Chapter 24, Sister
Guigemu turned on the monitoring.
The surveillance footage recorded by Xiao Gan was a frontal video. It showed a person who looked exactly like the bureau chief raising an eyebrow and smiling at the panel by the door: "I'm an employee, I forgot to take my things."
His arrogant and unrestrained demeanor immediately suggests he's lying.
Shu Zhijing also came over to look at the surveillance footage: "It doesn't seem like Director Yan. What are they planning to do here?"
Duan Yunchen shouted from the other end of the video: "Not the bureau chief? But she used the bureau chief's card and passed facial recognition to enter. Xiao Gan couldn't have made another mistake and let a stranger in. You're questioning my alchemy skills."
"Are there any more?" Gui Gemu asked. "What did she come to the Bureau of Extraordinary Affairs to get?"
"Let me see," Duan Yunchen said after a couple of quick adjustments. "She just went in. I'll switch to live monitoring for you."
It can be seen that after the person suspected to be Director Yan entered the branch of the Bureau of Foreign Affairs, he stood in the center of the hall and pondered for a while. His gaze swept over the pipes on the wall and finally landed on the chandelier above his head.
She seemed quite interested in the gears on the chandelier, staring at them for a while before turning her gaze away and heading towards the stairs.
"They wouldn't be trying to sabotage my beautiful headlights, would they?" Duan Yunchen's eyes widened. "Damn it, I'm sending someone over right now."
“Let’s see what she’s here for first,” Shu Zhijing said in a deep voice. “Disguised as Director Yan, she’s trying to enter the Bureau of Dissidents. Where did she get Director Yan’s employee card? Is the identification system at the entrance really working properly?”
"How could there be a problem! I swear on my reputation as a witch, absolutely not!" While Duan Yunchen was angrily defending himself, the woman who appeared to be Director Yan had already swiped her card and opened the door at the end of the second floor.
Gui Gemu: "What kind of office is this?"
"It seems to be the room where the enforcement department stores confiscated contraband," Duan Yunchen thought seriously for a while.
Shu Zhijing: "This room might be where the contraband syndicate that had their goods seized came back to steal more. The branch office should send the enforcement team to arrest them as soon as possible, so we can catch them red-handed."
“But I don’t understand,” Gui Gemu said, who had been carefully examining the surveillance video taken by Xiao Gan at the door, “why did she have to disguise herself as Director Yan and forge Director Yan’s access card.”
To say that someone stole Director Yan's employee card is absurd. Director Yan's power is unfathomable; without her tacit approval, who could take her things?
"The vulnerabilities in the employee cards of the Bureau of Foreign Affairs should also be investigated. It's so easy for their permissions to be forged. The Logistics Department needs to revise them."
Lin Cai stood to the side, seemingly wanting to say something but then stopping herself.
Yu Junxun remained silent.
Shu Zhijing looked up: "What's wrong with you all?"
Seeing that Duan Yunchen was about to send people to the branch office to arrest someone, Lin Cai hesitated for a moment and immediately stopped him, saying, "No! There's no need to send anyone."
Duan Yunchen: "This is my branch office. If a thief breaks into the branch office, of course I, as the owner, have to investigate."
Yu Junxun wasn't surprised by Lin Cai's protectiveness of Yan Lan. He glanced at the comic book protagonist again and explained to the others, "It's really best not to send anyone, if you don't want Director Yan to hold a grudge."
"This is Director Yan's younger sister, Yan Lan."
"Yanju's sister?" Guige Mu looked at Yu Junxun in shock. "How did you know?"
Yu Junxun: "I've had some indirect contact with her because of certain things. In short, Director Yan is very protective of her younger sister, and Yan Lan is indeed able to obtain Director Yan's employee card."
Gui Gemu then looked at Lin Cai: "How come you know her too?"
“This is my neighbor,” Lin Cai explained. “Yanlan is a very nice person!”
After listening to Yu Junxun's words, Shu Zhijing kept frowning and thinking.
Duan Yunchen asked, "Why would the bureau chief's sister use the bureau chief's card to get contraband from us?" She seemed puzzled.
Surveillance footage shows that after entering the room, Yanlan directly picked out three geometric solids from the first shelf. She seemed quite satisfied, put them in her pocket, and then left the branch office with light steps.
"What is she holding?" Gui Gemu asked.
"It's a magic liquid bomb, confiscated at the security checkpoint just two days ago. It contains a highly active catalyst that generates intense heat upon contact with air and induces agitation in spirits. It was concocted by that clever apothecary from the Free Alliance." Duan Yunchen explained briefly, then added smugly, "I knew Master Meng would sell this every summer. He had people guarding the Cloud Journey Tower every day. I caught them red-handed when they delivered it."
“No,” she said, then added with a hint of doubt, “The magic liquid bomb explodes as soon as its outer shell breaks. What would Director Yan’s sister be doing here picking this up? Did the director ask her to pick it up on his behalf?”
"It shouldn't be. The director's sister and the director have very different personalities," Yu Junxun suggested tactfully.
Shu Zhijing already understood. She looked at Lin Cai and asked, "Last time you broke out of prison, it was Yanlan who abducted you, right?"
"What prison break?" Duan Yunchen's eyes lit up when he heard about the gossip.
Lin Cai: "It's nothing. My friend Tiger Cub's ability is spatial teleportation."
Those in the know remained silent, and Shu Zhijing did not press further.
“Speaking of which,” she picked up an admission ticket from the table, leaned closer to the video camera, and asked Duan Yunchen, “do you know what this is?”
Duan Yunchen looked over, his expression immediately turning serious: "Underground temporary black market admission tickets? Where did you get these?"
"We just found it on someone who slipped through the net at the Sunrise City black market last week. It says 'Vell Hub C5' on it," Shu Zhijing said, turning it over and pointing to the front.
Duan Yunchen: "Then the location is on C5 Street. The passenger volume of Yuntu Airport Tower is too large, and the Weier Hub can't maintain such a large operation, so it has taken back control of Area C. It's probably moved to some corner of Area C."
“Those cunning merchants in the dark.” She muttered a couple more curses in a language Lin Cai couldn’t understand, then looked back at the camera. “Anyway, you can’t leave until noon tomorrow. Would it be convenient to go to C5 Street? They’ve altered my alchemy array. Without an admission ticket, the Bureau of Exotic Affairs really can’t catch them.”
"As payment, I can provide a small alchemical flying vehicle." Duan Yunchen looked at Guigemu. "After arriving at Emerald City, it will still take a day and a night to drive to the Forest of Life, but my small flying vehicle can get there in 20 hours at most."
Gui Gemu: "Alright, it's a deal."
Because they didn't know exactly when the black market would start, Guige and her group arrived at C5 Street at nine o'clock.
There was no one at the street corner; the entire C area was deserted.
Shu Zhijing: "These underground black markets usually only open at midnight. The Baiyujing Execution Bureau has cracked down on them before."
“Then let’s wait a bit and see if anyone goes in.” Gui Gemu nodded.
Yanlan seemed to be waiting for someone as well, sitting on a bench not far from the intersection of C5 Street, casually scrolling through her phone. Around eleven o'clock, the person she was waiting for finally arrived.
He was a man dressed in a tight-fitting outfit and carrying a heavy sword on his back.
Shu Zhijing: "They look like knights from the Western Territories."
After exchanging words with the person who arrived later, Yanlan walked towards the intersection of C5 Street.
Fearing being discovered by Yanlan, they kept their distance and could only see that after a short while, Yanlan took out the magic liquid bomb that he had taken from the Bureau of Supernatural Affairs that night and detonated it directly at the street corner.
Shu Zhijing: !
Returning to the Pavilion: !
They now know what Yanlan was doing with the magic liquid bomb.
Duan Yunchen maintained contact with them via earpiece, and at this moment, he exclaimed on the other end of the earpiece, "Director Yan's sister is really cool. I've wanted to do that for a long time. It's so satisfying. I wonder how Director Yan taught his sister."
Author's Note: Still a bit short. I'll stop here for now and gradually catch up on the earlier chapters and add some extra chapters while maintaining a basic daily update schedule.
There were so many comments, I'm so sorry it's taking me so long to respond. I'll read every single one! Thank you so much everyone, I'm so surprised and delighted that so many people enjoyed this story (bows).
Let me clarify a few issues. First, there's Yan Shi. She's currently in a situation where there are problems but no one points them out, because once you start working, no one will question their boss, right? (laughs)
Her various behaviors at work stem from her concern for her image. She's a protagonist with personality flaws and wavering values, which explains the stark difference between her work and personal life—almost like a split personality. Currently, Yanlan's personality is dominant.
Other issues involve spoilers, but they will be explained later.
No secrets revealed throughout the entire text.
Thank you again for your understanding. If there are any issues with the plot or writing style, please point them out and I will actively improve!
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