Chapter 45 Freedom Alliance
After Yu Junxun finally closed the door and left Yan Shi's office, Yan Shi looked around to make sure no one was there. Then, he quickly took out his phone and began to ask, "What does 'the dissipation of the spirits' mean?"
Then the pupils dilated.
She exclaimed, "Why are Yu Junxun and Leona reacting so strongly?!"
No one told her that the disappearance of an elf meant death.
Is this some kind of essential common sense in the Otherworld?
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What did she say? I wish I could turn back time and tell it all again...
So, what did Leona mean when she said, "Beware of illusions"?
Yan Shi casually tore off a scrap of document, wrote down the illusory nature of the situation on paper, and decided to check it in the database another day when he had time.
Considering that she herself was completely unaware of many common-sense facts about the Otherworld, Yan Shi finally made a painful decision.
Discreet shipping.
Special note: Do not write the product name on the outer packaging.
Yan Shi had been eyeing this set of books for a long time, but shipping from the inner world to the outer world was very expensive, requiring an extra 48 yuan in shipping fees. Yan Shi had a wide range of hobbies, and his salary was barely enough to support himself, so he couldn't bear to spend that extra shipping cost.
But now the situation is different; she just made a fortune over the weekend, 840,000 yuan.
Thanks to the Vilnexus for its generous gift, and thanks to the Mithril Merchant Guild.
There was nothing particularly special about today's official business; the most pressing issue was the ongoing conflict between the orcs on the Giant Jaw Plains.
Calling it a conflict is a euphemistic way of putting it; in reality, it's war.
Winters on the Giant Jade Plains are harsh, fraught with natural disasters. Even today, with highly advanced alchemy and weapon crafting, and countless powerful beings protecting them with spirits as shields and spells as spears, nightmares still destroy everything.
Strangely, the area near the boundary gate is never affected by the evil.
However, the area near the boundary gate is constant, it's only so big. The Giant Jaw Plains have been the territory of the beastmen since ancient times, and no beastman wants to leave their territory.
So the summer conflict broke out.
Every summer, the beastmen would wage war to seize ownership of the city-states near the boundary gate.
This is now considered a retained activity.
Yan Shi looked at the battle report submitted by the Seiro City branch, which was a preliminary estimate from the Bureau of Investigation and Statistics, and sighed heavily.
As a third party managing the human race, the Bureau of Alien Affairs naturally cannot interfere in the orc conflicts.
All the General Administration can do each year is allocate funds to the Ju'e Plain to care for the large number of war orphans caused by the conflict.
The amount of this funding has always been coordinated by the Finance Department of the General Administration's Information Division, which estimates the number of orphans based on the war forecast and allocates funds according to the world's minimum living standard per child.
She wanted to intervene in the matter, but found that she had interfered too much in the family and didn't know where to start.
I was planning to make changes next year, but it just so happens that this year it happened.
Yan Shi pulled out the funding application submitted by the Finance Department and the estimated battle report of Cero City, intending to put them aside for the time being and see which side had the biggest objection.
At the same time, she took out a large number of contraband items that she had taken from the Ville Hub Management Bureau over the weekend from her space bracelet and began to estimate the total price of the goods.
"The Freedom Alliance needs around 12 million in total, but that's definitely not the total... The Finance Department will allocate 80 million..."
Isn't this difference too big?
Wait a minute, the Vil Nexus itself is a large alchemical product.
As fellow alchemists, Duan Yunchen must know alchemists from the Free Alliance.
Yan Shi's eyes lit up.
Duan Yunchen's day as a witch begins with a delicious brunch.
The alchemist is most inspired at night, so her daytime usually begins at noon.
Today was clearly different. Around 10 a.m., while Duan Yunchen was still half asleep, his phone started ringing incessantly.
She reached for her phone, angrily tapped the screen to see who was disturbing her sleep so early in the morning, and when the call connected, she saw Yanlan's face, which made her even more infuriated.
Duan Yunchen: "Yanlan, are you ever going to stop? You've already taken all the contraband from the Weir Hub, what more do you want?"
The person on the other end glanced at her first, then held the phone away, presumably to confirm the name, before slowly saying, "Duan Yunchen, head of the Weir Hub?"
Duan Yunchen woke up immediately.
No, her phone is on Do Not Disturb mode. Unless you have the same or higher permissions as her, you can't get through.
And how did Yanlan get her contact information?
Her vision went black.
"No, it's the director. I'm sorry, I, I, I, please wait a moment!" Duan Yunchen quickly slammed his phone down on the table, sat up in bed, used his spiritual sense to tidy his clothes, and then picked up his phone again.
"Director, hello. I am Duan Yunchen, the person in charge of the Weier Hub. What specific instructions do you have?" Duan Yunchen tried to appear calm.
Yan Shi's gaze swept over Duan Yunchen's pink pajamas adorned with a spatula and a medicine bottle, then fell silent as he looked at the decorative wall behind her, which was decorated with spiders, snakes, and long-legged insects.
Such abstract outfits, such abstract room decor, and such an abstract branch office manager.
"So there's a time difference between the Inner World and the Headquarters," Yan Shi said slowly.
Otherwise, why would Duan Yunchen still be in bed instead of working at the branch office?
Duan Yunchen: ...
She has a sharp tongue.
No wonder she's Yanlan's older sister.
Now Duan Yunchen saw things clearly and finally understood why Gui Gemu and the others said that the person who forcibly demolished her branch last time could not have been the bureau chief.
Although Director Yan looks just like Yan Lan, he has a cold and stern expression, exuding a sharp edge. Yan Lan, on the other hand, is more flamboyant and carefree, acting with a free and easy manner.
Once you've seen the two of them, you can tell them apart at a glance.
Duan Yunchen: "I was seriously injured and have been recuperating at home recently. I've already taken leave. Do you know how I got injured?"
Director Yan: "Not interested."
Duan Yunchen: "It was your sister who injured her! She even ransacked our Weir Hub Branch." She feigned heartbreak, "You should teach her a lesson!"
Yan Shi: ...
Whom did Duan Yunchen ask her to educate? Himself?
She only dismantled the branch office that day; she didn't even touch Duan Yunchen!
This is a staged accident.
Yan Shi: "I know how ruthless she is." As she spoke, she looked at Duan Yunchen, who was unharmed, "If he were seriously injured, I would suspect that the branch office has recently been attacked by unknown forces and has not reported it to headquarters."
After all, she had already seen the official documents that Duan Yunchen had submitted this morning regarding her sister's dismantling of the branch office.
Duan Yunchen: ...
She had only heard that Yanlan was Director Yan's sister, but she didn't expect that Director Yan would actually protect her so much.
Duan Yunchen: "No, I suddenly feel better. I can go to work at the branch office soon."
"That's good," Yan Ju said calmly, then asked, "Do you know any alchemists from the Free Alliance?"
Yan Lan had just taken away the contraband from the Free Alliance that had been seized by the branch office when Director Yan came to ask her about the Free Alliance's alchemists.
Is there doubt about the relationship between the Welsh Hub and the Free Alliance?
Duan Yunchen instantly calmed down: "Why are you asking about this? Of course, we alchemists all know each other. The Alchemy Tower welcomes all alchemists, regardless of their origin, destination, or personal inclinations." She carefully chose her words.
Director Yan has been in office for only half a year, making him the longest-serving director since the 64th director. Due to his mysterious background and powerful abilities, Duan Yunchen heard many rumors about Director Yan from various gossip groups within the bureau.
But one thing is certain: Director Yan has no family or faction affiliation. She is simply a maintainer of order.
Duan Yunchen was curious about what kind of family could raise sisters like Yanju and Yanlan who were so different.
Hearing Duan Yunchen's reply, Director Yan was not surprised by her ambiguity and instead said very directly: "I'll talk to the Freedom Alliance about their summer deal."
Duan Yunchen: "What Fengxia transaction?" She tried to continue pretending not to understand.
Director Yan: "The funds allocated for the Ju'e Plain this summer are currently all tied up in the General Administration."
Without this funding, half of the refined products exported by the Free Alliance would have no buyers, because the funding line would be broken.
When Yan Shi was calculating the difference between the total transaction amount of the Free Alliance and the financial department's appropriation, he always had a question: why were the alchemical products exported by the Free Alliance always sold out in such a perfect way?
After researching the activities of major families who might have intervened in the grant from summer to fall in recent years, she found that they always made big moves in the fall.
This spring, the Western Vatican, located on the other side of the Forest of Life, has frequently taken actions against the elves.
Yan Shi boldly speculated that this batch of contraband, mostly intended for elves, was specifically customized by the Free Alliance for the Western Vatican.
They would wait for the special grant for orphans to arrive, then immediately proceed with the transaction. Any surplus would go into the pockets of the various families along the way, to be used for other purchases.
The Liberty Alliance painstakingly secured about 16% of the funding, which is certainly not enough to support these youngsters.
Instead of doing business with powerful families and paying high fees, it's better for the headquarters to directly connect with the Free Alliance.
Perhaps we can also obtain more detailed information about the families involved in the funding.
As Yan Shi had expected, Duan Yunchen was indeed not entirely clear on the matter, but at least he knew about what was going on here: "I have already seized the contraband that the Free Alliance traded on a large scale this summer for use in harming Pokémon. The rest is beyond my control."
“Director Yan,” Duan Yunchen said, “the Weir Hub didn’t get involved in this.”
Yan Shi: "Contact information."
Duan Yunchen: "I've already tried to persuade you."
Yan Shi: "Contact information."
Duan Yunchen: "Please don't tell Master Meng that it was me who gave it to him."
She quickly sent Yan Shi a spiritual message link, and just as she was about to say a few more words, she found that Director Yan had already hung up the spiritual message.
Duan Yunchen: ...
Is she some kind of living address book?
She'd had enough; both Yanju and the Yanlan sisters were her nemesis.
After Yan Shi obtained Meng Shi's contact information from Duan Yunchen, he hung up her spiritual message.
She was afraid that if she said a few more words to Duan Yunchen, she wouldn't be able to resist going to dismantle Duan Yunchen's branch office again next time.
Although it's not very ethical, it was Yanlan who did it, so what does it have to do with Yanshi?
She clicked on the contact information for the so-called Master Meng that Duan Yunchen had sent her, added him via spiritual message, and wrote: "Introduced by Duan Yunchen."
After turning off my phone and happily preparing to end my morning, I suddenly heard a "beep beep" knocking sound outside the window.
She turned around and saw a bald red-crowned crane with a large bundle tied to its feet, banging hard on her window.
Yan Shi: ...
Is this her 48 yuan shipping fee service?
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