I created the Bureau of Anomaly Control

Tang Xueluan yawned, slowly got out of bed, and then directly pushed open the door and walked out of the bedroom, preparing to go to wash her face and brush her teeth, but when she walked into the living room, she felt a little strange, and then she slightly turned her head to look at the sofa.

A middle-aged man was sitting on it, flipping through the novel she had been reading recently.

"Dad, when did you get here?" Tang Xueluan asked in surprise.

Shu Yunpeng raised his head and looked at his daughter and asked:

"The sun is already on your butt, is this when you usually get up?"

Tang Xueluan said somewhat embarrassedly:

"I worked until late last night, and recent events have been making me a little overwhelmed…"

"Wait, why are you here?"

Shu Yunpeng tapped the table with the book in his hand:

"Why do you think I came to see you?"

Tang Xueluan asked:

"Because of Ma En and the逍遥道人(Xiaoyao Daoren)的事情(matter)?"

Shu Yunpeng nodded:

"Actually, to be honest, your mother and I didn't expect things to get to this point, we thought this was just your little game, although you could accumulate enough experience in the Advisory Department through Ma En, but this was just your starting point.

"After you and him achieve some success, and get him the anti-spiritual metal, that's when you part ways, we didn't really expect Ma En to really become a Tier V ability user, and we didn't expect him to bring any benefits to our Shu family.

"To put it bluntly, he was just a servant we hired to hone you, but the fact proves that your mother and I were both wrong, you were right about everything you said about Ma En back then."

Tang Xueluan said somewhat boastfully:

"I told you I have a good eye, right?"

Hearing this, Shu Yunpeng also showed a gratified expression, he and Tang Jinghong always had higher expectations for Shu Yun, and that's why when Tang Xueluan proposed to go out and venture on her own, he and his wife agreed to her decision after consideration.

In fact, they were all waiting for their youngest daughter to return to the Federation, originally they planned to wait a few more years until she had a higher position, and then rely on Xiaoluan's achievements outside to help her get a good position, and join forces with her sister to slowly climb up in the Federation.

It's just a pity that Shu Yun died later.

Shu Yunpeng then asked:

"What do you think his and Xiaoyao's matter means to us."

Hearing this, Tang Xueluan fell into thought:

"What does it mean?"

Shu Yunpeng wasn't really testing his daughter:

"Two possibilities, Xiaoyao may want to harm Ma En, this is actually a very emotional, but illogical speculation, Ma En did kill his most outstanding disciple, but we don't know if he is really willing to pay such a huge price for his disciple.

"Second possibility, he doesn't want to take revenge on Ma En, in fact he really wants to cultivate Ma En into a Tier V ability user, perhaps he can restrain him by teaching Ma En, but in the end Ma En can still get benefits, and if Ma En really has the potential to be promoted to Tier V, then it is quite reasonable for him to pay for these pills at the cost.

"The second possibility is the most beneficial to us, but in fact, if both possibilities really develop according to our expectations, they are all good things, that is, no matter what the situation, we hope to let Ma En become Xiaoyao's disciple, do you agree with this?"

Even if it is the former, the one being retaliated against is only Ma En, and the Shu family, as Ma En's nominal ally, will still receive the credit for obtaining the Longevity Pill even after Ma En's death, and it can even be regarded as their "sacrificing" Ma En at the cost of exchanging the Longevity Pill for the Federation.

Tang Xueluan nodded hesitantly:

"But now he seems to be a little wary."

Shu Yunpeng said with a smile:

"When a man doesn't directly refuse, it means that he is actually tempted, he is just waiting for a better price, most people think that he will definitely agree in the end, and I think Xiaoyao thinks so too.

"Ma En just can't get over the hurdle in his heart, and that requires you to give him some encouragement.

"But that's not why I'm here today."

If it was just these words, he wouldn't have had to come here to tell his daughter specifically.

Tang Xueluan was also a little curious:

"So what exactly are you here for, Dad, I remember you're usually quite busy."

Shu Yunpeng said with a little helplessness:

"What do you think I'm busy with, isn't it all because you always make me worry, you just recently returned to the Federation, and there are still many unwritten rules that you haven't really mastered, so I'm actually also paying attention to this matter of yours, guess what I saw?"

"Dad," Tang Xueluan said in a slightly coquettish and helpless tone, "don't keep me in suspense, how could I possibly guess?"

Shu Yunpeng reached into his arms, took out a document and handed it to Tang Xueluan:

"Take a look at this."

Tang Xueluan took the document and flipped through it, and a strong look of surprise immediately flowed out on her face.

Because it was all unfavorable information about Ma En, including previous suspicions about him, and several new investigations into him, the lighter ones speculated that he was the mastermind behind the massacre of the orphanage where he grew up, and that he fabricated his mental illness, the more serious ones hinted that he was actually secretly colluding with Hong Yuan to help him escape, that the ceasefire was actually a conspiracy of the Salvation Alliance, that entering the Federation was also to be a spy here, and the most insane one was that there were even suspicions that Ma En was secretly leading the remnants of the Salvation Alliance.

"What is all this stuff?" Tang Xueluan said with a puzzled face, "They don't think this is true, do they?"

Shu Yunpeng replied:

"Of course not, they can't think this is true, the leader of these investigations is Shen Zongdao, and behind him is the entire New Liberal Party, but these are not the main points we want to talk about, the main point is that the person below him is Kania, who was in charge of Ma En's investigation work, and below Kania there are several levels of personnel changes, and the lowest level is responsible for the real actual investigation.

"This is why what you see is so absurd and ridiculous, because they deliberately exaggerate the collected intelligence and the conclusions of the investigation in this way, they didn't really send out the top experts to investigate.

"The fact is that they are afraid of getting the real conclusion, they don't want this matter to be really finalized, because that ending is likely to prove that Ma En doesn't have any problems at all, they want to keep the whole matter ambiguous.

"Because this way they have room to maneuver."

Tang Xueluan said with some doubts:

"But what exactly do they want to do, isn't this beneficial to us?"

Shu Yunpeng nodded:

"This is also what I originally thought, so in fact, I only thought that the problem with this matter was to persuade Ma En, but since the bastards of the New Liberal Party dare to do this, it must be because they have some problems, and we are already investigating the specific situation.

"We now suspect that the members of the New Liberal Party have concealed something about the Fountain of Youth project, and they don't want to get the Longevity Pill as much as we thought, these bastards were just pretending before, but this accident is actually good news for us, because Xiaoyao's proposal to give the Longevity Pill forced them to expose their conspiracy.

"This also made us notice that there is a professor in the Research Institute who is specializing in research to improve through subhuman biotechnology, we thought he was still far from applied experimental success, but now it seems that he should have concealed some breakthroughs from me.

"But don't worry about these, these are things for adults to consider.

"Now our focus is on Ma En."

Hearing this, Tang Xueluan also felt that things seemed to be getting complicated, but she was still a little unclear about the whole matter, in the beginning she thought that Shen Zongdao was just here to cause them a little trouble, but she didn't expect that he was really going to deal with them now.

"Then what exactly do they want to do?" Tang Xueluan said, "Since they don't intend to really find evidence that Ma En violated the contract, then wouldn't they be able to do anything?"

Shu Yunpeng replied:

"They won't do anything to Ma En, and they can't do anything, the New Liberal Party's purpose in investigating Ma En is simple and easy to understand, they intend to use this as a reason Ma En, not let him, Xiaoyao, and the Federation's transaction go smoothly, and this is actually enough.

"Because what they have to do is delay time, as long as the transaction can't be reached, then the Longevity Pill won't reach our hands, you must know that even if Ma En becomes Xiaoyao's disciple, the Longevity Pill won't be given to us immediately, if you look at the entire Federation, then the time they are delaying is not a big deal at all, but the problem is not the length of time, but the timing.

"Now there are many members of Congress who are nearing the end of their lives, and they have all used the Fountain of Youth project, many of whom are from our Rongbang faction, as long as we delay it, we will have to compromise and choose a better way—their way.

"As for Ma En, his matter of getting the anti-spiritual metal may be delayed for a few months, and if the Federation obtains Xiaoyao's life extension technology through other means, his value will also decrease, and they may even try to stop this matter, so as not to give Ma En a real chance to be promoted to Tier V, but then we can also counterattack.

"In short, as long as he is not really found out to have any problems, he will basically be fine, the funny thing is that even if he really has problems, they can't find out at all with their current methods.

"So, you don't have to worry about him so much."

Shu Yunpeng used to have some doubts about his daughter's appreciation of Ma En, feeling that she might have been misled by Ma En's personality or the background of a former Salvation Alliance member, and overestimated this young ability user, which is why she showed so much determination in his matter.

But now he no longer worries about this problem, his daughter does seem to have a unique eye for people.

Tang Xueluan breathed a sigh of relief:

"That is to say, if Ma En has no problems, the most serious thing is that he can't get the anti-spiritual metal, then I think this result is acceptable, it's just that we may have to endure their harassment."

Shu Yunpeng shook his head:

"And Ma En may establish some political enemies, besides offending others will make enemies, being offended by others will also attract hostility, but this is not so serious for him, after all, you are the one who is responsible for dealing with these messes.

"And this is actually a good thing for us, the more enemies Ma En has, the closer our cooperation will be.

"But do you really want things to develop like this?"

Tang Xueluan was stunned for a moment, and then asked:

"Should we take the opportunity to let Ma En directly become a disciple…"

Her father shook his head:

"No, it's too late, and Ma En may not listen to us, the more you urge him, the more you will push him away from his destination, after listening to what I just said, you should realize one thing, that is, the prerequisite for all their methods is to successfully delay time."

Tang Xueluan asked curiously:

"So do you have a solution to the problem?"

Shu Yunpeng said:

"Otherwise, what do you think I'm here for?"

"Under the protection of Ma En's ceasefire agreement, what they are doing now is already theoretically the best way, they can only use 'suspecting that Ma En violated the contract' to do things, so in fact, if you want to deal with them, you have to start from this aspect.

"They have to do this without touching the truth, so we just have to take the initiative to give them the truth.

"We can take the initiative to initiate a memory check on Ma En."

Tang Xueluan's first reaction to this suggestion was surprise and incomprehension:

"This condition sounds quite difficult to accept, I don't think Ma En would like this solution very much."

Shu Yunpeng said:

"This is the most thorough and clean way, as long as Ma En dares to show his mind, he can directly disintegrate their plan, I believe Ma En is also a strong person with this kind of decision, and we can also add a small condition.

"That is, after the inspection, Ma En will erase the memory of the inspectors, leaving only the results of the inspection, so that it will not reveal any of his secrets, I remember that this is actually Ma En's special ability, right?"

Hearing this, Tang Xueluan also calmed down a little, and this suggestion became more and more feasible in her mind, after all, no matter what privacy Ma En doesn't want to be known, it can be completely eliminated by erasing the memory, theoretically speaking, this has no impact on him at all.

And based on her judgment of Ma En, he can indeed overcome this small psychological obstacle.

Then there is only one question.

"If Ma En really has some unspeakable secrets," Tang Xueluan looked at her father and asked, "then what should we do?"

Shu Yunpeng replied:

"I don't think the situation will be so serious, but if it really comes to this last resort.

"Then it depends on Ma En's real ability, as far as I know, he is a very strong mind ability user, first of all, I can guarantee to you that Shadow will definitely not take action, and there are no other Tier V mind ability users in the Federation.

"I just said that Kania is the highest-level member of this investigation of Ma En besides Shen Zongdao, and she has also received anti-spiritual training that can deal with ability users of Ma En's level, and as a member of the Research Institute, she can also skillfully use various mind-probing equipment, and also has many years of experimental and work experience in the mind field, combined with her excellent psychological level, Kania is the best candidate professionally.

"I'm also quite sure that Shen Zongdao has a way to get her to do this. If you read Kania's initial report carefully, you'll clearly realize that she didn't really suspect Ma En at the time, and she was actually one of the more neutral factions in the research institute.

"Which means persuading her won't be easy."

Tang Xueluan knew this too:

"But now she's standing on Shen Zongdao's side."

Shu Yunpeng took out another document:

"Because she has a weakness that's easily exploited. Kania used to be the assistant for the Alice Project, and her teacher killed all the other members of the project except for her. According to the federal experts' reconstruction of the events, the researchers at the institute died one by one, and the later they died, the better their private relationship was with the test subject, Alice.

"According to our speculation, Gulan threatened the young reality warper in this way back then, and when he was about to kill his most outstanding student, Alice finally yielded to him, and that terrifying, evil monster was born.

"Although you might not be able to tell at all, Kania has always felt guilty about what happened back then. Many of her actions undoubtedly expose this. Kania has proposed several plans to try to heal Alice's mental damage, but none of them have been successful.

"A researcher with her talent is inherently arrogant, and she doesn't care about anything except what she cares about. That's why her report on the investigation of Ma En was somewhat perfunctory, but of course, she still maintained her professionalism.

"And Shen Zongdao can order her around, definitely using this weakness of hers.

"This allows Shen Zongdao to use talents more capable than himself, and also keep himself out of the way, but Shen Zongdao doesn't realize that the weakness he can exploit is also the one we can exploit.

"Although I don't have any information or other resources to help you myself, I can hand over the entire process of this matter to you, and then Ma En can use this information to find a way to tamper with Kania's inner thoughts.

"This is definitely not an easy task for him either. These crazy researchers in the institute have anti-mind control devices in their brains, and they have also received professional training, so even for him, this is an extremely dangerous challenge. If he's not sure, we can think of other ways.

"But this is just the worst-case scenario. If his mind is strong enough, and as we expected, there are no problems, then a simple check can easily dismantle it, and then you just need to have him quickly complete the deal with Xiaoyao."

Tang Xueluan realized something:

"If we really resort to dirty tricks, wouldn't Ma En really break the truce agreement?"

Shu Yunpeng smiled and said:

"That's right, but only we will know."