Retired for A Hundred Years: Re-Employment for the Apocalypse Bigshot!-Chapter 449 - 444: B-level Investigator No. 51

There are still people who can’t keep their hands to themselves.

Ji Ning’s gaze was extremely cold as she scrutinized the B-level Investigator in front of her.

She seemed very afraid of her, with a cautious expression and a visibly uneasy demeanor.

This person wasn’t familiar; she must have been transferred from out of town.

Ji Ning felt the energy fluctuations on her and asked coldly, "Yanbian resident?" 𝒻𝘳ℯℯ𝑤ℯ𝒷𝘯ℴ𝓋ℯ𝘭.𝑐ℴ𝑚

The B-level Investigator stiffened and quickly nodded, "I was just transferred here last month."

"Who did you see before you lost consciousness?"

The B-level Investigator thought for a moment and shook her head, "I’ve been in the office organizing materials, surrounded by colleagues I’m not very familiar with, and no one special."

Ji Ning looked at her again, "Take me to your office."

A group of people moved from the interrogation room to the office area.

Ji Ning had someone unlock the handcuffs and leg shackles on the B-level Investigator in advance.

The B-level Investigator’s face instantly showed a trace of gratitude.

Her perception of Ji Ning improved significantly.

Ji Ning glanced at her and signaled her to lead the way.

As soon as they entered the office area, they immediately attracted the attention of many Investigators.

The focus was mainly on Ji Ning; she was incredibly famous in the Beijing Security Bureau.

From an A-level Investigator that no one initially thought highly of, she was promoted to the Security Department in just two months.

The several group members who followed her also skyrocketed, not only participating in numerous major cases, establishing many achievements, but their status in the Beijing Security Bureau was "shooting up."

Whenever they returned to the bureau, Director Liu’s Secretary would definitely appear, warmly inviting them to the Director’s office for tea.

Every time they left the Director’s office, orders would soon follow to have all departments fully cooperate with their case investigations.

Even the necessary procedures had a green channel opened, their authority wasn’t ordinary.

If they could handle cases like this, it would be incredibly satisfying.

Now that the protagonist Ji Ning appeared, their eyes were sparkling, eager to show themselves, hoping she would notice their shining points and include them in the investigation team.

Eh? Could this rookie be getting her attention?

Instantly, the B-level Investigator felt scrutinizing and investigative gazes on her, her heart tightened, feeling nervous and unsettled.

No way? Within one night, could her incident have been known by all the Investigators in the bureau?

The B-level Investigator felt utterly hopeless inside.

She still hoped to bring honor to her family...

But there was no time to think more, as the rumored A-level Investigator from the Security Department pointed to a desk and chair ahead, asking, "Is this your position?"

The B-level Investigator hurriedly nodded, walking to the vacant spot at the edge of a four-person desk, "This is where I work."

Ji Ning glanced at her desk, quite ordinary, but the items were arranged neatly, indicating someone who liked organizing.

She walked to the desk, pulled the chair out, and sat down, from this angle, the top of the smart screen seemed somewhat different.

"Was something glued here?"

The B-level Investigator was surprised by Ji Ning’s observational skills and nodded again.

"Previously, a lucky cat ornament given by a colleague was pasted here. I don’t know why it suddenly disappeared?"

Ji Ning touched the adhesive; it was still fresh, removed not too long ago.

She scanned the surroundings, the trash bin was clean.

"Who gave you the ornament?"

The B-level Investigator looked in a direction, seeing a female Investigator raising her hand, "It was me... I gave it..."

The female Investigator originally thought they were there to retrieve something, but seeing the situation looked more like an investigation.

She instantly became nervous, reluctantly meeting Ji Ning’s sharp gaze.

"How did you get the items?"

The female Investigator looked confused, "I just... bought them on the street."

"Street?"

The female Investigator felt a bit embarrassed, "It was at night, there was a seller at the back street, I thought they were cute and bought many to give to colleagues. See, it’s like this one."

The female Investigator pulled out an ornament from her drawer that she hadn’t yet given away and handed it to Ji Ning.

Ji Ning picked it up to take a look, her fingertips touched it, and the invisible energy entered the belly of the ornament and was remarkably stored there.

Her expression cooled a bit more, and she said to Wind Girl and Asheng, "Go investigate these ornaments at the back street, find the source."

The two immediately accepted the order and left.

Ji Ning then looked at the female Investigator, "Call over all the colleagues you gave the ornaments to."

The female Investigator’s heart sank halfway, she seemed to have caused trouble.

In half a day’s time, there were over ten ornaments in front of Ji Ning, various shapes, each cutely eye-catching at first glance.

Liu Yan didn’t look pleased; he had Spiritual Ability and was very familiar with the subtle energies inside the ornaments.

Someone had extended their hand into his Security Bureau.

"Have you checked the surveillance? Did anyone approach that desk?" Liu Yan asked gravely.

"Reporting to Director Liu, we checked, it was B-level Investigator number 51."

Ji Ning’s pupils narrowed slightly; this number sounded familiar.

Beside her, Xiao Shun couldn’t believe it, "How could it be? He wouldn’t do such a thing!"

Number 51 was among the best-developed of the B-level Investigators, backed by members of the Special Ability Team’s Red Group.

Back then, when the five of them first came under Ji Ning, he dared to publicly contradict her and was removed from the group.

Ji Ning suddenly recalled who it was, and looked at Xiao Shun, "Go find out where he is?"

Ten minutes later, Xiao Shun returned with a grim face, "Sister Ning, he’s out of contact."

"The location?"

"A colleague found his suppression ring discarded in a trash bin on the back street."

Everyone inside instantly changed their expressions; number 51 was a Sixth Rank Thunder Ability User, suddenly removing the suppression ring and leaving was extremely dangerous.

Plus, how did he manage to remove the suppression ring quietly?

He wasn’t like Ji Ning, whose combat level as a superpower user couldn’t be guessed.

Liu Yan immediately said, "Lock down all streets in the inner city, and fully capture number 51."

"Understood..."

***

Elsewhere, Bai Xiaotang and her group were touring and taking photos at the main square, taking turns posing with the towering statue.

Huang Ying watched it unfold, amused.

No wonder Ji Ning sometimes couldn’t resist ridiculing and wanting to dig up graves; the statue truly wasn’t like the person.

Previously, they hadn’t noticed.

Perhaps those documenting and compiling history had seen her with an eight-hundred-fold filter.

"Instructor Ying, come join the photo!" Principal Zhang shouted.

Huang Ying didn’t refuse and jogged over.

Little did they know, danger was slowly approaching.

While the group was taking pictures in the square, planning to visit the next attraction, they suddenly heard a woman’s shrill voice nearby.

"Ah—my child... Please save my child."

The group turned to look and saw a man wearing a baseball cap and a mask, with a child wedged under his arm, darting toward the Hua Continent Alliance podium.

Behind him followed a group of Investigators in uniform, wearing silver masks.

"Wow—"

"Mommy..."

"I’m scared... Wow..."

The child cried incessantly, and the man’s rough movements, accompanied by fluctuating superpower waves at his fingertips, made Huang Ying’s expression instantly change.

"Stay here, don’t move, and protect yourselves," Huang Ying instructed the students.

He took out a mask from his pocket and expertly put it on, quickly rushing toward the man.