John Woo looked as happy as a fox who had stolen a chicken.
The director flipped through the police dispatch log again and asked Lin Fan, "You came to the police station just to verify the authenticity of his work permit, right?"
"Yes." Lin Fan nodded.
"You said that your job information can be found in the police system?" the director asked John Woo again.
"Yes," John Woo replied.
"Go get a notebook from the Internet police," the director instructed Officer A, then asked Wu Yusen, "Is a notebook okay?"
After receiving a positive answer, Policeman A went to look for the notebook.
The director probably saw that Lin Fan didn't want to talk, so he smiled and started talking to Wu Yusen. How old are you this year? Where are you from?
John Woo answered almost all of them, and when it came to things he couldn't say, he would just say, "Sorry, confidential."
Lin Fan, listening nearby, was forced to learn that John Woo was 36 years old, 178 cm tall, and from Ningbo, Zhejiang. His parents were still alive, and he ran a small business in his hometown.
"Didn't you say you wanted to sever ties?" The director remembered what he had said before.
"There was indeed such a rule in the early days, which required severing all family ties. Later, everyone in the institute had the next generation. However, many of the next generation did not have special abilities, so we couldn't all take them in, nor could we abandon them, as that would be too inhumane. Later, it was adjusted. You can choose to sever family ties, or you can choose to retain them, but keep contact to a minimum, use other work to cover it up, and not leak secrets," explained John Woo.
"Oh, so that's it. Then what is your external work?" The director was curious.
"Special assistant to the general manager of a trading company." John Woo smiled.
"Assistant, I thought you were going to say agent. But the assistant is indeed dressed like this." The director also smiled.
"That's pretty much the same. Among the products the company sells are houses." John Woo grinned.
Policeman A came in with a notebook and saw the director laughing, not knowing what had happened.
"Come here, put it in front of Comrade Xiao Wu. Comrade Xiao Wu, can we watch you operate it?" The director greeted Policeman A with a smile.
"Of course." John Woo took the computer.
Three policemen gathered around him, watching as he operated something. An input box popped up on the blank back of the police system. After entering a long string of characters, the page that popped up displayed numerous circular patterns, almost filling the entire page.
John Woo took a quick look and found the one representing the Special Affairs Bureau. He clicked it, and the police badge background on the page instantly changed to the pattern he had just clicked, and a blank input box popped up.
If the three policemen still remember, they will find that this pattern is exactly the same as the badge on the cover of John Woo's work ID.
Enter a bunch of characters and press Enter, and three text buttons will appear on the page. They are "Query", "Help", and "Consult".
Wu Yusen clicked "Query" and entered his work ID into the pop-up box. A page popped up with his photo and work information. It was indeed a special purpose firm, and his name, position, and work ID matched the work ID card displayed nearby.
The computer belonged to the police station, the system was owned by the police department, and it was operated right under their noses. The process took just over a minute, and there seemed to be no problems. Could this person be a hacker?
At this time, Policeman A's phone rang. He went out to answer it, came back after a while, and nodded to the director.
The director's smile widened. He turned the notebook over to Lin Fan, who sat motionless across from him, and said, "Comrade Lin Fan, take a look at this as well. This is the identification we retrieved. After our investigation, we've basically confirmed that Comrade Wu Yusen's work situation is true. Do you have any other requests?"
Lin Fan saw the expressions of the police officers and guessed that Wu Yusen's identity was correct. After looking at the computer, he shook his head at the director, indicating that he had no further requests.
"Comrade Xiao Wu," the director pleaded again. "Could you please teach us how to do that? If we encounter a similar situation next time, we can investigate it ourselves."
"The operations are all basic, the main thing is that the login codes are not easy to obtain." Although Wu Yusen said this, he still took the computer, returned to the homepage, and told them step by step where to click to reach the first input box.
"This box contains a special authorization code, specifically used to log in to the security unit query page."
"Where does this code come from?" asked the director.
"The special agents themselves know this," Wu said. "The higher-ups in the police system should also know this. If you truly need it, apply to your superiors, and they'll review it and issue it to you."
The director nodded, and Wu Yusen entered the input again, reaching the first icon interface. He said, "Each badge here represents a security unit. There's no name displayed. If you're not an insider, they'll tell you which badge to choose. After all, the pattern on each badge is different, making it easy to tell them apart."
The three of them looked at the screen full of badges and roughly counted that there were fifty or sixty security units.
After Wu Yusen clicked on the badge of the Special Affairs Office, he continued to enter the password: "This is the unit verification code. The code to enter each unit is issued by the corresponding unit. This also needs to be obtained from the special service or superiors."
After entering the text page, he pointed to the three text buttons and said, "In addition to searching for work information, like we just did, you can also search for help and consultation results."
"It's easy to understand how to ask for help. If you encounter a problem that can't be solved, click here. Usually after verification and confirmation, we will send someone to solve it."
"Consultation is also for those who encounter problems. It is mainly in the form of questions and answers. No one will come here."
"To check work information, just enter your special service number. To seek help or inquiries, you can enter your special service number to contact that person directly. You can also enter the code sent by your superior. After submitting the question, you will be given a query code. Use this code to view the final confirmation result here. That's about it."
John Woo taught them in detail, and the director thanked him repeatedly.
The matter was resolved and they could leave. The director wanted to arrange a car to take them away, but Wu Yusen refused. Before leaving, he specifically instructed the director to deal with the video.
Seeing Wu Yusen running away after Lin Fan, who had left first, Police Officer A sighed, "I didn't expect it to be true. If the Internet police hadn't said he didn't hack the system and that everything was normal, I would have suspected he was a hacker."
"He's a psychopath and a hacker. Aren't you thinking too much?" the director said with disdain.
"When did you confirm his identity?" asked Policeman A curiously.
"As soon as we met, I felt it was almost right."
"Why?" asked Policeman B.
"When we shook hands, I felt gun calluses on his hands." The gun calluses the director was referring to were on the base of the thumb and the tip of the index finger. Thick calluses would form there because of frequent use of guns.
"Then I put a little more pressure on him and he immediately returned it. That's when I thought it was enough."
Policeman A suddenly realized, "Our country has strict gun control. It's impossible for ordinary people to develop gun calluses. For example, I used to practice shooting, but now I hardly use it, so I don't have any gun calluses at all. Many special police officers don't even have gun calluses. The fact that you can feel them proves that he has practiced shooting recently. He must be a soldier or a police officer, no doubt about it."
The director nodded. "The things he said afterwards were all coherent. To say he made it up is a bit too much. Although some mentally ill patients have high IQs, it's not a coincidence."
"Didn't he say it's all available online?" asked Police Officer B.
"I don't know if it's real online, but since his identity has been confirmed and those things haven't been widely circulated, no one can say how much of it is classified. Remember, the two of you, don't ever say anything he said today. Less trouble is worse than more. The consequences of violating the confidentiality agreement are far more dire than you imagine." The director warned and turned back. "To be able to reach the senior special agent level at such a young age, he must be no ordinary person."
"Understood, Chief." The two policemen responded in unison and followed him in.
On the other side, John Woo wasted time chatting with the director. Just as he was about to catch up with Lin Fan, he saw her get into a taxi and leave without looking back.
Well, it seems that proving her identity won't make any real difference. After all, it's our first time, so we shouldn't be too nervous. Let's just let her go for now.
Thinking of this, I hailed a taxi and left.
Lin Fan was exhausted that day.
She had only gone downstairs to feed the cat, which took her half an hour at most. But after all this back and forth, it was already past 3 o'clock when she got home. Not only was she exhausted, but she also had to pay an extra taxi fare.
I didn’t have the energy to think too much, so I tidied up a little and went to bed.
The next day, I woke up and saw the bag I had brought back the day before. It still contained the cat food and water that I hadn't finished feeding because of John Woo's interruption.
She thought about the trouble she had yesterday and didn't want to go downstairs.
But feeding the cat every three days was already a task she'd set for herself, and suddenly skipping half the amount felt like she hadn't accomplished her mission. While skipping a single portion wouldn't necessarily starve the cat, it still made her feel uneasy. She couldn't help but glance at the bag as she passed by.
Well, she must be a bit obsessive-compulsive.
Lin Fan didn't want to torture himself anymore, so he decided to go and come back quickly since it was still early, just after 8 o'clock.
When she saw John Woo waiting at the entrance of the grove, she felt helpless and thought, "As expected." After hesitating for a moment, she walked over.
After confirming Wu Yusen's identity at the police station yesterday, she knew that this matter was not over. It was just that she ran fast.
John Woo should know her home address very well. He didn't chase her yesterday and waited in the woods today, which gave her enough time and space.
What is coming cannot be avoided. If he wants to talk, let’s talk it out all at once.
Lin Fan pretended not to see anyone and walked straight to the entrance of the grove to fiddle with the cat food.
Wu Yusen saw her when Lin Fan appeared. When she saw him, she paused for a moment, then walked towards him again, her smile deepening.
"Ms. Lin, nice to meet you again." Seeing that Lin Fan was busy with her own things and had no intention of paying attention to him, John Woo of course chose to take the initiative.