Chapter 21 - I'll Never Take the Initiative Again
Chapter 21 — I’ll Never Take the Initiative Again
The next day.
Lin Yaoyao woke up and started preparing breakfast, thinking of inviting Ling Tian to join her. After all this time living together, they had never properly had a meal together. Given all they had discussed last night and what had happened between her and Ling Tian, she suddenly felt that their distance should have closed a bit.
Having a meal together wasn’t a bad idea! Relationships could be nurtured slowly …
“Really, why does everything have to come from me?” Lin Yaoyao prepared breakfast and mustered the courage to knock on Ling Tian’s door. She imagined them sitting together, enjoying the morning meal, and maybe even him saying a few words about her good cooking skills. That would be a little romantic …
However, after knocking a few times, Lin Yaoyao discovered that Ling Tian had long left. He was gone!
“Damn it …” Lin Yaoyao cursed. She’d made breakfast with good intentions, thinking of calling him, only to find out he was already gone? She’d wasted her effort!
“Can’t you at least inform me before leaving? Is it so hard to knock on my door? With us like this, are you treating me as a stranger? You’ve agreed to protect me, but you won’t say a thing?” Lin Yaoyao muttered angrily. “From now on, I’ll never take the initiative!”
Following this, Lin Yaoyao ate breakfast alone, filled with frustration.
After breakfast, she went to work. Ever since she learned about the existence of the Puppeteers the previous night, she felt different. She was cautious with everyone’s gaze, feeling as though everyone might be a man-eating Puppeteer …
Upon reaching the police station, she noticed a group of people who seemed out of place. They were heavily armed, almost like a special forces unit, and led by a young girl.
Her face was covered, revealing only a pair of cold, bright eyes. Two long braids swayed behind her head, reaching down to her calves. Her outfit was futuristic, a tight-fitting combat suit, outlining her slender figure.
Despite looking a few years younger than Lin Yaoyao, she exuded a noble yet chilling aura, earning the utmost respect even from the police chief.
Lin Yaoyao was curious about this cold, double-braided girl, wondering who she might be. But soon, she realized where this group was from. Lin Yaoyao noticed a badge on the girl’s slightly raised chest— the emblem of the Alliance!
This meant they were directly from the Alliance headquarters.
Lin Yaoyao was surprised. What could have happened to prompt the personal visit of the Alliance headquarters’ people to the Lin City Police Station?
“Delete all information and evidence related to this case – photos, information, everything!” The cold voice of the double-braided girl echoed, and the police chief promptly followed her orders, erasing all the data.
“Yao-yao, don’t just stand there, get to work! Delete all the information related to the case from your hands, not even a single photo should be left!” The police chief called out to Lin Yaoyao, his friend’s daughter.
Lin Yaoyao approached, curious. “What case is this about, Chief?”
“Of course, it’s the case where an entire family was massacred!” replied the police chief.
This revelation startled Lin Yaoyao. It was about the man-eating Puppeteer in the top ten?
“But … why?” Lin Yaoyao didn’t understand.
“The Alliance headquarters have taken over this case!” the police chief whispered.
Lin Yaoyao refrained from further questioning. However, she understood the reason with a little contemplation. The man-eating Puppeteer matter couldn’t be made public. Revealing it would shake the coexistence of humans and the Alliance. And this particular case clearly pointed to a Puppeteer, and a top-ten one at that. Hence, the Alliance headquarters had arrived to suppress the incident.
Once again, Lin Yaoyao pondered whether the Alliance or the Tianyu Group was in the right?
Following that, she followed orders and deleted all the information she held, completely handing over the case to the Alliance’s representatives. They didn’t leave after the task; instead, they stayed in the station, accessing the city’s surveillance.
Under the guidance of the double-braided girl, they took control of everything in the station, behaving rather domineeringly. However, they indeed had the authority to utilize resources worldwide at any time.
The Alliance represented the highest power!
Lin Yaoyao, still curious, asked the police chief again, “Who’s that girl … the one leading? She doesn’t even seem to be twenty.”
“She? She’s quite the person,” the police chief chuckled, then lowered his voice. “Do you know who her father is?”
“Who?” Lin Yaoyao was clueless, but she was certain that her father’s rank was much higher than her own father’s.
“Well, her father is the current World Alliance Leader!”