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Chapter 272 A Peaceful and Tranquil Day

The so-called head of the capability center was naturally Chen Xuan. He was slightly surprised to hear this, took out a barcode scanner from his pocket, and pressed the scan button behind him.

The box displays three abilities: "Summoning Gods Technique" (green, LV2); "Bone-Corroding Heart-Burning Curse" (green, LV1); and "Living Fire" (white, LV5).

The last one should be Jiang Siqi's original awakened ability.

When he traded the first two abilities to the other party, they were both at the white level.

Now they have all been promoted to a higher level.

This rate of progress truly surprised Chen Xuan.

Repeated practice and use can indeed improve one's abilities, but in reality, it is a very difficult process. For example, the Heavenly Cloud Skill and Divine Eye Technique that he traded from Liu Shuyue have not improved in any level, let alone in any hierarchy.

Could this person be a genius?

Chen Xuan pretended not to see anything and said calmly, "That's good. I invited you to the dream because it's an absolutely safe space. No matter what we talk about here, we don't have to worry about the risk of leaks."

"Hahaha..." Jiang Siqi laughed awkwardly, "I'm just an ordinary ability user, you're being far too cautious."

What secrets could she possibly reveal?
If there was anything that couldn't be said, the captain would have informed her long ago.

"Is there someone named Honglian in your team?" Chen Xuan got straight to the point.

"Uh...yes, she's one of the team leaders, and our team all listens to her."

"Do you have a photo?"

"No, I tried to take a photo with her, but she said she doesn't like being photographed." Jiang Siqi replied, but sounded a little disappointed. It turned out the other person was after the team leader. "Are you going to give her the ability too?"

"That's not the case. We only invest in talent that can generate returns," Chen Xuan replied.

This sentence instantly lifted Jiang Siqi's spirits, which had just sunk, back to their peak.

She can finally be recognized as a valuable person with special abilities!

Moreover, the organization that recognized her was a mysterious one with exceptional strength!

"I...I will continue to work hard!" she said with great enthusiasm.

"Ah... okay." Chen Xuan coughed twice, realizing that directly asking her about Honglian might seem abrupt, so he decided to change his approach, "Let's talk about your group. I want to know... how the Limitless Organization, which gathers all the ability users in the world, deals with various unexpected ability-related events."

……

Wang Qianduan put on sunglasses, went to the front desk, and stared coldly at the receptionist, asking, "What was the room number that guest booked just now?"

The latter was startled, and his smile froze. "I'm sorry, sir... we can't disclose the guest's room number."

"Thank you."

He turned and walked toward the elevator.

"What was that guy all about? Was he a stalker?" the receptionist asked, patting her chest with lingering fear. "Should we call the police?"

The colleague next to him said dismissively, "These days, who would dare to break the law under surveillance? It's better to mind your own business and not get involved."

In the blink of an eye, Wang Qianduan had already gleaned the number 3101 from the front desk's subconscious thoughts.

The thought of catching the rat in the gutter soon made him smirk.

Arriving at Jiang Siqi's door, he leaned against the wall and activated his ability...

Without visual perception, the effectiveness of his abilities would be significantly reduced, and he might even be unable to discern the specific content of the other person's thoughts. But that wasn't important; Wang Qianduan only needed to confirm that multiple people were present, and that those who had been in private contact with Jiang Siqi were Wanderers.

Once we capture them alive, we can ask them whatever we want.

However, nothing came to mind...

Everything was so quiet that not only the Wanderer, but even Jiang Siqi herself could not sense her thoughts.

Was it the wall's obstruction? Wang Qianduan took two deep breaths, straining even harder to catch the faint thoughts lingering in the air...

Then he heard some faint, almost inaudible sounds.

There were joyful gasps and satisfied moans...

No, these are thoughts coming from other rooms!

Wang Qianduan realized something was wrong. Could all of this be a smokescreen used by the Wanderer? He had let Jiang Siqi into room 3101, but she was actually no longer inside?

He immediately called the chief commander to report the situation.

Shokanon quickly gave instructions to send the logistics team to provide support. Twenty minutes later, a small team from the logistics team arrived at the hotel with a syringe-type unmanned device, which was deployed through a flexible tube only the thickness of a pen refill, essentially a camera that could crawl on the ground.

Before the operation, they deliberately covered up the cameras in the three corridors.

When the unmanned machine slipped into the room through the gap under the door, the result greatly disappointed Wang Qianduan.

Jiang Siqi was indeed in the room.

She was fast asleep in bed.

Besides her, there was no one else to be seen.

When this result was relayed to Xiao Kanong, the latter fell into deep thought. After a moment, however, the captain let out a familiar laugh, "Hide and seek? Interesting."

"Do you think there's something fishy going on here?"

“Which of the Crimson Lotus Squad members usually takes a nap? It’s one thing to take a nap, but to choose a hotel two blocks away to sleep is quite suspicious, isn’t it?” Xiao Kanong said decisively. “This might be an ability we’re unaware of, allowing us to transmit information while sleeping. It’s likely affected by distance, which is why we had to find a hotel to implement it, rather than just having her take a nap on her desk.”

He paused, then said confidently, "Something's definitely up to no good. If they hadn't done this, I would have worried that the person who came to make contact was just a small fry. Now I'm sure the Wanderer is in the hotel. Notify the logistics team to get the hotel's guest list, and I'll have the Akatsuki team go to the scene immediately to arrest him."

A massive, inescapable trap was thus laid.

The logistics team was clearly a professional at this; they easily obtained the check-in list by disguising themselves as police officers. There were 152 people staying at the Yuexin Hotel that day. Room 3101 had two people within a ten-meter radius, 23 people on the same floor, and a total of 59 people across the floors above and below.

The list was then sent back to the intelligence team and entered into a database jointly managed by the agency and the public security bureau. Based on the big data system, Wang Qianduan and Xiao Kanong obtained the detailed identities of the hotel guests.

However, judging from the data, none of them can be matched with the Wanderers.

The captain's smile froze.

"What should we do? Should we go inside and search?" Wang Qianduan asked for instructions.

Retrieving the list is one thing, but entering the house to check people is a bit of a breach of boundaries. The situation at the Fifth Ring Machinery Park had already strained relations between the two sides, and if this matter were to be leaked, the maintenance agency would undoubtedly become the focus of public attention once again.

Ultimately, they are now a public organization that has been brought into the open, and they can no longer do many things as recklessly as they used to.

Xiao Kanong paused for a rare moment, then shook his head and said, "No, let the intelligence team do the follow-up tracking. If these people have visited places like Jiangcheng TV Station and Wuhuan Machinery Park in the past three months, then we can discuss the next steps."

“If all else fails, we can interrogate Jiang Siqi,” Wang Qianduan suggested.

Xiao Kanong immediately rejected his idea, "You've read her thoughts before... How much inside information can someone being led by the mastermind know? I bet she knows nothing about the Wanderer's identity, and interrogating her will only cause us to lose our only current lead."

……

At 1:30 p.m., the wake-up call rang on time, waking Jiang Siqi from her dream.

She rubbed her eyes, still somewhat incredulous... that she had really just had a dream, a dream so vividly detailed that it was hard to tell if it was real or not.

She got out of bed and walked to the TV cabinet, took out the camera she had hidden earlier, and quickly looked through it. She found that there was no movement in the room and she had been alone the whole time.

It turned out that she was overthinking it.

How could such a powerful organization possibly harbor ill intentions towards a mere internet celebrity like her? Today was clearly another peaceful and tranquil day, just like any other.

She put on her coat, tied her scarf, and went to work happily.

(End of this chapter)