When the Possessive Omega Fell for Me - Chapter 61

As Yi Jing had anticipated, the competition that was brought to the forefront on the opening day of the election indeed caused some adverse effects.

Supporters of both sides didn’t hesitate at all, acting so quickly it was frightening. Almost immediately after the first speech ended, they simultaneously sprang into action, dedicating themselves to suppressing the other side’s public opinion campaign which erupted without warning.

The incidents mentioned by Delinke during the election were firmly seized upon. Negative evaluations of Ma Xi La flooded various media channels, wave after wave, causing a sharp decline in public trust.

Delinke didn’t escape unscathed either. His past cases were dug up and repeatedly scrutinized. His style of arresting people without hesitation and issuing search warrants in stacks was exposed. He gained a reputation for heavy-handed tactics, being a cruel official abusing power, and inflexibility.

The two factions fought fiercely, neither willing to back down. There were countless reversals within days, with so many tactics that even Yi Jing, in the midst of it all, could barely distinguish which were from allies.

However, at this crucial moment, Ma Xi La’s faction never ceased their political banquets.

Countless luxury cars parked unashamedly in front of the old-style mansion. The garden with its scattered flowers and trees was illuminated by bright lamps. The slightly golden light brushed over the extravagance and decadence in the banquet hall, firmly suppressing the room’s conspiracies, calculations, and deep ambitions beneath the light.

Beyond the dazzling display of wealth and luxurious nobility, a luxurious yet low-key black vehicle passed through the cars lined up on both sides, slowly stopping in front of the mansion.

The arrival was very low-key. Both the choice of vehicle, which strictly protected privacy and had a defense system strong enough to withstand a □□ strike, and the attitude of politely declining to attend in uniform, indicated a neutral and indifferent stance, an attitude so detached it bordered on cruel.

Maintaining this seemingly outsider state, behind the dark one-way window, the young security officer coldly surveyed the scene in front of the mansion, her expression calm and wordless.

The doorman quickly came forward to open the rear door. Yi Jing, elegant and serene, impossible to look away from, stepped out of the car wearing a black dress with flowing gold accents that perfectly matched her temperament.

The attendants wisely avoided direct eye contact with the guest, bowing and gesturing with open hands to invite Yi Jing into the courtyard.

Yi Jing didn’t even look at these people, walking straight towards the banquet hall. Behind her, from the front passenger seat, a young girl dressed as an assistant, looking very modest and low-key, quietly got out and followed Yi Jing, catching up to take the handbag from Yi Jing’s hand.

After crossing the courtyard gate, the luxurious atmosphere inside suddenly became clear. Young girls’ laughter and melodious music reached their ears, while the scent of perfume and faint smell of alcohol seemed to permeate everything, instantly immersing them in an unusual ambiance.

The ‘assistant’, who had never seen such a scene before, was startled and unconsciously raised her head, looking towards the corner where girls were gathered drinking wine, but was quickly brought back to her senses by a cold glance from Yi Jing.

There were attendants arranged by officials close to Ma Xi La’s faction everywhere in the courtyard, so it wasn’t convenient for Yi Jing to say anything. She merely glanced at the ‘assistant’ once before entering the first-floor banquet hall with the little ‘assistant’ who was secretly observing the surroundings.

Ma Xi La, who had been socializing, immediately rushed to the door when the butler mentioned Yi Jing had arrived. She came to welcome Yi Jing personally, approaching with a beaming smile to embrace her.

In fact, Ma Xi La and Yi Jing’s relationship wasn’t particularly good, they weren’t even very familiar. But Yi Jing was the only ‘chip’ from the younger generation of the Yi family pressing on the political arena. She might become a bridge for cooperation between the Yi family and politicians in the future. Not only did she hold an extraordinary and unique position in the Yi family, but it was said she had a somewhat rebellious personality, strong character, and quite a temper.

Whether she and Yi Jing could get along well in the future was uncertain, but for Ma Xi La, it was best to show Yi Jing some importance, coax the young person a bit, and establish a good relationship if possible.

Yi Jing hugged Ma Xi La ceremoniously, quickly letting go, and greeted Ma Xi La with a polite yet distant business smile: “Good evening, Minister Ma Xi La.”

Ma Xi La smiled brightly: “Good evening, Miss Security Officer. I really didn’t expect you would be willing to grace us with your presence. My humble abode is honored.”

But Yi Jing just smiled faintly: “Not at all, I’m just here to attend the banquet. But given my position, it’s not really convenient for me to appear. Please don’t pay too much attention to me, Minister.”

Ma Xi La raised an eyebrow slightly, expressing understanding considerately: “I understand.”

After saying this, Ma Xi La indeed didn’t say anything more. She just smiled and nodded at Yi Jing, lightly clinked glasses with her, and then tactfully left Yi Jing’s side.

Although she didn’t say anything, her eyes conveyed a sense of closeness.

Yi Jing didn’t pay attention to her.

Whatever Ma Xi La was considering, she had her own purposes.

After nodding and exchanging brief greetings with a few familiar colleagues, Yi Jing walked directly to a corner of the banquet hall.

There was a champagne tower on a long table not far away. Yi Jing sipped champagne casually while observing the layout of the banquet, and after a short while, she lightly raised her hand to summon the unfamiliar assistant standing not far behind her.

The girl who had followed Yi Jing into the banquet hall looked completely inconspicuous, silently approaching Yi Jing and very appropriately leaning in close to her side.

The two looked as if they were whispering, one making requests and the other following orders, but the actual conversation was completely different.

“In about half an hour, the core members of Ma Xi La’s faction will gather in the center of the banquet hall. At that time, don’t wander around elsewhere, you must return to my side to avoid suspicion.

Moreover, I won’t stay long at the banquet. I’ll leave before ten o’clock to avoid being associated with Ma Xi La’s faction. All actions must be careful, don’t let the surveillance or attendants notice anything unusual. Are you ready to start now? Have you observed the surrounding environment and personnel distribution clearly?” Yi Jing asked in a low voice.

“I’ve noted it all down, don’t worry, infiltration is my specialty,” the young girl disguised as an assistant replied quietly.

“You’d better be,” Yi Jing smiled slightly, adding half-heartedly, “otherwise if something goes wrong, I’ll definitely sell you out.”

The young girl: “…”

The young girl was speechless for a moment, but managed not to speak again, maintaining an expressionless face as she quietly left the banquet hall in her role as the security officer’s accompanying assistant.

Yi Jing acted as if she hadn’t seen anything, discreetly observing the entire banquet hall.

There were more officials attending the banquet than expected, with many who had not previously stated their positions attending this banquet, quite different from the usual situation during election periods.

It seems Delinke’s words had indeed intimidated quite a few people, causing many to reconsider their positions.

In comparison, Ma Xi La’s campaign strategy might not be as close to ordinary people, and her current public reputation was quite terrible, but she had clearly grasped many aristocratic families.

Setting aside public opinion, with the backing of Jing An City’s upper echelons, unless something unexpected happened, it would be difficult for Ma Xi La to lose even if she wanted to.

She absolutely had to drop some heavy material.

Yi Jing took a shallow sip of champagne, her gaze turning towards the guests in the banquet hall.

The bewildered expression she had when she first arrived, as if watching a spectacle, had completely disappeared. In its place was the seasoned ability to distinguish at a glance which faction those people belonged to and why they had come to Ma Xi La’s banquet.

She had already decided to make Ma Xi La fail in the election. Now she and Yu Miao’s hands were just short of some crucial evidence.

As long as they got something sufficiently explanatory, the materials in their hands could form a complete chain of public opinion, step by step driving the emotions of the public, hammering Ma Xi La into the pit of abusing power for personal gain.

Yu Miao and she were now biding their time, just waiting for this piece of material.

If you’re going to do something, either don’t do it at all, or don’t leave any room for doubt. Otherwise, just bringing out some inconsequential things would be too laughable.

The experienced internet addict, wild infiltration expert, and temporary spy agent sent by the organization to impersonate her assistant was an ‘ordinary person’ with some skills selected by the organization to cooperate with this operation.

It didn’t matter what kind of material it was, as long as they could obtain key content that could truly prove Ma Xi La’s dereliction of duty, the operation would be considered successful, and her plan with Yu Miao could officially start.

Yi Jing finished a glass of champagne, stayed in the banquet rest area for a while, then began to idly observe the entire venue, occasionally smiling at some officials who became nervous upon seeing her, quite enjoying playing the game of bluffing.

However, perhaps because she had stated her position before, there weren’t actually many people who came to chat with her.

Yi Jing nonchalantly played with the starry bracelet on her wrist, occasionally saying a few words to the attendants nearby, patiently waiting as if for prey to walk to the end of the maze and fall into her trap – until the ‘assistant’ who had disappeared into the banquet hall corridor returned, holding a small dessert and a glass of rum.

As soon as Yi Jing saw what she was holding, she revealed a slightly sharp smile.

That was the signal for the first step’s success.

In this infiltration operation, she was responsible for bringing the organization’s person into the banquet hall. The organization’s operative was responsible for planting the virus software into Ma Xi La’s home security system, confirming that the wiretapping port was successfully opened, then destroying and transferring the virus hardware equipment, and bringing back a dessert and a glass of wine as a signal of successful operation.

It was actually thanks to Yu Miao’s experience of infiltrating the mayor’s mansion last time. The security systems in the homes of these political figures from the same faction mostly used the same underlying code. The hacker who had experience with intrusion went back and wrote several micro viruses, eager to find an opportunity to try them out.

Unexpectedly, these people really succeeded.

“Security Officer.” The amateur ‘assistant’ lady leaned down to place the dessert and wine on the low table beside Yi Jing.

Yi Jing raised her eyes to look at the attendant not far away. The other party received the signal and very professionally walked away.

Yi Jing inconspicuously picked up the silver spoon, scooped up a bit of dessert and asked in a low voice: “How was it?”

“It’s all arranged,” the ‘assistant’ answered quietly. “We infiltrated through the temperature control module in the kitchen storage room. The wiretapping virus has been successfully planted. Before I left, it had already scanned the storage area for important documents and will soon open an authorization port for Eileen’s equipment. In twenty minutes, the virus files will complete self-destruction, leaving absolutely no trace.”

“Good,” Yi Jing curved her lips, her cold and sharp gaze looking far away at Ma Xi La, who was skillfully handling the situation among the crowd, and said softly, “Tell them to make sure the ‘show’ starts before I leave.”

“Yes.” The ‘assistant’ responded quietly, took two steps back, turned around and took out her own terminal to send the agreed signal.

Yi Jing sat steadily on the sidelines, smiling as she watched all the changes before her.

More than twenty minutes passed. As Ma Xi La’s highly skillful speech among the neutral faction and supporters was nearing its end, Yi Jing saw that the timing was about right and stood up to walk naturally towards the center of the banquet hall, the arena of fame and fortune.

Her appearance itself represented a kind of attitude. A finance official close to Ma Xi La’s faction immediately walked up to greet Yi Jing as soon as he saw her approach, and stood there chatting with her.

Yi Jing smiled as she fenced words with him, listening to him smoothly and comprehensively hint at the benefits of Ma Xi La coming to power, imperturbably deflecting the other’s probing.

Before the two finished talking, a sudden discussion arose from the crowd nearby.

“What’s going on?”

“Did you see the hot topic on the news? I don’t know how it suddenly came out. There wasn’t even a hint. This doesn’t seem right.”

“Could it be Delinke?”

“Shh!”

Someone mentioned a certain name, but was immediately hushed. The whispers didn’t stop, with a tone of questioning in their voices.

“Isn’t this development a bit bad.”

“Can this still work out?”

“Will the Supervisory Yuan?”

Various comments reached the ears of Yi Jing and the finance official without missing a word. Yi Jing tilted her head slightly, lowered her eyelashes and listened, her lips unconsciously curling up slightly before quickly suppressing it.

The face of the finance official beside her had almost turned green. He couldn’t be bothered with Yi Jing anymore and strode towards his own secretary not far away, snatching the terminal handed over by the secretary and lowering his head to look at it.

Yi Jing calmly watched him walk away, turned to glance at the ‘assistant’ standing in the distance. The other person was half hidden in the dim corner where light couldn’t reach, and nodded slightly at her –

The plan had been implemented.

On the fifth day after the first debate speech of Jing An City’s mayoral election, the high-polling candidate Ma Xi La began to be embroiled in a scandal of manipulating behind the scenes, resulting in multiple deaths.

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