Chapter 1419: Chapter 1419: Enemies and Friends (Long Chapter, Requesting Monthly Tickets)
Upon hearing the words of the young agents, Vigina was slightly taken aback, then said wryly, “Has it already been announced?”
“What on earth is Ains and that gang of bastards thinking,” the leading young agent said angrily, “We just caught those troublemakers. You’ve worked so hard for so long and done so much, and yet you’re suspended at this mont,”
He took a deep breath, seemingly trying to suppress his anger, “and the reason they used is so nonsensical accusation of laziness and dereliction,”
As he said this, he seed extrely furious, even let out a chuckle, “Are Ains’ idiots not just greedy but also blind?”
“Exactly, we should write a joint appeal.” Another agent exclaid angrily from the side.
“Post this information online, let the whole Federation see the stupidity of those headquarters buffoons!” Another agent imdiately chid in.
“Yes, post it online!” This statent seed to awaken the others around, voices of agreent rose, “Expose these foolish pigs!”
“Expose them!!”
And Vigina, watching this scene, seed montarily at a loss for words.
She looked at those faces.
Although the leaders were mostly young, there were still so middle-aged faces visible among them.
And through the dical room door, a scattered group of people could still be faintly seen standing outside. Most of them were older and held certain positions within the Federal Bureau of Investigation.
Although they didn’t directly rush into the dical room, they stood behind the young agents, becoming an invisible support.
Vigina slightly opened her mouth, staring blankly at the scene.
Among those who rushed in, none were her confidants, as they had all left for various reasons in the past couple of days.
Though she recognized most of the people who had co in, she still couldn’t call out so of their nas.
Many of them, she hadn’t even had any clear interactions with, only saw their nas on files and task group lists.
Now, these people were standing here, indignantly for her suspension.
“I’m posting it online right now!” While Vigina was lost in thought, the crowd’s reactions were growing increasingly intense, with soone even starting to lift their wrist device.
Suddenly awakened, Vigina quickly stood up, moved in front of everyone, and said swiftly, “Don’t be hasty, don’t be hasty,”
She looked at the agents who lifted their heads blankly due to her voice, and also looked at those whose gazes ca from outside the dical room door, feeling a bit nervous.
At this mont, she vaguely felt a gaze coming from behind, passing through her side, seemingly standing with her.
She took a slight breath, placed her hand at her chest, half-clenched, and earnestly said, “Leaking internal information of the Federal Bureau of Investigation is a very serious breach,”
She looked at the agents who wanted to speak but stopped, raised her hand to signal everyone to quiet down, and continued, “Denno City is at a crucial juncture right now, we hold a lot of evidence and detain dangerous and key criminals. The fate of millions in this city rests in our hands,”
She gazed into the crowd’s eyes, continuing, “I know you all ca out of goodwill and trust in , but if you violate rules because of , leading to your own suspension, allowing ill-intentioned people to take advantage and twist facts and truth, then I will beco the sinner of Denno City.”
She stood upright, looked at the agents in front of her, “Please rest assured, my suspension now is just a minor issue, I can handle it myself,
“And before I resolve all this, I urge you all to stay at your posts, continue advancing the investigation according to our previous plans,
“As long as you uphold justice and continue investigating, whether or not I’m in the chief position doesn’t matter.
“If you suspend the investigation because of now, that would please our enemies.”
She took a deep breath, feeling the gaze from behind fall upon her, seemingly blending with her.
She lifted her gaze, eting the eyes of those in front, “The position of chief of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, be it suspension or reassignnt, is just a visitor passing through, while you are the ones always in this city, you are the Federal Bureau of Investigation of Denno City.”
The crowd suddenly quieted down, with everyone staring at Vigina, at the young chief.
“Alright,” Vigina smiled slightly, “Please leave my matters to to resolve, everyone can return to your posts. If needed, I will contact you.”
“We will always support you, Chief Vigina!” The leading young agent looked at Vigina, straightened his posture, and said.
“We will always support you!” the crowd instantly agreed.
“Thank you,” Vigina looked at the people in front of her, nodded earnestly, “thank you.”
Soon, the crowd quieted down, began to slowly disperse, and leave.
Until the last, only a sowhat weathered middle-aged man remained, he looked up and nodded gently at Vigina.
Seeing him, Vigina also paused slightly, then returned a nod, watching as the middle-aged agent left.
Once everyone had completely left, Vigina finally breathed a sigh of relief and closed the door.
Fine beads of sweat seeped from her temple, her entire body seed to lose strength, slightly leaning forward.
She exhaled deeply, stepping out of the tension from just now.
Then she turned around, looked at He Ao behind her, opened her mouth, seeming to want to say sothing, but for a mont, not knowing how to start.
She could feel that her confidence and courage just now were, to so extent, because He Ao was right behind her.
But now, faced with ‘explaining’ to He Ao, her courage seed to waver.
“It seems you were sowhat surprised by their ‘admiration’?” At this mont, He Ao seed to sense a change in her mood, and was the first to ask.
“I actually never thought before,” hearing this question, Vigina naturally breathed a sigh of relief, then smiled with so emotion, “that so many people would trust ,”
She slowly walked to He Ao’s hospital bed, sat back opposite him, with a hint of self-mockery, “Back in Twilight City and Aisang City, I wasn’t exactly a popular figure; the chiefs and ‘colleagues’ there didn’t quite like .”
She paused, her voice filled with long-lasting emotion, “I originally thought I wouldn’t be very popular here either.”
“Perhaps back then, you just hadn’t found those who truly walk the sa path as you?” He Ao looked at her, gently said.
Upon hearing this, Vigina paused slightly, and after a while, slowly began to speak, “You could say that. In Twilight City and Aisang City, I seemingly never truly engaged with the ground-level agents, just got ‘excluded’ by the local chief and other colleagues.”
Her voice was low, eyebrows and eyes naturally lowered, as if she was speaking to He Ao, yet also to herself.
But quickly, she raised her gaze, looked at He Ao, and smiled, “But at the end of the day, if it weren’t for your suggestions and help, without all the things we’ve done together, I probably would really still be unpopular now.”
She shrugged, lightly pressing her temple with her fingertips, “Even I wouldn’t like a failed, self-centered, isolated director who doesn’t communicate with others.”
If it weren’t for He Ao pushing her to show courage and fearlessness in front of the Kevort Tower, and selecting ‘comrades’ within the Federal Bureau of Investigation, experiencing various investigations and events with these ‘companions’, she would still be unpopular at the Federal Bureau of Investigation in Denor City.
Even if she was suspended, no one would visit her.
She originally thought that the mont her confidants, whom she had cultivated for many years, were about to leave her the day before yesterday morning was the darkest mont of her life, but unexpectedly, it was the beginning of change.
And the change was brought about by the figure before her.
Reflecting carefully on these ups and downs, it actually took only two days.
Her life thus embarked on a different path.
“So, was your ‘suspension’ also because of ?” Hearing Vigina’s words, He Ao asked with a smile, looking at her.
This question made Vigina’s speech noticeably falter. She looked at He Ao, seemingly not expecting such a sharp inquiry from him.
After a brief silence, she slowly started to speak, “Actually, it wasn’t much related. Ains over there thought I didn’t handle my case well, so they suspended , telling to ‘reflect’.”
“You an they gave you a choice,” He Ao looked at Vigina, smiling, “Either arrest as the scapegoat for the president’s assassination, or be suspended?”
Upon hearing this, Vigina’s eyes widened for a mont, then she said with a hint of frustration, “Are you a prophet?”
She rubbed her cheeks and sighed, “Has anyone ever told you that being too smart might not be a good thing?”
“Many people seem to have told similar things,” He Ao recalled, speaking slowly, “But I’m actually not that smart. This kind of deduction isn’t that hard. There must be reasons that were not on you before for your inexplicable suspension. I’ve seen many similar situations.”
After being promoted to B-level, He Ao could better control the leakage of his Super mory Strength.
He could still roughly hear the shallow ‘thoughts’ of those around him, but he could control the intensity, preventing excessive leakage from tearing his flesh apart.
However, when Vigina first walked in, although she feigned calmness, her face was full of thoughts, and He Ao gleaned from so of her scattered thoughts about her suspension.
But Vigina hadn’t thought too much about the related information, so all He Ao knew was that she was suspended.
Being ‘threatened’ wasn’t sothing he read from her mind; it was simply a conclusion he deduced, which was confird just now.
“You’re not smart?” Vigina widened her eyes, looking at He Ao, and she exhaled, “Has anyone ever told you that your speech is very sarcastic?”
“I haven’t really heard that much,” He Ao laughed, speaking slowly, “So why did you ultimately choose to ‘protect ’? They must have used your brother’s case as ‘leverage’? If I was imprisoned, you should have been able to get their help to figure out the truth about your brother’s death back then, which should be very important to you.”
Vigina joined the Federal Bureau of Investigation, spending so many years, in fact, just to seek the truth about her brother’s death.
Upon hearing this question, Vigina paused slightly.
She smiled, seemingly ready to gloss over the topic with awkward humor.
She also knew if she did, He Ao probably wouldn’t press further.
She opened her mouth slightly but ultimately said nothing.
The silence seed to settle over at this mont, with only the faint sunlight drifting in through the windows, rippling before the two of them.
This hazy radiance passed over He Ao’s shoulder, shining upon Vigina.
“Actually, it’s not that complicated,” she finally took a deep breath and smiled, “Finding out the truth about my brother’s death is indeed very important to .”
She paused, looking at He Ao, “But if I hurt innocent people and my companions for my desires, how would I be any different from those who killed my brother? Then, what would be the point of finding out the truth?”
She let out a slight breath, smiling as she said, “Even without the federal bureau’s help, I believe I can still find out the truth about my brother’s death. I’ve been getting by this way all these years. Worst cos to worst, I’ll just switch to another path.”
She was smiling, but her tone was exceptionally serious.
Like a blooming white azalea.
He Ao looked at the woman before him, and after a brief pause, he softly laughed, “Actually, you might not need to switch paths.”
“Ah?” Vigina was slightly stunned.
“I just happen to want to verify a hypothesis,” He Ao spoke slowly, “Open your Federal Bureau of Investigation program and see if your access has been suspended.”
“I’ve been suspended, so obviously my access should be…” Vigina lifted her wristband naturally, opened the Federal Bureau of Investigation software, and then froze, “My access hasn’t been revoked? Why?”
The Federal Bureau of Investigation positions and access are two separate systems.
A position determines rank within the Federal Bureau of Investigation and the corresponding salary and scope of duties and responsibilities.
While access determines the non-human resources that can be mobilized and used within the Federal Bureau of Investigation.
For example, Vigina, as director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation in Denor City, has the authority to directly assign tasks to agents under her jurisdiction, order them to do things, or influence personnel appointnts and removals; this is the power of her ‘director’ position.
While her ability to open critical gates and use equipnt within the Federal Bureau of Investigation cos under her ‘access’.
Even though they are two systems, they are strongly linked. If soone is ‘suspended’, both position and access should be revoked. It’s Vigina’s first ti seeing only the position suspended, without losing access.
“Could the suspension be delayed?” Vigina muttered as she opened her wristband and checked her position interface, discovering it was already locked.
“When exactly were you suspended?” He Ao asked her gently.
“Just when I was buying food?” Vigina pondered, “At that ti, I quickly responded to the ssage from above, and was suspended almost imdiately afterward.”
“But you still managed to swipe and open the dical room door.” He Ao said casually.
“That’s right!” Vigina ca to realize.
While she was opening the door earlier, her attention was completely on whether He Ao had awoken, and she verified her identity and opened the door as she usually would without noticing anything amiss.
Now it appears, if her access had been suspended with the suspension, she should be like an outsider without permission to open the door.
At this mont, she fully realized the issue of being suspended while still retaining her access. She looked up at He Ao in confusion, “What’s going on? Is there a problem? Is there a system loophole?”
“The Federal Bureau of Investigation system wouldn’t have this kind of problem, I’m afraid,” He Ao shook his head, pausing briefly before speaking softly, “Soone is ‘pushing’ us.”
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