CHAPTER 54: CHAPTER 54: NO ONE IS TO SPEAK OF TODAY’S EVENTS

The reason Mantis knew about this was because he once overheard a phone call at home, where his captain was told to celebrate Bai Xiaotang’s birthday for her.

He later found out that Bai Xiaotang and the captain had a childhood engagement, though the captain had never acknowledged it or spoken about it publicly.

Since the captain was oblivious to other women, Mantis had once seriously doubted his sexual orientation, only to get a harsh lesson. From then on, he no longer dared to inquire about the captain’s love life.

He would only occasionally tease him about this childhood fiancée, like right at this moment.

Sure enough, the captain lifted his head, giving him a look full of "love," then stood up and walked over.

"Captain, I’m just all talk, I refuse any physical attacks." Mantis immediately jumped up from his chair, quickly retreating a few meters to maintain a safe distance out of punch range.

But Fu Yuanxuan didn’t chase after him. Instead, he simply sat in his chair to watch the surveillance monitors.

His brows were furrowed, his expression somewhat serious.

"Captain? What’s wrong?"

"Something’s off."

"How so?"

"Why is Bai Xiaotang here?"

Isn’t she supposed to be in Beijing? Why did she come to Anhe City?

Judging by her school uniform, she seems to be attending school here. Would Bai Yusen really feel at ease with her living here?

Following this train of thought, Fu Yuanxuan looked at Mantis, "Pull up all the videos of Bai Xiaotang that have been captured."

After a moment of thought, Fu Yuanxuan added, "Also check the people around her."

Mantis watched Fu Yuanxuan for a while, making sure he wasn’t doing this for personal reasons. Then he put on a serious face and got to work.

After more than ten hours of retrieval and screening, all the surveillance of Bai Xiaotang had been loaded into Fu Yuanxuan’s Smart Brain.

Mantis had dropped his joking manner and seriously reported, "Captain, based on the analysis of Bai Xiaotang’s surveillance, the places she appears most frequently are the Mingfu Garden District and near Anhe Middle School, and Anhe Middle School is just three streets away from Back Alley Street. Additionally, I discovered that Bai Xiaotang’s driver had interacted with three girls, and these three girls also have a lot of contact with her, often seen standing together. Moreover, when investigating these three girls two weeks prior, I found one of them very unusual, as the surveillance barely captured any images of her."

"Not captured..." Fu Yuanxuan squinted his eyes slightly, his fingers unconsciously rubbing the tabletop.

He hadn’t expected such a finding. Initially, he just thought Bai Yusen would certainly send an expert to protect Bai Xiaotang, and this expert might be a superpower user.

"Yes, and another odd thing is that when the explosion happened, a portion of the surveillance near Back Alley Street experienced a brief malfunction."

"Are you certain?" Fu Yuanxuan asked.

Mantis nodded, "Captain, when you asked me to search the surveillance of people around Bai Xiaotang, I first retrieved the footage of those girls around her, and then I discovered this particular girl’s surveillance was very strange. Her recent surveillance footage is almost blank. The only captured moment is of a person resembling her standing near a landfill. Captain, when we were picking you up, I scouted the surrounding terrain. There are no other residences, so the only place she could be visiting is the landfill..."

Mantis projected a photo of one of the girls and a map with route markings in front of Fu Yuanxuan.

Fu Yuanxuan’s pupils narrowed, and he said in a deep voice, "Pull up her file."

"Yes."

Half an hour later, a personal file of a girl was displayed in front of Fu Yuanxuan:

Name: You Le

Age: 17 years

Gender: Female

Physique: S-Class

Spiritual Power: Level C8

...

"Captain, she has an S-Class physique."

Upon seeing the physique section, Mantis looked at Fu Yuanxuan uneasily, "Could she be the superpower user who rescued you?"

Fu Yuanxuan’s brows were tightly furrowed, falling into deep thought.

This girl seemed very much like one of the two people who had knocked him out in a nightclub before.

There weren’t many people in the world who could knock him out with pure hand strength, but someone with an S-Class physique should be able to. Because someone with an S-Class physique has a high probability of becoming a superpower user, specifically a superpower user with a physical mutation.

These kinds of superpower users weren’t the Control Ability Users he had previously deduced who rely on spiritual power control.

If she wasn’t a Control Ability User, then how did she make the police car tires explode?

Could it be a speed ability?

Fu Yuanxuan looked at Mantis, and his other team members beside him, "No one should talk about today’s events."

Mantis was confused, so Fu Yuanxuan continued, "The fact that the girl’s files can still be retrieved means nobody has discovered she’s a superpower user yet..."

Mantis immediately understood, giving Fu Yuanxuan an "OK" gesture, then asked, "Captain, what do we do next?"

"Even though the people from Duhuo have retreated from Back Alley Street, they won’t give up the opportunity they’ve seized in Anhe City. I will stay in Anhe City to continue investigating along the lines we’ve uncovered."

"What about us?"

"You will secretly protect the girl named You Le. Duhuo suffered significant losses this time, so surely someone will investigate her. Be sure to clean up her trail."

"Understood, but Captain, your identity has been exposed, and getting close to Duhuo again will be very dangerous. They will certainly be more cautious and careful, so you’ll need to find a safe identity to cover your presence while staying in Anhe City."

Fu Yuanxuan, looking at the Smart Brain on his wrist, replied calmly, "I know."

***

Several days later.

At the gate of Anhe Middle School.

The security guard looked incredulously at the three-member school bully group, who were known for arriving late, leaving early, and skipping school, as they lined up neatly at the school gate. He couldn’t help but rub his eyes hard.

Did the sun rise from the west today?

The school bully trio arrived at school so early, was something unexpected about to happen?

The security guard felt a bit uneasy, staring at them intently, his hand gripping the school gate remote control tightly.

With any abnormal movement, he would press the remote to shut the gate.

However, until class was about to start, the three of them made no moves at all.

It wasn’t until a luxury car drove in that the one in the middle, You Le, suddenly straightened up and walked briskly over.

Darn, were the three of them finally turning to robbery?

The security guard, imagining a dramatic scene, quickly stepped forward and shouted sternly, "What’s the three of you doing?"

Before he finished his sentence, the car door had already opened, and You Le casually draped an arm over the shoulder of the small girl who got out of the car, "From today, I’ll have your back."

"Thank you, You Le."

"Call me Sister."

"Sister You."

The security guard watched the little girl obediently let You Le ruffle her hair, with an indescribable expression. Finally, he managed to squeeze out a sentence, "If you have any difficulties you can’t talk about, you can tell the teachers."

You Le rolled her eyes, hooked an arm around Bai Xiaotang’s shoulder, and walked into the school.

Bai Xiaotang turned back to give the security guard a sweet smile, "Thank you, sir. Sister You is my new bodyguard."

Bodyguard???

As they walked onto the campus, You Le released Bai Xiaotang’s shoulder, buried her hands in her pockets, and asked, "Did Sister Ning leave?"

Bai Xiaotang nodded, "Yes, she left with Sister Xiao Tong by car this morning."

"By car? Does she have a driver’s license?"

"Yes, she got it in three days."

As the few of them fully entered the school gate, the three men at the nearby milk tea shop finally exchanged glances, sipping their drinks while conversing quietly.

"Captain, according to our tracking over the past few days, besides home and school, You Le will head to a nearby food street for a part-time job. Because her grandmother was hospitalized recently, she borrowed money from many people." Mantis, looking at the laptop in front of him, quietly reported.

Fu Yuanxuan withdrew his gaze and suddenly asked a seemingly unrelated question, "Is she on good terms with Bai Xiaotang?"

Mantis was stunned, turning his head towards the school direction, but the people at the gate had already disappeared.

"According to intelligence reports, You Le is a classmate of Bai Xiaotang, and there is a debt relationship between them."