Chapter 1 (Catching Insects)
"... That's all, Boss. This is the semi-finished clone spy developed by the Middle Ages."
The black-haired man in formal attire stood in front of Shen Jian with his head down, keeping a restrained distance between them. Behind him, a man who looked exactly like him was lying on the floor, his life or death unknown.
He looked calm, and downplayed the fact that he had been working non-stop for half a month to hunt down the traitor, as if it was just his duty: "Boss, please give me your instructions."
Sitting on the only chair, the newly-traveled, fragrant, and clueless Chen Jian: “…”
Instructions? What instructions? Instructions to reveal my identity as a time traveler and then turn into that pile of minced meat in the ground?
Shen Jian's throat rolled, and he picked up the stack of documents presented by the man as gently as possible.
He could see at a glance that he was now in a gloomy room with scarlet curtains hanging around it.
The air seemed to be filled with a subtle smell of rust, which was completely different from his lawyer's job, which was filled with the smell of disinfectant all year round. This smell of rust that could make people have bad associations forced Shen Jian to frantically search for useful clues in the documents in front of him to save his life.
He, Shen Jian, was an unlucky guy who had just opened his eyes after traveling through time and was faced with the report of the original owner's subordinates. If he was exposed now, death might be the best outcome.
The man stood there silently with his head lowered, as if he was not the hero who captured the traitor, but the traitor himself, and his mood was visibly depressed.
Shen Jian carefully glimpsed the man's expression from the corner of his eye, and began to despair: Why hasn't he spoken yet? Has he begun to doubt me?
I feel so frustrated. Am I going to be turned into a small piece of meat paste after traveling through time?
Once again accidentally glancing at the 'clone' whose life or death was unknown, Shen Jian tore his eyes away from the document with difficulty, gave himself several psychological hints, and looked at the person standing in front of him.
He swallowed and began to put on the vest.
“…very well done,” Shen Jian pondered for a moment and slowly read out a name, “Shen Xiuzhu.”
The document was signed with Chen Xiuzhu at the end. Just in case, Shen Jian finally called out his full name. In any case, calling out his full name would not be wrong, and he could always make up for it.
But the other party's action in the next second caused Shen Jian's already fragile heart to twitch.
Shen Xiuzhu raised his head abruptly, and with a gloomy expression, he took two steps forward eagerly, breaking the safe distance between them.
Shen Jian's eyes went dark, and he instantly realized that he had been exposed as soon as he spoke, and he spoke with difficulty, "Stop. Let me prepare myself mentally."
Shen Jian closed his eyes and prayed that the man would give him a quick death. As expected, the man stopped, raised his head, and a look of longing appeared in his dark blue eyes. "I'm sorry, boss. I really shouldn't have neglected the organization because of the negotiations with Lie Xia."
"I will take care of him. No matter what..." Shen Xiuzhu lowered his eyes, as if he wanted to say more, but swallowed it all back. He knelt down neatly: "Please forgive me."
Shen Jian was startled, and after confirming that Shen Xiuzhu lowered his head, his expression could not help but become confused. Even in the current situation, his occupational disease was subconsciously slightly committed - what kind of organization, subordinates have to ask for their own guilt after completing the task? Did they violate the Civil Company Control Act?
Shen Jian once again focused his eyes on the report in his hand.
In order to deal with the situation just now, he didn't remember what the man said at all. Now he realized that he was familiar with the company [Middle Ages], after all, it was one of the large companies.
This company was indeed developing towards the type of 'intelligent biotechnology', but before crossing over, Shen Jian, as an ordinary civilian, did not know that the technology of the [Middle Ages] could already clone a perfect human body.
He once again looked at the clone on the ground who was obviously not much older than Shen Xiuzhu.
...Even in the Middle Ages, the technology of forced cloning of abnormal human growth may have been mastered.
Shen Jian secretly clicked his tongue, trying to calm himself down and analyze the situation. At the very least, this showed that he had not traveled to another world that he knew nothing about. He had just become another person, which was barely a good thing. Although he was indeed eager to understand his own travel, his primary goal now was to keep his vest and not sacrifice his life... He had just wanted to blurt out that he was not the boss, but when he saw the clones lying on the ground in a pile and about to be mosaiced, Shen Jian backed off.
“Lie Xia…” Shen Jian probed, “Who else has negotiated with Lie Xia recently?”
"The Middle Ages are also in contact with Lixia, boss." Shen Xiuzhu still didn't get up, kneeling on the ground with his head down, and spoke in a low voice, "The area we expanded our research field before overlapped too much with the Middle Ages. Although they are not as skilled as us..."
Shen Jian subconsciously followed his heart and frowned and glanced at Shen Xiuzhu. He didn't like people talking about others behind their backs.
Sensing the glances from above, the man paused, becoming more respectful and nervous, "Boss."
Did the Boss find out that he had sent people to the Middle Ages as undercover agents in order to avenge the organization?
No, he thought he had done it perfectly and only wanted to bring a sudden victory to the people in front of him after the success.
Shen Xiuzhu went over the undercover process in his mind carefully, trying his best to ignore the panic that was stirring and twitching in his heart, and the room fell into silence again.
The person who caused his drastic emotional fluctuations was searching through documents with a bitter and resentful look on his face, silently figuring out how to turn the matter around.
For a moment, the only sound in the dim room was the rustling of paper, which was infinitely amplified and kept hitting Shen Xiuzhu's already fragile heart.
"...Boss, I admit that I also sent undercover agents to the Middle Ages." After a moment, Shen Xiuzhu finally couldn't stand the pressure, closed his eyes and gave up, "Even if you don't believe it, they first put this immature technology into our organization for testing, which is simply contempt for you. They clearly know that our monitoring technology is excellent..."
"You can do whatever you want with me. But please don't take back my last name, and please don't call me by my full name when you're angry."
Oh, Shen. The case has been solved. Who did he travel to?
Shen Jian put down the report document expressionlessly and folded his fingers on his legs.
There is only one such large organization in the world. It has recently negotiated with Liexia. Its direct descendants are named Shen, and its technologies include weapons research, image monitoring, and quantum teleportation.
Wuyan Tower is a huge organization that can compete with the official authorities of Country A.
If nothing unexpected happens, the Shen Xiuzhu who was kneeling in front of him and speaking humbly is the one with the code name Qingzhu, who is called a science genius that appears once in a thousand years and is praised to the sky by the media.
Country B offered a high salary of 22.8 billion and nine laboratories to recruit a ruthless person, but he rejected the offer outright.
Qingzhu declared his loyalty to his organization at the time.
So, the person who is now being loyal to such a genius should be the mysterious leader of the Wuyan Tower who has no video record at all.
Not surprisingly, Shen Jian is now the mysterious leader.
Shen Jian: “…”
Chen Jian: I'm so heartbroken. If I had known, I would have let him shoot me.
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"I'm not angry." After a while of pain, Shen Jian considered the tone of a boss who was kind to his subordinates and had a sense of mystery, and tried again for his life: "This is not your fault, Qingzhu. They should pay some price."
"Thank you." Shen Xiuzhu responded as expected, and finally dared to lift his drooping eyelids, staring at him with his wet blue eyes.
The bet was right! It was indeed Qingzhu! Judging from Shen Xiuzhu's current attitude towards the boss, if he didn't call this name often, how could he use this as a code name!
Shen Jian secretly breathed a sigh of relief, his eyebrows and eyes involuntarily relaxed.
Shen Xiuzhu watched the boss's face brighten before he heaved a sigh of relief and put on his first smile since entering the room.
"You are now..." He paused suddenly and turned his head slightly backwards.
The sound of steady footsteps came slowly and steadily, the curtain in front of Shen Jian was lifted, military boots stepped mercilessly on the expensive carpet, and the man in military uniform walked into the room without any greeting.
Shen Xiuzhu frowned, “Xu Yinmo…if you enter the boss’ room without informing me next time, I will break your legs.”
"Greetings, you better get up from the ground first." The man in military uniform curled his lips sarcastically, his dark eyes staring sharply at the motionless Shen Jian.
The inky shadow was superimposed on his body, and his half-long black hair obscured all of Shen Jian’s expressions. He seemed to intentionally or unintentionally maintain an angle that made Xu Yinmo unable to see his expression clearly.
"Why, you don't say hello to me this time, future BOSS?" The man in military uniform was annoyed when he saw Shen Jianbian like this, and spoke with emphasis, "Because you are trying to appease the most important researcher, you even ignored the army that you haven't completely won over?"
The smile on Shen Xiuzhu’s face completely disappeared, and turned into a cold look: “Xu Yinmo, your last name is not Shen, don’t go crazy here.”
Shen Jian blinked silently, trying to understand the current situation.
Xu Yinmo, the spokesperson for the Northern Theater of War in Country A, he knew. The little girl next door often talked about this man's face that could be compared to a virtual star and his waist-length purple hair. But didn't this man usually not recognize his relatives and could scare a child to tears?
Now it looks like...
Xu Yinmo, who didn't recognize any relatives, sneered, and his eyes never left Shen Jian's face: "Are you dumb?"
Shen Jian was silent for a while, then returned to the posture of folding his hands.
He found that humans are adaptive animals. After a while, he was able to speak calmly under the gaze of the two big guys.
The calm Shen Jian began to speak: "Xu Yinmo, it seems like you are asking me to favor you."
After Shen Jian finished speaking, he saw the two bosses' faces change, and after they realized what was going on, they wanted to slap themselves in the face twice.
Damn it, why did he just speak out his true feelings? What kind of leader would treat a partner that he has not yet won over like this! !
This time it’s definitely exposed!
Shen Jian felt a chill in his heart, and began to think bitterly about how he should strive for a more decent death for himself.
Sure enough, Shen Xiuzhu and Xu Yinmo moved at the same time.
Shen Xiuzhu’s expression was hidden in the darkness, he slowly stood up and took a step back, lowering his head and not looking at Shen Jian.
This action made Shen Jian subconsciously nervous. He silently comforted himself and put his arms on the armrests, trying to make himself die more comfortably.
Xu Yinmo smiled and took a step forward, slowly drawing out his decorative sword, "Not bad... How dare you say such a thing?..."
"after all?"
Shen Jian knew that the man must want to question who he is, but adhering to the idea that life cannot be lived in vain, he indulged himself before death, "Hmm?"
Shen Jian spoke more softly, "You chose this time to come to me, aren't you impatient?"
"I don't have a partner that I can fully win over yet."
Shen Jian also emphasized the words, taunting them word by word, trying to break the defense of the man who would take his life in a moment.
As expected, the man stopped and was silent for a while, and Shen Jian suddenly felt that his death was worth it.
He would surely be furious when he realized what was happening... His short life finally ended after he was the big boss for half an hour...
Shen Jian closed his eyes peacefully. His face showed an expression that he had done his best and didn't want to look at Xu Yinmo any more.
Xu Yinmo pursed his lips and stared at Shen Jian stubbornly. After an unknown amount of time, he sighed, “You are right.”
Shen Jian: “?”
Xu Yinmo calmed down and said, "You are right. I came to you because you were reluctant to accept my loyalty."
Shen Jian: “…?”
The man pondered for a while: "So, you deliberately arranged a meeting with me today, and talked with Shen Xiuzhu at this time, just to make me come to you in person? It not only solved Shen Xiuzhu's problem, but also made me fall into the trap, right?"
Shen Jian was greatly shocked: “I…”
I'm not, I don't.
Shen Jian involuntarily turned his shocked gaze towards Shen Xiuzhu, who avoided him with a depressed look, obviously agreeing with Xu Yinmo's point of view.
The sound of low, hoarse breathing spread throughout the dim crimson room. Silence fell like a huge rock. The person sitting in the only seat propped himself up with his arms, and his expression did not change.
“…”
After a moment, Xu Yinmo lowered his head and smiled: "As expected of you, you actually dare to do this."
He drew out his sword and held it level with both hands, then knelt down with a calm expression: "You win."
Shen Jian maintained the posture of the salted fish stall, his pupils trembling as he watched the man handing over the sword in front of him.
What’s going on…Do you want me to answer this?
Anyway, just answer it first. If you don’t, it will seem like you will be embarrassed.
Shen Jian stretched out his hand, thinking slowly, it would be over as long as he took it.
"Boss." A suspicious voice suddenly came from the corner.
Shen Jian was startled and looked over.
Shen Xiuzhu hid in the darkness, staring at them for an unknown amount of time: "Didn't you never accept our swords?"
Shen Jian’s heart sank suddenly.
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