Gathering Intelligence on the Northern Border City

Hearing the news about the Northern Border City from Li Shanhai’s mouth, Su Ran felt as if she were in a different world.

Looking at the timeline, it had only been a little over a month since the attack on the Northern Border City, but in Su Ran’s consciousness, it felt like “a long time.”

“I can’t tell you the specifics over the phone. Only when you arrive can I take you to see my superior and explain it in person.”

Li Shanhai’s voice over the phone was weary.

Su Ran understood.

The series of chain reactions brought about by the homicide case had left Li Shanhai exhausted.

His reaction was very normal.

After setting a time to meet with Li Shanhai, Su Ran put down her phone and lowered her head to think.

‘What exactly happened in the attack on the Northern Border City?’

Very few people knew the specific situation of this question.

Apart from the news that some residents had sent out at the beginning of the vampire attack, there were almost no relevant records of the entire battle process on the internet.

According to the Federation’s official statement, the vampires had torn up the agreement and launched a surprise attack on the Northern Border City.

After a desperate resistance by the troops led by Nie Ping, apart from a portion of the vampires who took the opportunity to rush into the Federation, it was a pyrrhic victory against the vampires.

What exactly happened on the battlefield, apart from the Federation’s report, there were almost no other channels of information.

Whether it was the soldiers on the battlefield or the civilians in the Northern Border City, they all chose to remain silent afterward.

Not a single person posted the details of the battle online.

Su Ran had once asked the little white dog, who was an insider at the time, but it just shook its head and didn’t tell her the specifics.

However, since she had learned from Li Shanhai that the Holy Stone had actually appeared in the Northern Border City, Su Ran suddenly had many conjectures about this vampire-led raid.

The reports about the Northern Border City that could be found online were basically all wishful thinking.

To truly understand what had happened in the Northern Border City at that time, Su Ran needed a channel different from the internet.

When she had asked Bai Yun about it before, she had chosen not to tell her, which meant that the other party didn’t want to tell her.

To get more information from her, a person who had experienced it, in a short period of time would require a lot of effort.

Besides that, Su Ran had a more convenient option.

She opened the drawer under her desk and took out a medal symbolizing a Bronze Hunter from inside.

The workmanship was exquisite.

With the authority of a Blood Hunter, she should be able to find out more detailed information than what was available on the internet.

She opened the software on her phone specifically for Blood Hunters.

After verifying her identity information, each detailed section was displayed in front of Su Ran.

But no matter how modern the software was now, many people still liked to submit their completed missions in person.

Therefore, this was also the first time Su Ran had entered the Blood Hunter’s hall on her own.

The last time she had come in was when Winnie had picked out spells for her, using her account to log in, so that didn’t count.

She typed “Northern Border City” in the intelligence section.

Besides the private intelligence that required a high amount of points to trade, there was also a portion of general intelligence submitted by Blood Hunters who had participated.

Su Ran planned to look at the general intelligence first to understand what had happened in the Northern Border City.

With her current points, she couldn’t afford the private intelligence at all.

She selected a battle report of the Northern Border City compiled by the Blood Hunters and prepared to watch it carefully.

But as soon as Su Ran clicked on it, a large red box popped up in her face.

[Insufficient authority. Only Gold Hunters and above are allowed to view.]

Now Su Ran knew why the private intelligence required such a high amount of points.

There was a whole major rank difference between a Bronze Cat and a Gold Cat, and promoting to a Gold Cat also required completing a certain number of missions.

The difficulty of this was not small.

The restriction on reading the intelligence made things difficult for Su Ran now.

Her authority couldn’t just jump to a Gold Cat, right?

Suddenly, Su Ran figured something out.

She didn’t necessarily need her own authority to view the intelligence.

There should be a Gold Hunter in this house.

So, Su Ran smoothed out the wrinkles in her silk nightdress, put on her slippers, and walked out of the room.

The TV in the living room was playing a popular TV series.

Winnie was holding a fruit platter, comfortably watching TV while leaning on the sofa.

Seeing Su Ran walk out of the room, she handed the fruit platter to her.

“Want some? I just bought these Moonlight Grapes today. I heard they can only be grown in areas with abundant magic essence in the west of the Federation.”

The emerald-green grapes were round and full, each one distinct.

Su Ran gently plucked one, her pink lips parted slightly, and bit down.

The rich, sweet juice had a perfect hint of sourness, instantly awakening her taste buds.

“Delicious!”

Su Ran’s eyes lit up, but she couldn’t see any trace of Yuan Shirui.

Normally, with such a good thing, she should be rushing to eat it.

“Shirui went back to her room to sleep. She probably ate too much with you all. No need to leave her any dinner tonight.”

Winnie didn’t need a draft to lie.

After the lesson of eating a round of human food, Yuan Shirui probably wouldn’t dare to eat anywhere other than at home and at Sakura Cafe.

Even with magical food, she would need a little time to adjust her mindset.

She would probably have to drink meal preps for the next two meals.

“Is she alright?”

In Su Ran’s impression, Yuan Shirui shouldn’t have eaten much.

How could she have eaten too much?

‘Did she sneak some food when I wasn’t looking?’

“I’ve given her medicine. It’s a good thing for her to learn her lesson.”

To prevent Su Ran from delving deeper, Winnie chose to end this topic in a timely manner and brought the topic back to Su Ran.

“Tell me, is there something you need me for?”

From what Winnie knew of Su Ran, since she had come looking for her, there must be something she needed her help with.

Su Ran took the opportunity to tell Winnie about what she wanted to know about the Northern Border City.

“The details of the vampire raid on the Northern Border City?”

Hearing Su Ran’s words, Winnie’s face looked strange.

‘She’s familiar with this raid. I have all kinds of records of it.’

‘Why go through the official intelligence released by the Blood Hunters? Why not just ask me directly?’

But Winnie only dared to think this in her heart.

The words she actually spoke had a completely different flavor.

“Since the headquarters has restricted it to Gold Hunters and above, there is naturally a reason. For your safety, I don’t recommend you look at it in advance, unless you give me a reason.”

Winnie was curious why Su Ran suddenly wanted to know about the raid on the Northern Border City.

‘Could it be because of Her Highness the Princess?’

For this reason, Winnie wanted to take the opportunity to probe Su Ran’s words and understand the reason why Su Ran wanted the intelligence on the Northern Border City.

“Actually, there were some discoveries on Li Ming’s body. Officer Li told me that it might be related to the Northern Border City.”

Su Ran roughly told Winnie about the Holy Stone energy found on Li Ming’s body and in the homicide case at the Xingfu apartment building.