An Unexpected Encounter with an Acquaintance

After finishing his conversation with Shen Bingmiao, Lin Yu didn't immediately strike up a conversation with Li Nian, but instead played with his phone for a while.

More than ten minutes later, Good Night replied with a file titled "Jiang City Player Profile Data Record".

Lin Yu clicked to accept the file, then nodded in satisfaction.

"This is probably the normal file retrieval speed..."

After waiting for the file to finish downloading, Lin Yu found that it contained a table with only ID, "Profession", and organization.

However, it is clear that Lin Yu cannot retrieve the Player's real identity information through "Order" means without a legitimate reason.

Fortunately, Shen Bingmiao was there.

So, Lin Yu began to recreate the scene where Li Nian chimed in.

"So, what did you find?"

Li Nian shrugged helplessly. "No, obviously, even if these two are 'Player,' they're not the kind of idiots who would leave obvious clues and flaws in their usual office."

Lin Yu nodded. "But I have some here."

Li Nian's eyes lit up. "Good sister, you really have it?"

"Why would I lie to you?" Lin Yu said, reciting the information he had obtained from Shen Bingmiao, "Lin Ruizhe is not Player, Cheng Mingwen is a 'Tier 1' member of 'Jiang'an Hall'."

"In addition, there are probably two other Player active near your school, one codenamed 'He Jing' and the other 'Arctic Shrimp'."

Lin Yu said calmly.

He did not reveal all the information Shen Bingmiao had given him.

After all, Lin Yu asked Good Night to help with the investigation not only to go through the procedures and confirm the timeline, but also to confirm the approximate "degree" of the information he provided.

Sure enough, this vague information came at just the right time. Li Nian neither suspected anything nor felt particularly grateful to Lin Yu.

"You've been a great help, Sister Zhu Ming," Li Nian said with a grin. "Knowing the 'code name' makes the investigation much easier."

She also took out her phone and fiddled with it for a bit.

"Then Teacher Cheng is less of a suspect. The 'Tier 1' of 'Jiang'an Hall'... If he could really be connected with 'Dilaudid,' it would be like the director of the Jiang City District's Street office calling the Pentagon. I can only say that apart from the two being related, I can't think of any other possibility."

"So we need to check the identities of 'Arctic Shrimp' and 'He Jing'... Hmm, found it."

"Is 'He Jing' also 'Tier 1'? But she hasn't joined any organization, and she seems to be a very famous 'Bounty Hunter.' I see she has a lot of positive reviews on her 'Hunter Society' homepage... I can only say she's more suspicious than Teacher Cheng."

"The 'Arctic Shrimp' is a 'Tier 2' creature, and a long-established 'Tier 2' one at that... That's a bit suspicious—wait, it's 'Order,' so that doesn't make sense."

Li Nian frowned slightly. "People from 'Order' would never associate with people from the 'Psychology Society' —unless 'Dilaudid' is here to kill him."

"But the 'Arctic Shrimp' is still alive, which means that Dilaudid definitely didn't attack him, otherwise I can't imagine how he survived."

As Li Nian was speaking, Lin Yu gently interrupted her.

Not necessarily.

Upon hearing Lin Yu's words, Li Nian looked up at him.

"It doesn't necessarily mean you think 'Arctic Shrimp' can withstand the strain?"

"No, I mean that people who advocate 'Order' can certainly be associated with the 'Psychology Society'."

Lin Yu said calmly.

"Me and 'May May' are the best example."

Li Nian blinked. "Wow... what you said actually makes a lot of sense."

"However, your situation and 'May May's' situation are relatively special, aren't they?"

Lin Yu was of course aware that the situations of "Zhu Ming" and "May May" were special.

However, he had other grounds for making this inference.

Li Hua, the East China Head and the Administrator of Sea City, has said that the "Order" organization is no longer entirely trustworthy.

Therefore, it is not impossible that members of "Order" would privately contact members of "Psychology Society".

So...

"Arctic Shrimp" is not necessarily "not a special case."

As he spoke, Li Nian thought for a moment before realizing what he meant.

"I understand what you mean... I'll investigate."

"Anyway, thanks, Sister Zhu Ming."

"Let's go—let's go to the cafeteria."

Hearing Li Nian's words, Lin Yu asked with some surprise, "Didn't you bring your own lunch?"

"I'll treat you to a meal. It's mealtime anyway, and you don't look like you've already eaten," Li Nian said with a smile. "You helped me out, so I should at least treat you to a meal, right?"

Lin Yu looked at Li Nian and said with amusement, "Isn't this the time when you complained about me coming to your school?"

"Well, one thing at a time, anyway you didn't do it on purpose," Li Nian waved her hand and said, "Let's go, our school cafeteria is a cafeteria, but the food is pretty good."

She carefully led Lin Yu out of the infirmary and locked the door behind them.

Just as the two stepped out of the infirmary, they heard footsteps coming from the stairwell.

There shouldn't be many people coming upstairs at this time, so Li Nian and Lin Yu couldn't help but feel nervous.

"Could it be that the Doctor have returned? It shouldn't be that soon, right?"

Li Nian muttered to herself.

However, despite their nervousness, neither of them paid much attention to it.

After all, it has been confirmed that the only Player here is just a "Tier 1" "Doctor" and does not have any outstanding strength.

Even if it is exposed, there are various ways to easily resolve the issue.

The two slowly walked to the corner of the stairs, Li Nian glanced at it discreetly.

Then, she breathed a sigh of relief.

"They're just two junior high students!"

She saw two girls in junior high school uniforms walk up, one of them with tears in her eyes, her trouser leg rolled up, blood flowing from her knee.

He probably bumped himself and needs to come to the infirmary for treatment.

Another girl was supporting her; she was clearly her friend or something similar.

Having clearly seen what the two looked like, Li Nian even took the initiative to strike up a conversation.

"Hey, are you going to the infirmary?"

"The teachers have all gone to lunch, so you might have to wait a while. If you're in a hurry, you can call the phone on the wall."

The injured girl nodded upon hearing this. "Thank you, Senior Sister... we'll be fine in a moment."

The girl who was helping her frowned instead. "Are you sure you don't need to make a phone call?"

"It's alright, class monitor, you just bumped into something..."

The two girls slowly moved towards the infirmary.

After watching them leave, Li Nian walked up the stairs and sighed softly.

"Are you still there, Sister Zhu Ming?"

She had noticed it just now... the moment those two girls appeared, Lin Yu beside her also vanished.

Lin Yu emerged from the shadows.

"Yes, I'm here."

Li Nian looked at him with great interest. "What are you hiding from?"

"I was just startled..."

Lin Yu explained casually.

Li Nian nodded and turned to walk downstairs.

She had just taken one step when she suddenly stopped.

"Ah, no, that's not right..."

"Sister Zhu Ming, that girl who was helping someone earlier looks exactly like you!"