Chapter 346 Missing
Cui Jian, who had been silent, asked, "If King Jack and Zhao Ai have a deep relationship, why didn't Zhao Ai ask him to avenge her? In this way, Zhao Ai would at least not become a cyborg."

Duanmu explained: "The reason for becoming a cyborg is not as simple as revenge. It is possible that she has a terrible nightmare about her childhood experience. Through brain transformation, she can forget the nightmare or stop being afraid. Or maybe Zhao Ai really fell in love with Li Jie. Love brain, you know? She will do anything, even destroy the earth."

From the 1930s to the 1950s, lobotomy was considered the best treatment for mental illnesses such as depression and obsessive-compulsive disorder. Even earlier, humans began to explore the brain. Of course, love brain belongs to metaphysics and is controlled by God.

Cui Jian seemed to accept Duanmu's explanation and asked no more questions.

The two cars left the city and got on the highway. As expected, without any danger or accident, the vehicles arrived at a small manor covering an area of ​​more than 2,000 square meters in the suburbs of Busan. Li Jie's deputy bodyguard chief was already waiting there. He took over Bova's security work and told Bova that the staff of the small manor would arrive one after another, and the four bodyguards she hired, including Che Wei, would go to work within two days after completing the entry procedures.

Finally, in front of everyone, Bova used her mobile phone to end the Dayin Security Company project.

After they were done, Cui Jian and the other two stared at each other in amazement. The car belonged to Li Jie, and it was the middle of the night in the suburbs, so how were they going to get back?

Duanmu negotiated with Deputy Bodyguard Chief Li Jie, hoping to borrow a car or send a car to take them to the city, but the other party refused, citing a shortage of manpower. However, the deputy bodyguard helped make a few phone calls, and 20 minutes later, a taxi came and took the three to a hotel in Busan.

The three of them discussed all the way why they didn't send a car. Conclusion: It seems that what the deputy bodyguard chief said was true.

……

At 11 o'clock the next morning, Cui Jian and the other two got on the car that the logistics team came to pick them up and returned to Hancheng together. Gui Yi was in a particularly good mood as he finally didn't have to drive anymore. He finally had time to enjoy the scenery along the way. Cui Jian and the others didn't need to pay attention to the vehicles in front and behind them all the time. They talked and laughed and returned to Hancheng happily and easily.

The first thing to do when arriving in Hancheng is to go back to the company and return the stun grenades, batons and other equipment to the company. As the team leader, Duanmu has to write a short report, which will be signed by Li Ran at the end.

Li Ran had something to discuss with Cui Jian, but Duanmu planned to invite Cui Jian and Gui Yi to his house for afternoon tea. After Cui Jian rudely refused, Duanmu and Gui Yi left the company together. As soon as they arrived at the company gate, two people came towards them.

In the small meeting room, Li Ran and Cui Jian were discussing in secret: "How long have you not contacted Yu Ming?"

Cui Jian knew that Li Ran would not ask without a purpose, so he did not ask Li Ran's purpose for the time being and answered directly: "For a period of time, the phone has been turned off."

Li Ran said: "Here is a project designated by the investigator. It roughly means that Yu Ming found a lot of information about the special forces captain, Luke and the cyborg in Kyoto."

Cui Jian pretended to be stupid and asked, "A cyborg?"

Li Ran explained, "Because this incident endangers the basic ethics of human society, Yu Ming decided to make it public. The Investigator Organization also supported him, but the people sent to pick up Yu Ming attempted to kidnap him. Fortunately, this guy was lucky and escaped. He contacted the leader of the Investigator Organization, and with his help, Yu Ming successfully arrived in the UK."

Cui Jian was puzzled: "Isn't this solved?"

Li Ran said, "No, Yu Ming left something in Hancheng. He doesn't trust many people right now, and he doesn't even trust the leader of his own organization. He has to go back to Hancheng to get the things himself, and you or you and Gui Yi will be responsible for his safety during this time."

Cui Jian didn't understand at all and asked, "Yu Ming went to Kyoto, and then was rescued to England, but he left something in Hancheng?" Was it an airdrop?

Li Ran ignored Cui Jian's question and nodded directly to indicate that Cui Jian was right. He said, "Obviously Yu Ming doesn't completely trust me either. He contacted me and said that he would contact me before he boarded the plane back to Hancheng. I will release the project immediately and you will take the project immediately. You will protect him."

Cui Jian wondered: "Why didn't he contact me directly?"

Li Ran said: "Because the imaginary enemy of the project is not Luke, not anyone else, but the captain of the special forces. Duanmu is a member of the special forces. As long as you take the project, he believes that you can have a deterrent effect on the special forces. In fact, I don’t know what the situation is. I am just guessing. After all, few words this guy says are credible."

Cui Jian said: "I think he tells the truth most of the time."

Li Ran asked: "Will you take the call? If you do, I will contact my friend and give him a reply. He will give me a message before he gets on the plane, and I will release the project immediately."

Cui Jian was about to answer when there was a knock on the conference room door. The administrative secretary pushed the door open and said, "Sorry to bother you."

Li Ran asked: "What's the matter?"

The secretary replied: "The old detective came and said he had something important to see you about. They also brought Duanmu and Guiyi back."

Li Ran and Cui Jian looked at each other, stood up together and walked towards the office.

……

"Li Jie is missing?" Cui Jian and Li Ran asked in unison.

The old detective nodded and said, "We received a call from Ms. Zhao Ai at nine o'clock this morning, saying that Li Jie left the villa with two bodyguards at around one o'clock in the morning and disappeared. She made many calls, but still got no news."

Cui Jian said: "It's only been a few hours and you've already opened a case for investigation. I hope I can have this honor next time."

The old detective pretended not to hear and continued, "At 3 a.m., the checkpoint filmed Li Jie's bodyguard driving on the highway to Busan. At 5 a.m., Li Jie's bodyguard drove from Busan back to Hancheng. We still haven't found the bodyguard named Jin Xu, but we have found Li Jie's car, which is parked in the parking garage of the villa."

Cui Jian asked again: "Where are Li Jie's other bodyguards?"

The old detective answered, "The former bodyguard chief and some bodyguards are working on Plum Blossom Island, some bodyguards are staying at home, and some bodyguards are deployed to the Busan Branch. There were a total of six bodyguards staying at home last night. Two of them went to Busan with Li Jie, and the other two took turns to rest, leaving only two patrol officers. After Li Jie left, the patrol officers also went to rest. Recently, Li Jie's bodyguards have been on very tight shifts, and they have been out many times, so everyone is a little exhausted."

After answering the curious Cui Jian's question, the old detective said, "We want to fully understand the situation of Li Jie and others in the Beauva project." Everyone explained without reservation, and halfway through, the old detective asked in a surprised tone, "Are Beauva and Li Jie in a relationship?"

Duanmu looked at Cui Jian, and Cui Jian simply said, "I didn't say that." This was the conclusion he came to when he heard their conversation as a bodyguard, and it was the guest's privacy.

The old detective was speechless and said, "Your guest is missing now. We need you to provide the guest with privacy."

Cui Jian insisted: "We are bodyguards with a professional bottom line." There is no need to involve himself. What if they try to play with him and then sue him and the company in court? Who can he cry to?
The old detective said, "Cui Jian, this question is very important. We have previously taken statements from everyone in Li Jie's family, and in the statements, everyone said that Bova and Li Jie were partners and had close business dealings. I specifically asked Zhao Ai if Li Jie and Bova were purely business partners, and Zhao Ai answered yes."

Cui Jian said, "Brother, we are just wage earners living from day to day. If Li Jie is really dead, it will be good for you, me and everyone else. If he is not dead, we will be in big trouble if we investigate. Besides, the three of them barbecued and ate together, and they seemed to get along well. You might as well ask Bova directly."

Old detective: "Already on the way to Busan."

The old detective wanted to say something when a plainclothes officer knocked on the door and whispered a few words in his ear. The old detective opened his cell phone and downloaded the video.

The video shows a room with lights on and bookshelves in the background. Overall, it looks like a luxuriously decorated study room. On the desk is a pair of jade unicorn ornaments that Li Jie bought at an auction three months ago.

Li Jie seemed to be adjusting the camera. The camera shook a few times and Li Jie appeared in the camera. He sat on a chair and said to the camera: "I am Li Jie. I am safe now. Because my life is threatened, I will disappear for a short period of time. During my absence, Miss Zhao Ai will take care of all matters at home, and my personal assistant John will take care of all business matters."

Li Jie said: "The two power of attorneys are in the safe at home. They have my signature on them. They will take effect after my lawyer verifies the authenticity of the signature."

Li Jie took a sip of the tea beside him, and said as if he had thought of something: "Don't track down my whereabouts, lest someone take advantage of me."

Li Jie walked to the front of the camera, squatted down, looked straight ahead, and shook his head left and right: "Skull imaging should be able to prove my identity, that should be enough. John, while I'm away, don't make any big movements. Your main responsibilities are to stabilize our current business, maintain relationships with VIP customers, and calm employees. Remember, I'm watching you." Li Jie pointed to his eyes.

Li Jie: "That's it, there's nothing else to say."

After saying that, he reached out and picked up the camera, spun it around, keeping the lens facing his face, and then turned off the camera.

After reading it, the old detective looked at Li Ran and the others and said, "In your professional opinion, is there any possibility that Li Jie was held hostage?"

Li Ran and others shook their heads together. There was no sign of being held hostage at all, especially the last sentence he said to John, which was full of warning.

Li Jie's video is very logical. Li Jie is very courageous. He touched many things that he shouldn't have touched. Many people wanted to kill him. The main purpose of Li Jie's video was to give his assistant agency rights through the video. Li Jie is an autocratic boss. When he is not around, his subordinates dare not do things according to their own ideas. Someone must take responsibility.

Most people think it's just a farce, but Duanmu has a different view. There is a key factor missing in this video: time. Did Li Jie ignore this factor? Duanmu is not sure, but he has more important things to do: investigate Yu Ming of the human organization.

The investigating organization said that they did not attach much importance to evidence, but in fact, this was only for the employer. If you want to make a matter public, you must produce evidence that convinces the public and allows the judiciary to intervene.

As the captain of the special forces, Duanmu hates cyborgs, but he is not a righteous man. While destroying the cyborg laboratory, he also uses the cyborg information. Because of his deal with Jiro of the Jinlong Society, he can easily get the cyborg information he wants. Now one cyborg technology is in Luke's hands, and the other is in Li Jie's hands.

The Secret Service wanted to kill Luke because they were enemies, and to allow Luke's students to obtain Luke's legacy. As long as they developed the cyborg technology, the Secret Service could control this power. Li Jie was very courageous. As long as the Rocket's popularity was over, he would definitely find someone to cooperate with to develop cyborgs again, and then the Secret Service would be able to hold him hostage.

Therefore, Special Agent Duanmu really didn't want Yu Ming to publicize the matter of transforming people.

Many people were deceived, kidnapped, and taken to Myanmar after arriving in Thailand, with almost no chance of being rescued. Some people say Thailand is incompetent, is that true? Take a news report as an example, after someone was kidnapped to Myanmar, his girlfriend immediately ignited the online public opinion, and within a few days the person was rescued. Judging from this news report, Thailand is not incompetent, it just doesn't want to deal with these trivial matters.

The crying child gets the milk.

Once Yu Ming spreads the news, not only will Li Jie and Luke be dragged into the water, but even Duanmu's wishful thinking will be blown away. The authorities will definitely take a tough attitude and make Duanmu's bargaining chip invalid. For this reason, Duanmu had no choice but to use a pawn organized by the investigators to try to kidnap Yu Ming in Kyoto. Unexpectedly, Yu Ming was prepared and turned around and went into the police station on the street.

Duanmu could only use his connections to investigate Yu Ming through the Japanese police, but he did not find any evidence that Yu Ming had hidden. However, Duanmu was very sure that Yu Ming had hidden the evidence. He checked all the information about Yu Ming's trip in Japan during this period, but Duanmu still did not find what he wanted. The most likely possibility is that Yu Ming mailed the evidence somewhere.

The problem is that Duanmu doesn't know what the evidence is. From the time he reached an agreement with Jiro until the Rocket fell silent, he never discovered Yu Ming's existence.

After Yu Ming was taken to the UK by the investigation organization, the matter has not yet developed. Duanmu is basically sure that Yu Ming still needs to go to get evidence, so he keeps a close eye on Yu Ming. From some details, it is found that Yu Ming is preparing to return to Hancheng by concealed means, which shows that the evidence is very likely in Hancheng.

Special Service Team 24 and Team searched Yu Ming's workplace and residence in Hancheng, but still found no clues. They even traced the packages mailed from Kyoto to Hancheng during that period, but still came to no conclusion. Just when Duanmu's people decided to expand Hancheng to South Korea, Duanmu set his sights on Cui Jian and had people monitor Cui Jian's mobile phone activities hours a day.

After a week of observation, Duanmu was convinced that Cui Jian was not aware of Yu Ming's situation and chatted with Yu Ming. Cui Jian occasionally called Yu Ming, but the call was always unreachable. This made Duanmu more convinced that Yu Ming did not contact Cui Jian in order to use Cui Jian in an emergency.

Logically speaking, given the relationship between Yu Ming and Cui Jian, if Yu Ming needed help, Cui Jian would definitely agree. Even though Duanmu was also a friend, he was just an employee after all.

However, today is December 12th, and there are only six days until the Red Christmas. The longest project for Lei Dong and Bova was only a week. No one knows when Yu Ming will contact him. Cui Jian doesn't want to cheat his friends, let alone Qi Sha.

Cui Jian honestly explained to Li Ran that he would go to the United States to visit an elderly man on Christmas Eve and was not sure whether he could take on Yu Ming's project.

Li Ran analyzed the situation. Yu Ming was almost disconnected from the outside world. Li Ran needed to personally inform Yu Ming through his British friend that Cui Jian's project had ended. The next step was to wait for Yu Ming to send a project. If Cui Jian did not accept it, Yu Ming's plan would be disrupted.

Li Ran, Cui Jian and Yu Ming didn't know that Duanmu had already set his sights on Cui Jian. Duanmu had expected Yu Ming to suddenly release a project and contact Cui Jian.

(End of this chapter)