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"This is your new police ID, rank insignia, uniform, and weapons. However, aside from requiring Special Operations Group members to carry their police IDs under normal circumstances, there are no requirements for the rest."

Chen said this as she placed the entire box in front of Roy.

Without much hesitation, Roy opened the cardboard box.

The first thing he saw was a complete set of Guard Department officer uniforms, including training fatigues, formal uniforms, duty uniforms, and the underlayer that had to be worn beneath Guard Department armor.

After taking out the clothes, he found a standard-issue saber, a set of individual police equipment, and an unopened handgun in a case beneath them.

As if she had seen Roy's confusion, Chen spoke directly.

"Since you're skilled with firearms, Logistics specially issued you this compact gun. However, once you run out of ammunition, you'll need to reapply to Logistics."

"After all, the Etching Rounds used by guns aren't cheap."

With that, Chen picked up the teacup beside her and took a small sip. Throughout it all, her gaze never left the computer.

Amid a series of printing sounds, she printed out a document. Only then did she look at Roy.

"Close the door. We're holding a short meeting."

Hearing Chen's words, Roy, who was closest to the door, stood up, shut it, and locked it from the inside.

Roy understood that what came next had to be confidential. Otherwise, why would they need to close the door? As for whether this room had good soundproofing—

The Special Operations Group handled a wide range of cases, most of them highly dangerous matters involving the safety of a district or even the entire city. That was why, compared to the other rooms in the Lungmen Guard Department, this room had been designed differently.

Between this room's walls and those of the neighboring rooms was a layer of Originium membrane. It provided excellent soundproofing, and if anyone tried to breach it, an alarm would sound.

Normally, though, the Originium membrane was not activated.

As Roy closed the door, Chen pressed a button. At that moment, a dim glow appeared across the walls surrounding the room.

Chen spoke.

"The investigation into the Six Harmonies Society has made some progress. The higher-ups have now handed the case over to our Special Operations Group."

At that, Chen looked at Roy, seated in the visitor's chair, and Swire, sitting at the desk on the other side.

For all of Lungmen, the name Six Harmonies Society was no stranger.

Ten years ago, the Six Harmonies Society first appeared in Lungmen's outer district. At the time, however, the Lungmen Guard Department had only recently been established, so it naturally did not pay much attention to this new gang.

In that environment, the Six Harmonies Society flourished. It even received all kinds of support from both inside and outside Lungmen. By the time the Guard Department turned its attention back to it, the Six Harmonies Society had already become a massive force occupying nearly half of Lungmen's underworld.

Chen and Swire were naturally more than familiar with these matters, while Roy had also read the relevant files earlier.

The Lungmen Guard Department had never stopped investigating the Six Harmonies Society, and this was not the first time it had handled this case.

"Previously, for all sorts of reasons, we were unable to bring the Six Harmonies Society's people to justice. This time, the higher-ups require us to succeed."

After saying that, Chen looked at the two of them.

For an office and operational team with only three people, this was undoubtedly a difficult task, and one they might well be unable to complete. The areas involved in cases related to the Six Harmonies Society were simply too extensive. Thoroughly investigating everything with only three people was unrealistic.

Yet none of the three showed any fear.

There was no need to mention Chen and Swire. For energetic, driven young people like them, the more difficult the mission, the more it stirred their fighting spirit. Besides, for various reasons, they had long been prepared for this day.

They would never refuse.

As for Roy...

He was not the type to fear a challenge either, nor would he stand by and let those people continue poisoning the city. It was the sense of justice required of a police officer.

Even if he had successfully resigned, he would have continued the investigation, let alone now, when he was still serving in the Guard Department and his division was the lead unit on the case.

There was no way he would let this opportunity pass.

"Let's hear your suggestions."

"I don't think the focus of this case is the Six Harmonies Society."

The moment Chen finished speaking, Roy spoke up directly.

His words naturally drew the attention of the other two. To ordinary people, Roy's statement might have sounded baffling, but neither of them interrupted his train of thought.

As outstanding graduates of the criminal investigation program at Victoria Royal Guard Academy, Chen and Swire had seen all kinds of case studies. In their later work, they had personally experienced real cases as well.

That was why they understood one principle.

Compared with cases in textbooks and detective stories, real cases often could not be approached with conventional logic. Many real cases ran contrary to ordinary logic, so any potentially valid opinion could play a critical role in an investigation.

No matter how unbelievable that opinion might seem.

"Our real targets should be the people secretly supporting this organization."

"After all, as long as those people remain, defeating the Six Harmonies Society won't mean much."

Roy paused for a moment, then continued.

"Who knows whether those people will just create a Seven Harmonies Society or Eight Harmonies Society after the Six Harmonies Society falls."

"You're not wrong, but that isn't within our jurisdiction. Unless they break the law, there's not much we can do about them."

Swire said this as she picked up from Roy's words.

In truth, just as she had said, there was almost no way to deal with such people in Lungmen in an official capacity. They often kept a large number of legal professionals on hand to advise them, ensuring that government agencies could not find a single weakness to exploit.

If the other party had not broken the law, it was almost impossible to bring them down through the police and Lungmen's legal system.

Unless Wei Yenwu personally stepped in.

"There may be a way. If we start with corruption and bribery, we might actually be able to catch those bastards by the tail."