Elder brother's garrison

This is indeed an emergency hotline.

“Miss Divine Eagle, when I opened the door just now, you seemed to be leaving,” Xiao Bai said. “If I hadn’t opened the door immediately, would you have gone back?”

“…Hmm.” The Divine Eagle did not deny it.

"What will you do after you go back?"

"I'm going to search by myself."

"Then it seems I opened the door at just the right time," Little White said, looking at the Divine Eagle.

"..." The Divine Eagle stared blankly at Little White, who nodded subconsciously.

As they spoke, the two had already returned to the main gate of the Admiral's Guild.

This afternoon, Shenying and Luo Yingying met for the last time at this place, and based on Shenying's subsequent search of the hotel, it is highly likely that Luo Yingying disappeared on her way home.

"Which road leads to Miss Yingying's inn?" Xiaobai asked the Divine Eagle.

"Over there," the divine eagle pointed in a direction.

Little White followed the Divine Eagle in that direction.

The streets were eerily quiet in the dead of night. The shops along the street had all their doors closed, and the empty stalls were deserted and desolate. Only the pale moonlight and the soft footsteps of Xiaobai and Shenying could be heard on the street.

"President Lu Lin, is it possible... that it's a kidnapping?" Shen Ying suddenly asked.

"Does Miss Yingying have a regular daily routine?"

"My routine after get off work is very regular."

"That possibility cannot be ruled out," Xiaobai said.

"Kidnapping for money?" Divine Eagle looked at Little White. "Or is it possible that it's to threaten you?"

“…I think it’s unlikely.” Xiaobai smiled bitterly. “If it were for money, or to threaten me as the president, the person who kidnapped Miss Yingying would probably have called you by now. But you haven’t received any messages yet, right? In fact, if you and Miss Yingying didn’t have the habit of sending each other messages before going to bed to confirm her safety, you wouldn’t even know she was missing.”

“…Yes.” The Divine Eagle nodded.

"Hmm...so I think, if she was kidnapped, at least the person who kidnapped her wouldn't be after material possessions," Xiaobai replied, looking at Miss Yingying. "If they were after me, it would be even simpler; wouldn't it be better for the kidnappers to just kidnap me directly?"

"...makes sense."

"So we can rest assured from this (Nine) Phosphorus Flag Wine Bar group, at least Miss Yingying is safe now." Xiaobai smiled.

"..." The Divine Eagle nodded, the tension in its eyes fading somewhat.

It takes about twenty minutes to walk from the Admiral's Guild to the hotel where Luo Yingying is staying.

Xiao Bai and Shen Ying were walking along this road. After about ten minutes, when they could vaguely see the lights of the inn at the end of their line of sight, Xiao Bai suddenly stopped and looked at a dark alley.

"President Lu Lin, have you discovered anything?" Shen Ying asked.

“…over there…” Xiaobai pointed to the alley, but her finger finally landed on the entrance below the alley. “Look.”

The divine eagle looked in the direction Little White was pointing.

At the entrance of the alley, in a corner below, a bag of cooked food wrapped in brown paper lay scattered on the ground.

Shenying paused for a moment, then quickly stepped forward, bent down, and picked up the brown paper bag.

Inside the brown paper bag... was half a fairly fresh roast chicken, a bottle of mineral water, and two steamed buns.

The eagle looked down at the ground and saw a broken bottle of chili sauce. It was probably several hours since it was broken, and because it was late at night and the weather was cold, the smell of chili sauce hadn't spread very far.

"My admiral... usually likes to eat roast chicken." Shenying said to Xiaobai as he turned around, holding the brown paper bag.

“Yes, people staying at hotels usually buy food on their way home.” Xiaobai nodded. “These things are scattered at the entrance of the alley. So, it seems they were indeed kidnapped.”

"..." The eagle hugged the brown paper bag tightly.

"Hmm... but these should be messages left for us by Miss Yingying," Xiaobai said, looking at the brown paper bag.

"?" The Divine Eagle looked at Little White in confusion.

"...Look, the roast chicken is fine, only the steamed buns and chili sauce spilled out." Xiaobai pointed to the brown paper bag in Shenying's arms, then looked into the depths of the alley. "Miss Yingying probably meant that she was kidnapped here..."

The eagle immediately looked into the depths of the alley.

Xiao Bai and Shen Ying walked into the alley, but at the very end of the alley, they found themselves in a dead end.

"How could this be..." Divine Eagle looked at the scenery in the dead end, suddenly confused, "Isn't it here?"

“After all, the location where someone is kidnapped isn’t necessarily the retreat point…” Xiaobai smiled, “But it’s okay, the evidence has still been preserved.”

Under the watchful gaze of the divine eagle, Little White smiled and pointed to his head.

The eagle looked up from the top of Xiaobai's head and saw a surveillance camera hidden in the darkness at the entrance of the alley, its light gleaming.

Chapter 3524 Camera Expert

As it turns out, the Skynet system is quite effective in combating crime.

With the specific locations of the cameras, Xiaobai and Shenying were able to find some clues about the missing Luo Yingying.

As the president of the Admiral's Guild and the assistant to the guild's general manager, Xiaobai and Shenying naturally had the authority to access the surveillance footage from any camera in the entire chapter city. For this purpose, she and Shenying quickly returned to the Admiral's Guild, which was not far from here. The two of them went all the way to the office hall on the first floor and found a work computer that could be connected to the Admiral's Guild.

The computer screen glowed fluorescently, becoming the only light source in the dark hall.

Shenying sat upright in her office chair, typing rapidly on the keyboard. She entered the administrator's username and password, logged into the website, opened several pop-up windows, and finally entered a complex interface composed of hundreds or thousands of camera feeds.

The crisp crackling sound echoed in the quiet office lobby, creating a series of reverberations.

Xiao Bai stood aside, watching Shenying perform a series of operations with curiosity.

"Miss Divine Eagle, you seem quite skilled at retrieving surveillance footage," Xiao Bai asked with interest.

"Hmm... it's a job requirement, so this skill is occasionally used." Shenying continued operating at lightning speed, rapidly scrolling down the page to find the corresponding surveillance camera footage, while answering in a low voice, "The Skynet system occasionally captures some inappropriate footage. Considering various peace factors and maintaining stability in the chapter's sea area, the Admiral will provide me with specific time periods and locations at certain times. I need to selectively replace or delete the footage that appears in the surveillance cameras at those times."

"I see, so Miss Yingying does this too." Xiaobai nodded.

"Before you took over as guild leader, the deletion and replacement of these surveillance videos within the Skynet system were basically done by my admiral herself." Shenying glanced at Xiaobai and continued, "However, after you became admiral, she seems to have relaxed the requirements and occasionally lets me familiarize myself with these operations..."

“Miss Yingying has also contributed a lot to this Admiral's Guild.” Xiaobai smiled upon hearing this.

"..." The speed at which the Divine Eagle dragged the video slowed down a bit.

"That was the surveillance camera in Zone G, number 37," Xiaobai pointed at the screen and reminded Shenying, "We're almost there, it should be down not far."

Shenying snapped out of her reverie, nodded, and focused her gaze on the colorful computer screen.

Finally, Shenying used the mouse to find the video labeled "G37" in the lower left corner.

The video shows an empty alleyway corridor with a deserted street outside.

Shenying clicked on the corresponding video, and the next second, the selected video popped up from a page of hundreds of videos, zoomed in on the screen, and a draggable progress bar appeared at the bottom.

"This is it," said the Divine Eagle, dragging the progress bar forward a few notches.

As the eagle dragged the video, the scenery of the alleyway began to change rapidly, revealing the figures of two women, one tall and one short, who were none other than Xiaobai and the eagle that had just appeared there.

In the video, Shenying is looking down to inspect the roast chicken and steamed buns scattered on the ground, while Xiaobai walks under the surveillance camera and looks up at the camera for a short while.

"Around when did Miss Yingying go missing?" Xiaobai asked.

“It should be between the Admiral's Guild closing down and the street vendors closing up shop.” Shenying thought for a moment, adjusted the time, and continued watching the video.

In the video, as time progresses, the dark and cold filter gradually reveals light, the brown paper bags that were originally scattered on the ground disappear without a trace, street vendors outside enthusiastically hawk their wares, and every now and then, several ship girls walk past the camera chatting and laughing.

"The brown paper bag hasn't appeared yet, look a little further back," Xiaobai said, bending down and looking at the screen.

"..." Shenying nodded, and she moved the progress bar forward a little bit more.

Although Shenying had tried her best to control the distance the progress bar covered, her video was over twenty hours long. Even a tiny bit on the short progress bar would amount to tens of minutes or even several hours in the video.

Just after Shenying finished dragging the progress bar, the video content in front of him changed instantly, and scattered brown paper bags appeared on the ground.

"It seems too far ahead," Xiaobai said.

"..." Shenying nodded, and then carefully dragged the progress bar a little closer to the starting point.

The screen flickered.

Finally, after several adjustments, Shenying managed to keep the video length under ten minutes, and the video maintained the state before the kraft paper bag appeared.

Shenying stopped dragging the progress bar and switched to playing at double speed, staring intently at the screen.

Xiao Bai watched quietly from the side.

Xiaobai and Shenying held their breath and watched intently for five or six minutes. Finally, a group of ship girls appeared in the video. These ship girls wore black robes and cloaks that covered their faces, revealing only their delicate, snow-white chins. They poured into the street in groups and quickly disappeared from the camera's surveillance range.

Upon seeing this group of ship girls, Xiaobai could clearly sense that Shenying's breathing had become much heavier.

Xiao Bai glanced at Shenying furtively, then continued to focus his gaze on the computer screen.

About ten minutes later, the "protagonist" finally appeared in the surveillance camera.

A slender, tall figure with a graceful and spirited gait walked from the distance of the street. She was carrying a brown paper bag, had half a steamed bun in her mouth, and her long black hair was tied into a thin ponytail that swayed behind her like a little tail as she walked.

This is Luo Yingying!

The surveillance camera didn't have high resolution and couldn't record sound, so when the figure was far away, the facial features were naturally blurred. But Xiaobai had worked with Luo Yingying for several months, so she still had some recollection of Luo Yingying's figure, appearance, hairstyle, and walking style.

Xiao Bai immediately became serious.

Xiao Bai watched Luo Yingying pass by the alley entrance from a distance. She was biting a steamed bun and seemed like she should have just walked past, but at a certain moment, she stopped after passing through the alley entrance.

Immediately afterwards, Luo Yingying turned around and returned to the entrance of the alley. As if she had heard something, she peeked her head into the alley with a suspicious look on her face.

The next moment, Luo Yingying seemed to see something. The suspicion on her face disappeared, and she revealed a kind smile. She said something as she walked into the alley carrying the brown paper bag.

But in that very instant!

Several black figures instantly rushed forward and, before Luo Yingying's smile could even fade, pulled her into the depths of the alley!

The last thing Luo Yingying was seen on the surveillance camera was the look of astonishment that finally appeared on her face, and the brown paper bag and roast chicken bun that fell from her arms before she was dragged out of the camera's view.

The surveillance camera feed was now completely silent.

It was as if nothing had ever happened. If it weren't for the strong presence of the brown paper bag on the ground, the brief few seconds of footage would have seemed to have never existed.

Shenying stared blankly at the video, then sped it up again.

However, as the video continued to play, the sunlight outside gradually turned into darkness at several times the speed, and no one else appeared in the video.

Finally, the video showed Xiaobai and Shenying. Shenying was examining the brown paper bag on the ground, while Xiaobai stood under the camera and looked up at it.

"The Admiral has indeed been kidnapped..." Shenying murmured.

"Sigh, this is troublesome. The people who kidnapped Miss Yingying are deliberately avoiding the cameras," Xiaobai said. "And judging from what just happened, it seems that the people who made the move were a group of ship girls. They have a high level of knowledge about the surveillance cameras. They appeared in the surveillance range several times but did not reveal any valuable information."

"...So, this was premeditated?" Shenying murmured. Unconvinced, she pulled the video back and looked closely at the scene where the black-robed and cloaked ship girls had appeared.

However, as Xiaobai said, the fact that these ship girls who kidnapped Luo Yingying dared to make a move in Chapter 8 meant that they must have made prior preparations to avoid the cameras. Therefore, even if those ship girls appeared in the camera's view, Shenying could only see some figures wearing cloaks and faces that were covered by bowed heads.

Shenying turned off the current camera video and turned on several nearby cameras, trying to find the corresponding black-robed ship girls within the same time period.

However, even after Shenying simultaneously accessed videos from seven or eight nearby cameras and fast-forwarded to the corresponding time periods, it still couldn't find any trace of the black-robed ship girls.

The eagle frowned.

A subtle expression of anxiety visibly appeared on the eagle's face.

“There are too many passersby at this time. Those ship girls who kidnapped the admiral can disguise themselves as ordinary ship girls and leave as long as they put their black robes into their ship equipment space…” Shenying said. “President Lu Lin, it seems they came prepared.”

"That seems to be the case." Xiaobai nodded.

"...What should we do?" Shenying lowered her head and remained silent for a while. Her hand holding the mouse was a little blue. She turned to Xiaobai and asked, "The admiral is just a human. I don't know what these people want to do with him."

She had tried her best to keep herself calm, but the kidnapping of the admiral was no small matter for any ship girl.

When Shenying spoke to Xiaobai, his calm voice began to tremble slightly towards the end, accompanied by short breaths and a hint of helplessness and confusion.

Chapter 3525 Terrifying Multi-Thread Processing Capabilities

"Miss Shenying, don't worry." Seeing that Shenying's condition was a bit off, Xiaobai reached out and patted Shenying's shoulder, smiling slightly at her. "Although these ship girls who kidnapped Miss Yingying were indeed well-prepared, I never said I couldn't find them."

Upon hearing Xiaobai's words, Shenying's trembling gaze gradually calmed, her eyes brightened, and she looked up at Xiaobai.

"...President Lu Lin, what should I do?" Shen Ying asked.

"You're very savvy." Xiaobai smiled and pointed to the far end of the hall, to the door of Luo Yingying's office. "In short, Miss Shenying, please organize everything that Miss Yingying has been in contact with recently, as well as her work data and other materials. Move everything that can be moved over here."

"Okay." Shenying got up without saying a word, walked quickly towards Luo Yingying's office, opened the door, and disappeared inside.

Xiaobai watched Shenying's retreating figure, then leaned on the armrest of her office chair and sat down in the spot where Shenying had just been sitting.

Oh.