There was a small dock here, surrounded by numerous machines.
A group of people was busy by the machines, and you could see oxygen tubes disappearing into the water.
There were also a few small speedboats roaming on the surface of the water, equipped with devices that Brian guessed were for sonar searching.
As he assessed the situation, a middle-aged Caucasian man, previously staring blankly at the lake, was nudged by a companion and turned to look at Brian.
Brian, feeling something, met the middle-aged man’s gaze.
The middle-aged man squinted slightly and then smiled, walking towards Brian, "Brian, hello, I am the captain of the Cheng County squad of the CD action department, you can call me Krist."
"Hello, Captain Krist, do you know me?"
Brian slightly twitched his nose, remembering the man’s scent.
Krist appeared to be in his forties, handsome features, though slightly stout and with an overall reddish complexion, a characteristic of Caucasians who frequently sunbathe.
Of course, drunkards would have it too.
Krist shook his head, "I’ve read your information, you look as handsome as in the photos, thank God, you arrived just in time, we have a tough problem that needs your help."
Brian pushed up his Sven glasses and smiled slightly, "Not convenient."
"This matter is simple, just... huh?"
Krist paused mid-speech, thinking he’d misheard, "Did you say it’s not convenient?"
Brian nodded, "Captain Krist, you’ve misunderstood something. I’m here to handle this difficult situation, not to assist in handling it."
Krist stared at the scholarly-looking Brian for a few seconds, then smirked with a strange tone, "Mr. Brian, I’m not very cultured, can you explain it more straightforwardly?"
"No problem, I’m easy to talk to.
What I mean is, I prefer to be the boss, not the subordinate.
You have two choices now, either I take over the case and you all follow my lead, or I follow your lead, and whatever you say goes in one ear and out the other. After receiving the attendance allowance, I’ll go back to my regular job."
Krist had not expected this pretty boy to be so blunt.
Can’t you understand the sarcasm in my words?
He scowled, "You want to take over the case, no problem, but this case has already caused the disappearance of two policemen and three CD organization investigators, it’s very dangerous. Without knowing your capabilities, I can’t convince the others to listen to you."
"How to prove my capabilities?"
Brian followed up based on what the other had said.
It seemed that the other’s true intentions were next.
Krist pointed at a box by the shore, "This is a geo-ultrasonic transducer, able to transmit signals through fissures in the terrain, also currently the favorite communication device of underground research organizations. I need you to place it in the lake where the disappearance occurred."
Brian nodded and muttered a few words to Chief Flory.
Chief Flory looked at Brian with a peculiar expression, nodded, and ran outside.
In front of a crowd, Krist, with a dark face holding his credentials towards Brian’s camera, explained the bet he had with Brian.
It was an embarrassing process for him.
It was purely Brian’s bad taste, letting the other leave evidence of the bet just like the lending forms he saw in his past life.
This was also a test for him.
Normal bets involve mutuality.
But the other party clearly didn’t care.
This indicated that his purpose was to make Brian go to the disappearance site.
Brian sneered internally.
Such undisguised malice.
He didn’t have many enemies within the NW organization; one was Benjamin, whom he incidentally faced several times, and another was a Second Level Goddess Gunner from the Combat Department, whom he had previously defeated during promotions.
The latter didn’t have much background, just strength, and hooked up with a male from a family using her excellent enhanced genes and reproductive ability.
That possibility was even smaller.
So the enemy was Benjamin.
"This Black Light Biotechnology really clashes with me..."
Brian muttered to himself, packed up the recording equipment, took the box Krist asked him to carry, and got into Chief Flory’s car.
The disappearance site, located about twenty kilometers away at Camp Lake.
The two left Oduolan City and headed to the campground lake site twenty kilometers away.