Si Yi scrolled through the different photos posted by the original poster and other threads, but couldn't find a single one of the girls he had seen at the combat training center today.
Chief bodyguard Zhou Yuan glanced at his boss's fingers darting around and said:
"This carnivorous plant was transported to the combat training center from Planet 532 three days ago. It went through proper procedures and security checks, and everything seemed normal."
Si Yi closed the trending search page he had just browsed and clicked on a live video of a "red carpet" at the entrance of a palace: "Then why did something abnormal happen to it today? It was parasitized by a level 5 Zerg."
Chief Bodyguard: "..."
I only received the bodyguard salary uniformly distributed by the royal family, and did not receive any additional salary from the investigation team.
Why do you have to work two jobs?!
hatred!
On their unofficial bodyguard websites, someone revealed that many wealthy families pay their bodyguards more than one salary.
Why do I only have one copy?!
Fortunately, Zhou Yuan was already used to hiding, and he stood with his head bowed:
"Initial suspicion is that there is a problem with the staff inside. After investigation by Tianyan, it was found that the man-eating flower was moved by two staff members, and one of them just exploded and died. Judging from the picture of the death, it looks like the shell after being parasitized by the Zerg and then abandoned."
"I want the real culprit, not these temporary workers!"
Si Yi didn't even look up, continuing to watch the live stream on his personal terminal. The screen showed a minor internet celebrity dressed in flashy clothes, who had already been squatting on the main road in front of the palace gate, talking animatedly to the camera, planning to attend the banquet for people from all walks of life later.
Si Yi looked at it for a while, then looked up and gazed out of the palace through the floor-to-ceiling windows. "I was just wondering which excuse to use to tear down this fig leaf of brotherly love and respect in the palace, and now they can pull this stunt on me at this critical juncture. Do they want to die even faster?"
Zhou Yuan lowered his head, his brows furrowing slightly.
The investigation of the Zerg is very strict throughout the Empire. Under normal procedures, it is impossible for plants and animals to carry the parasitic Zerg.
It is even more impossible for a person to carry it.
Now, it is precisely the staff of the combat training center who have brought the parasite race, and the target is the fifth prince of the royal family. A simple mistake is not enough to cover up the truth.
"Your Highness means..." Zhou Yuan asked in a low voice.
Si Yi turned off the video again and went to search for other trending topics. "I need to focus on checking my good older brothers and younger brothers. Of course, I shouldn't forget my good uncles, sisters, and cousins either."
"Okay," the head bodyguard replied.
"We'll raise the security level to one level for tonight's palace banquet," Si Yi said. "We'll have all the temporarily transferred waiters checked again. I don't want any mistakes to happen tonight."
"Understood." The bodyguard, with blood and tears in his eyes, replied again.
Don't ask why it's filled with blood and tears.
The truth is, despite the boss's handsome and meticulous arrangements, they simply didn't have enough manpower to do all the setup!
Listen to this, listen to this, what do you mean by thoroughly checking all my good brothers, sisters, uncles, and younger brothers, and what do you mean by thoroughly checking the temporary waiters?
How many people are there in total? And how many of us are there? Don't you have any idea?!
If you don't have money, why do you act all high and mighty as if it's your right?!
**
Just as the Fifth Prince's chief bodyguard was about to put his legs on wheels and fly away, Shu Yan's chief bodyguard had already obtained the information on the people in the video he requested.
“Young Master, your video recorded nine people in total.”
Xia opened her personal terminal and showed several photos. "This is a staff member from Tomato Star News, a B-level ability user whose ability is speed. This is a staff member from Chili Network, also a B-level ability user whose ability is long-distance vision. And this is..."
He slid over several people in a row. "These people are all fine so far. Some have already gone back to their workplaces, and some are still staking out the helipad at Yanliyuan Hospital to film gossip. They're all within our brothers' sight, except for one..."
Xiaxia posted another photo, which is a screenshot from a video provided by Shuyan.
The man in the picture is not particularly good-looking; he's the kind of person you wouldn't notice at first glance in a crowd. Xia said, "This man was leaving just as we were passing by. Our people followed him onto a bus, but after changing buses, they lost him."
Given their professional tracking skills, losing track of someone is extremely unusual, leading them to conclude that this person is anything but simple.
"You still haven't found her?" Shu Yan glanced at the time; it was already past 3 p.m., more than two hours since he had escorted Tao Yao to Yanli Courtyard.
"I dispatched two hundred olfactory ability users to conduct a city-wide, carpet-like search, and we just found him. Through the Sky Eye system, we monitored his current movements; he's in an alley downstairs in a small inn in the South District, seemingly waiting for someone." Xia directly connected his personal computer to the Sky Eye system and pulled up the surveillance footage.
The current FAST telescope has extremely high resolution, is very discreet in its shooting, and provides exceptionally clear images.
The man was seen puffing away in the alley. Finally, he threw down his cigarette butt, then, as if thinking of something, tilted his head back and gave a contemptuous smile. Before that eerie smile was even finished, his whole body suddenly started trembling, as if he had an epileptic seizure.
Finally, he received a phone call. Soon, a city cleaning robot slid over and fined the man for littering a cigarette butt. The man paid the 100 star coins fine but didn't leave. Instead, he took out a cigarette and continued smoking.
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