November 6, the steeple.

"Your expression tells me that the mission was not successful."

Nia's tone was grim, and she carried an air of superiority.

Even though Shi Jin had superpowers and was not actually too afraid of it, he couldn't help but lower his head at this moment.

Objectively speaking, it is your own problem, so if you make a mistake you should admit it in time.

"Mr. Congressman, please allow me to first report the findings of this operation."

"explain."

"I found Luke alive in the inner city sewers last night."

"oh?"

Nia crossed her legs, her face less murderous, and seemed more interested:

"You are very capable. Now that you have found him, there is no reason for you to let him escape."

Shi Jin nodded and said:

“Yes, I launched the attack as soon as I confirmed the target, but his ability was not weak either, and he was able to deploy a shield around him to resist.

"The sewer is too narrow, and it's hard for me to have a suitable attack angle when my back is against the wall."

"Keep explaining."

"The fugitive Luke must have found a new hideout and fled towards the nearest sewer exit after deploying defenses.

"Attacking from outside the sewers gives me an advantage, so I plan to change the battlefield as well."

Nia nodded imperceptibly. She certainly knew what Shi Jin and Luke's superpowers were, so she could confirm that her new subordinate was not lying.

"Then why did you fail?"

Hearing this question that went straight to the point, Shi Jin lowered his head even lower:

"We fought all the way out of the sewers. I had the upper hand, but... suddenly there was an explosion from the direction of the spire."

It turned out to be this time...

Nia silently confirmed the details in the other party's words, that is, the battle time was around midnight the previous day.

"I was going to keep chasing, but after the explosion Luke said..."

"What did he say?"

"He said that this was the noise made by his companions who were trying to assassinate you, and asked me to come back quickly to check it out."

"Do you believe this nonsense?"

"I dare not disbelieve it."

Although Shi Jin seemed humble at this time, he occupied the moral high ground in the conversation.

As the saying goes, don't hit a smiling person. Faced with such a loyal subordinate, Nia really has no reason to blame her. Of course, the premise is that she possesses the precious quality of morality.

"Well, it's not all your fault."

After a few seconds of silence, Nia let out a long sigh, and most of the invisible burden on Shi Jin's shoulders was lifted.

"It's a coincidence that Luke is quite quick-witted... When you came to see me today, you should have found that martial law was in place outside, right?"

"Yes, I don't know what happened yet."

"Last night, when you went to the sewer, a fifth-level beast broke through the protective shield from above and invaded the area around the spire."

Shi Jin's eyelids couldn't help but jump when he heard such heavy news.

I had wanted to rush back to the spire overnight last night, but when I got two kilometers away from the spire, I found that an ace air battle was going on in the sky ahead.

The speed of both sides was so fast that Shi Jin couldn't tell what they were fighting.

However, as a spy working for two sides at the same time, Shi Jin naturally had no intention of offering her heart to Nia, so she found a safe corner (sewer) and hid there.

After staying still for more than two hours, she finally walked the last section of the journey at a leisurely pace, still taking a longer detour through the underground corridors of the chemical plant.

He didn't expect that such a change would happen in Hope City when he was away for just one night. Shi Jin felt scared when he thought about it.

However, her fear of death and her exaggeration of the facts deceived the congressman in front of her. However, there was one thing she still wanted to verify again:

"Sir Nia, there is something I am not sure if I can ask you."

"You can ask me any questions, and it's up to me whether I answer or not."

Nia's attitude was arrogant but also very confident.

“You should have read my information. I was arrested by Luke himself a few months ago.

“Although he caught a bunch of people like a mad dog during that time, it’s unlikely that he had no impression of me at all.

"But during yesterday's arrest, he clearly remembered you and seemed to feel sorry for you, but he completely forgot about me..."

Nia nodded and looked at her new subordinate with admiration:

"Shi Jin, I was right, you are very perceptive.

“This is indeed a fact. The specific details are not convenient to disclose at the moment, but I can tell you the result. That is, except for the ten council members, no one in Hope City remembers your existence.

"There is no place that still keeps your information. Everyone you knew before has forgotten you."

"What?!"

At this moment, Shi Jin's surprise and fear were not pretended, but came from the heart.

No one remembered her, even her companions had forgotten her.

Fresnel, Wang Xiao, Puppet Master, Beacon, and most importantly - Fran!

Could it be that my superior has forgotten me?

Fran, Boss Cat, don’t forget that there is someone like you here!

If no one remembers me, what's the point of all my hard work as an undercover agent?

This, this, this. Shi Jin, who originally thought he always had a way out, realized belatedly that the land behind him had turned into a cliff at some point, and there was no room to retreat.

At this moment, the expression on Shi Jin's face was distorted by fear, and became even more distorted by the tension that he was trying to suppress.

Every tremor on his face was seen by Nia who was not far away. She sighed softly and said:

"I can roughly understand your thoughts, but... there are many things that you cannot know now. You may blame me, but in the future you will understand that this is actually more of a form of protection."

Although Shi Jin was extremely confused at the moment, he quickly confirmed a fact, that is, when Fran failed to contact him, he had actually lost his other way out. So the best way to deal with it now was to turn his side job into his main job and hold on tightly to Nia's thigh.

Thinking of this, the expression on her face quickly subsided, and she said very respectfully:

"I dare not."

Nia rolled her eyes under the red hair and said:

"Okay, it was my fault for not informing you about this in advance, but I won't apologize to you either.

“I’ll give you two days off to go back and rest. As long as I don’t assign you a new mission, you will continue to track down Luke.

“Remember, nothing can threaten the councillors in the spire, be it beast or human.

"Remember this and don't be fooled next time."