Not long after Li Lin contacted the Special Operations Bureau, several black luxury cars arrived at a nearby intersection. They had clearly driven straight here via the nearest "shortcut."
When the car doors opened, the first person to appear was Song Cheng, the captain of the Second Squad. The figure who stepped out of the second car, however, caught Yu Sheng by surprise: a white skirt suit, a white ponytail, a cool and distant demeanor, and an expression she was forcing herself to keep composed despite being unbearably sleepy—it was Baili Qing.
She had actually come in person.
Seeing the director arrive personally, Li Lin immediately became so nervous he could barely stand it. Zheng Zhi beside him, however, seemed fairly calm—a clear-eyed look from someone who had spent several months out on field missions before his internship was even over and therefore had no idea who his immediate superior was. He even grinned foolishly as Baili Qing walked over, only realizing several seconds later that he ought to be nervous.
The director, however, clearly did not care about the two rookie agents' nervousness. She merely nodded at Li Lin and Zheng Zhi, her gaze lingering on the latter for two or three seconds before she turned to Yu Sheng.
Yu Sheng spoke first. "You actually came in person."
"...With an Artificial Saintess behaving abnormally in the city, it would be difficult for me to keep sitting in my office," Baili Qing said flatly. The cold wind in the alley brushed past the tips of her hair, and the corner of her eye seemed to twitch slightly. "So, what exactly happened?"
Yu Sheng immediately explained the current situation, including Zheng Zhi's encounter and the "memory illusion" he himself had seen in Dark Alley.
"Our preliminary guess is that the Artificial