Chapter 2633

The Right Army Governor's Office is one of the five army governor's offices of the Anti-Qing Alliance.

The five army governor's offices are divided with China as the center, based on the ancient imperial orientation of facing south with the back to the north.

The Central Army Governor's Office covers most of Southeast Asia, South Asia, and West Asia, including China;

The Rear Army Governor's Office covers all of Russia, Mongolia, the Arctic Circle, and Central Asia's Turkmenistan, Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Kyrgyzstan, and Tajikistan;

The Front Army Governor's Office covers all southern island nations in Southeast Asia, including the Philippines, Singapore, Malaysia, and Indonesia, and besides that, all of Oceania and Antarctica are also within the Front Army Governor's Office's coverage;

The Right Army Governor's Office covers Europe except Russia, as well as all of Africa;

The Left Army Governor's Office covers North and South America;

The governors of the five army governor's offices are all trusted confidants of the Yingzhu; although their individual strength is not as formidable as that of the Four Great Earls, their overall combat power under command is sufficient to take turns killing the Four Great Earls.

At this time, Earl Gonggong Oubojun was brought by Yuan Chengze to a private room deepest inside on the third floor.

Pushing open the heavy private room door, inside was actually a space of one or two hundred square meters.

And what surprised Oubojun was that, upon stepping into this large private room, his ears felt a sensation of tinnitus.

Said to be tinnitus, it was actually because, all of a sudden, the surroundings became completely silent; the white noise that filled daily life was entirely absent here, so his ears could hear no sound at all, thus producing a strange feeling of discomfort.

Oubojun knew this situation must be due to the private room having undergone extremely strong soundproofing and sound absorption; here, any external environmental noise cannot propagate inward, hence the illusion of being in a vacuum.

At this time, standing before the large dining table in the private room was a middle-aged man in his forties, who smiled and stepped forward toward Oubojun, extending his hands from several meters away, saying with a smile: "Your subordinate Wu Shutong, respectfully welcoming Earl Gonggong's esteemed presence! Unable to personally go to the airport to receive you, I still beg Earl Gonggong's forgiveness!"

Oubojun instantly felt a strong sense of unreality.

Don't look at how respectful Wu Shutong is toward me, even calling himself my subordinate; in fact, his status and position are infinitely higher than mine.

I only learned today that the governor of the Right Army Governor's Office is named Wu Shutong; before this, I knew nothing about him at all.

One could say that within the Anti-Qing Alliance, my rank is still insufficient to know his true identity.

If I say I am a top expert among the imperial guards beside the emperor, then this Wu Shutong before me is a powerful minister and regional hegemon.

Moreover, he also keenly realized that now the Yingzhu is beginning to let me come into contact with these true core members, which also means that in the future I will gradually be entrusted with important responsibilities.

Thus, he also very politely stepped forward one step, clasped hands with Wu Shutong, and smiled: "We are all loyal to the Yingzhu; Wu Governor and I naturally need not be so polite!"

Wu Shutong laughed: "Earl Gonggong is indeed a senior minister who has long served beside the Yingzhu, with admirable bearing!"

Having said that, he pointed to the dining table, smiled: "Your subordinate has modestly prepared some wine to welcome and cleanse the dust for Earl Gonggong; please, Earl Gonggong, take the seat of honor!"

Oubojun clasped his hands and politely said: "After you, after you!"

The two exchanged pleasantries and sat down side by side at the large dining table.

Wu Shutong ordered all idle personnel to leave; after the door was closed, he personally poured a full cup of wine for Oubojun, smiling: "Earl Gonggong, this is our first meeting; let me offer you a cup, and I hope you will grant me face!"

Oubojun could see that although Wu Shutong's cultivation had only reached the Transformation Realm, he dared not slight him in the slightest; he quickly raised his wine cup, smiling: "Wu Governor, you are too polite; come, let us drink this cup together!"

Their wine cups lightly touched, and both tilted their heads back to drain the cups.

After putting down the cup, Wu Shutong's expression suddenly turned sorrowful, and he sighed: "Earl Gonggong, let me not hide it from you; I also know why you have come to the Right Army Governor's Office this time. Last time, when carrying out the Yingzhu's secret order, a major oversight occurred under my watch. I have always felt deeply guilty, and I know it is very hard to clear my suspicion. This time, I hope Earl Gonggong can uncover the truth and clear my name!"

Oubojun did not expect Wu Shutong to cut straight to the point so quickly; he also put down his cup and said seriously: "Wu Governor, I want to know, after the Yingzhu's secret order was given to you, how was it passed down?"

Wu Shutong frankly said: "The Yingzhu's order was directly given into my hands. Following the principle that the fewer people who know, the lower the chance of exposure and leakage and the lower the overall risk, I did not inform the responsible persons of the several intermediate links, but directly gave the secret order to the military commissioner Ning Zhenyu, who was in charge of the assassins' garrison, letting him select the finest members from the Embroidered Uniform Guard to go to Northern Europe."

Oubojun asked: "Then, did those who came into contact with the secret order know Lin Waner's identity?"

"No." Wu Shutong blurted out without hesitation: "Don't hide it from Earl Gonggong, in the entire Right Army Governor's Office, only I know Lin Waner's identity. That day, when I passed the secret order to Ning Zhenyu, I only told him to go to Northern Europe to capture a girl; even he did not know Lin Waner's identity. As for those Embroidered Uniform Guard who carried out the mission, they could not possibly know either; they only knew that the girl was the Yingzhu's, and capturing her would bring great reward."

Oubojun nodded; he had already guessed this would be the case. This is the Yingzhu's modus operandi: the Yingzhu prefers those who go to capture Lin Waner to not know her identity or what is special about her, so as to avoid any risk factors as much as possible.

Thinking this, he asked Wu Shutong: "Wu Governor, afterward, did you go and question that Ning Zhenyu about this matter? The people he sent out were his; if there is a mole in this affair, then the mole must be him or his subordinates, or even possibly him and his subordinates!"

Wu Shutong said: "Reporting to Earl Gonggong, I have reported the entire matter to the Yingzhu, and we both feel that there should be no mole inside us, because Ning Zhenyu and his group fundamentally do not know who the person to be captured is; moreover, to avoid externally exposing the importance of the target, Ning Zhenyu himself wanted to personally lead the team, but I did not allow it, because according to the intelligence we received, Lin Waner's side has no masters guarding her, and a few Embroidered Uniform Guard are sufficient to capture her and bring her back;"

"Therefore, the logic of the whole affair is somewhat strange: only the Yingzhu and I know who is to go capture Lin Waner; I am utterly loyal to the Yingzhu, so it is impossible for me to leak information outwardly. Thus, I think it is more likely that the other side has planted a dark line here, or through some means unknown to us, has grasped our movements."

Saying this, Wu Shutong added: "Before you went to Naples, the Yingzhu instructed me, hoping that you could find out at which link we were caught by the other side's loophole—whether the other side has already infiltrated the assassins' garrison, or is secretly monitoring the assassins' garrison, while we remain unaware."

Oubojun fell silent for a moment, his brain racing.

Unfortunately, he is not Li Ailin.

If he were Li Ailin, he would surely unravel the whole operation thread by thread, sorting out all possible loopholes.

Given enough time, he would certainly also be able to focus the problem on that aviation express company specially used to transport assassins.

No matter how great your ability, it is impossible to hide the flight path of a plane taking off with a weight of two or three hundred tons in the sky without a trace; in fact, small planes might still have a chance to evade radar, but once a large plane is in the air, it will simultaneously be tracked and locked by multiple radar stations.

Moreover, all radar is operated by the aviation authorities of sovereign nations; intercontinental flight requires relay control by multiple countries' multiple radar stations; even if the Anti-Qing Alliance were stronger, it could not possibly bribe these.

Therefore, Li Ailin's thinking hit the Anti-Qing Alliance's soft spot: he focused not on the assassins' garrison, but on the planes used to dispatch assassins and the Embroidered Uniform Guard.

The Anti-Qing Alliance needs rapid global mobilization of personnel, but they cannot hide the flight trajectories of their planes; even if they hide the shipping company very deeply, as long as one carefully examines the civil aviation system data, one will surely find their traces.

Oubojun thought and thought but could not come up with anything, so he said: "In that case, I will personally go to the assassins' garrison to see if I can find any clues!"

Wu Shutong joyfully said: "Earl Gonggong's words are excellent! I myself had this intention!"

Oubojun said: "In that case, I will trouble Governor Wu to arrange a plane for me; I will go myself!"

Wu Shutong nodded and said: "From here to Cyprus is very close; Earl Gonggong, see what time the plane arrangement would be suitable?"

Oubojun frowned slightly, thought for a moment, and said: "This time I go, I plan not to expose my identity, but to sneak in secretly, covertly observe the operational state of the assassins' garrison, then see if there is anything suspicious, especially the core members inside, including the Ning Zhenyu you mentioned; if I confirm Ning Zhenyu has no problem, I will then look for the families of the missing Embroidered Uniform Guard, use some means, and see if I can find any clues."

Wu Shutong immediately said: "Then let it be as Earl Gonggong says! Since it is a covert infiltration, we must wait until night, for the assassins' garrison is heavily guarded by day, and Earl Gonggong would probably find it difficult to infiltrate by day."

"Right." Oubojun nodded and said: "Infiltration naturally must wait until night; otherwise I would not have the ability to sway past the eyes of several hundred Embroidered Uniform Guard; for caution, it is best to be the latter half of the night!"

Wu Shutong laughed and said: "Then it's easy to say; I will first accompany Earl Gonggong for a few drinks at noon, I have arranged the plane in advance, and I will personally take you to the airport at eight o'clock in the evening; from here we fly to Larnaca International Airport in Cyprus, which will take about two and a half hours; after landing, the distance to the assassins' garrison's location is still about forty kilometers by car; if all goes well, we can reach the garrison by midnight; to avoid startling the snake, I will not arrange a vehicle for Earl Gonggong there; after Earl Gonggong gets out of the car, he can take a taxi there, which will also be more natural."

"Good!" Oubojun nodded without hesitation and said: "The midnight timing is just right; just so it is set!"