Outside the prison.
Beside a flower bed.
Listening to Qi Xun's hate-filled words, Dong Liang's eyes lit up. Volunteering himself, he said, "Hehe, when it comes to finding people, our law firm is quite skilled too. For just one hundred thousand credits, we can help you find whoever framed you within a week."
Hearing that, Qi Xun turned and gave Dong Liang a cold once-over.
After a moment, he turned away and said indifferently, "Fine. As long as you help me find the person who framed me, I'll hand over one hundred thousand credits with both hands. But this time, you work first, then get paid."
Qi Xun's tone brooked no argument.
"Mr. Qi, we already told you that the money in your secret account wasn't taken by our law firm..."
"When we logged into that account, we discovered that all the money inside had disappeared..."
"We recorded everything immediately at the time. You know that..."
At that moment, Dong Liang seemed to grasp the underlying implication in Qi Xun's words. He immediately frowned and earnestly explained himself to Qi Xun.
This concerned the reputation of their law firm, so Dong Liang had to make things clear to Qi Xun.
At the same time, Dong Liang was deeply puzzled. No matter how hard he thought about it, he could not understand why the money in Qi Xun's secret account had suddenly vanished.
"I know. I never said your law firm took my money..."
However, Qi Xun did not seem to hear a word of Dong Liang's explanation. Nodding perfunctorily, he said, "You investigated me too. You know how much I own, so you don't need to worry about me refusing to pay..."
"Fine, I'm leaving first. Contact me if anything comes up..."
With that, Qi Xun walked down the passage outside the prison without looking back. Before long, his figure disappeared from sight.
Beside the flower bed.
"Damn it! Who exactly is framing our law firm?"
"Or did Qi Xun offend someone before, and that person secretly transferred away the funds in his secret account?"
"But if someone transferred his funds, why were his other assets untouched?"
"That mysterious person... did they only want Qi Xun sent to prison?"
Standing where he was, Dong Liang pushed up his gold-rimmed glasses and muttered in confusion, "Whatever. I'll leave this matter to the big shots at the law firm. I'm only responsible for finding clients anyway..."
Inside the rented apartment.
Since Wang Zhong was working the middle shift today, he did not have to report to work until two in the afternoon.
At that moment, as Wang Zhong slept soundly, the [Mechanical Phone A10] on the cabinet trembled faintly. Then [Smart]'s cold electronic voice sounded beside his ear:
"Master, a call from Captain Li Ying has been detected. Would you like to answer it?"
"Master, a call from Captain Li Ying has been detected. Would you like to answer it?"
Only after [Smart] issued the prompt twice did Wang Zhong wake from his deep sleep.
"What? Smart, it's the captain calling?"
"Alright, answer it."
Hearing that, Wang Zhong, who had only just opened his bleary eyes, yawned and lazily spoke to [Smart].
"Wang Zhong, you brat, are you up yet?"
The moment the call connected, Captain Li Ying's enthusiastic voice came through the phone and reached Wang Zhong's ears.
"Captain, I'm awake. You're calling me so early. Is something wrong?"
Wang Zhong rubbed his eyes as he curiously asked Li Ying.
Still, with no one urging him on, he remained curled up in bed and did not get up...
"Some things have happened at the bureau recently..."
"So we're rather short-handed. Come to the bureau in a while. There are some things I need to discuss with you..."
On the other end of the call, Li Ying's voice was inexplicably subdued, as though he had recalled something sad.
"Alright. I'll brush my teeth and wash up first, then head over."
"..."
After hanging up, Wang Zhong sat up in bed. By then, he already had a few guesses.
Perhaps the bureau was carrying out an operation to investigate moles!
And Li Ying had called Wang Zhong to the bureau to investigate him as well.
Naturally, Wang Zhong felt no pressure over that. After all, he was not some [Sain Mechanical Killer], so he had nothing to fear from an investigation.
Ten thirty in the morning.
Wang Zhong rode his little electric scooter to the bureau. The moment he got off, the warmly smiling Li Ying led him to the infirmary.
Blood test.
Skin tissue examination.
And full-body disinfection.
The entire series of examinations took Wang Zhong less than ten minutes.
At the bureau.
Inside the infirmary.
With a grave expression, Li Ying asked the male doctor in the infirmary, who was looking over the report, "Well? Wang Zhong's investigation results are normal, right?"
"Mm. We didn't find any tattoos on Wang Zhong. Basically, we can conclude that Wang Zhong isn't a [Sain Mechanical Killer]..."
"But why did that mysterious person deliberately leave behind this clue?"
"Could it really be as headquarters said? Does this mysterious person have a grudge against the Sain Mechanical Killers?"
The male doctor examining the report raised his head and muttered to himself in utter confusion.
However.
Li Ying paid no attention to the doctor's muttering. He slowly let out a breath of relief. "It's good that Wang Zhong isn't a Sain Mechanical Killer. That means he can take part in the upcoming secret operation. Maybe he can use this opportunity to earn some merit and become an official [Psionic Plainclothes Officer]."
"After all, three official [Psionic Plainclothes Officers] in the bureau have already been arrested."
Last night.
After Li Ying learned that Xiao Zhe was a mechanical killer from [Sain Mechanical Company]...
And that this revealing reagent could expose the tattoos of [Sain Mechanical Killers]...
He immediately reported the matter.
Thus, that very night, many official [Psionic Plainclothes Officers] were urgently called back to the bureau for inspection.
The results of those inspections were shocking.
In a bureau with over two hundred employees, there were actually three [Sain Mechanical Killers] and two moles from other factions...
This discovery also enraged headquarters.
Therefore, headquarters deployed more than half their combat strength and planned to investigate [Sain Mechanical Company]. Once they obtained evidence of Sain Mechanical Company's crimes, they could launch a sweep and make arrests.
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