Chapter 23 Coercion and Inducement

Qin Siyang's inner turmoil was not reflected on his face at all.

He turned his back to the computer and stared directly at Wang Defa. His entire face was hidden in the shadows, keeping Wang Defa's heart constantly in suspense.

Wang Defa swallowed hard. His sideburns, which extended to his Adam's apple, twitched twice, and then a drop of sweat trickled down his chin.

"So, if you want to register with a fake sequence at the Sequence Ability User Administration Bureau, you can't go directly."

"You have to find someone to help you."

Qin Siyang was shocked again in his heart: For such a thing, are there really people within the Sequence Ability User Administration Bureau who dare to help with fraud?

Could it be that there are many people like himself who don't want to reveal their secrets to others?

However, Qin Siyang didn't ask these questions, because it was impossible for Wang Defa, the owner of an internet café, to know the answers.

He only asked Wang Defa about the things for which he could provide information.

"Who should I look for here?"

"Boss, as for who to look for, I don't know either... I'm not a Sequence Ability User. It's already not easy for me to know this much..."

Qin Siyang sneered, "If you don't know who to ask for help, what you've said is all for nothing."

Wang Defa's expression showed hesitation for a while. He glanced at Qin Siyang in the shadows and said, "I don't know who to ask for help, but I roughly know who to ask to find out the insider in the Administration Bureau."

"The name."

"The blonde policewoman in the police station, Royeliana."

"Royeliana?"

Qin Siyang wasn't familiar with the people in the police station because he had never dealt with the police officers.

Or rather, he had dealt with them secretly, mainly through anonymous battles of wits.

"Yes, Royeliana. The reason I know this is that about three years ago, one day, she came to my place and asked me to adjust the computer for her to use with a hidden address."

"I... I thought she was quite beautiful with her blonde hair and blue eyes, so I wanted to know what she was doing here."

"So, you monitored her computer?"

"Yes..."

It seemed that Liu Dazhi's character of liking to peek at customers was learned from his boss, Wang Defa.

It was just that Wang Defa had a sense of propriety and knew what to do and what not to do after peeking. And Liu Dazhi only learned Wang Defa's bad habits and didn't learn his shrewdness.

"On the interface, she had an anonymous conversation with someone about this very thing. She hoped that person could help her fix her identity. As a Sequence Ability User, what kind of identity does she need to fix? I guessed that it could only be forging a sequence."

"Later, I heard that Royeliana joined the police station and even has the 'Scent Sniffer' sequence, which is the most favored sequence in the police station. I became even more convinced that there was something wrong with her."

"If she really has the 'Scent Sniffer' sequence, why would she be worried about her identity?"

Qin Siyang nodded slightly and thought that Wang Defa's inference was reasonable. There was a high probability that Royeliana's sequence was problematic.

"Didn't that person leave any clues?"

Wang Defa recalled and shook his head, "No, that person was also anonymous. I only remember that the code name of that person in the chat room was [Dream Fulfiller]." "However, the code names in that chat room seem to be randomly assigned and change every day. He was called Dream Fulfiller that day, and no one knows what he will be called next time. So, I don't think this counts as a clue."

Qin Siyang thought for a while and then asked, "So, what were the terms of their transaction?"

"One silver coin. Royeliana put one silver coin under the floor tile next to the exit of a certain safe zone, and after that person got the money, he helped her forge the registration information."

"Didn't you try to go to that floor tile in advance and steal Royeliana's silver coin?"

Wang Defa smiled bitterly, "Boss, I didn't have the guts to do that. If I stole her silver coin, she would definitely guess that I was monitoring her, and then the reputation of my internet café would be ruined!"

"You also know that I'm just a front man, a white glove, for this internet café. The major part of the profit still has to be handed over. If the person behind me knew that I ruined his money-making path because of my greed, he would definitely skin me alive!"

"You're quite smart."

However, Wang Defa didn't feel happy about Qin Siyang's compliment. Instead, his tone was a bit resentful, "I'm an ordinary person. I deal with Sequence Ability Users every day. If I'm not smart, I would have died hundreds of times already."

"However, later, out of curiosity, I took the time to go and take a look at the location of that floor tile."

"Did you find anything?"

"If you're not a Sequence Ability User, you can't get anywhere near that floor tile at all."

"Why?"

"Because that floor tile is near the gate of the exit of the safe zone, which is an area where Sequence Ability Users rest. There are many people coming and going every day."

"Since there are people coming and going every day, how did Royeliana put the silver coin under it?"

"I don't know. Maybe she specifically chose a time when there was no one around to put it there. Boss, that's all I know."

Qin Siyang was silent for a long time, thinking about what to do next.

From Wang Defa's account, it was not difficult for him to guess that the insider in the Administration Bureau, [Dream Fulfiller], could obtain all of Royeliana's information.

Otherwise, it would be impossible to create a tailor-made forged identity for her.

But this anonymous transaction method made Qin Siyang believe that Royeliana didn't seem to know who this [Dream Fulfiller] was.

This meant that Qin Siyang had to trade with an unknown person and disclose all of his information.

The other party could always hide in the dark.

It was equivalent to giving this person a handle on himself, and the person could blackmail him at any time. Qin Siyang definitely couldn't accept being so passive.

"Okay, I see. Thank you. However, there's still one more thing I need your help with."

"Go ahead."

"I'm a bit short of money at the moment. Please lend me one silver coin to complete the registration and forge the sequence identity."

Wang Defa was stunned.

Wasn't he running around and being treated like this all because of that one silver coin?

Now, Qin Siyang actually wanted to borrow it back?! Then what was he doing all this for?!

Qin Siyang also knew that what he was doing wasn't very decent, but he really had no other way to scrape together the cost of one silver coin.

He couldn't just kill someone for the sake of one silver coin, could he?

"Boss, this is going too far, isn't it?! You're just playing me for a fool!"

"I said, this is a loan from you. Once I join the Sequence Ability User Administration Bureau, I'll pay you back double."

"You should know that if I wanted to take it by force, I wouldn't have to explain so much to you."

Wang Defa scoffed at the promise Qin Siyang made.

"Boss, I'm not unfamiliar with the idea of running a tab, but you're asking to borrow one silver coin at once. I..."

"I don't have time to chat with you. I can either borrow one silver coin from you, or I can just take one silver coin. You can choose. If you want to report me to the police station, you can give it a try too."

After saying that, Qin Siyang didn't wait for Wang Defa's reply: "You're a smart person. You know what the right choice is. Please go out. I need to use the computer. I'll come to the entrance of your internet café tomorrow evening. You can lend me one silver coin then."

Wang Defa clenched his fists and stood there, looking at Qin Siyang's back without answering.

"Don't do anything stupid. Think of your family."

Qin Siyang casually reminded him.