Full-Time Public Enemy

Chapter 822 -

When boarding the ship from Capital Star, Chen Gu was two people; when disembarking at Empire River Star, he was just Chen Gu alone.Milgray walked along the bustling streets of Wuzhaoyin City, and Chen Gu knew her powers were recovering, but didn't know to what extent.

This time, going out to investigate seemed like a good chance to escape; Milgray could take Chen Gu with her and disappear into the Star Sea.

But Milgray didn't do this; she couldn't be sure if this was a "trap" set by the principal and Aviloya together.

As for Chen Gu, who always liked to arrange tasks for himself, Milgray didn't feel strongly opposed to it. Otherwise, she'd be following him around aimlessly, which was quite dull.

Indeed, for a super life like her, most of the time in a long lifecycle is spent in boredom, but Milgray is not an ordinary super life; her "life" is exciting, and now she's amidst an exciting human society.

With her silver hair and silver eyes, Milgray should have been the most noticeable figure on this street, but she used certain abilities to ensure that not only the pedestrians ignored her, but also the surveillance devices left no trace of her presence.

Milgray easily found her target without needing to focus, already knowing everything about the target.

Contrary to Chen Gu's assumption, Milgray being forced to sign a lifetime employment contract with the Confederation was somewhat different; she was indeed dissatisfied with this reality but didn't feel humiliated as Chen Gu imagined.

The lifecycle of a super life is extraordinarily long; for Milgray, the existence period of the Confederation would surely be shorter than her life—once the Confederation ceased to exist, she would be free, just a small episode in her life.

So why not approach this episode with a playful heart?

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Guo Daoqian went to a very high-end tea house, which had common traits for this era: large area, few guests, limited product quantities.

When Guo Daoqian entered the tea house, Bardes and Chen Gu simultaneously sighed with disappointment because both remembered it was Thursday, and Guo Daoqian came here every Thursday to have tea.

He had three to five friends meeting regularly for tea on Thursdays.

More than two hours later, Guo Daoqian returned home.

Yang Gaoyong asked Bardes: "Have you investigated this tea house?"

"I have," Bardes replied listlessly, "There are no problems; the owner behind the tea house is a nephew of a local politician, certainly involved in power-money transactions, but nothing related to Guo Daoqian or the Second Prison. Guo Daoqian is genuinely just a regular customer here."

Yang Gaoyong showed disappointment, but Chen Gu rubbed his chin thoughtfully and said: "Well… that's not necessarily true."

Chen Gu dialed a number: "How is the investigation into Guo Daoqian's financial situation going?"

Qing Ruyan replied, "Give me a few minutes, it'll be ready soon."

Not long after hanging up, some data was sent to Chen Gu's account, which he opened to examine closely as Bardes said: "It's useless, I thought of this long ago and checked repeatedly; Guo Daoqian is flawless in this aspect."

But Chen Gu pulled out one item: "That might not be the case."

As he spoke, Chen Gu projected some data onto a screen for everyone to see.

Bardes noticed the difference: "This is… the tea house's accounts!"

Locally, both Bardes and Yang Gaoyong could obtain Guo Daoqian's account information, but what Chen Gu got from headquarters were the tea house's accounts.

This is the difference in power.

Bardes and Yang Gaoyong obviously couldn't find anything from Guo Daoqian's account information; Guo Daoqian had investments and industries with good income.

His consumption at the tea house was all self-funded, with everyone taking turns hosting, and his spending matched his deposits.

Yet, his tea house membership account had a stored value of over 100 million Starshield!

Apart from Guo Daoqian's own deposits, large sums would be added to his account periodically.

With amounts ranging from several hundred thousand Starshield to at least tens of thousands.

The tea house also had an extremely complex internal financial system, separating Guo Daoqian's deposits from these mysterious deposits.

Bardes and Yang Gaoyong were overjoyed: "Hahaha, got hold of his little tail!"

"Captain Chen is indeed impressive, pinpointing his weak spot in one move!"

Chen Gu remained indifferent to such praises, waving his hand: "I could just access more information than you, it's the power of headquarters, nothing worth boasting about."

The tea house has strong backing on Empire River Star, and without concrete evidence, neither Bardes nor Yang Gaoyong could apply to look into the tea house's accounts.

Bardes remarked: "If the guess is correct, this tea house also engages in money laundering."

Chen Gu said: "Get the surveillance footage from inside the tea house, I'm sure it will reveal something."

Bardes and Yang Gaoyong showed troubled expressions; with the tea house's deep background, surrendering important evidence such as surveillance footage wouldn't be easy.

Chen Gu took the two back to the tea house but didn't reveal his identity, instead, like regular guests, ordered a pot of tea and sat down, then Chen Gu made a phone call to Qiao Shuangyi.