Jiang Cheng's state frightened Fatty. His eyes had been unfocused, standing blankly as if only his body remained.

Seeing Jiang Cheng's eyes regain their focus, Fatty's heart finally settled.

Because of this, Fatty and Huai Yi didn't dare mention the mission in front of Jiang Cheng during the meal, worried about upsetting him.

Putting down his chopsticks, Jiang Cheng returned to his room upstairs. Fatty wanted to follow, but Huai Yi stopped him, saying they should let Jiang Ge have some time alone.

Grasping his phone, after an unknown amount of time, Jiang Cheng finally mustered the courage to dial a number.

"Out of service..." Jiang Cheng was stunned.

Lin Wan'er's phone number had become an invalid number!

A moment later, he dialed several other numbers, places Lin Wan'er frequented, where Jiang Cheng also knew the owners and managers.

This time it wasn't an invalid number, but the voice on the other end was no longer familiar.

They had all disappeared, like ghosts...

Hanging up, Jiang Cheng immediately went to these places to investigate. One familiar office after another was empty.

Even his favorite bar, the owner had run away, leaving a suicide note saying he was bankrupt, saddled with bank debts, and could only find a scenic place to hang himself...

All lies!

The customers he introduced each month were enough to keep him afloat!

With Lin Wan'er's disappearance, Jiang Cheng realized his unfamiliarity and powerlessness in this world. He thought he knew this world well enough, but the result...

Returning to the studio, Jiang Cheng stood outside the door and vigorously rubbed his face before putting on a normal expression and walking in.

After a brief explanation to Fatty and the others, he prepared to go upstairs.

For some reason, his emotions weren't as bad as before. Perhaps he had already accepted the fact.

Only by accepting his identity under these circumstances could he uncover the truth behind it all sooner.

Lin Wan'er's face surfaced in his mind, and Jiang Cheng suddenly felt a sense of unfamiliarity. He had never truly understood this woman.

And her dreadfulness.

Everyone, as long as they exist in this world, leaves traces, and these traces can be pieced together to form a complete person.

But Lin Wan'er's traces had been erased by an invisible hand...

What kind of power could accomplish this?

The Night Watch?

Jiang Cheng didn't think so. The power behind Lin Wan'er seemed more like a will, a will that surpassed the Night Watch, set the rules, and could also change them.

Before he could continue thinking, the studio door was knocked on.

At this time, Fatty assumed it was a lonely customer and was about to say something to get rid of them, but when he opened the door a crack, there were three policemen standing outside. "You..."

"We're from the local police station." A male police officer took out his police ID and flashed it in front of Fatty.

The leading male officer sat on the sofa, facing Jiang Cheng, while the other two officers stood behind him.

The male officer sized up Jiang Cheng and said, "We received a report from the public that this place is suspected of illegal transactions. Please cooperate with the investigation."

"An upright person fears no crooked shadows," Jiang Cheng said calmly.

"Hopefully." The male officer took out a notebook, placed it on the table, and took a pen from his pocket. After twisting off the cap, he asked questions and recorded the answers.

Jiang Cheng answered the questions calmly, clearly well-prepared.

"Can we look around here?" The male officer put the pen cap back on, looked up at Jiang Cheng, and said calmly, "Don't misunderstand, it's not a search, just a casual look."

"Of course."

At the male officer's instruction, another young male officer inspected the first floor, while a very young female officer went upstairs.

When Fatty saw the male officer walk to the bookshelf and look through the patient files, he became very nervous.

Those files contained the doctor's biggest clients.

Fortunately, it seemed they really were just looking around casually. After flipping through a few, the male officer put down the files and went to another place.

Soon, the young female officer came downstairs and shook her head slightly at the male officer sitting on the sofa.

"Sorry to bother you, Mr. Jiang. We'll be back if there are any further developments." The male officer closed his notebook, stood up, and left with the two officers.

As she left, the female officer, who was the last to leave, didn't forget to look back at Jiang Cheng.

Fatty peeked through the crack in the door. After the three of them had gone far away and got into a police car, he breathed a sigh of relief and turned to Jiang Cheng, saying, "Doctor, that was close! You don't know, when he was flipping through the files on the bookshelf, my heart almost jumped out of my chest."

"But who reported you? Was it a competitor?"

Before Fatty could finish speaking, Jiang Cheng said, "They're not policemen."

"Not policemen?" Fatty's mind was blank again. "Then who are they? That's not right, I saw them get into that police car."

Huai Yi's expression changed, as if he had thought of something. He asked nervously, "Could it be the Night Watch?"

After hesitating for a moment, Jiang Cheng turned to look in the direction of the bookshelf. "Perhaps I'm not being accurate. They might be policemen, but their purpose this time wasn't because of what happened just now."

Fatty swallowed and stared at Jiang Cheng's slightly furrowed brow and pale face. He comforted him in a low voice, "Doctor, could it be that you're too nervous? Take a rest. After you've rested, we'll sit down and think about it."

Huai Yi stroked his chin, turned to look at the door, hesitated for a moment, and said, "Listening to Jiang Ge, it is indeed strange. They didn't ask our names from beginning to end, and they didn't check our identities or anything."

Of the three, the one who left the deepest impression on Jiang Cheng was not the male officer with a strong aura, but the young female officer. She looked ordinary, but gave him an indescribable feeling.

And also, the two male officers were there, but they let a young female officer in her early twenties go upstairs to search alone. Was that a little...

And the way she looked at him at the end.

Jiang Cheng stood up and walked towards the stairs.

......

The police car drove back to the police station. After getting out of the car, the three naturally separated. The young female officer took the elevator to the fourth floor alone.

Walking along the corridor, she pushed open a door, revealing a small conference room.

Three people sat in front of a long table.

A middle-aged man with graying hair, stood tall and straight and had coldness in his eyes. An elderly man looked kindly and amiable. And finally, a young woman.

All three were wearing police uniforms, or at least looked like policemen.

However, the woman with an aura of laziness sat between the two men, which seemed a little strange. Her excellent figure made her upper body seem a bit too much.

After the young female officer came in, she nodded slightly to the woman in the middle. "The task you assigned has been completed. I didn't notice anyone following me on the way back."

Hearing this, the middle-aged man and the elderly man relaxed slightly.

"Specialist Lin." The middle-aged man with a strong aura said in a muffled voice, turning his head and looking at the woman in the middle with a serious expression. "Isn't this arrangement too risky? If it arouses the suspicion of the Night Watch, the plan of so many years..."

"They've already started to suspect me." The woman called Specialist Lin raised her head and interrupted the middle-aged man, saying, "General Chen, from this moment on, we must prepare for the worst."

Hearing this, the middle-aged man took a deep breath, a determined look appearing in his eyes. "The armed forces are already in position, and the remaining personnel are being quickly deployed. According to the previously drafted Plan No. 3, as long as the order comes from above, the encirclement of all the main strongholds of the Night Watch can be completed within one hour, while cutting off all their external communication, and striving to annihilate them all within eight hours."

"The higher-ups have authorized the use of medium-scale destructive thermal weapons when necessary, but be careful to control the impact and not cause excessive collateral damage."