Otherworldly Affairs Office-Chapter 96: Multi-Department Joint Briefing

After handing her phone to Pei Yan, Xia Yu noticed a few large words suddenly appearing in the notes on the phone screen: Wang Wenze’s phone was bugged with wiretapping equipment.

"Damn it," Wang Wenze glanced at it and cursed softly, his face darkening instantly. Anyone would be upset if they found out they were being wiretapped.

Are you certain? The tattoo on Wang Wenze’s arm changed again, writing out, while he said, "Forget it, let’s just put this matter aside for now. The bureau will eventually give us an answer, let’s be patient and wait! Pei Yan, you’re almost rested enough. Come, give me your hand and let’s continue the rehabilitation training."

"Let’s help out too," Xia Yu, standing by the side, suggested.

"No way, with just that hand my arm would definitely be crippled!" Pei Yan joked as he returned the phone to Xia Yu, snapping his fingers to restore the gym monitor to normal.

Receiving the phone, Xia Yu saw the words: "Confirmed! Only Wang Wenze’s phone has it, it should be targeting me. You guys leave first, meet me at the training ground after dinner with the tablet." The text automatically deleted after Xia Yu finished reading.

"In that case, you guys continue with the training. Pei Yan, make sure to rest well and don’t overexert yourself. We’ll head out first!" Xia Yu said as he patted Liang Qian, and the two stood and walked out, greeting Ye Ruozai at the door and dragging him along.

In the surveillance room, Yuan Shaoqing walked in from outside. He glanced at the screen showing Pei Yan doing sit-ups and asked, "Anything different?"

"Yes, just now, the investigation bureau’s Xia Yu and another person were here inquiring Pei Yan about that night," one of the investigators replied, turning around.

"Oh, did he say anything?"

"No, he refused."

"Are you sure?"

"In the recording, he clearly refused."

"Bring up the gym surveillance footage and the wiretap recording from just now for me to see." Yuan Shaoqing said as he walked to the monitor, listening to the recording with headphones while staring at the replay on the screen.

When he saw the monitor image skip, his eyelid twitched. After he saw Xia Yu and the others leave the gym, he lifted his hand and commanded, "Replay that footage once more."

After watching it three times in a loop, Yuan Shaoqing casually tossed the headphones onto the table and sighed helplessly, "Just playing some little tricks."

"Yuan Ke, is there something wrong?" the investigator next to him asked in confusion.

"Aren’t you guys from that team, don’t you realize you’ve been played?" Yuan Shaoqing pointed at the paused spot on the screen and said, "From where the image starts skipping, their movements didn’t change for a full twenty-five seconds! You should’ve doubled your vigilance, knowing they have the ability to control electronic equipment."

"We’ve already doubled our attention, we didn’t dare touch his personal electronics, only his roommate’s phone, and even used the most advanced and covert listening device! It shouldn’t have been detected!" the investigator replied, half in belief.

"Perhaps it was precisely this ’advanced’ device that caught his attention."

"Then what should we do? If he’s really discovered it, should we withdraw the monitor?"

"Let’s wait and see! I have an important meeting to attend now. Keep monitoring them closely, don’t miss a single frame. We’ll decide when I get back." Yuan Shaoqing knew he couldn’t overly blame his subordinates, waved them off, and quickly left the surveillance room.

When he arrived at the elevator, he bumped into Elder Lin, Gu Shenghui, and Director Mei, who had reverted to a child-like state, coming towards him. He braced himself and went up. After exchanging glances with his superior, Director Mei nodded and, after a few words with the two beside him, quickly walked to his side.

Yuan Shaoqing crouched down and whispered something into Director Mei’s ear. Director Mei listened, frowning and shaking his head, gesturing to Gu and Lin.

Helplessly, Yuan Shaoqing stood up again and walked to Gu Shenghui, recounting what had happened. Gu Shenghui sneered and said, "Is this the capacity of your Intelligence Bureau? He’s only been on the team for a little over six months! Who allowed you to spy on our internal personnel, bypassing the Investigation Bureau? Pei Yan already harbors resistance towards the bureau; you’re just adding fuel to the fire!"

"It was approved by me. It’s also the decision made after the meeting from above. Pei Yan’s jurisdiction is still undecided, but he personally must remain under surveillance." Facing Gu Shenghui’s fury, Director Mei, with his small frame, stood in front of Yuan Shaoqing, shielding him.

"Then do a good job!"

Director Mei admitted, taking responsibility, "This was our mistake, my misjudgment. We didn’t anticipate that Pei Yan’s abilities would further improve after this incident. His sensitivity to electronic equipment around him has greatly increased."

"The problem is what to do next!" Yuan Shaoqing cautiously asked.

"I’ll talk to Xiaowang, who will understand, then we’ll pull back the equipment," Elder Lin interjected.

Yuan Shaoqing asked, "What about Xia Yu and Liang Qian, do we need to....?" freёwebnoѵel.com

Director Mei waved his hand, interrupting Yuan Shaoqing, "Don’t touch them. Since Pei Yan intends to conceal, continuing to monitor won’t work. It’s a good sign that he’s willing to risk and leak the information to them. It shows he still has some feelings for his colleagues at the bureau. Our gathering here is almost done. The information he knows won’t be a secret soon, so let him talk if he wants to. Elder Lin, Director Gu, shall we go?"

"Alright, let’s go together!"

Half an hour later, in the dim meeting room of the Investigation Bureau, over thirty senior officials from three departments were watching a series of slides projected on the screen.

"These are photos printed using Ye Jiumu’s abilities during the operation that night." Yuan Shaoqing, holding a ballpoint pen, pointed at the image of Mu Fanchen on the screen and said, "This person has been confirmed to be Mu Haoran, who defected from the Investigation Bureau fourteen years ago, now using the name Mu Fanchen."

After he finished speaking, the slideshow automatically advanced to the next image, showing a sunny and handsome young man in a T-shirt resembling Mu Fanchen, appearing on the screen: "Mu Haoran, forty-six years old, from Hunan Xiangtan. His inner source awakened at the age of twenty and he was recruited into the Investigation Bureau the same year. His inner source was once in the Daoist Realm, and now is suspected to have reached the world origin. His abilities include Rare Natural Treasures, illusionary drugs, and awakening-type mental attacks. The last known strength was a Tier Four Awakened, possibly having awakened a second ability. Current strength unknown, speculated to be Tier Six Awakened."

"During his tenure at the bureau, Mu Haoran had an illustrious performance, successfully handling multiple large off-world invasion cases. But fifteen years ago, during the Daoist Realm’s retributive invasion incident at Celestial Sword Manor, as one of the officials in charge, he lost his left arm in the battle. After that, he became emotionally unstable and increasingly withdrawn, refusing to communicate with bureau colleagues. Six months later...."

At this point, Yuan Shaoqing paused and glanced around at everyone in the room. In the darkness, someone said, "Continue, there’s no need for reservations now."

"Six months later, after being reported by neighbors about a foul odor coming from his home, police broke in to find the bodies of Mu Haoran’s wife Xie Chuxuan and their two six-year-old daughter Mu Danyang. According to the autopsy report, the two had already been dead for three days. Subsequently, Mu Haoran disappeared without cause, and was listed as the top criminal suspect by the police."

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