger moved, lightly flicking a small scrap part he had just snatched from the edge of the table.

The snow-white part drew a light arc in the air and landed on the suit-man’s head.

—Exactly at the second when the suit-man was about to leave the room completely, and thus a smile rose on his face.

Before the suit-man’s brain was corroded by the part carrying the ability, the last sounds he heard were the terrified cries of the guards and the youth’s clear voice saying:

“Don’t smile, you won’t survive past Chapter 2 either.”

Suit-man: .

The suit-man really hated Jiu Li to death, cursed him frantically before dying. But unfortunately, Jiu Li couldn’t be bothered to give the dead man another glance.

Jiu Li just looked at the guards in front of him and adjusted himself into combat mode.

“Alright, now it’s your turn.”

While marveling at how useful his ability was for selective erasure, Jiu Li heartlessly took out another guard.

“A word of warning: honest people who look easy to bully like me are actually the best at killing.”

“When an honest person starts killing—”

“Bang bang bang bang!” Several bullets imbued with the ability fired in succession, each bullet taking out more than one guard.

Looking at the corpses falling in patches before him and noticing the flinching movements of the other guards, Jiu Li blew on the muzzle and proudly finished the sentence:

“—Even the honest person is afraid of himself!”