The Favored Heiress
Chapter 658: There’s a Core Member Named K...

Chapter 658: Chapter 658: There’s a Core Member Named K...

Li Qiao leaned back in her chair, carefully observing the projection on the screen.

Cheng Mo was so familiar with the ICC system that he could even accurately enumerate the number of core members. Could it be that he also had an identity within the International Club?

While she was pondering this, after running some commands, Cheng Mo said again, "Master, aside from the four of us in the Secret Hall, there are two others whose coordinates can’t be tracked."

Li Qiao’s brows lifted inadvertently, and she understood.

The four leaders of the Secret Hall branches were, in fact, core members of the International Club.

So, the other two...

At that moment, Shang Yu placed a cigarette between his thin lips, pressed the lighter, and his voice came out slightly muffled, "Check."

Cheng Mo responded, immediately opened the system backend, entered a string of command codes, and as the characters flickered, all the mobile IMEI numbers popped up.

Li Qiao watched the projection, her thoughts ebbing and flowing, and suddenly, she spoke out, "Wait."

Cheng Mo looked up, adjusted his glasses, and appeared puzzled.

"If the core members are using mobile phones that have never logged into the ICC system, is there any other way to track their location?"

No sooner had Li Qiao finished speaking than Cheng Mo directly retorted, "As long as core members have the system, they will definitely log in."

Shang Yu turned his head to glance at her, extending his arm over the armrest to brush away the hair from her forehead, "What are you thinking of?"

Cheng Mo pressed his lips together and said no more.

Li Qiao looked around and then lifted her chin toward the screen, "A few days ago, I was checking Yun Lih’s coordinates in the system. He was in Nia State at the time. But Yun Ling said he went to London Port half a month ago."

As she finished speaking, her eyes met the man’s, and both of them guessed a possibility.

Yun Lih had left his mobile phone, with the ICC system on it, in Nia State.

Li Qiao held her forehead, her eyes showing a trace of irritation, "If you don’t believe it, you can check to see if his mobile IMEI number is in Nia State."

More than that, it was very possible that Yun Lih’s phone was set to forward calls.

That was also why she was able to get through to him.

Cheng Mo, not believing in curses, took the opportunity while Li Qiao was talking to Shang Yu to independently use the code to pinpoint the IMEI numbers of those two hidden locations.

Seconds later, his gaze towards the computer screen grew a bit disorderly.

Li Qiao, noticing Cheng Mo’s abnormal reaction, narrowed her eyes. Could it be she was wrong?

Without hesitation, Cheng Mo enlarged the IMEI page and voiced his doubts, "Master, take a look at this."

Li Qiao followed his gaze to the screen, where two prominent balloon icons were on display.

One of them was currently located in Nia State.

As for the other, Li Qiao silently lowered her head, pretending not to see as she fidgeted with her fingernails.

Cheng Mo, being a tech-savvy person, didn’t notice her change in expression but just moved the cursor over one balloon, "This hidden coordinate is right here in the Secret Hall."

Shang Yu lifted his eyebrows slightly, curved his lips, and turned to look at Li Qiao sidelong. His eyes were hiding a smile, and his voice was low and playful, "When did you join the International Club?"

For a long time, he had assumed that the ICC system in Li Qiao’s hands was given to her by Yun Lih.

Even though that violated the principles of the Core Alliance of the International Club, the beneficiary was her, so he had tolerated Yun Lih breaking the rule.

It was only after Cheng Mo’s reminder that he paid attention to the inconsistencies behind it all.

The download and usage permissions for the ICC system were all sent out through Cheng Mo’s invitation codes, and it was impossible to successfully download without one.

Li Qiao cleared her throat, but before she could speak, Cheng Mo preempted her, "Master, it couldn’t be Miss Li, I’ve seen all the basic information of the Core Alliance members, and she’s not there..."

The man just smiled and said nothing, but his eyes, deep as a sea of ink, were intently fixed on the girl beside him.

Li Qiao glanced at the screen and curled her lips, "In the Core Alliance, there’s someone called K..."

"How is that possible, K is an SS confidentiality level." Cheng Mo couldn’t believe it, and stood up as he spoke, "Only the leaders of the Eight Major Groups in the International Club can access SS confidentiality privileges, Miss Li, which group’s leader are you?"

He hadn’t heard of any women being in charge of the Eight Major Groups.

Moreover, the International Club’s Mercenary Group consists solely of men.

The information about this K was also provided by the Mercenary Group, with very little basic information and a lot of mystery.

Facing the barrage of questions from Cheng Mo, Li Qiao turned her head to look at Shang Yu, choosing to come clean, "My SS confidentiality privilege was transferred to me by Yun Lih."

Cheng Mo fell silent.

Shang Yu, on the other hand, looked down to tap ash from his cigarette and curled his lips ambiguously, "He is quite attentive to you."

SS level confidentiality not only protected her basic information, but members below this level couldn’t even track her location.

Cheng Mo placed a fist against his mouth and coughed, "Secret Hall Master, what next..."

The IMEI codes of two concealed phones had already been located, with no apparent anomalies for the time being.

Li Qiao gazed at Shang Yu’s sharply contoured profile and then said to Cheng Mo, "If a phone has call forwarding activated, can we find the location of the other phone receiving the call?"

Cheng Mo pondered for a moment and answered seriously, "If the called party has location services enabled on their phone, it can be located."

"Let’s try it," Li Qiao recited Yun Lih’s phone number, her pretty face growing increasingly calm and cold.

She hoped Yun Lih hadn’t disabled his phone’s location services.

In the following time, Li Qiao watched the projection screen without blinking, occasionally tapping her fingers on the armrest and simultaneously contemplating her strategy.

Yun Lih wasn’t impulsive or brainless in character; even if he had agreed to Shen Qingye’s deal, he wouldn’t expose himself to danger without thorough preparations and planning.

But this time he hadn’t taken any members of the Mercenary Group with him; he wouldn’t be so foolish as to go into battle alone.

If she were Yun Lih, what would she do?

At that moment, Cheng Mo pressed the Enter key and looked up, "The phone with call forwarding, its IMEI code, was last seen at the Charlman City Empire Hotel. It seems the location services have been disabled for the past seven days; I can’t track it anymore."

Charlman City...

Li Qiao sighed without a change in expression, as expected.

...

Half an hour later, Li Qiao and Shang Yu left the Secret Hall.

As for the third assessment, Li Qiao chose to postpone it.

The helicopter reached the Mansion’s platform and as the rotor blades slowly decreased in speed, Li Qiao took off her noise-cancelling headphones and turned to ask, "Are all four hall masters of the Secret Hall from the International Club?"

"Mm." Shang Yu stroked his fingertips, his eyes deep as he gazed at her, "They’re distributed among the Eight Major Groups, each with their respective duties."

Li Qiao tugged at the corner of her mouth, looking down at her own phone, "My ICC system is still connected to your account, why didn’t Cheng Mo detect that just now?"

Of the eighty-seven Core Alliance members’ locations, Shang Yu seemed to be absent.

The man curved his lips, grabbing her wrist and leaning over to step out of the cabin, "SSS level clearance, embedded with ghost confidentiality code, unless you actively turn on the system’s location service, even Cheng Mo can’t find it."

Li Qiao clicked her tongue, "Who wrote the code?"

The ghost confidentiality code sounded very high-end.

Shang Yu didn’t speak but gave her a look and an eyebrow raise, which made Li Qiao instantly understand.

It turns out he wrote it himself!