Life Game In Other World
Chapter 1391: Good Evening, Friend (Large - , Seeking Monthly Tickets)

Chapter 1391: Chapter 1391: Good Evening, Friend (Large Chapter, Seeking Monthly Tickets)

Restaurant beside the Federal Bureau of Investigation Building

"I got her some nutrients, mixed into the thick soup," Vigina handed a cup of coffee to He Ao.

She turned her head to glance at the little girl who was drinking soup and nibbling on toast beside her, "The doctor said her health is too poor, she needs to recuperate for a while."

He Ao accepted the coffee, took a quick glance, brought it to his lips, took a sip, and asked softly, "It seems like many people in Denno City are using forbidden drugs? I remember it wasn’t like this before."

"I’ve only been here for a year, there’s still a lot I’m unclear about, but it seems to have started in recent years," Vigina shook her head, "The previous directors of the Federal Bureau of Investigation didn’t seem to care about it, no records were left, I tried to investigate before, but faced all sorts of ’obstacles’."

"From within the Federal Bureau of Investigation?" He Ao asked quietly.

"Both internal and external, but they are all in the dark, like cockroaches, invisible normally, but when you open the cabinet they’re everywhere," Vigina picked up the other cup of coffee on the table and sighed,

"Either the tasks I ordered couldn’t be carried out, or suddenly some ’unexpected events’ would interrupt the investigation, in the end, I could only pause the investigation, prioritize reorganizing and controlling the Federal Bureau of Investigation."

She sighed softly, shaking her head slightly, "But plans never change as fast as circumstances."

The assassination of the President not only disrupted all her rhythms but also, because she got involved in this matter, hollowed out the team she had been nurturing for years.

But she didn’t regret it.

"When did you approximately come here?" He Ao asked softly, putting down the coffee.

"Last September," Vigina recalled and said in a low voice, "Before that, I was the Deputy Director in nearby Aisang City, and before that, I was in Twilight City."

"Twilight City?" He Ao paused slightly, then said softly, "I was in Twilight City last year."

"Investigating the traces of the Dark Lizard?" Vigina raised her head, her gray-brown eyes brightened a bit, looking at He Ao, "Did you gain any leads?"

"No leads," He Ao shook his head, recalling ’Paxiu’s’ memories, "The traces of the Dark Lizard seemed to have disappeared in Twilight City, but I also couldn’t find any specific traces it left, it doesn’t seem to be near Twilight City."

"I also went to Twilight City to investigate the traces of the Dark Lizard, I went even earlier than you," Vigina took a sip of coffee, nodding lightly, "At that time, the position of deputy director in Twilight City became vacant, I found a way to be transferred there as the temporary deputy director."

She put down the coffee cup, seemingly lost in some sort of reminiscence, "I obtained a lot of materials from the Twilight City Federal Bureau of Investigation, according to their records, the Dark Lizard indeed reached near Twilight City back then, even very close to the high walls at its closest point, they even ’monitored’ it from afar."

She paused for a moment, continuing, "However, the Dark Lizard ultimately did not attack Twilight City, but ventured into the depths of the wilderness, and then the Federal Bureau of Investigation headquarters got involved in the investigation, after that there were no more records."

"Ventured into the depths of the wilderness?" He Ao frowned slightly, voicing ’Paxiu’s’ persisting question, "But there seems to be no information about the Dark Lizard circulating near other cities. Did it completely submerge after emerging near the wilderness of Twilight City?"

"It shouldn’t have," Vigina shook her head, "Based on the intelligence gathered by the Twilight City Federal Bureau of Investigation, the Dark Lizard triggered a massive exotic beast upheaval after entering the depths of the wilderness near Twilight City."

"The exotic beasts on the wilderness all have their own territories, especially the powerful ones, their territories are almost fixed, a new powerful exotic beast entering a territory will inevitably lead to a fierce territorial contest," He Ao nodded gently.

"Yes," Vigina showed slight surprise at He Ao’s words but quickly remembered that the person in front of her was once a leader of a Wilderness Wanderer tribe, with a deeper understanding of the wilderness and exotic beasts than she had.

She nodded lightly, continuing, "The Twilight City Federal Bureau of Investigation initially thought a prolonged migration and turmoil of exotic beasts would occur, but that exotic beast chaos ended quickly, and the Federal Bureau of Investigation headquarters didn’t leave any records.

She glanced at He Ao, "After a long time, the Twilight City Federal Bureau of Investigation sent people into the wilderness again and still couldn’t find traces of the Dark Lizard."

She took a sip of her coffee, "Later, I seized the opportunity while investigating a cult organization to delve into the wilderness previously traversed by the Dark Lizard, but still found no trace of it."

"The battles between exotic beast dominators usually last a long time, if the turmoil subsided quickly and the Dark Lizard vanished, there are two possibilities," He Ao responded quietly,

"The first is that the Dark Lizard quickly lost the battle against the exotic beast dominator of the wilderness near Twilight City and died completely. The second is that the Dark Lizard didn’t actually intend to seize the territory, it just engaged in a quick skirmish and left."

With that, He Ao seemed to have thought of something, "Such a powerful exotic beast’s death would generally result in significant transcendent mutations, yet the wilderness near Twilight City remained unchanged, and there were no subsequent traces of the Dark Lizard. If it was a ’skirmish’, the Dark Lizard didn’t continue moving forward after it."

He Ao mused, "Did it move ’back’? Now, in the entire Federation’s Midwest, there’s only one place where a powerful exotic beast could be contained undetected: the sparsely populated southern wilderness of Denno City,

"Anywhere else would show obvious signs of being discovered, whether by the Federation or Wilderness Wanderers. If it retraced its path quietly, without making the same disturbances as before, it could soon return near Denno City.

"The Dark Lizard has ’existed’ near the southern wilderness of Denno City for so long without leaving any ’traces’. Could it possess some kind of ability to conceal itself?

"And now the southern wilderness of Denno City not only includes its own original nest but has also been ’swept’ through by it, making it even harder to detect,

"Do you think it went out to cause a stir, and then ’returned’?"

He Ao raised his gaze, looking at Vigina, "Is this the reason you ’came’ to Denno City?"

"Yes," Vigina nodded lightly, "but the process wasn’t easy, I kept trying to apply for a transfer to Denno City, but Ains never approved it, later when the transfer order came down, it wasn’t to Denno City, but to Aisang City near it. I stayed there for almost ten months, originally losing hope,

She looked at He Ao, saying softly, "But last September, the original director of Denno City’s Federal Bureau of Investigation was promoted to Ains, and I suddenly received a transfer order, becoming Denno City’s Federal Bureau of Investigation director,"

At this point, she shook her head with a bitter smile, "But the complexity of Denno City’s situation also exceeded my expectations. Until now, I haven’t been able to smoothly launch the investigation of the Dark Lizard, nor have I been able to completely gain control over Denno City’s Federal Bureau of Investigation."

Last September.

He Ao repeated this time point in his heart.

This time roughly aligns with when ’Paxiu’ first encountered Moli, who was searching for the main ingredients for the Lone Wolf Secret Medicine near Twilight City.

He faintly had some speculation in his heart but couldn’t be sure, he looked up at Vigina, bringing the topic back to the Dark Lizard, "But if the Dark Lizard really was near Denno City, it leaving Denno City suddenly in a frenzy and then suddenly returning to Denno City doesn’t quite align with the movement patterns of exotic beasts in the wilderness."

Vigina raised her head, looking at He Ao.

He Ao continued, "As mentioned before, powerful exotic beasts in the wilderness all have their territories. If they’re the kind that doesn’t frequently move, their territory is relatively fixed; they generally won’t leave their territory,

"If it’s a migratory type of exotic beast, then its territory would form along its migration route. If it encounters an exotic beast too powerful to defeat, it would bypass those exotic beasts as well,

"So there shouldn’t be massive conflicts erupting along its migratory path, and such migratory exotic beasts usually have a pattern, with surrounding cities or tribes documenting it."

He raised his head, placing his fingers on the table, "The Dark Lizard appears to be a fixed territorial exotic beast, but exotic beasts with fixed territories that leave usually do so because their original territory is no longer habitable—they typically won’t return but will keep moving forward until they find a suitable habitat."

He pondered, "However, if it’s a migratory type of exotic beast, it shouldn’t have recklessly collided with powerful exotic beasts near Twilight City."

"You’re saying," Vigina seemed to gradually understand, gazing at He Ao, "the Dark Lizard incident from back then wasn’t normal? The Dark Lizard didn’t go into a fierce state on its own?"

"We currently don’t have enough evidence," He Ao gently shook his head, "Moreover, the personality of exotic beasts is not unchanging."

"But it is indeed a direction for investigation," Vigina nodded lightly; clearly, He Ao’s words helped clear some of the tangled thoughts she had.

She looked at He Ao and smiled, "Your knowledge is quite professional; not surprising for a Wilderness Wanderer leader."

Just as she finished speaking, she realized she had misspoken and quickly added, "Sorry."

The tribe and relatives of ’Paxiu’ all disappeared completely during the Dark Lizard incident back then.

"It’s okay," He Ao shook his head, changed the topic, "I actually know very little; if you spend some time learning relevant knowledge, you can easily deduce this information."

The study of exotic beasts in the wilderness is indeed an academic field, but within the Federation, it is a very niche subject because most city dwellers don’t use it.

Wilderness Wanderers do find it useful, but they don’t have the time to systematically engage in scholarship; they only need to know the living habits of exotic beasts near their tribe.

’Paxiu’ is one of the few Wilderness Wanderers who studied the science of exotic beasts, and the purpose is quite simple—to research new traps.

In fact, Vigina could easily master this knowledge if she took the learning seriously.

It’s just that she needs to find the right books and also have the patience and time to tackle those dull tomes.

Upon hearing He Ao’s words, Vigina shook her head with a bitter smile, "Doing academic work requires talent; I may not have that talent. I could never learn math."

She then gathered her thoughts and didn’t delve deeper into this topic, instead taking a deep breath and looking at He Ao,

"Speaking of, if the security chief of Kewort Group is involved in the assassination of the President and has hidden things in the basement vault of the building, we would probably need to enter Kewort Building for further investigation; how do we get in?"

She pondered, "Denno City, although a small city, seems to have had heavy investment from Kewort Group here. Their building’s security is much stricter than the City Government and the FBI Building; the vault even has multi-layered defenses purchased from Evis Spatial System, which reportedly even the strongest B-grade Transcendent cannot break through. Trying to infiltrate or sneak in seems very difficult."

"There is a direct way in," He Ao looked at her, "but for you, it will be very risky."

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Eastern District, Denno City

The brilliant neon lights illuminate the night as if it were daylight, with towering and majestic buildings standing against the firmament.

This is the Kewort Group’s building, the office of Kewort Group’s Denno City branch, and the tallest building in the city.

Below this imposing building, scattered crowds gathered, looking across the street at the gateway sealed by a fleet of FBI vehicles, whispering to each other.

In the middle of those FBI vehicles, Vigina turned back from driving and looked at He Ao, "Alright."

"Are you ready? This is one of the top twenty super conglomerates in the Federation." He Ao raised his hand, glancing at the electromagnetic handcuffs on his wrist, then clasped his hands together, the handcuffs joining.

"I told you, I’m not afraid of these things," Vigina smiled, "From the day I chose this path, I prepared myself to face them."

"Good." He Ao nodded lightly, moving his body toward the car door.

"Wait," Vigina suddenly said at this moment, then took a deep breath under He Ao’s puzzled gaze.

Then she looked at He Ao, "Alright."

She then picked up the Gauss Pistol resting on the armrest box and pressed the car’s intercom, "Get out."

She tucked the Gauss Pistol at her waist, then reached out to push open the car door.

Squeak—

The crisp sound of high-top leather boots stepping on the concrete floor echoed.

Beside her, dense packs of FBI agents got off the car.

Next, the inner side door of the sedan automatically opened, and He Ao slowly got out of the car.

Vigina walked alongside He Ao, she retrieved He Ao’s wooden rifle from inside the car, and the two of them headed directly toward the towering and majestic building.

At this moment, a team was also walking out from the building.

Leading them was an old man with silver hair, who raised his head to look at Vigina, smiling as he approached, "Director Vigina, why are you here today?"

He glanced at the FBI agents on both sides, continuing to smile, "Around this time, many of our employees are already off work, and our Chief Executive Officer has finished for the day as well; you came quite late today and should come tomorrow; this fuss is a bit much."

"Search warrant," Vigina didn’t give the old man any face; she raised her wristband to display an electronic search warrant, "Your security chief is suspected of colluding to assassinate the President, and now I need to search relevant areas."

Upon hearing Vigina’s words, the silver-haired old man’s face changed; the smile on his cheeks instantly turned as cold as frost, "Director Vigina, you can eat bread recklessly, but you can’t speak recklessly. Our group is loyal to the Federation and often attends the President’s charity banquets; gentlemen from Ains Federal Bureau of Investigation also attend our charity events frequently."

He gazed coldly at Vigina, "You say we’re involved in assassinating the President, do you have any evidence? Director Vianne, you’re the director of Denno City’s FBI, worked many years in the FBI, you can naturally think of ways to obtain a search warrant from a Federation Judge."

His voice grew colder, "But truth is determined by evidence; where did your evidence come from, can you guarantee its authenticity? It’s not just whatever you say."

Vigina glanced at him and stepped aside, revealing He Ao standing behind her.

At this moment, on the giant news screen across the building, the wanted poster for the frenzied assassin of the President, ’Paxiu,’ was being broadcasted.

He Ao stood under this giant wanted poster, smiling as he raised his hand with the electromagnetic handcuffs, shrugged slightly, and said with a smile:

"Good evening, friend."

A drop of cold sweat seeped from the corner of the silver-haired old man’s forehead.