Girl, you form the head.

Chapter 30 Collaboration with Yan Le
"Yo ho~ Good morning, Officer Deng."

Downstairs at the police station, Yan Le greeted Bai Chi enthusiastically.

"I got your call last night and immediately took the first monorail train over. How about that? Doesn't that show how much importance you place on me?"

It was during working hours, and the Hanguang Precinct was bustling with people. Yan Le's striking red hair and outstanding looks attracted the attention of many police officers.

"Good morning." Bai Chi was too lazy to correct Yan Le's way of addressing him. "Why did you come straight to the police station?"

"Isn't this making things more convenient for you? Besides, this is my first time in Hanguang District, and I didn't know where to wait for you, so I just came straight here," Yan Le said with a grin. "Is that alright?"

Although she was smiling, Yan Le was still a little uneasy, because this was her little secret.

Last night, Bai Chi called her, hoping she could come to Hanguang District to help out, and promised to give her sufficient compensation.

Upon hearing that he could get money, Yan Le was no longer sleepy. He even skipped his classes at the academy and took the first cross-sea cloud rail to get here.

However, because Bai Chi did not specify what kind of help he was providing over the phone, and considering what had happened a couple of days ago, Yan Le was still somewhat wary.

Could it be that helping the hotel will somehow end up involving them?
Although Bai Chi dared to shoot at the thugs from the New World Society the night before last, which made Yan Le feel a little more favorably toward him, it wasn't enough for her to sell her body. In addition, Han Guang District was Bai Chi's territory, and Yan Le was unfamiliar with the area, so she naturally had to take some precautions. Therefore, after thinking it over, she went directly to the police station.

This is a subtle way of implying to Bai Chi, "Your colleagues are watching," and "You'd better not do anything strange."

Of course, she didn't know how effective it was.

Bai Chi had no idea what Yan Le was thinking, and he never cared about his colleagues' opinions. At this moment, his attention swept away from Yan Le and fell on Superintendent Yan and Zhong Ji, who had just come downstairs not far away.

The two men entered a bomb disposal police car with an antenna. There were five such police cars in total, all of which came from headquarters. The Hanguang branch did not have such a car.

As the highest scorer in the history of the police academy graduation exam, Bai Chi certainly knew what kind of vehicle it was—the SPD-9 special particle detection vehicle.

Simply put, it can detect unusual particle fluctuations within a certain range, thus identifying individuals with special abilities in the first instance.

So, they were planning to use this to catch the vengeful ghost?
Bai Chi seemed lost in thought.

These detection vehicles are actually not very useful, especially in areas with a large number of special individuals, as they cannot pinpoint the exact individuals.

However, in Hanguang District, where the number of people with special abilities is scarce, things might be different.

Bai Chi wasn't sure either, since he had only seen this car in textbooks and had never actually driven it.

"Uh, Officer Deng?" Yan Le noticed that Bai Chi hadn't spoken for a long time and thought he was angry, so she became even more uneasy. "What's wrong?"

"Oh, it's nothing." Bai Chi came back to his senses and said to Yan Le, "Let's go, let's find a place to talk."

"Am I going to your office?"

"No." Bai Chi shook his head. "Go to my car."

"……what?"

……

One after another, particle detection vehicles from headquarters left the police station, heading to designated locations to monitor the entire Hanguang District.

"Superintendent Yan," Chung-ki said with a smile, looking at Superintendent Yan Tao, who was sitting in the passenger seat with his eyes closed, "then I'll be off."

To ensure they can arrive at the scene as quickly as possible, the two special individuals, Joong-ki and Yeon-tao, will definitely have to separate. Yeon-tao will stay at the police station, while Joong-ki will go to the other side of Han-kwang District.

"and many more."

Just as Zhongji was about to leave, Yan Tao called him back.

Zhongji turned around and found that Yan Tao had opened his cloudy eyes and was staring straight at him.

"If you spot any suspects, whoever they are, notify me first," Yan Tao said. "Don't go alone, understand?"

“Of course,” Chung-ki replied with a smile. “I won’t forget that I’m here to assist you, Superintendent Iam.”

"I'm just worried that you can't handle it alone." Yan Tao closed his eyes to rest again. "Don't think about anything else."

Zhongji smiled again, and this time Yan Tao did not stop him, letting him leave with the last detection vehicle.

The driver of the last detection vehicle was Sakura: "Young Master, what did Iwato say to you?"

"What else can I say?" Song-ki said calmly. "Aren't you still worried that I'll steal his credit?"

"This old guy still hasn't given up on improving."

“He’s so eager to advance,” Chung-ki said. “General Bo-chuan will be taking office as mayor in a month, and there might be a major reshuffle of the top brass at headquarters. This guy wants to take advantage of this opportunity to climb the ranks… Ha, it’s ridiculous. Has he ever thought about why he’s been stuck in the position of superintendent for twenty years without moving up?”

"Then what are you going to do?"

"We'll just have to stick to the status quo," Zhongji said. "If he wants to steal the credit, let him, as long as he can actually take down our 'monster'."

Sakura was somewhat uneasy: "But he is, after all, a fifth-tier special ability, and he reached the fifth tier more than ten years ago. What if the 'monster'..."

“If simply being of a higher rank could easily defeat a ‘monster,’ then the ‘monster’ wouldn’t deserve to have us nurtured it for so many years,” Zhongji said. “The only one capable of defeating a ‘monster’ is me.”

Thinking of her young master's special abilities, Sakura wasn't so worried anymore: "You're right... but what about the other special individual?"

Mentioning the other special individual, Zhongji couldn't help but frown: "I really don't know where that guy came from. First Liang Rong, then the monster. How did this guy find them, and what exactly does he want?"

"But at least this time he failed to defeat the 'monster'."

Zhongji nodded slightly. At that moment, he suddenly caught a glimpse of the police station parking lot and saw Bai Chi leading a red-haired girl into a police car.

The red-haired girl looked furtively around, then nervously got into the car.

Zhongji frowned, because he could sense that the girl was a special being.

What is that guy trying to do?
Thinking about how Bai Chi had ruined his plans twice, Zhong Ji couldn't help but have a guess.

Could it be this guy?

"Sakura, stop..."

Just as he was about to tell Sakura to stop the car so he could go check it out, the police car suddenly started shaking up and down.

Joong Ki: "..."

"Young Master, what did you just ask me to do?"

"It's nothing." Song Joong-ki shook his head. "I made a stupid mistake. Let's go."

……

"Uh, Officer Deng, what are you doing?"

Once inside the car, Yan Le watched as Bai Chi fiddled with the steering wheel for a long time, causing the car to start moving as well. Finally, she couldn't help but ask a question.

"This car doesn't seem to start," Bai Chi said, turning the key. "I wonder if it's broken."

With Bai Chi's promotion to police inspector, his benefits in all aspects naturally improved. Previously, he drove the official car that all officers could drive, but now he can use his own assigned vehicle.

This is quite important for Bai Chi, so that if any emergencies occur, he can use this vehicle to transport the fusion materials. However, he needed the vehicle too urgently, and the police station wasn't ready yet, so they could only give him the only available vehicle.

However, the condition of this car is indeed somewhat worrying.

Not only could the car not start, but the windows were also difficult to open. After struggling for a while, I was covered in sweat. Just as I was about to take off my coat, I noticed that Yan Le's face was also flushed, so I kindly reminded her, "Don't be shy, take off your coat. We're going to be here for a long time."

Yan Le didn't say anything, but silently placed her hand on the car door handle, deciding to run away immediately if anything went wrong.

Fortunately, the car was not totaled after all. After some more work, it was finally able to start, and the windows were opened.

"Phew." Bai Chi let out a long sigh. His injuries and mental state had not fully recovered, so he looked extremely tired.

"Officer Deng." Yan Le couldn't wait any longer. She had skipped class and a bunch of work to get here. "What exactly do you want me to do for you?"

"It's the same thing we talked about last time," Bai Chi said.

Is it about the same thing as last time?
Yan Le's expression froze instantly, and the desire to make money in her eyes quickly faded. In her heart, she regretted not asking clearly on the phone before coming, thus missing out on several wages.

This annoyed her, and her tone hardened: "Officer Deng, I've already said I won't..."

"This time is different from the last time."

"What's the difference?"

Bai Chi didn't say anything, but took out several passbooks, bank cards and several banknotes of different denominations from his pocket, and then lined them up in the car.

“I brought money,” Bai Chi said.

Yan Leren was dumbfounded.

What is this routine?
Why are the movements so professional, but the result... includes loose change?!

Yan Le couldn't resist glancing at the balance on her bankbook and found that there wasn't much money left.

Perhaps sensing what Yan Le was thinking, Bai Chi said, "I was a second-level police officer before, and I was only recently promoted to police inspector, so I don't have much savings yet. Please forgive me."

Please forgive me?

Yan Le was at a loss for words.

This police officer is already struggling to make ends meet, yet he still thinks about keeping a female student as a mistress... Isn't that a kind of persistence?

"Officer Deng, this isn't about the money." Yan Le pushed the money that Bai Chi had laid out back back. "I just can't accept this kind of thing. Why don't you find someone else?"

"Of all the people I know, you are the most suitable."

Yan Le's lips twitched slightly. She wondered if this was an acknowledgment of her looks? But why couldn't she feel happy at all?

Just as she was about to refuse again, Bai Chi continued, "Because you are the strongest person I know, only you have a chance to defeat that guy."

Yes, yes, so when choosing a girl, you not only look at her face and figure, but also her abilities, right...?

Yan Le suddenly felt that something was wrong.

What do you mean by saying only I can defeat that guy?

She looked at Bai Chi again and found that Bai Chi was also looking at her with sincere and serious eyes.

"Please transform with me, Yan Le."

……

Ten minutes later, when Yan Le finished listening to Bai Chi's explanation, her expression was even more interesting than when she saw the stack of passbooks and bank cards lined up in front of her.

"You mean, you can transform into some kind of knight along with other special individuals?" Yan Le recounted what Bai Chi had just told her. "And you hope to use that knight's power to stop criminals?"

Bai Chi nodded.

Yan Le wanted to say, "Are you trying to fool me?" After all, she couldn't sense even the slightest trace of a special being from Bai Chi; he was clearly just an ordinary person. Although some special beings could hide their aura very well, Bai Chi was a police officer. Couldn't all those pre-employment tests have detected it?
She did want to use this to question Bai Chi, but Bai Chi's dazzling police inspector rank was right there on his shoulder.

According to Bai Chi, he was promoted to police inspector precisely because he killed two special individuals in a row, and there was no need to fabricate something that could be verified. But Bai Chi, an ordinary person, couldn't possibly defeat a special individual, so... he wasn't lying to him?
Yan Le still felt that this matter was too outrageous, so...

"Prove it to me." Yan Le stretched out her hand to Bai Chi and said, word by word, "You said you could merge with me, then prove it to me."

Although such an attempt is somewhat risky, it is still worth trying for Yan Le, as this is something that has never been heard of before.

But faced with Yan Le's outstretched hand, Bai Chi could only shake his head: "Not now."

"why?"

“It’s too easy to be discovered here, and my body hasn’t recovered yet,” Bai Chi said. “Also, there’s a time interval between fusions. If you’re in the time interval when you need to fuse, then it’s pointless.”

This series of reasons made Yan Le even more suspicious of the truth of the matter, but she did not question it directly. Instead, she asked, "When will that be? We can't keep waiting forever, can we?"

"Just watch that car." Bai Chi pointed to the detection vehicle not far away. "If they spot the suspect, that car will make a sound. Of course, if they can handle it themselves, then we won't be needed."

"So we're just going to wait here?" Yan Le was speechless. "Officer Deng, I'm a student, I still have to go to school, I can't waste my time here..."

“I will pay you your salary,” Bai Chi said. “Regardless of whether we are needed in the end, I will settle your account normally. As for the amount, you can take whatever you want. If this is not enough…”

He pulled out a brand new bank card.

"This is my new salary card, the salary of a police inspector. Although I don't know the exact amount, it shouldn't be low."

Looking at the gleaming salary card, Yan Le swallowed her words of refusal and became righteous: "Assisting the police is my bounden duty! Don't worry, Officer Deng, I'll stay here with you... but not too late."

"Can't it be too late?" Bai Chi asked doubtfully. "Can't we book an overnight stay?"

“Of course not! Uh, I don’t mean I suspect you’ll do anything to me,” Yan Le said. “But I have family members who need my care, and I have to be back by midnight… no, 2 a.m.! Before 2 a.m.

Yan Le still extended the timeframe.

Bai Chi checked his phone; there were still sixteen hours until 2 a.m., plenty of time.

“Okay.” Bai Chi nodded. “If there’s still no movement by this time, I’ll send you back. Even if it’s past the appointed time, I can still cross the Hanjiang Bridge.”

Agreement reached.

Yan Le glanced at her phone: "So, are we just going to stay here and keep an eye on that car all this time?"

"Yes, you can keep an eye on it for me."

"Oh, and what about you?"

Bai Chi covered his face with his coat, saying, "I want to sleep."

Yan Le: "?"

Before she could even ask a question, just a few seconds later, a soft snoring sound came from under her coat.

Yan Le: "..."

(End of this chapter)