50: The consultant has arrived, along with a brand new tool.

Magic City, 7:00 AM.

The sky was bright.

Inside the top-floor duplex luxury mansion of Tomson Riviera, Jiang Ming's original body stood before a massive floor-to-ceiling window.

Beneath his feet, this sleepless steel forest had already recovered a surface-level calm from the midnight turmoil.

The waters of the Huangpu River remained turbid, but the navigation channels had been initially cleared.

A long cordon had been set up along the Riverside Avenue on The Bund, where countless engineering vehicles and personnel were working intensely on repairs.

Everything was in perfect order.

But Jiang Ming knew that beneath this order surged an undercurrent powerful enough to subvert everything.

He brought up his system panel.

【emotion points Balance: 12,890,000】

Looking at this number, the corners of Jiang Ming's mouth curled up slightly.

In just one night.

The global cognitive shock brought about by the "One Sword Severs the River" incident had contributed over ten million emotion points points to him.

This figure even exceeded the total revenue from the previous "Yuzhang First Snow" event.

Furthermore, it was still steadily increasing.

Regarding this, Jiang Ming now completely understood.

His previous solo performances, no matter how grand the scale, were essentially just performing magic tricks for an audience.

The audience would be shocked and amazed, but the intensity of their emotions always had an upper limit.

Now, it was different.

A truly real "Servant" possessing world-destroying power had descended upon the human world.

This was no longer a performance.

This was setting up a brand new, transcendent, massive stage capable of drawing the entire world into it.

He was the dealer.

And the whole world would become the audience on this stage, or even... the actors.

The efficiency of harvesting emotion points in this mode was hundreds or thousands of times that of a solo performance!

The past model could now be completely phased out.

Jiang Ming focused his mind, and an invisible command was sent through the Mental Link, crossing several kilometers to be precisely delivered to the roof of another skyscraper in Magic City.

There, Li Bai, dressed in snow-white robes, sat cross-legged in meditation, breathing in the purple mist of early morning.

"From this moment on, seek out a 'Master' of your own choosing."

"I will not interfere with your choice."

On the rooftop, Li Bai heard the words and slowly opened his eyes.

He turned toward Jiang Ming's direction and gave a slight nod, performing a classical and elegant salute.

In the next second.

Li Bai's form transformed into countless dancing spots of clear light, like dandelions scattered by the wind, completely merging into this vast city and vanishing without a trace.

Jiang Ming switched his perspective.

His consciousness instantly descended into the senses of Mirror Image No. 1 through the invisible link.

A slight bumping sensation came through.

Through the narrow porthole, he could see the sea of clouds and the vast earth receding rapidly below.

Mirror Image No. 1, this perfect body double, was currently sitting on a military special plane with simple decor but extremely high security levels.

Destination: the Capital.

"Cooperate with all actions of the Ninth Bureau."

"Play your role as a 'Special Consultant' well."

"Report any emergencies to me immediately through the Mental Link."

Jiang Ming's original body's command echoed in the mind of Mirror Image No. 1.

"Understood."

Mirror Image No. 1 responded in his heart, while on the surface, he maintained the appearance of leaning back in his seat with eyes closed, looking slightly weary.

Perspective switched back to Tomson Riviera.

Having resolved two major matters, Jiang Ming's original body began to consider the next issues.

Identity.

Action.

Although Mirror Image No. 1 was attracting all the Ninth Bureau's attention domestically, the movements of his original body were still very inconvenient.

Every time he went out, he needed the no. 2 puppet to follow with optical camouflage; the efficiency was too low and the limitations were too great.

More importantly, his identity was already firmly tied to the "Crow God" persona.

For a "director" who wanted to remain behind the scenes, this was fatal.

This problem had to be solved.

Jiang Ming turned his gaze toward the invisible no. 2 puppet that existed beside him like air.

It was time to upgrade his "tool man."

With a thought, Jiang Ming directly "recycled" the Mirror Puppet no. 2 beside him, turning it back into the purest emotion points energy for the system.

Although it only returned less than ten thousand points, it was better than nothing.

Then, Jiang Ming opened the ability interface for the 【Mirror Puppet】 in his mind.

This time, he didn't choose any known templates.

Instead, he began a custom creation.

"Invest 2,000,000 emotion points points."

A staggering number.

This was almost equivalent to a quarter of the total revenue from the "Yuzhang First Snow" incident.

Jiang Ming intended to exploit a "BUG" in the 【Mirror Puppet】 ability.

The acquisition of his own abilities relied entirely on "Destinys Triple Choice," which was full of randomness and couldn't be specified.

But Mirror Puppets were different.

As long as enough emotion points was invested, theoretically, he could create a perfect lifeform possessing any specified ability he could imagine.

Although these puppets were just puppets and their abilities couldn't be used by Jiang Ming's original body,

they possessed absolute obedience toward him, engraved into the deepest parts of their souls.

That was enough.

As Jiang Ming's command was issued, complex golden patterns began to surface on the system interface.

Jiang Ming began to set the abilities for this brand new puppet that was about to be born at the cost of two million emotion points points.

【Ability 1: Cognitive Shielding】

【Effect: Can be applied to oneself and designated targets. Once applied, the target will be subconsciously 'ignored' by intelligent beings on both a physical and informational level. For example, if you stand in front of someone, they won't see you; if your name appears on a document, they will automatically skip it. Unless actively deactivated, you are a 'ghost' of the world.】

【Ability 2: Data Manipulation】

【Effect: Possesses the permissions and capabilities of a top-tier artificial intelligence. Can freely traverse, read, modify, and delete any network data, treating firewalls as if they were nothing.】

【Ability 3: Spatial Jump】

【Effect: As long as a location 'once seen or remembered' surfaces in the mind—whether visited in person or learned through photos, videos, or memories—the user can instantly teleport their entire body, including worn clothing and items, to that location, ignoring distance and physical obstacles.】

The three auxiliary abilities, which could be called heaven-defying, were set.

Jiang Ming pressed the "Confirm Creation" option without hesitation.

【emotion points -2,000,000】

【Current emotion points Balance: 10,890,000】

A massive amount of emotion points was instantly drained.

The air in front of Jiang Ming began to distort, and countless golden data streams converged out of thin air, quickly outlining a human silhouette identical to Jiang Ming.

The light faded.

A brand new Mirror Puppet no. 2 Jiang Ming stood quietly before him.

Looking at this perfect tool man he had spent a fortune to build, Jiang Ming nodded with satisfaction.

With him, he had finally truly gained the freedom to roam the world.

Jiang Ming walked up to the new no. 2 puppet and gave his first command.

"Let's go."

"Take me to the birthplace of the next 'Heroic Spirit,' Tokyo, Sakura Country."