dmims Chapter 453 Departure
Chapter 453 Departure
Chapter 453 Departure
Tang Zijun didn't mean to keep everyone in suspense.
He organized his thoughts and began, "The current candidates are Tan Zhixin, Qin Nan, Chang Lei, as well as Katie and Suolin. The two of them are key to time travel."
"Chang Lei? Deputy Director Chang?"
Shangguan Su glanced at Tang Zijun with some surprise, clearly not expecting her to be among the candidates.
"Why are you taking him? I know he's your supervisor and on the assassination list, but he's just an ordinary person. If you need agents, I can recommend a few. There's one named Zhang Xiao who's quite good. Don't let his young age fool you; his resume is excellent, and coincidentally, he's on the list too."
"Oh, no need. I don't need an agent, it's just that Deputy Director Chang..." Tang Zijun pursed her lips. "His identity is a bit special."
"Special status?" Shangguan Su raised an eyebrow. "How so?"
"About this..."
Tang Zijun scratched her cheek and said with a smile.
"I don't know how to describe it to you. I can only say that Deputy Director Chang is an old friend of mine. We used to deal with each other frequently seven years ago."
"Oh, an old acquaintance, no wonder. Seven years ago... wait a minute!" Shangguan Su's face stiffened, her eyes widening suddenly. "Seven years ago!?"
Listening to Tang Zijun's words, a bizarre and fantastical possibility emerged in Shangguan Su's mind, and Tang Zijun's expression at this moment made this possibility infinitely close to certainty.
"Don't tell me that Deputy Director Chang has any connection with those guys in the mirror."
"Ahem." Tang Zijun coughed lightly, without saying anything.
"Oh my God..."
Shangguan Su slapped herself on the forehead, and instantly slumped into the chair.
"I want to quit, I absolutely have to quit. I'm speechless, I can't take it anymore. Let it all end, I'm tired..."
"Director Shangguan."
"No, no, no, don't call me Director." Shangguan Su raised her hand to interrupt Tang Zijun, then quickly stood up. "Now you're the director. Here, you can sit in this seat."
"Director Shangguan... Sister, Sister Shangguan." Tang Zijun took two steps forward and invited her back to her chair. "I really didn't mean to hide it, but you also understand, with Lao Chang's identity, he... he can't act easily, you know that, right?"
"Tang Zijun, tell me honestly, what else in the Demon Surveillance Bureau is there that I, as the director, don't know?"
"That's all."
"Is it really gone?"
"Really no... Oh, there's one more person, Shiyao, you know her, right? She's reformed now and is secretly helping me investigate the Shadow Clan. She was also the one who dealt with the omnics that attacked Xiao Yue at the comic convention."
"I..." Shangguan Su suddenly clutched her chest, her ample bosom heaving rapidly. She stared at Tang Zijun, speechless for a long time.
"It's really over, it's really over this time, I promise." Tang Zijun said earnestly.
"...You'd better be."
Shangguan Su glared fiercely at Tang Zijun, then sighed helplessly.
"The matter of Deputy Director Chang and Shiyao is indeed a bit troublesome. If it is really as you say, then not revealing their identities is the best option. After all, the Demon Surveillance Bureau has not been established for long enough, and some stereotypes cannot be eliminated so quickly."
Since the emergence of magical girls, their battles with evil forces have been like two sides of the same coin, a fight to the death, and this blood feud will be inherited and continue indefinitely.
According to statistics from the Magical Girls Bureau alone, many of their family members died at the hands of heretics or greedy individuals.
Getting these magical girls to accept those evil creatures who have abandoned darkness for light is no easy task.
Most importantly, this approach hinders the work of the Magic Supervision Bureau.
If the information is leaked, and the public becomes aware of Chang Lei and Shi Yao's existence, and also knows that they hold important positions in the Demon Supervision Bureau, then the problem will be very serious.
Currently, many people dream of gaining extraordinary abilities, and with these two examples, it's estimated that many people will be eager to try.
For them, as long as they can acquire superpowers, they don't care whether they are righteous or evil. Moreover, the appearance of Chang Lei and Shi Yao will send a wrong signal to the public—that even evil creatures will fight for justice.
If, at that time, some reckless person were to actively seek out evil, hoping to obtain its power and then turn it around to defeat it and clear their name, then things would get really interesting.
The Bureau of Demon Surveillance has too many records showing that any ordinary person who obtains evil power will ultimately meet the same fate: a painful and tragic death.
"How many people know about Chang Lei and Shi Yao's affair?" Shangguan Su asked.
"My sister doesn't even know about Consultant Tan and Qin Nan."
"Phew, that's good." Hearing this, Shangguan Su breathed a sigh of relief. "I won't include Chang Lei's information. His situation is special. I need to make a backup for Shi Yao's side, just in case there are any misunderstandings."
"Okay." Tang Zijun had no objections.
When the topic turned to business, Shangguan Su immediately reverted to her previous serious and capable demeanor. "By the way, Shi Yao isn't going with you guys, right? Arrange for her to meet me when you have time."
"I can contact you now."
"No rush, I'll wait for you to come back." Shangguan Su waved her hand, then took out a red notebook. "This is for you."
"What is this?" Tang Zijun looked at the thick red notebook in her hand and asked Shangguan Su with some confusion.
"This is a record of the life stories of each person on the list. It's all handwritten. Your actions must be strictly prohibited. You absolutely cannot do anything out of line. I'm worried that if we use technology, the AI will detect and modify it, so I wrote it down in advance. Don't worry, these are all oral accounts from the people involved."
Shangguan Su spoke casually, as if describing something very easy, but Tang Zijun knew just how much work this matter actually involved.
Because of the special nature of this operation, Shangguan Su did not tell anyone about it, not even the higher-ups, because telling them would be useless and would only make things more complicated.
Because this matter needs to be kept secret, it means that Shangguan Su has to do everything herself. With so many people on the list, she has to communicate with each one of them one-on-one, which is an incredibly demanding workload.
"What is certain at present is that the omnics' assassination is carried out in reverse timeline. In other words, after they fail to assassinate me, they will go back in time to assassinate other people and eliminate me in the process. This is also an opportunity for you, as long as you don't have to worry about them running around in the timeline."
"However, you must be careful when you take action. I highly suspect that those guys will try to operate in the timeline before the establishment of the Bureau of Demonic Supervision. After all, we had not yet established a complete system at that time, so their assassination success rate would be very high."
"Yes, that's what I thought too." Tang Zijun nodded slightly.
Shangguan Su sighed. "It's good that you know what's going on. Actually, I'm not worried about anything else. What I'm most worried about is you."
Tang Zijun raised her gaze and it fell on Shangguan Su's face.
"Whether it's the current situation or the first data loss we've experienced, it all proves one thing: the gods of the era deeply abhor your existence."
"The others on the list are probably just going with the flow. The person that guy really wants to kill is you, Tang Zijun."
"To be honest, I thought I knew you very well, but now it seems that your past is not as simple as I thought, so you must be careful and never let it hurt you."
"I understand," Tang Zijun said in a deep voice.
Since their last encounter, Tang Zijun had realized that the Gods of the Era were no match for him. Even if they all came out in force, it would be impossible for them to capture him.
In this situation, crossing the world barrier to come to the real world and defeat oneself is even more fanciful, so the other party's goal in traveling through time is definitely to assassinate oneself.
Tang Zijun understood this principle without Shangguan Su's reminder.
After discussing some details with Shangguan Su, Tang Zijun used the reversal passage to return to Katie's steam train.
On the train, Tan Zhixin, Qin Nan, Chang Lei, Katie, and others gathered together. In addition to them, the two spirit beasts, Xiao Qing and Xiao Hui, also joined Juan Erduo.
Looking around, everyone present had a hint of nervousness on their faces, but more people were eager to try.
"It seems that Lao Chang has explained the mission clearly."
"Yes, although I still feel like I'm dreaming." Xiao Qing flicked her tongue, her snake eyes filled with disbelief. "Before I came into contact with the dream world, I also thought it was a dream. Well, the dream world is indeed a dream, but I think you can understand what I mean." Qin Nan shrugged.
"Let me remind you one last time: our mission this time is to stop the Gods of the Epoch from disrupting the timeline. This operation is completely different from what you have encountered before. No one can be sure what will happen next, so no matter what happens, I hope you can be mentally prepared in advance."
Hearing Tang Zijun's extremely serious words, Tan Zhixin and Qin Nan exchanged a glance, then nodded solemnly.
Tang Zijun let out a long breath and turned to look at Katie.
"Are you ready?"
"Yes, I'm ready, brother," Katie replied sweetly. "As long as I have enough fuel, I should be able to break through the timeline barrier."
"Alright then..."
Tang Zijun stepped forward, holding two cards, one black and one crystal, between her fingers.
"Now, I am your best fuel."
As soon as he finished speaking, the entire steam train trembled slightly, and at the same time, two surging, supreme forces continuously emerged.
With a clear, deep whistle, the steam train slowly started moving, plunging into the outside world and gradually disappearing into the darkness...
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