In this cyberpunk era, why are you still playing the traditional villain?

Chapter 70 Miss Ye, you don't want to be caught stealing either.

Talk about it.

Due to the "rust fog," the difference between day and night in the City of Night Sin is not so obvious.

Many people live in a bronze-colored gloom from birth to death, and in most cases, time is just a simple measurement.

However, things changed after District 15 of Night City. Many years ago, the upper echelons built a simulated lighting system based on historical documents, which roughly replicated the day-night cycle. The feeling of night, neon lights, and vaporwave was somewhat weakened.

This also provided considerable convenience for Ms. Ye Shanshan's infiltration operation.

At this time, the "Snake Ring" building was mostly dark, with only about a third of the buildings still lit up, clearly indicating that some department was working overtime in a sorry state.

Since Xu Shi's office wasn't on the same side as hers, Ye Shanshan easily bypassed security and sneaked in.

Her "Shadow Embrace" ability is quite useful; blending into the shadows is like swimming, and she can often use it to avoid harm.

Glug glug, glug glug, drag them all down into the water.

But you have to be careful—the security of "Snake Ring" is indeed more stringent than that of "Prism." With specially made goggles, the infrared scanning is denser than the mesh of the fishnet stockings on the legs of the sex dolls in Sin City. There are also various mechanical security patrols. Once discovered, without special identification, you will be riddled with bullets in less than two seconds.

"Let's take it one step at a time..." Ye Shanshan sighed and carefully made her way through the passage.

It took her more than an hour to finally arrive at Xu Shi's office.

It was pitch black, and the curtains were drawn, so even the artificial moonlight outside couldn't let in much light.

She quickly reached the desk and, seeing the keyhole in the drawer, couldn't help but feel a sense of sarcasm.

What era are we living in? Still using traditional padlocks... This is Xu's oversight. He probably never imagined that someone would actually dare to steal from his office.

However, this did make her movements much easier.

If it were a password, fingerprint, or iris lock, who knows how much time it would take.

I even brought a decoder with me.

Ye Shanshan rolled her eyes, and after confirming that the thing was neither powered on nor had anything else strange about it, she took off the hair clip and started fiddling with it.

The young girl is losing her lifespan... Click.

In no time, she successfully picked the lock on the drawer.

Become!

Miss Ye Shanshan, filled with the joy of a bountiful harvest, tiptoed and opened the cabinet door.

however.

Before she could even reach out, a bright white light shone on her.

Dressed in black and with a flashlight in her mouth, Ye Shanshan was instantly exposed.

……Why?

Ye Shanshan was stunned for a moment, then instantly realized that something was very wrong.

It was discovered!

who? !

Now is not the time to dwell on this. Coming to her senses, she didn't have time to think too much and rolled away, ready to escape.

There were shadows nearby, but as long as I could get to that place...

But it's a pity.

Just before Miss Ye Shanshan was about to leave, her body floated up uncontrollably.

The flashlight in its mouth fell to the ground in panic, making a crisp sound. Its limbs flailing wildly, it looked like a cute octopus.

The office lights were turned on completely, and she finally saw who had grabbed her.

Not only Xu Shi, but also two girls were standing behind him.

One was Jiang Chengcheng, and the other one looked a little unfamiliar... Oh right, wasn't this Xia Wuyou, the team leader we met during the escort operation?

For a moment, the two sides stared at each other, their eyes filled with complex emotions.

"Oh dear, I really didn't expect that it would be you, Miss Ye, who would sneak into my office in the middle of the night."

Looking at her expression, Xu Shi said with a mix of helplessness and amusement, "Didn't you have plans to play games with someone... or is working overtime that tempting for you?"

"...Why are you here?!"

Having reached this point, Ye Shanshan had no more excuses to make, and stared at him, asking in an annoyed tone.

She remembered clearly that while they were in the car, Xu Shi had mentioned that he was going to District 14 to eat, drink, have fun, and have an Impart.

"Oh, Ms. Ye, please make sure this is my office."

Xu Shi shrugged. "What problem would I have with you here... But what are you up to, sneaking around like that?"

"It's all your fault, you bastard... you did something wrong to Chairman Xie!"

Caught red-handed, Ye Shanshan decided to lay her cards on the table, her anger rising as she shouted, "I, I saw it with my own eyes! You, you even wrote a plan specifically for this!"

"I don't understand what you're talking about."

Xu Shi picked at his ear with his little finger, then pointed to the drawer. "All I know is that, Miss Ye, you broke into my office in the middle of the night without permission and attempted to steal the 'Snake Ring' database backup and key."

Following his finger, Ye Shanshan clearly saw that there were only a few black metal boxes in the drawer, and there was no plan anywhere!

cant!

I clearly saw him put the thing in there with my own eyes... No, wait!

Now that things had come to this point, Ye Shanshan understood everything.

This was not because Xu Shi noticed something was wrong and moved the plan away in advance.

It seems that from beginning to end, this whole thing was a trap he set for himself!

Yep.

Having done some in-depth research on Miss Ye Shanshan, Xu Shi discovered that she didn't seem to have any significant weaknesses.

If I had to pinpoint it, it would seem to be only her loyalty to Xie Qingyan, just as Su Lin had been to herself.

That could be used... If she inadvertently discovers her intention to target Xie Qingyan, the little curly-haired girl certainly won't stand idly by.

As expected, all his planning over the past few days was worthwhile.

Haha, every step has been part of your plan, Master Xu.

"I really didn't expect Miss Ye to do such a thing."

He appeared distressed, "I thought we had a friendly working relationship... Could it be that Xie Qingyan instructed you to steal the secrets?"

"Don't drag Chairman Xie into everything!"

Ye Shanshan shouted, not forgetting to distance herself from the situation even at this point.

"Alright, alright, I don't think Qingyan would be that despicable."

Xu Shi nodded. "But even if this was your idea, I now have concerns about our cooperation."

I'm thinking of you!

"You...you...you bastard! Shameless! I...I...scum! Degenerate!"

Ye Shanshan was so angry that she cursed him, but she had to take his words into consideration.

It's a small matter if he gets caught, but the problem is, as Xu Shi said, once this kind of thing gets out, it will inevitably have a huge impact on the cooperation between "Prism" and "Snake Ring".

It's possible that "Prism" will be put in a very passive position—the fact is that they were caught stealing and the evidence is conclusive. Even if they say it's because they saw Xu Shi plotting something, it's just empty talk without any evidence, making it seem like they're turning around and accusing each other.

"...Is there any room for negotiation, Chairman Xu?"

Realizing this, Ye Shanshan had no choice but to lower her eyes and tentatively struggle.

The other party clearly had ulterior motives in setting up this scheme.

"Logically speaking, it would be difficult for me to let you off the hook after you did something like this."

Xu Shi blinked. "However, I'm always tolerant, so there's still some room for maneuver."

He beckoned with his hand, and Jiang Chengcheng, who was standing beside him, understood immediately and took out something and handed it to him.

It was a leather strap with a small, hollowed-out metal ball in the middle.

"If you want to keep this from being exposed, wear this."

Xu Shi walked towards her with a smile, "I believe that Miss Ye, you wouldn't want your Chairman Xie to be in a difficult position because of your mistake, right?"

"By the way, do you remember what I told you before?"

How could Ye Shanshan not know?

“If you were my employee, I would sew your mouth shut.”

Oh dear, Mr. Xu is really petty.

Wearing a coat~

This doesn't seem entirely to be Jiang Gan stealing the book, does it? After all, Zhou Enlai's target wasn't Jiang Gan himself. (doge)

(End of this chapter)

Chapter 71 Talking about work at this time?

Statement in advance.

The thing Xu Shi was holding in his hand was a very proper tool.

"Silence," produced by "Snake Ring," was originally designed for prisons and mental hospitals to prevent criminals or mentally ill people from going crazy and biting others.

I don't know why, but after the product was released, the place with the most orders was actually the sixth district of Sin City... Oh well, who cares, as long as I can make money.

But this undoubtedly adds a strange filter to the perception of "silence" in everyone's eyes—at least that's how it appears from Ye Shanshan's eyes.