Chapter 211: 210 What is the thing that has the greatest influence on Watching Qiaoshuya

「So… you want me to help you 'steal' him and see if I can steal that anomalous object called the 【Gate of the Other Side】? 」

After returning to the bureau from a mission and hearing Li Ang's relayed request, looking at the middle-aged man tied up on the sofa in his office, Senior Jie Rui, who was covered in the dust of travel, hesitated:

「This matter might be a little difficult. It's not that it can't be done, but… we might be in a bit of danger…」

「? 」

Facing Li Ang's somewhat puzzled expression, Senior Jie Rui organized his language and explained:

「Although my 【Hand of Stealing Luck】 has a very high status, it still belongs to the category of 'humans' overall. If we use the 'Liang Value' you summarized to compare, it means it can stably take effect on targets with a Liang Value below 60 points.

According to our Director's estimation, sixty points of Liang Value is roughly the dividing line between humans and gods. Wisdom life forms that cross this line are more like some kind of humanoid anomaly compared to humans. Not only can they resist some effects, but if the strength gap is too large, they can even trace back along the source of the anomalous effect.

And the Aquarius Director's Liang Value definitely exceeds sixty points. So if that Gate of the Other Side was really given to this person by the Aquarius Director, then when I use the 【Hand of Stealing Luck】 on him, he will likely be able to lock onto our location, and if things go wrong, he might come directly. 」

Is that so…

After hearing Senior Jie Rui's explanation, Li Ang pondered for a moment and then said:

「I'm not afraid of alerting the Aquarius Director. Before the Director left, he promised me and Auntie Ai Ma that regardless of whether the inquiry succeeds or not, he will definitely be able to drag the Aquarius Director to the General Bureau, facilitating our actions here.

I can't guarantee if it's too long, but at least for these one or two weeks, even if he knows what we've done, he definitely won't be able to come back… Senior Jie Rui, what is your success rate in stealing the 【Gate of the Other Side】? 」

「That is actually quite high. 」

Senior Jie Rui thought for a moment and replied:

「If I use it directly on the Aquarius Director, I estimate I can only steal some fragments. But although this person's anomalous object was given by the Aquarius Director, there is still a layer in between, so the 【Hand of Stealing Luck】 can still take effect normally. 」

「Then steal it! 」

After hearing Senior Jie Rui's words, Li Ang weighed the pros and cons and the possible results, then decisively made the decision:

「Although the Director initiated the inquiry, the actual success rate is not high. He just wants to catch the flaws revealed by the Aquarius Director and force him to accept the bureau's memory reading.

If we can get the 【Gate of the Other Side】 out and send it to the General Bureau as evidence, even if the person who created this thing is the future Aquarius Director and not the current one, it will be enough to make him suffer! 」

That really is the logic…

After hearing Li Ang's analysis, Senior Jie Rui pondered slightly and nodded quite approvingly.

If it could be proven that the future Aquarius Director dared to take action against the Royal Family, it would be equivalent to indirectly increasing the suspicion that the current Aquarius Director is also violating regulations, helping the Director confirm his crime of privately manufacturing a large number of anomalous objects.

As for whether this would offend the Aquarius Director…

His own Director had already offended the Aquarius Director to death, and if it weren't for the Director taking him in all these years, his life would be far less comfortable than it is now. So, reasonably and emotionally, he shouldn't stand by and watch.

Moreover, with such hard evidence slapped in his face, and then surrounded by several directors and branch bureau directors, even if the Aquarius Director had an immortal body, he would likely be beaten to death by that group of fierce people. And for a director who is about to die, what is there to be afraid of offending?

Let's do it!

……

After dispelling his concerns through discussion with Li Ang, Senior Jie Rui first took a deep breath, moved the fingers of his right hand twice, and then reached out toward the chest of the middle-aged Watching Qiaoshuya and flicked lightly at his heart.

Water ripples rippled.

As if the whole person had turned into a clear lake, the clothing near the middle-aged Watching Qiaoshuya's heart swayed slightly, silently rippling with circular water patterns. And as the water patterns spread rapidly, two blurry phantoms gradually emerged from beneath the ripples.

Strange, why are there two things that have the greatest influence on his destiny?

Seeing the shadows appearing under the destiny patterns, Senior Jie Rui's brow could not help but furrow slightly, and he turned his head to look at Li Ang.

「Liang, come and take a look. Among these two things, which one looks more like the 【Gate of the Other Side】 given to him by the Aquarius Director? 」

「Let me see. 」

Moving to Senior Jie Rui's side and identifying the two phantoms that appeared, Li Ang's brow could not help but furrow as well.

Among these two colorless phantoms, the shape of the one on the left was extremely irregular and was bulging slightly as if it were a living thing; it was impossible to tell what it was at all.

And the one on the right was slightly more regular; at least the general shape could be seen, vaguely like a palm with five fingers slightly spread apart. Nothing else could be seen.

These two things, it seems neither has anything to do with a "gate," right?

「Can it be clearer? 」

Really unable to distinguish what these two things were, Li Ang could not help but say:

「At least make the outline clearer, or have some color or something. Or, can't we just take both? 」

「We can't. 」

Senior Jie Rui shook his head upon hearing this:

"After all, this matter concerns a Director; being able to reach this point is already quite difficult. As for taking both, that is even more impossible. The ultra-high status of 【Stealing Fate's Sleight of Hand】 is exchanged for the lowest number of uses; it only has an effect on the same target the first time it is used."

「Then Senior, you just pick one at random! 」

Knowing that his luck was mostly bad, Li Ang simply handed over the choice and said to Senior Jie Rui:

「The 【Gate of the Other Side】 in my impression doesn't quite match either of these two things, and I don't know which one is correct, so Senior, you just pick one at random.

If you can pick the right one, naturally that's best, but even if you don't pick the right one, it doesn't matter. At worst, we'll find a way to go to the General Bureau and send the unconscious Watching Qiaoshuya over directly. I estimate the effect will be the same. 」

「Alright, then I'll pick one and try. 」

Thinking that Li Ang's words made sense, Senior Jie Rui nodded and accepted the choice. After staring at the two phantoms and pondering for a while, perhaps feeling that the thing on the left with an unknown entity was a bit creepy, he reached out and grabbed the "palm" on the right that looked safer.

「Hmm? 」

When Senior Jie Rui's hand touched the palm phantom, except for Watching Qiaoshuya, who was still unconscious, the bodies of the other two people in the room trembled in unison.

Senior Jie Rui was surprised to find that he seemed to have really grasped the hand of a living person, and could even vaguely perceive that warm touch. And Li Ang was shocked to find that his right hand seemed to have been pulled by someone just now.

「……」

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