novelraw Chapter 134 : The Drunken Omega
Chapter 134 : The Drunken Omega
"I never imagined someone like Manager Shen would have worked in that industry!"
"Don't put it so crudely. Who hasn't faced hardship these days?"
"I think we shouldn't go in and interrupt their conversation. It's not urgent anyway, we can come back later."
"Say, aren't you all curious? What kind of Omega could afford to keep Manager Shen?"
"Probably a beautiful and powerful career woman. I think Manager Shen has high standards. She's barely glanced at any of the top earners in our club."
Shen Han, joking around with a group of lackeys in the tea room, had no idea that because of one casual remark, many people spent the entire evening secretly imagining her 'sugar mommy'.
Her act of 'exposing her own blemishes' also imperceptibly brought her closer to the lower-level staff of the entertainment center.
Time quickly arrived at the day of the party in the entertainment center.
The nightclub operated as usual, with all drink prices at a 30% discount.
When Shen Han arrived at the entertainment center at 7 PM, the entrance was already filled with luxury cars.
This revelry was initiated by someone named Ren Hui.
He was the Deputy Director of Jinxi Entertainment City, the 'Brother Hui' Ning Xi had threatened to call during the previous incident.
Shen Han was also on the party's guest list, so she wasn't wearing her manager's uniform.
She wore a black leather jacket on top, paired with jeans and combat boots.
The overall look was crisp and upright.
Shen Han didn't immediately enter the nightclub. She found a more secluded spot and put on the headphones hanging around her neck.
After unlocking with her fingerprint, the special team leader's voice immediately came through the headphones: "Captain Shen, communication connected."
Shen Han didn't respond; this was a strategy they had agreed upon earlier.
The special team could collect and quickly analyze information through the video sent back by Shen Han's glasses.
If there was anything noteworthy, they would promptly speak up, feeding back to Shen Han's earphones.
Shen Han only needed to act.
This way, they could avoid her being detected or overheard while speaking.
Tonight she came with a mission, planning to plant listening devices on target individuals as the situation allowed.
As for specific targets, she would have to wait for instructions from the special team after entering the party room.
Just as Shen Han was ready and about to head towards the nightclub,
The special team command center in the Peace Palace welcomed two special 'visitors'.
When Gu Junwan entered the command center with her assistant Xu Zhao, the dozens of people busy in the room all stood up and saluted the Empress.
"No need for formalities, carry on with your duties."
Hearing the Empress speak, everyone immediately returned to their work.
Only the special team leader welcomed the two to the screen and gave a brief report on tonight's operation.
Gu Junwan naturally knew about Shen Han and the special team's special operation tonight, otherwise she wouldn't have come.
In fact, this was her first time stepping into this command center since Shen Han went undercover at the entertainment center.
Now, watching the real-time synchronized footage from Shen Han's perspective on the projection screen, she suddenly felt as if she was walking side by side with her.
Quite extraordinary!
Powerful drum beats permeated every area of Jinxi Entertainment City, deafening.
Flowing light beams swept through, brilliant and dazzling, illuminating the surging sea of bodies below.
Men and women crowded together, swaying to the music, releasing passion and hormones.
Shen Han didn't pass through the noisy dance floor area. She took another route specifically allocated for party attendees.
Though still crowded, it was less chaotic than the main hall's dance floor.
Not every invitee could show their face in public.
According to intelligence obtained by the special team, some individuals on the wanted list were also coming here tonight.
Wherever Shen Han passed, all personnel scanned by the detective glasses would be cross-referenced with information in the Peace Palace command center's computers.
Then, special team members would press the talk button to briefly relay information about important individuals with criminal records to Shen Han.
Shen Han walked slowly wearing her headphones, outwardly appearing no different from her surroundings.
But in reality, the debauchery her eyes saw and the orderly reports her ears heard had completely divided her sensory world into distinct regions.
Just as she was about to enter the party room, a man suddenly caught Shen Han's attention.
He was about forty years old, half his hair already white, with a kindly expression but shrewd eyes.
Two bodyguards followed closely behind him, their auras restrained, seemingly unaffected by the surrounding noise.
One look at these two and Shen Han could tell they were skilled.
And it was very likely they were carrying guns.
"Captain Shen, that man with half-white hair is Ren Hui!"
Hearing the voice in her earphones, Shen Han immediately put on a smile, walked up to the man, and called out "Brother Hui."
Ren Hui showed no surprise at her recognition.
He pointed to the large headphones on Shen Han's head and asked with a smile: "Can you hear me speak with those on?"
As if to prove his point, Shen Han not only didn't remove her headphones but raised her hand to adjust their position.
"No problem. Brother Hui, don't let their plain appearance fool you. These are the latest model. When someone talks to me, they automatically reduce noise and transmit the filtered sound to me."
"Oh? So advanced."
"Hah, just a money-burning toy. Want to try them, Brother Hui?"
As Shen Han spoke, she moved to take off her headphones.
"Don't move!" Ren Hui suddenly spoke up, stopping her action.
He then directly pulled Shen Han's headphones off, grabbed one side, and moved it to his own ear.
He had no interest in whether the headphones could reduce noise; he only wanted to know if she was really listening to music or recording.
Shen Han casually scratched her ear, incidentally straightening her glasses that had been knocked askew on her nose bridge.
The moment Ren Hui reached out, Gu Junwan, far away in the Peace Palace, had already input the sequence number 037 on the control screen and pressed the switch key.
This was the operation mode the special team leader had explained earlier when introducing the monitoring equipment.
Through remote control, they could promptly adjust the function of Shen Han's headphones.
Ren Hui listened carefully with the headphones, and his expression immediately became somewhat strange.
In the headphones, the voice of a man enthusiastically recommending stocks rang out.
"How can you catch the absolute bottom of a bear market? For others, this is an impossible task."
"But in the view of me, the King of Stock Recommendations, as long as you dare to buy and gamble, anything is possible!"
"Take a risk, turn a bicycle into a motorcycle, give it a try, turn yellow earth into gold!"
Ren Hui: "......"
He had heard from his underlings that this Manager Shen liked to speculate in stocks, but he never imagined she was such a leek!
Even daring to listen to the 'King of Stock Recommendations' program, no wonder she got harvested so badly.
Ren Hui returned the headphones to Shen Han but showed no intention of advising her to stay away from stock speculation.
He'd be more than happy if she went all-in every day.
For someone like Ren Hui, the more his subordinates lacked money, the more ways he had to squeeze value from them.
"Come on, let's go in and have fun."
Throwing out this sentence, Ren Hui entered the private room surrounded by his two bodyguards.
Shen Han put her headphones back on and followed a few steps behind Ren Hui.
This was a luxurious large private room, with gaudy neon lights and LED strips on the ceiling switching through psychedelic colors.
One wall was inlaid with an LCD screen, playing music videos of requested songs.
Sofas lined the other three walls, with graffiti-style spray paint on the background wall, giving a street vibe.
After entering the room, Shen Han didn't walk straight in but stood not far from the entrance, looking around.
She appeared to be searching for familiar faces or empty seats.
By this time, many people had already arrived in the room.
But most were strangers to Shen Han.
Many invited male guests had brought female companions, and some women had brought male companions as well.
The sounds of finger-guessing games, laughter, and dice rolling mingled together, creating a noisy scene.
As Shen Han's gaze swept across the room, information on everyone present quickly appeared on the computer screens in the Peace Palace command center.
The results of the cross-referencing made all special team members frown.
Of the more than fifty people in the room, nearly half had criminal records.
Besides several fugitives, there was even a drug lord sitting in the corner!
Shen Han, listening to the constant stream of information coming through her earphones, was also greatly astonished.
Although government power was relatively weak on 546th Street, it certainly hadn't reached the point where drug lords could come and go as they pleased!
This party tonight was likely problematic!
Just as Shen Han was vaguely feeling something wasn't quite right, Gu Junwan's voice suddenly came through the earphones: "Shen Han, they're fishing. Abort the mission!"
Shen Han nodded imperceptibly, using the small arc movement of her perspective to answer that she had received the order.
At this moment, a drunk Omega suddenly approached Shen Han from the side.
She giggled and reached out to grab Shen Han's headphones.
"Are you hic the new Manager Shen? You're quite tall, hehe, just my type!"
Shen Han wanted to stop her action but noticed several people in the corner of the room had locked their gazes on her.
So she had to pretend not to notice much as the Omega successfully pulled off her headphones.
The Omega reeked of alcohol, her speech slurred.
She swayed unsteadily, looking like she might pass out at any moment.
Seeing that Manager Shen in front of her wasn't responding, she didn't mind much.
She put on the headphones still warm from the other's body temperature.
In the Peace Palace command center.
Gu Junwan quickly input the sequence number 324 on the control screen and pressed the volume increase and switch keys.
In the private room, after putting on Shen Han's headphones, the Omega nearly had her scalp blasted off by the sudden sound wave.
Two childish voices boomed simultaneously from the left and right channels:
"What do you call daddy's daddy? Daddy's daddy is called grandpa!"
"What do you call daddy's mommy? Daddy's mommy is called grandma!"
The Omega could hardly believe what she was hearing.
She felt she must have drunk too much tonight.
The alcohol churning in her stomach, combined with the child's bellowing in her mind, whirled her senses.
The next instant, the Omega fell straight backwards under this intense and absurd stimulation.
Shen Han, quick as lightning, snatched her headphones back.
Before passing out, the Omega saw her reaching out.
She originally thought Manager Shen was going to steady her, but never imagined the other was only rescuing her headphones.
"Thud!"
The drunken Omega fell to the ground with doubts about life, completely unconscious.