Arknights? Yesterday's Arknights!!

An Xin finally remembered where she had seen her before, and felt that she looked somewhat familiar.

Yesterday morning, he went to the Guard Bureau for an interview. He glanced at the police team from afar and saw that the woman leading the team was her. The veteran officers all called her Sister Ghost.

Unexpectedly, she was already in Lungmen twenty years ago, before the Royal Guard Bureau even existed.

An Xin cleared her throat and looked at her, "Um, if you don't mind, how about we share a table?"

"Oh? Are you calling me?" Hoshiguma looked up, smiled, and put down the bottle.

"Yes."

Hoshiguma took another sip. "You don't know who I am?"

"I guess you could say I know," An Xin blinked.

The future Lungmen police.

"You knew me and still called me?" Hoshiguma laughed. "You're pretty good, how about having a drink with me?"

“I don’t drink,” An Xin calmly refused, while the others looked at him incredulously.

"You can't drink? No problem, you'll learn with practice." Hoshiguma tossed a case of liquor to Anxin. He wasn't exactly an ordinary person anymore, having three times the lifespan of an average person, but he was still startled by the other's strength and caught the case with both hands.

She picked up another box, sat opposite Anxin, and asked the owner for camel meat skewers.

Hoshiguma was quite informal, giving him a large draft beer mug that seemed big enough to hold two bottles of beer.

"Here, take a sip."

“Okay.” An Xin actually doesn’t like drinking. Drinking would affect his judgment of the case and he wouldn’t be able to drive.

But right now there are no cases, just the simplest missing person search, and no laws against drinking and driving.

Sure enough, two bottles of beer were poured into that glass, and the two men clinked glasses.

"boom!"

The drinks were thrown high into the air, splashing into each other's glasses, before Hoshiguma drank them down in one gulp.

An Xin only drank half a glass before looking troubled. He couldn't drink too much; after dinner, he still had to go find Talulah and take care of Chen Huijie.

"You're not residents here, are you?" Hoshiguma's eyes tilted slightly as they landed on Chen Huijie.

"No."

An Xin met her gaze, and taking this opportunity, he finally sensed the difference between her and the future.

She was younger and slimmer, but her demeanor was quite different, giving him the illusion that she was involved in organized crime.

how can that be possible.

The future inspector of the Guard Bureau was a gangster boss twenty years ago, a setting that would be criticized as unreasonable even if written into a novel.

Upon hearing An Xin's answer, Hoshiguma didn't react much. He lit a cigarette and asked...

"Then why come to this place?"

“Looking for someone, looking for her sister.” An Xin’s gaze shifted to the little girl beside her, who was drinking juice and eating meat skewers, her two little legs swinging back and forth.

"Really? You're looking for someone? Then I'll recommend a place to you. That's the most likely place to hide. I don't know if you've been there before."

Hoshiguma paused for a moment, "It's an unfinished building on the other side of the slums, bordering the working-class area. The working-class people hate this place and won't go there. The poor people feel it's unsafe there, so over time, hardly anyone goes there anymore."

"Where is it? I've never been there before."

Anxin remembered the location Xingxiong mentioned; it was the unfinished building she had seen in the distance early this morning.

Chen Huijie held her breath, grabbed An Xin's sleeve, and shook it desperately.

"Don't rush, wait until after we finish eating." An Xin placed her palm on her head. After spending a day together, the two had become a little closer.

Some physical contact is also acceptable.

Hoshiguma didn't say much after that. After finishing their meal, An Xin led Chen Huijie to the unfinished building and activated the Reconnaissance Eye at the bottom of the building.

A ray of blue light caught An Xin's eye.

"I've got it," he murmured to himself.

"Snapped!"

In an instant, Chen Huijie rushed into the unfinished building, and An Xin was stunned, her eyes widening.

"Chen Huijie? She's back?!"

Chapter Seven is a pity

As night fell, weeds grew rampant in front of the abandoned building, and brick fragments were scattered all over the ground, including some broken and contaminated Originium spikes.

An SUV was abandoned on the side of the road. The young man ignored the notification sound in his ear and the light blue screen.

The moment he rushed up the steps, trying to grab Chen Huijie and rush into the unfinished building, the light blue screen disappeared completely.

He shouted behind him, "Go find someone, go find Wei Yanwu, Talulah is here."

In the shadows, a few men in black cloaks initially didn't think much of it. The information they received was that "Wei Yanwu is looking for Kosiché in the civilian district and would never hide in the slums." These men didn't believe that Chen Huijie could run into any trouble under their noses.

I don't believe that An Xin alone could find Talulah and Kosiché.

But in that instant, the situation changed.

In an instant, several dark figures rushed into the unfinished building with lightning speed, while several other dark figures quickly left, rushing towards the wealthy area.

An Xin took three steps at a time, running and jumping up to the second floor. In the shadows, there was a blue figure. Although she couldn't see clearly if it was Chen Huijie, there shouldn't be anyone else here.

He breathed a sigh of relief and spoke.

"Chen Huijie?! Come back quickly, listen to me, come back. I promised you, I did it. Your sister is up there."

But, but, I can't beat Koschei, I really can't. I failed to protect Talulah. This time, I absolutely cannot let you be in danger too.

Listen to me, come back.

However, when the figure fell to the ground, An Xin realized that it was a doll, not Chen Huijie at all.

calm down.

He originally planned to use the Detective Eye to confirm Talulah's location and then take Chen Huijie back to find Wei Yanwu, thinking there would be no danger. He didn't expect that Chen Huijie, who was so calm and logical in the early stages, would rush out as soon as she heard the news.

He raised his head and activated the Detective Eye once more.

In my field of vision, the two locations where light blue lights were flashing were on higher floors.

It's too late to say anything now. Why are they moving so fast? Hopefully, Hei Suo can stop Chen Huijie.

An Xin gritted his teeth and started climbing. Only then did he have time to look at the game system's prompts.

[Please select whether to rescue Talulah directly?]

[One: Direct Rescue]

Part Two: Finding Help

The game system assumed he had chosen option one and had already awarded him 1,000 points.

This is the largest sum of points he has ever received, so it seems this choice was really important.

An Xin took a deep breath, her gaze resolute.

Regardless of the circumstances, he was determined to rescue Talulah and Chen Huijie, not only to complete the mission, but also to fulfill the oath he had taken under the police badge years ago.

Black Cloak was faster than him, but it was no use; they were stopped by another group.

In the end, only a burly young man with blond hair reached the thirteenth floor. He had a stern face, a long sword in his right hand and a staff in his left, and looked like a lion with imposing presence.

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A little earlier in time, before the sun set, the unfinished buildings were overgrown with weeds and covered with sand and gravel. In some places, the floors were not even sealed, and the basements could be seen at a glance.

Originium spikes and fragments can be seen occasionally all around, but the thirteenth floor is decorated in a way that doesn't resemble a slum. It is furnished with a large amount of luxurious furniture, and the floors and ceilings are decorated with white marble as an embellishment.

Two chairs faced each other. An elderly man in a white military uniform smiled and asked the white-haired little girl opposite him.

So, do you understand?

"My father was killed by Wei Yanwu?" The little girl's face was still full of doubt, but she didn't even call him uncle anymore.

"Do I need to present more evidence?" Kosiché's expression was calm, with his legs crossed and his hands resting naturally on his thighs.

Suddenly, a hint of displeasure appeared on his brow, as if he were staring at An Xin through countless floors.

I hate your eyes.

“Me?” Talulah was a little confused.

“No, it wasn’t you,” Kosiché said, turning his gaze away.

"It seems your sister can't let you go and has already come looking for you."

"Huijie?!" Talulah jumped off the stool, looking around nervously, searching for her sister.

"Snapped!"

With a snap of his fingers, Kosich's personal bodyguard, "Snake Scales," led Chen Huijie to the thirteenth floor.