Chapter 1907: Female Celebrity

Chapter 1907: Chapter 1907: Female Celebrity

"Looks so familiar," Ye Shikai murmured to himself. Suddenly, he remembered something and rushed into the car, driving straight to the National Security Bureau.

"Mr. Ye, is there something the matter?" Jing Xie asked curiously.

"Quick, get Director Jin over here, and Shen Wu as well, bring them all here. I have something important to say." Ye Shikai said excitedly. Jing Xie was somewhat puzzled but did as instructed.

Conference room.

"Mr. Ye, what’s the matter now, care to share?"

"Could you please display that photograph?" Ye Shikai instructed. Thankfully, they obtained the electronic version of the photo from the woman who took it secretly. The National Security Bureau members projected the photo using a high-definition projector.

"It’s this photo again, is there something different about it?" Shen Wu questioned.

"We’ve always focused on the celebrity in the center of the photo; it’s only natural since she was the target of the paparazzi shot, but we seem to have been misled." Ye Shikai turned around, looking at the operator next to the computer.

"Please zoom in on the sun in the top left corner of the photo," Ye Shikai said.

"Alright."

"Wait a minute, move the photo to the right and then a bit upward."

The group was a bit bewildered, watching Ye Shikai operate above, curious, yet patiently observing.

"See that black spot? Zoom in and take a look." Ye Shikai commanded. As the staff gradually zoomed in on the "black spot" on the photo, the curiosity vanished from everyone’s faces, because this "black spot" wasn’t dirt on the lens nor any "Venus transit", but rather a "flying object."

"Zoom in further."

"It’s the Mothman." Shen Wu was the first to recognize this "object"; it wasn’t an aircraft, but a Mothman hovering in the air, due to the distance, it merely appeared as a black dot at first glance.

"That’s right, it’s the Mothman." Thankfully, the camera’s high resolution allowed recognition even when zoomed in—an azure-faced, tusked beast covered in armored carapace, with arms growing two sharp claws.

"Indeed."

"What’s really going on here?" Jin Li’s face was solemn; this was the mystery of the photo. Under broad daylight, a Mothman was flying high above over Yanjing’s more than two million residents. Fortunately, the Mothman flew high, and the day was sunny with glaring sunlight, leading people to avoid looking directly into the sunlight, seemingly unnoticed, otherwise, it would surely cause an uproar.

Not a year has passed since the last Mothman incident. If some were to exaggerate the expose, it would surely cause panic...

"How did these mutated creatures come out?" Jin Li seemed irritated, the backstage manipulators had become audacious enough to let mutated beings out, this was intolerable.

"These mutated people have gained obedience, and can be commanded through special earpieces." Ye Shikai suddenly recalled something, dashing to the computer.

"Quickly, search around the Mothman’s vicinity, the earpiece signal reception range is limited; they should be atop nearby tall buildings."

"Okay."

The staff carefully searched the nearby tall buildings, but found no one, no trace of any individual.

"Seems like no one’s here." After a thorough search, the group couldn’t find anyone operating from the shadows.

"Could it be that it’s not captured?" Jing Xie questioned.

"That’s possible, after all, there are several buildings around here; perhaps someone hid in the blind spot of the camera," Jin Li analyzed, this possibility was high, if someone wanted to command the Mothman, they wouldn’t necessarily be on the top floor, just need to find a high enough floor.

"Hold on, look at that," Ye Shikai pointed towards the celebrity in the center of the camera.

"Take a closer look, what’s installed next to that celebrity’s ear?" Ye Shikai zoomed in on the photo, only then did the group realize that the celebrity’s ear was also equipped with an earpiece, and the man beside her was not looking at the celebrity but... at the flying Mothman in the air.

From the start, the investigation direction of the group was wrong, because this was a paparazzi photo, they instinctively believed it was about the celebrity’s scandal, so they didn’t investigate the celebrity and the man beside her and focused their attention elsewhere in the photo. Actually, the key to this photo was this celebrity and the man beside her.

No wonder Tianjing insisted on acquiring this photo, and no wonder the secret organization gambled to take down Tianjing and anyone who knew about the photo...

"Which celebrity is this?" Jin Li asked promptly.

"She’s called Yueling, a newly popular celebrity, though she’s not been in the industry for long, her rise to fame was remarkably swift; she’s immensely popular now, many want to hire her for advertisements and films, but she’s selective, with many claiming she’s acting like a diva," Phoenix introduced.

"Find her immediately, and also the man in the photo, both need to be located, at once," Jin Li commanded.

"Understood."

"Understood."

Ye Shikai never cared much for celebrities and scarcely watched dramas or films, so he generally wasn’t interested in celebrities, but since this celebrity named Yueling is involved with the Mothmen, it cannot be ignored.

"I want to go too. Where’s Yueling now?"

"She should be in Jiangnan City, heard she’s gone there for filming."

"Alright, let’s head over there immediately."

"Okay."

...............

"Since Yueling is a celebrity, which entertainment company is she with?" Ye Shikai asked.

"No, she’s with a personal studio, so her freedom is quite high, no one can order her around. Additionally, because she hasn’t joined an entertainment company, there’s no company agent, and popular celebrities evade paparazzi, making them elusive," Phoenix explained.

"Ordinary people would find it hard to locate her, but you’re with the National Security Bureau, finding her shouldn’t be difficult," Ye Shikai said, knowing that nowadays no place can truly be a ’secret base’, let alone finding a public figure.

"Of course, she’s still a public figure, achieving absolute secrecy is impossible, industry insiders would know her whereabouts, I just received word that she’s filming at a villa in the outskirts of Jiangnan City, there’s an estate where many scenes are shot."

"There’s no time to waste, let’s head to the airport and set off for Jiangnan."