Speaking of which...
Due to the "rust fog," the difference between day and night in the City of Night Sin is not so obvious.
Many people live in a bronze-colored gloom from birth to death, and in most cases, time is just a simple measurement.
However, things changed after District 15 of Night City. Many years ago, the upper echelons built a simulated lighting system based on historical documents, which roughly replicated the day-night cycle. The feeling of night, neon lights, and vaporwave was somewhat weakened.
This also provided considerable convenience for Ms. Ye Shanshan's infiltration operation.
At this time, the "Snake Ring" building was mostly dark, with only about a third of the buildings still lit up, clearly indicating that some department was working overtime in a sorry state.
Since Xu Shi's office wasn't on the same side as hers, Ye Shanshan easily bypassed security and sneaked in.
Her "shadow" ability is quite useful; blending into the shadows is like swimming, and she can often use it to avoid harm.
Glug glug, glug glug, drag them all down into the water.
But you have to be careful—the security of "Snake Ring" is indeed more stringent than that of "Prism." With specially made goggles, the infrared scanning is denser than the mesh of the fishnet stockings on the legs of the sex dolls in Sin City. There are also various mechanical security guards patrolling. Once discovered, without special identification, you will be riddled with bullets in less than five seconds.
"Let's take it one step at a time..." Ye Shanshan sighed and carefully made her way through the passage.
It took her more than an hour to finally arrive at Xu Shi's office.
It was pitch black, and the curtains were drawn, so even the artificial moonlight outside couldn't let in much light.
She quickly reached the desk and, seeing the keyhole in the drawer, couldn't help but feel a sense of sarcasm.
What era are we living in? Still using traditional padlocks... This is Xu's oversight. He probably never imagined that someone would actually dare to steal from his office.
However, this did make her movements much easier.
If it were a password, fingerprint, or iris lock, who knows how much time it would take.
I even brought a decoder with me.
Ye Shanshan rolled her eyes, and after confirming that the thing was neither powered on nor had anything else strange about it, she took off the hair clip and started fiddling with it.
The young girl is losing her lifespan... Click.
In no time, she successfully picked the lock on the drawer.
It's done!
Miss Ye Shanshan, filled with the joy of a bountiful harvest, tiptoed and opened the cabinet door.
However.
Before she could even reach out, a bright white light shone on her.
Dressed in black and with a flashlight in her mouth, Ye Shanshan was instantly exposed.
……Why?
Ye Shanshan was stunned for a moment, then instantly realized that something was very wrong.
We've been discovered!
who? !
Now is not the time to dwell on this. Coming to her senses, she didn't have time to think too much and rolled away, ready to escape.
There were shadows nearby, but as long as I could get to that place...
But unfortunately.
Just before Miss Ye Shanshan was about to leave, her body floated up uncontrollably.
The flashlight in its mouth fell to the ground in panic, making a crisp sound. Its limbs flailing wildly, it looked like a cute octopus.
The office lights were turned on completely, and she finally saw who had grabbed her.
Not only Xu Shi, but also two girls were standing behind him.
One was Jiang Chengcheng, and the other one looked a little unfamiliar... Oh right, wasn't this Xia Wuyou, the team leader we met during the escort operation?
For a moment, the two sides stared at each other, their eyes filled with complex emotions.
"Oh dear, I really didn't expect that it would be you, Miss Ye, who would sneak into my office in the middle of the night."
Looking at her expression, Xu Shi said with a mix of helplessness and amusement, "Didn't you have plans to play games with someone... or is working overtime that tempting for you?"
"...Why are you here?!"
Having reached this point, Ye Shanshan had no more excuses to make, and stared at him, asking in an annoyed tone.
She remembered clearly that while they were in the car, Xu Shi had mentioned that he was going to District 14 to eat, drink, have fun, and have an impart.
"Oh, Ms. Ye, please make sure this is my office."
Xu Shi shrugged. "What problem would I have with you here... But what are you up to, sneaking around like that?"
"It's all your fault, you bastard... you did something wrong to Chairman Xie!"
Caught red-handed, Ye Shanshan decided to lay her cards on the table, her anger rising as she shouted, "I, I saw it with my own eyes! You, you even wrote a plan specifically for this!"
I don't understand what you're saying.
Xu Shi picked at his ear with his little finger, then pointed to the drawer. "All I know is that, Miss Ye, you broke into my office in the middle of the night without permission and attempted to steal the database backup and key of 'Snake Ring'."
Following his finger, Ye Shanshan clearly saw that there were only a few black metal boxes in the drawer, and there was no plan anywhere!
No way!
I clearly saw him put the thing in there with my own eyes... No, wait!
Now that things had come to this point, Ye Shanshan understood everything.
This was not because Xu Shi noticed something was wrong and moved the plan away in advance.
It seems that from beginning to end, this whole thing was a trap he set for himself!
That's right.
Having done some in-depth research on Miss Ye Shanshan, Xu Shi discovered that she didn't seem to have any significant weaknesses.
If I had to pinpoint it, it would seem to be only her loyalty to Xie Qingyan, just as Su Lin had been to herself.
That could be used... If she inadvertently discovers her intention to target Xie Qingyan, the little curly-haired girl certainly won't stand idly by.
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