Infinite Puzzle City

Chapter 521 Temporary Recruitment (Two Chapters in One)

The company's actions were much faster than Xiao Ran had imagined.

In the car, Shi Jing just made a phone call and reported the general situation. In less than three minutes, Xiao Ran received a text message.

Xiao Ran: male, ID number: 41031199XXX02XX4017.

"According to the Special Security Law, you are now temporarily transferred to serve as the deputy head of the Nadusong Company's Operations Group, Operation Number 3170."

It was the first time for Xiao Ran to help the company with serious work, and he didn't expect it to feel so formal.

Shi Jing explained, "You are now the deputy team leader of the external staff. The list of all external staff members will be sent to you soon. You can command them or temporarily form an external staff action team."

As soon as Shi Jing finished speaking, a series of lists appeared on Xiao Ran's phone.

These lists contain information of all external editors near Chengdu.

In addition, there is a series of authorizations, including the temporary mobilization of local police, police cars, traffic control, etc.

“This treatment…”

Even Xiao Ran felt a little overwhelmed. You have to know that with a population of 20 million in Chengdu, the scale of this power is beyond imagination.

"Because you have a very high score in the company's records, according to the company's regulations, you have this power. If it were someone else, the highest they could be would be an external consultant to the senior operations team, without any of the above powers."

Shi Jing explained to Xiao Ran.

Xiao Ran had heard a long time ago that the higher the company's rating, the more benefits it would receive, but she never expected it to be true.

In fact, Shi Jing was also feeling very strange.

He didn't expect that this plain-looking guy had a higher rating in the company than he had imagined.

He even received a mission from the company, requiring that the primary goal in this operation be to protect Xiao Ran, which made Shi Jing feel unbelievable.

Just when Xiao Ran arrived at the company, he saw transport trucks driving out of the company gate one after another.

As the above powers were gradually opened up, various departments across the city began to coordinate their work synchronously.

From the municipal department's cleaning vehicles to the local armed police, all Sky Eye systems were temporarily connected to the company's backend.

Xiao Ran was invited to the command room.

A middle-aged man with short hair came towards them and extended his hand to Xiao Ran: "Welcome, the information Mr. Xiao gave us this time is very important. I would like to express my gratitude to you on behalf of the Sichuan Branch."

"You are... Tang Xuan?"

Xiao Ran glanced at the middle-aged man in front of him. He was probably in his early forties, with a few white hairs on his temples, but he looked very energetic.

Xiao Ran had seen him on the previous list of supervisors, and knew that the man in front of him was the supervisor of the entire Sichuan and Shu, a master of the same level as Zhong Yi.

There was no detailed information about Tang Xuan in the information, and Xiao Ran didn't know what his current occupation was, but he must be a C-level professional without a doubt.

"Yes, I am Tang Xuan, the supervisor of the Southwest District."

"Hello."

Xiao Ran stretched out his hand, shook hands briefly with the other party, and was then invited into the command room.

The real-time monitoring on the big screen has locked in all the members on the list given by Xiao Ran, and their every move can be determined through the cameras on the streets.

After everyone sat down, the members of the intelligence department began to introduce themselves to Xiao Ran.

"These people entered Chengdu from various airports under the guise of tourism. Half of them are not in Chengdu yet. We have reported the list to the authorities. I believe that companies in other districts have already started to identify these people. Currently, we have seven of them."

Having said this, the identity information of the seven people was delivered to everyone.

Xiao Ran looked at the members listed in the information: two Americans, three Swedes, and two Singaporean Chinese.

If the two Japanese soldiers killed by Xiao Ran are included, half of this team is basically in Chengdu. This information is exactly the same as what Xiao Ran saw in Yoshioka's memory.

Only thirty-two minutes had passed since I reported the case, and the movements, identities, and recent routes of these people had all been analyzed.

Through these path analyses, it was found that several recent murders all met the characteristics of these people.

For example, recently a carpenter suddenly went mad, hacked his son to death with a kitchen knife, and then quickly committed suicide.

Or maybe a master of face-changing dies inexplicably at home, and the forensic doctor cannot find out the cause of death and can only attribute it to a sudden illness.

There are also some other trivial cases that have begun to be reorganized.

This was the first time that Xiao Ran saw how amazingly efficient the state-owned enterprise's machines were when they were put into operation.

"All suspects have been identified, but in order to prevent alerting the enemy, no special attack team has been deployed nearby. Other districts are also identifying other suspects one after another, and the specific time for action will be announced soon."

After all, the Hand of God is not a small organization. It is already an extremely large behemoth in the West, with funding from the military, Freemasonry, Judaism and other forces behind it.

The more than 20 members who entered this time would probably resort to desperate measures once they realized that the operation had failed, which was the result the company least wanted to see.

Therefore, all parties need to act at the same time, and must succeed in one strike, without giving these people a chance to fight back.

Taking advantage of this gap, Tang Xuan divided the work among the seven people. He took charge of the two Americans, and the other three Swedes were handed over to another team leader of the company's action team. As for the remaining two Chinese, Tang Xuan turned his eyes to Xiao Ran.

"give it to me."

Xiao Ran nodded and accepted the task. After all, it was quite boring to just sit in the office and stare at the big screen.

After the tasks were assigned, everyone started to act.

Xiao Ran, Shi Jingdong and two other members of the action team, the brothers Xu Yan and Xu Han, got on the van together.

On the way, the few people introduced themselves to each other again.

Shi Jing is a 2D-level beginner, his occupation is evil worshiper, profiler, and his E-level occupation is craftsman.

Xu Yan and Xu Han are twin brothers.

But just like their names, the elder brother Xu Yan has a lively personality, while the younger brother Xu Han has a cold personality.

Xu Yan is a 1D-level beginner, and his occupations are: horizontal training, swordplay, and scholar.

Xu Han is a 2D-level beginner, his occupations are: horizontal training, ancient appraisal, and E-level occupation: gourmet.

Xiao Ran had nothing to hide in this regard. With three D-level professions, corpse catching, horizontal training, and lucky man, Shi Jing and the other two couldn't help but look at Xiao Ran in surprise.

Only beginners like them know how difficult it is to enter a D-level profession.

Although the company can provide resources, the prerequisite is that you need to complete your own professional expertise tasks. Horizontal training is easy to do, the company can invite some martial arts masters to help you adjust.

However, it is not easy to break through the special skills of other professions.

Therefore, even in companies now, 3D beginners are definitely the backbone and are the seed players that the company focuses on training.

For a beginner who has no organization and relies entirely on personal ability to reach the 3D level, one can imagine how amazing the potential is.

"Buzz..."

At this time, the phone rang.

After Xu Yan answered the call, he said to Shi Jing, "The two men left separately, and we can't find them on the surveillance camera now."

Because they were worried about alerting the enemy, the company did not send anyone to track them. Now that the two people suddenly separated and disappeared, Xu Yan was inevitably a little worried: "Could it be that they noticed something?"

Upon hearing this, Shi Jing took out the photo of the target and then took out a paintbrush from the space.

This paintbrush was obviously a cursed object. When Jing's curse pattern was activated when he passed by it, complex textures appeared on it.

The profiler's ability was activated. Shi Jing stared at the photos and information, and began to write and draw quickly on the drawing board with his hands.

"Huang Guangyao, the Crown Prince, and two Singaporean Chinese, entered the country half a month ago. Two strange murders occurred in the local area after their entry. One was the magician's self-immolation case, and the other was the park girl case. The two cases happened very close in time. Assuming that they were the ones who committed the crime, then they should have some histrionic personality disorder..."

Shi Jing took the drawing board in his hand and quickly began to analyze the methods used by the two men in committing the crime.

Xiao Ran noticed that Shi Jing's demeanor at the moment seemed to be in a state of ecstasy, or in other words, a neurotic state. The expression on his face was ferocious at one moment, sad at another, and he would occasionally let out a weird laugh.

"Our captain is originally a doctor of psychology. He created a unique simulation method. When used with a cursed object, he will enter a special state and imitate all the characteristics of the suspect."

Xu Yan explained to Xiao Ran on the side.

It is not only those who have mastered the inherited skills who can become beginners and be successful. On the contrary, knowledge is power.

Take Shi Jing in front of him as an example. The profession of profiler was the last one he came into contact with, but he advanced the fastest. It is said that he has already touched the threshold of C-level and it is very likely that he will advance to C-level soon.

Not long after, Shi Jing's body began to twitch, but the pen in his hand wrote faster and faster.

In addition to their personalities, it was also analyzed that they might be double D or even 3D level masters.

Especially Huang Guangyao, the previous magician's self-immolation case had a lot to do with him. This guy should have extremely high mental control ability and his methods are very cruel.

Every time a piece of information is analyzed, many strange traces will appear on the drawing board.

Gradually, after these traces were pieced together, a bustling street in an ancient town appeared on the drawing board.

"It's Koi Lane, hurry up!"

Xu Yan took a look at the drawing board and immediately recognized the place. He shouted to the driver, who immediately stepped on the accelerator and drove the three of them straight to Koi Lane.

Jinli Lane is a well-known ancient town attraction in the local area, close to the Wuhou Temple. Although it is now full of commercial performances, as a tourist attraction, it still has many traditional performing artists, who may very well be the targets of Huang Guangyao and his partner.

By the time Shi Jing broke free from the profiling state, the car was almost there. However, Jinli Lane is known as the No. 1 street in Western Sichuan. Even though it is not a holiday today, the flow of people is still very large. It is not easy to find two Chinese faces here.

Xiao Ran frowned when he saw this. It would be inconvenient for him to summon ghosts for help in broad daylight.

At this time, Shi Jing analyzed, "They are here for the inheritors of the crafts. Sichuan has many intangible cultural heritage crafts, such as Sichuan opera, Sichuan embroidery, Sichuan brocade, Sichuan cuisine, etc. However, there are only two in Jinli Lane. One is the Sichuan Opera House, which is run by the King of Face Changing. It is also the hottest place in Jinli Lane. The other is a Sichuan embroidery specialty store. Although it is just a specialty store, we cannot miss it."

After that, Shi Jing said to Xiao Ran and Chen Yan: "You two go to the Shu Embroidery Store, and we will go to the Sichuan Opera House. Once you find the target, report it to the company immediately. If you must take action, try to avoid the crowd."

Shi Jing's words were naturally meant for Xiao Ran to hear. Chen Yan, who was standing next to him, naturally understood these rules, the company's rules for doing things, and everything was based on the priority of the public's interests and safety.

"Okay, I understand." Xiao Ran nodded to show his understanding.

Then four people got out of the car and went into Koi Lane one on the left and one on the right.

As a popular local attraction, Xiao Ran didn't expect that this was the way to investigate a case his first time here.

"When did you become an initiate? Was it through the Maze City Trial, or was it with the help of the company?"

The two chatted as they walked.

Chen Yan is an extrovert who talks a lot. "Of course, it's through the maze city trial. The company originally had a rule that even company members cannot directly become beginners through the spell rune rotation, but now... the situation seems to have changed. Not long ago, the company even specially obtained a batch of cursed objects, which are specifically used to strengthen the action team."

As Chen Yan spoke, he took out something from the space and showed it to Xiao Ran.

Xiao Ran took a look and was in a state of confusion. This thing was none other than the [Mask of the Hercules] that he had traded to Donglongfang.

Chen Yan didn't notice the strange look on Xiao Ran's face, and said with some boasting: "I heard that this thing is a high-end equipment that the company specially ordered from Donglongfang. After wearing it, even an ordinary person can lift a small car with one hand. The most important thing is that this thing does not need to be activated. Wearing it on the face can gain 15 points of strength. The only disadvantage is that there are too few of these things. We only got 80 masks here."

1000 masks may seem like a lot, but after being distributed among several districts, the average number is actually not that many.

"It seems that this mask can be put in more in the future."

Xiao Ran was thinking that next time when he went wholesale, he would focus on this Hercules mask and try to enhance the company's strength.

While they were talking, they had already arrived at Shujiang Jinyuan, a specialty store that sells Shu embroidery.

This store is in an excellent location, and it is filled with fans, shawls and other items made from Shu embroidery.

Xiao Ran and Chen Yan stood at the door and looked around. After confirming that there was no target inside, the two did not leave in a hurry. Xiao Ran walked into the store and started to visit like an ordinary tourist.

At this time, Xiao Ran noticed a white silk scarf in the display case, with a group of koi embroidered on the scarf. Each koi looked completely different, as agile as swimming in the water, and the hibiscus flowers were virtual and real. The patterns on the front and back were the same but the colors were different. From different angles, these carps seemed to come alive, with their postures constantly changing.

With Xiao Ran's eyes, he could tell at a glance that the embroidery was extraordinary and was definitely the work of a master.

Seeing this, Xiao Ran waved to the salesperson at the counter and said, "Hello, how much is a scarf like this?"

"Hello sir, the theme of this scarf is [A Bright Future], and it was made by our embroidery master, Ms. Zhu Zhirou. It uses the latest innovative knitting technology, ultra-thin silk embroidery + magnetic layered structure... The current price of this scarf is 85,000 yuan."

Eighty-five thousand for a silk scarf. Even a local like Chen Yan was shocked by the price. He thought to himself, "Wow, that's more than my monthly salary."

"I bought it."

Xiao Ran waved his hand, took out his bank card and directly chose to buy it, not even bothering to bargain.

Now the shopping guide's eyes changed when she looked at Xiao Ran.

It’s not that other people can’t afford it, but few people are willing to spend more than 80,000 yuan to buy such a small scarf, and they buy it so generously.

"Sir, you have a good eye. We have some special items that are not on display. They are the original creations of several other masters of our Shujiang Brocade Institute. They are usually not open to the public, but after you buy this scarf, you are eligible to visit. May I ask if you are interested in visiting?"

"of course."

Xiao Ran nodded. How could he waste the visiting qualification that he bought with 80,000 yuan?

At that time, Chen Yan frowned and reminded in a low voice: "Brother Xiao, let's..."

Xiao Ran patted Chen Yan on the shoulder, signaling him to be at ease and that he knew what he was doing.

The shopping guide then took Xiao Ran to the exhibition hall on the second floor of the back hall.

Each piece of work here is displayed individually in a glass cabinet, and the workmanship of each piece is no worse than the scarf you just bought, and may even be better.

However, after walking around, Xiao Ran lost interest and turned to look at the shopping guide beside him: "If I want to order it, what is the price?"

"What would you like to order?"

"Cheongsam." Xiao Ran thought that he could buy the cheongsam that Sister Liu was wearing as a gift for her. It's not that he didn't miss his wife, but if he ordered a cheongsam for himself, he was afraid that Yu Ting might not be used to it.

"Yes, we support ordering. If it is a standard model, the price is about 2500 to 200 yuan. But if it is made by a non-legacy master, we charge according to the working hours and materials. The current fee standard for non-legacy masters is 1500 yuan per hour. As for the materials, it depends on your preferences. After you choose, we will quote you according to the degree of workmanship. If you just want something simple, it will take about hours to complete. But if it is top-level workmanship, it will take a long time. For example, the craftsmanship of the silk scarf you just bought, it takes at least hours to make the whole set."

Look, what luxury is.

This is a luxury product. Anything that can be called a luxury product in China is definitely not something like Hermes or LV bags.

"1500X2500=???"

Chen Yan, who was standing behind him, had already started counting on his fingers. When he realized that this dress actually cost 3.75 million, he almost cried out, thinking, "Fuck, a dress costs 3.75 million to buy a small villa?"

"can!"

Xiao Ran nodded in agreement without hesitation, and expressed his willingness to pay 20 as a deposit, but then changed the subject: "But I need to meet this intangible cultural heritage master."

It was not until this moment that Xiao Ran showed his true colors.

The shopping guide didn't expect Xiao Ran to agree so readily. She was a little at a loss for a moment when faced with Xiao Ran's request. She quickly motioned to Xiao Ran to wait a moment, as she needed to ask the store manager to handle this matter.

After the shopping guide left, Chen Yan came over and asked, "Brother Xiao, more than three million, the money for a small villa, you just bought a piece of clothing? That's not how you handle a case?"

Xiao Ran rolled her eyes at Chen Yan and said, "Let's meet him first."

There is a saying that goes "wait for the rabbit by the tree".

There are so many chaotic crowds outside. Instead of spending effort looking for one, it would be more convenient to directly find a master of intangible cultural heritage.

As for the more than three million in cash, although Xiao Ran cannot take it out, he can find a company to exchange it. One ghost money can be exchanged for ten thousand in cash, but taxes must be paid. This amount of money is nothing for Xiao Ran.

Soon the store manager came over.

It’s a big business worth more than three million, so the store manager dare not be careless at all.

"Hello sir, if you need a custom cheongsam, that's fine. Unfortunately, our teacher is meeting with another client who also wants a custom one and is a designer himself, so we need to discuss a lot of details with the teacher. I'm afraid it won't be finished for a while."

After hearing what the store manager said, Xiao Ran and Chen Yan looked at each other. Chen Yan quickly took out his phone and clicked on a photo: "Are these two people?"

The store manager took a closer look, pointed to the tall, thin young man on the left and said, "It's the gentleman on the left. Do you know him?"

"We are brothers. I was actually planning to customize a set of clothes like this for my mother, but I didn't expect that we would go together, so could you take me to meet them first?"

Hearing Xiao Ran's words, the store manager immediately breathed a sigh of relief, but there was a hint of disappointment in his eyes that was barely perceptible. After all, it seemed that there was no hope for the clothes.

"Okay, follow me."

Although disappointed, the store manager still politely invited Xiao Ran to the back hall.

This store covers a very large area. The back hall is a two-story courtyard house, decorated entirely in accordance with the architectural style of the Ming and Qing dynasties.

There are all kinds of green plants in the yard.

The store manager walked in front, and Xiao Ran and Chen Yan walked behind.

Chen Yan was seen holding his cell phone and continuously sending messages to the captain Shi Jing.

"Teacher Zhu is just ahead."

The store manager pointed ahead, and Xiao Ran saw an old man with white hair sitting in the living room with another young man. Various fabrics were placed on the table in front of them.

Xiao Ran glanced around, taking in all the furnishings in the room. At this moment, he noticed that there was a pipe next to the old man. The pipe was very delicately made, and the entire piece was carved out of jade. It was obviously worth a lot of money.

However, what Xiao Ran noticed was the Guan Gong carved on the pipe. This made Xiao Ran's heart move, and he looked at the young man next to him.

That’s right, this guy is the target this time, Wang Chu.

At this moment, the two of them looked up. Master Zhu was very surprised that the store manager brought other people at this time.

With such a big business, it is impossible for the store manager to not follow the rules.

As for Wang Chu who was standing aside, a look of annoyance appeared on his face, and he stared at Xiao Ran and Chen Yan with squinted eyes.

Without waiting for the store manager to speak, Xiao Ran walked forward with a smile, sat down at the table, and said to Master Zhu in front of him, "Old sir, would you like to eat here?"

Master Zhu was startled when he heard this. He stared at Xiao Ran for a moment with a strange look on his face before saying, "Which piano shop are you from?"

"I am the eagle claw grandson who sticks his head on the pole, and there is a murderer next to you! The chief boss (the government) sent a sea leaf (secret order) to let the brothers come to your place to set up defenses and arrest people. "

The two asked and answered each other, and to outsiders it sounded like the two were speaking in dialect and they couldn't understand what the other was saying at all.

Master Zhu nodded, smiled at Xiao Ran, stood up naturally, and said to the crown prince in front of him: "Sir, wait a moment, this is someone from my family, I will help him get some things."

The Crown Prince frowned and nodded, saying "hmm" with an unhappy look.

At this time, Master Zhu had already walked to the store manager and pulled the confused manager out.

Only after the two of them left did Xiao Ran tilt his head and look up and down at the crown prince, grinning at him: "Damn it, young aunt, do it..."

(End of this chapter)