152: 152.
Good news 152: 152.
Good news Ever since arriving in Mexico, Lu Li had not left Tijuana.
This campaign to protect Lady Maria’s candidacy, however, presented him with the opportunity to look around.
The next morning, he followed the campaign team to the eastern city of Mexicali to protect the lady during her street speech.
“Mexico is tired of corruption, and I will strike it mercilessly to keep corruption away from our nation!”
On the pedestrian street, Lady Maria delivered her passionate speech to the crowd that was packed around her.
Her political views were incredibly sharp and, combined with her high reputation, even many journalists started to cheer.
Lu Li stood unobtrusively to one side, extending his spirit to guard against the inevitable assassin.
His spirit swept out, reaching a range of 150 meters before it could go no further.
“This is the current limit of my abilities; after reaching Great Perfection, I should be able to increase it to 200 meters.”
“As for strength, it should be able to grow to 10,000 catties, which is more than 5 tons.”
“However, refining the Flying Sword will slow down the pace of my cultivation…
It doesn’t really matter, it’s just right to wait until my Martial Arts Cultivation catches up.”
While pondering, Lu Li controlled his spirit to monitor the crowd, but still did not find anything unusual.
“It’s impossible not to be here, they must have learned their lesson…”
Seeing this, Lu Li became even more cautious and focused his monitoring on the surrounding buildings.
Sure enough, he soon discovered a gun barrel poking out from the rooftop a hundred meters away.
Lu Li’s pupils dilated as his spirit clearly reflected the image in his mind.
On the rooftop of the shopping center, a man wearing a peaked cap set up a Mk 14 sniper rifle, and Lu Li could even make out the stubble on his face.
Lu Li raised the gun muzzle slightly and pulled the trigger; a bullet imbued with his spirit whistled out, rapidly crossing over the heads of the crowd.
The man had just set up his rifle when unexpectedly, a 9mm pistol bullet flew towards him and pierced his throat with a “puff.”
With confusion written all over his face, the man touched his neck only to find his hand covered in blood.
Soon after, his chest clothing was also soaked through with blood.
He leaned against the wall, slowly collapsing to the ground, dying with his face full of questions.
Lu Li said into the earphone, “There’s a gunman on top of the shopping center, he’s been taken care of.”
After a short while, Aurora’s voice came through:
“How on earth did you do that?”
She had already found the body, her face full of disbelief.
“100 meters away, yet hitting the target with a handgun!”
Beyond 50 meters, even if a handgun bullet retained its lethality, it would be too erratic to hit anything; even the best gun skills could not ensure a hit.
“Could it be that another gunman was arranged?”
That was the only explanation, Aurora gestured, and several staff members immediately came forward to deal with the body.
Seeing the sniper rifle scattered on the ground, everyone’s faces were filled with admiration and joy.
These ordinary campaign team staff members didn’t care how Lu Li did it; they just hoped he could keep doing it forever.
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Lu Li himself was quite satisfied with this shot.
His control over his spirit had always been his strong suit, and he was increasingly looking forward to controlling bombs.
But at this moment, it was the Flying Sword that came with good news first.
His phone rang, and Professor Wei had sent a video.
A group of PhD students were seen using Diamond Grinding Heads to polish several uniquely designed Short Swords.
This was followed by a text message:
“The Flying Swords are completed!
Based on the Tungsten Cobalt Carbide hard alloy, we’ve incorporated 5% Gold as per your request.
After testing, the service life is three times that of regular hard alloy.”
“A total of 7 swords were crafted, and to polish them, three Diamond Grinding Heads were worn out.”
Lu Li hadn’t expected such efficiency, having everything done in just one day, and he quickly replied:
“Thank you for your hard work, much appreciated!”
Professor Wei seemed to be busy and did not reply immediately.
At that moment, the auditorium burst into warm applause; Lady Maria’s speech had come to an end.
She waved to the crowd repeatedly and, amidst cheering, got into the car.
Lu Li and others also boarded the vehicles, starting their journey back.
Today’s speech went Perfectly, and Lady Maria was in a very good mood.
She certainly knew who the hero was and now said with a light smile,
“Colonel Garcia has agreed to the proposal to procure the new artillery.
It’s expected to take about half a month, and the specifics will be arranged by Aurora.”
One piece of good news after another, Lu Li said with a smile, “That’s great, thank you very much.”
“No need to be polite,” Lady Maria replied cheerfully,
“In a few days, we’ll need to head south to secure the ‘Swing State,’ which is more dangerous and chaotic.
I will still be relying on your abilities then.”
Lu Li had just nodded in agreement when his phone rang.
It was a video call from Professor Wei.
“Excuse me, I need to take this.”
“Please do.”
Lu Li pressed the answer button, and a face with a broad forehead and large ears appeared—it was Professor Wei.
“Lu Li, I’ve sent you everything via air cargo directly to Tijuana Airport.”
“Okay, you’ve been a great help this time.”
“It’s no trouble at all, I was free anyway…
Ah, you’re outside?”
“Just dealing with some things with a friend.”
“Then I won’t keep you any longer, stop by the country whenever you’re free.”
After ending the video call, Professor Wei wore a puzzled look on his face.
He caught a glimpse earlier, noticing a familiar-looking foreign woman beside Lu Li—it seemed he had seen her somewhere before.
Being a professor, his mind worked swiftly, and he soon remembered seeing her in the news that morning.
He quickly scrolled through his phone and found the following:
“Moxico initiates the largest ever election, with the Federal Electoral Commission ultimately confirming four candidates for the presidential race…”
In the news article, Lady Maria’s photo prominently ranked first!
Professor Wei exclaimed in surprise, “A 40% approval rating, almost 20 percentage points ahead of the second place!”
This meant, barring any surprises, the woman sitting and laughing next to Lu Li…
would be the next President of Mexico!
“Damn…
no wonder money doesn’t seem to matter to her.”
Professor Wei inhaled sharply, truly not expecting Lu Li to be doing so well.
He felt proud and relieved, having established a good relationship in advance.
“I need to keep an eye on this Moxico election.”
Professor Wei immediately subscribed to the election news.
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Tijuana, located in the state named “Lower California,” was Lady Maria’s stronghold.
Her current task was to completely secure this area before moving on to win over the “Swing State”.
In the following days, under Lu Li’s protection, the lady frequently visited various major cities in the state, holding campaign rallies and street speeches.
Three days later, “Lower California” was thoroughly secured, and it was time to head south.
And Lu Li’s Flying Sword had also arrived.
UPS International Express sent a message that the delivery would be made first thing tomorrow morning.
The campaign team was set to leave the day after tomorrow, which gave them two days of leeway.
What came next was to see if the hard alloy could be turned into “sacrificial tools” through social platforms.