Chapter 377
Each Goes Their Own Way
Chapter 377 Each Goes Their Own Way
Just as Guan Tong began copying the data, the screen suddenly went completely black, and a large red exclamation mark appeared in the center and kept flashing.
"Beep beep! Alert! Unauthorized access detected!"
"Beep beep! Alert! Unauthorized access detected!"
The warning sound was extremely piercing, echoing throughout the entire monitoring room for a moment.
At the same time, a loud "click" came from the door lock, and a built-in steel clamp protruded, locking the door firmly.
Meanwhile, Valery, who was drinking and having fun with others in a private room on the second floor, suddenly felt his cell phone vibrate violently in his pocket.
He took it out and looked at it, his expression suddenly changed.
"The monitoring room!"
It seems that once the electronic data on these devices is transferred, they will be immediately locked...
Guan Tong is not a technically proficient hacker, so it's not surprising that he didn't discover the relevant traps.
He listened to the piercing alarm, but didn't panic.
Since the data can't be taken away, why not just take the equipment?
Anyway, after he used the shadow lines to knock out several monitors, Valery and the others would know that someone had broken in, so there was no need for him to hide it anymore.
Without saying a word, Guan Tong directly stored all the equipment in the monitoring room into his storage ring.
At that moment, his shadow, which he had positioned outside, noticed a flurry of footsteps coming from the stairs; it was the security guards from inside the club coming down.
Guan Tong wouldn't deal with them now; he'd let Ye Lianka personally order their removal. Before they could rush in, he used his teleportation ability again to disappear without a trace.
Seven or eight seconds later, with a "thump," the door, which was locked from the inside, was opened from the outside using a sensor.
A large group of guards filed into the monitoring room, looking around frantically for the enemy, only to find several unconscious monitors and empty work desks.
"Get out of the way!"
Valery's harsh voice rang out from behind, and the guards immediately parted to make way.
He walked to a desk, looked at its empty surface, and his face turned extremely grim: "Someone broke in here and stole the equipment containing the video recordings!"
"How is this possible?" one of the group members exclaimed. "The alarm just went off, and there are guards at the exits. How did they manage to do that?"
Valery frowned, the name "Shadow" flashing through his mind.
Could it be him?
But how did he know the monitoring room was on the second basement level, and how did he manage to take all the data equipment away so quickly?
If it weren't for him...
Valery couldn't imagine who else in Cissia would do such a thing. Perhaps Yelena had this purpose, but where would she get the manpower? His most capable subordinate, Stoch, had been staying at the competition venue these past few days, and he had been keeping an eye on him.
"Valery, what do we do now?" One of the men who had been drinking champagne with them earlier sounded panicked. "Those videos are all on the machine, this is no joke! If..."
"What's the panic!" Valery snapped. "The devices storing data are heavily encrypted; even if you steal them, they won't be so easy to crack. You all go back first; I'll get the security bureau to handle this!"
The people in Ye Ankang quickly left, and Valery went to the Security Bureau immediately. Despite it being night, he called everyone in the bureau to come over.
He instructed the agents who had replaced the guards of the administration building a few days earlier: "You all need to keep a close eye on things tomorrow. If anyone in the building does anything unusual, or if any special orders are issued, notify me immediately!"
"Yes!"
Valery then selected over a hundred elite agents and said to them, "Get your equipment ready tonight, and come with me to the Konya Manor tomorrow!"
Konia Manor?!
The agents were shocked to hear this; that was where the governor lived. They were to go there tomorrow with their equipment and weapons…
Even if the agents were loyal to Director Valery and followed his orders without question, they would inevitably have doubts at this point.
Valery said coldly, "What, you're afraid to go? What's there to be afraid of? Most of her personal guards died or were wounded at the alien mud landing site under the previous rule! Anyone who disobeys orders..."
Overwhelmed by the director's authority, the agents immediately shouted, "Obey the director's orders!"
"Hmph, all of you, go and get ready!"
The Security Bureau's actions naturally did not escape the watchful eyes of the underworld.
At this moment, inside the Konia Manor, Yelena, Guan Tong, and Shang Yuanzi were sitting in the brightly lit study, discussing countermeasures.
“It seems Valery is going all in, risking everything,” Guan Tong said. “This means the data in the device must be extremely important, and he can’t accept that we have it.”
Ye Lianka's face was icy cold, and her eyes were filled with murderous intent.
Valery's actions were, in her eyes, treason and rebellion. "I'll inform Stochastic immediately," Yelena said. "Tell her to prepare that as soon as Valery and the others leave tomorrow, she'll lead her elite troops to attack the Security Bureau and wipe out that bastard's hideout!"
"Aren't you going to let her come to the manor to protect you?" Shangyuan Zi asked.
"You are all here, and of course, myself too... Many people may have forgotten that I can fight too!"
"Yes. The three of us are definitely enough." Guan Tong thought so too, but she was also a little confused.
"But what I'm curious about is why Valery didn't launch his attack tonight, but instead waited until tomorrow. Since he could gather so many agents in the middle of the night, why wait until tomorrow...? Delay could lead to unforeseen changes. Isn't he afraid we'll get the video and release it tonight?"
“They’re not confident,” Shang Yuanzi said at this moment. “Since they know that you, Commander, are here to oversee things, they certainly won’t dare to attack easily.”
“She’s right,” Yelena nodded. “Valeri is a very cunning man and he won’t take risks easily. The reason he chose tomorrow must be because he has some kind of conspiracy to deal with you, teacher.”
"Um……"
Guan Tong closed his eyes. He had always had a shadow monitoring Valeri. Through the shared vision, the latter was sitting in his office, staring into the void in front of him, his lips slowly opening and closing from time to time.
It's like...
"teacher?"
Guan Tong opened her eyes: "Valeri might be calling for reinforcements."
"Call for reinforcements?"
"Yes, he became suspicious because I took the recording equipment. He's now suspected of using a [secret communication scroll] or something similar to communicate with people, so he can avoid being spied on by outsiders."
Ye Lianka said, "Why don't we strike first, control him, and prevent him from getting reinforcements, thus minimizing the risk?"
Guan Tong nodded: "Like this... um?"
He raised an eyebrow, as if something had taken him by surprise.
"what happened?"
"...This guy used a teleportation item, and his whereabouts are now unknown."
"!!"
Yelena asked in surprise, "Did he know we were planning to make the first move?"
“It could be a sense of danger. As the director of the security bureau, he should be aware of the risks to his personal safety.” Guan Tong finished speaking and shook his head. “I can’t find him now.”
While shadows can follow and monitor, they cannot continue tracking a target if the target uses a teleportation item to leave.
Because shadows can never exist independently, every shadow line, whether it branches off from a single shadow line or extends directly from the shadow of the main body, must be connected to the main body.
In this way, even if part of the shadow is hidden on the target, it cannot be teleported along with the target after the target is teleported away.
"pity……"
Yelena then analyzed, "If he knows that the enemy is your teacher, then the reinforcements he needs to call must be someone he believes can defeat you or be your equal."
Guan Tong nodded.
Shangyuan Zi asked curiously, "Who can be confident of defeating the captain?"
Ye Lianka shook her head slightly; Shang Yuanzi couldn't have imagined it, and neither could she.
The two looked at Guan Tong, who also had no idea what to do: "I don't know which reinforcements he plans to bring to deal with me. Even if the people who come are very powerful, we still have Shangyuan on our side. Her strength is also beyond the reach of ordinary people."
Shang Yuanzi's low profile does not mean she is weak.
As the former leader of the Sakuragi Chosen Group, her strength was already considerable. After Jun Misawa's death, she seemed to have gained a portion of his power, and after continuously internalizing it, she has become even stronger.
Guan Tong paused after speaking, then continued, "However, this matter is of great importance. Ye Lianka, your safety is crucial, as it concerns the future of the country of Sisia. So, just to be on the safe side, if he can call for reinforcements, I will also find help."
"Teacher, do you... have any helpers in Cissia?"
“It’s not in Sissia, but it is in the North Star.”
"North Star? But it's so far away, how can we..."
"If Valery can use teleportation items, why can't we?"
Yelena looked slightly embarrassed, clearly because her heavy heart had made her thoughts a little sluggish.
Guan Tong smiled and said, "However, her identity is not ordinary, so it cannot be revealed easily. We will need to borrow your [Passerby Transformation Device] to cover it up."
(End of this chapter)