As soon as he returned from Qianyin Town, Xu Shen was called to the director's office.
Although I expected the bureau to look for me, I didn't expect it to happen so soon.
"How do you feel now?" Liu Jichuan motioned Xu Shen to sit down opposite the desk.
"Uh, it's okay."
Xu Shen was very conservative.
Liu Jichuan poured Xu Shen a cup of tea with a faint smile on his face, but he suddenly said, "I'm asking about your mood the night before yesterday."
I'm talking about the night before last... Xu Shen said silently in his heart, but when he saw the director ask this, he knew that what was coming had finally come.
"What do you mean, Director?"
Seeing Xu Shen's expression change slightly, and holding the teacup with a cautious look, Liu Jichuan smiled in his heart. He was still too young. His little movements were seen through. He said calmly: "You were caught by the surveillance camera."
The teacup Xu Shen was holding shook slightly, causing ripples in the tea, and a hint of uneasiness appeared in his eyes.
"There's no need to hide it from me. Tell me in detail so I can help you deal with it." Liu Jichuan expressed his goodwill and wanted to make Xu Shen feel at ease.
Xu Shen's face flashed with joy when he heard this, but then he became a little nervous. Finally, he took a deep breath and said, "Director, it's really none of my business."
"Ok, I know."
An old-fashioned opening line from a criminal... Liu Jichuan smiled in his heart, but his expression was a little serious, yet gentle: "What happened that night?"
"That evening……"
Xu Shen's thoughts seemed to be lost in memories, but he quickly shook his head and said, "That night, I was training in my room, and suddenly I felt a little cool in the room, as if, as if Xu was by my side."
He placed his hands on the table, rubbing his thumbs back and forth against each other. He suddenly gritted his teeth and said, "Then, then I saw a person appear in front of me!"
"But I didn't know it at the time, I thought it was a ruin!"
"I was scared, and I turned and ran, because the power emanating from the other party was very terrifying."
"Then they started chasing me. I kept running and they kept chasing me. Suddenly, they all stopped as if they saw something terrifying, and then..."
Xu Shen seemed to be thinking of some horrific scene, his face slightly ugly: "Then I saw them dead, Youxu appeared and killed them."
Listening to the boy's rough and straightforward narration, Liu Jichuan and Li Meina beside him stared at him, falling into silence and thought.
After a moment, Liu Jichuan whispered, "Do you know that they are the second form?"
"Later, I realized it later." Xu Shen said nervously.
"Why did they find you?"
Liu Jichuan stared at him.
Xu Shen was confused and said bitterly: "I don't know either. Apart from going out on missions, I usually exercise at home."
"We want to help you, but we hope you won't lie." Li Meina said coldly, "You ran out in combat uniform late at night. You said you were exercising at home?"
"I really didn't lie to you. I am really exercising." Xu Shen said hurriedly. He was speechless. Why didn't people believe him when he told the truth?
Li Meina sneered slightly. How could there be such a hardworking person?
Liu Jichuan's eyes showed thoughtfulness, but he did not dwell on this question. Although he did not believe it, if Xu Shen sensed those people and immediately put on combat uniform...if those in the second form wanted to kill him, they should not give Xu Shen the opportunity to put on combat uniform, right?
Unless you want to play cat and mouse?
He couldn't think of any other answer, unless Xu Shen happened to be wearing combat uniform and was about to go out to do something, or those people deliberately teased Xu Shen, made him wear combat uniform, and then planned to tease and torture him to death.
After all, the mental state of the second form is somewhat problematic, and if a mental test is used, basically no one will pass.
"Why can you run so fast?" asked Liu Jichuan.
"I don't know either. After I injected the purifying agent, my strength has been slowly increasing. I didn't think about anything at the time and just ran away." Xu Shen said.
"Have you reached your limit?"
Xu Shen hesitated and nodded: "It seems so."
Liu Jichuan snorted. "You want to hide it, brat? This mission has been revealed, and I've already seen through you reaching your limit!"
"What were you doing when they were attacked by Xu?" Liu Jichuan continued to ask.
“…Run away.”
Although the question was a bit stupid, Xu Shen still answered it seriously.
"Just run back home?" Liu Jichuan narrowed his eyes: "Why don't you run back to the police station? Aren't you afraid that they will deal with Xu and then continue to look for you?"
"The bureau is too far away." Xu Shen answered truthfully, "And at that time they seemed to be crushed by Xu one-sidedly. I don't think they would survive..."
“…”
Liu Jichuan was speechless. Although he was straightforward, his answer was really impeccable!
Li Meina beside him was also speechless. She suddenly felt that the director's question was not like that of an old fox . It turned out that the way to restrain an old fox was to be a little sheep...
Xu Shen: (●—●)
"You're in big trouble."
Liu Jichuan said in a deep voice.
Xu Shen said nervously: "Director, I am really innocent. Their deaths have nothing to do with me. I am also a victim!"
"I know."
Liu Jichuan said: "But they were from the inner city. Do you understand what the inner city means? They are all dead. Although they were killed by Xu, they are related to you. They will definitely vent their anger on you!"
Xu Shen's face turned pale, and he bit his lips tightly: "I am really innocent."
Kid, you are too young... Liu Jichuan sighed in his heart, these days no one cares whether you are innocent or not.
"As long as you promise me that every word you say is true, I will do my best to protect you." Liu Jichuan said seriously.
Xu Shen looked at his gaze, but in his sight he saw Maeve standing behind the director, making cute faces at him, looking extremely naughty.
He wanted to laugh in his heart, but his expression was serious as he said, "Everything I said is true!"
Liu Jichuan took a deep look at Xu Shen, unable to see any flaws. He nodded and said, "Okay, even if it means risking my position as director, I will do my best to protect you in this matter."
Xu Shen was startled and couldn't help but ask: "Director, do you really believe me?"
"The director doesn't just trust you, he thinks highly of you." Li Meina said beside him, "The director has done a lot for you behind the scenes. You must remember this kindness."
Liu Jichuan waited for her to finish and immediately waved his hand to stop her. Then he said to Xu Shen, "You should go back first. Don't think too much. What will happen when you go back will be the same. I will inform you if there is any situation."
Xu Shen showed a grateful look, stood up and said: "Thank you, Director!"
…
After Li Meina sent Xu Shen away, she returned to the office and sat in the seat where Xu Shen had just sat.
"The child must be scared because he didn't even have time to drink his tea." Li Meina poured out .
Liu Jichuan leaned back in his chair and said, "After all, he is still young, but he is already smarter than many of his peers. It's just that some things are still too immature. After all, he is young and lacks experience, so it is easy for people to see his little tricks."
Li Meina nodded slightly and suddenly received a call. She answered it, listened for a moment, and then hung up.
"We have already questioned the other members of Team 2, as well as the two captains of Team 24 and Team 32. We compared the information and found that it is not too different from what Mu Xue said."
"The intelligence reconnaissance failed. A third C-level monster appeared in Qianyin Town, hiding in the richest man's house."
"Mu Xue and team member Gu Qiufeng dealt with one, and he killed the other two."
Li Meina glanced at Liu Jichuan and said, "And they were all killed alone!"
Liu Jichuan tapped the table lightly with his fingers: "It can be seen that he did not hide his strength this time. He really has the strength of the initial limit. He performed very well. Otherwise, those guys in the bureau would definitely hold on to this point. After all, it's okay to have selfish motives, but you must not let others see it..."
Li Meina curled her lips slightly, "He's just afraid. Several second forms died because of him. He must have been panicking after escaping. He was so active in this mission. I guess he wanted to prove his worth and hoped that the bureau would help him."
“It’s good to ask for help from others.”
Liu Jichuan didn't care: "How else can I manage it? Look at those guys in the inner city. They help others create needs even if they don't have any. If you don't have material needs, they will create spiritual needs for you, letting you pursue antiques, art, honor, etc. They will make you waste your energy and financial resources on these meaningless things, and let you pursue a good reputation that will last for hundreds of years after your death."
"If you don't care about these things, then you must be short of money. This is even simpler. A house is enough to keep you busy for a lifetime."
Li Meina disagreed: "If I had money, I wouldn't pursue those empty things. I would just be an ordinary person and enjoy myself to the fullest."
"Then you are in danger..."
Liu Jichuan glanced at her, then immediately changed the subject and asked, "Any news from the inner city?"
"Director, are you really going to intervene?"
Li Meina was slightly startled. She didn't expect that the cautious old fox would actually spend a lot of money on this young man. "According to the investigation, the team that died tragically was directly under the Moonlight Religion in the inner city. They are not easy to mess with."
"It's just an involvement. He didn't kill them. If he really had the ability to kill these people, I wouldn't have such a headache."
Liu Jichuan said calmly: "It's just to cover up his existence in this incident. It's not that difficult. The Black Light District is our territory after all. No matter how big the inner city's hand is, it will be short when it reaches out to us."
You are just biased... Seeing that he wanted to protect Xu Shen, Li Meina didn't say anything else. She could understand Liu Jichuan's thoughts to some extent. The bureau hadn't produced a second form for a long time, and they finally produced a Bai Wuji, but he ran to the inner city.
People are striving for higher places, and they can do nothing about it.
We can only ask Lao Wang to continue to lead the team, which can be regarded as retired overtime.
But Lao Wang has been complaining of back pain, sweating at night, and various ailments recently. The rest of the people in the bureau, such as Chu Bai and Mu Xue, have been slow to take that step, and no one dares to urge them.
If he is not so lucky and dies suddenly, we will lose a captain.
Xu Shen, who is growing rapidly now, has become the biggest hope for the successor.
"There is no news from the City Health Department yet." Li Meina said.
Liu Jichuan narrowed his eyes, paused his tapping fingers, and said, "Send someone from the Inspection Office over here, immediately!"
"good."
20 minutes later.
An obese director from the Inspection Office came here and entered the office under the guidance of Li Meina.
Following behind this graceful woman in high heels, the director did not dare to look around.
"Director Liu." Upon seeing Liu Jichuan, the director hurriedly greeted him with a smile on his fat face.
"Director Chen."
Liu Jichuan did not stand up, but nodded symbolically, and then said: "Although we in Dicheng advocate frugality and environmental protection, the street lights are always broken recently and need to be repaired. The surveillance cameras on some sections of the road also need to be reinstalled, otherwise someone's crime will be missed, which is not a small matter."
The short and fat director was a little confused.
Frugal energy saving?
Most of the urban area in the basement is dark and there are no street lights. Isn’t that frugal enough?
If we want to be frugal, we should let the brightly lit inner city do the work...
"Well, Director Liu, if you have any direct instructions, I don't quite understand." Director Chen smiled awkwardly and wiped the sweat from his forehead. He panted as he wiped, as if he was tired.
"Isn't the Director's meaning obvious enough?"
Li Meina's face was cold as she said, "Some surveillance cameras are broken, so they need to be reinstalled. Some street lights are broken, so they also need to be reinstalled, like the ones on Hongfeng Street."
Director Chen continued: "Director, the surveillance over there is not broken, and the street lights are also good, but occasionally some street lights may be out of repair..."
Li Meina rolled her eyes slightly: "If the director says it's broken, then it's broken. Don't you understand?"
Director Chen was stunned for a moment, then he understood immediately. This incident happened in Hongfeng Street. It was said that something serious had happened. People from the B-level Ruins and the inner city died in the battle, and people from the Ruins Secret Bureau were also involved...
He suddenly came to his senses and said quickly, "I understand. The surveillance has been broken in the past few months. I will have it reinstalled."
"Not only Hongfeng Street is damaged, but many other places around it are also damaged." Liu Jichuan said calmly.
"clear."
Director Chen has figured it out and knows what the other party means. Isn't it just that they don't want to get involved in trouble? If other places are broken, it won't seem so abrupt.
"Such an important surveillance is broken. What do you think is the reason?" Liu Jichuan snorted coldly.
"Someone must have been greedy and purchased inferior surveillance equipment," Director Chen said immediately.
Liu Jichuan nodded slightly: "It is a blessing for the residents over there to have a good inspector like Director Chen. Thank you for your hard work, Director Chen."
“No, no.”
Director Chen wiped the sweat off his face and apologized with a smile.
With Li Meina's farewell, the other party left.
Li Meina returned to the office and said, "Can we leave it to this person? What if there is a flaw..."
"Don't worry, there are many people like this who deal with this kind of thing." Liu Jichuan smiled faintly: "Don't underestimate them, they are professionals in this area."
Li Meina was slightly stunned and stopped talking.
…
…
After leaving the director's office, Xu Shen returned to Manor No. 2.
Everyone was still waiting for the task completion rewards, so they stayed together.
In the evening, Mu Xue invited the hotel's top chef to come over and bake and barbecue at the manor. She also invited people from Team 24 and Team 32 to come over to eat and drink, as a celebration.
The environment in the manor is good, and it is not as noisy as in a hotel. You don’t have to run around, and the chef is always at your disposal. Just tell him what you want to eat.
Xu Shen was feeling this joyful atmosphere and suddenly missed Zhou Ye a little.
Although they didn't spend much time together, the other party took good care of him. It's a pity that he died like this.
While eating and drinking, Deng Feng came over to Xu Shen with a glass of wine to thank him. This time Xu Shen took him to explore the villa, which would definitely be recorded in his record file and become a glorious event.
This is a record of exploring a C-level nest!
Xia Jingxiang also came over with a wine glass. She had a calm expression and simply expressed her gratitude to Xu Shen. She didn't say much else. She only left one sentence: If you have any problems in the future, just come to me. I will come even if it means losing my life.
It sounds light, but it means a lot.
Xu Shen was a little surprised, but he just listened. After all, he didn't have anything that required the other party to risk his life for help, and apart from the mission, there would be no social interaction in the future.
Life in Zhanxu is hard enough, so just live your own life.
They ate and drank until late at night, and then everyone dispersed and went back to rest.
Xu Shen also returned to his room and continued to practice in the room.
I didn't take off my combat uniform even when eating and drinking, and after people asked me a few questions, I got used to it.
After all, there are so many people in the bureau, and Xu Shen's habit in this regard is not an isolated case. Some people, even if they are frightened, would not take off their combat uniforms all year round.
But such people usually don't live long. After all, their minds are always under tension and they may suffer a mental breakdown at any time. Once they go crazy in Zhanxu, it means death.
Xu doesn't care whether the food is crazy or normal.
After all, the taste has not changed.
Not long after practicing, Xu Shen suddenly saw someone walking into the room.
Enter through the wall.
Xu Shen's heart sank, but he found that the person who came through the wall was wearing a white sweatshirt, holding a palm-leaf fan in his hand, and wearing flip-flops on his feet... Isn't this Uncle Wang at the door of the Black Silk Research Institute... the Ruins Beast Research Institute?
Xu Shen was somewhat puzzled, but there was no change on the surface. He continued to practice swinging the sword, but his speed slowed down a little. He recovered from the critical state to normal, and at the same time, his chest rose and fell, showing that he had consumed a lot of energy.
"This kid is really exercising."
Uncle Wang took a look, was a little surprised, muttered something, then sat aside, holding a bottle of beer in his hand, drinking and watching.
"Is this kid a fool? He is practicing drawing the sword over and over again?" After watching for a while, Uncle Wang was a little stunned. Isn't this the basics of the basics?
Is it necessary to practice this one movement?
"However, the speed of drawing the sword is indeed very fast, and the sword is drawn and swung out at the same time, all in one go...but what's the use of this?" He was confused.
"Practicing wrist strength? Or to guard against the enemy who might attack at any time?" Uncle Wang watched for a while and felt a little bored. Although Xu Shen's sword-drawing speed was very fast, the repetitive practice was too monotonous and he almost fell asleep while watching it.
I might as well take a look at black silk at this time...
When you are young, you don’t know the benefits of black stockings, but when you get old, your body can’t bear it.
Soon, after finishing a bottle of beer, Uncle Wang turned around and left.
When Xu Shen saw the other person disappear, he thought about what he said during the day and realized that he was probably invited by the director, so he wanted to see if he was lying.
Fortunately, I am really practicing sword... Xu Shen thought to himself.