Chapter 358: Suspicions in the Capital

Chapter 358: Feeling a Bit Guilty

In the Capital City.

Xiao Yu and three team leaders stepped down from the helicopter.

Six chief team leaders were already standing on the helipad.

The heads of all ten special operations teams had gathered!

Team One Leader: Shen Zhengyang.

Team Two Leader: Wang Dong.

Team Three Leader: Tan Li.

Team Four Leader: Shao Jiafu.

Team Five Leader: Shen Mei.

Team Six Leader: Han Longteng.

Team Seven Leader: Sun Yu.

Team Eight Leader: Wang Haonian.

Team Nine Leader: Zhou Lie.

Team Ten Leader… Xiao Yu!

National Security Department, Main Conference Room.

Everyone wore troubled expressions as they looked toward Team Eight Leader Wang Haonian.

Why were they staring at him?

Ever since its formation, Team Eight’s sole mission has been:

To ensure the security of the Capital City!

“There’s no sign of anything suspicious!”

Facing nine sharp gazes, sweat broke out on Wang Haonian’s forehead as he shook his head.

Normally, no intelligence officer from any country would dare stir up trouble in another nation’s capital.

That’s common sense.

Every capital is equipped with the best security and protection measures.

They are prepared with the strongest responses for emergencies.

Unless someone is crazy enough to go looking for trouble in a foreign capital.

Their eyes then turned to Xiao Yu.

“Don’t look at me,” he said.

Xiao Yu shrugged. “I just deduced that something might be about to go down in the Capital City.”

That’s how reasoning works.

Whether or not your theory holds up, you first sketch the big picture and analyze the possibilities.

Sometimes a flawed deduction turns out to be a blessing in disguise.

Because if it really pans out, it means something major is looming.

As a veteran double agent within National Security, Xiao Yu only handles the dirty work.

The details of prevention and response are for you chief team leaders to figure out.

“Based on what I know about my little brother…”

Wang Dong gave Xiao Yu a peculiar look. “This guy goes off and blows things up wherever he goes. Sometimes, his mouth is even more dangerous than a crow’s. Watch out, or you might end up causing a huge disaster!”

Damn it… Xiao Yu glared at Wang Dong.

It was pure, unadulterated revenge.

Surely, it was payback for the time he threatened Wang Dong to beg Big Boss for cigarettes.

From now on, not a single punctuation in his words could be trusted—just when I was touched back then.

But…

Scanning the room, he noticed all the other team leaders were silent.

No, the way you all so tacitly keep quiet makes me feel even more guilty… Xiao Yu smirked.

Am I really the one causing chaos wherever I go?

It seems… it’s not that serious after all!

“Alright, I’ll go set up defenses,” he said.

Team Eight Leader Wang Haonian stood up and, before leaving, shot Xiao Yu a peculiar look.

Xiao Yu: …

What is that look supposed to mean?

……

After the meeting.

Wang Dong and Xiao Yu headed over to Team Two.

There was no helping it.

Xiao Yu frustratingly discovered that, as the leader of Team Ten, he didn’t even have his own office.

Can you believe that?

Big Boss isn’t particular about these details!

“Little brother, I’m just saying,”

Wang Dong flirted in the office, winking and groveling, “If Big Brother ever gets into trouble, you’ve got to save me. I have complete faith in your skills!”

Hmph… Xiao Yu sneered, his glare making Wang Dong seem like a heretic.

So when Big Brother gets into trouble, you really think I’ll just stand by and watch him go to his death?

No, I’ll simply close my eyes!

“Don’t be like that. We’re brothers,”

Wang Dong forced a cringe-worthy smile and eagerly offered a cigarette.

“Tch,”

Xiao Yu accepted the cigarette with a dismissive smirk.

“Honestly,”

Wang Dong’s expression turned serious. “Is it really possible—”

Could someone really be stirring up trouble in the Capital City?

“I don’t know,”

After a drag from his cigarette, Xiao Yu narrowed his eyes. “Based on the timeline, if the opposition deliberately deployed smoke grenades and used the Yu God Sword along with gas grenades to confuse us—forcing us to search nationwide—they’d surely cause chaos in the coming days. If nothing happens, then my deduction was off.”

A scene flashed through Wang Dong’s mind as he nodded.

Being the leader of Team Two requires a certain level of smarts.

My little brother’s analysis isn’t wrong.

Trouble is definitely brewing in the next few days.

Otherwise, his face would be even graver.

Gas grenades—Team Two is largely in charge of domestic special cases and security.

If things really go south, he’s in for a world of trouble.

Seeing Xiao Yu nearby, Wang Dong felt significantly reassured.

Hmm, my little brother is someone you can rely on.

With him on the case, nothing major should go wrong.

Just then, his phone rang.

“What’s up?”

After answering, Wang Dong’s face changed as he gave Xiao Yu a conflicted look. “Alright, I got it!”

“What are you worrying about?” Xiao Yu glared.

“Just as you predicted.”

Wang Dong’s eyes grew even more peculiar. “At a certain research institute, two guards have been killed, two researchers are dead, and a technical document… has been stolen!”

“…”

Xiao Yu’s expression shifted slightly. “…What was taken?”

“Quantum communication technology!” Wang Dong managed a bitter smile.

Hearing Big Brother’s words, Xiao Yu was stunned.

Quantum communication technology?

What exactly is that?

The high-end explanation: using quantum superposition and entanglement to transmit information.

The low-end version: it’s a new, ultra-secure method of communication.

This technology is mainly used in military, government, industrial, financial, research, and other high-security fields.

If that still isn’t clear, let me put it plainly.

Imagine if another country cracked our nation’s quantum communication technology.

That would be like stripping our military, government, and research communications of all their secrecy.

Every secret and operation would be laid bare right before their eyes…

After a long pause, Xiao Yu came back to his senses, murmuring, “How dare they?”

The funny part was, those people didn’t just dare—they actually went through with it!

……

At a certain research institute.

Countless guards, the Armed Police, and SWAT teams had completely cordoned off the area.

(Damn it) Xiao Yu and the other team leaders stood inside a laboratory, staring at the corpses of two men in white coats.

The victims were a middle-aged man and an elderly gentleman.

Especially that elder—he was an academician!

“At 8:20 PM, Academician Liu entered the research institute with two assistants.”

“Once inside, one assistant went to the monitoring room and killed two guards.”

“At 8:28 PM, all surveillance in the research institute was destroyed and shut down.”

“At 9:15 PM, as other guards changed shifts, they discovered that the monitoring room guard had been killed, that Academician Liu and an expert were murdered, and there were signs that data had been copied and stolen.”

“After investigation and tracking, the two assistants of Academician Liu… were found dead—their deaths occurring half a day earlier.”

“It can be confirmed that the two assistants brought in by Academician Liu were impostors…”

“…”

Listening to the report, Xiao Yu crouched down and examined the two corpses.

The cause of death: a snapped neck!