Just as Guan Tong began copying the data, the screen suddenly went completely black, and a large red exclamation mark appeared in the center, blinking incessantly.
"Beep! Beep! Alarm! Unauthorized access detected!"
The warning sound was extrely piercing, instantly echoing throughout the entire monitoring room.
Simultaneously, a loud *CLACK* ca from the door lock. Built-in chanical steel clamps extended, firmly locking the door shut.
At the sa ti, Valeri, who was drinking and enjoying himself in a private room on the second floor, felt his phone vibrate violently in his pocket.
He pulled it out and his expression changed drastically.
"The monitoring room!"
It seems that as soon as the electronic data on these devices is transferred, they imdiately lock down...
Guan Tong wasn't a skilled hacker, so it wasn't surprising he didn't detect the related traps.
Listening to the piercing alarm, he wasn't exactly panicked.
Since the data couldn't be taken, why not just take the devices themselves?
After all, ever since he used shadow lines to strangle several monitors unconscious, Valeri and the others would know soone had invaded afterward. There was no need for him to hide any longer.
Without another word, Guan Tong directly stored all the equipnt in the monitoring room into his Storage Ring.
At this mont, the Shadow he had deployed outside noticed dense footsteps coming from the staircase. The security guards from the club were coming down.
Guan Tong wouldn't deal with them now. It was better to leave them for Yelanka to order their disposal personally. Before those people could charge in, he used Body Swap again and vanished without a trace.
Seven or eight seconds later, with a *THUD*, the internally locked door was opened from the outside using a sensor.
A large group of security guards filed into the monitoring room, looking around everywhere for the enemy, but they only saw several unconscious monitors and completely empty work desks.
"Get out of the way!"
Valeri's rough voice sounded from behind, and the guards imdiately parted to make a path.
He walked up to a desk, looked at its emptiness, and his face turned extrely ugly. "Soone broke in here and stole all the equipnt containing the video recording data!"
"How is that possible?" one of his companions exclaid in shock. "The alarm just sounded, and the exits are guarded. How could they do it?"
Valeri frowned deeply, the na "Shadow" flashing through his mind.
Could it be him?
But how did he know the monitoring room was on the second underground level, and how did he take all the data equipnt so quickly?
If it wasn't him...
Valeri couldn't think of anyone else in the Xisiya Empire who would do this. Perhaps Yelanka had this motive, but where would she get the manpower? Her most capable subordinate, Sigaochin, had been staying at the Competition Arena these past few days. He had people keeping an eye on her.
"Valeri, what do we do now?" asked the person who had been drinking champagne with him earlier, sounding sowhat panicked. "Those recordings are all on the machines. This is no joke! If..."
"Stop panicking!" Valeri barked in a low voice. "The data storage devices have multiple layers of encryption. Even if they were stolen, they wouldn't be easy to crack. All of you, go back for now. I'll call in people from the Security Bureau to handle this!"
The people inside Night Ankang quickly left, and Valeri went straight to the Security Bureau, disregarding the late hour. He called everyone in the bureau to co.
He instructed the agents who had replaced the administrative building guards a few days prior, "Tomorrow, all of you keep a close watch! If anyone in the building shows any unusual behavior or issues any special political decrees, notify
imdiately!"
"Yes, sir!"
Valeri then singled out over a hundred elite agents and said to them, "Tonight, prepare your equipnt. Tomorrow, you're coming with
to the Konia Manor!"
Konia Manor?!
The agents were all startled upon hearing this. That was the Administrator's residence. Going there tomorrow with equipnt and weapons...
Even though the agents were loyal and obedient to Director Valeri, they couldn't help but feel doubts at this mont.
Valeri said coldly, "What, scared? What's there to be afraid of? Most of her personal guards died or were injured in the alien mud at the Landing Site during the last rule! Anyone who disobeys orders..."
Intimidated by the Director's authority, the agents imdiately shouted, "We obey the Director's orders!"
"Hmph, go and prepare!"
The Security Bureau's movents naturally couldn't escape the Shadow's watchful eyes.
At this mont, inside Konia Manor, Yelanka, Guan Tong, and Uenoshi were sitting in the brightly lit study, discussing counterasures.
"It seems Valeri is going to smash the pot after it's broken, making a desperate, all-or-nothing gamble," Guan Tong said. "This ans the data on the equipnt must be extrely important. He cannot accept us obtaining it."
Yelanka's face was icy cold, murderous intent swirling in her eyes.
Valeri's actions were tantamount to treason and rebellion in her view.
"I'll notify Sigaochin imdiately," Yelanka said. "I'll have her prepare. Once Valeri and the others leave tomorrow, she will lead her elite forces to attack the Security Bureau, taking out that bastard's den first!"
"Aren't you having her co to the manor to protect you?" Uenoshi asked.
"You two are enough here. Of course, there's also myself... Many people may have forgotten, but I can fight too!"
"Mhm. With the three of us here, it should indeed be enough." Guan Tong thought the sa, though he also had so doubts. "However, I'm curious why Valeri isn't making his move tonight but is waiting until tomorrow. Since he can gather so many agents in the middle of the night, why delay until tomorrow... Delays risk changes. Isn't he afraid we'll get the videos and release them tonight?"
"They're not confident," Uenoshi said at this point. "Since they know you, Troupe Leader, are stationed here, they definitely wouldn't dare to attack lightly."
"She's right," Yelanka nodded. "Valeri is a very cunning man who doesn't take risks lightly. The reason he chose tomorrow must be because he has so sche to deal with you, Teacher."
"Mmm..."
Guan Tong closed his eyes. He had always had the Shadow monitoring Valeri. Through the shared vision, the latter was currently sitting in his own office, his gaze fixed on the empty space before him, his lips occasionally parting and closing slowly.
This was like...
"Teacher?"
Guan Tong opened his eyes. "Valeri might be calling for reinforcents."
"Calling for reinforcents?"
"Yes. My taking the recording equipnt has made him suspicious. He now seems to be using a [Communication Scroll] or a similar item to communicate with soone, which would allow him to avoid external surveillance."
Yelanka said, "Why don't we strike first, take control of him, deny him the chance to call for reinforcents, and minimize the risk?"
Guan Tong nodded. "That way... Hmm?"
He raised an eyebrow, as if sothing unexpected had occurred.
"What's wrong?"
"...This guy used a teleportation item. He's now nowhere to be found."
"!!"
Yelanka exclaid in surprise, "Does he know we plan to strike first?"
"Possibly it's a sense of danger. As the Director of the Security Bureau, he must have so awareness of risks to his personal safety." After saying this, Guan Tong shook his head. "I can't find him now either."
Although the Shadow could follow and monitor, if the target used a teleportation-type item to leave, the Shadow couldn't continue tracking.
Because the Shadow had never been able to exist independently. Every shadow line, whether branching off from another shadow line or extending directly from the main body's shadow, had to remain connected to the main body.
This ant that even if part of the Shadow was hidden on the target, it couldn't follow along when the target teleported away.
"What a pity..."
Yelanka analyzed, "If he clearly knows the enemy is you, Teacher, then the reinforcents he's calling for must be soone he believes can defeat you or match you in strength."
Guan Tong nodded.
Uenoshi asked curiously, "Who could be confident of defeating the Troupe Leader?"
Yelanka shook her head slightly. Uenoshi couldn't think of anyone, and neither could she.
Both looked at Guan Tong. The latter also had no ideas. "I don't know which reinforcents he plans to bring to deal with . Even if the people who co are very powerful, we still have Uenoshi on our side. Her strength is also not sothing ordinary people can compare to."
Uenoshi being low-key didn't an she was weak.
As the forr leader of the Sakura Prayer Chosen Team, her strength was never to be underestimated. After Yuzawa Jun's death, she seed to have gained a portion of his power. After continuously internalizing it, she had beco even stronger now.
After speaking, Guan Tong paused. "However, this matter is of great importance. Your safety, Yelanka, is crucial, as it concerns the future of the Xisiya nation. So, to be safe, if he can call for reinforcents, I will also find helpers."
"Teacher, you... have helpers in Xisiya?"
"Not in Xisiya, but in Beixing."
"Beixing? But it's so far, how..."
"If Valeri can use teleportation items, can't we use them too?"
Yelanka looked slightly embarrassed, clearly because her heavy thoughts had made her thinking a bit sluggish.
Guan Tong smiled and said, "However, her identity is special and cannot be easily revealed. When the ti cos, I'll need to borrow your [Passerby Transformation Device] to conceal her."
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