Exposure 02

Chen Miemie looked Chief Sun up and down.

"It is hard to imagine someone with your thick eyebrows and big eyes is actually one of Chen Miaomiao's people."

Chief Sun chuckled, "I am the chief of a city, so naturally I would not be anyone's subordinate. Chen Miaomiao and I are old friends, we have a cooperative relationship.

Before taking up the position of [Chief], I was responsible for handling relations with foreign races in the municipal government, simply put, alien diplomacy.

I worked in that position for about ten years, and that was exactly when I met your mother, Chen Miaomiao.

How should I put it, Chen Miaomiao is a super dangerous element. Every time she came to inspect our place, the whole city was terrified, afraid she would blow up the entire Sixiang City on a whim.

One of my most notable achievements that got me into office back then was that I could to some extent keep Chen Miaomiao quiet and cause less trouble in the city."

Chen Miemie looked at Chief Sun with eyes full of suspicion: "You have that kind of ability?"

"Actually, I do not have any special abilities. But my [Mystery] has a 'silence' function.

Every time Ms. Chen Miaomiao was in high spirits, although I could not stop the explosion, I could eliminate the sound of the explosion. Without the sound, she felt it was a buzzkill and would stop."

"So, you are the one who has been looking after me in the municipal government."

"Of course. About six and a half years ago, a new Grand Witch appeared in Sixiang City, so the jurisdiction was transferred out of Chen Miaomiao's hands. When Chen Miaomiao left, she asked me to watch over you."

"She did not ask the Mian family to look after me too?"

"As far as I know, she did not. I am not sure about the relationship between Chen Miaomiao and that Witch Council's Seventh Seat. The actual situation is that the Mian family wanted to build a good relationship with her, so they often took the initiative to look after you for a while, but Chen Miaomiao did not seem to like the Mian family's Grand Witch."

"The Amber Grand Witch, right?"

"Yes, what, did she approach you privately?"

"Yeah, you could say that, we went on a blind date."

Chief Sun showed a rare gossipy expression: "Did it work out?"

Chen Miemie shook his head: "Although it was not explicitly stated, we have not contacted each other since the blind date, which should count as a failure."

"Haha, you are not strong enough yet, it is not a bad thing to get involved in the world of Grand Witches as late as possible. By the way, I asked you to come today for some serious business."

"What is it?"

Chief Sun put away his smile: "Do you know that [Huangyi]?"

Chen Miemie put away his relaxed expression: "Why do you say that?"

"Chen Miemie, do not underestimate the intelligence capabilities of an entire city. How could the start of anomalies living in the city be hidden from me, the highest chief.

The spider webs at your doorstep, your head nurse walking around everywhere, the roast chicken shop downstairs that never restocks, your incredibly flashy two sedan chairs, including Father Jing choosing you as a trialee, do you think the intelligence team is just eating for nothing?

Let me tell you, your former homeroom teacher [Hundred Eyes] paid special attention to your house during the repeated city-wide investigations.

It is perfectly normal to deduce that you know their leader [Huangyi], since the new race anomalies that can live in the city are all related to you."

"Does the municipal government know all this?"

"No, I am suppressing it. Besides me, only [Hundred Eyes] and Little Jia know."

"Who is Little Jia?"

"The Director of the Sixiang City Intelligence Bureau."

"Is he your man? Trustworthy?"

"He is someone I promoted. In this world, it is hard to say anyone is absolutely trustworthy.

But Little Jia is a smart person. He might not fear my blame, but he absolutely does not want to offend the new race."

What Chief Sun said was absolutely right; he knew his subordinate very well.

Director Little Jia was not only responsible for intelligence aggregation and analysis but was also a smooth operator himself.

Precisely because he knew a lot, he was clearer on how terrifying the hidden strength of the new race was now. He calculated clearly in his heart and would never do stupid things for petty gains.

What Chief Sun revealed was all solid information, he was not bluffing. It would not make much sense for Chen Miemie to forcefully hide it anymore.

"You could say we have crossed paths."

"Then do you know what its attitude towards Sixiang City is?"

"What, if they wanted this city, would you just give it to them directly?"

Chief Sun raised an eyebrow: "Yes. If it wants it, we might really just give it."

Chen Miemie looked disgusted: "Do you even believe what you are saying?"

Chief Sun sighed slightly.

"What can we do even if we do not want to give it?

Sixiang City was severely damaged ten years ago and has not recovered yet, and nearly half of the high-level mystics just died.

According to our analysis, [Huangyi]'s danger level is above level 8, stronger than that [Trial] just now.

It is obviously an unwinnable battle, we cannot just say we will not let go until the whole city is dead. It is better to use this as an opportunity for racial alliance.

I have met [Huangyi] once, it does not seem to be the type that likes indiscriminate killing, at least we could negotiate for an orderly and safe evacuation of personnel."

"I am not clear about its attitude, I can go ask if I have the chance." Chen Miemie did not completely believe Chief Sun.

After finishing the most important matters, the meeting basically came to an end.

Chief Sun had a pile of things on hand, and his schedule was accurate to the minute.

"What, you talked to me for half a day, and I still have to run the paperwork for the house myself?" Chen Miemie felt the man surnamed Sun in front of him was a bit unreliable.

"Of course, that house is still Church property. If I used my privileges to directly transfer it to you, people would gossip."

"You are the [Chief] and you are afraid of this?"

"I really was not afraid before, but now I am being impeached. Several families and societies have united to attack me. It is best not to give them new leverage at this time, otherwise not only will I be in trouble, but the house you get will also run into trouble."

"You are not doing so well either. A dignified city boss being forced to step down, is it a lack of ability?"

"There is no helping it, a major loophole really appeared around me this time.

My own niece was turned. That day she let Bishop Jing out and conveniently killed the number 2 figure of the municipality in the city hall.

Now they are campaigning for the number 2 position under this banner, but their spearhead is actually aimed directly at me, preparing to sideline me."

"Oh, then good luck to you, I am leaving."

Fortunately, Chief Sun was not completely useless.

Chen Miemie did not encounter any haggling with the Church. Holding the note approved by Chief Sun's secretary, he spent nearly an afternoon at various windows in the city hall and completed the whole process.

According to the plan, starting tomorrow morning, a renovation team will come to inspect and measure, and the renovation will officially start the day after tomorrow. Under expedited circumstances, the entire renovation process is expected to be completed in a week.

From now on, he was also a property owner, and Chen Miemie was in a good mood.

However, perhaps a slightly sad tone was set from this morning.

Chen Miemie had only just finished eating after returning home.

The Frost Moon rose into the sky.

A message came from the [Silver Moon Court], initiating a Frost Moon gathering.

Fina clearly was not in the mood for joking today.

As soon as everyone arrived, she immediately announced the theme of tonight's gathering.

"Our First Seat of the Silver Moon, [Gardener] Ke Yuan, has tragically fallen. Tonight, we observe a moment of silence in his memory."