Daily Intelligence: Forced to Save the Beautiful President at the Beginning

171: Chapter 172 The Destiny Group? This case is huge!In the corridor of the Jiangcheng Police Station, the lights cast a cold, white glow. Zhang Fan had just finished signing his statement and returning the pen to the duty officer when he saw Qin Xue walking over from the interrogation room. She was holding a stack of files with an undisguised smile on her face—clearly, the director’s commendation had put her in a good mood.

”President Zhang, I really have to thank you this time,” Qin Xue said, walking up to the two men with a sincere tone. ”If it weren’t for your tip-off, we wouldn’t have been able to catch Xiao Chen, let alone know that this involved a transnational organization.”

Zhang Fan was about to say something polite when he suddenly remembered Jingshen’s ”warning” while recording his statement. He deliberately sighed and looked at Jingshen: ”No need for thanks. But Officer Qin, you really need to keep an eye on your boyfriend—he just told me to delete your contact information and said that anything in the future must go through him. He called me a ’playboy’ and was afraid I’d corrupt you.”

He had expected Qin Xue to laugh and retort, but to his surprise, she nodded and said earnestly: ”My boyfriend is right. There are indeed many outstanding women around you, so it’s normal for him to be concerned, especially given how viral your ’National Husband’ scandal was. Let’s just communicate through Jingshen in the future so he doesn’t worry.”

After speaking, Qin Xue winked at Jingshen. The two shared a smile, and their tacit laughter instantly echoed through the corridor.

Zhang Fan was completely speechless. He stood there, mouth agape, mentally ranting: ”I’m a playboy? Jingshen used to change girlfriends faster than clothes; he’s the real playboy! This couple is ganging up to bully me!”

Jingshen laughed and patted Zhang Fan on the shoulder, his tone full of smugness: ”Fan Zi, hear that? My girlfriend is on my side! Stop contacting Little Xue in private from now on, lest I get jealous.”

”Alright, alright, stop showing off, you two,” Zhang Fan waved his hand helplessly, changing the subject. ”How is the interrogation going with Xiao Chen? Has he confessed?”

At the mention of the case, Qin Xue’s expression immediately turned serious: ”He hasn’t fully confessed yet, but the Technology Department just sent word that they’ve made a major discovery.”

She led them toward the Technology Department. ”We tried several cracking programs on Xiao Chen’s satellite phone, but they were useless. We couldn’t even find the manufacturer’s information; it looks like military-grade customized encryption equipment. Brother Wang from the Technology Department said that this kind of equipment is usually only used by transnational criminal organizations or special agencies.”

Walking into the Technology Department office, several police officers were surrounding a computer, the screen displaying an exploded view of the satellite phone.

An older police officer with graying hair (Brother Wang) saw Qin Xue enter and immediately greeted her excitedly: ”Little Xue, you’ve really performed a great service this time! Look at the internal structure of this phone; the chip is the latest encrypted model from abroad. We contacted the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, and they said they’d never seen this custom version. This case is definitely not simple. It’s not just ordinary trouble-making; there must be a major organization behind it!”

Qin Xue took the report from Brother Wang and scanned it quickly, her brows furrowing tighter: ”So, Xiao Chen’s ’Dragon King Hall’ and Tianming Group might involve national security?”

”Not might, definitely!” Brother Wang pointed to the fund flow chart on the report. ”Look, several of Xiao Chen’s overseas account transactions went to suspicious accounts in Southeast Asia. Those accounts were flagged by Interpol before for suspected terrorist financing. The bureau has already triggered the highest-level alert. The city bureau leaders just called to say that the State Security Bureau has taken over the case, and we are to fully cooperate with their investigation.”

Zhang Fan stood to the side, listening to their conversation, and nodded inwardly—as expected, Xiao Chen was just a small pawn thrown out by Tianming Group. The fact that this case could involve State Security meant the threat from Tianming was even greater than he had imagined.

Qin Xue put away the report and turned to look at Zhang Fan, her eyes complex: ”President Zhang, seriously, every time you get involved in such big cases, it’s like you’re a walking Conan. Between the Chang Yuan frame-up last time and this connection to a transnational organization, do you have some kind of ’special constitution’?”

Zhang Fan laughed it off: ”Coincidence, it’s all just coincidence. I’m just a game developer, at most a ’concerned citizen’ with good luck.” He couldn’t expose the existence of the system and could only use ”luck” as an excuse.

Jingshen chimed in from the side: ”It’s just a coincidence! But my Fan Zi has a good brain; he was able to see that something was wrong with Xiao Chen ahead of time. That’s called foresight!”

After staying at the police station for another half hour to provide supplementary statements to the State Security personnel, Zhang Fan and Jingshen finally left. As soon as they stepped out of the police station gates, the evening breeze blew, and a dense series of system prompts suddenly sounded in Zhang Fan’s mind, with light blue pop-up windows appearing one after another:

[Ding! Successfully thwarted the first wave of Tianming Group’s offensive (”Dragon King Elimination Plan”), perfectly resolving the crisis for Singularity Technology and related personnel!]

[Ding! Broke the ”Dragon King Son-in-law” plot loop through legal means, severely disrupting Tianming Group’s established deployment, World Line deviation +5%!]

[Ding! Comprehensive rating: S-Rank! Reward: 50,000 Intelligence Points! Reward: Special Item: ”Eye of Truth” trial card (one-time use)!]

[Item Description: After using the ”Eye of Truth” trial card, you can see through all disguises (including identity disguises, lies, and hidden information) within 10 minutes, with no rank restrictions!]

Zhang Fan stopped and leaned against a plane tree by the roadside, secretly bringing up the system interface—his Intelligence Point balance instantly jumped to over 80,000, and the ”Eye of Truth” trial card lay quietly in his inventory, emitting a faint golden light. He couldn’t help but curl his lips, feeling incredibly satisfied: ”I didn’t expect that playing an ’anti-trope’ game with a chuunibyou like Xiao Chen would actually get me an S-rank rating, plus so many Intelligence Points and items. It was so worth it!”

”Fan Zi, what are you spacing out for?” Jingshen pushed him, his tone still carrying the excitement from just a moment ago. ”The State Security people said earlier that Xiao Chen’s satellite phone might be linked to overseas terrorist organizations. If this case is solved, Little Xue’s first-class merit is guaranteed! Don’t you think we can be considered to have indirectly made a contribution?”

Zhang Fan closed the system interface and nodded with a smile: ”We can! But the most important thing is that we’ve blocked the first wave of attacks from Tianming Group. If they want to cause trouble again, they’ll have to think twice.”

Jingshen walked to the side of the road and hailed a taxi, still savoring the scene from earlier: ”Seriously, Afan, your move was brilliant! Dealing with a chuunibyou like Xiao Chen who lives in a short drama, it’s useless to talk about ’kingly aura’ with him; you have to let the police uncles treat him with ’leniency for confession’! You didn’t see his expression when he was handcuffed and taken away; his face turned green. It was more satisfying than seeing a boss defeated in a game!”

The taxi slowly pulled up in front of them. Zhang Fan opened the door and looked back at the police station building—the lights were still bright; presumably, they were still busy with Xiao Chen’s case inside. He knew this was just the first step in confronting Tianming Group. Xiao Chen’s arrest and State Security taking over meant the battlefield ahead would be more complex and might even involve overseas forces.

But looking at the ”Eye of Truth” trial card in his hand and the full amount of Intelligence Points, Zhang Fan felt a bit more confident. He sat in the taxi and said to the driver: ”To Singularity Technology, please hurry.”

Jingshen followed him inside and asked confusedly: ”Going to the company so late? Not going home to rest?”

”I’ll rest later,” Zhang Fan watched the street scene passing by outside the window, his eyes firm. ”I need to tell Lu Qingyan, Zhou Yurou, and the others about Xiao Chen’s situation and have the Technology Department reinforce the servers—Tianming might try something else now that they’ve lost their ’Dragon King,’ so we have to be prepared in advance.”