The matter was handed over to the operations team, and Chen Gu left on his own. He didn’t go home. Instead, he called Marcus en route. "I want to go to that building and take another look," he said.
Marcus replied, "Okay, I’ll have Melincha meet up with you there."
Then he added, "Take Joseph with you, too. The guy needs some merit points."
The team leader always looked after the newbies.
By the time Chen Gu arrived at the base of the building, Joseph, the newest member, had already gotten there. After a short wait, Melincha arrived as well.
Chen Gu led the two of them through the security passage to the floor where they had last encountered Park Sanyi.
Chen Gu activated "Mind Belief"—a whole day had passed, and Chen Gu had barely recovered.
Under the influence of this skill, Chen Gu’s perception greatly increased, revealing every detail of his surroundings in his mind.
He walked floor by floor, checking each level where Park Sanyi had been last time, but still found nothing. Joseph asked from his side, "What are you looking for?"
Chen Gu shook his head slightly. "I don’t know either."
But Chen Gu continued to the next level. Three floors down, he suddenly stopped, turned to face a direction, and observed for a while before walking over.
Melincha and Joseph were puzzled. They couldn’t see anything suspicious. Chen Gu walked over and gently tapped a spot.
It was hollow inside. Chen Gu carefully removed the cover plate. Melincha glanced inside, finding a series of pipes.
"This is the water supply system for the building."
Chen Gu stared at one of the valves. It was just an inspection port, one of many placed at intervals. If there was an issue with the pipes, these valves were used to isolate and check different segments.
The valve was a bit loose, slightly leaking water.
After thinking for a moment, Chen Gu did nothing and refitted the cover plate.
He then meticulously checked every level of the security passage again but found nothing else suspicious.
"Let’s go," Chen Gu said. Melincha and Joseph were completely baffled. Had they come all this way just to help the building with maintenance?
Back in the car, Chen Gu contacted the office staff. "I need the data on all the companies in the building."
Within thirty seconds, all the data was transmitted.
Melincha pursed her lips, smiling at Chen Gu. "Before you, the office staff had never been so efficient."
Chen Gu shrugged and opened the documents.
Melincha leaned in to look too. "Do you suspect that the target of True Knowledge Sin is inside this building? But the bureau has preliminarily determined that their target is Zhaolin Middle School."
Chen Gu responded absently while reading, "I just have some doubts. It’s always good to investigate more, just in case."
Soon, Chen Gu had marked several companies that could potentially be targets.
On the 12th floor, there was a weapons company’s research department, which, according to the description, focused on "weapon-grade lethal agents."
The 77th floor housed a jewelry company with stringent security measures. It was rumored that their vault regularly contained high-value jewelry worth hundreds of millions of Starshields.
The 216th floor featured a private club frequented by many distinguished individuals.
In a corner on the 300th floor, there was a special workshop engaged in weapon customization. This inconspicuous shop was well-known in certain circles and was said to rank in the top twenty for Mecha customization within the Confederation.
Then there was the top-tier luxury restaurant, "Gentleman’s Kitchen," on the highest floor, a favorite dining spot for many celebrities.
The three of them started analyzing in the car. Joseph’s first reaction was, "It’s definitely the weapons research institute—they could get a bunch of bioweapons, and those lunatics love that kind of weapon!"
Melincha shook her head. "The institute merely conducts research. In this era, no one would prepare large quantities of biological weapons within a research facility. The doses kept in the research institute are likely so small they could only kill a mouse. Attacking here isn’t a good choice."
Chen Gu stroked his chin. "What if their target is these researchers and equipment? Kidnap them all, set up a weapons factory somewhere, and it won’t be long before they have terrifying weapons!"
Joseph and Melincha both nodded thoughtfully.
Then, the three rookies analyzed one by one, and in the end... they didn’t come up with any results!
It seemed like every place was highly likely to be targeted by True Knowledge Sin, but it was impossible to determine which one was most probable.
"Forget it. Let’s leave these brain-racking issues to the team leader and the rest," Melincha said, passing the buck.
Chen Gu and Joseph nodded in total agreement.
The three of them compiled their seemingly comprehensive but actually unfocused analysis into a "report" and submitted it to Marcus.
After reading it, Marcus was completely flustered.
"This... well, it makes a lot of sense."
"The reasoning behind this one... is also very sufficient."
"Look, look, the likelihood of this target being attacked is indeed quite high."
"This section of the analysis has convinced me. Indeed, this company is very dangerous!"
As a security-first veteran agent, Marcus was immediately trapped in the predicament of wanting to ensure "absolutely no mistakes" yet finding it difficult to decide.
He was unaware of his three subordinates’ ulterior motives and reluctantly passed the report up to Director Mei.
Director Mei locked himself in his office, consulting the case AI for analysis for over three hours. He then emerged with dark circles under his eyes, stood at his office door, and roared, "Which bastard submitted this report? It’s impossible to make a choice!"
As a result, for several consecutive days, both Marcus and Director Mei were in a foul mood, and the entire Fifth Division was enveloped in a dreadful low pressure.
The Internal Affairs, Operations, and Special Services teams all trod carefully, fearing they might accidentally provoke a roar from a boss.
This incident was later referred to as "the Fifth Division’s Indecision Incident," and the three instigators were each given a hard time.
The next day at school, Darkray and the others were eager to ask Chen Gu about the situation. Chen Gu reassured them, "I have already made arrangements."
Darkray was still somewhat worried. "But Mao Yisheng is still locked up."
Chen Gu pacified him with comforting words and sent him on his way.
In the afternoon, Teacher Ouyang solemnly called Chen Gu to his office alone. "Don’t meddle rashly in Mao Yisheng’s matter!" he warned.
"You have a bright future ahead of you, and you weren’t present when Mao Yisheng got into trouble. I will try my best to help him, but you must not act impulsively and do something foolish!
"I know you have some background, but you shouldn’t ruin your entire life out of a moment of loyalty."
Chen Gu suddenly had an idea.
True Knowledge Sin’s case now involved a large number of personnel from the whole division. They needed to keep a close eye on Mona and her daughter, keep Park Sanyi under strict control, deploy around Zhaolin Middle School, and on top of that... Chen Gu’s endearing report had mentioned five potential targets.
Director Mei eventually made the mature adult decision: Choose one out of five? Impossible. I want them all!
This decision inevitably led to oversights in other areas of the division. If it went on , it was very likely that a hidden Mutant would find an opportunity to exploit.
But Teacher Ouyang’s reminder inspired Chen Gu.
After school, Chen Gu immediately submitted another report. As soon as Marcus saw Chen Gu’s name on it, he forwarded it to Director Mei without even looking.
Director Mei stared at the report with clenched teeth for a full three minutes. During that time, he mustered the courage to open it several times, only to give up dejectedly each time.
The title of this report was "Three Concepts for Advancing the True Knowledge Sin Case."