Early in the morning, the moment a particular ringtone sounded, someone practically jolted awake and sprang up from the low bed.
He reached for the phone beside him.
"Mm, right—yes. Today? Understood."
"I guarantee the mission will be completed!"
After declaring that with absolute certainty, he was almost completely awake within moments.
The moment he hung up, Hu Dingjun swiftly changed into his clothes. He did not even have time for a proper wash, merely tidying himself up before calling his colleagues. "Hello, are you all up? Get ready. We have something to do shortly—"
His voice sounded unhurried, but anyone familiar with him could hear the urgency beneath it.
Naturally, the people on the other end did not dare delay.
By the time the middle-aged police officer had finished sorting out his things and pushed open his door, the two doors beside his opened in quick succession, revealing the faces of a young man and woman—his colleagues.
And they were not the only ones.
At this point, sounds of movement were continuously coming from the rooms nearby. Clearly, most of the temporary "guests" inside had awakened.
From yesterday afternoon until this morning, they had not even been able to return home. They had been ordered to remain on standby at a guesthouse near the cooperating agency. According to Hu Dingjun's observations, although the people in the surrounding rooms came from different units and spoke differently, they were probably colleagues of the same sort.
The administrative offices probably did not have enough space for so many people, so they had no choice but to rent out an entire building and temporarily house everyone in nearby inns and guesthouses.
Their line of work now involved a certain degree of confidentiality.
Therefore, although they more or less knew each other's identities, no