Chapter 30: Going to bed late and getting up late and the results of the conversation
Normally, Lin Yun has a very regular life schedule.
I get up at 6:30 in the morning and go to bed at 11:30 in the evening, repeating this cycle over and over again to ensure that I have enough brain power to cope with work.
His biological clock is equally accurate. Unless he is overly tired, he will open his eyes on time at around six o'clock.
But there are always exceptions. The night before, he first taught two magic girls after get off work; then he rushed to the sewer and killed a whole nest of pupa-level remnant beasts; and finally he made a long phone call to Hong Si to check the situation. By the time his head touched the pillow, it was already five in the morning.
The end result was that he got up late.
When Lin Yun opened his eyes from sleepiness, it was already seven five.
He glanced at his side, then picked up the phone on the bedside table. When he saw the time on the lock screen, his eyes gradually widened. He lifted the quilt, stepped on his slippers, and hurried to the closet.
Washing up quickly in the bathroom, Lin Yun combed his hair with a toothbrush in his mouth, and gargled while buttoning his shirt. In the midst of his busy work, he couldn't help but think of the phone call that made him stay up late: the call last night did not get any information in the end. According to Hong Siyu: during the two years since she returned to Fangting City to take office, the appearance of the remnant beast was very few, and even the only sighting of the caterpillar was provided by Lin Xiaolu when she was attacked, not to mention the pupa.
If Lin Yun hadn't personally gone to the sewer to kill the pupa, it would probably have remained unknown until it had developed into a "metamorphosis". At that point, Fangting City would have been doomed.
Lin Yun didn't believe it completely.
Putting aside whether he trusted Hong Siyu - if possible, he didn't want to doubt his former junior - but even if the information Hong Siyu provided was the limit of what she could find, the information in the database of the Strategy Bureau might not be all.
Rather, Lin Yun's suspicion was directed at the Yi Ce Bureau. He always felt that the other party was hiding something. The dark power in Fangting City was too blatant, and the Yi Ce Bureau should not be completely unaware of it.
He knew that the Strategy Bureau was helpless against the magical forces involving the crippled beasts, but it shouldn't be without any information at all.
There are only two possibilities in the current situation. The first is that the Bureau of Strategy is full of useless good-for-nothings, which is fine. The second is that the Bureau of Strategy actually knows something, but this information is in the hands of very few people and is not even entered into the database.
Lin Yun would rather the latter be the case, so he had to meet with the top leaders of the local Strategy Bureau.
Even if the enemy only has a name, he has to ask that name.
However, it was wishful thinking for him to ask to meet the top leaders of a special organization like the Strategy Bureau as an ordinary citizen. He had to reveal his identity so that the other party would have to meet him.
He has this identity, or even two, but it is difficult to choose between them. He has no idea whether to be Lin Yun or the magical girl Cuiqiao.
Using Lin Yun's identity, he is the common relative of the former magical girl "Ying" who had died and the current magical girl "White Rose".
The Strategy Bureau's approach to the identities of magical girls is "two-way confidentiality". Except for specific senior executives and liaison personnel who directly interact with the magical girls, they will neither reveal the true identities of the magical girls to anyone else, nor disclose information about the magical girls and the magic side to the magical girls' families.
They actually did a good job in this regard. Even when they attended Anya's funeral, they did not reveal their origins, nor did they exchange any information with Lin Yun. After all, 19 years had passed, and Lin Yun's contact had already been promoted to the headquarters, and the senior executives of that year had retired one after another. The final result of the two-way confidentiality was that even the local Strategy Bureau did not know Lin Yun's true identity. The true identity of the magical girl "Delphinium" had already been turned into a confidential file and thrown into the database of the General Administration.
But if Lin Yun said that he already knew the true identity of his wife and daughter and had some knowledge of the magic side, then the nature of the matter would be completely different. As the family member of the sacrificed magical girl, he had every reason to ask the high-level officials of the Strategy Bureau to meet with him and tell him the truth. At that time, the Strategy Bureau would have no way to restrain him except to ask him to sign an agreement not to disclose the magic side to the public.
The advantage of this plan is that it is stable, and it can contact the top leaders of the Strategy Bureau without alerting the suspects who may have unclear motives in the Strategy Bureau. The disadvantage is that the information obtained may not be complete, and the other party may not be willing to tell the whole story because he is a civilian.
As for using Delphinium's identity, that's easy. The other party will not dare to hide anything and will definitely tell everything he knows.
But the impact of doing so would be far-reaching: firstly, the contact person between Cuiqiao and the Bureau of Strange Strategies is Hong Siyu, and her own information has been processed. The Bureau of Strange Strategies only knows her as "Bai Mei's partner." Once she reveals her original origins, it is likely to alarm the mysterious power hidden in Fangting City; secondly, she has not officially returned yet, and is only active in a small range in Fangting City. If the news of her comeback spreads to the magic kingdom, it may cause some unnecessary trouble.
In this regard, Hong Siyu also proposed a plan for Cui Que to encourage Lin Xiaolu, who would contact the Yi Ce Bureau, but Lin Yun always felt that his daughter would be fooled by the other party, so he rejected it in the end. Besides, he didn't want to use Cui Que's identity to deceive his daughter.
After weighing the two options, Lin Yun chose to act cautiously, that is, to meet with the Yi Ce Bureau as "Lin Yun".
After discussing various details and wrangling over the distribution of work content between the two parties, Lin Yun and Hong Si continued discussing until dawn, and only ended this long phone call after all matters were arranged.
It's really a hassle.
Lin Yun yawned deeply, and standing in front of the mirror, he looked at himself with a self-mockery: except for the dark circles under his eyes, he looked like a normal person. He didn't waste any more time, grabbed the suit jacket on the back of the chair, and strode towards the door.
After opening the door of the master bedroom, he glanced to the left as usual, only to see that the door of the room next to him was also open. Lin Xiaolu, with messy hair, walked out of the door sleepily, holding a rubber band in her hand, trying to tie up the back of her hair. Her eyes happened to shift and met his.
The father and daughter stood in the corridor at the door, falling into an eerie silence.
In the end, it was Lin Xiaolu who broke the deadlock. She pretended that she saw nothing, took a few steps back to the room, and closed the door with a "click".
About two minutes later, she continued to pretend nothing had happened and opened the door, peeked in, and wanted to walk out, but found Lin Yun still standing at the door.
"Why haven't you left yet?"
After a brief moment of embarrassment, she glared at Lin Yun.
Lin Yun had already put on his coat and was now tying his tie. Seeing that she was in a bad mood just before leaving the house, he couldn't help but sigh, "I was just about to ask you this question. You're leaving the house at this hour. Are you going to be late?"
Happy New Year’s Eve everyone, I hope we can make progress together in the new year.
Also: Thanks to Xiao M who has been slacking off, Gu Feng Tianyin, and book friend 20171008075657338 for their rewards.
(End of this chapter)
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