Under One Person, Engage in Black Technology

Chapter 184 Intelligence
As Qu Tong placed her hand on the female cadre's Baihui point on the top of her head, a blue Qi light gradually flowed towards the top of her head, swirling and circling around it.

What Qu Tong used was naturally one of the Eight Extraordinary Techniques, the "Dual-Handed Technique." And the method that could steal people's memories was the Blue Hand technique within the Dual-Handed Technique.

To make the use of the 'Blue Hand' technique of manipulating the mind truly effective, in addition to the caster's own skill being exceptional, it is best if the person being manipulated also actively cooperates.

This may sound absurd, but it aligns perfectly with the original intention of the "Double-Handed Master".

The unique skill, 【Dual-Handed Technique】, was never intended for combat, but rather for healing. Since it's for healing, and medical disputes aren't common in the world of supernatural beings, why would a patient not trust the doctor?

Of course, while coordination can make the double-handed technique more effective, it is still usable even without coordination.

However, in a state of non-cooperation, the effectiveness and efficiency of the 'blue hand' in extracting memories will decrease, and it is also more likely to cause mental distress.

This female staff member had been with Qu Tong for who knows how many years, and was naturally very familiar with her boss's methods. The moment the other party used the blue hand, she relaxed her mind, opened her eyes, and allowed the other party to explore her memories, which can be described as very cooperative.

Of course, even with the cooperation, the feeling of being spied on will always make people feel uncomfortable from the bottom of their hearts. In the words of the female cadre herself, it is like going to the toilet but not being allowed to cut the sphincter at all. She felt uncomfortable all over.

Fortunately, Qu Tong didn't have too much to look at. Although she was quite thorough, it only lasted about half a minute before it was over.

As a wisp of blue light appeared in Qu Tong's eyes, the conversation between the female cadre and Ma Xianhong, as well as Ma Xianhong's recent memories, were simultaneously transmitted into Qu Tong's mind.

……

"Thanks a lot."

Although reading memories was quick, Qu Tong herself took more time to think. About five or six minutes later, her face kept changing before she opened her eyes and gave the female cadre, who had gone on a long business trip, a good word of encouragement.

At this moment, the female staff member also recovered from being covered in sweat. After nodding in response to her boss, she said, "I have a feeling that something is not right about Brother Ma. If you hadn't sent me, he would probably have 'broken down' after another shock."

Qu Tong patted her shoulder lightly, and her expression returned to its usual indifference. She said, "I understand. Don't worry, now that he has taken his medication, his mental state should be stable enough for the next few days."

Upon hearing this, the female staff member nodded slightly, but after a while, she asked again, "It seems the company is about to engage in a major conflict this time. Should we make some preparations in advance?"

Qu Tong twisted her neck and said nonchalantly, "Xian Hong is a half-idiot. He won't fight or show off in a situation where he's bound to lose, but he'll most likely still think about having a good argument with the company."

"Thinking about it this way, he's not really in danger of losing his life, but he'll most likely be captured by the company. In that case, we'll just find a secluded spot on the route that Dudu Tong is bound to take to capture him, and we just need to be quick and clean in doing it."

"The manpower we've already deployed is almost ready; tonight we just need to wait for news."

"Now that we've settled things in the past, Xianhong should be able to focus on working on his furnace here."

The female officer agreed, saying, "Losing all his 'comrades' at once will definitely be a huge blow to him, given his personality. However, let's just hope it's not too severe, so as not to affect the progress of the plan."

At this point, the female staff member asked again, "But... President, why didn't you properly 'fix' Brother Ma's psychological problems from the beginning? Biyou Village is ultimately exposed to the company, and it's easy for problems to arise."

Qu Tong glanced at her and said directly, "Xian Hong's willpower is too strong. Too many repairs in a short period of time will cause big problems."

"I originally intended to give him a break in Biyou Village to relax his mind. Although he has caused some trouble, it is still worthwhile if it can help him calm down."

After the female staff member nodded, she asked again, "President, did you investigate Liu Ke, whom I mentioned before, after I left?"

"You've seen Brother Ma's memories too. I always felt that Liu Ke is someone important, and that he might have some influence on Xianhong."

After hearing this, Qu Tong walked over to a sofa and sat down, smiling strangely. "I checked, and the official results show him as a 'very ordinary' person, nominally affiliated with the company."

Seeing that Qu Tong had sat down, the female staff member brewed a pot of tea for her, poured her a cup, and handed it to her before asking directly, "Is it really that ordinary?"

"Brother Ma said that Liu Ke can help him design the furnace. If that person really doesn't have any background, should we 'find' him later and let him work with Xian Hong? Our progress might be faster."

Qu Tong picked up the purple clay cup, gently blew on the jasmine floating in it, and shook her head, saying, "What's the rush? I haven't finished speaking yet."

“Didn’t we conduct several rounds of investigation before, but not find anything substantial? At that time, I asked you to raise his investigation rating to the highest level.”

"But after two weeks, the results are no different from the previous investigation; there are no new findings."

Qu Tong took a sip of tea and continued, "Everything about this Liu Ke is too clean and too ordinary. He has all the information he needs, but it's all useless."

"It would be fine if he were an ordinary person, but this person is also a weapon refiner. It's too abrupt that the company has records of him that are so useless. It's more like they're protecting him."

"I even looked for 'threads' within the company, but no matter how thick or thin they were, they all seemed to have no recollection of him."

"Their 'memory' of Liu Ke seems to be the same as most people's, as if he suddenly appeared at the Luo Tian Grand Ceremony."

At this point, Qu Tong's expression darkened again, and she said, "Do you know what that looks like?"

Seeing the female officer shake her head after thinking, Qu Tong replied, "When I brought Xian Hong back, this was how I handled things for him and his family. It wouldn't arouse any suspicion on paper."

Upon hearing this, the female staff member exclaimed, "President? You mean... something's definitely fishy?"

Qu Tong shook her head and said, "I do have some doubts, but there are absolute coincidences in this world, and the company's internal personnel management may indeed have missed his real information."

"So, to test the idea, as I told you last time, I used some extra 'resources'."

At this point, the female officer inexplicably felt that Qu Tong's face looked somewhat deranged, but then she heard him continue, "Out of curiosity, I sent some of my most capable subordinates to Guangdong, where they met his parents who were working there, under the guise of 'chance'."

"The results of the observations were indeed very interesting."

"His parents, who are recorded as ordinary people, are now being played by two very professional 'actors' who are working diligently, as if they have no purpose whatsoever."

The female secretary, who was one of Qu Tong's secretaries, was not only loyal but also quick-witted. She immediately understood Qu Tong's meaning and then awkwardly asked, "You... didn't have anyone deliberately 'expose' them, did you?" Qu Tong couldn't help but chuckle and said, "Why would I do something so pointless? That's obviously a carefully prepared trap for some people."

"Those two 'actors' were using some kind of 'disguise' technique, I don't know who they learned it from, but you can't tell with the naked eye."

"If it weren't for the actor playing his father, who worked all day delivering food in 39-degree heat without even breaking a sweat, it would be hard to tell it was fake."

After hearing this, the female staff member asked with a very puzzled look, "39 degrees Celsius, that should be alright, right? Even for an ordinary person, it shouldn't be a problem, right?"

Upon hearing this, Qu Tong waved her hand and said, "We also discovered some clues later, which confirmed the [Disguise]. But really, you've been an extraordinary person for so long that you've forgotten what ordinary people look like."

"The weather forecast says it's 39 degrees Celsius, but that's just because they don't want to give out 'subsidies'. It actually feels like 45 degrees Celsius? Or even 50 degrees Celsius?"

“In that kind of weather, his ‘father,’ a middle-aged man in his fifties, could deliver food all day without breaking a sweat.”

"Let alone ordinary people, could you do that?"

Seeing the female officer shake her head with an awkward smile, Qu Tong seemed to have gotten to the point and replied, "Thinking about it carefully, his mother actually has a lot of problems too. Although her behavior is in line with the style of an individual vendor, it's as if she doesn't care about making money at all."

After hearing this, the female staff member said, "Then... are these two people from the company? Is the company planning to set a trap to lure those who covet his family into a pit, in order to protect him?"

Qu Tong shook her head and said, "This is the most interesting part. Even without considering the disguise, those two are clearly highly skilled. Thanks to the relatively transparent personnel management within Nadutong, if they were employees of the company, they should have been recorded long ago."

"Unless, those were 'temporary workers' that Zhao Fangxu recruited himself."

"While that's a possibility, I still think it's more like the real 'relevant departments' setting up a scheme than the company itself."

"They're setting up a situation where whoever touches it dies."

……

Just as Qu Tong finished speaking in an unusually contemptuous tone, her phone rang.

She deftly took out her phone, glanced at the caller ID, and then narrowed her eyes.

Seeing this, the female staff member next to her immediately understood and said, "President, you go ahead with your work, I'll go downstairs and check in."

Seeing that Qu Tong did not reply, the female staff member then gathered the extra teacups and scrap together and took them out of the meeting room.

"Hey, what's up?"

Seeing her trusted confidante leave, Qu Tong felt no more restraint and asked directly. Perhaps out of confidence in her territory, she placed her phone on the table and set it to speakerphone mode.

At that moment, a somewhat muffled voice came from the phone, saying, "The operation over there is about to begin. I need to have one last exchange of information with you to avoid any mishaps."

Qu Tong looked puzzled upon hearing this, then, with a slight smile, asked, "Why did you change your voice?"

The 'voice' continued, "Naturally, we've discovered some clues and have to be careful. It seems that one of the shipments the company sent over is a professional hacker who can thoroughly search everyone's network information."

"So, if you want to kidnap your good 'brother' afterward, you'd better have your men carefully study the route to avoid being tracked down."

"Hey, although phone calls probably can't be replayed, the call log might still be found. We should probably try a different approach to our conversations in the future."

Upon hearing this, Qu Tong's eyes narrowed slightly, and she asked, "There's a hacker among the [temporary workers]? I see, it's indeed hard to imagine."

"As for the future, once I bring Xianhong back, I will have him research new magical artifacts. I never thought that the communication method between different people would be useful again."

After saying that, Qu Tong asked again, "That Liu Ke, still no special news from you?"

The person on the other end of the phone paused for a moment, then replied, "No. After you reminded me that 'Liu Ke' was special, I started paying extra attention to him."

"But we really couldn't find anything."

"but……"

Upon hearing this, Qu Tong said directly, "If you have any ideas, just say them."

Upon hearing her words, the person opposite her said, "Today, after Zhao Fangxu finished giving us the general meeting, he held an extra follow-up meeting."

"And for this follow-up meeting, he only kept Ren Fei and Xu Si with him."

"Although it sounds normal, according to the people I kept around Zhao Fangxu and Ren Fei, the two of them went to Tianjin around the same time a month ago."

“If it were a routine ‘business’ matter, it would be normal for Ren Fei and Xu Si to cooperate and coordinate. But for an event that Zhao Fangxu should personally attend, it should have been reviewed by the board of directors at least once, yet we have absolutely no idea what happened.”

“Although Zhao Fangxu often intervenes in specific events and issues instructions, he never violates the proper procedures. Therefore, the situation of ‘not knowing’ is abnormal.”

"And coincidentally, after that, Liu Ke also completely disappeared for a period of time, exactly one month before the Luo Tian Grand Ceremony."

"If you insist on believing that Liu Ke is some important figure, perhaps this is related."

After listening, Qu Tong nodded, and after chatting for a few more minutes, she said, "I understand."

She then hung up the phone.

After closing her eyes and pondering for more than ten breaths, she walked to her computer desk, turned it on, and entered the Yaoxing Society's intranet to search for events that occurred a month ago.

(End of this chapter)