Night's Nomenclature
Chapter 385: Members

"Do you know? Intelligence Bureau One is in complete chaos!"

For the past few days, the most talked about topic in Intelligence Bureau Three has been Intelligence Bureau One.

Intelligence Bureau Three is the Qing Family's faction, and it's where Shadow Candidates come to gild themselves. But surprisingly, after Shadow brought the candidates here, they didn't announce what their next mission would be.

It's as if they were going to leave the Shadow Candidates here to gather dust.

Therefore, the Shadow Candidates remained inactive, and the agents of Intelligence Bureau Three were happy to be idle. Aside from flattering the candidates, they spent their days gossiping and drinking tea.

In Intelligence Bureau One, Team Seven exchanged two core figures of the Koshima family from the Shendai Family. This wasn't a secret.

Moreover, it had already caused a sensation in the intelligence community.

No one expected that Intelligence Bureau One, Team Seven's bold move would actually succeed. No one expected that Shendai would secretly capture two such important figures from the Koshima family.

For a time, the alliance between Shendai and Koshima became the laughingstock of the outside world.

Of course, the most aggrieved were the Shendai. They had clearly reached a consensus internally, forbidding anyone from trading with Team Seven, yet they were still smeared.

It's easier to spread rumors than to refute them. No matter how much Shendai explained, the outside world was at most dubious.

"The Supervisor of Intelligence Bureau One, Team Seven, is amazing. They actually made Shendai and Koshima suffer so much," said an agent with an admiring expression.

Qing Yi, who was nearby, thought to himself upon hearing this, That's my master; how could he not be amazing?

He surveyed the office, feeling somewhat superior to all the Shadow Candidates—a sense of privilege due to his master's status.

But each time he thought this way, he subconsciously felt something was wrong. Why did he accept the other party as his master? Bah, bah, bah.

At this moment, while the other agents were engrossed in their conversation, Qing Yi slipped into a corner cubicle and called Li Ke. In a calm tone, he asked, "Do you know where Master has gone?"

Li Ke was taken aback, "I don't know."

Qing Yi had been keeping tabs on Qing Chen's previous solo trip with Li Ke. Now that he was so close to Qing Chen, he naturally wanted to show off.

Qing Yi whispered, "Master has come to City 10, and he's become a Supervisor at the PCAFederation Intelligence Bureau. He's so amazing…"

Their conversation lasted for over an hour, with Qing Yi divulging everything he knew to Li Ke.

Towards the end, Qing Yi casually asked, "Do you think Master would be willing to support me if I asked him to support my participation in the Shadow Succession?"

Li Ke thought for a moment and said, "Master always thinks highly of you, praising your intelligence. If you go and ask him, he will definitely agree."

Qing Yi fell into deep thought.

The next moment, his gaze towards the other Shadow Candidates changed.

Qing Wen, Qing Xing, Qing Wu, Qing Yuan—a group of probationary Supervisors from Intelligence Bureau Three. How could they compare to a Supervisor from Intelligence Bureau One?

Oh, wait. Qing Yi quickly retracted his gaze. That guy, Qing Xing, is a bit unpredictable; he needs to be wary.

Besides, playing it low-key and then striking unexpectedly is his forte!

Qing Yi thought, even though he had a powerful master helping him, he still needed to remain low-key. His master was also a low-key person and certainly wouldn't want him to be so high-profile!

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In Intelligence Bureau One, Qing Chen sat in his office, closing his eyes to rest.

He repeatedly sifted through the case files he had reviewed in his mind, trying to find more clues.

He had to save Qing Mu, but he couldn't let anyone who could be caught go free.

What if another big fish like the lottery station appeared?

Qing Chen calculated the time. There were still ten days until the Time Traveler's return.

At this moment, Qing Hua walked in, "Supervisor, I've removed the whiteboard as you instructed. Will we no longer publicly announce the capture of personnel?"

For the past few days, Qing Hua had enjoyed the fun of having a whiteboard, whether it was trading important intelligence figures or receiving attention from other intelligence teams. It had made him feel good every day.

Qing Chen opened his eyes and looked at Qing Hua, "Publicly announce it. I didn't say not to."

"Ah?" Qing Hua was stunned. "Then why remove the whiteboard?"

Qing Chen said, "When you get off work tonight, you'll stand guard at the door. If anyone from other intelligence teams asks why the whiteboard is gone, you tell them…"

Qing Hua was stunned after hearing Qing Chen's instructions. He thought to himself, Why does his new boss always have so many unusual plans?

That evening, when work ended, the other intelligence teams went to the third floor as usual to see if there was any new intelligence information on the whiteboard.

They found that the whiteboard was gone, only Qing Hua was still guarding there.

Team Six was puzzled, "Wait, where's your whiteboard?"

Qing Hua calmly said, "Starting today, our Team Seven will no longer publicly display the whiteboard. It's affecting the internal unity of Intelligence Bureau One."

The intelligence personnel from Team Six, the Chen Family, were immediately unhappy. Team Seven had almost broken up Shendai and Koshima, and now they're talking about unity?

The key is, when has Intelligence Bureau One ever been united? The alliance between Shendai and Koshima doesn't count as unity.

So, what new trick is Team Seven up to?

The Chen Family intelligence personnel probed, "Will the hostage exchange still take place?"

Qing Hua thought for a moment, "It will."

The Chen Family intelligence personnel asked, "Then you have to let us know who you have so that we can decide whether to trade."

The Chen Family had just lost a City 10 official today, and someone above had passed the word to the Intelligence Bureau One, Team Six personnel to go to the third floor and see if Team Seven had captured them.

If so, they would negotiate the terms, paying to buy them back and destroying the evidence of the crime.

Qing Hua smiled, "So, Team Seven has decided that you can pay a membership fee. In the future, members can directly enter the third-floor meeting room to discuss projects while enjoying tea."

The Chen Family intelligence personnel were immediately shocked. Team Seven was actually implementing a membership system?!

They angrily asked, "How much is the membership fee?"

Qing Hua said with a smile, "1 million, annual fee. It's not expensive."

The Chen Family intelligence personnel were about to yell, "You just caught two big fish from the lottery station; you don't need this million!"

Qing Hua humbly said, "Even small amounts add up."

Qing Chen had explained it clearly to him. The one million membership fee was a small matter, but the most important thing was to force everyone to pay the membership fee.

In this way, everyone would subconsciously think that Team Seven was stronger than the other teams.

Qing Chen wanted to establish this psychological advantage.

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