No matter if the rumors were true or false, whether useful information could be found or not, at least a relatively definite answer could be obtained, allowing Mu Baihe, this little one, to return ho with her teammates with peace of mind.
Lin Yun was originally pessimistic about the outco of this action, as he did not believe in the credibility of the information source Mu Baihe had ntioned, which was likely just a chain of errors passed among children.
But the reality greatly surprised him.
Using the director's authority, he unlocked the entire database of the Abnormal Strategy Bureau and kept browsing through the archives. Decades back, Lin Yun actually found so ambiguous records.
The source of these records was a docunt archive from the "Fangting City Green Tower Observation Deck Project". In these archives, Lin Yun discovered that the Abnormal Strategy Bureau had undertaken part of the construction work for the project, one of its main purposes seeming to search for "sothing". A considerable part of the docunts pointed to connections with the Magic Kingdom, suggesting that the Green Tower itself had limited involvent from the kingdom at the ti and that so things were even left at its top.
Regarding that "sothing", due to the involvent of the kingdom, the Bureau had not left too much detailed description in the docunts, not even the real na, just a code na.
This code na was called "Gate."
Hence, the two of them made their way to the Green Tower.
Originally, it wasn't Lin Yun's role as the director to personally get involved, but given that Mu Baihe was a Magical Girl from another city, and there was no liaison in the Fangting City Abnormal Strategy Bureau who could normally communicate with her, only he, the director, had the temporary authority to interact with a Magical Girl, which resulted in their duo traveling together.
Furthermore, the fact that this matter once involved the kingdom made Lin Yun quite interested, and he believed it was necessary to see it firsthand.
Although it was a tourist attraction open to the public, the top level of the Green Tower was actually not accessible to visitors. Because the top housed many critical devices and the city's well-known searchlight, the staircase to the very top was always secured from public access, and only a staff elevator in the entire Green Tower could access the top level.
Of course, for Lin Yun, the director of the Abnormal Strategy Bureau, such restrictions ant nothing. With just a phone call, upon his arrival, soone handed him the Green Tower's internal pass.
Then, the two of them stood in the elevator heading to the top.
"Ah!" In the silence of the elevator, Mu Baihe suddenly let out a short exclamation.
Lin Yun followed the sound and saw her covering her ears, leaning against the elevator's inner wall, looking terrified.
"What's wrong?" he asked, reaching into his pocket for the Heart's Gem to sense any abnormal magical power fluctuations nearby.
"My ears… my ears!"
But Mu Baihe was sowhat panicked and pointed to her ears, "My ears have blown up!"
"Ears?"
Lin Yun frowned slightly, pondered for a mont, and then understood what she ant, heaving a sigh of relief, "Oh, you an that, it's the air pressure. There's nothing wrong with your ears."
"Air pressure? But my ears hurt so much."
Mu Baihe covered her head, "Could it be that? Is the Gate of Ascension repelling my approach…"
"Hold your nose, close your mouth, and blow out slowly."
Interrupting her words, Lin Yun demonstrated by pinching his own nose and tilting his head, signaling Mu Baihe to follow, "Just like this, exhale slowly."
"Hmm? Hmm."
Mu Baihe mimicked him, closing her mouth and remained silent for a while before finally letting go of her hands:
"Hey, it really worked! You're amazing, Uncle!"
"Just a bit of common knowledge, you would have learned it from sowhere else eventually," Lin Yun said, not taking his eyes off the electronic screen above the button, "If you want to talk about being 'amazing', then it's more about the people who summarized these thods who are truly amazing."
"Is that so?" Mu Baihe blinked her eyes, her cheeks flanking her slightly clasped hands, "But the person who invented this thod couldn't have been here to help just now, so to , the uncle who just helped is more amazing, you should be prouder."
"...Where did you pick up this twisted logic?" Lin Yun shifted his gaze away again, glancing at her sowhat helplessly.
"Original by , infringent will be prosecuted." Mu Baihe proudly declared.
The elevator continued its ascent to the top floor amid this rather inexplicable atmosphere.
Lin Yun stepped out of the elevator and looked around, the outer part was a much smaller elevator hall than the first floor, perhaps because there was no need to host visitors, the interior decoration was much simpler compared to the grand and luxurious style of the first floor. He could even see rusty stains on the doorfra leading to the rooftop, implying that this place had not been maintained much since the Green Tower was built decades ago.
With the Heart's Gem in hand, Lin Yun slowly walked out of the elevator hall, feeling that the sun was particularly blinding and the cold wind particularly piercing at the kiloter-high tower top. The temperature here was much lower than on the ground, and even through a coat, one could feel the biting cold that penetrated the body.
"Wow, how beautiful!"
Before he had a chance to look around, he heard Mu Baihe's exclamations; she had already sohow run to the outskirts of the rooftop, standing by the railing, looking downward: "From here, you can see the entire city!"
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