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Chapter 531: Hands-on Experience
Chapter 531: Hands-on Experience
Chapter 531: Hands-on Experience
Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation
Fu Zhi’s eyes were filled with anger and dissatisfaction.
She did not take the so-called captain of the 4th division seriously at all. She said that if they really wanted her to join the International Crimes Unit, they would have to get the captain of the 1st division to talk to her.
The captain of the 4th division did not have to turn his head. He could imagine the mocking smiles on the other members’ faces now that he had failed to keep his promise to get Fu Zhi into the International Crimes Unit.
He felt embarrassed, but at the same time, he also felt that it was normal for a bigshot like Fu Zhi to be a little bit eccentric. He knew he could not achieve anything even if he continued the conversation, so he took a step back and decided to rework his plan.
The car carrying Fu Zhi left the police station slowly.
The captain of the 4th division went back to his car, and Jiang Ningbei lifted his brows. Even though he was fully aware of the outcome of this conversation, he still asked, “So what did she say? Is she joining the International Crimes Unit?”
The captain of the 4th division was stumped.
“She...”
“Do you even need to ask?” Before he could finish his sentence, the captain of the 7th division interrupted. “There’s no way she would turn down the opportunity to join the International Crimes Unit, right?”
The captain of the 4th division was speechless.
‘Can you please just shut up?’
He waved his hand and stammered, “Well, sort of. She said she wants to be my friend instead, so she can’t join my team and become my subordinate. From what I understand, she might want to join the 1st division, so let’s ask their captain to contact her.”
The whole car fell silent for a moment.
The current captain of the 1st division had swiftly overwhelmed the rest of the divisions after taking over the 1st division. Before this, the 2nd division had always outmatched the rest of the divisions due to the incompetency and laziness of the former captain of the 1st division.
However, the situation had changed when the captain had changed.
Other than the boss of the International Crimes Unit, nobody dared to challenge the 1st division, and they were certain that the captain of the 1st division had to be someone very capable in real life after leaving the organization.
Right now, Fu Zhi had said that she would only join if the captain of the 1st division talked to her. Even Jiang Ningbei felt that Fu Zhi was daydreaming.
The captains of the 4th and 5th divisions did not want to let such a genius go to waste. They looked at each other and called the captain of the 1st division.
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Meanwhile, at the Li Mansion...
Gu Yanqi was holding a document in his hand. As he flipped through it, he said, “I’ve already checked the things you asked about Country F. You indeed carried out a mission there once and rescued a few hostages.”
Li Nanli lifted his head and squinted. “So?”
“I can get the information of all the hostages that you saved, except the baldie. There is no record of him in the database,” Gu Yanqi said. “There are only two reasons a person’s profile will not be recorded in the database. One, someone is supporting the baldie from the back. Two, he’s an orphan who died after being rescued, so the staff did not get to collect his information.”
Gu Yanqi was more inclined to believe the second explanation. This was because he had been there as well while Li Nanli had carried out the mission in Country F.
The things that had happened that year were still vividly clear in his mind. A few genetically exceptional individuals had been brought together by some experts in the International Crimes Unit and a group of top doctors from Country M for an in vivo research that had lasted three months. The goal of this research was to modify the whole human genetic sequence using technology.
However, this research was notoriously known for its inhumane procedure, and many people were against it. That said, there was nothing they could do since the research was backed up by several powerful organizations across the globe. Nobody knew what had happened, but suddenly, a rumor had started going around that the International Crimes Unit had successfully cracked the human gene code and developed a serum that could stimulate one’s physical potential and enhance the human body.
Thus, many people had gotten excited, including Mark and Arnold from the Phantom Lord. They were the first group that raided the research institute and massacred a number of researchers to take control of the technology to produce the serum.
After that, more than a dozen international organizations joined forces with the Phantom Lord.
The rescue mission in Country F was exceptionally difficult, as they had to go up against a group of globally renowned and highly intelligent killers.
Gu Yanqi did not believe that human genetic sequences could be modified through technology. Other people might not know this, but as a person familiar with medicine, he knew this kind of in vivo research was nearly impossible to carry out and most of the live specimens would end up dying early.
Gu Yanqi suspected that the baldie must have been corroded by the drug. He had shaved his head in advance because he would lose his hair like a cancer patient undergoing chemotherapy. After all, his symptoms were some of the most severe out of everyone brought in for the in vivo research.
The research had been suspended ever since.
Gu Yanqi looked at Li Nanli and asked, “Why are you asking this now?”
“That baldie,” Li Nanli said. He pinched the spot between his eyebrows but could not shrug off the bad feelings that tugged at his heart. “Try your best to find more information about him.”
“Huh?” Gu Yanqi was confused. “Why?”
He vaguely remembered that the baldie had not seemed to be forced to take part in the in vivo research. After all, he had looked sad and had been crying when they’d rescued him from the research institute.
Li Nanli glanced at him and replied, “It’s none of your business.”
Gu Yanqi was stumped.
‘You want me to find more information about him, and now you’re telling me it’s none of my business? Are you kidding me?’
Gu Yanqi said, “Then I won’t be able to help you.”
“So...” Li Nanli said as he dusted off his sleeves. “Do you need me to kneel down and apologize to you?”
“That’s not necessary...” Gu Yanqi said.
Besides, it seemed to him that he might be the one to end up kneeling and begging him for forgiveness in the end.
Suddenly, the computer on Li Nanli’s desk blinked, and Gu Yanqi exited the room.
Li Nanli then turned on the computer.
It was another video call from the International Crimes Unit. He accepted the call, and the first thing the people calling him saw was his hand.
A surge of relief washed over the four captains, as they felt less pressured.
When Li Nanli saw that there were only four captains, he pressed his lips firmly, and just as he was about to end the call, the corner of his eyes caught the folder that Fu Zhi had not gotten to delete last time.
It seemed to him that there was a big number of videos in the folder considering its size and format, but he needed some time to break through the layers of passwords.
“Erm, hi...” The captain of the 4th division saw through Li Nanli’s intention and hastily said, “I have something I need your help with, but it’s kind of complicated and it might cause you some trouble, so I don’t know if I should tell you or not.”
Li Nanli replied expressionlessly, “Since you know it will cause me trouble, maybe you should just zip it.”
The captain of the 4th division was stunned.
“Actually, what he wants to say is that we came across a girl with great talent. Initially, we wanted to recruit her into our teams, but it seems that she wants to join your team more,” the captain of the 5th division chimed in.
After he heard what the captain of the 5th division had said, he scoffed and commented, “Ridiculous.”
The captains were speechless.
“Anything else?” Li Nanli asked.
As he was talking, his fingers were moving nimbly across the keyboard, and very soon, he had decrypted all the passwords protecting the folder.
“Nope, nope. That’s all we wanted to say.” The captain of the 4th division shook his head.
Just as Li Nanli was about to end the call, Jiang Ningbei could not hold back and mumbled, “Well, she doesn’t have to enter the 1st division. Considering Fu Zhi’s capabilities, she should at least be a captain.”
Li Nanli was stunned.
“Fu Zhi?”
The captain of the 4th division nodded. “Yes, that’s her name. But since you don’t like her, we will figure out another way to recruit her into the International Crimes Unit.”
It took Li Nanli a few seconds to come around to his senses and reply, “That’s not necessary.”
“Don’t worry,” the captain of the 4th division said. “We all like this cutie very much, so we will do our best. We won’t trouble you anymore.”
Li Nanli took a deep breath and said, “Since she wants to join my team, I will go pick her up myself.”
The captain of the 4th division was stumped.
‘Excuse me?’
Just as Li Nanli was about to say something, he accidentally clicked the folder and a video popped up.
For one second, the video was dark. Then, a second later, the video lit up, and a sound that was not suitable for children to hear blared out.
Li Nanli and the crowd fell silent.
Li Nanli hastily closed the video, which was inappropriate for children to watch.
The atmosphere in the meeting room was tense and quiet.
Li Nanli then cleared his throat, and the tips of his ears turned red. As his Adam’s apple bobbed up and down in his throat, he said calmly, “So, is there anything else?”
Everyone else hastily said, “Nope, nope. That’s all from us.”
They finally knew why Li Nanli was always so busy, so they all decided to leave now, save for the captain of the 4th division.
“Erm, no offense but...” he said carefully. “If possible, can you share the link with me? After all, enjoying happiness alone is not as nice as sharing it, and...”
Smack!
The screen went black before he could even finish his sentence.
Then, he saw that Li Nanli had sent a message to them. [Prosperity, democracy, civility, harmony, freedom, equality, justice, rule of the law, patriotism, dedication, integrity, and friendship.]
The captain of the 4th division was speechless.
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It was not convenient for the police car to enter Iris Time Villa, not to mention that the driver’s hands were shaking profusely as he was driving up Mount Qiu Ling. In the end, Fu Zhi just got out of the car and climbed the mountain on foot.
Xu Wei, who had just come out of the milk tea shop, called Fu Zhi and asked where she was right now. She said, “Then wait for us. We’ll pick your father up first, and then we can climb the mountain together.”
—
This was the first time Xu Wei climbed such a dangerous mountain road, as sports cars would whistle by from time to time.
She couldn’t help but think about the villa that Wu Qi had mentioned last time. She figured that she should buy one so that they did not have to climb the mountain anymore when they came to Myanmar next time.
Fu Zhi and Ye Jiu were walking in the back, while Lu Jingqing was carrying Xu Wei on his back in the front.
Looking at Xu Wei and Lu Jingqing, Ye Jiu had the urge to ask Fu Zhi to carry him on her back as well.
Fu Zhi was oblivious to Ye Jiu’s thoughts. She put on her earphones because she had received a voice message from Li Nanli.
“Zhizhi.” The man’s gentle voice wafted into her ears. “Where did you get the videos?”
Fu Zhi figured that he was talking about the videos in the folder that she had not gotten to delete that day.
“I downloaded them,” Fu Zhi replied.
Then, she did not know why, but it took Li Nanli unusually long to reply to her. Just as she wondered what Li Nanli was typing, he replied with a voice message. “You downloaded them specifically for me?”
“Well, you could say that.”
Since they were encrypted videos from the International Crimes Unit, she had assumed that they might be about newly-invented black technology.
“I’m pretty good at this, so I don’t need to watch videos anymore. But I think these videos should be pretty helpful to you.. You can watch them in your free time so that you will know what to do when the time comes.”
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