"It’s all fake?" Chuuni didn’t quite believe it, "You mean to say, I’ve been deceived all this time?"
"Yes, you were deceived. You never got the real harmonizing agent. The money you lost is probably gone for good, and as for the emotional investment, you’ll have to find a place to wipe your tears yourself."
Li Qi’s voice echoed in Chuuni’s mind.
"You were deceived. You never got the real harmonizing agent..."
Chuuni rubbed his forehead and suddenly felt relieved.
I’ve never taken the harmonizing agent, so what am I worried about?
He repeatedly bowed and thanked Li Banfeng and then walked out of the office with his chest held high.
Li Banfeng put the test report back into the file box.
This test report had nothing to do with the harmonizing agent Chuuni had used; it wasn’t even a test report for the harmonizing agent.
During the fight with the Centipede Workshop, Li Banfeng collected some fragments from the main steam pipeline and handed them to the lab for testing.
These fragments contained certain toxic and hallucinogenic elements, but the test report only listed the sample number. Under the influence of the Foolish Cultivation Technique, Chuuni overlooked many details and considered this test report as conclusive evidence.
With this ironclad evidence, Chuuni firmly believed he had never taken the harmonizing agent.
By two in the afternoon, after a thorough search confirmed no dark energy carrier was carried, Chuuni was taken into the testing room.
The testing room was divided into an inner and outer layer. Chuuni stayed in the inner layer, an area less than two square meters, stuffy, hot, and not letting any light through, where he sat for a full hour.
This was clearly meant to weaken the psychological defenses of the person being tested.
If it were yesterday, Chuuni would have collapsed, because at this time yesterday he still believed he had taken the harmonizing agent.
But now, Chuuni felt very calm inside. Whatever he had subjectively done or thought before, it didn’t matter. What mattered was that he hadn’t illegally taken the harmonizing agent because he’d never gotten the real thing, and that was an objective fact.
A sliver of strong light filtered into the room and shone on Chuuni’s eyes. Chuuni squinted as he suddenly felt the chair beneath him start to shake violently.
The test had begun!
Shen Jingye and a group of directors stood outside the testing room, looking emotionlessly at Chuuni inside.
After a bout of shaking, a large beam of light passed through Chuuni’s body.
These beams seemed to have a tangible quality, giving Chuuni the illusion of being pierced by thousands of arrows, and he even felt for a moment that he was about to be dismembered.
Shen Jingye glanced at Li Qi, sighed lightly, and said, "I’ve always maintained that truly important matters shouldn’t be handed over to machines because machines don’t understand flexibility.
I truly wanted to give Qin Minghui a way out. Even leaving the Dark Star Bureau, he would get a stable job and live out his days peacefully, but you personally cut off that escape route."
Li Qi looked at Chuuni, then at the various complex instruments and equipment around the testing room, and said to Shen Jingye, "How long before this thing gives results?"
Shen Jingye said, "As soon as the test is completed, the results will be out immediately, with no room for mitigation."
Li Banfeng nodded, "That’s good. Let’s make it clear: if today it shows Chuuni illegally took the harmonizing agent, I’ll give up my position as director, and you can arrange a place for me, I won’t involve myself in the bureau’s affairs anymore."
Shen Jingye smiled, "Director Li, I’ve heard of your reputation in Puluo State. Since you’ve spoken, you must keep your word!"
Li Banfeng nodded and said, "Rest assured, I will not break my word. But let me be clear, if today it doesn’t show Chuuni illegally took the harmonizing agent, you personally approve a batch of harmonizing agents for Chuuni, enough for him to be promoted to a Second Level Fighter as compensation."
Shen Jingye furrowed his brow and said, "That doesn’t follow the regulations."
Li Banfeng sneered, "Falsely accusing an innocent colleague, does that follow the regulations? Director Shen, do you dare to bet? Dare to bet, make a contract now; if you admit defeat, say it outright!"
A group of directors watched on the side as Shen Jingye shook his head and said, "I really dislike your Jianghu ways, but today I’m willing to bet with you this once, in order to admonish your arrogance and ignorance!"
To be honest, Shen Jingye had been enduring this for a long time.
Due to the special status of a Balancer, he couldn’t kick Li Qi out of the Dark Star Bureau, but if he could adjust Li Qi’s position to stop meddling in the bureau’s affairs, Shen Jingye would not miss this opportunity.
Li Qi had indeed prepared a Contract Book and first pressed his fingerprint.
Shen Jingye was equally straightforward, pricked his fingertip, and also pressed his fingerprint.
Li Banfeng reminded, "Outside Provinces have Outside Provinces’ methods, Puluo State has Puluo State’s tactics. If you cheat by fabricating false test results to frame Chuuni, don’t blame me for turning hostile."
Shen Jingye chuckled, "People of the Jianghu have the bad habits of the Jianghu, proper people have the proper rules. Since I agreed to bet with you today, I’ll make sure you lose convincingly!"
After waiting for half an hour, the light in the testing room gradually faded.
A sweat-drenched Chuuni heard a question, "Did you ever take the harmonizing agent?"
"Yes!" Chuuni uncontrollably replied.
Shen Jingye looked at Li Qi: "Director Li, he admitted it face to face, what else do you have to say?"
Li Qi said calmly, "Let’s hear him finish."
Shen Jingye emphasized, "As long as Qin Minghui illegally took the harmonizing agent, you’ve lost, no matter how many times, it doesn’t affect the conclusion."
Once again, the questioning voice sounded in the testing room, "When did you take the harmonizing agent?"
"The 8th of this month."
"Where did you get the harmonizing agent?"