When the Possessive Omega Fell for Me - Chapter 52.1

Just as Yi Jing began to take action step by step, the true inner circle of the Yi family also quickly grasped the inside story of the attack incident.

Old Master Yi, who had returned to the Yi family estate first, sat in the dimly lit conference room in the basement of the main mansion. The room had a circular shark pool over five meters deep as a background wall.

Faint light passed through the water and the swimming sharks, falling on Old Master Yi’s face, casting mottled shadows.

With a calm gaze that bordered on coldness, Old Master Yi looked towards the shark pool and pondered as he asked, “How are the recent family operations progressing?”

Sitting on the sofa behind Old Master Yi, Yi Sheng thought for a moment before answering, “Overall things are going smoothly. We’ve figured out the situation with the Western European branch incident, and several core executives will soon be brought out of the wanted list.

The self-purge operation is also proceeding normally. Although some business has been disrupted, we’ve indeed rooted out quite a few suspicious individuals.

Especially in terms of maintaining a low profile. During the self-purge period, the activity of the family’s ‘partners’ has decreased, and some police officers who were sniffing around the edges of family business have no leads. Recently the development trends of branch companies in various locations have been particularly stable.”

“What about Lawrence, who’s been targeted by the United Court?” said Old Master Yi.

“Arrangements have been made for him to leave the country. Everything has been taken care of with the United Court and the Inspectorate. No one will discover his whereabouts. The pickup ship will soon enter Eastern Pacific Territory waters, ready to send him away at any time.”

This time it was Yi Mian who answered the question.

Compared to Yi Sheng, Yi Mian, who was always only responsible for dirty work, seemed a bit less personable. There was often a smile on her face, but for some reason it made people feel unapproachable.

“Hmm,” Old Master Yi gazed at the swimming sharks and responded lightly, “Then the only issue is the series of attack incidents that have been happening to Yi Jing lately. That child really likes to stir up trouble, actually causing such a big commotion in the core district.”

Yi Sheng considered for a moment before asking, “Do you need me to put a stop to it?”

“Forget it, it’s just some minor tricks and games. That child’s reactions are quite sharp, but unfortunately she’s not doing what she should be doing,” Old Master Yi casually replied. “Since she’s entered the judicial system, she should honestly be a politician. Those fragmented tactics are not suitable for use in politics.

However, her desire to teach the Zhao family a lesson is not bad. No need to make it explicit, just go along with her intentions. The Zhao family hasn’t been behaving lately, it’s time to give them a warning.”

Yi Sheng nodded, “Understood.”

“At present, the most troublesome issue facing the family is the incident with the Western European branch. If not handled well, it could bring unprecedented problems. So the series of events stemming from the Supernova Group case must be properly resolved. All of you need to be on high alert,”

Old Master Yi twirled the antique jade beads in his hand, speaking in a calm but unquestionable tone, “This matter must be cleaned up before the election ends.”

With the time limit set, Yi Sheng and Yi Mian both straightened their expressions and replied in unison, “Understood.”

As the start of the election drew closer, all areas prone to problems gradually quieted down. As if reaching an unspoken agreement, no one violated regulations anymore. The judicial and security systems’ routine inspections also encountered few cases, finally becoming somewhat less busy.

Yi Jing’s injuries gradually improved, and the two assassination attempts involving her also slowly subsided. Various families lay low, and Yi Jing resumed her normal work routine.

Apart from her shoulder still hurting a bit, Yi Jing felt almost no pressure upon returning to the Inspectorate.

Thorny work had gradually decreased, with most tasks merely being tedious, like endless meetings and reports to write. Besides that, everything was going smoothly. Even the Zhao family had quieted down, giving her ample time to handle matters at hand.

Previously, Hubert had come specifically to warn her that the sniper who shot her was almost caught. After returning to the Inspectorate, Yi Jing immediately clarified the cause and effect, taking over the subsequent arrangements for that sniper from Hubert.

In addition, Yi Jing was also following up on Xu Jiu’s investigation progress in District 5’s black market.

Over a month had passed since the mayor’s mansion explosion, but the police department had yet to produce investigation results.

The core district couldn’t remain under martial law indefinitely. Even to cover up the situation, the transportation system had to maintain smooth operation.

Under pressure from public opinion, the police and supervisory committee relaxed much of their control over District 13 after just a few days. Once control was loosened, tightening it again would be meaningless. Yi Jing almost thought the people who had caused such a commotion at the mayor’s house had already escaped.

The city police department had a similar view. That busy Qi Xiao would come almost every day to ask Yi Jing about the results of the black market investigation here, seemingly planning to shift the focus of the investigation outside of District 13.

But it was at this time that Yi Jing received Xu Jiu’s report.

The new investigation findings were sent to Yi Jing’s terminal. Yi Jing disconnected the private work light screen in her office from the central system, sent the report from the terminal to the light screen, and opened the report while connecting to the subsequent communication from Xu Jiu.

“Have you finally found the key information this time?” Yi Jing raised her hand to grip her faintly aching shoulder as she began reading the report Xu Jiu had sent.

“Yes,” Xu Jiu’s voice came through, his tone somewhat complex, “We’ve finally discovered it and it’s even more unexpected than initially imagined.”

“Hmm?” Yi Jing frowned.

Following Xu Jiu’s words, Yi Jing’s gaze fell on a certain point in the report.

The background of the content in the attached image was a port Yi Jing wasn’t familiar with, but she was very familiar with the logo printed on the neatly arranged containers in the port.

It was a type of logo used by subsidiaries of the Yi family group’s affiliated companies. Yi Jing had occasionally come across this kind of information when investigating Xu Zaixi. The companies associated with Xu Zaixi most commonly used this type of marginal marking.

The bottom-level companies associated with the Yi family’s truly gray businesses would use this logo when transporting certain special materials.

Yi Jing wasn’t very familiar with the specific operations of Xu Zaixi and the others, but she could see that the goods placed in the containers didn’t comply with territorial transport standards, and…

The angle at which the photo was taken also didn’t seem like normal information retention. Whether it was the exposure, shooting angle, or content captured, it all looked very much like the work of secret photography.

“You’ve uncovered Xu Zaixi’s illegal operations?” Yi Jing frowned, looking up at the text summary on the attached image.

“Yes, I didn’t expect to find out more after changing the investigation angle, but there’s very little reliable information,” Xu Jiu replied, “Most of it was obtained from others.”

“Others.” Yi Jing continued reading the report, her brow furrowing deeper, “It wouldn’t be those people who later went to investigate and caused a commotion at the mayor’s mansion, would it?”

“Yes and no,” Xu Jiu didn’t deny Yi Jing’s guess, continuing in a somewhat strange tone, “I can’t confirm whether this content was actually done by those few people who caused trouble at the mayor’s mansion, but undoubtedly, a considerable number of people are acting to achieve the same goal. Perhaps those who uncovered Xu Zaixi’s illegal operations were the same ones who caused trouble at the mayor’s mansion.”

Yi Jing was stunned for a moment, her memory quickly retreating, rewinding to when she first noticed that in most people’s blind spots, there was still a group of people hiding in the shadows who also harbored ill will towards privileged families like the Yi family.

At that time, she had discovered several strange points at the scene of Zhao Qin’s cliff fall, and then began to suspect that there might be people among ordinary citizens who had noticed the inside story. Later, the mayor’s mansion was greatly disturbed, and now Xu Jiu had actually discovered that a group of people were investigating the Yi family’s illegal businesses.

All of this couldn’t have been accomplished with just one or two days of time, or the accumulation and strength of just one or two people.

“Have they already formed an organization with clear division of labor?” Yi Jing asked, not particularly surprised, looking at the report that contained both the results of the District 5 investigation and mentioned some evidence of illegal activities by Xu Zaixi’s subordinate company branches.

Xu Jiu didn’t answer immediately, but instead said: “Inspector, is your communication secure there?”

Yi Jing looked up at the terminal, then at the working status of the scanning port installed in the office. To be safe, she still got up and walked to the bathroom, while turning on the faucet and humidity adjustment system in the bathroom: “You can speak now.”

Xu Jiu immediately answered Yi Jing’s previous question: “Whether there’s a clear division of labor can’t be determined yet. The only thing that can be confirmed is that their numbers are very large, almost spread across various fields. Comrades don’t know each other’s true identities, usually using letters and code names instead of names when communicating, and often have no more contact after collaborating once.

Recently, I’ve been lurking in the ‘gray areas’ of District 5, trying to investigate the scope of influence of the black market. From the current results, at least now there are no clear trading businesses or territories belonging to these people within the black market, but traces of their activities can often be found in any field.

These people seem to be merely using District 5 as an activity base, taking advantage of the difficulty in controlling the gray areas to hide and operate within them. They normally focus on illegal transactions of large enterprises and have now accumulated considerable evidence. A large part of the content in the report I submitted is just the tip of the iceberg of their long-term investigation results.”

Enterprises?

Yi Jing was stunned for a moment, a thought flashing through her mind instinctively: Just this?

Xu Jiu didn’t notice and continued to report: “The most interesting thing is that as the investigation deepened, I found that most of this secret organization’s activities in the entire Jing’an City are centered around District 5, often passing messages through District 5. Most of the eye-catching and questionable cases that have occurred during this period are likely to be related to District 5, and clues can often be found here.”

Yi Jing’s attention was immediately drawn, and she frowned and asked, “What’s going on?”

Xu Jiu seemed to have changed to another location for the conversation, and after a while replied: “My current temporary identity in District 5 is a small-time dealer who buys information and resells second-hand illegal hardware, which is convenient for inquiring about information.

For such a long time, I’ve been deliberately collecting intelligence about that organization, and have more or less figured out some patterns in their actions.

No matter what the target of their actions is, or what results they appear to have achieved on the surface, the final direction is always to collect evidence of illegal events.

Among the recent cases with greater impact, the first to occur was the District 3 car crash case that could be linked to some underground accounts of Yi family’s subsidiary companies.

Although the purpose is clear, this case actually still has some doubts. Before the incident occurred, this civilian organization mobilized a lot of manpower in District 5, and in the end seemed to have exposed quite a few people, but the police department doesn’t seem to have taken any action, just positioning this incident as an accidental event.”

Yi Jing: “…”

Let’s not mention this for now. It was her doing again, although it was indeed her operation, but she had her own thoughts.

Yes, that’s right.

“The case in District 3 was for the underground accounts of some of Yi family’s subsidiary companies, so what about their subsequent actions?” Yi Jing asked again, skipping over the topic of District 3.

“Due to the negligence of the police, the high-risk operation in District 3 resulted in almost no losses for those people, leading to a very short time interval between the next action and the District 3 operation, which was the mayor’s mansion explosion case that caused quite a big disturbance recently.

According to my investigation, the mayor’s mansion explosion case was also very rushed for that organization, with few people mobilized, very risky operation, and the possibility of total annihilation. It’s not clear yet what the purpose of the organization was for specifically breaking into the mayor’s banquet, and why they dared to take this risk, but one thing I can be sure of is that their personnel have not completely withdrawn from District 13.”

“What?” Yi Jing’s body, which had been leaning against the wall, suddenly straightened up, her expression changing, “They haven’t left yet?”

They still haven’t left at this point?? What are they staying in District 13 for, waiting to be caught?

“Young people who originally made a living in lawless areas were involved in this operation. If they had already withdrawn, there would at least be news, but there isn’t.

Their operation probably hasn’t ended yet, and it’s precisely because their operation hasn’t ended that it’s difficult to judge their purpose.” Xu Jiu said.

Xu Jiu, who was in his temporary residence in District 5, was opening a light screen, his quiet gaze falling for a long time on an old photo of several young girls laughing together on the screen.

Besides that photo, there were several documents with very early dates open on the light screen’s work interface, all pressed under the photo.

“I have some records of their earlier actions here, which were found in hardware that had flowed out of the bases they had used when selling hardware, including some transaction records of illegal enterprises that have long been sealed and processed, and investigation records of certain subsidiaries under the Yi family.

At first, this organization seemed to be all ordinary people, acting very ‘amateurishly’ when in action, and doing things that were quite superficial, small in scale and limited in ability. There’s still no clue as to who organized these people and how they developed to such a large scale.”

Yi Jing didn’t answer for a moment, and Xu Jiu, looking at that photo, didn’t speak again either.

Xu Jiu was waiting for Yi Jing’s decision.

Actually, she didn’t really want to pursue these people.

They’re just ordinary people after all, who decided to collect evidence of illegal operations by lawbreakers for various reasons, exercising the fairness they believe in. How could such people be more dangerous than those who truly abuse power and do evil?

“Inspector, should we arrest them?” Xu Jiu looked at the vibrant photo on the screen for a long time, lighting a cigarette with a complex and difficult expression.

“…” Yi Jing was also silent for a long time on the other end, and after a while finally spoke, “Good work, it must have taken a lot of effort to find all this?”

Xu Jiu was stunned for a moment, looking at the photo on the light screen again.

“The other party’s purpose is still unclear, there’s no need to implement arrests for now. You should withdraw back to District 13 first, the ‘vacation’ time is long enough, you’ve worked hard during this period.” Yi Jing said.

“Don’t we need to continue tracking them? The mayor’s mansion explosion case still hasn’t been resolved.” Xu Jiu looked at the light screen and frowned as he replied.

She felt that it would be better for her to investigate these people than to have someone else do it, at least she wouldn’t have too much malice towards an organization of ordinary people.

“Someone will find a way to deal with this matter, but as for you, you’ve been on a business trip long enough, your ‘vacation’ is about to end, you must return to the Inspectorate to report back from leave.

I won’t rashly give your investigation results to others during this time, it’s just that matters concerning this organization can’t be dealt with carelessly.

They may be suspects in the mayor’s mansion explosion case, but they definitely won’t be the root cause of this incident. How to handle it still needs further consideration.” Yi Jing said.

Just as Qi Xiao said, the mayor himself doesn’t know what he’s hiding in his mansion yet, when it comes to crimes, it’s hard to say who is more vicious.

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