Retired for A Hundred Years: Re-Employment for the Apocalypse Bigshot!-Chapter 241: The Villain’s Meteoric Rise!

Liu Yan watched Ji Ning’s departing figure and sighed.

What’s the family head thinking?

Insisting on using such an uncontrollable dangerous character, it’s like holding a bomb that could explode if not careful.

Liu Yan picked up the cup on the table and took a few gulps of tea, trying to calm his extremely unsettled mind.

***

When Ji Ning arrived at the office where the B-level investigators usually stayed, he was met with a bunch of curious eyes.

They wanted to ask questions, but due to their positions, no one wanted to be the first to speak.

Ji Ning naturally wouldn’t voluntarily inform them, he glanced around the room and directly named: "Wind Girl, Ah Mu, Xiao Shun, Asheng!"

Amid the astonishment of everyone, Ji Ning’s four team members proudly stood up and walked out.

"Wait a moment." Suddenly, a familiar male voice rang out.

Ah Mu, who was walking at the end, turned his head and saw Thunder Ability User No. 51, who had joined the group with them but had offended Ji Ning and was taken out, getting up to stop him.

No. 51’s chin was still arrogantly lifted, but a hint of embarrassment flashed in his eyes, as if wanting to say something but found it hard to articulate.

"51, what’s up?" Ah Mu knew full well, suppressing his inner delight, he asked earnestly.

No. 51’s expression was extremely unnatural, if possible, he really didn’t want to stop him, he held back for a long time before asking: "Are you guys going to investigate a case?"

Ah Mu nodded, "We’re going right now."

"Do you need my help?"

The voice was a bit quieter.

Ah Mu was taken aback, looked deeply at No. 51 with some disbelief, and then said: "Not as of now, I’ll be going now. The leader doesn’t like waiting."

Ah Mu wanted to see him make a fool of himself but didn’t dare agree to anything easily with No. 51, took a glance at his already distanced companions, and quickly stepped forward, after two steps, turned back to reassure: "If there’s a problem, I’ll ask for your help."

No. 51 watched Ah Mu running off with a bitterly clenching his teeth.

Sly opportunist!

Did he really think he was trying to curry favor with him?

If the Red Team Captain hadn’t asked him to find a way back into Ji Ning’s investigation team, he wouldn’t even bother dealing with this bunch.

No one cared what No. 51 thought.

The four hurried into Ji Ning’s car, their destination unknown.

Ji Ning was acting as the driver, while driving, he asked: "Did you find anything?"

Ah Mu and Asheng, who had gone to the Cao Family, started the briefing first.

"The Cao Family started with logistics, their power in Beijing isn’t significant, but the Cao Family is in-law relation to the Gu Family, Cao Family head Cao Demao’s eldest daughter is married to the Gu Family’s young master. Therefore, Cao Family uses the Gu Family’s connections to expand their industry to the Outer Continent, now it’s one of the main partners of Gu Family in international trade..."

"We inquired at the Cao Family’s headquarters’ company about the food festival, the secretary of Cao Demao said that originally the Sun Family invited the Cao Family head to attend the food festival in Sea City, but Cao Family had suddenly encountered business trouble in the West Continent, so the family head went to the West Continent a day before the food festival, leaving his second brother to attend instead. Among those poisoned was this second brother of the family head..."

"The Cao Family’s attitude towards the Sun Family is very poor, they have currently terminated an Outer Continent project with the Sun Family. Cao Demao’s secretary repeatedly stressed that Sun Family should compensate, and also asked us to investigate Sun Family more..."

Thinking of the Cao Family’s attitude made Ah Mu and Asheng have a headache.

Originally, they wanted to ask more about the Cao Family’s Outer Continent relations, but the topic was skillfully diverted by Cao Demao’s secretary, making their inquiry highly obstructed.

The two finished their report, feeling very uneasy, worried that Ji Ning might think they weren’t capable enough. 𝚏𝗿𝗲𝐞𝐰𝚎𝕓𝐧𝚘𝘃𝗲𝐥.𝐜𝚘𝕞

But after hearing it, all Ji Ning said was "hmm," without any further comment.

This made the atmosphere in the car even more tense.

Asheng nudged Wind Girl, signaling her to quickly update on their progress.

Receiving the signal, Wind Girl reluctantly spoke with Xiao Shun about the Tang Family’s situation.

"The Tang Family ranks in the top three in inner city strength, their main business is chain restaurants. In organizing this Sun Family food festival, the Tang Family offered a lot of help behind the scenes, the two families are long-standing friends. There were rumors that Sun Yazhu was originally going to be engaged to the second young master of the Tang Family, but due to certain issues, the engagement was called off. Later, because of Sun Liguo’s issues, the Sun Family’s image plummeted, and many forces targeted the Sun Family until the Tang Family secretly assisted and helped organize the food festival..."

"We found out that recently the Tang Family has rekindled interest in marrying into the Sun Family; the second young master of the Tang Family has been in Sea City lately, seemingly in step with Sun Yazhu."

At this, Xiao Shun paused, glanced at Wind Girl, then continued: "Wind Girl found out that the chef preparing the fruit plates for the Sea City food festival’s opening ceremony was sent by the Tang Family."

Ji Ning looked at the red light ahead, stopped the car, glanced at the rearview mirror, and said: "Are you suspecting that the Tang Family might be the mastermind?"

Xiao Shun looked again at Wind Girl and nodded, "Yes, leader."

Throughout, Wind Girl kept her head down, looking shy and afraid to speak.

"It’s possible." Ji Ning glanced at Wind Girl, confirming their speculation.

Wind Girl was a bit surprised, she looked up abruptly, meeting the eyes in the rearview mirror, and quickly averted her gaze.

"The Tang Family indeed looks very suspicious at the moment." After saying this, Ji Ning went silent.

The four in the car were eager to hear more but waited for a long time without further comments from Ji Ning.

Sitting in the front passenger seat, Ah Mu couldn’t help but ask: "Leader, are we going to the Tang Family?"

"No, we’re going to the Gu Family."

Gu Family?

The four were once again surprised.

They hadn’t thoroughly investigated the Cao and Tang Families yet, why are they starting a new investigation?

"Do you have any questions?" Ji Ning suddenly asked.

The four were startled, then all looked at Ji Ning.

Ah Mu was the first to speak, "Leader, why don’t we investigate the three families we already looked into more thoroughly?"

Ji Ning countered with a question: "Can you guarantee that what you further investigate will be 100% accurate?"

The four thought for a moment and shook their heads.

The first inquiry might catch the opponent off guard, revealing some truths, but a second visit would find them alert and prepared, and what was presented then would be less reliable.

Ji Ning continued: "If you wait to fully investigate, months will have passed, and the spies will have long gone. So, we must quickly investigate all the families from Beijing that went to Sea City in the shortest time possible."

Even if nothing is found, the waters need to be muddied.

Only this way, can big fish be caught!

The four looked at Ji Ning, who was much younger than themselves, with a hint of complexity in their eyes.

Ji Ning drove to the Gu Family’s old mansion in the hillside villa district.

This neighborhood was also an old villa district, serene and secluded, heavily guarded.

Even when Ji Ning presented his Security Bureau credentials, they were still stopped outside the villa area until the Gu Family’s owner agreed to let them in,

At this moment, Gu Shuangcheng happened to be home.

"Second young master, a call from the gatekeeper, the Security Bureau people are here. Should we let them in?" The Gu Family butler respectfully said to Gu Shuangcheng, who sat on the sofa playing games.

Gu Shuangcheng’s eyes were fixed on the phone screen, not lifting his head, "Let them in."

"Yes."

Fifteen minutes later, the doorbell of the Gu Family villa rang.