Night's Nomenclature
Chapter 387: Life is like a play

Li Zhongxian and other intelligence teams returned without success. He personally witnessed Li Yunqu, Chen Sai, and Shendai Changming return to Intelligence Bureau One with grim faces.

It was already time to get off work, but none of the intelligence teams mentioned leaving. They all returned to their respective large offices, re-examining all the files in hand, hoping to find new leads to arrest Qing Family officials.

For a time, the Intelligence Bureau One building was brightly lit, as if it had returned to its busiest days.

A long time ago, before the pca intelligence agency was controlled by the Conglomerate, it gathered a group of intelligence officers who vowed to investigate the Conglomerate to the end.

At that time, their main investigation focused on Federation officials accepting bribes from the Conglomerate and Federation officials becoming protectors of the Conglomerate.

However, times have changed. Now, Intelligence Bureau One is full of Conglomerate people, and the pca Federation intelligence agency has become the Conglomerate's thugs.

Of course, these are not the Conglomerate's real intelligence agencies, they are puppets in the foreground. For example, the Qing Family has the Secret Spy Agency under Shadow, the Li Clan has the “Red Sparrow” under the Secretariat, Shendai has “Eight-Forked”, Koshima has “Isolated Island”, and the Chen Family has “Sword Wielders”.

Now these truly large intelligence agencies are still hidden behind the scenes, but the intelligence community has been stirred into bloodshed by the seven teams.

This also took advantage of the Federation civil war. Now the real elites of the intelligence community are gathered in city 19 in the north, which corresponds to the location of Taicheng in the Outer World, only more than 300 kilometers from the battlefield.

Before the seven teams caused trouble, the intelligence circles in City 10 were almost forgotten.

And now, it's even busier here than in city 19.

Each intelligence team has some secret files, such as evidence of crimes by officials from other Conglomerate factions. When they haven't turned against each other, everyone keeps them secret, and when they do, they take them out to deliver a fatal blow.

Li Zhongxian used the secret files in his possession and constantly sent people out to arrest suspects, but the feedback he got was: they had all been taken away by the seven teams.

He tore up the secret files one by one without expression, thinking that the seven teams were too ruthless, even arresting their own people. How would this team be able to stand in the Qing Family in the future?

Are they crazy!

Unlike the repeated fruitless returns of other intelligence teams, Qing Hua brought back suspects every time. Those suspects wore black hoods, and no one could see their faces, making it impossible to identify them.

Then, before the other intelligence teams could react, those people were locked up in the seven teams' underground secret prison.

The other intelligence teams were anxious and began to doubt themselves.

That seven-team Supervisor didn't even leave the office, so how could he catch so many suspects?

They caught too many!

From this moment on, the involution of Intelligence Bureau One began.

The Supervisors of each team sat in their offices with grim faces, and none of the investigators dared to mention getting off work.

Not only could the investigators not leave, but even the Intelligence Bureau One canteen worked overtime.

What they didn't know was that after Qing Hua and his people escorted the suspects into the secret prison, Qing Hua said to an investigator beside him: “Okay, take off the hood on Yang Xuyang's head.”

After Yang Xuyang, who had been playing the suspect, saw the light again, he breathed a sigh of relief: “I'm suffocating, can I change to a more breathable hood?”

“It's easy to be suspected by others if you suddenly change hoods. Bear with it, Boss said there will be results in two days,” Qing Hua said.

The fact is, even Qing Chen's brain couldn't arrest people indefinitely. If there's no evidence, there's no evidence. You can't just forcibly arrest officials from other Conglomerate factions, right?

The Conglomerate follows the rules. You can disregard evidence when arresting ordinary people, but when arresting Conglomerate people, you must have evidence, otherwise it's a diplomatic incident.

If you arrest someone without evidence to convict them, you will be backlashed later.

But Qing Chen had to make the other intelligence teams anxious, so he just let the seven teams' investigators play the suspects, anyway, the other intelligence teams couldn't know who was under the black hood.

What Qing Chen wanted was to make the other intelligence teams believe that the seven teams were still arresting people.

Anyway, there are tens of thousands of officials of all sizes in City 10, and the other intelligence teams couldn't figure out how many people had been arrested for a while.

And most importantly, the seven teams had brilliant achievements before, so now that Qing Hua started acting, no one suspected it.

But no matter how Qing Hua acted.

No one has come to the seven teams to become a member yet.

Qing Hua glanced at the time. It had been a full 24 hours since the whiteboard was removed.

He looked at the investigator guarding the secret prison: “How is it? Are there any signs of other intelligence teams giving up? Has anyone come to inquire about membership?”

The investigator shook his head and said worriedly: “No, not even a single person came to ask. Commander, do you think Boss's plan will fail? Other intelligence teams should still have some cards up their sleeves. They won't give up so easily. This time we've turned against each other, and it might cause chaos within our own Qing Family, and some big shots might be taken down by other intelligence teams.”

Qing Hua glanced coldly at the investigator: “This is not something you should discuss. We do what Boss tells us to do.”

However, although he said so, as he watched the time pass by, he couldn't help but feel anxious.

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At 11 pm, the canteen notified everyone that the late-night snacks were ready.

The seven teams, who were used to working overtime, happily went to eat, while the other intelligence teams went to the canteen with worried faces.

In fact, those Supervisors didn't intend to let their investigators eat late-night snacks, because they were in a critical situation, and after working hard all day, they only caught a few small fries. What late-night snacks?

However, when they heard the seven teams go to the canteen, they quickly sent their own investigators to eat, and by the way, to see if they could find out something from the seven teams' investigators.

Chen Zhen, the probationary Supervisor of the Chen Family, went to the first-floor canteen and went straight to Qing Zhun, and even brought people to sit directly opposite Qing Zhun.

Qing Zhun took a bite of the bun and smiled: “Why are you all so worried? Is the progress not going well?”

Chen Zhen was choked. We're not going well, isn't it all because you arrested everyone in advance?

However, he couldn't say that, so he could only smooth things over and said with a smile: “It's just that I can't go home because of overtime, I'm a little tired. By the way, you've arrested a lot of people today, haven't you?”

Qing Zhun smiled: “Is this something that non-members can inquire about?”

Then, Qing Zhun looked at the investigator next to Chen Zhen and asked: “Didn't the sixth team give you overtime pay? You're frowning even when eating.”

The investigator was stunned: “You have overtime pay?”

Qing Zhun smiled: “Of course we do. Don't you have it? Our seven teams' overtime pay is loaded in carloads… Oh, no, I can't tell you that.”

Having said that, Qing Zhun swaggered away with his insulated food box, which contained the food he had made for Qing Chen.

He originally called the new Boss to eat together, but Qing Chen refused.

The new Boss told Qing Zhun that at this time, the seven teams' Supervisor should maintain the most mysterious posture, not for show, but to give the other intelligence teams the greatest sense of pressure.

Qing Zhun sighed. The seven teams' new Boss used all kinds of psychological warfare and intelligence warfare tactics to suppress other intelligence teams.

Moreover, this new Boss is diligent. He simply stayed in the Intelligence Bureau One building and didn't leave. He didn't know what he was up to.

Qing Zhun carried the food box to Qing Chen's office, but saw the new Boss sitting in his chair, closing his eyes and resting, his breathing maintaining a strange frequency.

Qing Chen opened his eyes: “How is it? Have they all gone to eat?”

Qing Zhun nodded: “It seems that they are all quite anxious. Originally, there was no one in the canteen, but as soon as our seven teams went up, the other intelligence teams all followed, wanting to inquire about information.”

Qing Chen nodded and lifted the lid of the food box: “It's good that they are anxious.”

“Aren't you worried that they will turn around and expose some big shots from the Qing Family? I know that they hold secret files,” Qing Zhun thought for a moment and said with interest: “Boss, other intelligence teams won't compromise so easily. Although these are some small fries, they are still considered ‘living Yama’ in the eyes of ordinary people. They will definitely try to dig out big shots from the Qing Family and lock them up in the secret prison as bargaining chips.”

Qing Chen looked at Qing Zhun: “Hmm.”

Qing Zhun was surprised. For such an important matter, you just said "Hmm' and that's it? You might as well tell us what to do next?

However, Qing Chen didn't seem to have the intention of sharing his plans with him, so Qing Zhun felt bored and went back to his temporary dormitory in Intelligence Bureau One to sleep.

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Qing Zhun took the seven teams' investigators back.

But the canteen was still noisy.

Chen Sai sat at the long table looking at the food in front of him, and when he looked up, he suddenly saw Li Yunqu from the second team also with a grim Face^[-].

He carried his food box and sat opposite Li Yunqu: “Why do you look so bad? The relationship between the Li Clan and the Qing Family is quite good, isn't it?”

Li Yunqu said coldly: “Several Li Clan officials went missing today. I think the Qing Family wants to take advantage of the Northern war, when Commander Changqing has no time to take care of the rear, to integrate Intelligence Bureau One into their hands. Today I went to arrest several officials from the Qing Family faction, hoping to hold them as bargaining chips, but I failed. I was preempted by the seven teams. I just can't figure out what kind of background this new Supervisor of the seven teams has, and why would someone with such strong abilities not go to the Secret Spy Agency and come to Intelligence Bureau One?”

Chen Sai said: “Maybe this new Supervisor is really a secret agent, but he is clean now, without any handle. You can't even find a chance to get him. The Qing Family probably hid this newcomer for a long time, and now that he is released, there must be a big move.”

“Hmm,” Li Yunqu expressionlessly picked at his food box, as if he was plotting how to fight back: “Now I have no bargaining chips at all. Tomorrow I plan to go out. I can't dig anything out of the existing files, I have to conduct targeted investigations of those important Qing Family officials.”

Chen Sai ate with his head down, his expression constantly changing. When he looked up again, he said: “Do you know Wei Shuqi?”

Li Yunqu was stunned: “Wei Shuqi, the councilor of the Senate?”

Chen Sai nodded: “I found some clues related to him.”

Li Yunqu shook his head: “This is an important figure of the Qing Family faction in the Democratic Party. Just having some clues is not enough. Moreover, such a person is already very cautious and won't easily let us get any handle.”

Chen Sai thought for a moment and said: “I have conclusive evidence. Six years ago, he lent his car to someone, and the car was involved in an accident three days after it was lent out, killing a middle-aged man. The driver was his ‘friend,’ and he is now imprisoned in prison No. 10. This ‘friend’ recently slipped up and said that he didn't know Wei Shuqi at all.”

Li Yunqu pondered: “Do you mean that it was Wei Shuqi himself who drove the car and killed someone, but the Qing Family found someone to take the blame for him?”

“That's right,” Chen Sai smiled: “That person is very tight-lipped, but the problem is, if he hadn't received formal anti-interrogation training, how could he have withstood our methods.”

Li Yunqu sneered: “If so, why didn't you interrogate him?”

“Our superiors have ordered us not to turn against the Qing Family,” Chen Sai smiled: “After all, the Chen Family's stronghold is in the South, and the North is not important to us, so we don't intend to get involved. But City 10 is different for your Li Clan, right? I'm telling you this as a friend. I definitely wouldn't tell anyone else.”

Li Yunqu immediately stood up and called the investigators of the second team to leave: “Thank you for this.”

As Chen Sai expected, the second team immediately set off for prison No. 10, and only after arriving at prison No. 10 did they submit the application for retrial to their superiors.

In this way, once the procedures are approved, they can take the scapegoat away without alarming anyone.

No one can steal the scapegoat from them.

Chen Sai sat in his office, smiling happily as he watched the messages sent back by the investigators.

However, a day later, the second team brought the person back and then there was no more movement.

Chen Sai took advantage of lunchtime to sit opposite Li Yunqu in the canteen and asked: “How is it? Did the scapegoat open his mouth?”

Li Yunqu looked up at Chen Sai: “What scapegoat? What are you talking about? I don't understand.”

Chen Sai: “…”.

The Supervisor of the sixth team's Face^[-] turned cold. At this moment, he finally understood that Li Yunqu had probably already made a deal with the seven teams and directly handed the scapegoat over to the seven teams?!

In fact, not only Chen Sai was surprised, but even the investigators of the seven teams found it unbelievable.

Last night, Li Yunqu personally secretly transferred the scapegoat to Qing Hua and Qing Zhun.

At that time, both of them were shocked.

Because before that, no one knew that their new Boss actually maintained an alliance with Li Yunqu.

Li Yunqu was still gnashing his teeth at the seven teams!

At this time, Chen Sai said coldly: “Supervisor Li, if you do this, our sixth team will not be able to be friends with the second team anymore.”

Li Yunqu laughed: “Have we ever been friends? By the way, more than ten officials from your Chen Family have gone missing, haven't they? Your superiors must be urging you, and you still have the mood to eat?”

Chen Sai had said that their superiors ordered them not to get involved, but in fact, Li Yunqu knew very well that Chen Sai's anxiety was definitely no less than Shendai and Koshima.

Li Yunqu carried his food box and left, humming a song softly, his mood seemed very good!

In the evening, Chen Zhen, the probationary Supervisor of the sixth intelligence team, came to the third floor. Looking at Qing Hua in front of him, he said expressionlessly: “The membership fee has been transferred, and now I want to see the new Supervisor of your seven teams.”

Qing Hua smiled and led him in: “Our Supervisor is concentrating on looking at the files, and he doesn't receive guests. If you have anything, you can just tell me.”

Chen Zhen held his breath and almost couldn't breathe. After paying the membership fee, he couldn't even see the Supervisor of the seven teams.

As the two were walking inside, Chen Zhen found Li Qingfeng, the probationary Supervisor of the second team, sitting in the seven teams' Supervisor's office.

Chen Zhen was stunned and asked Qing Hua: “Isn't that Li Qingfeng? Why can he talk to your Supervisor directly?”

Qing Hua thought for a moment: “You are, he is v. I know you may find it hard to accept, but our Boss said it's okay, we need to cultivate consumer awareness slowly.”

Chen Zhen almost vomited blood on the spot. There are even membership levels?!

What the hell is cultivating consumer awareness slowly!

No.

The Li Clan's second intelligence team clearly had already reached an agreement with the seven teams.

“Wait, I forgot my phone, I'll go back,” Chen Zhen said: “It's okay to talk later, right?”

“Of course,” Qing Hua smiled: “The door of the seven teams is always open to members!”

Chen Zhen turned around and went upstairs. He returned to his office and told Supervisor Chen Sai everything he had seen and heard in the seven teams.

Chen Sai slapped the table angrily and had already reacted: “So, Li Yunqu is a shill?!”

It felt like you were playing a game competing with other players, and then you found out that the other person was a shill for the game company.

What the hell is the point of competing!

Chen Sai wanted to trap the seven teams, but not only did he fail, but he also sent important clues to the ‘shill’.

Presumably, the officials of the Li Clan faction should have returned by now, right? This is the legendary returning the money of the gentry and splitting the money of the common people seven-three?

“Boss, what should we do now?” Chen Zhen asked.

Chen Sai sighed: “What else can we do? We lost, so we admit defeat. City 10 is not our home ground, and we didn't have many officials here in the first place, and now so many have been arrested by the seven teams. Go to the seven teams and continue the transaction. Tell them that we don't have people from Shendai and Koshima, but we can use the Qing Family intelligence personnel we've arrested over the years for the transaction.”

“Okay,” Chen Zhen nodded and went downstairs.

Chen Sai sat alone in his office in a daze. What he couldn't figure out was that even if they wanted to act, it should be the probationary Supervisor of the second team who did it.

Why can the Supervisor of the seven teams control Li Yunqu?

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In the third-floor office of the seven teams, Qing Chen sent Li Qingfeng away and sat in the office watching Chen Zhen return, knowing that the breakthrough point had finally been opened.

Qing Chen also let out a long sigh.

Qing Zhun and Qing Hua, who had just entered the door, saw this scene.

Qing Zhun smiled: “Boss, I thought you were really strategizing and winning thousands of miles away, but it turns out you're not calm either.”

Qing Chen looked at Qing Zhun: “Let's talk about work first. Has there been a breakthrough on the Koshima side?”

Qing Hua couldn't hide his excitement and nodded: “Koshima just contacted us. They are willing to exchange Shendai Jingbian for the two Koshima members we have. The transaction will be in City 10 in three days.”

“Good news,” Qing Chen nodded: “I will report this to the Shadow Master. The formal exchange of hostages will be done by more professional people.”

The combat power of Intelligence Bureau One is ultimately weak. Thugs are still just thugs, not regular troops.

Therefore, important matters should be handled by the Secret Spy Agency under Shadow, which requires the cooperation of dozens of secret agents and hundreds of Kestrels.

Shendai Jingbian's identity is too sensitive, and they must guard against Shendai intercepting them.

At this time, Qing Hua asked somewhat puzzled: “Boss, I'm just asking casually, you don't have to answer if you don't want to.”

In just over ten days, Qing Hua's address to Qing Chen became more and more respectful, and his tone became more and more humble. He had completely forgotten Qing Chen's age.

You should know that Qing Hua is almost 20 years older than Qing Chen.

Qing Chen looked at Qing Hua: “Ask.”

“Why do we want to exchange Shendai Jingbian?” Qing Hua asked.

“Because we want to use Shendai Jingbian to exchange Qing Mu's return,” Qing Chen said calmly: “Shendai Jingbian is Shendai's intelligence officer in the South. If Shendai doesn't exchange him, then we will repeat everything Qing Mu experienced on Shendai Jingbian. The Qing Family also has the Neural Link soul-taking technology. I don't believe that Shendai Jingbian's will is stronger than Qing Mu's.”

Qing Hua was stunned.

The next moment, he actually bent down and bowed 90 degrees to Qing Chen.

“What are you doing?” Qing Chen frowned.

When Qing Hua looked up again, his expression was extremely serious: “So you were preparing for this. Please forgive my rashness when you first took office. In the future, I will never ask about what you are going to do, as long as you give an order, I will go through fire and water for you… Although you are still young.”

Qing Chen was stunned.

He had not received Qing Family intelligence training, nor did he have any sense of belonging to the Qing Family.

So he only knew what Qing Mu had experienced and felt a little angry, but he still didn't understand the weight of Qing Mu in the hearts of the Qing Family intelligence officers.

And Qing Family Shadow let him do this transaction, to carry out this matter.

It is actually to hand over the hearts of the Qing Family intelligence officers to him personally.

Qing Chen understood this, and still looked at Qing Hua calmly and said: “Now Shendai still hasn't made any moves, and the calmer it is, the more careful we need to be. Also, Koshima's handover of Shendai Jingbian may not be sincere, it may be a trap.”

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