Dr. ng Ji's spaceship had landed not long ago, and he imdiately rushed over with his research team without stopping for breath. Chen Gu took this opportunity to call Aviloya. "Number 21 has co looking for ," he said.
"It's not safe to talk over the phone. Co here," she replied.
Chen Gu wasn't trying to "act important." He was genuinely worried that Number 21 might have tampered with him sohow and didn't dare to wander far from the spaceport.
The spaceport area had already been sealed off.
Dr. ng Ji personally conducted a thorough examination of Chen Gu but found nothing.
Aviloya had arrived. With a stern face, she said, "Repeat everything to , word for word, without adding any of your personal emotions or judgnts."
"Okay." Chen Gu imdiately recounted the event in detail. Is Number 21 truly trying to turn an enemy into a friend? he wondered. Are they even hoping to pull into the Digital Group? Or is this rely a crude trick to sow discord?
Behind Aviloya were more special operatives whom Chen Gu had never seen before. Their uniforms differed from the standard Bureau of Mystic Security attire—they were from the Constitutional Affairs Group!
As Chen Gu recounted each key point, Aviloya would give a slight wave of her hand, and the corresponding mbers of the Constitutional Affairs Group would depart to swiftly begin their investigations.
Chen Gu was completely anable to this, even magnanimously harboring no negative feelings.
Number 21 initiating contact with him was an extrely dangerous situation; no amount of caution could be considered excessive.
After Chen Gu finished speaking, Aviloya remained silent, her hands behind her back. The silence lasted for over half an hour until the first wave of Constitutional Affairs Group operatives returned. "We've checked this spaceship," one reported, "and found a security breach, with so traces indicating that sothing indeed ca aboard."
A while later, another batch from the Constitutional Affairs Group returned. "We've checked," they reported. "After that security guard reported the incident, the police system of Nie Dun 6, as well as our planetary division systems, were covertly altered. Judging by the technique, it was likely Number 21."
However, one team from the Constitutional Affairs Group still hadn't returned, the nature of their investigation unknown. Aviloya didn't wait any longer and turned to Dr. ng Ji. "What were the results of his examination?"
Dr. ng Ji shook his head. "We found nothing. I can guarantee that, at least in terms of ntal purity, there's no problem. Nor are there any worm eggs parasitizing his body."
"But the Digital Group are a bunch of monsters. Whether they have other secret thods... I honestly can't be sure," he added.
Chen Gu frowned. Perhaps this was Number 21's true intention—to make an object of suspicion?
Aviloya nodded and said to Chen Gu, "For the ti being, don't handle any cases from the Bureau. Let's observe for a while longer."
"Alright," Chen Gu agreed.
To be fair, Aviloya imposing no restrictions on his movents and rely asking him not to handle cases was already quite a lenient asure.
Aviloya left imdiately. The potential infestation of ironworms within the Confederation was causing extre tension throughout the Bureau of Mystic Security. The Bureau had already begun covert mobilization, and Aviloya was swamped with work.
And at such a critical ti, I can only "relax" on leave...
Chen Gu felt frustrated and cursed Number 21 over and over in his mind.
This incident made Chen Gu once again recognize the threat posed by Number 21. A "digital person" lurking in the interstellar quantum network was almost impossible to guard against. He had to find a thod, or at least a person, capable of restricting or at least confronting them.
Chen Gu's car was parked at the spaceport. After bidding everyone goodbye, he drove ho alone.
On the way, his phone suddenly rang. Chen Gu was quite surprised to see it was the Director-General.
"That fool Aviloya!" the Director-General began, criticizing his forr student. "How could she not see through such a simple sche?"
"At a ti like this, how can a key player like you be sitting idle?"
Chen Gu spoke in Aviloya's defense, "The Director-General is in a difficult position. Faced with such a situation, she can only act with caution."
"HUMPH!" The Director-General snorted coldly. "The higher the office, the greater the cowardice!"
Chen Gu inwardly agreed but didn't feel it was appropriate to voice his concurrence. The Director-General then said, "Never mind the Bureau of Mystic Security. She's not letting you participate in the Bureau's work, right? That's fine. Co back to the academy. I'm preparing to start the third practical class."
Chen Gu smiled. "What's the curriculum this ti?"
The Director-General's tone beca laced with a tempting excitent. "It's particularly thrilling. We're going to the battlefield!"
The practical class was already arranged, though he would have to wait a while. Chen Gu took the opportunity to negotiate with the Behemoth Alliance, scheduling several more matches for himself during this period to catch up on his previously lagging progress.
The Behemoth Alliance official responsible for coordinating with Chen Gu was moved to tears. Our rising superstar! he thought. You've finally rembered the Alliance you've neglected for so long!
Chen Gu had been very busy recently, so his matches had to be pushed back.
Initially, the Alliance maintained a stance that while negotiations were possible, the schedule was the schedule. For any matches that genuinely couldn't be rescheduled, if Chen Gu was absent, he could only be judged to have forfeited. They would then announce publicly that Chen Gu was still recovering from injuries sustained in a previous match.
However, as ti went on, the situation gradually changed. Chen Gu's popularity soared. Furthermore, the Alliance's first successful Combat Rooster from the Energy Gathering chanical Species was garnering increasing attention. They could no longer handle matters so crudely.
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