Cyber ​​Ghost Record

Chapter 56, Part 55: The Painted Skin (Part 5)

Shen Ke's words startled Su Ge.

Ryoko Chiba abruptly turned to look at the door, and Suger in the missile silo did the same.

"The infiltration has been discovered," was Suger's first reaction.

Perhaps this is a trap; "Jiangning" deliberately revealed a flaw to lure him in.

"Relax," Shen Ke said calmly. "We're using avatars."

Suger then came to his senses, and the dazed feeling he was experiencing in sync with Chiba Ryoko made it difficult for him to remain calm.

Ryoko Chiba faced the doorway and stepped back to the window. The window could only be opened half a meter square. Through the glass, the outer wall of the opposite commercial plaza was only five meters away.

The thought of breaking the window and leaving—it popped into his head, but he quickly suppressed it. He clenched his fists, his heart pounding.

A wolf-like green glint flashed in Chiba Ryoko's electronic eyes as she stared at the door.

At this moment, Suger's consciousness was somewhat hazy, but he was no longer as ignorant of this era as he was when he first faced the general.

He secretly made a plan, and the moment the door opened, he hacked into the other party's account through Chiba Ryoko.

He even began to look forward to the door opening, when he would finally have a chance to figure out what the other person was.

"Come on, General..."

Suger reconnected to the apartment's security system.

At the entrance to the corridor, a man looked towards the door of room 824. He had a buzz cut, a tall and straight figure, and a pair of flamboyant red wings on the back of his brown jacket.

At this moment, a faint blue light appeared in the man's eyes.

Upon seeing his appearance clearly, Su Ge was taken aback and exclaimed in surprise:

"Yang Guan?"

……

A message flashed in the lower right corner of Yang Guanyi's eye.

Contact Person: Su Ge

[No answer]

After contacting Su Ge at 3 PM, he initially didn't intend to pay any more attention to the matter, but while passing the time playing games, he felt uneasy. He contacted Su Ge again, intending to ask for the specific details of Su Ge's judgment, but Su Ge was unreachable.

He informed Bai Miao of the situation, but Bai Miao didn't care. Su Ge had already gone missing once, which proved that this hibernator was intentionally avoiding supervision. As for whether he was smuggling or doing something else shady, it wasn't worth getting to the bottom of it.

But Yang Guan felt that the timing of Su Ge's disappearance was too coincidental.

Yang Guan had contact with Jiang Ning, who had just awakened from hibernation. At that time, Jiang Ning was in the same state as most hibernators, bewildered and helpless in the new era. Then, Jiang Ning went missing for a period of time, and when he reappeared, according to Su Ge, Jiang Ning was like a completely different person.

Su Ge's recent disappearance reminded Yang Guan of Jiang Ning's disappearance, as if the events were repeating themselves. Yang Guan was somewhat worried: would Su Ge reappear as a different person next time?

Yang Guan looked towards the door of room 824.

More than a decade ago, in an elevator, Yang Guan first encountered a person possessed by a demon. The possessed person's perception was distorted, and he used a vajra pestle to kill the little devils he saw—a group of teenagers who had not yet graduated from the public orphanage.

Yang Guan was one of the few survivors.

From that point on, he dared not rely too much on brain-computer interfaces.

At this moment, having lost his identity as a security officer, he was disarmed of all weapons, and even the "feathers" used to detect evil spirits were confiscated by the security bureau.

If there really is a demon behind that door, he still has no power to resist. Compared to the boy who was slaughtered by demons before, he now only has more experience.

It was these experiences that brought him here.

If a ghost wants to conceal its identity, it wouldn't harm a security investigator, even one who has left the agency.

just in case……

Yang Guan took a deep breath. If something happened to him, at least it would prove that his intuition was right.

Intuition is the judgment mechanism shaped by all experiences in life and even in human evolution.

His firm beliefs resurfaced in his mind.

He was almost certain that his operation wouldn't be in vain. If he were captured or even killed, he would leave an alarm mechanism to send a message to the security bureau by noon the next day. He walked to the door of room 824 and knocked.

……

Tuk Tuk!

Ryoko Chiba looked at the door.

In a daze, Su Ge frowned deeply.

Why Yang Guan?
The general had betrayed his trust and feelings, but he refused to believe that Yang Guan was also an enemy.

"Can you confirm that the infiltration went undetected?" he asked.

"If we are discovered, it will at least trigger some of the warning mechanisms it left behind," Shen Ke said.

“We weren’t discovered…” He breathed a sigh of relief. “He came for Jiangning. Yingchuan City is more than 400 kilometers away from here. We were only in the room for two minutes. Unless Yang Guan knew we were coming here when he printed Chiba Ryoko’s name, he wouldn’t have come so quickly.”

He thought for a moment and then said, "If he has a connection with the fake Jiang Ning and is conspiring with him, then he would know that this is a fake residence and wouldn't come here. So, he is here to investigate Jiang Ning."

I'm no longer an investigator.

Su Ge recalled what Yang Guan had said that afternoon.

Now he has come here late at night.

"People like this are rare," Shen Ke muttered softly. "Alright, the infiltration plan failed. The investigators showed up late at night, and even a dog tied to the internet cable would know something was wrong."

Just then, Suger noticed that the surveillance footage from 824 had changed.

At this point, there are three different types of surveillance footage.

In the actual scene, Ryoko Chiba was standing by the window.

The fake surveillance footage altered by Shen Ke still showed an empty room.

In the fabricated surveillance footage, "Jiang Ning" sleepily got up, fumbled to put on his glasses, and walked towards the door, preparing to open it for Yang Guan.

"It will continue to put on an act in front of Yang Guan," Su Ge said.

“Hmm, it seems it’s unwilling to abandon this identity,” Shen Ke said.

“It can spoof surveillance footage, but Yang Guan can see the real situation, right…” Su Ge pondered, “Could it change what Yang Guan sees?”

"It clearly wanted to try hacking into the investigator's brain and altering his sensory information," Shen Ke said.

“If it didn’t find Chiba Ryoko, then Chiba Ryoko wouldn’t be in the scene it fabricated.” Su Ge discovered an unexpected coincidence. “If it had succeeded, Yang Guan wouldn’t have met Chiba Ryoko either.”

"Heh." Shen Ke's lips curled up. "Interesting."

“Remember to modify the surveillance footage,” Su Ge said. “Make sure Yang Guan appears in the ‘real surveillance’ it receives.”

Shen Ke glanced at Su Ge, her expression intriguing.

"You're very skilled at your job, 'Hibernator'."

Just as she was speaking, the door slid open.

……

In the fabricated surveillance footage, Jiang Ning appeared somewhat surprised by Yang Guan's late-night visit.

"Investigator Yang, what brings you here at this hour?"

"Sorry to disturb your rest." Yang Guan chuckled. "There are some things I'd like to ask you about."

"What is it?" Jiang Ning was taken aback for a moment, then quickly said, "Come in and talk, please sit down, please sit down."

Yang Guan walked into the room, sat down at the table, and glanced at the photos on the wall, the holographic fish tank on the cabinet, and the window.

……

Su Ge looked at Yang Guan. His gaze swept over Chiba Ryoko without lingering for a moment.

(End of this chapter)