Chapter 1393: Chapter 1393: Entering the Treasury (Big Chapter Asking for Monthly Votes)
“An underground vault?” The old man with silver hair frowned slightly, “The Security Minister doesn’t have the authority to use the underground vault, Director Vigina, you might not…”
At this point, he paused slightly, as if rembering sothing, and his words suddenly stopped.
His expression began to change.
He raised his head and looked at Vigina, “The vault contains a large amount of the group’s crucial docunts and items, it’s impossible to allow outsiders to search it.”
Upon hearing his words, Vigina’s expression turned cold.
The streets under the night sky once again fell into a stalemate.
At this mont, He Ao said with a smile, “This is such an easy matter, Director, you go find the stuff, it’s not like you don’t know where it is.”
He glanced at the old man with silver hair, “Old man, do you know where your crucial docunts are? When the ti cos, get soone to go in with you. The Director is looking for evidence, not your confidential docunts. Just keep an eye on it, can’t you? You can have a few tough guys stand by, can they really forcefully take it from you?”
Hearing He Ao’s words, the silver-haired old man’s expression changed slightly, as if hesitating.
At this mont, Vigina fell silent for a mont, then said softly, “I know the exact area, I can search just that small area, you can co in with , you can trust , I won’t touch anything unrelated to the case.”
Hearing this, the silver-haired old man was silent for a mont, then said softly, “I need to ask the Chief Executive Officer and get his authorization to open the vault.”
With that, he raised his wristband and walked to the side.
He Ao and Vigina exchanged a subtle glance once again, the dense darkness surrounding them.
A mont later, the silver-haired old man returned. He looked at Vigina, “The Chief Executive Officer agreed to open the vault, but we need to wait for him, he’s on his way.”
“Looks like your opponent is still trying to delay ti.” He Ao turned around, looked at Vigina, and said with a smile.
At this point, Vigina’s expression turned completely cold, “Then let’s go ahead with the search.”
With that, she turned around and walked straight towards the building, the people behind her once again followed her steps.
“Wait a mont!” The silver-haired old man shouted again. He looked at Vigina and wiped the sweat from his forehead with a handkerchief, “I’ll ask again.”
Vigina’s brows furrowed again.
The silver-haired old man turned completely and walked back into the darkness.
He Ao watched the silver-haired man’s performance with boredom.
The voice on the other end of the phone was telling the silver-haired old man to ‘hold on as much as possible.’
‘As much as possible’ ans, if the other side is tough, you don’t have to hold on.
So He Ao spoke, in a mocking tone, to ‘remind’ Vigina.
And Vigina imdiately caught on and cooperated with him.
For the silver-haired old man, at this point, he actually didn’t care if he could delay or not, but because Vigina was firm, he needed a reason to ‘confront’ her.
Soon enough, he returned, looking at Vigina and He Ao, “The Chief Executive Officer agreed, but I need to bring in a combat team and go with you, and you can only search a small area, a maximum of two people can go in.”
“Okay.” Vigina said impatiently, “I’ll take Paxiu inside, he can point out the location,”
Then she raised her eyes, looking at those young Federal Bureau of Investigation agents who had just walked with her.
These young agents were transferred from out of town, and a few were local. So of them Vigina knew and rembered their faces, but with others, she even struggled to rember their nas.
But they still stepped forward boldly, following her steps.
Vigina looked at them and said softly, “I now appoint you as a temporary search team, go search the Security Minister’s office.”
She paused for a mont and said seriously, “I entrust this to you!”
“Yes!” the young agents imdiately stood at attention.
He Ao quietly watched this scene, a slight smile appearing at the corner of his mouth.
The silver-haired old man waved his hand, signaling a senior executive behind him to lead the way.
The young agents exchanged glances with their companions and quickly walked into the building following the senior executive.
In the distance, a team of fully ard rcenaries quickly approached as well.
“Let’s go.” Vigina looked at the silver-haired old man.
“Let’s go.” The silver-haired old man nodded slightly. He looked up at Vigina and then at He Ao, who had his hands behind his head.
Ultimately, he won the negotiation, changing the mind of the stubborn Director and gaining control of the entire situation.
Though he vaguely felt sothing was off, it seed there was no big problem, and the situation was still under his control.
He and Vigina walked together into the depths of the building.
He Ao stood at the entrance of the building, looking up at the towering skyscraper.
From the initial ‘oppressive feeling’ creation, breaking through the silver-haired old man’s psychological defenses to plunge him into panic, to Vigina pressing on by herself towards the building, to him stepping in to ‘diate,’ it was all part of his initial plan.
And Vigina indeed was very smart, quickly understanding what needed to be done, even if she herself wasn’t entirely confident the plan would succeed.
After all, if she really went forward exerting pressure alone, it might not have created such a strong sense of oppression against the silver-haired old man, and the success rate wasn’t actually that high.
He Ao himself wasn’t completely sure, but he believed that the Denno City Federal Bureau of Investigation wasn’t as useless as Vigina imagined, with no one left who was capable.
A person who remains silent doesn’t necessarily an there isn’t a raging fire burning within them.
And the final result went just as he planned.
In essence, the silver-haired old man lost from the very beginning, because he had a way out, whereas He Ao and Vigina did not.
In a desperate ga, the coward is the loser.
At this mont, the rcenary squad also walked over, looking at He Ao. After a brief pause, they slightly controlled their distance with him, holding their Gauss Rifles, fingers resting on the trigger.
He Ao squinted, smiled at the fully ard rcenaries, placed his hands behind his head, and strolled leisurely into the building.
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East District of Denno City · Villa Area
Bright lights illuminated the narrow path nestled in the soil, leading straight to the silent, deep villa.
Standing at the path’s beginning, the man with glasses raised his hand, checked the ti on his wristband, then glanced at the darkly lit villa.
He slowly stepped forward, traversing the entire path to reach the front of the villa.
Click—
The villa’s biotric system automatically detected his presence, unlocking and opening the electric door just as he reached it; the lights beyond the door also ca on, illuminating the first-floor main living room.
The man with glasses passed through the door; chanical arms erged from the carpet, catching the clasps of his leather boots and presenting a simple pair of gray slippers.
The man naturally stepped forward, his polished boots slipping off effortlessly, and his feet settled perfectly into the provided slippers, without a single misstep.
Throughout the entire process, his walking speed didn’t slow down at all.
Clunk—
The door behind closed, and he continued forward, arriving at the sofa in the living room and sitting on a rather low single sofa.
Then he looked up, gazing to the side in front.
On the long sofa there, a slender figure sat, unbeknownst to when they had appeared.
“Can’t you turn on the light when you co in?” The man with glasses raised his hand, and from the side, a chanical arm disguised as a floor lamp handed him a thin tablet. As he opened the tablet, he continued, “I thought since the light wasn’t on, I ca back too early.”
“You know I prefer a dark environnt,” the slender figure glanced at the chanical arm that naturally retracted, “This place you rented this ti has too many sensing devices. Avoiding them took quite an effort.”
“The smart butler system by the nshu Group,” the man with glasses put down the tablet, “I’ve already modified it; no extra surveillance caras. The whole system runs completely offline, locally.”
He looked up at the slender figure, “Let’s get to business. How did your investigation turn out?”
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Kewort Group Building · Top Floor
Vigina looked up, gazing at the solid wood door with the ‘Chief Executive Officer’s Office’ sign hanging on it, and slightly frowned, “Aren’t we supposed to go to the underground vault?”
“From the first floor, you can’t get down to the underground vault,” the silver-haired elder beside her said slowly, seemingly satisfied with Vigina’s inquiry, and continued to explain, “There is only one route to the underground vault, and that is through the special elevator in the Chief Executive Officer’s office.”
He placed his hand on the golden inlaid handle of the solid wood door. Accompanied by a soft ‘beep—’, the lock was released, and the heavy door automatically opened.
The silver-haired elder glanced at Vigina and gestured, “The Chief Executive Officer has already granted permission. We can go in directly.”
Vigina glanced at him and, without hesitation, moved forward with him into the office.
And behind them, He Ao and the rcenary squad also walked in together.
This entire ‘office’, to put it simply, didn’t seem to be just an ‘office’, but rather a ‘suite’.
At the very front upon entering was a simple reception area. On the other side of the reception area was the desk and dense bookshelves; the whole area was an ‘office area’.
And inside the office area, to the left and right, there were doors on each side.
The silver-haired elder seed quite pleased with their surprise, pointing at the small door on the left, he slowly said, “Behind that door is the CEO’s special elevator.”
At this mont, a sudden voice surprised him, “What’s behind the other door?”
He shuddered slightly, about to say sothing, and turned to see He Ao, who had sohow appeared beside him.
He paused and slowly said, “That’s the Chief Executive Officer’s private bedroom, where he can rest if he’s tired from work.”
His words were tinged with a bit of envy underneath.
Clearly, he did not enjoy such a privilege.
He might have many bedrooms in Denno City, but there would only be one bedroom on the top floor of this building.
“Quite the luxury,” He Ao shook his head.
The silver-haired elder opened his mouth slightly, seemingly wanting to rebut and assert that the Chief Executive Officer of the Kewort Group branch, in a certain sense, held a status higher than the Mayor.
But after seeing the smile on He Ao’s cheek, he slowly closed his mouth again.
This old brother could be so ruthless as to even kill the President.
He shifted his gaze towards Vigina and led the way forward, “Follow .”
Vigina seed oblivious to the dialogue between the silver-haired elder and He Ao, instead looking around at the office decor and slowly asked, “Do many people know that the underground vault access is here? Do they all have permission to enter?”
At this question, the silver-haired elder paused, seeming unwilling to answer.
But at that mont, He Ao was already beside him, seemingly out of nowhere, with an ‘I’m all ears’ deanor.
The silver-haired elder paused, trying not to look at He Ao, planting his jeweled cane into the ground, and slowly said while opening the small door inside the office, “Only the board mbers of the headquarters and a few top-level executives of the branch know about this passage, and only a few actually have access to this elevator.”
“Does the Security Minister count among them?” Vigina asked.
This question made the silver-haired elder’s words co to a halt. Then he slowly said, “His access is different; he is responsible for the security system of the entire building, which includes a part of the underground vault’s security system. Hence, although his position is not high, he can enter the vault,”
saying this, his expression turned cold, “That guy is nothing more than a commoner elevated by the group’s favor. But I didn’t think he’d have the gall to participate in the conspiracy to assassinate the President and use his power to endanger the group.”
A lowly yet powerful position, such a position was supposed to be for personnel nurtured by the group internally.
Yet that ‘Security Minister’, under that organization’s ‘shelter’, reached this pivotal position in just two years.
He Ao strolled leisurely behind the two, listening to their conversation.
They soon passed through the small door and opened the elevator behind it.
This elevator was not very spacious, and the rcenary squad was all clad in Exoskeleton Armor, both weighty and bulky.
So ultimately, He Ao and Vigina, the silver-haired elder, and what seed to be the rcenary squad leader, entered the elevator first.
The silver-haired elder quickly verified the biotric features, then pressed the button for the lowest floor of the whole elevator.
The elevator swiftly descended, and the atmosphere was perated with an abnormal silence.
The silver-haired elder held onto his cane, quietly gazing ahead.
anwhile, He Ao’s expression carried a tinge of oddity.
Within this quick descent, the silver-haired elder had already structured the frawork of his upcoming ‘vendetta’ plans.
On one hand, following the incident, by leveraging internal forces within the Federal Bureau of Investigation, finding evidence of Vigina’s ‘dereliction’, stripping Vigina of her position, then proceeding with a prosecution process. Once the Federation identity was gone, things would get much ‘easier’.
On the other hand, he was even pondering how to use the power of public opinion to undermine He Ao’s psyche and how to buy assassins to take out He Ao in prison.
Of course, such tactics were quite conventional, and He Ao was not entirely surprised.
The problem was, after devising how to exact revenge, the silver-haired elder started planning the fun activities with his young ‘boyfriend’ for the night, with the antics growing increasingly intricate.
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At tis, being able to read minds could be quite despairing.
However, the speed of the elevator was very quick, so He Ao’s ‘oddity’ only persisted for a short ti.
And as the elevator doors opened, an expansive space facing a huge circular tal door appeared before them.
After the elevator ascended and descended twice again, until all the rcenary squad reached the lower level, the silver-haired elder walked to the tal door and verified his biological information.
He turned to look at Vigina, “The security minister’s operational area is just in Zone 1, I also only have access to Zone 1. I hope you find what you’re looking for.”
Groan—
With his words, the heavy circular tal door slowly opened.
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