Su Yuzhuo suddenly looked at Fujiwara Keiaki, the person her father trusted most during his lifetime.

The other party had previously declared that for the rest of his life, he would wholeheartedly follow her, not concerning himself with anything else. But it now seemed he was not entirely sincere.

"Did my father truly leave a wish for the clan to someday revive before he passed away?" Su Yuzhuo asked rapidly, her words as sharp as knives, as if to pierce through his defenses.

However, Fujiwara Keiaki, at such an age and with abundant experience, would not easily show any flaws.

Shaking his head, Fujiwara Keiaki replied calmly, "Miss, you don't need to test me. If I don't know, I don't know. I wasn't by his side when he passed away."

"Test?" Su Yuzhuo said, puzzled, "Why would you think that?"

"Hehe, you asked me to help Mr. Xiao tonight. Isn't it to see if I have other motives for staying by your side?" Fujiwara Keiaki chuckled, "Rest assured, if I had ulterior motives, I wouldn't show them so quickly. Time will prove everything."

After speaking, Fujiwara Keiaki sighed, "Time, for me now, is extremely precious. I only hope to do as much as I can for you during this countdown so I can face the master with dignity."

Su Yuzhuo remained silent for a long time, then suddenly said, "You were closest to my father in his lifetime. I want to ask you, from your understanding of him, would he leave a wish to revive the clan?"

"Perhaps he would, perhaps he wouldn't," Fujiwara Keiaki replied lightly, his previously clouded eyes becoming clear.

"How so?"

"He wouldn't because the master was indifferent in nature. Although strict with his disciples, deep down, he didn't care for competition. He passed on skills mainly to ensure the clan's heritage didn't end with him.

He might because the Iwakami Clan's situation was not optimistic then, so leaving a wish would give some hope to the clan members."

"Hope?" Su Yuzhuo asked.

"Yes." Fujiwara Keiaki nodded, "The hope to keep going."

Su Yuzhuo pondered; this explanation wasn't wrong, but there was still a question that needed an answer...

She turned back to Fujiwara Keiaki, "So, deep down, you might also want me to rejuvenate the Iwakami Clan like Shigehiro did?"

"What I think doesn't matter; what you consider is important." Fujiwara Keiaki placed his hands behind him, looking at the impending dawn outside the window, his gaze becoming distant, "Shigehiro, that child, is truly pitiful..."

Su Yuzhuo obviously didn't grasp the deeper meaning of these words. Iwakami Shigehiro was an orphan adopted by her father, naturally pitiful with both parents gone.

Little did she know, when Fujiwara Keiaki said Iwakami Shigehiro was pitiful, it wasn't due to his background.

…

In the villa where the Demon Suppression Action Team was based, Li Ying watched as Qian Shaoyuan sneaked out of Gong Kaishan's room, grabbed him by the collar, and said grumpily, "Why are you wearing Pengkai's clothes again?"

"Shh!" Qian Shaoyuan hurriedly pleaded, whispering, "Sister Ying, I have something important to do, please let me off this time. I'll bring you spicy noodles when I come back."

"What important thing needs to be done so early?" Li Ying frowned, "These days, young girls are blind indeed. I don't see any charm in you, a guy so poor he can't afford clothes."

Qian Shaoyuan whispered, "Sister Ying, I'm not going for that. Do you remember that match a few days ago, where I connected the video signal to the base's main screen, only to unhook the power after they counterattacked?"

"Get to the point!" Li Ying tightened her grip on Qian Shaoyuan's collar, indicating she wouldn't let go until he explained himself.

"The point, the point." Qian Shaoyuan quickly said, "I've found out over the past two days, the person who forced me to unplug the power was someone from the Jiangcheng Police Team—it's rare to see such experts, I must meet them."

"If that's true, why didn't you go during the day?" Li Ying scoffed, "I'm warning you, if the other party turns out to be someone formidable, you, with your small stature, will be hanging up for a beating."

"No, I've confirmed it's a woman," Qian Shaoyuan said anxiously, "If you don't believe me, let's go together."

"Alright." Li Ying readily agreed, "If she is a girl, consider inviting her over. She'd be more pleasant than you, who's always intoxicated and causing trouble for young girls."

Qian Shaoyuan immediately replied earnestly, "I never trouble young girls, and I don't use any vile methods—it's consensual, wouldn't it be better that way?"

Li Ying, uninterested in Qian Shaoyuan's excuses, immediately headed with him toward the criminal police brigade.

In the office, Miao Yueqian, having breakfast, was slightly surprised to see Li Ying and Qian Shaoyuan walk in together, then got up to greet them, "Do you have a task that needs coordination?"

She had met Li Ying before, and thus was extra vigilant.

"No tasks, we're here to find someone," Qian Shaoyuan said casually, sitting down and grinning, "Who in your team is best at network security?"

"Wang Zhongshi," Miao Yueqian answered truthfully. When they mentioned looking for someone, she first thought of Xiao Feng, but it was clearly not him.

"Wang Zhongshi?" Li Ying and Qian Shaoyuan exchanged a glance, not sounding like a woman's name.

"Let me add some criteria," Qian Shaoyuan said, "Who is the best female technician?"

Miao Yueqian placed her cup on the table, feeling increasingly uncomfortable with this line of questioning, so she directly asked, "You might as well explain your purpose—are you arresting someone, meeting someone, or need our cooperation for an operation, no need to beat around the bush."

"Uh…" Qian Shaoyuan was caught off guard; if it were official business, it wouldn't matter, but without an official matter, he really couldn't sound assertive.

Fortunately, Li Ying interjected timely, "We just want to understand the technical level of Jiangcheng Team's personnel, no other intentions."

This explanation had been settled upon by the two on their way there.

Now, everyone knew well that the final hackers at the last match were from the Demon Suppression Action Team, but Li Ying and Qian Shaoyuan could not openly admit that, or they would be implicitly admitting their fault and would be accountable.

The Demon Suppression Action Team had its uniqueness, but that didn't mean they could act recklessly, involving themselves in everything big and small.

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