For now, setting aside where he had found out about the sale of Pokémon organs, he even knew exactly what would happen next.
It was as though he was one of them.
And with these so-called "colleagues" joining in one after another, just how many of them were involved in this operation? How much did they know?
I only came because I was worried about my brother's safety, but these colleagues don't seem worried at all. And why did they know I was coming...?
"Xunzhe told us earlier that you'd be coming," Yuan said.
Perhaps noticing my confusion, he smiled gently.
"Don't be nervous. You look so guarded."
He beckoned me into the room. "Let me explain this operation first."
At Yuan's invitation, I slowly stepped into the New World Medical Company's archive room. Only the computer screens glowed in the dim space.
Tap, tap, tap. Tap, tap, tap...
Another of my brother's colleagues-Jingwen-was engrossed in working at a computer, as though she couldn't hear anything around her.
"Xunzhe obtained information on the criminal organization earlier. We all joined him because we wanted to help stop them after reading it." Yuan took out the data card my brother had shown me before.
"We wanted to see what preparations we could make before they entered the city. Then..."
Yuan took out his phone, tapped it a few times, and handed it to me.
"This is..." I looked at the text on his phone.
...According to reports, Mr. Liu Yun, CEO and founder of the New World Medical Group, lost contact in the vicinity of the City Factory District on Friday, August 22. Three months have passed, and he has yet to be found. Police...
"Missing...?" I thought for a moment, then said, "How come I don't remember hearing about this?"
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