Let them offer their loyalty!-Chapter 489 - 315: You Are My Important Chess Piece in the City Hall (10k Words for Monthly Tickets!)

While analyzing the identity of the "inspector" in her mind, Qin Shuman also spoke with a serious face, "It’s me. Hello."

As the head of the Security Department of Xinjie City, Qin Shuman controlled the handling of all extraordinary events, anti-Sanctuary, and anti-government armed forces in the entire Xinjie City.

She had under her command several hundred Cataclysmics of varying strengths, boasting the strongest individual combat and small team combat capabilities among all institutions in Xinjie City.

Additionally, for stability and transition, the security bureaus of various cities were still under the framework of the military, enabling them to command at the brigade level as before.

Therefore, Qin Shuman was now legitimately the fourth most powerful person in Xinjie City.

Although Dai Yukang said that the inspector had the authority to supervise her, command her, and even replace her in emergencies,

But... power has never depended on the level of one’s position, nor could it be arbitrarily stripped away by a mere verbal appointment. Otherwise, there wouldn’t be so many instances of usurping or overruling throughout history.

So... confident that she hadn’t made a mistake and that the Security Department of Xinjie City was operating normally, Qin Shuman had no qualms about locking horns with the other party.

With that thought, Qin Shuman took the initiative to ask, "Miss Inspector, may I ask what this is about?"

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Hearing Qin Shuman’s words, the inspector on the other end of the line also spoke up.

Her tone was gentle, lacking the commanding presence of an imperial envoy, instead sounding quite comfortable to the ear.

"Hello, Director Rain Butterfly."

"It’s like this... I have some information I’d like to share with you."

"A couple of days ago, the United Front dispatched a Special Warfare Squad to Xinjie City."

"The squad is led by a colonel and includes 20 Cataclysmics."

"Moreover, they are carrying a spatial type of Cataclysmic treasure with them, containing heavy firepower, extremely dangerous."

After hearing what the inspector had to say, Qin Shuman was taken aback.

She suppressed the shock in her heart and then asked, "Miss Inspector, are you certain of this information?"

The inspector hummed in acknowledgment and then added, "I am certain of this information."

"Furthermore, the Investigation Bureau Political Department has also received this information, and... what they have may be even more precise," she continued.

Qin Shuman was slightly startled upon hearing this.

She frowned slightly, tempted to inquire about the inspector’s source of information.

However, just then, the inspector didn’t wait for Qin Shuman to respond and continued on gently, "Director Rain Butterfly."

"I heard some of your past stories and collaborations with the current Head of the Political Department, Qiu Tu, from Director Dai," she said.

"This matter is very significant and must be handled with caution."

"I hope you can get in touch with the Political Department to see if cooperation is possible, information sharing is feasible, and all actions are handled properly," she requested.

The inspector’s request was not excessive and even... aligned well with Qin Shuman’s own thoughts.

After all, the urgency of the incident was clear from the sporadic information provided by the inspector.

In the face of such major emergencies, the more comprehensive and detailed the intelligence work, the safer it will be.

Unless it’s a psychologically twisted devil or a bloodstained tyrant, nobody wants to build their monument of power on the corpses of their own people.

After all, everyone’s heart is of flesh; who doesn’t want their subordinates who have followed them through hardships to live well?

Therefore, hearing the inspector speak in such a manner, Qin Shuman agreed almost without hesitation, "Alright, Miss Inspector. I will discuss with the Political Department on how we can cooperate on this matter."

"Rest assured, I will take care of this matter properly."

"Thank you, that would be great, Director Rain Butterfly," responded the inspector, who indeed was very pleasant to talk to, her voice as soft as ever.

So, seeing that Qin Shuman had agreed, she praised Qin Shuman and then hung up the phone.

At this moment, Qin Shuman had no leisure to engage in schemes and mind games.

Perhaps because the Security Department faced the most dangerous tasks and direct confrontations with Cataclysmic creatures and wars, in comparison, despite having its internal conflicts and struggles, it was much purer than other departments.

After hanging up the phone with the inspector, Qin Shuman immediately called her confidant and current in-charge of the Security Department’s intelligence system, Lin Zuo.

She began to inquire about any abnormalities in Xinjie City over the past two days...

While gathering intelligence, Qin Shuman couldn’t help but think back to the "inspector" who had called her.

Truthfully, she didn’t know if it was because of a mutual understanding, but she felt that the inspector was very much to her liking.

She liked what she said, enjoyed her tone, and found her to be completely unlike the power-hungry person Dai Yukang had portrayed her to be.

The only issue was... she felt that the inspector seemed a bit too gentle. She didn’t at all resemble someone working on the secret frontline.

Instead, she seemed like... a pampered rich young lady who had never suffered hardships since childhood...

’Maybe I’m overthinking it. How could one become an inspector of a city if she were merely a rich young lady...’ Qin Shuman thought to herself, shaking her head slightly, casting aside the whimsical thoughts in her mind, and continuing her serious discussion of the recent abnormal intelligence reports with Lin Zuo.

She planned to sort out the information and then contact Qiu Tu to talk about the cooperation...

...

Meanwhile, as Qin Shuman was sorting through intelligence reports,

At the satellite villas near Longshan Road,

In the small villa of Bai Ru, the section chief of the household registration office of City Hall’s Civil Affairs Bureau, who had once had an amorous relationship with Qiu Tu, and whose husband was personally put into prison by Qiu Tu...