Let the Bullets Fly for a While

Morning.

After finishing his breakfast as usual, Qing Yi headed to the Intelligence Department Three under the escort of a large group of bodyguards.

Unlike his initial energetic demeanor, he now felt somewhat weary.

After arriving at the Intelligence Department Three, all I had to do every day was pretend to be well-behaved, then drink coffee and chat in the big office, watching Qing Xing find money, watching Qing Wen win people's hearts, watching Qing Wu sleep on the table, and watching Qing Shi chase after celebrities.

Qing Yuan, on the other hand, has not appeared at all, and no one knows where he has gone.

Qing Yi's initial plan was to act as if it were none of his business after arriving at the Intelligence Department Three, thereby lowering others' guard against him.

Of course, he was also a little worried that doing so might be too conspicuous.

But what he didn't expect was that the Intelligence Department Three was so idle. The agents were all incredibly idle, doing almost the same things as him every day, which made him seem Chang Ping.

Sitting in his executive-class car, Qing Yi held his phone, waiting for something.

Just as he was about to arrive at the Intelligence Department Three's office building, he muttered to himself, "That's strange, why hasn't the phone been answered yet?"

The next second, the phone rang, and the caller ID showed Li Ke ...

Qing Yi waited reservedly for more than ten seconds before answering the phone. "Isn't it annoying? You call me every morning. Why have you become so nagging?"

Li Ke explained, "I'm sorry, my father had something to tell me this morning, so I called late."

Qing Yi for a moment, then said, "Oh, it's nothing."

Li Ke asked, "Has anyone recently suspected you of pretending?"

"No," Qing Yi said. "Those people are busy reading internal reports and gossiping all day long. They don't pay any attention to me. It's strange. After we came to report, they disappeared without a trace. They didn't assign us any tasks. It's like they're going to leave us to rot in the Intelligence Department Three."

Li Ke thought for a moment and said, "Mr. Shadow is probably waiting for you to take the initiative to do something. After all, you are all people who may become shadows in the future. At that time, no one will assign you tasks. You have to learn to actively look for opportunities."

Qing Yi raised an eyebrow. "I know, you don't need to teach me that!"

Li Ke continued, "My father investigated for you. It seems that Qing Wu has been training under a master since he was a child. This is a very secretive matter. You must treat him as a master and not think about assassinating him."

Qing Yi raised an eyebrow again. "I didn't ask you to help me. I can become a shadow on my own."

Li Ke continued, "After Qing Yuan was reported by Intelligence Department One, he disappeared. He must have known this round of the Shadow Struggle was important, so he's hiding in the shadows. The Li family's intelligence system can't find him either, which means he has a team behind him that's very skilled at concealing their identities. As for Qing Shi, her father's men have already arrived in City No. 10, and there might be experts above C-Class among them... Isn't it said that the highest rank for Shadow Struggle protector is C-Class? Isn't what she's doing a violation?"

"Yes, of course it counts," Qing Yi said, frowning. "Those who can act as shadows are always good at using the rules. Usually, by the fourth round, it's a battle of gods. But they don't dare to make a move openly."

Li Ke asked, "By the way, Qing Yi, where are your family members? Why didn't they come to City No. 10 to help you? Do you need me to apply for help from the Li family?"

Qing Yi said impatiently, "I'm not going to say anything more. Are you trying to interfere in the internal affairs of the Qing family? That's going too far."

"Whatever you want," Li Ke said. "What are your plans now?"

Qing Yi moment and said, "I plan to find an opportunity to go and check out the Intelligence Department One. I think it seems more interesting there... By the way, has there been any news from you, sir?"

Li Ke paused for two seconds before asking, "Why do you keep looking for the teacher?"

Qing Yi said somewhat awkwardly, "I've already completed the Great Circulation, but he hasn't given me the methods for the rest of the cultivation yet."

"Is that so?" Li Ke asked.

"Yeah, what else?" Qing Yi retorted.

"I will talk to the master, and perhaps he can go to City No. 10 to give you the subsequent cultivation methods."

"Really... Well, I'm in a hurry to cultivate and improve my strength. Whether I see you or not is secondary."

In the past few days, the most discussed topic in the Intelligence Department Three has been who the Seventh Group of the First Intelligence Department One had arrested, as reported in the PCA's Federal Central Intelligence Agency.

Such a big move has almost become the core news in the industry.

Every time Qing Yi thought about Intelligence Department One would go out and make arrests with great fanfare, and then say to others, "When has the Intelligence Department One making arrests?"

Qing Yi found it very enjoyable.

After he hung up the phone, a slight smile appeared on his thin lips.

For him, the most interesting thing every day now seems to be this encrypted phone call.

It's hard to believe that Shadow Candidate would call a core member of the Li First Branch every day.

When Qing Yi arrived at the large office of the Intelligence Department Three, Qing Wu was still sleeping on the table, while Qing Wen was inviting his agents to his family's resort in City No. 10, which was said to have a swimming pool and villa complex, where they could hold parties.

Qing Wen not only invited his own agents, but also Qing Yi's agents.

Nowadays, no one reports to Qing Yi anymore; they all go directly to Qing Wen, as if Qing Wen alone controls 72 agents.

Qing Yi glanced at it silently for a few moments, then put on his headphones and muttered, "Boring."

In the Seventh Group the Intelligence Department One, Qing Chen had just woken up when he saw more than ten people, including Qing Hua, standing quietly outside the transparent glass door of his office, silently watching him.

Qing Chen was taken aback for a moment. "What is it? Come in and tell me."

After entering the office Qing Hua said in a low voice, "Boss, we've brought back a total of 71 people in the past few days. Of them, 17 have been released with your approval, 45 have confessed, and 6 died accidentally during interrogation. But there are still 3 people we just can't get them to talk."

This made Qing Hua feel ashamed. Even though the boss had helped find the suspects, they were unable to get all the suspects to confess and submit to the law.

This has nothing to do with Inspector Qing Chen; it's purely due to their incompetence.

Qing Hua and his team were initially worried about the new boss's lack of ability; now they're worried about whether their abilities are sufficient to match the boss's...

Qing Chen thought for a moment, "I'll go take a look in the interrogation room."

Qing Hua paused for a moment. "That place is very dirty and messy. You don't need to go there yourself; it will only offend your eyes."

Qing Chen shook his head. "It's nothing, I'll just take a look."

Qing Hua led Qing Chen to the third underground level, which was the Seventh Group's independent secret prison.

As soon as they entered, a strong smell of blood and stench hit them. Qing Hua whispered to the side, "Some suspects can't stand it and end up losing control of their bladder and bowels... I've already arranged for Yang Xuyang to carry out disinfection work to minimize the smell."

At this moment, Qing Hua noticed that Qing Chen walked forward without changing his expression, as if he hadn't smelled the scent at all.

Qing Chen walked past the cell doors. The three suspects who refused to confess were now unrecognizable, with several pieces of skin torn off their bodies by Qing Hua and the others, making them look extremely cruel.

Perhaps this is why the people in the Intelligence Department One are called living Yama. Even if nothing happens, those who come in will suffer greatly. This "suffering greatly" is not an exaggeration.

Qing Hua looked at Qing Chen with some worry, fearing that the boss would think their methods were too despicable and vicious.

But then Qing Chen asked, "These three suspects are all from Kashima. They haven't spoken even after being tortured like this, which means they have received rigorous anti-torture training."

Qing Hua nodded. "Yes, when we caught them, the skin on the inside of their thighs already had marks from being peeled off, which must have been left from the Kashima training camp."

"If you can't even get them to talk like this, then you're worthless. It's not your fault," Qing Chen said as he walked back.

Qing Hua thought for a moment and said, "Why don't we just kill them? These people must be very important to Kashima."

Qing Chen pondered for a moment, "Wouldn't it be a bit of a waste to kill him?"

The three people from Kashima have already had their iris scans, DNA, fingerprints, appearance information, and even their physical characteristics extracted by Qing Hua and entered into the database of the Seventh Group.

Being caught basically means that you can no longer engage in intelligence work.

The information in their brains is very useful, but if Qing Chen can't extract it, keeping them around is just like having three more mouths to feed.

Qing Chen thought for a moment and said, "Don't kill them yet. Let me ask Mr. Shadow if we want to move them away."

Qing Hua nodded. "Okay, I understand."

At this moment, Qing Chen slowly stopped walking. "Oh right, there are also some unimportant people, aren't there?"

Qing Hua nodded. "We're preparing to send it to the procuratorate for prosecution."

These so-called insignificant people, such as Zhou Chenyi who serves the Kamishiro Family, are just errand runners who help the Shindai faction launder money, offer bribes, and accept bribes in City No. 10.

Whether or not the Qing family captures such a person is not of much significance; they are like a chicken rib—tasteless to eat but a pity to throw away.

It's quite important to the Age of Gods, at least it's somewhat useful.

"After prosecution comes sentencing," Qing Chen pondered. No one was questioning his case-solving rate, and Mr. Shadow hadn't said how many cases he had to solve. Handing the suspect over to the prosecutor's office wouldn't bring him any benefit.

Qing Chen looked at Qing Hua and said, "Go ask Shendai if they're interested in exchanging someone for someone like Zhou Chenyi. If they are, they should bring two people from Kashima. Bring the case files and solid evidence, otherwise we'll transfer the case to the prosecutor's office."

In Qing Chen's view, exchanging one god for two Deer Islands was a worthwhile deal.

From the perspective of the gods, it should also be a worthwhile deal.

Qing Chen glanced at Qing Hua: "Those three people who don't intend to speak can also be traded. Similarly, they will be exchanged for equally important members of the Divine Era, one for two."

At this moment, Qing Hua and the others were all dumbfounded.

He had been in the Intelligence Department One for over ten years, and this was the first time he had ever seen such a bizarre operation.

If Kamishiro and Kashima really agree, then wouldn't the Seventh Group the Intelligence Department One no longer need to investigate cases? They could just transfer money between their own hands and solve even more cases.

Qing Chen glanced at Qing Hua: "It's not about solving a case. City No. 10 is peaceful and prosperous now, but there's still war in the north. Now, Kamishiro and Kashima have formed an alliance, and even Kamishiro and Kashima in Intelligence Department One are banding together. If they dare to exchange information with us in private, we'll release the information and let them tear it apart themselves."

Qing Chen couldn't control the war; that was something only important people could decide.

The power he wielded was as weak as a sheet of paper in the face of the conglomerate; he was only just getting started.

But Qing Chen could first break up the alliance between Kamishiro and Kashima in the Intelligence Department One, and then talk about defeating them one by one.

Is the alliance between Kamishiro and Kashima really that strong? Qing Chen thinks it might not be.

If Kamishiro secretly takes Kashima's people and replaces their own, then this alliance is a joke.

At this moment, Qing Hua gave Qing Chen a deep look, but he never expected that there was such a profound meaning behind his new boss's shady actions.

Sure enough, Mr. Shadow sent this new boss here to unify the PCA (Federal Central Intelligence Agency)...

The director of the PCA (CIA) was an easy target. In this chaotic place, the various financial groups chose a completely neutral person as the director, otherwise no one would be satisfied.

The bureau chief was clever; he spent his days wandering around the red-light district, doing nothing else and avoiding getting involved with anyone.

So sometimes people don't even remember that the PCA (CIA's director) actually has another director.

This has been the case for many federal presidents as well.

Some say this president is different, but so far it's hard to see exactly what's different; he's just pretending to be confused every day.

Qing Hua received Qing Chen's orders and went to find Kamishiro and Kashima separately.

To his surprise, both companies firmly rejected his offer, stating that if the evidence against the suspects was conclusive, then let the law judge them; they would not engage in any private exchanges of suspects.

Kashima Island was somewhat tempted, because the three people they had captured were too important.

But they seemed to have guessed what Qing Chen wanted to do, so they also refused.

Qing Hua returned to the office and said to Qing Chen, "Boss, they all refused. They probably figured out your intentions."

Qing Chen smiled and said, "It's alright."

How could the shrewd people in the Intelligence Department One groups not see through such an obvious plot?

But it's okay.

Let the bullets fly for a while.

After Qing Chen launched a full-scale arrest operation, the Seventh Group the Intelligence Department One solved double-digit cases every day and arrested batches of people.

The other groups used to take the elevator directly upstairs when they went to work.

Now, in order to have one more opportunity to observe Group Seven, they are going to climb the stairs.

Just to catch a glimpse of Group Seven.

However, the day after Qing Hua finished negotiating with Jinshiro and Kashima, the Kamishiro Family members arrived at the entrance of Group 7 and saw a whiteboard hanging on the door.

Someone wrote on it with a black whiteboard marker: Today's tradable assets Kamiyo Kongming, Zhou Chenyi, Qiu Yue...

The people of the Divine Era were stunned. They hadn't expected Qing Chen to have someone write down the trading partners and put them here to annoy them.

This whiteboard makes it look like the entrance to a cafeteria, with a sign saying today's lunch includes: shredded pork with garlic sauce, hot and sour shredded potatoes, and Kung Pao chicken...

It feels exactly the same.

The whiteboard was covered with images of people from Kamishiro and Kashima, which amused the intelligence agents from the Li and Chen families as they went upstairs.

The day after the whiteboard was put up, names like Chen Long, Chen Nan, and Li Mian appeared on it again.

The intelligence agents of the Li and Chen families were also becoming increasingly uneasy: When were these two arrested? How come we didn't know such important figures were arrested?!

They made a few inquiries and found out that it was actually inspector Qing Zhun made the last-minute arrest last night, and it was still fresh in their minds.

The staff of the entire Intelligence Department One were on the verge of a breakdown. One of them privately went to the break room to complain to Qing Hua, "Please, boss, stop this nonsense. This is just too undignified!"

Qing Hua ignored him completely.

As I always say, work hard for your boss, and you'll be able to do whatever your boss wants.

He knew that even if this matter was undignified, it was someone else who was undignified.

Qing Chen publicly executed these people by displaying their names here, intending to ask the other intelligence agents: These are all your people, are you going to protect them or not? Are you going to abandon your own people for some damn alliance?

The whiteboard remained open for seven consecutive days, with a different list of names displayed each day, constantly updated, much like the daily menu in the cafeteria.

The detectives of Team Seven liked to stand outside the door with their boxed lunches, looking at the whiteboard while eating happily.

This is so delicious with rice.

As the saying goes, a bad soldier is just one bad soldier, but a bad general makes a bad army.

The supervisory role in Group Seven had been vacant for so long. Although Qing Hua had taken over the duties, the group was still somewhat leaderless, and everyone's morale was starting to waver.

Now that Qing Chen has arrived, the entire seventh group's morale is quite different; even though they work overtime every day, they are still full of energy.

Moreover, in just ten short days, they received more overtime pay than they would have earned in twenty years of hard work.

Qing Hua went to see Qing Chen and cautiously inquired whether it was inappropriate to give so much overtime pay. "Inspector, don't you keep some for yourself?"

Although he secretly kept the largest share for Qing Chen and had Yang Xuyang launder the money at the casino before transferring it to Qing Chen still received too little.

You should know that in the past, the inspectors would take 90% of the profits, and the remaining 96 people would take 10%. Now, Qing Chen takes 10%, and everyone else takes 90%.

The contrast is too great.

Qing Chen's reply was, "We are all people who risk our lives to work. As the saying goes, fortune favors the bold. If you work with me and finish this job, you will have the means to retire. This is the explanation I, Qing Chen, can give you."

After Qing Chen finished speaking, he told them not to bother packing their things.

Qing Hua asked curiously, "Inspector, are you planning to go out?"

"Yes, let's go home," Qing Chen said with a smile. "If I don't go out soon, someone might start to get worried."

He was referring to the Kite Falcon.

These past few days, Yan Chunmi has been sending text messages every day saying good morning, good afternoon, and good night. She's clearly getting restless. Qing Chen knows that the time is right.

He looked at Qing Hua: "The hardest days are over. You can start taking turns to rest now."

"Huh?" Qing Hua was taken aback for a moment and said, "Boss, I can still hold on a little longer."

Qing Chen smiled and said, "If you don't go out and give Kamishiro and Kashima a chance to be alone, how will they ask to be replaced? Will they come to your office to ask for a replacement? There are so many people watching."

Qing Hua suddenly realized that the investigation had been going on for seven days, and it was time for a result.

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