Retired for A Hundred Years: Re-Employment for the Apocalypse Bigshot!-Chapter 325 - 320: 120th Anniversary Celebration

The 120th anniversary celebration has finally arrived.

Ye Tong, who had been undergoing closed training at Jiuming Mountain, rushed back to Ming Mansion Garden. Her fair skin was tanned a shade darker from base life, but her demeanor was colder and harder than before—truly resembling a base warrior.

"Wow... Sister Ning, you’re finally back! I thought I wouldn’t get to see you this time."

Ye Tong, being enthusiastically Bai Xiaotang-like in regards to Ji Ning, rushed in as soon as she entered, tossing aside her luggage to give Ji Ning a lovable hug.

Lin Yuanyang, sitting beside them, rolled his eyes indifferently.

Ji Ning, who was hugged like a doll, felt a bit depressed; she realized that the three little ones at home had grown taller, even the once shortest Lin Yuanyang was nearly catching up to her.

No matter how much she ate, her height remained unchanged.

"Hey? Where are Tangtang and Instructor Huang?" After releasing Ji Ning, Ye Tong looked around the living room and found only Ji Ning and Lin Yuanyang, prompting her question.

Lin Yuanyang closed his book and stood up from the sofa, "Bai Xiaotang left early to represent the school in the parade, and Instructor Huang hasn’t returned yet."

If it weren’t for waiting on her, they would’ve left long ago.

"Then let’s hurry up and leave. We still need to queue later," Ye Tong glanced at the clock; it was 8:30 in the morning, an hour and a half before the official start of the celebration ceremony. However, they needed to queue in advance for security checks to enter Anhe Square.

Anhe City has a square that can accommodate about 3,000 people; the celebration is held there.

Due to the venue’s size, only those with tickets can watch the celebration up close, which is where Bai Xiaotang previously provided them with invitation letters.

The invitation letter is divided into VIP tickets and regular tickets. VIP tickets allow early entry to the square to watch the first day’s ceremony and Anhe City lineup performance, but regular tickets do not.

Regular tickets can only allow entry into the square after the first day’s ceremony and lineup performance to participate in other activities.

This commemoration event is held at Anhe Square for seven consecutive days. Since it coincides with year-end and new year celebrations, different activities are organized each day. VIP tickets allow free entry to the square to participate in activities during these seven days, whereas regular tickets only permit entry based on the purchased date and session.

Ye Tong was excited for several days after receiving the VIP invitation letter from Bai Xiaotang.

She specifically asked the actors in the cast about it; they said that this VIP ticket isn’t sold publicly and is only given out by officials, so those who get VIP tickets aren’t ordinary people.

***

The three left Ming Mansion Garden and drove towards Anhe Square.

The streets along the way were adorned with banners and slogans celebrating the event, and base warriors rarely seen on the roads were seriously guarding each important intersection.

Even the number of officers had increased greatly compared to before.

The strict security measures made Ye Tong uneasy.

Could it be that some bigwigs from Beijing were attending this commemoration event?

"Sister Ning, don’t you need to be on duty?" Ye Tong seemed to think of something and turned to look at Ji Ning, who was driving beside her.

A detective named Xiao Kong from the Security Bureau was on duty.

"I do."

"Then why aren’t you wearing your uniform?"

Ji Ning was dressed casually today, in a pair of black pants and a black hooded sweatshirt, quite an improvement compared to her usual sports attire. 𝐟𝚛𝕖𝚎𝕨𝗲𝐛𝚗𝐨𝐯𝐞𝕝.𝐜𝗼𝗺

While observing the traffic, Ji Ning replied casually, "Undercover."

Ye Tong’s eyes lit up, "Xiao Kong too?"

Ji Ning glanced at her, "Are you two close?"

Ye Tong immediately felt a bit embarrassed, "Not really close; he helped a lot with the previous case. I wanted to give him a thank-you gift."

Ji Ning raised an eyebrow, showing a hint of gossip in her eyes, "What kind of thank-you gift?"

"Oh, I got one for you and Instructor Huang too. It’s a scarf I knitted myself, it’s in the luggage. As for Xiao Kong, it’s a sports wristband." Ye Tong’s cheeks reddened as she explained.

She had never bought gifts for males before, but Xiao Kong did help her out quite a lot this time.

Especially later on, when Ji Ning and Huang Ying weren’t around and Xiao Kong responsibly escorted her back to Jiuming Mountain Base.

She noticed the wristband covering the suppression ring on Xiao Kong’s wrist was a bit old, so she wanted to give him a new set as a token of thanks.

Ji Ning refocused her gaze and smiled slightly, "He’s undercover too."

Many significant forces from Huazhou Safety Zone had come. As a result, the security level was instantly elevated. At least two 10th Rank superpower users from each major force arrived, along with other lower-ranked superpower users. Ji Ning estimated roughly over 800 superpower users were in Anhe City—not to mention Anhe City’s own superpower users, totaling about a thousand.

Though there are only about a thousand superpower users, their danger level surpasses that of two Elite Masters, especially when equipped with powerful weapons.

Thus, the special departments of the Security Bureau in Beijing, Anhe City, and surrounding cities urgently dispatched a lot of undercover superpower agents to maintain order in Anhe City.

Ji Ning, as an A-level high-level multi-system superpower user from Beijing’s Security Department, was the foremost to be sent undercover, and Xiao Kong, as her team member, naturally had to come for duty.

Therefore, most people holding VIP tickets were superpower users, and all were superpower users from major forces.

Ye Tong still didn’t know she would be sitting among a group of bigwigs watching the performance soon.

***

Ji Ning parked the car in the designated parking lot, and Ye Tong was shocked to see so many police cars for the first time.

"Sister Ning, we’re parked here, is that okay?" Ye Tong glanced around and noticed the parking lot was full of police cars, and there were many uniformed officers standing nearby, making her quite uneasy.

Had the entire Anhe City police force been deployed today?

Lin Yuanyang replied calmly, "Don’t worry, Sister Ning’s car is from the Security Bureau."

Ji Ning turned off the ignition and skillfully handed Ye Tong a hat and sunglasses.

This was specifically emphasized by Lin Anqing after knowing they would be attending the morning celebration ceremony on the first day. He insisted that Ye Tong wear a hat and sunglasses and be cautious not to be caught by cameras.

Ye Tong’s public persona is that of someone with no background, willing to work hard, and decent at acting, so she couldn’t be seen attending such official events, even as an audience member it was a no-go.

After the three got out of the car, the police officers not far away turned to look at them, even casting a few more glances at Ye Tong, with inexplicable glints in their eyes.

Ye Tong’s enhanced senses heightened her anxiety again; she lowered her voice and asked Ji Ning, "Sister Ning, should I take off my mask and sunglasses?"

"No need."

"Will I look weird?"

"No."

Soon, Ye Tong realized there were many people wearing black sunglasses in the queue for security checks.

She wasn’t the only one.

Suddenly feeling a bit excited, she turned to ask Ji Ning softly, "Sister Ning, are they invited celebrities too?"

Ji Ning: ...

"Pfft..."

Suddenly, a laugh erupted from a nearby queue, Ye Tong turned to look.

She saw a fair young man laughing at them while apologizing, "Sorry, sorry, I’m not laughing at you."

Ye Tong felt eyes on her, knowing she had said something foolish; she blushed and glared at him, ignoring the man who spoke.

Ji Ning lightly coughed.

The superpower users nearby quickly retracted their gazes and looked forward.

Ye Tong instantly felt the surrounding attention on her diminish.

The young man seemed to want to converse with them, continuing to smile as he said, "Hi, I’m Du Yiming, a third-year student at Beijing University."