Miss Witch Doesn't Want to be a Diva
Chapter 864 - 54: The Remnant Family of the Ten Vertical Star Domains

In the video material Geyin found, everything that happened on the day of the ceremony seemed normal, which was exactly what Tilan and others had personally experienced.

However, during the rehearsals a few days before, a particular figure caught her eye.

This woman appeared to be petite, probably under 160cm, dressed in the hotel employee uniform, and her behavior seemed normal as well, doing work arranged by the hotel such as checking corridors, arranging rooms, reporting situations, etc.

In the first day of rehearsal, she entered the concert hall four times, pretending to look for something, and went into the preparation room next to the concert hall, which was for the newly arrived orchestra members to practice, where Tilan and the others had spent their time that day.

When she passed by Shui Yanqing, she paused for a moment, then continued on her way, and left the room shortly afterwards.

If that had been all, Geyin would not have noticed anything odd about her, but over the following days, she entered and exited the concert hall several times during the orchestra's rehearsals. Checking her work schedule, she wasn't supposed to go there at all, but since the hotel wasn't open for business yet, employees from all departments were busy with various preparations, so her comings and goings mixed in with the rest and didn't seem strange to anyone.

Before rehearsal one day, this employee placed a briefcase in the locker room inside the rest area, and then left. That day, incidentally, was when the orchestra members were trying on costumes.

In the evening, the employee took the briefcase out of the locker room. She didn't open it along the way, but according to the heat source scanning of the cameras, the temperature of the briefcase was significantly different before and after it was removed; it was quite high in the evening.

This suggests that there might have been some kind of heat-generating electronic device inside.

With the current advanced genetic map scanning, there's no need for direct exposure; it can be detected through materials like wood or thin layers, but such devices are usually quite expensive. They are generally only used for certain large-scale events, and out of etiquette, the organizers do not directly scan the faces and skin of the guests.

Upon seeing this, Geyin checked Framing's personal terminal call history. He had specifically made two phone calls on the day of the ceremony, with the called party being an office firm.

'Coolant Affairs', a Second Rank firm registered in the Central Star Domain, ostensibly mainly engages in commercial investigations, sampling, business consultations, etc., but it also clandestinely collects intelligence, monitoring, and investigates commercial secrets for VIP clients.

Looking back at the employee's information and comparing her travel records with the camera data around the 'Coolant Affairs' address, she 'just happened' to have been in and out of 'Coolant Affairs' two months prior and reported to the office for three consecutive days.

However, according to her previous experiences, this employee was not the so-called office elite. She had previously worked in similar jobs at a tea drink shop and a high-end restaurant, and was skilled in her business.

She was likely a temporary operative hired specifically for gathering intelligence at competitor companies, Geyin deduced.

The rough process was that Framing submitted a request to 'Coolant Affairs,' hoping to investigate the situation of the competitor 'Four Winds Hotel'. After that, 'Coolant Affairs' found this suitable candidate through their intelligence system. After negotiating with her, they trained her at the office for three days before she applied for a job at the Four Winds Hotel.

Since the hotel was understaffed at its opening, she was easily hired, and then she likely began her life as an undercover investigator.

Even if this type of commercial investigation is discovered, the punishment is at most discharge, and the requirements for the operatives are not high. The firm prefers to find people who are originally in the industry to temporarily play undercover, as this is low-cost and has a higher success rate.

However, how did the other party initially think of using genetic map detection? Normally, people wouldn't think in that direction, after all, ordinary people in the Federation rarely encounter alien races that do not comply with the Constitution.

Geyin paused for a while and then pulled out the employee's information again for a source tracing investigation.

Mai Desang; born in the Ten Longitudinal Star Domain-F3-1873 (Xilun), Mosanke District.

The Ten Longitudinal Star Domain, as its name suggests, is an area where star systems are distributed like shattered long cracks, containing 13 Stellar Systems, but 11 of them are inaccessible due to harsh environments filled with various astral debris and strong radiation pollution. There are even several shattered stars within.

It was an important battlefield of the Fifth Epoch. It is said that three forces of the Black Sun fought here, and their wars destroyed the habitable planets within the star systems, even detonating several stars, causing a strong shockwave that swept through the entire Stellar System. The fierce Solar Wind, like a huge wave, swept the planets within the star system clean.

Therefore, although the Ten Longitudinal Star Domain is vast, there are only two habitable planets within it, and 'Xilun' is one of them. The environment there is also harsh, filled with remnants of the Fifth Epoch ruins, and the local residents are very exclusionary, adhering to some kind of secretive religious beliefs.

It's said that when the Black Sun was powerful, the surface was occupied by the Newborn Races, and some 'adapted' original inhabitants could only escape to live underground. Over the long underground life, they developed a special religious belief and especially hated the Newborn Races.

With the arrival of the Sixth Epoch, the Federation saved this place. Those who hid deep underground gradually came to the surface and slowly integrated into the Federation society, and 600 years ago, they were completely absorbed as one of the Federation's inhabited planets.