The Mysterious Heiress: Researcher In Disguise Novel - Chapter 531
Chapter 531: Hands-on Experience
Fu Zhi’s eyes were filled with anger and dissatisfaction.
She did not take the so-called captain of the 4th division seriously at all. She said that if they really wanted her to join the International Crime Unit, they would have to get the captain of the 1st division to talk to her.
The captain of the 4th division did not have to turn his head and he could imagine the mocking smiles on the other members’ faces for failing to keep up his promise in getting Fu Zhi into the International Crime Unit.
He felt embarrassed but at the same time, he also felt that it was normal for a bigshot like Fu Zhi to be a little bit eccentric. He knew he could not achieve anything even if he continued the conversation, so he took a step back and decided to rework his plan.
The car carrying Fu Zhi left the police station slowly.
The captain of the 4th division went back to his car, and Jiang Ningbei lifted his brows. Even though he was fully aware of the outcome of his conversation, he still asked, “So what did she say? Is she joining the International Crime Unit?”
The captain of the 4th division was stumped.
“She…”
“Do you even need to ask?” Before he could finish his sentence the captain of the 7th division interrupted, “There’s no way she would turn down the opportunity to join the International Crime Unit, right?”
The captain of the 4th division became speechless.
‘Can you please just shut up?’
He waved his hand and stammered, “Well, sort of. She said she wants to be my friend instead, so she can’t join my team and become my subordinate. From what I understand, she might want to join the 1st division, so let’s ask their captain to contact her.”
The car fell silent for a moment.
The current captain of the 1st division swiftly overwhelmed the rest of the divisions after he took over the 1st division. Before this, it had always been the 2nd division that outmatched the rest of the divisions due to the incompetency and laziness of the former captain of the 1st division.
However, the situation changed after the captain changed.
Other than the boss of the International Crime Unit, nobody dared to challenge the 1st division, and they were certain that the captain of the 1st division must be someone very capable in real life after he left the organization.
Right now, Fu Zhi said that she would only join if the captain of the 1st division talked to her. Even Jiang Ningbei felt that Fu Zhi was daydreaming.
The captains of the 4th and 5th divisions did not want to let such a talent go to waste. They looked at each other and made a call to the captain of the 1st division.
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Meanwhile, at the Li Mansion.
Gu Yanqi was holding a document in his hand. As he flipped through it, he said, “I’ve already checked the things you asked about Country F. You indeed had carried out a mission there once and you had rescued a few hostages.”
Li Nanli lifted his head and squinted his eyes, “Then?”
“I can get the information of all the hostages that you saved, except on baldie. There is no record of him in the database,” Gu Yanqi said, “There are only two situations why a person’s profile is not recorded in the database. One is that there’s someone supporting the baldie from the back, and the second is that he’s an orphan and he died after being rescued, so the staff did not get to collect his information.”
Gu Yanqi was more inclined towards the second explanation. This was because he was there as well when Li Nanli was carrying out the mission in Country F.
The things that happened that year were still vividly clear in his mind. A few genetically exceptional individuals were brought together by some experts in the International Crime Unit and a group of top doctors from Country M for an in vivo research that lasted for three months. The goal of this research was to modify the whole human genetic sequence using technology.
However, this research was notoriously known for its inhumane procedure and many people were against it. That said, there was nothing they could do since the research was backed up by several powerful organizations across the globe. Then, nobody knew what happened but suddenly there was a rumor going around that the International Crime Unit had successfully cracked the human gene code and developed a serum that could stimulate one’s physical potentials and enhance the human body.
As such, many people were excited, including Mark and Arnold from the Phantom Lord. They were the first group that raided the research institute and massacred a number of researchers to take control of the technology to produce the serum.
After that, more than a dozen of international organizations joined forces with the Phantom Lord.
The rescue mission in Country F was exceptionally difficult as they had to go up against a group of globally renowned and highly intelligent killers.
Gu Yanqi did not believe that human genetic sequences could be modified through technology. Other people might not know about it, but as a person who knew medicine, this kind of in vivo research was nearly impossible to carry out and most of the live specimens would end up dying early.
Gu Yanqi suspected that the baldie must have been corroded by the drug. Therefore, he shaved his head in advance since he would lose his hair like those cancer patients that were undergoing chemotherapy. After all, his symptoms were one of the most severe of all those brought in for the in vivo research.
The research was suspended since then.
Gu Yanqi looked at Li Nanli and asked, “Why are you asking this now?”
“That baldie,” Li Nanli said. He pinched at the center of his eyebrows and he could not shrug off the bad feelings that tugged at his heart. “Try your best and find more information about him.”
“Huh?” Gu Yanqi was confused, “Why?”
He vaguely remembered that the baldie did not seem like he was forced to take part in the in vivo research. After all, he looked sad and he was crying when they rescued him from the research institute.
Li Nanli glanced at him and replied, “It’s none of your business.”
Gu Yanqi was stumped.
‘You want me to find more information about him, and now you tell me it’s none of my business? Are you kidding me?’
Gu Yanqi said, “Then I won’t be able to help you.”
“So,” Li Nanli said as he dusted his sleeves, “Do you need me to kneel down and apologize to you?”
“That’s not necessary…” Gu Yanqi said.
Besides, it seemed to him that he might be the one to end up kneeling and begging him for forgiveness in the end.
Suddenly, the computer on Li Nanli’s desk blinked, and Gu Yanqi exited from the room.
Li Nanli then opened up the computer.
It was another video call from the International Crime Unit. He accepted the call, and the first thing the people on the other side of the call saw was his hand.
A surge of relief washed over the four captains as they felt less pressurized.
When Li Nanli saw there were only four captains, he pressed his lips thin, and just when he was about to end the call, the corner of his eyes caught the folder that Fu Zhi did not get to delete last time.
It seemed to him that there were quite a number of videos in the folder considering its size and format, but he needed some time to break through the layers of passwords.
“Erm, hi…” The captain of the 4th division saw through Li Nanli’s intention and he hastily said, “I have something that needs your help, but it’s kind of complicated and it might cause you some troubles, so I don’t know if I should tell you or not.”
Li Nanli replied expressionlessly, “Since you know it will cause me trouble, so maybe you should just zip it.”
The captain of the 4th division was stunned.
“Actually what he wants to say is that we came across a girl of great talents. Initially, we wanted to recruit her into our teams, but it seems that she wants to join your team more,” the captain of the 5th division chimed in.
After he heard what the captain of the 5th division had said, he scoffed and commented, “Ridiculous.”
The captains were speechless.
“Anything else?” Li Nanli asked again.
As he was talking, his fingers were moving nimbly across the keyboard, and very soon, he had decrypted all the passwords to the folder.
“Nope, nope. That’s all we want to say,” the captain of the 4th division shook his head.
Just as Li Nanli was about to end the call, Jiang Ningbei could not hold himself and mumbled, “Well, she doesn’t have to enter the 1st division. Considering Fu Zhi’s capabilities, she should at least be a captain.”
Li Nanli was stunned.
“Fu Zhi?”
The captain of the 4th division nodded. “Yes, that’s her name, but since you don’t like her, we will figure out another way to recruit her into the International Crime Unit.”
It took Li Nanli a few seconds to come around to his senses and replied, “That’s not necessary.”
“Don’t worry,” the captain of the 4th division said, “We all like this cutie very much, so we will do our best. We won’t trouble you anymore.”
Li Nanli took a deep breath and said, “Since she wants to join my team, I will go and pick her up myself.”
The captain of the 4th division was stumped.
‘Excuse me?’
Just as Li Nanli was about to say something, he accidentally clicked the folder and a video popped out.
The 1st second of the video was dark. Then, in the next second, the video lit up, and a sound that was not suitable for children to listen to blared out.
Li Nanli and the crowd fell silent.
Li Nanli hastily closed the video that was not suitable for children to watch.
The atmosphere in the meeting room was tense and quiet.
Li Nanli then cleared his throat and the tips of his ears were red. As his Adam’s apple bobbed up and down in his throat, he said calmly, “So is there anything else?”
The rest of the people hastily said, “Nope, nope. That’s all from us.”
They finally knew why Li Nanli was always so busy, so they all decided to leave now, save for the captain of the 4th division.
“Erm, no offense but…” He said carefully, “If possible, can you share the link with me? After all, enjoying happiness alone is not as happy as sharing it, and…”
“Smack!”
The screen went black before he could even finish his sentence.
Then, he saw that Li Nanli sent a message to them, [Prosperity, democracy, civility, harmony, freedom, equality, justice, rule of law, justice, patriotism, dedication, integrity, and friendship.]
The captain of the 4th division became speechless.
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It was not convenient for the police car to enter Iris Time Villa, not to mention that the driver’s hands were shaking profusely when he was driving up Mount Qiu Ling. In the end, Fu Zhi just got out of the car and climbed the mountain on foot.
Xu Wei, who had just come out of the milk tea shop, called Fu Zhi and asked where she was right now. She said, “Then you wait for us. We’ll pick your father up first, and then we can climb the mountain together.”
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This was the first time Xu Wei climbed such a dangerous mountain road as sports cars would whistle by from time to time.
She couldn’t help but think about the villa that Wu Qi said last time. She figured that she should buy one so that they did not have to climb the mountain anymore when they came to Myanmar next time.
Fu Zhi and Ye Jiu were walking at the back, while Lu Jingqing was carrying Xu Wei on his back at the front.
Looking at Xu Wei and Lu Jingqing, Ye Jiu had the urge to ask Fu Zhi to carry him on her back as well.
Fu Zhi was oblivious to Ye Jiu’s thoughts. She put on her earphones because she received a voice message from Li Nanli.
“Zhizhi,” the man’s gentle voice wafted into her ears, “Where did you get the videos from?”
Fu Zhi figured that he was talking about the videos in the folder that she did not get to delete that day.
“I downloaded it,’ Fu Zhi replied.
Then, she did not know why but it took Li Nanli unusually long to reply to her this time. Just when she wondered what Li Nanli was typing, he replied with a voice message, “You downloaded them specifically for me?”
“Well, you can say that as well.”
Since it was an encrypted video from the International Crime Unit, she assumed that it might be a newly invented black technology.
“I’m pretty good at this, so I don’t need to watch the video anymore. But I think these videos should be pretty helpful to you. You can watch those videos in your free time so that you will know what to do when the time comes.”
