I Have Infinite Skill Points - Chapter 668: Searching for Moses
Night had fallen, and people were on their way home.
One by one, cars quietly arrived and parked by the roadside outside the residential area.
Two traffic cops were just about to finish their shift and head home when they turned around and saw a dozen cars brazenly occupying the non-motorized vehicle lane.
"Bro, I've been a traffic cop for three years, and I've never seen such arrogance. Shall we deal with them?"
The elder cop quietly extinguished the cigarette in his hand. "Isn't that obvious? Deal with them... my ass."
He was only halfway through his sentence when he saw operatives from the Tianjian Bureau disembarking from car after car. While the Tianjian Bureau in River Wind City conducted operations infrequently—most citizens might not see them more than a few times a year—their special gear was unmistakable.
Deal with them! As if you dare...
The two traffic cops silently turned around, mounted their motorcycles, started the engines, and left. Time to knock off, knock off!
"You guys flank from the left, you guys flank from the right. Captain Zhang, you take people around the back. Everyone else, follow me to block the front."
The troops dispersed upon this command, spreading out to encircle the residential area from all sides.
"Not good, the Tianjian Bureau is here!" A Demon Clan spy on lookout duty on the third floor of a building immediately noticed the situation and shouted a warning.
"Could we have been exposed? What do we do? We were only ordered to stand by here. Should we evacuate?"
"It's not about whether we should retreat or not; it's about whether we can survive."
"Everyone, don't panic. This is River Wind City. I heard that River Wind City only has one Star Sea Stage expert and four Galaxy Stage experts. If we really need to break through, they won't be able to stop us. Brothers, jump out of the window and retreat—"
The moment the words were spoken, they instantly burst through the window and surged outside.
The residents downstairs only heard a loud crash of shattering glass. Then, a figure burst out of the window, landing gracefully on the roof of a building in front like a soaring swallow, then leaped up again like a grasshopper into the sky.
RATTLE—
Suddenly, a chain and lock flew through the air, ensnaring the Demon Clan spy and yanking him from the sky. "Get down!"
"Tie Heng!" The Demon Clan spy fell to the ground, executed a somersault to stand up, and saw a Tianjian Bureau operative in a black military uniform speaking indifferently before him.
"It seems you've gathered quite a bit of intelligence on the Tianjian Bureau."
"Hmph, you like to use chains as weapons; you're quite famous indeed. Good. I can kill a high-level Tianjian Bureau agent before I leave and make this worthwhile."
A howl erupted. The humanoid spy instantly transformed into a high-ranking Demon Clan member over two meters tall, aura surging from him, his strength firmly at the Star Sea Stage.
"Star Sea Stage? Impossible!"
"Hahahaha... The Earth Star Realm's suppression on us has lessened significantly. Over the past two years, our strength has recovered. You still think we're as weak as we were ten years ago? The Tianjian Bureau is no match for us! Die—"
Tie Heng's expression changed drastically as he watched the swiftly approaching figure, his chain turning red hot in his hands. Just as Tie Heng was about to charge forward, a strong gust of wind suddenly swept past him.
He saw a graceful figure in a red trench coat darting from behind him, a three-foot icy sword in hand, sweeping past the Demon Clan spy like a ghost. The Demon Clan spy's body froze.
Its vivid red compound eyes instantly turned green, and its body split down the middle, separating into two halves.
Jiang Xinyu turned her face slightly. "Go assist the brothers elsewhere."
Had it been just River Wind City's Tianjian Bureau, they indeed would have struggled to handle a dozen Demon Clan spies, possibly letting half escape even after a successful siege. But since Wang Lan had brought high-level Tianjian Bureau agents from headquarters, they didn't stand a chance.
"Even if I die, I won't let you get any intelligence—"
BOOM—
A loud explosion came from a distance. Jiang Xinyu's expression changed, and she immediately dashed toward the source of the explosion.
Smoke and Star Power surged amidst the grass behind a building within the residential area.
Dozens of Tianjian Bureau agents gathered on the lawn, with Wang Lan at the forefront, gazing indifferently at the self-destructing Demon Clan spies before him.
Wang Lan had already tried. Skill Forms had been covertly carved into the minds of all the Demon Clan spies, guaranteeing that no amount of Spiritual Engraving could extract any information. Given this, it was better to let them self-destruct rather than be captured.
With all the Demon Clan spies dead, Wang Lan led the Tianjian Bureau into the spies' room.
The room was tidied up, and after a thorough search, no residual intelligence documents were found.
"Strange. Our raid was so sudden; they shouldn't have been alerted and had time to destroy the intelligence. Why is it so clean? What were they here for?"
Wang Lan furrowed his brows. He was certain that this group were indeed Demon Clan spies, and they had been here for about seven days. But what were they here for? According to the landlord, since these people arrived, they had kept to themselves indoors, rarely leaving. Only one person went out daily to buy food and bring it back. Were they here just for a tour, or what?
RING-RING—
The phone rang. Wang Lan picked it up; it was an International Security Council agent who had accompanied Yulia.
"Hello?"
"Mr. Wang Lan, it's bad news. Yulia has been captured."
"What? How could Yulia be captured?"
"It's Lucifer! Lucifer appeared! We've been tricked..."
"Where are you? I'll come over immediately."
After hanging up the phone, he grabbed Jiang Xinyu's hand and rushed into the sky.
"What happened? Was Yulia kidnapped?"
"Yes, Lucifer really did come to Huzhou Province. But with Yulia's abilities, how could Lucifer have succeeded so quickly? Lucifer's cultivation has been knocked down a realm; Yulia should at least have been able to put up a fight, right?"
"We'll know if we ask."
Within less than ten minutes, the two arrived at their destination thirty kilometers away. They descended from the sky to find three members from Yulia's four squads severely injured, lying on the ground, bleeding profusely.
Wang Lan casually threw over three Life Halos. "What exactly happened?"
"This afternoon, we were eating at a coffee shop. Suddenly, a car tire exploded on the street below, causing a traffic accident. When we looked over, we saw Moses coming out of an Indian flatbread shop."
"Yulia led us to secretly follow him. But when we got to the alley, Lucifer suddenly appeared, controlled Yulia with a single move, then disappeared with her."
"How could Yulia be taken down by Lucifer instantly, given her strength?"
"Lucifer had tampered with Yulia years ago, before she even knew his true identity. The moment this Skill Form Array is activated, Yulia loses all ability to resist."
"This..."
Wang Lan was instantly stunned by this response. Lucifer had been knocked down a realm three times in a row and hadn't used this move before, holding it back until now? Could Lucifer really be that patient? Moreover, this ambush was clearly targeted at Yulia. Why would Lucifer need Yulia if he came to receive the inheritance of the Demon God's Blood?
"Mr. Wang Lan, what do we do now?"
"How would I know what to do? Let's start by investigating to see if we can find Lucifer and rescue Yulia. But... the chances are probably slim. Where did you spot Moses?"
"At Left Bank Coffee."
Wang Lan and the group headed to the coffee shop where Moses had been spotted. After standing below the coffee shop for a while, he said, "From the looks of it, Lucifer's abduction of Yulia was premeditated. This means that while you were searching for Lucifer all over the world, he was, in fact, secretly following you."
"It seems so."
"Then the car accident was probably also orchestrated by Moses."
As he spoke, Wang Lan led everyone into the Indian flatbread shop. It advertised genuine Indian cuisine.
"...Sirs, what can I do for you?" The manager hurried over, a smile plastered across his face as he asked.
"Do you recognize this person?" Wang Lan took out a photo of Moses and asked.
"This person?" After a long look, he shook his head. "I don't recognize him. Even though our shop sells Indian flatbreads, we actually don't have many Indian customers. Not just in Huzhou Province, but there aren't many Indians throughout the whole of Jade Country."
"Is that so? Can I take a look at your shop's surveillance footage?"
"Of course, of course."
Immediately, he led Wang Lan and the others to the back office and turned on the surveillance system. By reviewing the footage, they quickly saw the image of Moses leaving the shop.
"You don't remember this man?"
"Strange. Was the person at Table Seven an Indian? That's not right. I clearly remember the person at Table Seven was from Jade Country. The appearances of Indians and Jade Country people are so different; I should have remembered."
Shop owners develop a knack for being aware of their surroundings. They usually have some memory of which table ordered what, and whether the customers are regulars or new ones.
"Are you certain?"
"Yes, I remember the person at Table Seven wasn't a first-time customer. They even once said our shop's Indian dishes are very authentic, so that made a deeper impression on me."
Wang Lan's eyes shone as a flash of understanding crossed his mind.
Moses is an Indian. And perhaps due to some fixation or something else, he seems to have a particular attachment to Indian restaurants.
"How many Indian-style restaurants are there in this city?"
"There shouldn't be many, right? As far as I know, there are only two or three, and none of them are authentic. I used to work in an Indian restaurant and learned the essentials before coming back home to open this shop."
"Let's go back and find all the Indian-style restaurants in the city. I bet Moses will definitely go to an Indian restaurant to eat."
"But Moses is proficient in Yoga Skill and Disguise Skill. He definitely won't use a face we recognize to dine. How can we be sure who Moses is?" asked someone from the Tianjian Bureau's intelligence section.
"Are you stupid?" Wang Lan asked irritably. "Don't we have Skynet? We just need to have Skynet pay special attention to these shops, right?"
"Sorry, General Wang, but I still don't quite understand. If Moses is in disguise, even Skynet wouldn't be able to identify him, would it?"
Wang Lan mentally facepalmed. How could someone with this level of intellect be a Tianjian Bureau special operative?
"Tell me, in Jade Country, how many people haven't undergone identity registration? And who are those the Skynet System cannot identify? As long as someone has a Jade Country ID card, their data exists in Skynet, and they can naturally be identified."
"Oh, I see. You mean, whoever cannot be identified is Moses?"
"Although I can't guarantee it's 100% accurate, the accuracy rate is definitely over 90%. Huzhou Tianzhu Restaurants are few to begin with. If someone who Skynet cannot identify appears in one of these few restaurants, it must be him."
"Yes, I'll go handle it right away."
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