"He may be of Central Earth descent, but he’s not a Central Earth citizen," the young man earnestly said, looking at the documents on the table, "his nationality belongs to a small nation south of the Tia Empire. "He traveled alone to Feklay with little money on him and stayed in a cheap hotel near the notoriously unsafe Pine Forest Street. "His personality is rather careless too; he once told a taxi driver that his trip would last seven days, and today happens to be the seventh day. In theory, he should be leaving Feklay today. "If he ’disappears’ today, no one would notice his absence." The young man looked up at He Ao. "If he has not ’disappeared’ yet, then I think he’s the most likely candidate in this pile of documents to ’vanish’. Those people like targets like him." "You make a very reasoned analysis." He Ao lowered his head to look at the documents before him, at the photograph of the young man from Central Earth. These weren’t the intelligence documents collected by Kake, but rather they were from the cloud drive of Kake’s missing friend that he had provided to He Ao afterward. Since Skal had been taken care of following the clues, it was impossible for Kake, who was connected to Skal, to remain unnoticed; thus, all the documents collected by Kake might be marked by the enemy. Investigating these documents might actually lead to falling into the enemy’s trap. So, after briefly flipping through the documents, He Ao immediately gave up on the materials from Kake’s cloud drive and instead printed out the documents of Kake’s missing friend. "So," heeding He Ao’s words, the young man looked up at him, "you’re going to look for clues where this person lives?" "What are you thinking of doing?" He Ao turned his gaze to the young man. "If you’re going to find that Central Earth tourist," the young man raised a hand to point at one of the documents, "then I’ll go take a look at this person." It was a homeless person living near the city center. "I think after that tourist, he’s the second most likely to be ’made disappear’. The place he stays under the bridge is too remote." The young man looked at He Ao, explaining. "You know it’s dangerous," He Ao observed him. "Don’t worry, I have plenty of experience." The young man reached out to grab the homeless person’s documents, "I’ve conducted so many stakeouts and never encountered any issues." Then he turned to the tourist’s documents and handed them to He Ao. "You know, honestly, this tourist looks a bit like you." He Ao reached out to take the documents, glancing down at the photo. The person in the photo, aside from a similar facial structure, bore almost no resemblance to the disguise of ’Hao Yi’ he had crafted. Scratching his head, the young man took a closer look at the photo and then at He Ao, saying a bit embarrassedly, "Perhaps you seem to have more charisma? People in Feklay are a bit face-blind with foreigners. I can differentiate Icarus people a bit, but it’s very difficult to distinguish Central Earth folk." He Ao didn’t continue the subject. He looked at the young man, "It seems you’ve made up your mind?" The young man nodded. He Ao gathered the documents on the table and looked at the young man, at the paperwork he held and the determination in his eyes. This kid is stubborn to the core, but without such stubbornness, he wouldn’t have made it this far. He looked at the young man and said slowly, "Be careful." "Don’t worry," the young man laughed, reaching out swiftly to help He Ao organize his documents. "I have a wealth of experience; I definitely won’t be discovered! It was just an accident that you caught me earlier; mainly because I felt you were a good person, I wasn’t on guard, and I definitely won’t make that mistake again." He was quite skilled at making statements. He Ao glanced at the young man before him. Although the young man was just an ordinary person, He Ao could vaguely sense some extremely faint, invisible ripples emanating around him. "If I find any information on my side, I will contact you immediately," the young man handed the organized papers to He Ao, earnestly. "You be careful too." He Ao secured the documents and placed a marker on the young man standing before him. The kid might be a bit stubborn, but his character isn’t bad. In the bright office, a figure leaned back in a chair looking at the phone on the desk. "I’ve heard you’ve made that envoy He Ao, whom you sent to the Trok Republic, disappear?" A hoarse voice came through the phone. "Yes, Vice President," the figure swiftly spoke, looking at the phone, "He Ao and his subordinates are quite different from Rudel we’ve dealt with before; I’ve carefully checked their past records, and these people are not easy to fool. We must take initiative into our hands and draw them into our layout, "If we wait for them to gradually investigate and find our faults, we’ll be on the defensive. "So, I deliberately exposed some flaws and prepared a beautiful trap box for them. "They will go towards the direction we want them to, and by the time they realize it, the City of Rong Guang would have already been fully constructed, and death’s doors would have been opened to them. "Please rest assured, Vice President, the situation has always been under my control, they won’t escape the palm of our hands." "Not bad," the hoarse voice commented on the phone, "We’re not afraid of these guys, whether it’s He Ao, Rudel, or the nosy Research Institute. ’Destroyer K’s glory shines upon us, and even the Angels cannot defeat us. "But you’re doing the right thing, the construction of the City of Rong Guang has reached its final critical moment, for the glory of ’Destroyer K’ and for our future, every ’accident’ should be kept within controllable limits." Hearing the voice on the phone, the figure relaxed a bit. "All that you’ve done is being observed by the President and the great ’Destroyer K’, you are clever and talented," the voice on the phone did not stop but continued, "The President has specifically ordered to temporarily grant you the authority of the Third Vice President, enabling you to better organize the affairs within the Society. "Once this matter concludes, your title as Vice President will become real, and in the new world, you will lead this world with us." The voice on the phone chuckled hoarsely, "We’ll be colleagues from now on." Hearing these words, the figure’s face lit up with pleasure, and he sat up straight, saying loudly, "Thank you for your support and kind words, Vice President!" "My words are actually not that important. It’s mainly because of your own excellent capabilities and the President’s insight," the voice on the phone chuckled, "’Destroyer K’s glory is omnipresent, the President’s gaze always watches everyone, and all your efforts have been seen by the President, the Rong Guang Society will always remember what you’ve done." Then the voice paused for a moment, "A new world is about to be established; this is the last of the dark times." "I will always steadfastly follow the steps of the Rong Guang Society." The figure immediately said. "Of course, the glory of ’Destroyer K’ is with us," The voice on the phone was hoarse, "I’ve prepared a ’promotion gift’ for you. With it, you won’t be afraid of Rudel and the others anymore. We have a place reserved for you in the City of Rong Guang, waiting for your arrival." "Praise the Rong Guang Society, praise ’Destroyer K’." The figure sat up straight and said devoutly. "This is Mr. Senwen’s office; he’s always in there. There’s no record of the elevator running, and the stairway’s camera didn’t catch any images." A somewhat young-looking black-haired lad stood in the hallway, facing the girl in front of him. He looked into the disheveled office and explained to the girl in Icarus language, "So we presume that Mr. Senwen might have disappeared from his office." Miss Lin Chichi glanced at the black-haired young man. This black-haired youth had the distinctive features of an Icarus person, one of those specially assigned to Feklay with Senwen. Every envoy sent to the forces in the Western Lands wasn’t alone; they essentially picked ’attendants’ from supporters from the World Tree Organization or Rodan to accompany them. Just one person, by themselves, could be easily isolated and controlled by the local forces. Senwen had brought some of his subordinates from Icarus. Now, after Miss Lin Chichi was appointed as the person in charge, these people also came directly under her command. Of course, in principle, the Feklay branch of the World Tree is now also under her command, it’s just a question of whether they can be mobilized or not. "Is that the corridor’s camera?" The girl raised her head, scanned the surroundings of the hallway briefly, then looked toward the camera hanging at the end of the corridor. The black-haired youth nodded lightly and then sighed, "That camera is broken. The people from the Feklay World Tree said that it broke yesterday, and people were called to fix it today, but no one has come yet." He opened his mouth as if to say something more but eventually closed it. "Do you have anything else you’d like to say?" Miss Lin Chichi withdrew her gaze and looked at him, "Do you think there’s a problem with the Feklay World Tree?" The black-haired youth was silent for a moment, opened his mouth slightly, and said softly, "Only this floor’s cameras are broken, and just so happens, it broke today." "That is quite a coincidence," Miss Lin Chichi took her gaze off the camera and looked towards the office, "Who discovered the scene?" "One of our colleagues, also from Icarus," The black-haired youth spoke softly, "Mr. Senwen was supposed to report some data to him at noon, he came on time and didn’t get a response when he knocked. "He pushed open the door and found that Mr. Senwen was not in the office, and his phone was left inside, with no way to reach him on any contact." He looked up at Miss Lin Chichi and continued, "Before, to avoid any accidents, Mr. Senwen had set up emergency contact methods with us, we used this emergency contact but couldn’t reach him either, so we assumed he really disappeared and then reported to Miss Yan Yue." "Have the people from the Feklay World Tree been to the scene during this time?" Miss Lin Chichi glanced at the messy documents inside the room and carefully stepped in. "They came after hearing the news, but we didn’t let them in," The black-haired youth followed behind her and answered, "We haven’t disturbed anything at the scene, it’s exactly as it was when we first discovered the disappearance." Listening to the words of the young man with black hair, Lin Chichi took out her phone and began to take photos of every corner of the room. She had only visited this office in the morning and had a conversation with Senwen—she hadn’t expected her next visit to be under such circumstances. As she took photos, she began to inquire, "What about before this? Before your colleagues discovered Senwen was in trouble, did anyone come to see Senwen?" Hearing her question, the young man with black hair fell silent for a moment before slowly replying, "According to the records, the last person to visit Mr. Senwen was you." "When I left, Senwen was still in good condition." Lin Chichi casually remarked while continuing to take photos. "Apart from you, there were no other visitors for Mr. Senwen," the black-haired youth paused slightly in his speech as if he remembered something, and quickly added, "Our elevator surveillance revealed that shortly before you arrived, the representative from Feklay World Tree had come to this floor to check the archives. She was also captured by the elevator camera leaving afterwards. After you left, neither the elevator surveillance nor the hallway cameras recorded any new visitors," "What about the original staff of this floor?" Lin Chichi asked somewhat puzzled. "This floor is the archive floor, and it only houses Mr. Senwen’s office," answered the young man with black hair. "To facilitate access to the archives, Mr. Senwen requested his office be set up here. We searched the entire floor’s archive rooms when we discovered the disappearance, but we didn’t find anyone." Lin Chichi withdrew her gaze and gave the office another quick scan, its papers scattered in disarray. There were no signs of a struggle, only some documents that had been piled on the floor had been knocked over, strewn about. Senwen was a D-level Transcendent. If he had been able to resist, it would have been easy for him to wreak havoc in the office, and it wouldn’t be possible that he left no trace behind. But even the floor tiles in this office were intact. Unless the person who abducted him was far stronger than him? Yet the surveillance didn’t catch a glimpse of the kidnapper leaving. Even though the hallway cameras were gone, the stairwell and elevator cameras were still there. It’s not like Senwen could have just evaporated, right? Lin Chichi felt her brain starting to overheat. She had never done anything before, feeling completely clueless upon entering. She had always relied on riding the coattails of others to solve complex reasoning in the past. Now, without someone to rely on, her head was buzzing. At this moment, she suddenly remembered something, turning to look at the black-haired man behind her, "Right, I remember when I left, I saw a girl..." At this moment, the black-haired man’s expression suddenly changed. He picked up his phone for a glance and quickly said, "Miss Lin Chichi, the representative from Feklay World Tree is here." Near Pine Forest Street From the water basin at the end of the corridor, crisp droplets of water could be heard. He Ao walked slowly forward along the old and yellowed floor tiles, his gaze sweeping over the moldy and curling wallpaper on the walls, as well as the old-fashioned room doors. Finally, he stopped in front of room 309 at the end of the hallway. This was exactly the room where the tourist from Central Earth had been staying. The locks for this hotel room weren’t card-operated but used keys. At the moment, the door to room 309 was ajar, with darkness within. He Ao extended his hand to knock gently on the door, but received no response. His palm moved downward, grasping the doorknob, and pushed the door open.