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Chapter 438 Mus's Plan

This kind of gathering obviously doesn't adhere to the rule of not speaking while eating or sleeping.

At the dining table, Donghai and Jin Pingan would often exchange a few words, with Fang Xinlei following suit whenever Jin Pingan spoke.

Only Ai Liang remained silent, intending to leave as soon as she finished her meal.

Once someone has met Jin Ping'an, Ai Liang will seize all the memories related to the case in his mind.

When it comes to things like masks, which are clearly related to the Apostles.

The means to access memories are necessary.

Moreover, without Ai Liang's stern warning beforehand...

Even if Ai Liang doesn't ask, Jin Ping'an himself will explain the trouble he's encountered to Ai Liang in order to ask for the genius's help.

Just like he had asked Cheng Lejia before.

Therefore, directly accessing the relevant information in Jin Ping'an's mind was, in a sense, done with his consent.

Aside from not offering him any advice or planning.

The main purpose of staying at Fang Xinlei's house has been achieved.

After getting the details of the criminal investigation team's progress from Jin Ping'an's mind, Ai Liang prepared to take her leave.

He doesn't need to waste any more time here.

After all the dishes were served, Ai Liang sat for about five minutes before asking to leave the table.

Fang Donghai politely stopped him: "Is the food not to your liking?"

"This restaurant is pretty good, but I still need to go to the supermarket to buy some things, so..."

Ai Liang bowed slightly to express her apology.

Jin Ping'an, who was standing to the side, seemed to want to leave with Ai Liang but hesitated, as if he wanted to.

But he just made it clear that he was very free right now and couldn't find any excuse to leave.

Jin Ping'an now deeply regrets his words, wondering why he had spoken so confidently.

Fang Donghai nodded in understanding and personally escorted Ai Liang to the restaurant entrance, displaying great manners.

However, once he returned to the private room, his demeanor instantly changed.

Inside the private room, Jin Ping'an was serving food to Fang Xinlei when he saw Fang Donghai return. He immediately put down his chopsticks and gave a harmless smile.

Fang Donghai returned to his seat, looked at the plate, and said meaningfully, "Xiao Lei, although I don't object to you dating, you're still young. At this stage, you should focus on your studies, understand?"

………………

Whatever happened in the private room was no longer relevant to Ai Liang, who had left.

At that moment, he was on his way to buy groceries.

After entering the fresh food market, Ai Liang pushed the shopping cart while answering Mu Si's recent questions through the engraving.

Back when Ai Liang was still taking the joint entrance exam in Nevada, Mu Si kept asking Ai Liang for help through the engraving.

Every other day, he would call me through the engraving in the middle of the night, which was extremely annoying.

In order to avoid being disturbed by Mus, and also to avoid revealing that he was not in Qianhua.

Ai Liang immediately blocked the mental link from Qianhua City.

The connection was not restored until the third day after returning to Thousand Flower City, which is today.

"A new killer has recently appeared in Thousand Flowers City, and his modus operandi is very similar to yours... to Cat's Eye! Has that guy come back to life?"

Based on the information he bought from the black market, Mus immediately realized that the recent massacre was definitely related to Janus and his group.

Every one of the deceased had some connection with Song Jie, Hu Yingshao, and others. This is clearly a cover-up for the evacuation that Maoyan had mentioned, where they were silencing witnesses when the time came!
After all, Mus had worked under Song Jie for a while.

As a legitimate intelligence broker, Song Jie had long since secretly figured out who his people were and what businesses they owned.

When Mu Si approached Song Jie, he didn't expect him to actually protect him.

The birds are hidden in their bows, and the rabbits are cooked to death.

Once the channels in Nevada are all handed over, I'll be of no use to anyone anymore.

Mu Si, that cunning old fox, knew this very well, so he had been on guard against Song Jie's move.

When he first arrived in Qianhua City, he began to infiltrate Song Jie's forces as a means of checks and balances in case they turned against each other in the future.

But I never expected that this intelligence would come in handy under these circumstances.

Ai Liang stood in front of the refrigerated display case in the fresh meat section, observing the freshness of the chicken legs: 'Cat's Eye can't be brought back to life.'

'Uh, even though I know he's dead, what if another one of those guys, influenced by the memories of Cat's Eye, appears...?'

Having witnessed Cat's Eye's death firsthand, Moose knew, of course, that Cat's Eye could not be resurrected.

Ai Liang explained the principle of "resurrection" in detail back then.

Judging from Cat's Eyes' remaining consciousness before his death, even if he retained a part of his will elsewhere, it would be absolutely impossible for him to regain his memories and dominate the will of the mask user.

Without the interference of subjective consciousness in the memory, external memories at most put a burden on the user's brain, but cannot take over the user's body.

Just like when you watch a movie, you can't completely immerse yourself in the movie world.

The reason Maoyan was able to be successfully "revived" was because of the help of the Thousand-Faced Man.

The Man of a Thousand Faces obviously wouldn't deliberately revive a masked person twice.

No matter how convenient disposable chopsticks are, people won't use them twice.

The Thousand-Faced Man was willing to "revive" Cat's Eye because he didn't have any other chopsticks on hand at the time.

Unaware of the strangeness of Mu Si, he had no choice but to put aside his doubts after hearing Ai Liang's decisive words.

He changed the subject: 'Okay... so what do we do next, just watch that masked man kill someone?'

'Otherwise what? You want to meddle in other people's business?' Ai Liang picked out a few of the freshest chicken legs and took them to be weighed.

Mus's expression stiffened: "I mean, if we just stand by and do nothing, what will happen to the Countermeasures Bureau...?"

Ai Liang scoffed, "The Countermeasures Bureau isn't some savior; it's just an organization that deals with the supernatural. Its main task is to eliminate the supernatural and the Apostles."

Moose, true to his nature, understood immediately: 'You mean, they've condoned the Mask's actions, just waiting for an opportunity to eliminate Janus, and all we need to do is watch from the sidelines?'

'I will offer them a little help when the time is right, as for you…'

Ai Liang took the packaged chicken leg: 'Just keep it as is.'

"Um, do you know when they're going to start their operation?" Mus asked nervously.

"I don't know," Ai Liang replied decisively.

The Countermeasures Bureau's action plan could not possibly be revealed to Ai Liang, an outsider.

At most, they would contact him on the eve of the operation to help control the situation and intercept Janus's distress signals.

And Mus is this communicator.

'Actually, the Countermeasures Bureau contacted me not long ago...' Mus said hesitantly.

"And then you'll be promised a stable position, a sinecure in the Countermeasures Bureau, right?" Ai Liang followed up.

"That's right, but after thinking about it carefully recently, I feel that freedom is more important," Mus said rather tactfully.

Hearing this, Ai Liang became slightly interested.

He stopped his cart, pulled out his phone, and pretended to check a message: 'Aren't you afraid of the Apostles' retaliation?'

(End of this chapter)