Chapter 511: Conditioning Agent

The driver parked the car and opened the door for Shen Shen Jingye.

The access control administrator opened the gate for Shen Shen Jingye.

Two section chiefs originally walked behind Shen Shen Jingye, but they trotted to get ahead, pressed the elevator, and blocked the elevator door for Shen Shen Jingye.

Entering the office, Shen Shen Jingye looked at the scenery outside the window and drank a cup of tea.

As of now, there was no news of Li Qi; it couldn't be confirmed that this person was gone, but corresponding preparatory work had to be done.

The previous balancer, Chen Chen Weixin, had been missing for a long time, causing a lot of work to fall into a passive state; this time, a similar situation had to be avoided.

"Li Qi's whereabouts are unknown, and he cannot normally perform the duties of a balancer; relevant search work must continue to be promoted, but preparations must also be made to scout for the next balancer———"

Shen Shen Jingye was brewing his speech; the draft certainly didn't need him to write it, but he had to give the secretary a certain degree of guidance,

to prevent the content from going off track.

"I am deeply saddened by the consequences of Li Qi's unauthorized actions; while reflecting deeply, we must also clearly realize that a weak sense of discipline and a weak sense of the overall situation are common problems for almost all balancers; we can understand the impact of the harsh environment of the Puluo Province on balancers, but we must also increase the intensity of constraints———"

Dila dila dila~

The desk phone interrupted Shen Shen Jingye's train of thought; looking at the caller ID, Shen Shen Jingye's cheek twitched.

He picked up the phone and heard the voice he least wanted to hear:

"Little Shen, come to my office."

In the Dark Star Bureau, the only one who called him Little Shen was————·

Putting down the desk phone, Shen Shen Jingye called the front desk: "When did Li Ju come? Why wasn't it reported in time?"

The front desk was stunned and couldn't answer for a long time; Shen Shen Jingye hung up the phone and asked several deputy directors and section chiefs; none of them had received news that Li Qi had come to work.

Shen Shen Jingye rubbed his forehead, feeling uncomfortable in his heart, when Li Qi's phone rang again: "Little Shen, why haven't you come over yet? How long do you want me to wait for you? Your work attitude still needs to be corrected!"

Ten minutes later, Shen Shen Jingye arrived at Li Li Banfeng's office.

No matter how much dissatisfaction and disappointment he had in his heart, Shen Shen Jingye had to show concern for his colleague: "Little Li, you've worried me to death! What exactly happened?"

Li Li Banfeng laughed: "I was just about to tell you about the situation of the incident; don't be anxious, let's sit down and chat slowly; who took the security team to the textile factory yesterday?"

Shen Shen Jingye said: "It was Deputy Director Wang; this is the work he is in charge of."

Li Li Banfeng asked again: "Was this Deputy Director Wang's spontaneous action, or was it under your order?"

Shen Shen Jingye was a bit angry and just wanted to argue with Li Li Banfeng, but the words circled in his mouth and he changed the way he said it: "Director Wang's actions were fulfilling his duties and also completing the mission given to him by the bureau."

This was experience, this was ability.

By saying this from another angle, he didn't give Li Qi a chance to make a fuss.

Even if Li Qi still wanted to argue, he certainly couldn't argue about Director Wang's duties, and even less should he question the bureau's decision.

Li Li Banfeng frowned: "Little Shen, can't you explain this clearly?"

Shen Shen Jingye didn't know how to answer; Li Li Banfeng didn't follow his train of thought at all.

Li Li Banfeng continued: "Since you can't explain it clearly, I'll call Director Wang over together."

Shen Shen Jingye still couldn't answer.

Li Li Banfeng picked up the desk phone and dialed Director Wang's number: "Little Wang, come to my office."

An hour later, four directors were sitting in Li Li Banfeng's office.

Director Liu, who was in charge of restricted area management, was the first to receive the news; drones patrolling the restricted area of the Ruirong Textile Factory discovered unidentified smoke, and after verification, it was found that the smoke came from a cigarette butt.

The textile factory had already been closed; where did this cigarette butt come from?

Director Liu fed the news back to Director Zhang, who was in charge of reconnaissance work; Director Zhang sent drones to search and found several suspicious individuals at the scene, who were active near the third and fifth workshops.

Director Zhang immediately fed the situation back to Director Shen; Director Shen attached great importance to this incident and called Deputy Director Wang, who was in charge of the security team, and asked him to formulate an action plan with Director Liu and Director Zhang to organize and carry out this operation.

The staff sent the footage captured by the drone into Li Li Banfeng's office; Li Li Banfeng first watched the first set of footage; he saw the cigarette butt, but this cigarette butt was not left by Li Li Banfeng and the others.

Lightbulb and Star did not enter the factory area, and Li Li Banfeng and Tang Yuan did not smoke in the factory area; the time the cigarette butt was found on the surveillance footage was 9:30 PM, and Li Li Banfeng arrived at the textile factory at 10:00 PM; the time didn't match either.

Look at the second set of footage.

This set of footage was captured by a drone; at 9:45 PM, the drone captured five people appearing in the factory courtyard.

These five people were uniformly dressed in black long gowns, wearing hats, covering themselves tightly from head to toe, and even wearing gas masks on their faces.

They flashed through the courtyard and then entered the sixth workshop; the cameras in the sixth workshop did not capture their figures.

Director Zhang stated: "Based on my many years of experience in reconnaissance work, this group of people should have concealment-type abilities, or they are carrying dark energy carriers that can conceal them; of course, it is not ruled out that they interfered with the monitoring equipment."

While speaking, Director Zhang looked at Li Li Banfeng from time to time, seemingly showing off his professional ability.

Li Li Banfeng didn't make any evaluation of his professional ability, because everything this Director Zhang said just now was nonsense; after watching the surveillance footage, Li Li Banfeng asked a question: "Was the cigarette butt that appeared on the surveillance footage earlier left by this group of people?"

Director Zhang said very rigorously: "There is some saliva left on the cigarette butt, which is currently being tested; before the test report comes out, the source of the cigarette butt cannot be completely determined, but judging from the current clues, this cigarette butt was likely left by them."

Li Li Banfeng looked at Director Zhang and said: "Wearing a gas mask, how can you smoke?"

Director Zhang also knew that this detail was not very reasonable: "The inference that can be made at present is that they put on the gas masks after entering the factory area."

"You mean, before putting on the masks, they smoked a cigarette to relax and casually left the cigarette butt on the ground?" Li Qi continued to stare at Director Zhang.

Director Zhang didn't respond; the issue of the cigarette butt was indeed hard to explain, but the derivation of the whole process was basically flawless.

Not only was it flawless for him, but others couldn't find any flaws either.

Individuals of unknown identity trespassing into a restricted area, and this restricted area had appeared with a large number of unidentified creatures with strong harmfulness; under such circumstances, taking emergency measures to respond was reasonable and compliant with regulations.

Shen Shen Jingye looked at Li Li Banfeng and said: "Li Ju, we have already explained this matter clearly; now I need you to give me a reasonable explanation, why did you——— last night"

He wanted to ask why Li Li Banfeng took the security team members to trespass into the restricted area, but before he could finish speaking, he was interrupted by Li Li Banfeng.

Li Li Banfeng said: "You have serious problems in your work; this point has not been explained clearly yet."

Shen Shen Jingye was very patient: "Please explain in detail, what exactly are the problems we have?"

Li Li Banfeng said: "Little Liu found the cigarette butt, notified Little Zhang, Little Zhang found suspicious individuals, notified you, and you directly notified the security team; don't you think there is a problem here?"

Shen Shen Jingye answered very calmly: "This is following the division of duties and performing normal work processes; I don't understand where the problem lies."

Li Li Banfeng said: "The problem lies in why no one notified me?"

Shen Shen Jingye sank his face and said: "Li Ju, this is not within your scope of division."

Li Li Banfeng said: "What is my scope of division?"

Shen Shen Jingye couldn't answer directly, because he hadn't formulated a scope of division for Li Li Banfeng,

"This matter still needs to be decided through meeting research."

Li Li Banfeng said: "You didn't formulate a division for me; this proves that you have a problem."

Shen Shen Jingye was silent for a moment, nodded, and said: "Yes, this counts as my problem; how do you plan to handle it?"

"Considering it's your first offense, write a self-criticism." Li Li Banfeng had prepared paper and pen.

"I'm not in the mood to play around with you!" As the words fell, Shen Shen Jingye got up and left Li Li Banfeng's office.

In the corridor, Shen Shen Jingye saw centipedes crawling all over the floor.

Li Li Banfeng sat on the desk and explained: "This is a sample I brought back from the textile factory; I haven't had time to send it to the laboratory; our security team members were bitten by this thing and are still lying in the hospital,

Little Shen, you must be careful under your feet."

Shen Shen Jingye sneered.

This is a centipede brought back from the textile factory?

Would I believe such an absurd lie?

Shen Shen Jingye returned to Li Li Banfeng's office and sat back on the sofa.

Bursts of crawling sounds came from the interlayer of the leather sofa; Li Li Banfeng reminded Shen Shen Jingye: "I'm not too familiar with the methods and processes of preserving samples; these samples are also too lively and crawl everywhere."

Looking at the unidentified creatures moving back and forth in the leather sofa, Shen Shen Jingye fell into deep thought.

Does Li Qi really dare to bring this kind of thing into the office?

Even if he isn't afraid of violating regulations, doesn't he care about his own safety?

Don't fall for his trick, can't be threatened by him; he must have used a dark energy carrier that can produce hallucinations, just like the situation in the conference room where he couldn't get out at the beginning.

With firm thoughts, Shen Shen Jingye persisted on the sofa for one minute.

Afterward, he pulled up a chair, went to the table, and started writing a self-criticism.

Can't get angry with Li Qi; this person is mentally abnormal; if he really brought centipedes in, once bitten,

the price would be high.

Shen Shen Jingye started writing, and Li Li Banfeng looked at the other three directors: "Don't just stand there either; do you have no responsibility at all?"

While speaking, a dozen centipedes crawled out of the sofa and crawled to the feet of the two.

Director Liu, Director Wang, and Director Zhang looked at Li Qi with contemptuous smiles, then picked up paper and pen, and lay on the coffee table to write self-criticisms.

The self-criticisms were written and handed to Li Qi for review.

The quality of the self-criticisms from Director Shen, Director Zhang, and Director Liu was acceptable, and Li Li Banfeng let them go.

Director Wang's self-criticism was not profound enough, and Li Qi punished him to rewrite it.

Learn from mistakes, there was an important meeting in the afternoon; the meeting affairs section was afraid of offending Li Qi and sent the agenda over in advance for review.

Li Li Banfeng had no interest in the meeting, but one agenda item caught his attention.

This agenda item was the handling of two members of the security team.

One was Chen Chen Zhangrui; Li Li Banfeng already knew his situation; the handling result he faced was a post adjustment.

The other was Qin Qin Minghui; his problem was the violation of taking a conditioning agent; the result he faced was expulsion.

Putting down the agenda, Li Li Banfeng dialed Qin Qin Minghui's desk phone.

The desk phone was unanswered; Qin Qin Minghui was not at his workstation.

He was in Director Wang's office.

Director Wang was sitting, and he was standing.

"Miss Xiao Qin, you don't need to say much about this matter, and don't hold any illusions; being able to have this handling result today is already considered lucky for you."

Qin Qin Minghui didn't make a sound; he didn't ask Director Wang for mercy; it was Director Wang who took the initiative to call him over.

Director Wang called Qin Qin Minghui over, not to give Qin Qin Minghui a chance to reform, but because he had just written a self-criticism for Li Li Banfeng, writing two copies in a row.

Director Wang was a person who knew how to maintain health; if he was angry, he had to vent it out.

He taught Qin Qin Minghui earnestly: "Law enforcement officers breaking the law knowingly, in my opinion, this is an unforgivable crime; letting you go is already being lenient to you,

your behavior, to put it lightly, affected the reputation of the entire security team, and to put it heavily, you smeared the entire Dark Star cause!"

After being lectured for more than half an hour, Qin Qin Minghui left the office and met Lightbulb in the corridor.

Lightbulb stepped forward to comfort him: "Zhong Er, don't take it to heart; change to another place, let's start over."

Qin Qin Minghui smiled and nodded.

Lightbulb asked again: "What are your plans for the next step?"

Qin Qin Minghui shook his head; he hadn't thought about it yet; he was a dark energy user and would be subject to many restrictions in terms of employment,

and under non-special circumstances, he could not leave the Ban Yue Province.

The two chatted for a few words, and Old Sun, who was in charge of logistics for the security team, came over: "Miss Xiao Qin, go and tidy up the locker in the changing room; the newcomers are coming soon, hurry up and make room."

Old Sun was about to retire, and the section assigned him a leisurely job; he was quite conscientious, and the lockers in the changing room were managed very strictly.

When Qin Qin Minghui first came, he asked him for a locker and went through the application process for two full months; now that the documents hadn't been issued yet, upon learning that Qin Qin Minghui was about to be fired, Old Sun immediately asked Qin Qin Minghui to hand over the locker.

Qin Qin Minghui was about to go to the changing room, and Lightbulb said: "Zhong Er, I'll go with you."

Old Sun said: "He is no longer a person in the bureau, and he can't be called by his code name in the future; Lightbulb, you've been here for two years,

do I need to remind you of the rules in the bureau?"

Lightbulb turned to look at Old Sun: "Does this have anything to do with you?"

Old Sun frowned: "What's wrong with saying a word to you? You're not young, but your temper is not small!"

"What do you call temper? It's that you're managing too broadly!"

Lightbulb rarely argued with others, but today he couldn't suppress this fire; the two were about to quarrel when Tang Yuan walked over and said to Qin Qin Minghui: "Zhong Er, Li Ju wants you to go over."

Qin Qin Minghui gave a dry laugh: "Going to be scolded again?"

Tang Yuan didn't explain: "I'm just conveying Li Ju's order."

Old Sun sneered from the side: "Embarrassing, really embarrassing in circles."

Tang Yuan looked at Old Sun: "Li Ju said the hygiene in the changing room is not up to standard, go and clean it up."

Old Sun was stunned: "Li Ju went to the changing room?"

Tang Yuan nodded: "He just went to inspect it."

Old Sun didn't believe it: "Little You, you can't talk nonsense about this!"

Tang Yuan was expressionless: "During working hours, please use code names; if you don't want to go, then wait for Li Ju to come and find you himself."

Old Sun was deeply skeptical; with Li Ju's status, he shouldn't care about such small matters.

But this Li Ju's temperament was hard to guess; Old Sun muttered all the way, but still went to the changing room.

Lightbulb asked Tang Yuan in a low voice: "Did Li Ju really go to the changing room?"

Tang Yuan shrugged her eyebrows and didn't make a sound.

Qin Qin Minghui arrived at Li Qi's office and stood upright in front of the desk; he had been scolded every day these days and was used to it.

Li Li Banfeng first asked a question: "Where did you get the conditioning agent?"

Qin Qin Minghui answered truthfully: "Confiscated from the black market."

"What did you use it for?"

"To eat." Qin Qin Minghui was very honest.

"Why do you want to eat this thing?"

"To become stronger."

"Why do you want to become stronger?"

"To protect this world, and everything important in this world." This was Zhong Er's answer when he first came to the Dark Star Bureau; to this day, this answer hadn't changed.

Li Li Banfeng asked: "What are the important things in this world?"

Zhong Er thought for a moment and shook his head: "I can't give a definition; at the textile factory, the two children who were about to be eaten by silkworms seemed very important to me; in the Garden Residential Area, the residents of the residential building seemed very important, and also..."

Li Li Banfeng pointed to the chair: "Sit down, talk slowly, and explain the whole process of the matter clearly."

In the afternoon, he arrived at the conference room.

Li Qi scanned every director; the directors were focused on flipping through the meeting materials and didn't want to look at Li Qi more than necessary.

Shen Shen Jingye presided over the meeting, and Li Qi took the lead in making a suggestion: "I suggest starting with the agenda of personnel handling."

Shen Shen Jingye didn't emphasize the meeting process; he immediately agreed to Li Qi's suggestion; through the time they had spent together, he had summarized a rule: in matters that were not important, it was best not to provoke Li Qi.

The handling opinion had already been written; logically speaking, this kind of agenda item should just be a formality.

But after the agenda was read, Li Qi was the first to raise an objection.

He first raised an objection to Chen Chen Zhangrui's post adjustment: "The Ruirong Textile Factory has a concealment space; Chen Chen Zhangrui didn't know the specific situation in advance; the main responsibility for this incident does not lie with him."

Director Wang raised a different opinion: "As a security team leader, conducting a full investigation of the scene is the basis for carrying out work; without sufficient understanding of the scene, rashly carrying out actions is in itself a dereliction of duty." Li Qi had long thought of this rhetoric; finding faults was the simplest thing in the world, bar none; as long as these people wanted to find faults, no matter how they argued, it was futile.

Was there a way to crack this matter?

Yes.

Li Li Banfeng asked Director Wang: "Who sent Chen Chen Zhangrui to execute this mission?"

Director Wang was stunned, then answered: "I was following the division of duties————

Before he could finish speaking, Li Li Banfeng continued to ask: "Did you conduct a full investigation of the scene? Did you evaluate the potential risks? Did you formulate preventive measures for the hidden dangers existing at the scene?"

Director Wang looked at Shen Shen Jingye and turned to Li Qi: "I was following Director Shen's instructions to arrange for the security team to carry out relevant work."

Li Li Banfeng also looked at Shen Shen Jingye: "Did you conduct an investigation of the scene's situation?"

Shen Shen Jingye lowered his head and looked at the meeting materials: "For this agenda item, please have the relevant departments redraft the handling opinion, and discuss it at the next meeting; let's first discuss Qin Qin Minghui's handling opinion."

The conditioning agent incident was entirely Qin Qin Minghui's personal behavior, which was not easy to handle.

According to the confession of the black market merchant Huang, Qin Qin Minghui confiscated 700 grams of conditioning agent from his hands, but he only handed over 500 grams; Qin Qin Minghui couldn't explain where the remaining 200 grams went.

During this period, Qin Qin Minghui asked for sick leave twice; this was clearly because he had taken the conditioning agent, felt unwell, and rested for two days.

Director Chen, who was in charge of this incident, stated: "The matter is already very clear; Qin Qin Minghui also admitted that the quantity of the confiscated conditioning agent was inconsistent with the quantity handed over; the nature of this incident is serious and the impact is bad; according to relevant systems, this person should be expelled."

Qin Qin Minghui himself admitted it; the matter was already nailed down; it seemed no one could find an angle to defend Qin Qin Minghui.

Everyone's gaze focused on Li Qi.

They thought Li Qi would question the rationality of the system; this question could be explored, but the result of the discussion had no substantive significance.

Violating the current system meant receiving punishment; as for whether the system should be revised, it wouldn't affect the handling result for Qin Qin Minghui.

Li Qi read the meeting materials carefully; he didn't question the system, but raised an objection to the incident itself.

"Cannot determine Qin Qin Minghui's responsibility based solely on the unilateral confession of the black market merchant Huang."

Director Chen naturally couldn't accept such an explanation: "This is not just Huang's confession; Qin Qin Minghui himself also admitted the facts of the process."

Li Li Banfeng said: "According to my understanding, Qin Qin Minghui himself was threatened, which is why he was forced to admit the problem of inconsistent quantities."

Director Chen was a bit excited: "Li Ju, what do you mean by this? Who threatened Qin Qin Minghui? Could it be me?"

Li Li Banfeng shook his head: "Didn't say it was you; I suspect Qin Qin Minghui was threatened by the black market and, out of helplessness, took on the responsibility that shouldn't have belonged to him."

Director Chen sneered: "This makes people unable to understand; he is a member of the Dark Star Bureau, why would he be threatened by the black market?"

Li Qi also laughed: "This also makes people unable to understand; why would a black market merchant dare to threaten a security team member? Who gave him the confidence?"

While speaking, Li Qi scanned everyone: "I think this black market should be strictly investigated; this matter can be handed over to me to handle."

The conference room fell silent; Director Chen didn't speak, and no one else spoke.

Shen Shen Jingye broke the silence; his tone was surprisingly calm: "Little Li, I can understand your idea of wanting to protect Qin Qin Minghui, but the handling opinion we formulated today is also out of protection for him,

this matter stays in the bureau, Qin Qin Minghui is just expelled; if the incident continues to expand, Qin Qin Minghui will have to accept more strict investigations; by that time, the one investigating him won't be us, but high-end equipment and instruments,

if the superiors use the dark energy testing instrument, they will check all of Qin Qin Minghui's dark energy growth curves over the past year; is this really the result you hope to see?

Every time he takes a conditioning agent, dark energy will show abnormal growth; if Qin Qin Minghui has taken the conditioning agent more than once, there will be more than one piece of irrefutable ironclad evidence left on the curve,

by that time, it won't be as simple as expulsion; by that time, none of us can help him."

Li Li Banfeng didn't have any hesitation and looked at Shen Shen Jingye: "Little Shen, I suggest you immediately ask your superiors for instructions,

and use high-end equipment and instruments to conduct a stricter inspection of Qin Qin Minghui; this matter really cannot be vague at all."

Shen Shen Jingye increased his tone: "Little Li, think twice; any impulsive choice might ruin Qin Qin Minghui's life."

Li Li Banfeng still didn't hesitate: "Little Shen, I have thought twice; I believe Qin Qin Minghui didn't violate the rules by taking the conditioning agent; I believe he can stand the test in this matter."

The meeting had just ended, and the news spread.

The document to expel Qin Qin Minghui was not issued; currently, Qin Qin Minghui was still a member of the Dark Star Bureau.

Lightbulb felt happy for Qin Qin Minghui and specially took Qin Qin Minghui to the changing room to disgust Old Sun.

After work, Tang Yuan and Lightbulb wanted to treat Qin Qin Minghui to dinner to celebrate for him.

Qin Qin Minghui was not in the mood to celebrate; he secretly went to Li Qi's office: "Li Ju, I can't accept the inspection; I have taken the conditioning agent more than once; if it's found out, I'll be completely finished."

"Don't worry, they won't be able to find out," He He Jiaqing was in the Ling Family Film Building, talking to Seeing Datou remotely, "Li Qi's move is correct; cultivation base is invisible; the so-called dark energy testing instrument in the Outer Province is a bluffing display,

but I don't understand, what is his relationship with this Qin Qin Minghui? Why is he protecting him with such great effort?"

Seeing Datou didn't understand either: "I don't know what Li Qi's intention is, but he is indeed working very seriously in the Dark Star Bureau."

"He is so serious in the Outer Province, and he can't take care of things in the Puluo Province; logically speaking, this is a good opportunity, and the previous losses could be made up for, but my current situation—" He He Jiaqing scratched his cheek, and a row of green herpes grew on his face.

Seeing Datou said: "I have checked many confidential documents, but I still haven't found any information related to Disease Cultivation."

He He Jiaqing sighed: "This Daoist sect is still too rare; is there any news from the Medicine Cultivation and Drug Cultivation sides?"

"I have found the contact information for some people; the identities of these people are very hidden; I'll tell you after verification."

"Brother, time is tight, I'll wait for your news."

Interrupting the contact, He He Jiaqing sat silently in the office for a long time.

The office door was opened; at a time like this, those who dared to enter this room were not ordinary people.

The person who came was a middle-aged man, spinning two walnuts in his hand, and sat opposite He He Jiaqing: "Young Master He,

you looking for me?"

He He Jiaqing said: "Brother Zhang, you should be able to see that I have been hit by the means of Green Flower Child; I might be in danger of losing my life these few days, so I want to borrow something from you."

Zhang Zhang Gunli rubbed the walnuts and asked: "Can you speak clearly? Are you trying to borrow life?"

He He Jiaqing nodded: "I don't know if you can lend life here?"

Zhang Zhang Gunli put away the walnuts and took out an IOU: "Can lend, but the interest is a bit high."

PS: He He Jiaqing wants to borrow life, but what will he use to pay it back? ===== CHAPTER 512 =====