Night's Nomenclature
Chapter 383: 19 Years

On the long street, Qing Hua and Shendai Kongshu stood facing each other in silence.

Shendai Kongshu was clearly distraught. She had come all this way to rescue her brother, only to find he had been sold?

This outcome was difficult for her to accept...

But it wasn't really Qing Hua's fault.

The top experts under Qing FamilyShadow had staged a masterful performance, perfect in both acting and detail. They even used two extremely important missing persons from Koshima as leverage. Who could have imagined it was a deception?

Therefore, Shadow's move completely baffled everyone.

Shendai Kongshu looked at Qing Hua, her voice full of anger, “Where is my brother? He can't just have vanished!”

Qing Hua hesitated, “Are you representing the Shendai Family? Could someone else from the Shendai Family have made the trade without your knowledge?”

Shendai Kongshu angrily replied, “No one else from the Shendai Family would have participated in this transaction!”

Qing Hua pondered for a moment, “Then please wait. I need to call my Boss to report this.”

Actually, Qing Hua didn't want to make this call. Since Qing Chen had entrusted him with the matter, he should have handled it flawlessly and presented the final results to Qing Chen.

That's what a good subordinate should do.

Now, with the task half-done, he needed his Boss to intervene, making him look incompetent.

But he couldn't avoid the call. He had a keen sense that someone was impersonating the Shendai family in this transaction, indicating a larger conspiracy.

Since he couldn't figure it out, he should report it honestly and let his Boss know immediately.

After making the call, Qing Hua stepped aside and explained the situation to Qing Chen.

Qing Chen's first concern was the most important point, “The two Koshima individuals are in our hands, right?”

Qing Hua explained, “Yes, they will arrive at the secret prison in 15 minutes. I just confirmed that the brothers have encountered no problems; the previous transaction was successful, but now…”

Qing Chen pondered for a moment, “For us, as long as we get the Koshima members, the deal is a success. As for Shendai Kongshu… why don’t you ask her if she wants to trade for anyone else? We’ll help her capture that person.”

Qing Hua was stunned, “Boss…”

He found the whole operation as bizarre as someone impersonating the Shendai Family to trade for Shendai Jingyi.

However, before Qing Hua could say anything, Qing Chen sighed, “It doesn't seem appropriate. Shendai Kongshu is here to save her brother and probably isn't concerned about other things… Let’s run.”

“Huh?” Qing Hua was taken aback.

“Run! Who cares who bought Shendai Jingyi. We didn't lose anything,” Qing Chen said, “Run quickly!”

The next moment, Shendai Kongshu, with her red hair and punk attire, saw Qing Hua making a call, then looking at her.

Then, this trainee Supervisor who had been on the phone suddenly turned and ran away from the scene.

Shendai Kongshu: “??? ”

Shendai Kongshu was dumbfounded. She never expected that a trainee Supervisor of the Intelligence Bureau One would actually flee the scene.

Just like that, they ran away?

Is this something a senior PCA official should do?

Shendai Kongshu felt aggrieved, but seeing the speed at which Qing Hua was running, she knew she couldn't catch up.

At this time, Qing FamilyShadow was still sitting on the edge of the rooftop of the skyscraper.

Just like he had sat on the edge of Qingshan Cliff that day, he looked down at the world with great interest.

“They actually ran away, hahaha,” Shadow laughed, “But sometimes, running away is also a good way to solve problems.”

“Boss, what should we do next?” The short, middle-aged man asked.

Qing FamilyShadow thought for a moment, “Go give Shendai Jingyi back to Shendai Kongshu. Only when Shendai Jingyi truly returns home, will the Shendai Family officially join the game.”

“Release Shendai Jingyi?!” The middle-aged man was curious, “Boss, shouldn’t we keep Shendai Jingyi and interrogate him?”

At this moment, the middle-aged man suddenly felt that the Boss’s actions were strange.

They had just made such a big show, using two important figures from the Koshima family to exchange for Shendai Jingyi, yet they were going to return him to Shendai Kongshu immediately?

The middle-aged man was surprised, but the young man behind Shadow was used to it.

He was always with Shadow and knew that his Boss's thoughts could not be judged by ordinary standards.

Shadow shook his head with a smile, “What useful information can a young man from the third generation of the Shendai family dig up? At this time, letting him return home will bring out his greatest value. No, to be precise, allowing other forces to see him return home will maximize his value.”

Shadow continued, “Go. After this, all of you involved in the transaction should go to the wilderness and avoid appearing in the Federation for a while. I will wait until I completely tear apart the intelligence alliance between Shendai and Koshima before showing up again.”

The middle-aged and young men behind Shadow understood. Only when others saw Shendai Jingyi returning home would the fact that Shendai and Group Seven had made a deal be confirmed, and only then would Koshima truly resent Shendai.

Otherwise, if the deal is completed but Shendai Jingyi doesn't return to the Shendai Family, even a fool could see that something is wrong.

“What is the Boss going to do in the wilderness?” The young man asked softly.

Shadow thought for a moment, “I heard that a God Woman has emerged from the Fire Pit, and the God Son needs to hunt down important figures in the Federation when he comes of age, so the God Woman should also need to. Go check if there’s any room to utilize this.”

For Shadow, he rarely did anything overly strenuous.

In his habit, leveraging others was the wisest approach.

Tonight, he simply chose the most opportune moment, and it was precisely this move that opened the way for Qing Chen.

After all, Shendai Jingyi was certainly important to that council member, but not important enough to make him violate the family's wishes and break the intelligence alliance between Shendai and Koshima.

Yesterday, the Shendai Family specifically told Shendai Jingyi's father: Do not attempt to rescue Shendai Jingyi, as this matter concerns the alliance between Shendai and Koshima, and Shendai Jingyi is far less valuable than the alliance itself.

Therefore, Shendai Kongshu came secretly tonight.

The red-haired girl didn't have anyone from the Koshima family; she was only worried about her brother and wanted to exchange some intelligence to get him back.

Even her father was unaware of this action.

Therefore, if Shadow hadn't acted tonight, Qing Chen's plan would likely have failed.

Qing Chen would have to continue capturing people until he captured truly important figures before he could possibly tear apart the Shendai-Koshima intelligence alliance.

Now, Shadow's appearance had directly turned the tables.

But Qing FamilyShadow wasn't doing this to help Qing Chen; rather, this opportunity was rare and interesting, and he was interested in playing a game with Qing Chen.

Moreover, this event had a deeper meaning.

Qing FamilyShadow wanted to use this to bring someone home.

At this time, Shendai Kongshu was still standing bewildered on the street.

The next moment, a short middle-aged man carrying a large duffel bag passed by her and threw it at her feet.

Shendai Kongshu was stunned for a moment, then hurriedly crouched down to open the duffel bag. Inside, was her younger brother, Shendai Jingyi, fast asleep.

Shendai Kongshu wept with joy, calling her father, “Dad, I’ve found my brother!”

However, to her surprise, her father wasn't happy; instead, he immediately became furious, “Who told you to look for him? I told you not to save him. This is a ploy by the Qing Family to tear apart the alliance between Shendai and Koshima! Are you an idiot?”

Shendai Kongshu's eyes reddened after being scolded by her father.

She hugged her unconscious brother, “But he’s my brother, your own son! Moreover, if this matter is exposed, your position as a council member will also be lost! Father, don’t worry, I didn’t exchange any benefits with them. A kind person rescued my brother, put him in this duffel bag, and left it at my feet!”

“There are no such kind people in this world! Everyone is trying to plot against us! Do you really think there are kind people who would rescue that fool?” Her father already understood that they had been clearly manipulated, but he didn’t know who had manipulated them, “If I lose my position as a council member, then so be it. If the family holds me accountable, I may not even be able to keep my life. Throw Shendai Jingyi away, and you get back here!”

The young Shendai Kongshu didn't understand why saving her brother was wrong.

Shadow sat alone on the edge of the rooftop, watching all this, and said to himself with a smile, “When will people truly understand that a sister's love for her brother is the most precious thing in the world? They are all blinded by the superficial!”

As he spoke, he gazed into the distance, lost in thought.

After a long while, he called Qing Chen, “I’ve sent you photos of Qing Hua trading the Koshima members and Shendai Kongshu receiving her brother. Spread them. If the Koshima people want to make a deal with you, they will definitely ask specifically for ‘Shendai Jingbian’. I'm sure this missing person is in the hands of Koshima.”

Qing Chen sat in the empty office on the third floor of Intelligence Bureau One, instantly understanding that everything tonight was planned and orchestrated by Shadow Master.

He curiously asked, “Who is Shendai Jingbian? Is he important to you?”

Shadow said, “He's not important to me, but he's important to the Shendai Family. Koshima held him for seven years, extracting everything they could; he’s of no further value, so they should be willing to trade him for the Koshima member codenamed ‘Jeju’.”

Qing Chen asked, “Then what?”

Qing FamilyShadow said, “After getting Shendai Jingbian, tell the Shendai people that we can give them Shendai Jingbian, on the condition that they release Qing Mu. Otherwise, we will put Shendai Jingbian in a pigsty; whatever the pigs eat, so will Shendai Jingbian.”

“Who is Qing Mu?” Qing Chen was puzzled.

He felt that suddenly, so many people he’d never heard of had appeared.

Shadow thought for a moment, “Qing Mu was our former intelligence officer in the North. He was secretly captured by Shendai 19 years ago and has been imprisoned in the pigsty of the Northern military base by the Shendai Family, feeding pigs to the Federation's Third Army.”

The Federation's Third Army was an army controlled by Shendai.

Qing Chen couldn't understand why, after capturing Qing Mu, Shendai would arrange for him to feed pigs.

Shadow explained, “Qing Mu was once the most arrogant intelligence officer in the Qing Family. After his capture, he underwent 1030 days of interrogation, but he never betrayed anyone in the Qing Family. Shendai made him feed pigs for 19 years, putting him in electronic shackles, to keep him in a foul-smelling pigsty, to torment him, humiliate him, and destroy his will.”

Qing Chen asked again, “Then why do you want to bring him back? What important contributions has he made to the Qing Family?”

Based on Qing Chen's understanding of Shadow, Shadow only cared about profit. Even if he was playing a game, he would do it with purpose.

As Li Changqing said, he gets things done while playing.

This kind of person wouldn't act emotionally.

Why would he use such an important figure as Shendai Jingbian to exchange for an unimportant person? Qing Mu must be very important.

Qing FamilyShadow said calmly on the phone, “What contribution could he have made after being locked up in a pigsty for 19 years? If I really had to say, it’s that he never compromised with Shendai. Qing Mu was once the head of the Qing Family intelligence system. He knew that once he compromised and surrendered, what would happen to the other Qing Family intelligence officers who were captured? What made those other intelligence officers think they could withstand what Qing Mu couldn't? They didn't have the courage of Qing Mu.”

Qing Chen understood that Shendai's imprisonment of Qing Mu for 19 years was intended to destroy the spirit of the Qing Family intelligence system.

And Qing Mu's unyielding and unwavering stance in the pigsty for 19 years was simply to protect the spirit of the Qing Family intelligence system.

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