ACSP: Chapter 193 Traitors Cannot Be Forgiven!
"Damn, Jiang Chen! You guys are finally back. You have no idea how smart I was just now..."
The moment Cai Kun saw the three men arrive, he became very excited. He ran forward, moving his hands in the air, and told them exactly how he had used a clever trick to find the hidden Dongdao Contractors. He wanted to show off in front of Jiang Chen to get some praise. He looked so proud, as if he had just done something truly amazing.
But before he could even finish his story, Lei Li reached out from behind and pulled him back by his shirt.
"Ouch! What are you doing?" Cai Kun stumbled backward, looking very annoyed.
"Brother Cai Kun, stop playing around for a minute. We have a very serious problem to solve..." Lei Li said, putting his hand out to calm Cai Kun down before the younger man could start shouting.
Lei Li immediately changed the subject. He quickly told Jiang Chen about the 'Eastern Coalition Army'—the local traitors who were now hiding inside the crowd of innocent citizens.
When Cai Kun heard this, his proud smile disappeared instantly. He stood to the side and agreed, saying, "This problem is indeed very hard to solve. Those traitors are originally from this city. If they choose to hide and stay quiet, I don't think anyone can find them."
After learning about the situation, Yang Ke and He Gen both frowned. If these traitors kept hiding in the crowd, it would be a very difficult and painful problem to deal with.
"I think those people must know they did something wrong by now. Since we are all citizens of the same country, why don't we forgive them just this once? I believe that after experiencing this scary war, they will never do it again," He Gen said after thinking for a moment.
He raised his head slightly and spoke these words very loudly. At the same time, his eyes scanned the crowd. He wanted the hidden traitors to hear him clearly. He felt that since they couldn't find them, forgiving them might make them feel grateful. It could also serve as a warning to them.
However, the others did not agree with his soft idea at all.
"Brother He Gen, you are being too kind, like a saint. These traitors chose to surrender to the enemy and helped the Dongdao Contractors hurt their own people. This is treason. People like this must die. We absolutely cannot let them live," Lei Li said in a deep, angry voice.
In his life, he hated traitors more than anything else. Moreover, this time, they had helped foreigners attack their own countrymen. If they did not punish them strictly now, what would stop others from doing the same thing in the future?
"Vice President Lei is completely right. Those traitors must die, otherwise the public will remain furious," Yang Ke growled.
"Yes! This kind of bad behavior can only happen once. We must make sure it never happens a second time," Cai Kun added, fully supporting Lei Li's view.
But the biggest problem remained: How could they actually find the traitors who had mixed perfectly into the crowd? This was the most important part.
"I've got it!"
Suddenly, Cai Kun's eyes lit up as a new idea popped into his head. He said excitedly, "I have a way to find those traitors. Hahaha, I am a total genius!"
Lei Li said impatiently, "Then tell us already! Look at the time, why are you still playing games?"
"Don't worry, my method will definitely work," Cai Kun smiled confidently. He turned to Jiang Chen and said, "Jiang Chen, don't you have the Sharingan (the legendary magic eye)? I heard that this eye can use genjutsu (mind control illusions) to read other people's memories. You can use this power to search everyone's minds and pull those traitors out!"
As he spoke excitedly, he kept gesturing with his hands, already imagining the traitors being caught.
The other leaders looked at each other. Cai Kun's idea was definitely smart and useful. But there was a massive problem: using the Sharingan's illusion to read someone's memories could only be done one person at a time. With thousands of survivors standing in the plaza, doing this one by one would take too much time and use up all of Jiang Chen's energy.
There was no telling how many members of the 'Eastern Coalition Army' were currently hiding inside Jinghai City. If Jiang Chen actually followed this advice and used the [Sharingan] to read memories one by one, nobody knew how long it would take. He would not only exhaust himself to death, but the amount of wasted time alone would be huge.
"Brother Cai Kun, I'm afraid this method of yours..."
Lei Li frowned slightly, just about to reject Cai Kun's idea. But unexpectedly, Jiang Chen's voice reached his ears first:
"Isn't it just finding some hiding traitors? Is there any need to make things so difficult?"
In an instant, everyone stopped talking and turned to look at Jiang Chen.
Yang Ke asked with a very surprised face, "Boss, what do you mean by that? Do you have a better way than using the Sharingan to search memories?"
He really did not understand what Jiang Chen meant. Honestly, the method Cai Kun just thought of was quite good. Except for being a bit slow and requiring a lot of hard work, it had no other flaws. To be fair, Yang Ke had also thought of this exact same method a moment ago. He only kept quiet about it because he knew it would be too much trouble. But he had to admit, it was a realistic way to solve the problem.
However, hearing Jiang Chen's words, it seemed like the young leader already had a much better plan. This instantly made everyone extremely curious.
Facing the doubts of Lei Li and the others, Jiang Chen did not hide his secret any longer.
Jiang Chen smiled indifferently, his expression perfectly calm as he decisively revealed a hidden trump card: his innate ability to perceive the raw malice of other human beings.
Because those treacherous members of the 'Eastern Coalition Army' had willingly chosen to help the Dongdao Contractors slaughter and harm their own compatriots, their souls were thoroughly stained. Every single one of them, without exception, harbored deep, lingering traces of guilt, fear, and malice. Under normal circumstances, such dark emotions were easily masked behind a terrified face. However, Jiang Chen's specialized malice perception could flawlessly lock onto those exact frequencies of ill intent. With this power active, weeding out the hidden traitors from among the innocent survivors would require absolutely no effort at all.
"Damn, Boss, what kind of ridiculous perception skill is that? You can actually sense a person's literal malice?" Cai Kun stammered, his jaw dropping in disbelief.
"Does a tracking skill of this nature genuinely exist in our world? How on earth have I never encountered a single record of it before?" Yang Ke muttered, his eyes wide with shock.
"Could this be an ultra-rare, S-rank perception skill?!" Lei Li exclaimed, his mind racing.
The elite commanders were completely stunned, their thoughts thrown into absolute chaos. They had never anticipated that Jiang Chen would possess such an inconceivable, rule-breaking sensory ability. To read chakra or physical energy was one thing, but to accurately perceive the invisible, abstract malice within a human heart? This was simply too mind-blowing!
"Alright, keep your flattery for later. I will handle these vermin of the Eastern Coalition Army first," Jiang Chen said, waving his hand to cut off their praise. He turned his gaze toward the massive crowd of survivors, a layer of freezing coldness slowly settling into the depths of his eyes. "You were completely right just now; ordinary turncoats cannot be forgiven, and traitorous sellouts who trade the lives of their own people are even more unforgivable. They must be strictly punished to the absolute limit..."
The moment the words left his lips, Jiang Chen raised both hands. His fingers blurred into a sequence of hand seals—movements so incredibly skillful, fluid, and rapid that they left afterimages in the air.
Poof! Poof! Poof! Poof!
In an instant, a massive cloud of white smoke erupted, completely blanketing the area. Out of the haze, thousands upon thousands of [Shadow Clones] materialized in perfect unison, packing the plaza and stretching down the adjacent streets. The sheer, overwhelming volume of clones caused the atmospheric pressure of the surrounding area to shift violently, heavy with a suffocating collective chakra.
"Everyone, it's time to get to work..." Jiang Chen commanded calmly.
Following the prime body's directive, the vast army of [Shadow Clones] scattered instantly. Moving with astonishing, gale-like speed, they leaped across rooftops and dashed through the alleyways, fanning out toward every single corner of Jinghai City.
Seeing that Jiang Chen did not stand in place to use his malice perception to point out the traitors in the plaza first, but instead chose to manifest such a terrifying number of clones all at once, a sudden, shocking realization struck the minds of Lei Li and the others.
Lei Li swallowed hard, his voice trembling slightly as he looked at the young leader. "Boss... don't tell me that every single one of these thousands of Shadow Clones you just sent out also inherits that insane malice perception ability?"
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