Subject 37 Long Sequence Observation

At the Special Agent headquarters building, Xu Tui was relatively relaxed.

After the perfunctory questioning, no one bothered with Xu Tui anymore, they just told him to wait.

The initial nervousness of arriving at the Special Agent headquarters, famous and infamous alike, had dissipated.

There was only a cup of clear tea.

No snacks.

The staff members were busy.

However, the two Special Agents who had brought Xu Tui back, each time they emerged from the interrogation room in the distance, their expressions grew more grim.

With the use of technological means and special agents, results had been obtained.

The man's name was Ma Xuehou, an E-grade member, not one of the outermost F-grade members, possessing some value.

His codename was Long Underwear.

It could be said that those two Special Agents had made a contribution.

However, they would rather not have such a meritorious deed that ruined everything!

Being discovered while tailing a high school student, exposing their identities without realizing it, and finally failing the mission, would keep the word 'stupid' and 'useless' very close to them for a long time.

The outcome was basically clear.

The alert high school student discovered the member, bravely took action, and, cooperating with the Special Agent who had already been tracking this member, jointly captured the traitor.

This would be the official statement to the outside world.

Everyone would be happy.

Internally.

The aftermath of the critical mission failure was not something they could handle; they had to wait for the boss.

The boss was Zhou Sheng, the director of the Special Agent Department.

About forty minutes after Xu Tui entered the Special Agent headquarters building, he arrived.

After reviewing the case file, he walked up to Xu Tui.

"You behaved very bravely today, one could say you had both courage and strategy. Work hard at Gene University, don't bring shame to our Jincheng Prefecture."

Being sprayed with spit by Colonel Liu Tianhu had made Zhou Sheng very angry.

But if he truly couldn't control his emotions, Zhou Sheng wouldn't have been able to reach the position of Director of the Jincheng Prefecture Special Agent Department.

From a rational standpoint, Xu Tui's performance in the entire incident was truly excellent.

He was a promising talent.

Although it led to the failure of the Bait Plan, a joint effort by the military, police, and special agents, from Xu Tui's perspective, there was nothing wrong with his actions.

Zhou Sheng had that much magnanimity.

"Additionally, according to the joint civilian merit regulations signed by the Blue Star Gene Committee and the Huaxia Gene Committee, you will receive six merit points for discovering and assisting in the capture of a Dawn Organization member this time. While this won't elevate your citizen status to E-grade, six merit points is still very good."

"Six points?"

Xu Tui's face lit up with surprise. The Special Agent Department wasn't corrupt after all.

Normally, an E-grade traitor was only worth ten merit points, and he had received more than half of that.

"Yes, six points. Besides that, there's also a cash reward of fifty thousand yuan. It will be reported today and deposited into your personal account in a day or two."

Xu Tui's joy deepened.

Fifty thousand yuan was a lot.

After all, his father, Xu Jianguo, only earned a little over five thousand yuan a month.

"Also, please do not disclose today's events externally for now. There's a confidentiality agreement for publicity, please sign it."

"Not even my parents?"

Zhou Sheng was speechless. So many questions.

"After the bonus is issued, yes."

"Understood."

"Go over there and sign the confidentiality agreement, then you can leave."

With that, Zhou Sheng turned and left.

He had rushed here not to see Xu Tui off.

Instead, he wanted to see if there was any possibility of salvaging or continuing the matter.

But after reviewing the case file.

An E-grade member, specializing in tracking.

It was confirmed.

Unless they could turn this member in a very short time.

It was actually unlikely.

There were quite a few pedestrians who saw this scene in the afternoon.

The vicinity of the maglev bus station was quite crowded.

Posting about this on social media, it couldn't be helped!

You could say they had already alerted the enemy.

From now on, many of the pre-determined action plans would have to be significantly adjusted.

"Director Zhou, will you still use me as bait?" Xu Tui suddenly asked loudly as he watched Zhou Sheng leave.

Zhou Sheng's footsteps suddenly stopped.

He turned back.

Zhou Sheng saw resentment and anger in the eyes of the young man before him.

"Why do you say that?"

"My teacher said that two Special Agents were here to protect me. But the Special Agents who were supposed to protect me didn't help me eliminate potential dangers; they just followed me.

In movies and novels, aren't those who receive such treatment always bait?" Xu Tui asked very seriously.

Zhou Sheng frowned, finally understanding.

So that was the problem.

They had tampered with An Xiaoxue's reply after reviewing it, but they had done it very skillfully, and it was mainly because this young man reacted so shrewdly.

"Is that so? It can't really be called that."

"We were just going with the flow."

"Every year, geniuses who activate more Gene Points in various regions become targets of the organization.

We usually go with the flow and eliminate more dangers.

We sent Special Agents to 'protect' Tong Qi, who activated sixteen Gene Points, and Gong Ling, who activated fifteen Gene Points.

It's just that they weren't as sharp as you and haven't discovered their 'protectors' yet."

Zhou Sheng emphasized the word 'protect' heavily, speaking with deep meaning.

"Oh, and the protection for you will continue."

After speaking, Zhou Sheng quickly walked into the depths of the dimly lit Special Investigation Department office building.

"Do they all have this special protection?"

When Xu Tui realized he had been used as bait, he was actually extremely dissatisfied, even angry.

What the hell was this?

Even the merit points and cash rewards Zhou Sheng mentioned earlier did not alleviate this dissatisfaction and anger.

However, Zhou Sheng's few words about bait just now had dispelled more than half of Xu Tui's dissatisfaction and anger.

"Professor An, I've applied to the Mysterious Academy's Huixin Department at Gene University. I should become your student, right?"

On the way, Xu Tui sent another message to An Xiaoxue.

"You should."

"I have a question. The director of the Special Investigation Department said using me as bait was just going with the flow, and that they target students with many activated Gene Points every year. Is that true?"

"It's true."

"Just look up the news from the Gene Aptitude Test season every year yourself."

Seeing An Xiaoxue's reply, Xu Tui's resentment dissipated considerably again.

On the other side, An Xiaoxue looked at her personal communication device with a complex expression.

What she told Xu Tui was true.

What Zhou Sheng said was also fact.

The Special Investigation Department was quite far from Xu Tui's home.

On the way home by maglev bus, Xu Tui was thinking.

The director of the Special Investigation Department, Zhou Sheng, said his protection would continue.

This should be genuine protection.

To prevent retaliation or something.

After today's incident, Xu Tui's value as bait should be gone.

This kind of protection was also what Xu Tui needed.

Reflecting on today's incident at the milk tea shop where the traitor was apprehended, Xu Tui now realized how dangerous it had been.

Today's event involved a considerable amount of luck.

Both the Special Agents from the Special Investigation Department and that guy codenamed Long Underwear actually looked down on Xu Tui.

They were tracking Xu Tui with a condescending attitude.

This gave Xu Tui an opportunity.

If any one of them, especially the one codenamed Long Underwear, had been a little more cautious.

The outcome of today's events would have been uncertain.

As he thought this, an incredibly strong desire suddenly surged within Xu Tui!

Become stronger!

He needed to become stronger!

He needed to get stronger quickly!

Back home, Xu Tui easily brushed off his parents' questions about why they were so late.

During middle and high school, he had fought wits and won battles with his parents to catch up on anime and novels; he had already maxed out his skills in that area.

Not long after dinner, Xu Tui dove into his bedroom.

Right now, he desperately wanted to know the result of his reckless charge at that gray dot yesterday.

Especially with the intense desire to become stronger that was currently burning in his heart.

A hundred years ago, modern society had already achieved informatization, let alone the Gene Era of the 22nd century.

Informatization had been taken to the extreme and was also more standardized.

The clerical supervisor of the Special Investigation Department had just finished reviewing the various information logged for the day.

After his review, the information would be uploaded into the various databases.

Any department or individual with the appropriate authority could access and view this information.

"More and more information, working overtime every day, damn it!"

With a complaint, the supervisor, having completed his clerical work, clocked out for the day.

Not long after he left, in a mysterious hall of unknown location, a pitch-black holographic screen suddenly lit up, displaying strings of character information.

"Comprehensive observation indicates that Subject 37 Long Sequence Observation has discovered an abnormal situation, meeting the criteria for continued follow-up. Please formulate a subsequent follow-up plan."

"Comprehensive observation indicates that Subject 37 Long Sequence Observation has discovered an abnormal situation, meeting the criteria for continued follow-up. Please formulate a subsequent follow-up plan."

"No response for an extended period; proceed according to the established plan."

"There are a total of 7 disposal plans that fit the current situation."

"Prioritize selection of Disposal Plan #1."

"Disposal Plan Summary - Continue Comprehensive Observation."

"Plan Execution in Progress"