"Brother, you're so slow! Where were you last night and this morning?" Belle looked at the hastily arriving Wise, her displeasure written all over her face.
"Sorry, I was held up by something. I'll buy you ice cream later to make it up to you. As for the specific reason, I'll explain it to you when we get back tonight."
"Mhm, ice cream! Okay then, I'll reluctantly forgive you." Belle's eyes lit up, her anger instantly vanishing and turning into a happy smile. She knew her brother had been at Rina's house last night, so she wasn't really worried.
The two of them then walked into the Public Security Bureau together. Amy smiled upon seeing them. Because they had made full preparations this time, the citizen ID was successfully processed. However, it would take three working days to receive it. If needed before then, they could use a temporary citizen ID downloaded from the official website.
"Can't be helped. If that's the case, we'll just have to come back next time to pick it up." Belle shrugged. They had anticipated this situation.
Wise, on the side, looked around, feeling that something was missing, and asked, "By the way, why haven't I seen Zhu Yuan and Qingyi? Are they out on a mission?"
"Uh, that... I'm sorry, I don't know. And even if I did, the bureau has regulations that this kind of information can't be disclosed," Amy said apologetically.
Wise nodded and didn't ask any more questions, then took Belle to buy ice cream. What they didn't know was that at this very moment, a fierce battle was taking place inside a certain Hollow. The result of the battle was one hot-blooded youth captured, one helpless Rat-person, and a group of bewildered Public Security officers.
...
A short while later, inside the police station.
Zhu Yuan had a strange and dazed expression after receiving a call from her superiors. Qingyi, seeing this, immediately deduced the reply from above. "Well? What are the commander's instructions? The operation failed, what punishment shall we receive?"
"Umm..."
"Your face is pale, it seems very serious... The day has finally come. I'll go find a cardboard box to pack up my desk, then return my equipment. By the way, can I take the teacup I got when I joined?" After saying this, Qingyi turned around as if she were really going to pack up and leave. But strictly speaking, wasn't Qingyi herself considered the property of the Public Security Bureau at this point?
As expected, Zhu Yuan was stunned for a moment by her senior's display, then hurriedly called out to her. "Hey, hey! Senior, wait a minute, it's not what you think! The operation didn't fail!" Qingyi already had one foot out of the office when Zhu Yuan called out to her.
"Poor Zhu Yuan, has the trauma made you lose your mind?... The Mountain Lion Gang's elite guard, including that key figure named Jane, all escaped, you know? The operation was indeed a failure... It's okay, you've already worked very hard." Qingyi said this and even stepped forward comfortingly, placing a hand on Zhu Yuan's head like an elder consoling a junior. This move clearly caught the latter off guard.
"That's not it! Hey, don't pat my head!" Zhu Yuan said, moving Qingyi's small hand from her head. My senior even had to stand on a chair to comfort me. It must have been hard for her. She definitely couldn't say this out loud; it would be too rude.
Qingyi jumped off the chair at this moment. To avoid getting it dirty, she had even taken off one of her shoes. "Alright, you seemed to enjoy it when you first joined."
"Senior!"
"Ahem, what did you mean just now when you said the operation didn't completely fail, Zhu Yuan?" Qingyi promptly changed the subject.
Zhu Yuan, seeing this, began to explain. After a lengthy explanation...
"I see. So Jane is one of ours." Qingyi looked slightly surprised.
Zhu Yuan nodded in confirmation and added, "That's right. This plan was actually to put on a show to let Jane gain the trust of the Mountain Lion Gang's upper echelon, to obtain more information, and to try and find the location of their hideout."
"Mhm, a truly bold plan. In that case, the operation was indeed a success. I never thought that Seth, who I thought was a straightforward, one-track-minded young man, could act so realistically. I really thought he had been captured, hahaha... Ahem, Zhu Yuan, why aren't you laughing? And why is your face getting even paler?" Qingyi, who had been happy that the operation was a success and she could keep the teacup she received when she joined, noticed that Zhu Yuan's expression was off.
"Senior, I said earlier that the plan was half successful, right? Seth... he's the other half. He and those innocent civilians were really captured by the Mountain Lion Gang."
...
"What? You two are going back to the Balai Building? Why?" Wise looked at the two sisters with confusion, not understanding why they would go back there for no reason.
"Well, it's because my sister and I left something there." Odette then briefly explained the situation. The lost item was actually a protective charm given to them by their grandfather, to ensure that every performance went smoothly. The two had left the charm in a drawer in their dressing room. Due to a series of accidents and their temporary memory loss, they hadn't taken it with them when they left.
"That is indeed something very important. In that case, I'll go with you." Although the sisters, in their true forms, were extreme-risk Ethereals and moving within a Hollow was like a fish in water for them, he still decided to go along to be safe.
Aurelia and Odette had no objections and happily agreed. Wise and Fairy then gathered some recent information about the Balai Building Hollow. The results made him frown slightly. It seemed that because the Hollow had lost two high-level Ethereals at once, its size had shrunk considerably, and so had its danger level. As a result, many people had entered the Balai Building Hollow. Judging by their attire, they all seemed to be tomb raiders.
He found this out by checking the electronic devices these people were carrying. Because his talent was extremely powerful and the range was locked to a certain area, he could achieve such precise results. It wasn't that the Public Security Bureau was incompetent.
After learning of this situation, Wise decided to postpone the plan to enter the Hollow until night, to avoid attracting attention. What he didn't know at this moment was that the very tomb raiders he had found out about were currently escorting a group of people into the Hollow. At the head of the group was a woman with torn black stockings, clothing that slightly revealed her midriff and navel, great ambitions for her chest, and who looked more like an incubus than a Rat-person—Jane.
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