You've become the warden, and you're telling me I'm an undercover agent?

Chapter 7: The Hand's Strongest Man (Reality - Simulation)
Seeing Chi Ping asking questions, the old prisoner quickly put down what he was holding and stood there stiffly.

The former waved his hand, asking the head guard of Section 1 to go do his work first. He then opened the old prisoner's file.

Liu Yiqing, a member of the Shuhehui organization, was sentenced to 16 years in prison for multiple crimes.

The photos in the archives are very different from what the old prisoners look like now.

The photo was taken when he was in prison. He was only in his thirties. Although he still had a crew cut, he looked much more energetic than he does now.

He came from an ordinary family and was admitted to a federal enterprise at the age of 21, becoming a printing-related technical worker.

With a stable job, he could have easily gotten married and had a daughter, and lived a peaceful life.

But later, federal enterprises underwent restructuring, resulting in the layoff of a large number of skilled workers. Coupled with market and technological innovation, his job no longer existed.

By then, he was already in his thirties, fourteen or thirty-five, and he started a motorcycle taxi business. Although it wasn't as stable as a federal enterprise, it was enough to support his family.

When he was nearly 40 years old, the city banned motorcycles and he lost his job due to the impact of online ride-hailing.

It was too late to learn new technologies at this time, and he became an outcast of the times.

His wife left him and his daughter had just started junior high school and needed money.

Having endured repeated hardships in life, he happened to meet the former executioner of the Hand.

With the help of the executioner, he awakened his superpowers and began to work as a vigilante, robbing the rich to support himself.

Gradually, his financial situation improved and new women were willing to approach him.

But the bad thing is that he wants to help more people who are in trouble like him. As he takes more shots, he begins to be exposed to the vision of the Extraordinary Bureau.

He was arrested.

Even after being arrested, he still refused to disclose information about the Hand.

It wasn't until his daughter went to college that the Superpower Administration cut off his daughter's student loans and marked his case on her resume.

And he frequently visits his daughter's university.

For people from slightly wealthier families, these two things can be endured with a little grit.

But Liu Yiqing was different. He had experienced the struggles of the lower classes, and he feared his daughter would fall into the same quagmire. As a girl, she probably had more to go through.

Liu Yiqing confessed some of the contents of the Shuhehui and continued to serve his sentence.

Fortunately, he behaved well, his daughter came to see him, and he was granted several reductions in sentence.

The file marked his release date, which was still a week away. But next to it was the information that the Superpower Administration had sent over this morning.

It is emphasized that Liu Yiqing is a former member of the Shuhe Society. The Shuhe Society has been active in Star City recently and needs to be taken seriously.

The words implicitly hinted that the prison should cancel Liu Yiqing's sentence reduction and let him stay for another year.

The simulator pops up a prompt:
Will you follow the Super Energy Administration's advice and cancel Liu Yiqing's sentence reduction?

【whether】

Chi Ping finished reading a thick stack of files. Liu Yiqing was standing there, and his leather shoes at the door had been polished very clean by him.

"Are you going out?" Chi Ping asked him. Liu Yiqing nodded repeatedly, with joy in his eyes.

"Is someone coming to pick you up?" Chi Ping asked.

"Yes, yes, my daughter." He said with a heartfelt smile, and the wrinkles on his face deepened.

"The outside world has been turbulent lately, and the Hand is making trouble again—"

Chi Ping paused here and looked at Liu Yiqing, who was indeed looking nervous.

"Someone suggested canceling your sentence reduction. We'll consider your case again after things calm down outside."

After saying this, Liu Yiqing's face fell.

A surge of rage suddenly ignited from his body, which had been cowardly for more than ten years, but the restraining feeling from the suppressor on his neck quickly cooled him down.

"One or two years, that's ok." He murmured, his eyes already filled with dead water: "I-"

"But I didn't listen to his advice." Chi Ping said calmly.

Hope rose in Liu Yiqing's heart, and the stagnant water in his eyes rippled slightly. He quietly waited for Chi Ping's next words. "Go out and live a good life. Talking about getting rich is too unrealistic. I wish you all the best."

Liu Yiqing felt a pang of sadness in his heart and nodded repeatedly in gratitude.

Taking advantage of Liu Yiqing's moved mood, Chi Ping asked for information about the Hand.

But his information was from more than ten years ago and was basically invalid.

He waved his hand, asked Liu Yiqing to pack up the cleaning tools, and returned to the cell with the prison guard.

Chi Ping looked at the simulator again and saw the following information:
Will you follow the Super Energy Administration's advice and cancel Liu Yiqing's sentence reduction?

【whether】

Ike Ping clicked [No] and the simulation began.

[You rejected the Super Power Administration's proposal, and Liu Yiqing will be released from prison as usual.]

[Due to the special nature of superpowered criminals, Liu Yiqing still has a two-month observation period outside of prison.]

[His suppressor will not be removed during this period. Instead, after the two-month observation period, the decision on whether to extend or remove it will be made based on his performance.]

A week later, at three in the morning, Liu Yiqing was released from prison.

Unlike the situations in the movies and TV dramas of Chi Ping's previous life, prisons usually release prisoners in batches at three or four in the morning.

The prison is on the edge of the city. It is empty and quiet in the early morning, with two rows of street lights winding like dragons.

Around 2 a.m., a group of people had gathered outside the prison. They were the families of released prisoners, waiting for the next batches of releases to come after 3 a.m.

They will prepare new clothes and wait for their relatives to pick them up. Then they will go to the nearest hotel or guesthouse and let the released prisoners take a shower and change into new clothes.

The old clothes worn in prison were thrown into the hotel's trash can, which means saying goodbye to the past and starting anew.

At about 3:15, Liu Yiqing came out.

He followed the flow of people being released and walked towards the prison gate.

In fact, most people released from prison don't feel much joy. They have been out of touch with the times for a long time, and are more filled with a sense of unfamiliarity and fear.

At the prison gate, Liu Yiqing did not see anyone coming to pick him up.

He searched carefully in the crowd. A week ago, he had spoken to his daughter and confirmed the time of her release.

As time passed, the streets became quieter and quieter, and there were fewer and fewer people.

In the end, only Liu Yiqing's thin figure stood under the street light.

The person who was supposed to pick him up didn't come.

The panic brought by random guesses filled his heart, and he kept praying in his heart that his daughter had just made a mistake in the date and nothing would happen.

After being released from prison, I will do as the warden said: everything will go well and I will live a good life.

By half past four, he had decided to go look for his daughter.

He was imprisoned for more than ten years. He had no smartphone, only his daughter's phone number, a chef's certificate he obtained in prison, and a few hundred yuan in travel expenses given by the prison.

This part of the travel expenses was obtained by the original host of Chi Ping's body for all released prisoners when he was the chief guard of the first department.

Liu Yiqing's daughter didn't show up as promised. An anxious Liu Yiqing waited at the prison gate for a long time before finally hailing a taxi.

He was driving to his daughter's residence. Due to his long prison stay, he was wary and terrified of car horns. The driver gave him a surprised look and quickly guessed his identity.

[His actions were reserved and awkward, but he finally found his daughter's residence.]

He kept knocking on the door, but no one answered.

He stood guard at the door, nervous for most of the night. In the hallway, he leaned against the security door of his daughter's room and slowly fell asleep.

[When I woke up the next day, I knocked on the door, but still no response.]

He finally pried open his daughter's door, and the scene inside the room shocked him.

His daughter is missing.

(End of this chapter)