Chapter 274: Chapter 206: Capitalist: Why Is He Running Around Randomly?
Even if she was a council member, she couldn’t completely dominate the Big Business Alliance.
If a major corporation decided to go head-to-head with a council member, even the council member would be in for a tough time.
Especially since Aishwarya had her own skeletons in the closet.
Hearing Lin Qi’s words, Xiao Gu was completely stunned.
A council member?
Council Member Aishwarya?
At the level of small businesses, they knew very little about the permanent council members of the Big Business Alliance; they might not even know all their names.
And now Lin Qi actually expected him to dig up information on a permanent council member. He was overestimating him.
"Lin Qi, you’re putting me in a tight spot..."
Xiao Gu looked troubled.
Lin Qi just smiled and said, "Xiao Gu, don’t feel too pressured. I’m just giving it a shot. Even if you don’t find anything, I’ll remember this favor. Just helping me ask around is enough."
Lin Qi’s goal was never to actually obtain intelligence.
To muddy the waters and startle the snake—these two objectives were Lin Qi’s true plan.
You could say that just by having Xiao Gu show up here, Lin Qi had already achieved his goal.
Xiao Gu nodded, then tentatively exchanged a few more words with Lin Qi.
Lin Qi didn’t say much, but he didn’t hide everything either.
He revealed some unimportant information to Xiao Gu.
For example, the trouble that was about to arise at the upcoming Asia Political Zone Advanced Pharmaceutical Enterprise Summit would very likely originate from Council Member Aishwarya.
If they wanted to ensure a smooth transition and protect themselves, they had to get some intelligence on Council Member Aishwarya.
To startle the snake, you had to make the snake feel the danger.
Xiao Gu nodded repeatedly.
’I see!’
’As expected of someone from Liu’s Heavy Industries, to have access to such explosive intelligence!’
Xiao Gu had never imagined that the Asia Political Zone Advanced Pharmaceutical Enterprise Summit would involve a power struggle between such high-level figures.
He couldn’t help but feel that getting to know Lin Qi had been the right choice.
If he hadn’t met Lin Qi, how would he ever have had the chance to learn such high-stakes information?
Xiao Gu promised Lin Qi, "I’ll do my best to ask around, but I can’t guarantee any results."
Lin Qi nodded, though deep down, he wasn’t expecting anything.
The meeting with Xiao Gu was essentially over. Lin Qi and Xiao Gu left the Prosthetic Clinic one after the other.
Afterward, Lin Qi began to move and wander through the core area.
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Meanwhile, Jingang, equipped with a High Level Prosthetic Body, also noticed Lin Qi’s movements.
Although his main focus was on surveilling Council Member Aishwarya’s family members, keeping an eye on Lin Qi was just a side task.
Jingang: "The target has started moving. Xiao Gu from Rotor Pharmaceutical has left. The target seems to be walking in circles?"
Jingang couldn’t understand the purpose of Lin Qi’s actions. It was clearly aimless wandering, with no specific destination in mind.
Capitalist quickly asked, "What’s the target’s current minimum distance to one of Council Member Aishwarya’s family members?"
Jingang: "It’s over 1800 meters."
Far away in the Council Building, Capitalist frowned.
’Could I really have guessed wrong?’
Capitalist had already acquired a large amount of intelligence on Lin Qi.
Capitalist could roughly guess why Lin Qi had met with Xiao Gu.
Ever since arriving in Alliance City, Lin Qi had been working to resolve the crisis facing United Pharmaceutical.
Joining the [Medical Small Business Alliance] was one of Lin Qi’s attempts.
Now that Liu Xuan had learned about Council Member Aishwarya, it was perfectly reasonable for Liu Xuan and Lin Qi to use their own skills to gather information.
It was even possible that this was a move orchestrated by the real "Wizard" from behind the scenes, a deliberate attempt to startle the snake.
As for the real "Wizard" himself, he was surely using his special methods right now to observe Council Member Aishwarya’s family members, or perhaps even Council Member Aishwarya herself.
Lin Qi’s behavior didn’t seem to match that of the real "Wizard."
Capitalist’s misjudgment stemmed from a lack of information.
The real "Wizard," who was in fact Lin Qi, did indeed need to get close to Council Member Aishwarya’s family members.
But it wasn’t as complicated as Capitalist imagined.
Lin Qi was currently relying on two Abilities: one was his Spiritual Vision, which had a range approaching a kilometer, and the other was his new Ability, Decomposition Mimicry.
The main thing was that the two worked in tandem.
Lin Qi’s true objective was to find the Extraordinary Professional among Council Member Aishwarya’s family members.
It took Lin Qi almost no time to determine whether someone was an Extraordinary Professional.
Having a target in his Spiritual Vision for just a minute or two was enough.
Therefore, Lin Qi’s seemingly meaningless wandering was, in reality, him skirting the edge of his Spiritual Vision’s range, "seeing" one family member of Council Member Aishwarya after another and using his Ability to assess them.
And Lin Qi had made further preparations to cover his tracks.
Based on Jingang’s reports, Capitalist found Lin Qi’s behavior increasingly strange.
’Why is he wandering?’
’Is he gathering information?’
But soon, a new report came from Jingang.
Jingang: "The target has returned to the previous Prosthetic Clinic. He is meeting with a new guest. Checking data now... the target is meeting with Yuan Hong from Tianshui Technology. Tianshui Technology is also a member of the [Medical Small Business Alliance]."
Aimless wandering?
Lin Qi had revealed his purpose.
The wandering seemed intended to interfere with surveillance from the likes of the Si Clan and Ninghang Technology. Although it felt a bit like a dead giveaway, in conventional thinking, this was a tactic most people would choose.
After all, what he really needed to confuse wasn’t human surveillance, but to prevent big data from capturing his patterns.
Chaotic behavior is difficult for intelligent algorithms to use to pinpoint true behavioral logic.
Capitalist fell into deep thought.
’Maybe it really isn’t Lin Qi?’
Although Lin Qi’s actions seemed very deliberate.
But Capitalist knew that there were some things a Wizard had to do; there was no need to lose sight of the big picture over this.
As for Lin Qi, he was already quietly making his calculations.
During this circuit, he had already analyzed six of Council Member Aishwarya’s family members, and so far, he had found no trace of an Extraordinary Professional.
The analysis was very fast, so he could be almost certain they were just ordinary people. There was one Martial Artist among them, though.
But Martial Artist was clearly not Aishwarya’s own Extraordinary Profession. It was a dime-a-dozen type of Extraordinary Profession.
To the big corporations, low-level Martial Artists were practically just a type of "talent" you paid to cultivate with resources.
After checking a round of targets, it was time to misdirect Capitalist.
Lin Qi arranged to meet Yuan Hong.
Just as with his conversation with Xiao Gu, Lin Qi dropped a "bombshell." When Lin Qi said Council Member Aishwarya’s name, Yuan Hong was visibly startled.
Tianshui Technology was not small; it was already among the top tier of companies just below the major corporations.
Yuan Hong had a much clearer understanding of the power of a permanent council member of the Big Business Alliance than Xiao Gu did, so the shock was even greater.
Lin Qi used almost the exact same script to speak with Yuan Hong.
In the end, Lin Qi also received Yuan Hong’s promise: "I’ll do my best. This is for all the members of our [Medical Small Business Alliance] as well."
When Yuan Hong left, her mood was much heavier.
’The matter involves a permanent council member. It seems a shift in the pharmaceutical industry’s landscape is inevitable this time.’
After bidding farewell to Yuan Hong, Lin Qi naturally began a new round of wandering.
There were still many members of Council Member Aishwarya’s family. Lin Qi was in no hurry, slowly planning his routes, checking them off one by one until he found his target.
Due to Lin Qi’s deliberate planning, his entire route was quite strange.
It had no logic to it, as if he were truly just wandering aimlessly.
What was even more bizarre was that Lin Qi passed by one Liu Clan-owned Prosthetic Clinic after another, meeting with member after member of the [Medical Small Business Alliance].
Because of the chaotic nature of his route, Capitalist was completely unable to discern Lin Qi’s true objective.
He could only arrive at the conclusion Lin Qi had deliberately manufactured.
That he was simply meeting with members of the [Medical Small Business Alliance] one by one, trying to find a way out for United Pharmaceutical in his own way.
