Soul Trigger

Chapter 106: Induction Day

Ji Li came to his senses and found himself on a metal square.

There were people gathered in groups of three or four standing in all directions.

Some of them were wearing agent uniforms, some were in plain clothes, and he even saw the people he had killed.

Obviously, the deaths in the assessment were not real deaths, but were probably caused by the "emergency avoidance" mechanism.

He also saw his new friend Li Zheguang, who was chatting and laughing with the white-haired young man next to him.

But although Li Zheguang was smiling, the young man had a sour face. The moment his eyes met Ji Li's, his face became even more sour.

It was Luo Hu who was killed by Ji Li just now.

He raised his leg and was about to walk over here, but was pulled back by Li Zheguang beside him.

After the other party moved his lips and said something, Luo Hu angrily shook off Li Zheguang's arm.

They didn't look like friends, but more like... a superior-subordinate relationship, at least a senior and a junior. Ji Li made his own judgment.

According to Filin, some contacts have several vacancies.

In this case, the "deacon" under his command will be sent to lead the team:
That is, among the elite operators, they are responsible for managing the elite operators under the liaison.

If converted to the Special Management Bureau, it is probably the level of a squad leader like Yan Xiyu.

Li Zheguang is a deacon, so Luo Hu should be his subordinate.

At this moment, Luo Hu seemed to say something to Li Zheguang.

The latter was stunned for a moment, and looked at Ji Li with some disbelief, then smiled and walked over.

Just after taking two steps, his expression froze and his steps suddenly stopped——

A strange spiritual fluctuation swept towards the entire venue like a tide.

As an extremely dangerous throbbing erupted in everyone's soul trigger, a figure appeared in the center of the square at some point.

He was a strong old man who was nearly two meters tall, with white hair standing up like a lion, and was wearing a specially made tight-fitting uniform.

A shawl hung on his broad shoulders, with silver medals stuck on his face, and the thick cloth extended to his neck with the iconic stand-up collar of the agent's uniform.

The entire square fell silent almost instantly, and everyone stared at the old man with serious eyes as if they had seen an extremely dangerous creature.

Director of the Aurora City Special Management Bureau - Han Xiaofu.

What was different was that after this lion-like old man appeared, the agents all showed reverence in their eyes and stood at attention and saluted.

But the operators were more diverse, some looked around curiously, while others glanced up and down with disdain.

Some had flickering expressions, hiding some kind of fear, and some even revealed greedy eyes——

The bounty on the black market for Han Xiaofu's head has reached a sky-high price.

But with a heavy snort from the old man, all the rude looks suddenly turned into panic, and violent spiritual pressure instantly hit all the Flash Street operators.

Li Zheguang groaned, his back suddenly bent halfway, and there was no longer any ease and comfort in his eyes, but instead a deep fear.

Luo Hu next to him was in an even worse condition. He fell directly to the ground and started doing plank, trying desperately to prevent himself from prostrating himself, with a ferocious look on his face.

The other people around also had different appearances. The best one was almost like Li Zheguang, with his back barely hunched.

As for wanting to move, that is just wishful thinking.

Such a terrifying spiritual pressure...even higher than the magic mirror, this is the current leader of the Special Management Bureau...

Li Zheguang's eyes flickered as he glanced at Luo Hu beside him.

He was trying frantically to get up from the ground, but it was of no use except making his body tremble even more violently.

Just in time to dampen this kid's enthusiasm...

Just as he was thinking about it, he turned his head and caught a glimpse of Ji Li standing there at the edge of the crowd, as straight as a chili pepper.

What's wrong with this guy?!

Luo Hu also noticed the abnormality outside the crowd. There was a look in his eyes that was unique to an angry young man, and it was written all over his face: "Why don't I accept it?" He actually wanted to enter the evil spirit transformation to forcefully support his body.

It was at this moment that the two saw the upright figure slowly bend down, and the shock in Li Zheguang's heart gradually subsided:

It turns out that he just persisted a little longer. As expected of a man under Filin, he has a temper...

The main reason was that the scene just now was a bit too outrageous. It stood like a golden hoop in front of the peak master.

But Luo Hu next to him was even more unhappy.

He was almost spasming like crazy while forcing himself to get out of the plank position. He was so tired that he was sweating profusely.

The wonderful atmosphere between the three is just one of the many operators who flashed on the street. There are also many who are lying on the ground unable to get up.

At this moment, the lion-like old man smiled, revealing half of his fangs. His eyes had long since turned into black and yellow animal eyes. He glanced around with great satisfaction and spoke:
"very good!"

The violent spiritual pressure suddenly loosened.

But that sound was like a huge bell ringing in their ears, causing the eardrums of some Flash Street operators to vibrate violently. They staggered from side to side and almost fell to the ground again when they stood up.

After a period of quiet chaos, those rude looks were completely withdrawn and turned into deep fear.

Han Xiaofu was obviously very satisfied with this scene, grinning with his beast-like fangs:

"First of all, welcome to the Special Management Bureau and become a member of the defense line for Aurora City and humanity..."

"But since you are here, you must abide by the rules here, just like you would abide by the rules of Shem Street if you were in Shem Street!"

"Respect your superiors, respect your colleagues, respect the Special Management Bureau and the Special Investigation Division! Anyone who violates the rules or has ulterior motives and wants to steal here, I will personally push your dog head into the toilet of the Black Prison!"

"have you understood!!!"

"I understand!"

A resounding voice came out from the mouths of the agents who were standing upright, but many of the surrounding Flash Street operators had not yet reacted.

Han Xiaofu grinned, and instantly appeared in front of one of the guys who was half a beat slower to react.

It was Luo Hu.

Including Luo Hu, all the people who hadn't reacted were instantly pinned to the ground by the terrifying spiritual pressure again:
"I said, did you understand?"

The sound almost deafened Luo Hu's eardrums. He could only close his eyes and yell quickly:
"I understand!"

"That's right..."

The spiritual pressure was gone. Han Xiaofu ignored Luo Hu who sat down on the ground, and suddenly turned to look at a young man outside the crowd.

Then he appeared beside him in an instant and slapped him on the shoulder:
"you!"

Feeling a strong force on his shoulder, Ji Li turned his head and looked at the other party:

"Hello, Chief?"

Han Xiaofu was stunned for a moment, then he gave an exaggerated smile:

"It's the Director, not the Director."

Then his body flashed and disappeared into the air:
"Remember to speak louder next time."

Watching the other party disappear into thin air, Ji Li keenly sensed something strange——

This big old man seemed to have a different attitude towards him.

As Han Xiaofu disappeared, the space of the Lingbo Prison began to vibrate, and the loud voice was still echoing in the spirit essence:

"After you go out, people from each team will come to guide you through the process, and your assessment results will be announced at that time."

"Work hard for me, even if not for the Special Management Bureau, it's for yourselves." Luo Hu punched the ground fiercely:
"Damn this damn cop..."

"Tsk, that's a really effective show of force."

Li Zheguang loosened his collar and exhaled a breath of foul air, with a fine layer of sweat on his forehead.

It is indeed not comfortable to be in this kind of spiritual pressure environment for a long time.

He smiled and waved at Ji Li, then glanced at Luo Hu at his feet.

Ji Li nodded to him as a greeting, and then his body disappeared with a flash of shadow in the gradually collapsing Lingbao Prison.

After coming out of the Lingbao, all the operators who participated in the assessment returned completely to the headquarters of the Special Management Bureau in the real world. The circular hall on the first floor suddenly became a little messy.

Some team leaders came in from all directions and began to call out people's names to go through the onboarding process.

Ji Li also saw a cool girl with red eyes and a cigarette in her mouth walking towards him.

She had jet-black hair tied up in a high ponytail that hung down to her waist, swaying slightly with her steps.

It was Yan Xiyu.

"It's been a while since I last saw you." Ji Li took the initiative to say hello.

Yan Xiyu was wearing a special agent uniform. His slender fingers wrapped in leather gloves took off the cigarette from his lips. A complicated look flashed in his eyes:

"You guy... I finally remembered where I've seen you before."

Ji Li frowned: "?"

"But this is not the point today. Director Kosuke wants to see you."

That old lion head?
Ji Li immediately thought of the other party's somewhat subtle attitude towards him, and seemed to have some answers.

……

In a quiet meeting room.

There were three people sitting in front of Ji Li, wearing different clothes.

The person in the central government was Han Xiaofu, the director general of the Special Management Bureau, whom I had just met. He was sitting quite relaxed in a chair, and Yan Xiyu was standing behind him.

On the left was an elegant middle-aged man with long hair, looking at him with an inexplicable smile.

On the right is a square-faced man wearing a police uniform, with a more serious expression.

After a few minutes of explanation from the three people on the opposite side, it was basically the same as Ji Li's guess -

His performance was so good that he was noticed by people from three different agencies.

The three people in front of me are from three different official awakener organizations:
The police department's Abnormal News Department, Special Management Bureau, and Third Contact Defense Team.

The former is a special investigation department for public security and case investigation, while the latter is a special elite force directly under the command of the Silla central government.

The police station was okay, but the Third Kind of Contact Defense Team was the first time Ji Li encountered one.

He was familiar with this situation. In his previous life at Murphy Structure, he often competed with the top leader and the second-in-command for scientific research talents, which was the situation now.

The two people next to him offered him different prices:
You will start work at the police station immediately and enjoy the treatment of a middle-level cadre and various benefits, as well as the allocation of awakened resources from the entire central police station, as well as various social welfare benefits. They also said that you will be the next director of the General Administration.

The third type of contact defense team means that he can enter the central system of Silla and directly become the superior person among the awakened ones and ordinary people, and by the way, the superior person in the awakened agency.

He was also guaranteed the treatment of a squad leader in the third-category contact defense team, as well as resource allocation for elite positions.

There is also a third type of direct promotion opportunity within the defense corps, which means that within three years you can enter the capital's system and become the chief leader of a defense corps, and within ten years you can reach the position of major general in the defense corps.

To be honest, without talking about the content of resource allocation, at least in terms of social status, the pie is at least not small.

But Ji Li didn't say anything.

To him, none of these places seemed sensible.

There is no need to consider the police station at all. There is only one Abnormal Stories Department that is related to the awakened ones. There is no way he can become the boss of a local police force.

The third type of contact defense team is a somewhat tempting choice, but only if he has not joined Flash Street and has not entered the protection of Filin.

Therefore, he doesn't need to choose at all, he will definitely stay in the Special Management Bureau.

The reason why he has not spoken is that in such a competitive environment, should the Special Management Bureau consider improving its own remuneration?

After a moment of silence, Han Xiaofu, who had not mentioned the price, smiled and slammed the table. His eyes seemed to see through Ji Li's thoughts:

"If you ask me...you are all petty."

Then he spread his hands, and golden spiritual fluctuations flashed in his eyes:
"As long as you stay in the Special Investigation Division, I, Yan Xiyu, can help you with any promotion path, my position, resources and benefits, or even marriage and having children!"

The red-eyed cool girl suddenly curled her lips, glared at Han Xiaofu from behind, and her mouth seemed to move.

Judging from the shape of his mouth, he should be cursing.

"But, in my opinion, these are all necessary..."

"You can ask for anything you want, as long as you are willing to stay in my Aurora City Special Management Bureau!"

Just mention it?
A cunning look flashed across Ji Li's eyes:

"Really just mentioning it casually?"

Seeing that the "young man" who had been silent all this time was finally willing to say a few more words, Han Xiaofu grinned and determined that his strategy was completely fine:

"Of course, you can mention it as you like. Say whatever you want. We'll talk about whether it can be realized later. Tell me first..."

"Then I can be the president of Silla?"

Han Xiaofu's bold expression was stuck on his face.

The elegant middle-aged man was stunned for a few seconds and then burst out laughing. The square-faced director's mouth twitched, as if he wanted to laugh but felt that he shouldn't laugh.

On the contrary, Yan Xiyu, who was standing behind, had a gleam in his eyes, and his eyes, which had originally lacked interest, became more focused.

"Boy, you really dare to say that..."

Han Xiaofu put away the smile on his face and coughed twice:
"This...has to be within my capabilities..."

"Then I want the cultivation channel of the spiritual circuit..." Ji Li paused, "and the manufacturing method of the personality shadow burster."

"Can the Special Management Bureau give it to you?"

……

"You really dare to say that."

In the corridor, Ji Li and Yan Xiyu, who had changed their clothes, walked sideways.

"What is there to be afraid of saying? They just asked me for a favor." Ji Li adjusted the collar of his new clothes.

After coming out of the conference room, Yan Xiyu took Ji Li to the equipment room and collected his things.

The deputy captain's identity card, the "elite" professional badge, and a long-range weapon that can adjust according to cognition.

And this special operations uniform.

……

PS: Today's update was not very normal, because I had a social event at noon and couldn't take a lunch break. I slept after get off work, so I didn't have enough time. The outline is still being adjusted. I originally planned to post the second update at midnight, but I couldn't write anymore after writing for a while.

I have to go to work tomorrow, mainly because I haven't completed my own targets. I'm sorry to everyone who has been following me, so I will have to make up for the second update tomorrow.

　I need to adjust and speed up the pace. The pace has been a bit slow recently, so I will post one update now. I will write the second update in the middle of the night, or tomorrow.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)