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Chapter 445 Countermeasures Bureau
Putting everything else aside, the fact that the Countermeasures Bureau has treated Gao Bin as a tool of super-sensory perception for so many years gives a general idea of ​​what kind of organization this is.

They're practically a bunch of obsessed people who're completely dedicated to dealing with weird and strange things.

"Joining the Countermeasures Bureau is out of the question; my thirst for the truth hasn't reached that level yet."

Ai Liang politely declined Xia Qiyuan's invitation.

Faced with the undisguised resistance emanating from Ai Liang, Xia Qiyuan thought for a few seconds and immediately understood the crux of the problem.

"You wouldn't be rejecting the Countermeasures Bureau because you saw Gao Bin's memories, would you?"

Ai Liang glanced at him: "Yes and no."

Tsk, you're being too petty.

Xia Qiyuan silently cursed Ai Liang in his heart.

He then said seriously, "Gao Bin has special reasons for being treated specially. We cherish talents with strange adaptive constitutions."

“An uncontrolled mental ability user running around the Asia Alliance is too dangerous and must be brought under surveillance.” Ai Liang translated Xia Qiyuan’s words simultaneously.

Xia Qiyuan raised his eyebrows sharply: "How could that be? You were our ally when we were dealing with the disciples. How could we possibly turn against our ally?"

Xia Qiyuan's words were quite insightful.

While seemingly explaining to Ai Liang that the Countermeasures Bureau meant no harm, he was actually implying to Ai Liang that once the disciples were dealt with, the Countermeasures Bureau would turn its attention to him.

Otherwise, there would be no need to add the qualifier "when dealing with disciples".

"Thanks for the reminder." Ai Liang looked at Xia Qiyuan with a strange expression: "It seems that your Countermeasures Bureau isn't a monolithic entity either."

Xia Qiyuan said firmly, "How could that be! We are all on the same united front against the strange phenomenon. We will frankly and openly exchange opinions with each other to jointly formulate a series of action plans, which will ultimately guide multiple feasible research goals and plans, and thus advance various research results. When different voices emerge within the group, we will carefully supplement and suggest their policies in order to achieve common ground while reserving differences, find more ways for both sides to work together, and make appropriate concessions to ensure that the plan can be implemented and ultimately arrive at a solution that satisfies everyone."

Ai Liang is no longer the clueless newbie she was when she first debuted.

Faced with Xia Qiyuan's repetitive remarks, he quickly extracted the key point: "It seems that there are indeed different voices within your organization."

Xia Qiyuan rolled his eyes and looked up at the night sky: "I never said that."

The killing inside the villa was nearing its end.

Masked Man jumped out of the second-floor window and disappeared into the darkness.

Ai Liang straightened up from the branch: "Stretch out your hand."

Xia Qiyuan readily extended his gloved right hand.

Ai Liang didn't waste any words and immediately branded an imprint onto the glove: "When you need to contact me, just activate the imprint. The imprint will be automatically destroyed after three uses, so think carefully before you use it."

Unlike the Thousand-Faced Man, whose engravings were filled with a bunch of fancy patterns, Ai Liang's engravings consisted of only a simple circle.

Xia Qiyuan looked at the dark red circle in his hand with great interest: "So it seems that Mu Si has already run away?"

"Yes." Ai Liang did not hide the news about Mu Sikai Run.

Moreover, it's impossible to hide it from Xia Qiyuan.

"This guy is still as cowardly as ever. Judging by the time, he should have left Qianhua City by now?"

Xia Qiyuan sighed, then explained with a smile, "Don't look at me like that. I knew this guy before you did. Knowing his personality, he must be using a fake identity to book plane or train tickets to various places every day."

However, I can identify people who frequently buy tickets but don't collect them by filtering them, thus pinpointing their fake identities. After all, no matter how cowardly they are, they can't possibly prepare thousands of fake identities.

"If we just identify the people who recently picked up tickets from his hundreds of fake identities, we should be able to find out where he went."

Xia Qiyuan spoke in a joking tone, saying things that would send chills down Mu Si's spine.

"You're as difficult as ever," Ai Liang commented.

"I'll take this as a compliment."

Xia Qiyuan squinted and said with a smile, "Don't worry, I won't do anything to him because of you."

"Even if you want to do something to him, you may not be able to find him. With the mark, Mus has many more ways to hide himself than before."

Ai Liang jumped down from the tree branch and landed on the ground: "May I ask when you plan to officially launch your operation?"

"Within this month," Xia Qiyuan replied. "The Countermeasures Bureau is currently setting up spatial containment devices. Once the devices are in place, the operation will officially begin."

"I see."

Ai Liang glanced back at the mask one last time before disappearing into the night.

Xia Qiyuan stared in the direction where Ai Liang had disappeared, raised his right hand and looked at the engraving on his glove: "He can even make the engraving of the Thousand-Faced Man... It seems that his abilities are even stronger than you estimated, Doctor."

A voice came through the communication channel of Xia Qiyuan's armor.

"The creation of the imprint itself is not difficult; it is essentially no different from the artificial supernatural objects we create. The difficulty lies in maintaining the mental link attached to the imprint."

Xia Qiyuan sensed the mental link belonging to Ai Liang within the engraving.

His remaining mental strength alone was stronger than that of the head of the Countermeasures Bureau: "To be able to do this... could the Hermit be the Thousand-Faced Man in disguise?"

Yue Yangyan paused for a moment and then said, "...Don't worry, the Hermit is not a thousand-faced man, I can be sure of that."

Xia Qiyuan asked, "Did you know the hermit before?"

"Can you please stop setting traps when talking to your own people? Just ask what you want to ask directly."

Yue Yangyan said with a wronged expression, "I don't know the Hermit, but don't forget I know the Thousand-Faced Man."

Xia Qiyuan felt a chill run down his spine at Yue Yangyan's innocent tone.

"Alright! Alright! Can't you talk normally for once?!"

In Xia Qiyuan's eyes, including himself, no one in the entire Asian Union could outwit the actual power holder of the Countermeasures Bureau when it came to scheming and plotting.

Beneath his cheerful smile lies a cold, ruthless monster who treats everything without a trace of personal emotion.

Yue Yangyan immediately changed his tone: "Alright then, before the encirclement and killing plan begins, remember to prepare an extra storage container."

Although the Hermit certainly won't participate in our plan in his true form, capturing a mental puppet would be good enough to see if we could reverse-engineer the Thousand-Faced Man's puppetry techniques.

Xia Qiyuan rubbed his forehead with one hand, looking extremely troubled: "Do you really want to push someone who could be won over to our side?"

Yue Yangyan commanded without any politeness, "I have my own plan. You just need to follow my plan."

(End of this chapter)