Following Feilanz's directions, the group reached the Inner District at ten thirty. Security here was even tighter than they had imagined.
Ye Xunzhi gave an order through Earphone:
"Blend into the crowd and stand by. Don't expose yourselves. I'll enter the Central Area next."
Everyone replied, "Yes."
After arranging everyone's positions, Ye Xunzhi crouched in the bushes for a while, picked a waitress to target, and waited for the right moment. She kicked a pebble by her feet and imitated a cat's cry.
"Meow~"
The sound caught the waitress's attention, and she frowned. "A cat?"
Holding a silver tray, she approached in confusion. The next moment, Ye Xunzhi sprang up. Under the waitress's terrified gaze, she swiftly pressed a handkerchief over her mouth while catching the silver tray that slipped from her hands.
Her movements flowed seamlessly, without making a sound.
Two minutes later, Ye Xunzhi left the bushes carrying the tray, now dressed in the waitress's uniform.
She put on the Four-Leaf Clover Bracelet, and Ren Chen's voice immediately sounded in her mind:
"Can you hear me?"
"Yes." Ye Xunzhi entered the Central Area and got straight to the point. "Where's Eileen?"
Ren Chen wasted no words either. "The building you're in appears to have only five floors, but it actually has another four underground. That's the institute's core area. Eileen is on the fourth basement level, where security is tightest."
"But first, we face two difficulties. Entering or leaving the Underground Research Institute requires an iris scan, and only three kinds of people have clearance."
"The first is the Castle's owner, old Mr. Eiwate. The second is researchers. The third is people specially registered in the system, like Eileen."
"Finding someone with clearance is easy enough. I happen to know of a research staff member who's outside."
"But