Chapter 225: Serendipitous Encounter

“Miss Imanka, I apologize, Mr. Rein Leinar is not in.”

Imanka looked at the receptionist at the Dream Technology Berlin headquarters with a hint of helplessness on her face, but inside she felt somewhat relieved and nodded in acknowledgment.

Then she said, “Please help me make an appointment for tomorrow. I need to see Mr. Rein Leinar.”

As she spoke, Imanka took out a brocade pouch from her bag, opened it, and pulled out a slip of paper from inside.

On it was written, “Tell Rein Leinar that you are Du Qiu’s lover, and you urgently need his help with a matter.”

Imanka was somewhat speechless. What exactly was Director Dankar up to, treating the situation so frivolously?

Still, she said to the receptionist, “Could you please tell Mr. Rein Leinar that I am Mr. Du Qiu’s… lover, and that I have an urgent matter to discuss with him?”

The receptionist looked a bit puzzled; she had never heard of Du Qiu before, so she nodded and said, “Alright, I will relay the message as it is, but whether the president will meet you is not something I can guarantee.”

“That’s fine, as long as you tell him. Thank you.”

After bidding farewell to the receptionist, Imanka slowly left Dream Technology.

She had been in Berlin for a week, arriving on the day President Baysan Volbsk was assassinated, and thus she felt like she was somewhat embroiled in the significant event.

This had brought some complications to her mission, as the whole city of Berlin was under martial law.

In this shocking assassination case, Germany’s Chancellor Karnel, who was accompanying President Baysan on his trip, luckily escaped unharmed by diving into a roadside ditch, thanks to the correct actions of her driver.

As the second female chancellor of Germany, known for her fortitude, she appeared on TV with her injuries and delivered a speech that stabilized the Germanyan public.

She expressed her determination to find out the mastermind behind the terror attack, vowing that Germany would fight to the end.

Only today did the martial law relax slightly, and public transportation was fully restored, allowing Imanka to make her way from the hotel to the headquarters of Dream Technology.

Like this, her first week of efforts to engage with Rein Leinar was a complete failure, and even though she had only tried once, she still chose to open Dankar’s brocade pouch on time.

After all, Dankar had emphasized repeatedly, “You must open it on time!”

A bit helplessly, she hailed a taxi back to her hotel, lay on the bed for a while, and was about to get up for a meal in the restaurant.

Suddenly, her phone rang. She hurriedly picked it up, only to see a message.

After opening it, Imanka was stunned.

The message read, “Dear sister, I need your help! Please log onto the following address…”

And there was a long web address trailing behind.

Imanka quickly got up from the bed, pulled out a pair of smart glasses from her carry-on bag, put them on, and used the glasses to capture the web address, then the command spirit automatically opened the site.

The smart glasses, newly released by Pineapple, had received accolades in the United States market, boosting the company’s share price and becoming a bright spot among the desolate IT companies.

Only Pineapple knew that their success was internal thanks to the use of Wisdom Technology’s chips, and external due to the United States government’s sanctions on companies from China like Dream Technology, allowing Pineapple to snatch up this empty market segment.

Through the smart glasses, Imanka quickly accessed the website.

It said, “Immediately memorize the following web address and visit it. Request a Tang-heritage man named Qiu Mu and tell him Gilt is in trouble and needs him to come to the old place in Lavis within a week.”

Imanka’s face suddenly changed—Gilt was her brother.

While using the smart glasses to capture the web address, she was preparing to direct the helper spirit to access it again when she suddenly found that the webpage she had been on was now inaccessible.

Thankfully she had captured the web address, as she reopened it with the helper spirit, a simple dialogue interface appeared.

Imanka immediately entered the message left by her brother.

But the interface showed no reaction.

She stood up impatiently, pacing back and forth in the room, still watching for changes on the webpage.

Since separating from her brother, she hadn’t seen him for years and only received messages from him on her birthday and Christmas, wishing her happy holidays.

If not for these messages, she might have thought her brother was no longer in this world.

Now, while she was on a mission in Berlin, she suddenly learned that her brother was in trouble. But why did he seek help from this Qiu Mu person?

And he asked him to meet at the old place in Lavis; what on earth had happened to her brother?

Just as she was frantic with worry, there was a reply on the page.

“Are you not Gilt?”

“I am his sister; you can call me Imanka. Can you really save my brother?”

“What happened to your brother?”

“I don’t know. I just received a message from him, and I visited this website following his instructions.”

“Where are you?”

“I’m in a hotel in Berlin.”

“Why are you in Berlin?”

Seeing this message, Imanka was stunned and hesitated for a moment before replying, “I have business with the president of Dream Technology, Rein Leinar.”

“Why are you looking for him?”

Imanka thought for a moment. Since her brother trusted him, she decided to tell him.

“I’m actually here to find Dr. Du Qiu; I was hoping to reach him through Rein Leinar.”

The other side was silent for a while before replying. Seeing the message, Imanka almost jumped in shock.

It read, “I am Du Qiu! And the Qiu Mu your brother mentioned. Are you here to help the GIA get to me?”

How could Du Qiu be friends with her brother?

Wait, Lavis—is it possible that her brother met Du Qiu in Lavis two years ago? That means her brother was in Lavis.

Imanka immediately wrote in the dialogue box, “I’m sorry, the GIA indeed wants to use me to lure you out, but I’m not doing it willingly.

I joined the GIA because of my brother. Six years ago, my brother was taken away by people from the GIA, and I thought he might be imprisoned somewhere by the GIA. I joined hoping I could find him.

I really don’t want to fight you; more than two years ago, as soon as I heard the GIA was targeting you, I immediately called you, although it was too late, I really wanted to help.”

Du Qiu asked, “Does your arrival in Berlin have anything to do with President Baysan Volbsk’s assassination? I found out you arrived on the same day as him.”

“No, it’s unrelated to the assassination. My superior, Director Dankar, gave me three brocade pouches and sent me to Berlin to find the president of Dream Technology, Rein Leinar, claiming he was your friend and could lure you to Berlin.”

“Three brocade pouches? Interesting. What ingenious schemes do they contain?”

Imanka immediately felt somewhat embarrassed and replied, “What ingenious schemes? I think Dankar is poisoned by the strategies from the period of the Three Kingdoms.

I’ve already opened the first one, which says I should claim to be your lover to meet Rein Leinar. I haven’t opened the other two yet.”

“I’m very curious. Can you open them and let me know the contents?”

Imanka hesitated for a few seconds and then replied, “Wait a moment, I’ll open them.”

Originally, Imanka didn’t want to carry out this task; she was coerced by Dankar using her brother’s safety. Now that her brother was in immediate danger and had specially sought help from Du Qiu, it was clear her brother trusted Du Qiu and believed he could help.

In that case, Imanka could trust Du Qiu too, so there was no need to carry out the task anymore.

If Du Qiu could rescue her brother, wouldn’t she be free of all constraints?

Imanka acted quickly, opening both brocade pouches.

She found the second one even more laughable and replied to Du Qiu, “The second brocade pouch says, ‘Tell Rein Leinar you have important intelligence about Dream Technology to convey to Du Qiu personally, and ask him to ensure Du Qiu comes.'”

Du Qiu quickly replied, “It seems that Director Dankar is indeed deep in the throes of Three Kingdoms poison.”

Imanka then opened the third one, and after reading it, her face changed dramatically, and she hurriedly sent it to Du Qiu, “The third brocade pouch says, ‘The action team is in place. Lure Rein Leinar out of the Dream Technology headquarters building, and we will arrest him!'”

“Hey, this Director Dankar is not to be underestimated; his real target is actually Rein Leinar. The first two tasks were to make you gradually familiar with Rein Leinar, causing him to lower his guard, making it easy for you to lure him out of the headquarters.”

Imanka quickly asked, “What should I do now? Clearly, Dankar has already dispatched the action team, and I don’t even know where they are. How should I respond?”

Du Qiu replied, “Don’t worry. Rein Leinar is no longer in Berlin, and Dankar’s action team won’t catch anyone.

However, since he has targeted my people, I can’t let it slide. Leave it to me to handle.”

“What should I do now?”

The other side paused for over a minute, making Imanka feel as if each second was an eternity.

“Since you and your brother have both been inadvertently drawn into this, I will also rescue you from suffering. Tomorrow, enter the headquarters of Dream Technology and follow the arrangements of the people inside!”