Chapter 2: You there? I need to borrow a little bit of shark aura

In his previous life, Jiang Xia was actually a medium.

Of course, since this ability follows the soul, strictly speaking, he was still a medium after transmigrating.

It’s just that in this world, Jiang Xia couldn't find any ghosts; his medium abilities were completely useless.

The tiny bit of power he had left upon arrival was used by Jiang Xia to treat the depression of this body—the original owner had committed suicide.

While patching up the new body's brain, Jiang Xia incidentally parsed some of the memories left behind by Jiang Xia Tongzhi.

—Jiang Xia Tongzhi’s parents were both members of the Organization.

A year ago, they died heroically, both crushed into patties by an overturned heavy-duty truck.

Upon hearing the tragic news, Jiang Xia Tongzhi rushed to the scene, only to run into the sight of human remains being shoveled into body bags.

As a child, Jiang Xia Tongzhi was raised by a somewhat strict nanny who instilled in him values of truth, goodness, and beauty. When he got a little older, although he received training from the Organization, he could never identify with its bloody methods, and gradually, he became depressed.

Now, suddenly encountering such an event, with his parents gone, Jiang Xia Tongzhi couldn't hold on any longer on his own, so he chose death.

...

After Jiang Xia transmigrated over, he experienced life for a while and didn't find it unbearable.

—In the car accident that caused the death of Jiang Xia’s parents, some people survived, and those people were all quite good to Jiang Xia.

Especially Miyano Shiho.

Miyano Shiho looked cold, but she was very attentive. Over the past year, she had helped Jiang Xia block some brutal missions, both openly and secretly, as if she were repaying a debt of gratitude.

Jiang Xia’s moral compass wasn't as upright and righteous as Jiang Xia Tongzhi’s, so he accepted the current situation quite well.

And there was one more thing.

—He craved the killing intent on Gin.

A medium’s source of power mainly comes from the souls left behind after people die, as well as the intense negative emotions on people.

But after coming to this world, Jiang Xia discovered in despair—there was nothing, absolutely nothing.

Souls...

He hadn't encountered a single one.

Negative emotions...

The Organization was full of ruthless people with blood on their hands and countless murders to their names, yet they were clean, untainted by anything.

...If it weren't for the occasional glimpse of killing intent on Gin, Jiang Xia would have almost thought he had lost his ability to see spirits.

For a long time, Gin was his only hope for activating his "cheat."

Opportunities to see Gin were not frequent.

But Jiang Xia was now considered an outer member of the Organization, a useful tool who could be moved wherever needed. Moreover, because of his dark family background, he was easier to trust than other members who joined halfway.

Therefore, the total number of times Jiang Xia saw Gin was still not small.

Besides, in Jiang Xia’s eyes, Gin was not scary.

...Because when he was a child, Jiang Xia had actually watched the anime *Detective Conan*.

Children watching anime are usually considered to be neglecting their studies and not doing their proper work.

But Jiang Xia had received special permission.

—He watched a few episodes of *Conan* when he was young, and after watching them, he was so vigilant that he didn't dare to wash his face, fearing that if he closed his eyes, the terrifying scenes would come true, and the "Black Shadow" would jump out from the shadows with a sinister grin to smash an innocent person's skull.

After his master discovered this, he fell into deep thought—as a medium, to be afraid of paper-thin corpses, this was preposterous.

Even a young medium shouldn't be like this!

So from then on, Jiang Xia had an extra activity: fighting poison with poison—watching whatever he was afraid of.

His rigorous master brought back a pile of high-definition discs and forced him to watch them.

At first, Jiang Xia was, of course, still afraid.

However, after two days, once he adapted, only joy remained.

But Jiang Xia had also self-taught the "acting" skill. When pressed in front of the TV, he would tremble and struggle desperately, which allowed him to watch cartoons with a clear conscience while his peers were buried in their studies. This wonderful life lasted for several months...

A medium’s ability to control their own thoughts is naturally very strong.

Jiang Xia could remember every detail he had ever seen; recalling it was like the scene replaying before his eyes.

Therefore, he could remember the anime he had only watched once very clearly.

This led to a very complicated mood when Jiang Xia accidentally transmigrated and found that he had a neighbor named "Professor Agasa" upon arrival.

He really wanted to praise his master for being far-sighted... but Jiang Xia knew in his heart that this was just a lucky coincidence, as mediums don't have "future-predicting" cheat skills.

However, at this rate, it seemed he could possess them.

Although in a cheating way.

...

Carrying Miyano Shiho’s wallet, Jiang Xia walked to the side of the street under the scorching sun, looking left and right.

Soon, in the shadow of a street corner, he found a black Porsche.

This was Gin’s beloved car; he hadn't been willing to change it for many years.

He probably wasn't driving a car, but sentiment.

Two people were standing by the car. There seemed to be one sitting inside, but it was hard to see clearly through the black-tinted windows.

The two people outside were quite easy to recognize. They were both tall, dressed in black, and wearing black fedoras with low brims.

One had silver hair reaching his waist, and the other had a square chin and sunglasses—they were none other than Gin and Vodka, the core villains who fought wits and courage with the protagonist, the touching model workers who gave their all for the Organization.

(End of chapter)