The Naming of the Night
Chapter 379

The Kite Falcons Were Getting Anxious

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Long ago, Intelligence Department One was a single entity.

Although there were many teams, everyone worked together on the case, and all the people arrested were detained together.

Things are different now. Intelligence Department One hasn't had any collaborative cases in a long time. Even the prisoners they arrest are held in their respective task force's secret prisons, and agents from other groups are prohibited from getting close.

Yang Xuyang pulled Li Menglin, an official from the Immigration and Customs Administration, out of the secret prison of Group Seven.

The chubby middle-aged man followed Yang Xuyang tremblingly to the door of the inspector's office. The moment the office door opened, Li Menglin saw the young man inside and knelt down with a thud.

He remembered clearly that a few days ago, the boy had followed the Wilderness Hunters' convoy and quietly entered City No. 10.

When he first saw the other party's identity as a member of the PCA (Federal Central Intelligence Agency), he immediately rushed over to flatter him, never expecting to fall into their hands so quickly!

Was it because he wanted to withhold Sun Chuci and his group's reward when they were at the checkpoint?

Li Menglin is unsure.

His previous impressions of the Intelligence Department One were all hearsay; only after kneeling here did he realize how terrifying such a place truly was.

At this moment, Yang Xuyang, like Qing Chen's most loyal lackey, looked into the office and said, "Boss, this is Li Menglin. He has confessed everything about the smuggling."

Qing Chen nodded, looked at Li Menglin, and smiled, "We know each other, right, the captain of the seventh squad..."

This was the first time Yang Xuyang had ever seen Qing Chen smile. He was quite surprised, as Qing Chen hadn't smiled since he joined the Intelligence Department One, as if he would never smile again.

Qing Chen looked at Yang Xuyang: "Why don't you rest for a while, have something to eat, and then switch shifts with the others? I'll have a chat with this branch captain."

"Okay, sure," Yang Xuyang carried Li Menglin into the office, then turned around and left to close the door tightly.

However, Yang Xuyang did not go to eat. Instead, he stood guard at the door to prevent anyone from accidentally witnessing Li Menglin's private conversation with the boss while reporting on work.

Qing Chen looked at Li Menglin: "Get up and speak. Kneeling all the time isn't good. Don't worry, we only brought you here today because someone implicated you. We're not looking for revenge."

Li Menglin lay trembling on the ground, still too afraid to get up.

Qing Chen laughed and said, "If we wanted to seek revenge on you, the Intelligence Department One wouldn't need to go through all this trouble to find evidence. You were indeed mistakenly injured."

This statement seemed to possess a special charm; it was clearly a frightening statement, yet it immediately convinced Li Menglin.

Yes, Intelligence Department One wanted to get rid of these low-ranking officials, why would they need any evidence?

He carefully stood up. "What can I do for you?"

Qing Chen said with a smile, "However, I didn't expect you to confess so quickly."

After saying this, Li Menglin silently knelt down again. "Please, sir, spare my life!"

"Get up, get up," Qing Chen said bluntly. "I'll keep Captain Li's statement and evidence safe for now. You don't need to panic too much."

Li Menglin looked up. "Sir, what do you want?"

He wasn't stupid; as soon as Qing Chen spoke, he knew there must be a reason why the other party was doing this.

Qing Chen smiled and said, "Starting today, I need to record the number of people, vehicles, and license plate numbers of the consortium's convoy entering City No. 10 every day. This shouldn't be difficult for you, right? You just need to stand there and write it down in a small notebook. Also, sometimes I need to let some people in, which will definitely require Captain Li's leniency."

Li Menglin quickly patted his chest and assured him, "No problem! Absolutely no problem!"

Doing something like this to save your life is such a great deal!

"Okay, go and call Yang Xuyang outside the door," Qing Chen said.

After Yang Xuyang came in, Qing Chen said, "Give Captain Li the identity of an informant, and then let him go back. He's a good friend of our Seventh Group, don't scare him."

Yang Xuyang paused for a moment, then said, "Okay! Don't worry!"

Qing Chen sat silently in the office.

After arriving in City No. 10, the Kite Falcon was given to us by Mr. Shadow, the Seventh Group the Intelligence Department One was from the Qing family, Li Yunqu's side was given to us by Li Yunshou.

At this moment in this City No. 10, strictly speaking, Li Menglin is the first informant he developed himself.

Qing Chen had Qing Hua bring over the list of all the suspects. His goal wasn't to find any flaws in these people and then eliminate them all.

Instead, they have more tainted informants.

Once you're in Intelligence Department One, your life is in their Intelligence Department One.

This is one of the origins of the nickname "Living Yama".

Qing Hua sat across from the desk, cautiously observing the new boss in front of her, while the new boss was intently studying the list of suspects.

Qing Chen said, "Lin Nian'an and He Jinsha, seal up their statements and evidence, and release them. Including Li Menglin, all three of them are under your jurisdiction. Remember to tell me what important information they report."

Lin Nian'an is a female detective of the PCE Public Security Management Committee, while He Jinsha is a wilderness hunter.

Qing Hua had already realized what the new boss was planning: to use the power of the Intelligence Department One to create his own intelligence network for City No. 10.

However, while they were building this intelligence network, they entrusted all those tainted informants to his management? Qing Hua wondered, did this mean they had decided to trust him?

Trusting someone who wanted to intimidate the other party yesterday?

Qing Hua felt a mix of emotions, including gratitude.

He looked at Qing Chen and said, "Boss, I will definitely manage them well and won't let you down."

Qing Chen looked at Qing Hua without any intention of intimidating him, and simply said with a smile, "Do your job well, and the Qing family will not mistreat any meritorious person. Also, go and arrest Chen Quan and Fan Yu from the Federal Lottery Center later. Their evidence is in file number 1022219, which I have marked on the electronic version."

Qing Hua was taken aback. "Federal Lottery Center?"

Qing Chen smiled and said, "I've discovered that these are two fat sheep. They have a fixed operating procedure to steal the prize pool cash. When we catch them, we should bring some brothers with us. It's almost the New Year, and we can't let everyone's efforts go to waste."

Qing Hua was shocked.

The other party first handed over the tainted informant to him, as a sign that they valued him.

This action is meant to give him a way out, to let him know that the matter is over, and that everyone should work together to avoid any mistakes in the future.

Immediately afterwards, Qing Chen personally seized two fat sheep to confiscate from their homes for the New Year, as a benefit for his brothers.

But at the same time, Qing Chen also used this incident to tell Qing Hua: I know all about your little tricks of stealing money in the past.

By employing both kindness and severity, he quickly gained Qing Hua's control.

Qing Hua stared blankly at the new boss, unsure of what to say.

Is this really a teenager? How can his methods be so formidable? Even these living devils of the Intelligence Department One are completely helpless against him.

Qing Hua led a group of people and headed straight for the home address of Chen Quan and Fan Yu under the cover of night.

To transport the stolen money, he even had two empty minivans driven in.

According to Qing Hua's plan, two vehicles should be enough to carry everything, and all the brothers below could have a good New Year.

However, when they broke into Chen Yu's house to search it, they were shocked to find that an entire wall behind Chen Yu's house was covered with cash and banknotes!

Not only that, but a huge amount of cash was also sealed in concrete in the underground garage.

In this era of digital currency, it would be difficult to find such a large amount of cash in banks. I wonder how much money Chen Quan and Fan Yu actually took from the lottery jackpot!

Seeing this, Qing Hua realized that even though he had brought two empty cars, he still hadn't brought enough...

This is just Chen Quan's family, and it's already overflowing...

Qing Hua worked from dusk until late at night, and when he returned to the Intelligence Department One building, the building was still brightly lit.

Not only was Group 7 working overtime, but the other groups were also forced to work overtime to deal with the crisis created by Group 7.

The agents on Kamishiro's side sat listlessly in their office, trying to figure out how to get the person they wanted back from Team Seven.

However, Group Seven acted so ruthlessly today that they were at a loss for what to do.

When Qing Hua returned to the main office, the detectives all looked at him with tired eyes; he was truly exhausted.

However, at that moment, Qing Chen walked out of the office.

The exhausted-looking detectives all stood up again when they saw their boss come out.

Qing Chen smiled and looked at Qing Hua: "Let's just tell everyone."

Qing Hua said, "We just arrested two more officials from the Federal Lottery Center. The supervisory team has prepared some overtime pay for everyone as a reward. After working overtime this time, everyone should come to the parking garage to collect your pay before driving home."

As they spoke, Qing Hua intentionally or unintentionally extended one finger, which the detectives knew meant 100,000.

Instantly, all the agents' eyes lit up, and their previous tired expressions vanished.

Working overtime for a few days and getting this much overtime pay is definitely worth it!

Only at this moment did Qing Chen truly complete the final step of his combination of kindness and severity.

If you want a horse to run, you have to feed it grass; this is the greatest truth since ancient times.

Qing Hua slumped in his desk, while Qing Zhun (Z Hun) munched on a meat bun from the cafeteria and chuckled, "You don't look too good."

Qing Hua sighed and said, "Just focus on your work and don't think about anything else. I don't know what you think, but I give up."

"I'm convinced too, I've been convinced for a long time," Qing Zhun said with a smile.

"I refuse to accept this," Yan Chunmi sighed, sitting in a small bar at midnight, holding a cocktail.

The bar is a well-known private members-only bar in the Upper Third District. Apart from a few social celebrities, it's not a place that just anyone can get in.

Three full days had passed since she first met her new boss.

All the harriers were waiting to check out their new boss and see how capable he was.

As it turned out, this new boss, after entering the Intelligence Department One, never came out again.

The Kite Falcon knew, of course, that their new boss was not idle.

During this period, the Intelligence Department One arrested and released batches of people.

Qing Chen kept the entire Intelligence Department One running non-stop. When they were tired, they took turns sleeping in the temporary duty dormitory in the building, and when they woke up, they continued to interrogate suspects.

Qing Chen also asked Yang Xuyang to help buy toiletries, sleeping bags, and changes of clothes, and he ate and slept in his office.

If even the inspectors act like this, who among the subordinates would dare to leave?

Besides, it's not like the inspectors don't pay overtime!

In the past two days, some people have privately asked Qing Hua whether the overtime pay is indeed 100,000.

As a result Qing Hua said, "It's too small; the scope is too narrow."

It wasn't until this moment that they truly realized how generous their new boss was!

This is the true meaning of "having a good New Year"!

However, after Qing Chen moved into the Intelligence Department One, he never contacted Yan Chunmi again.

It's as if there's no need for Kite Falcon at all.

Yan Chunmi sat in a booth at the bar, a Bluetooth earpiece in her ear. She whispered, "The boss knows we're waiting to see if he's qualified, so he's just not playing with us Kite Falcon anymore, understand?"

It wasn't just the Seventh Group the Intelligence Department One that wanted to intimidate their new superior; the proud and arrogant Kite Falcon did the same.

It wasn't that everyone wanted to go against the new boss; they just wanted to see if he was qualified to lead them.

But now things are awkward. The new boss is leading the Intelligence Department One and making great strides, while these more capable Kite Falcon are being sidelined.

The other party demonstrated a fact through its strength: the Kite Falcon is a tool for spies, but spies do not necessarily rely on the Kite Falcon.

This way, the Kite Falcon will no longer be inspecting the new boss.

Rather, the Kite Falcon need to prove to the new boss that they are indeed better than others. Only in this way will the new boss reinstate the Kite Falcon.

Yan Chunmi said in the Bluetooth headset, "Back when I joined the Secret Intelligence Department, in order to gain the trust of the Kite Falcon,' I had to endure their initial challenge and frantically handle it for two months before they finally trusted me. Well, the new boss not only didn't accept our challenge, but he turned the tables and gave us a challenge instead."

This time, Yan Chunmi was demoted to the position of Kite Falcon to assist Qing Chen. She had already figured out how to give her new boss a hard time. She wanted Qing Chen, her new boss, to experience the same hardships she had endured in the past.

Every time she thought of this, she would chuckle to herself.

She can't laugh anymore.

Yan Chunmi's previous statement of dissatisfaction did not refer to her dissatisfaction with Qing Chen.

Instead, she was pondering a question: why was it always her who took the hits when she was a spy or Kite Falcon?

The person on the phone asked, "So what do we do now? Apart from you, none of us have the authority to contact the new boss. He's in the Intelligence Department One, so we don't have a chance to contact him. We have nowhere to make a name for ourselves."

Others on the phone calmly said, "If Kite Falcon is idle for more than six months, it will be laid off. It seems that the new boss can indeed do a good job without us. I have discovered that after the Intelligence Department One arrested many people, a batch was released. This may be the intelligence network that the new boss is building himself. If we still haven't taken action after he has built it, then Kite Falcon will be dead in name only."

Yan Chunmi thought for a moment and said, "Let's prepare ourselves first. The new boss is just ignoring us for now, and he may not really abandon us. When he comes back to us, we'll just give in."

The woman hung up the phone, thinking to herself, "What kind of situation is this?" She really hadn't expected the new boss to be so forceful.

It wasn't that the new boss forced them to do anything, but rather that the oppressive feeling was so real that they could feel it even when they hadn't met in person.

She was initially quite happy to have passed the audition for the film crew, but now she's not happy anymore.

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