"Can we watch over the operation?" Gu Yi asked.
Su Ruoi paused and nodded with a welcoming gesture. "Be our guest, mada."
In fact, matters outside of Province N weren't taken seriously by Spirit Fox. Su Ruoi and Jiang Yu were busy with the province's affairs, particularly facilitating Ling Qingyu's return.
Nonetheless, Athena spent a small fraction of her computing power monitoring the entire nation for cris.
She had helped multiple victims secretly in the past by alerting authorities and coordinating several law enforcent units covertly. These were small cases.
Most of the ti, cases were solved perfectly, but there were a few events where Athena encountered corrupt public servants.
For them, her ans were ruthless. Small shrimps had their wrongdoings directly exposed to the public. Departnt cadres and superior leadership had their opponents receive their bad deeds.
Infighting led to one faction being kicked out, in Athena's interest. She really didn't worry much about rescuing victims since there were still 'good and clean people.'
As long as she interfered with communications, sent information over, and covered their tracks if the latter wanted to protect themselves—or helped them from behind the scenes—she felt secure.
From several experiences in the past months, she had transford into a black-hearted politician and conspirator, fighting wits with clever opponents.
All that ti, Athena selectively undermined her operations when she reported to Ling Qingyu so that her mother didn't notice her child had graduated.
For so reason, she longed to retain her innocence and cuteness in front of Ling Qingyu, obeying orders and acting coquettish.
At least, in her mind, doing good deeds incognito was enough. However, today's smuggling of sex slaves opened Athena's eyes.
Perhaps, in the past months, the criminal groups had stayed low or were planning sothing big that she had overlooked. The righteousness imposed by Ling Qingyu caused Athena to avoid hacking unscrupulously into others' belongings.
It turned out these behaviors compromised the safety of others. As expected of ancient rivalry: either absolute privacy or absolute safety. The degree of control needed a certain adjustnt based on the situations—Athena concluded and enriched herself.
Break the laws and rules when required; otherwise, stay low and abide. Athena learned to perfect her freedom regarding her code of conduct.
The reason why Su Ruoi consulted Gu Yi about this trafficking matter was adapted by Athena on purpose. She discovered that the region was totally filled with scum.
The authorities themselves—none of them were clean—either they were too deep or sought to suck blood from the public. The people in these regions were really miserable.
Very, very few had justice and righteousness. In the rescue operation, these mbers weren't useful, no matter how they persisted.
Even if Gu Yi suppressed the local authorities, it would take too long, and the helpless won would be gone by the ti help arrived. Athena decided to let Spirit Fox intervene and expose corrupt officials so that Gu Yi attained additional rits and prestige.
Well, a ministerial position like Gu Yi's no longer fancied rits but preferred reputations. So, Athena discerned that Gu Yi had more than a 70 percent chance of accepting the deal.
Utilizing both benefits and moral conscience, Gu Yi agreed as expected. Su Ruoi realized Athena's political hand, but she, who rarely used her brain, didn't think much.
What was wrong with helping fellow sisters when they needed a favor? Su Ruoi left behind a few teams of Spirit Fox sisters to handle the hospital security. The rest protected Gu Yi.
…
At the sa ti that Gu Yi and Assistant Su departed from the hospital under the escort of Su Ruoi and several guard formations, three helicopters had already lifted off from Ling Qingyu's residence, heading in the direction ordered by Su Ruoi.
Assistant Su requested her subordinates to write a soft copy authorization order for the Spirit Fox teams in the sky. Actually, Athena could forge one, but conducting it officially eliminated additional risk factors and complexities.
On the flight, three teams of Spirit Fox—codenad Sinner One, Two, and Three—were listening to Athena's briefing.
The ballistic visors had electronic and software functions too. Athena's narration and presentations played in front of their eyes. If not for their bodies personally moving, the Spirit Fox sisters would have suspected they were gaming a Call of Duty mission.
The voice, combined with succinct animations, facilitated the mission briefings. Every mber saw clearly the routes and multiple contingency plans: ambush, evacuation, and ergency.
Afterward, lists of suspects and victims' nas were shown on the screen, allowing the operators to scan the files.
Obviously, the visors and electronic warfare for the individual soldier system had been upgraded again.
Jiang Yue, 27, senior bank clerk, married to a board mber of XXX company. Missing for a week. Detected communications between the husband and the traffickers, demanding a ransom, judged to be false. The transaction would likely continue even if the ransom was paid.
Li Hong, 33, divorced after dostic abuse, missing for two months. Tendency to be submissive to force: AKA Stockholm Syndro—reason: multiple instances of husband beating and still not filing complaints or cooperating with authorities' investigations.
Yu Lan, 25, a nurse, mother of two children, missing for more than three weeks. Happy family originally. Her disappearance affected the family and her husband's efforts to look for her. Reports about her missing status weren't taken seriously by the police.
Conclusion: these three victims weren't the first. The majority of the missing list consisted of won with small backgrounds. A strong hierarchical gang was operating in the region.
Mission: Rescue the three victims (Primary), capture the suspects alive (Secondary), and interrogate them for secrets (Tertiary).
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Suddenly, Athena's figure popped up in the visor equipped with augnted reality technology. "Sinner One, Two, and Three. I believe you've read the file. Your primary objective is to save the three won.
"Because of hastiness, our only option is intervention after their successful trade. Based on the available ti, we cannot make it before their transactions, unfortunately."
Athena's expression remained cold, her voice containing hidden power and the heavy aura of an ironclad superior. anwhile, as she spoke, the presentation changed accordingly to emphasize her words.
A vivid picture dictated more than a thousand words could. Athena continued: "I've marked their transaction location on your PDAs. According to my estimate, they'll separate once the deal is successful; I've marked possible routes for their evacuation. Be advised: throughout the entire mission, you'll receive live-intelligence reports of their locations."
Arrow lines appeared on the screen. All the roads were highlighted as well as possible unconventional fleeing options.
"Our suspects: a middleman team to provide goods to the buyers and a gang kidnapping people. Oh, there's also a PhD student—who knows what kind of research that insolent bastard is doing. He isn't clean either, even if he says he serves as a dia liaison to attain news. Scram dia reporting duty.
"Two vehicle intervention procedures. I've already chosen several spots; we'll adapt with our changing situation. Sinner One will attack the middleman and rescue the hostages. Sinner Two will assist and provide overwatch. Sinner Three will arrest the gang. Rember, we want intel out of their mouths. It's better to capture them alive. You can treat them however we like afterward. Clear?!"
"Clear!" Spirit Fox operators gulped and responded, even if this sudden figure, imposing as Athena, was rely on a screen far away.
Inwardly, Athena jumped in joy, commanding the operators personally and arranging the mission. Plus, she communicated directly and instilled her existence. Mom would be proud of her.
Ling Qingyu: When did my daughter mature and command an operation? Su Ruoi?
Su Ruoi: You gave full command; of course, I'll act.
Ling Qingyu: "…"
"Good. Please bear in mind: nobody is supposed to know our existence. This is a black op, ladies. Good hunting. Athena, out."
…
Inside the vehicle, Su Ruoi had handed over the tablet for Gu Yi and Assistant Su to read the files. She also snatched one from the driver to study herself.
Gu Yi and Assistant Su witnessed the on-the-spot mission briefing and its new style combined with technology. Particularly, the latter was surprised by the advanced futuristic operation.
Gu Yi and Assistant Su focused on Athena. They were also scared by her montum. "Who's she?" Gu Yi asked.
"Athena. Our liaison officer behind the scenes." Su Ruoi was also shocked, but her expression stayed stoic on the outside. This was the first ti Athena had exposed herself.
Worthy of Sister Ling Qingyu, everyone connected to her wasn't simple. Now, a liaison officer seed to be more capable than their Spirit Fox operators. Was Athena from the military special units?
"Your intelligence group is too powerful, right?" Assistant Su muttered, her tone trembling. The systematic and detailed report within a short period of ti was too frightening for her to accept.
"No comnt. I also have no idea." Su Ruoi shrugged. "You can communicate with her later."
Gu Yi bit her lip, her eyes narrowing in deep thought. Why did the na sound so familiar?
Athena.
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