Chapter 506: Initiating an Offensive (Part 1)

"Some useful clues? Project them..."

Sun Cheng knew the bar that Frenzy mentioned was the one located in 【Ningjiang District】 called 【Danube Riverside】.

Ever since he discovered someone tailing Ye Qi when she went out shopping over half a month ago, he immediately launched a counter-tracking operation, which ultimately pointed to the 【Danube Riverside】 bar.

After a period of surveillance, although the other party acted very cautiously and never revealed any flaws.

But it was precisely because they acted too professionally—to the point that even a mechanical life form like Frenzy, who could easily hack into any port on Earth's internet, couldn't find much useful information—that this very caution exposed a great deal.

In order to determine their identities as quickly as possible, Sun Cheng released some ultra-micro reconnaissance devices that resembled mosquitoes.

Ultra-micro reconnaissance devices are special reconnaissance tools in the 【Transformers】 universe that the 【Decepticon Legion】 specifically equips for low-level scouts; because their manufacturing cost is so low it can be ignored, they are basically disposable tools.

When Sun Cheng first arrived in this different world, the Frenzy Body he initially used carried these little things.

Considering that he would likely need them in the real world, he had specifically studied them for a period of time.

The mosquito-like ultra-micro reconnaissance devices he sent out to tail the 【Danube Riverside】 bar today were things he had manufactured himself, and they were no longer disposable tools.

Mimicking a beehive, Sun Cheng built a large-scale terminal control system, which consisted of a control terminal named 'Mosquito Nest', four sub-nests, one large signal receiving station, several micro information receiving base stations, and hundreds of mosquito-like ultra-micro reconnaissance devices.

Currently, the 'Mosquito Nest' control terminal and one large signal receiving station are housed within Base No. 1 at Huwangling; one sub-nest and one micro signal receiving base station were placed by him at the 【Cybertron Technology Group】 headquarters to supervise employees and investigate or guard against potential corporate spies; another sub-nest and another micro signal receiving base station were placed by him in the villa, managed and used daily by Frenzy to protect himself, Ye Qi, and the safety of the villa's surroundings.

After discovering someone was tailing Ye Qi, Frenzy received his order and released two sets of ultra-micro reconnaissance devices, taking turns to lurk inside the 【Danube Riverside】 bar to investigate the secrets of this bar.

Now, there was finally a discovery!

Frenzy's eyes projected two beams of light, and soon, some video clips were projected onto the glass wall in front of him.

Inside the slightly noisy bar, three young men of ordinary East Asian descent, looking just like ordinary friends coming to the bar to drink and have fun, were sitting at a table in the left corner of the 【Danube Riverside】 bar—the internal layout of which Sun Cheng had already completely memorized—separated by a half-wall of glass, talking in low voices.

The three of them clearly did not notice the buzzing mosquito sounds beside them, which were completely masked by the noise of the bar.

Thus, a video of the meeting was captured.

"... How is it on your end?"

"... Just like that. The target's life is very regular, a straight line between the company and their residence. I haven't gained anything here... I'm currently applying to send people to install some little gadgets at the target's residence... What about you guys..."

"Same... We can't find any problems with their company's incoming and outgoing funds... However, we followed the bank records and prepared to keep digging, but the technical side was quickly confused. There are over 140 traceable shell companies involved in those funds. They haven't just been laundered through the stock, futures, and even Bitcoin markets, but have also changed hands at least three times in offshore jurisdictions. There's simply no way to track the source of the funds... Very professional methods and team..."

"So what does the boss mean?"

"Continue the investigation... The target is highly suspicious regarding that company case... Exit and entry records confirm he has been to that island..."

"... Right, the company is also eyeing it. Although it's not yet clear what he obtained on the island, the fact that the company has sent four batches of people in over two months means it's likely not simple..."

"... They are hiring recently, and we have technical personnel who have gotten in. We should have some leads in a while..."

The three people in the video were clearly very cautious; not only was their volume very low, but they only met and talked for less than five minutes before two of them left one after the other.

In the footage captured by the ultra-micro reconnaissance devices, Sun Cheng was very familiar with all three men.

Although none of these three had tailed Ye Qi, they had appeared frequently at the 【Danube Riverside】 bar over the past half month and had been filmed by the reconnaissance devices many times.

Sun Cheng could not yet find the identity of one of them.

There was no helping it; since the founding of the Republic of China, the domestic legal field had quickly been occupied and dominated by elites returning from studies in Europe and America, making it arguably the most Westernized field in the country.

In recent years, with the continuous infiltration of European and American toxins, not to mention the growing number of "saints" in the domestic legal field clamoring for the abolition of the death penalty, they have even imitated Europe and America in enacting various laws on so-called human rights, democracy, and privacy that restrict the central government's power.

Those bastards don't even look at what kind of mess the old Europe they study has turned itself into, and even the world's "beacon country" is half heaven and half hell.

Thanks to them, a privacy act was introduced domestically 7 years ago, stipulating that even the government needs the approval of the local Yihui to install surveillance equipment in public places, and it must be subject to the supervision of public opinion.

Private purchase and use of surveillance equipment is even stricter; not only does it require government approval, but there have even been cases where people were sued and lost for using it in their own homes, accused of violating privacy.

This privacy act, which has both pros and cons, also restricts the government and enterprises from leaking personal information without the consent of the parties involved.

This undoubtedly greatly increased the difficulty of Sun Cheng's investigation; even though he had mechanical life forms like the Decepticons under his command, it didn't help when the information simply didn't exist online, leaving him with nowhere to check.

Fortunately, they hadn't come up completely empty-handed over the past half month.

The identities of the other two had been found: the slightly chubby man with a square face was named 'Liu Yiqing', and the information that could be found was that he was the owner of the 【Danube Riverside】 bar, currently 37 years old, and owned a trading company registered for over fifteen years that dealt in the import and export of alcoholic beverages, but nothing more could be found.

As for the other taller and thinner man, his name was 'Chen Yin', 41 years old, and he was the manager of the 【Danube Riverside】 bar; he was also the one Sun Cheng saw the most.

The information available about him online was more than that of the owner; he studied at the 【Qing'an Foreign Languages Institute】 in his early years, and after graduation, he spent over a decade at several foreign trade enterprises before coming to the 【Danube Riverside】 bar to serve as manager three years ago.

Sun Cheng had Frenzy replay the short video several times, and the doubts and conjectures in his mind finally had answers.

"... No mistake, this group of people tailing Ye Qi must be from the state... It's just that it's currently impossible to determine if they are from National Security or Foreign Affairs..."