Let them offer their loyalty!

Secretary Bai looked at Qiu Tu, just looked at him. After a moment, he sighed softly and then picked up the landline telephone on the desk.

Soon the call connected and Secretary Bai had a brief chat with Yan Chen before standing up and saying to Qiu Tu, "Come with me. The Bureau Chief is waiting for you."

Qiu Tu sincerely said to Secretary Bai, "Thank you, sir."

Upon hearing this, Secretary Bai gently patted Qiu Tu's shoulder. Although he didn't say a word, everything was understood without speaking.

As Secretary Bai was the head of the Administrative Office and also Yan Chen's secretary, their offices were very close to each other.

Qiu Tu followed Secretary Bai for just a short walk before they arrived at Yan Chen's office door.

Reaching Yan Chen's office door, Secretary Bai was about to knock when suddenly a "ding-dong~" sound rang out in the hallway—it was the sound of a text message.

Secretary Bai stopped his hand movement and looked at Qiu Tu.

Qiu Tu quickly showed an apologetic smile and took out his communicator to glance at it.

The text message was from Fang Ming, and its content was straightforward, containing only nine words: Master Qin Si's item has been delivered.

A smile appeared on Qiu Tu's face. He put his communicator on silent mode and placed it back in his pocket before then whispering to Secretary Bai, "Everything is taken care of."

Secretary Bai nodded, then knocked on the office door.

"Come in."

Accompanied by Yan Chen's low and husky voice, Secretary Bai opened the door, leading Qiu Tu into the office that represented the Investigation Bureau's highest authority...

Similar to Yan Chen's study, his office was also adorned with thick curtains. Even though it was morning, the room was still incredibly dim, with only the desk lamp casting a faint glow.

Qiu Tu was curious how Yan Chen could manage to go through documents in such an environment.

"Bureau Chief, Agent Qiu is here." "Good day, Bureau Chief!"

Hearing their greetings, Yan Chen, hidden in the darkness behind the lamp, hummed lightly and then looked at Qiu Tu with an expression neither happy nor sad and slowly asked, "I heard you have a situation to report?"

Upon hearing this, Qiu Tu nodded, "Yes, Bureau Chief."

"I've found clues and evidence of the Qin Family colluding with the United Front. I would like to report this to you!"

Upon hearing Qiu Tu's words, Yan Chen's expression showed no change, but Secretary Bai beside him looked at Qiu Tu with a surprised expression.

Qiu Tu pretended not to notice Secretary Bai's expression and just quietly looked at Yan Chen.

Yan Chen was silent for a moment before asking in a flat voice, "You found the evidence in just three days?"

Qiu Tu replied, "Yes."

After speaking, he added, "If you don't believe me, you could call Director Qin Zhengguang to confront me."

Hearing Qiu Tu's words, Yan Chen seemed much more interested.

He shifted his gaze to Secretary Bai and inquired, "What's my schedule coming up?"

Secretary Bai bowed slightly, "Bureau Chief, you have a mid-level meeting in 10 minutes, and in one hour, the Special Service Department is scheduled to give you a summary report."

Yan Chen pondered for a moment, then said, "Let's cancel that meeting."

"Also, call Qin Zhengguang here."

Secretary Bai bowed, "Yes."

Having said that, he turned to leave.

At this moment, Yan Chen spoke again, "Right, summon Jia Shu as well. After all, this involves their Political Department."

Upon hearing this, Secretary Bai nodded again, "Yes."

After Secretary Bai left, only Qiu Tu and Yan Chen remained in the office.

Qiu Tu was looking at Yan Chen but his mind was on the information Qin Shuman had drunkenly leaked to him the night before.

According to Qin Shuman's account, Yan Chen had indeed experienced a Cataclysm Awakening and was at least a Second-Order Cataclysmic Awakened.

No one knew the specifics of his Cataclysmic path, but from some of his usual behaviors and interests, it was very likely that it was "Life" or "Immortality."

And his own abilities were probably related to darkness or death.

These types of paths and abilities were the most dangerous and the most prone to "Degeneration." That's why the Security Department was secretly monitoring and investigating Yan Chen.

Having learned this information, Qiu Tu wasn't surprised; on the contrary, he felt that Qin Shuman must be hiding something from him.

After all... merely "suspecting Degeneration," and the Security Department conducting a private investigation of a high-ranking official was quite exaggerated.

Qiu Tu suspected that this was likely related to the special privileges of the Security Department or some characteristics of Cataclysmics.....

....

As time ticked by, two minutes quickly passed, and a knock was heard on the office door.Nôv(el)B\\jnn

With Yan Chen's low "Come in," Secretary Bai, Jia Shu, and Qin Zhengguang entered the room.

They first greeted Yan Chen, and then their gazes fell on Qiu Tu.

Jia Shu was fine, his gaze merely one of interest, his eyes seemingly smiling but not quite. But Qin Zhengguang was different, he stared angrily at Qiu Tu, his eyes as if they could spit fire.

Clearly... both of them were already aware of the matter at hand.

Seeing that everyone had arrived, Yan Chen, leaning back in his chair, eyes landing on Qiu Tu, said in a hoarse voice, "Report."

"Yes!" Qiu Tu responded, then he first glanced at Qin Zhengguang, then at Jia Shu, and finally took out several documents from the file and said, "Bureau Chief, a few days ago I was ordered to protect Miss Shuman in her return to the Qin Family for a family visit."

"Unexpectedly, I received an anonymous tip that night."

"The tip-off stated that the Qin Family was colluding with anti-government organizations."

"It detailed not only the Qin Family's secret transportation of drugs, weapons, and other controlled resources to anti-government organizations but also recorded instances of the anti-government organization cooperating with the Qin Family to gain merits, helping the Qin Family to expand their influence in Xinjie City."

Upon hearing such severe accusations from Qiu Tu, Qin Zhengguang's face turned green with rage. His eyes ablaze, he bellowed at Qiu Tu, "You're slandering me! Who put you up to framing the Qin Family?"

His voice caused the office to "buzz" with the reverberation.

Qiu Tu wanted to defend himself, but before he could even speak, Jia Shu next to him began to jokingly refute on his behalf, "Director Qin, no need to be so agitated. Whatever issues you have can wait until after Qiu Tu has finished his report."

"We're all on the same side here. Surely we wouldn't wrong you, would we?"

Jia Shu was not only Yan Chen's right-hand man and one of the top nine officials of the Investigation Bureau but also a middle-management personnel with privileges who came down from the Sanctuary. Qin Zhengguang dared to vent at Qiu Tu, but he wouldn't dare to provoke Jia Shu, thus he had no choice but to press his lips together in silence.

However, although he was silent, his gaze towards Qiu Tu was filled with unadulterated murderous intent.

The Qin Family was no small force but a prominent, widespread family within the entirety of Xinjie City.

For a power group of such level, not to mention vague and elusive clues, even with conclusive evidence, dealing with them would be very troublesome and complicated, with actions affecting the whole body.

Therefore, even if Qiu Tu's evidence was sufficient, the Qin Family was most likely not going to fall.

When the Qin Family recuperated, what awaited Qiu Tu would be their relentless retaliation....