"Joy, anger, worry, thinking, sadness, fear, shock—among these seven emotions, joy is the first to be eliminated."
"Secondly, fear and shock should also be eliminated. With these supernatural abilities I possess now, my heart holds no fear whatsoever; it should be hard to have these emotions."
"As for the remaining... thinking can be ruled out."
"I’ve pretty much moved past my parents’ matter, so it’s difficult to have a strong sense of longing."
"If we look at it this way, worry and sadness also seem hard to achieve, at least won’t manifest too strongly, unable to clearly overpower other emotions."
"So, is there only ’anger’ left?"
Su Xin tried thinking about what kind of situation would make him very angry.
Being provoked or even insulted by soone?
"That shouldn’t be hard."
"Most tis, both parties in a quarrel will be very angry; I just need to find an opportunity to stir up so trouble."
Su Xin slowly made up his mind.
However, thinking about these bizarre tasks since the system activation, he felt a bit frustrated.
Starting with skipping class, then eating ants, to theft, robbery, kidnapping, and now a task that requires quarreling with soone.
Not a single one is normal.
Of course, the task didn’t specify that he must quarrel with soone, but other thods are certainly much more difficult and equally abnormal.
More importantly.
The level of absurdity seems to be increasing.
And the difficulty is also continuously escalating.
This is only the fourth task.
He was already finding it quite difficult.
"Since initiating conflict and quarrel is necessary, I definitely cannot use the identity of the man in the black robe, and can only use my real identity, so I must be mindful of the limits."
"Argue, but don’t really get into a fight."
"Also cannot provoke troubleso figures."
Thinking so, Su Xin sighed in frustration, then got up and left the beach, changed back into his original clothes, hailed a cab, and headed back to Lening City.
A journey of more than an hour.
Su Xin died once and was resurrected in the car, but since this process was so quick, even the driver didn’t notice anything amiss.
Su Xin was already used to it, and after reopening his eyes, continued browsing through the news, bored.
At a little past seven.
The sky appeared sowhat dim.
Su Xin got off the car near a snack street outside the university town, walked into the bustling crowd, and sat down at one of the barbecue stalls, waving a big hand.
"Boss, order up!"
"Got it! Coming!"
He ordered dozens of skewers of various grilled ats and a case of beer, and then began to survey his surroundings to find a suitable target.
For the past few days, he’d transford into the man in the black robe at night, killed several people, with steady hands, no soft heart, remaining calm, but now thinking of finding soone to stir up trouble, instead, he felt a bit conflicted inside.
Though he wasn’t morally fastidious, actively provoking and causing trouble was indeed not quite to his liking.
But with no choice, to complete the task, even if his heart was unwilling, he had to give it a try.
Is that inner discomfort more important than the awakening of supernatural abilities through completing the task?
Thinking this, Su Xin gradually let go of the reluctance in his heart and continued searching for a suitable target, soon making his decision.
Retracting his gaze.
Su Xin nonchalantly played on his phone.
Not long after, the waiter brought up a case of beer and started serving the grilled skewers one by one.
"Thanks!"
Su Xin greeted and picked up a large at skewer, stuffing it into his mouth whole, imdiately getting his mouth full of grease, then took a sip of chilled beer.
"Mmm!! Comfortable!"
"Once in a while, you need to eat sothing good to indulge a bit, hahaha! Truly satisfying!"
Su Xin blissfully enjoyed the food.
After devouring dozens of skewers and drinking five bottles of beer, Su Xin felt quite full.
He stood up, asked the waiter for the direction of the restroom, then took heavy and uneven steps in that direction, while passing by a long table, he staggered, pretending unintentionally to bump heavily against a bald man’s body, and then continued walking as if nothing had happened.
The bald man turned to look back and saw Su Xin without any intention of apologizing, and instantly got angry:
"Hey kid! Stop right there!"
"Bumping into soone without saying sorry?"
"Sorry."
Saying this, Su Xin waved his hand without turning back and kept walking.
"You little punk..."
Seeing this, the bald man got even angrier, stood up with a noisy thud, a face full of rage.
His tablemates hurriedly tried to placate him.
"Forget it, forget it, that person looks drunk; don’t stoop to his level, Brother Hong doesn’t bother with trifles."
"He seems to be drinking alone; maybe he’s upset and drinking away his sorrows, don’t take it to heart."
"Yeah, let it go, just a drunkard, no fun in hitting him."
Seeing his three companions speaking up one after the other, the bald man turned to look at Su Xin’s table, indeed seeing him alone, and decided not to pursue it further, simply sitting down again.
Su Xin let out a silent sigh.
If the man had rushed over angrily, he could have just further provoked the person.
If it escalated into a heated argunt, with the other person saying so harsh words or cursing at him, he’d undoubtedly get angry, and the other person would surely also be furious, presumably allowing him to complete a task progress point.
If he also managed to anger the other three people at the sa table, he might be able to increase the task progress by four points in one go.
And verify whether his assumption was correct.
But now, despite him deliberately causing trouble and being so rude, the other party chose to endure and didn’t bother with him; if he continued to provoke endlessly, it would indeed be too excessive, violating his principles of conducting himself.
"Forget it, switch to the second plan then."
Su Xin sighed helplessly.
The task is important, but one must still hold onto so principles, or else how would he be different from animals lacking intelligence and emotion?
Returning from the restroom, Su Xin pretended to be much more energetic, smilingly apologized to the bald man, and proactively offered to pick up the tab for their table, which made the bald man and company feel rather bashful, leading them to apologize to Su Xin instead.
"No problem at all, earlier I carelessly bumped into you, so it’s right to apologize and make ands; I’ll cover this tab, don’t worry, I have no shortage of money."
Su Xin said with a wide grin, pulled out his wallet and opened it, revealing a thick wad of hundred-yuan bills inside, casually extracted ten notes, and handed them to the passing waiter.
"How can we accept that?"
"No, no! We can’t let you spend your money!"
The bald man hurriedly reached out to push back Su Xin’s wallet, and softly reminded him:
"Don’t flaunt your wealth, it’s a mixed crowd here, and you’re alone; be careful not to be targeted."
Su Xin casually pulled back his wallet-holding hand, leaving the exposed cash inside, and laughed heartily:
"No worry, it’s just a few hundred yuan."
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