Task One
"C-level mission: Assisting with the follow-up of public security in City Z has been completed. Reward mission points: 150. - Association Information Management Center" After Jiang E said goodbye to the three people in the management building, Lu Quezhi also left.
"What do you think?" Shi Youchen suddenly responded to Yun Gui.
Ying Yungui didn't expect him to take the initiative to speak, and subconsciously said: "I usually don't discuss things with people in places like this."
Shi Youchen stared at his eyes expressionlessly for a while, then turned and walked away.
"Where are you going? Don't talk about it anymore?"
"Tea room."
......
"Tea room?" Ying Yungui crossed his legs and sat on the futon. In front of him was a small single table placed against the window, so it didn't seem too crowded.
Shi Youchen made two cups of tea and pushed one in front of Ying Yungui.
He felt a little embarrassed. The teahouse talk was a joke. He had wanted to go to Yan Zhiyuan's office, where familiarity would make communication smoother. But unexpectedly, neither Yan Zhiyuan nor Lin Zhouze were there today, and he felt embarrassed to send a message to bother them.
So now, the two of them were sitting by the floor-to-ceiling window in the living room of Shi Youchen's dormitory, which was where he usually thought and meditated.
Ying Yungui was not restrained. He believed that there was no place in heaven or on earth that he could not go. However, he did not expect that a cold person like Shi Youchen would insist on talking to him even at this point.
It seems to be a very important matter.
Ying Yungui picked up the cup and took a sip. It was a little sour and bitter. But it didn't matter. It was an honor to have the beauty personally make tea.
"Let me guess, do you want to talk to me about Lu Quezhi?" Ying Yungui gently stroked the rim of the cup with his thumb, looking at Shi Youchen's slightly furrowed brows, as if he was rubbing away his sorrow.
Shi Youchen pulled up the reports on the first Z City Port explosion and the second incident at the emergency center, and said to Yun Gui, "Take a look at these two documents first. They are the emergency missions Lu Que and I sent out last time."
Ying Yungui chuckled and said, "No need. Although I was participating in other missions at the time, there haven't been many A-level incidents in District 8 in recent years. I'm naturally aware of this matter."
"As for the second explosion..." He glanced at those thin lips and suddenly said jokingly, "'A beautiful new psychic nearly lost her life' was a rumor that spread quite a bit back then."
Shi Youchen was stunned for a moment, then realized he was being joking and put away the screen. "Then if I said I think Chen Bushen was wrongly accused, would you believe me?"
"Isn't that a clear frame-up?" Ying Yungui supported his chin with his left hand and carefully observed the expression of the person in front of him.
Shi Youchen didn't expect that he would take the initiative and save himself a lot of effort in explaining.
"I suspect that Li Luo and Lu Quezhi were the real driving forces behind that incident. Li Luo doesn't have any special abilities, so he was probably just a pawn responsible for execution. The real leader might be Lu Quezhi."
"If my suspicion is correct, then his ability shouldn't be as simple as just tactile perception."
Ying Yungui: "You suspect it's a mental invasion, right?"
Shi Youchen didn't say anything, but his eyes answered for him.
"Let's assume his true ability is mind invasion, and deduce the entire incident." Ying Yungui tapped his fingertips on the table as Shi Youchen began to recall the events. "First, Chen Bushen, under his control, sent a message to the three psychics to gather. This conspicuous action was probably intended to alert Li Luo."
"Did he know those people before the mission?" Ying Yungui asked.
"No, he was just in training at the time, just like me. Theoretically, he wouldn't have known other psychics. As for Chen Bushen, he only joined the team a dozen minutes before the mission, so it's even less likely that he knew them beforehand."
"Then the ability can only be used on the way to the mission."
Shi Youchen suddenly remembered the research results from Area 10 that Lin Zhouze had shown him earlier and said, "Under darkness, the energy fluctuations of mental intrusion will be greatly enhanced. Before entering the emergency center, there is a tunnel that remains dark for about ten seconds."
"He acted within those ten seconds. Upon arriving, he first controlled Chen Bushen outside to send a message, reminding Li Luo to protect himself. He then controlled the three psychics who received the message, forcing them to ignore the rule of 'complete the mission first' and immediately go outside to meet Chen Bushen."
"Then the explosion occurred, resulting in only Li Luo surviving, while the others died on the spot."
Shi Youchen suddenly asked, "What about Du Li protecting Li Luo?"
Ying Yungui smiled contemptuously: "If it is true, then it can only be said that my sincerity was misplaced. If it is made up, then it is exploitation."
"Using the 'physical evidence' information and the 'witness' Li Luo, they pinned the blame on Chen Bushen."
"As for you and the other psychic," Ying Yungui stopped tapping his fingers and said, looking at the faintly visible mole on Shi Youchen's right forehead, "maybe you just couldn't bear it."
Shi Youchen disagreed: "I've already decided to let all the unrelated people die, so how could I not have the heart to take two more with me?"
Maybe it's because you're pretty and treat him well, so he can't bear to let you go. Ying Yungui didn't dare to say it out loud.
"Maybe with his abilities, ten seconds isn't enough to invade everyone."
Shi Youchen seemed dissatisfied with this conjecture, but he was still grateful for Ying Yungui's inference.
"Then, the fundamental question is."
"Betrayer, what is your purpose?"
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Lu Quezhi had just received news from over there.
"They will definitely continue to investigate He Guansheng's clue. You should follow them and help them investigate. Pay special attention to the abilities of the boy from the Ying family."
"Once this mission is completed, we can ask a person with special abilities to treat my mother." Lu Quezhi breathed a sigh of relief, his eyes reddened as he looked at the papers on the table. "I'm sorry," he said to someone unknown.
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Ying Yungui watched the beauty writing on the paper with her head down, her hair on her forehead gently blown by the wind, and her thick eyelashes drooped like a feather fan.
"Ahem, why did you come to discuss this with me?" He clenched his fist and covered his mouth with it.
Shi Youchen didn't stop writing and replied calmly, "Because this mission involves three of us, who else can I turn to besides you?"
Ying Yungui automatically ignored the first half of the sentence. He was very satisfied with the answer, "Who else can I turn to except you?"
"Now that we've finished speculating about the last incident, let's talk about this one?"
"I've sorted it out." Shi Youchen said as he turned the paper 180 degrees and pushed it forward.
"I don't know what his motive was, but at the critical moment when the task force was about to arrest He Guansheng, he controlled Liu Chen and used Jiang E, who was standing nearby, to carry out the bar murder. He successfully created chaos and gave He Guansheng and his men an opportunity to exploit."
Ying Yungui snorted, "With me here, who can escape?"
Shi Youchen had to admit that Ying Yungui was indeed crucial and had made great contributions. But he was a little too arrogant.
"In short, all the reasoning based on Lu Quezhi's point is valid, and there are no logical loopholes."
Ying Yungui was actually curious about why Lu Quezhi had chosen Liu Chen out of all the other people in the bar. Suddenly, he thought of what Liu Chen had done in the restroom and thought to himself, "Could this kid Lu Quezhi really..."
He quickly glanced at Shi Youchen's expression. Fortunately, the person involved didn't seem to think that way.
"So what do you want to do with him?"
"There is insufficient substantive evidence, so we cannot submit an investigation application to the association." Shi Youchen's tone was calm, yet he seemed to be persuading.
"You want to?"
"Follow He Guansheng's clues and investigate further."
"Follow He Guansheng's clues." The two said in unison.
At this moment, Ying Yungui truly believed that the word "courageous" was the most appropriate word to describe Shi Youchen.
But he still asked, "You doubt Lu Quezhi, but believe the clues he gave you?"
"Since he dares to say it, why should I worry about it being false? Besides..." Shi Youchen didn't finish the second half of his sentence, "I don't think things are that simple."
"?" Ying Yungui looked at him, but he didn't say anything else.
Shi Youchen thought to himself: It is enough that he can analyze this matter with me to this extent. I should not cause any more trouble to him.
Ying Yungui saw through his inner thoughts. "Then we have a good understanding. I also think things are not that simple, so even if you don't ask, I will check it myself."
"Thank you so much today. Whether it's Jiang E or me." Shi Youchen thanked him somewhat awkwardly.
Ying Yungui looked at his drooping eyelashes and couldn't help but joke, "Don't you have to look at the other person to express your gratitude more sincerely?"
Shi Youchen subconsciously looked up and happened to bump into the lingering purple.
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Z City, Liu Chen's home.
"I'm deeply sorry for the passing of your young master. He was a very good person." The man sat upright with a pair of sunglasses at his side.
Opposite him sat a couple who looked to be over 50. The woman was sobbing uncontrollably while her husband gently stroked her back.
The man looked a little embarrassed: "But from what I know, this 'accident' seems to involve supernatural powers."
The woman immediately stood up and said, "Then I'll go apply for assistance from the association right now! My Xiaochen is still so young, wuwuwu..."
The man's left hand kept tapping his thigh under the table, looking extremely regretful. "The Public Security Bureau submitted the application that day, but the association rejected it. Sigh."
"Why? Isn't the association supposed to help us solve our problems?!" The husband couldn't sit still anymore and stood up, slamming the table.
"Don't worry, I'm here to help you." The man comforted them and signaled them to calm down first.
"The association doesn't investigate because they don't have the capacity to do so."
"Our 'Maintenance Bureau' is different. We don't have so many rules, so we naturally consider the people more than the association does."
"If you two consider joining, I will definitely give you a satisfactory answer to your son's matter."
The man's gray pupils flashed with a clear light, bewitching the two people opposite him.
They suddenly calmed down, even looking a little dazed, and nodded, "Let's join the Maintenance Bureau."
"So good." The man put his sunglasses back on, pushed the door open and left with satisfaction.
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