Soul Trigger

Chapter 148 Changes
In the main building's conference room.

Ji Li and Yan Xiyu sat down below. Ku Niuer took out a document from her briefcase and handed it to Ji Li. It was a promotion appointment letter.

He opened it and saw:
"Secret Service Officer?"

The Special Management Bureau has a total of 1-11 levels from top to bottom, and enjoys different levels of resource benefits and authority.

Starting from Level 6 "Police Officer", one can have the authority to dispatch hidden networks. Starting from Level 5 "Chief Police", one can have the authority to dispatch military supplies and be equipped with a separate quartermaster.

Like Han Xiaofu, he is a level 1 "Special Management Director" and his position is "Director General".

Cool Girl is a Level 5 "Chief Policeman" and serves as one of the core squadron leaders of the Special Investigation Division.

The appointment letter in Ji Li's hand was for a Level 4 "Special Agent", which was considered the highest rank for the backbone of the entire Special Management Bureau system.

Generally speaking, it usually takes several years of accumulation to reach this position.

This is limited to the judging criteria of awakened field personnel. If it is a civilian, the number is at least ten years.

It can be considered a direct promotion.

The appointment letter mentioned that the adjutant previously assigned to him, the mixed-race girl Jasmine, would continue to handle clerical and coordination work for him.

His job title is [Special Task Force Officer].

"This is the appointment letter signed by Director Xiaofu himself. Generally speaking, if there is no vacancy, the rank will not be issued." Yan Xiyu explained, while also hinting at something.

Ji Li flipped through the documents in his hand and could understand what the Special Management Bureau meant.

Want to absorb him further.

The name of this position, “Special Task Executive Officer”, looks impressive, and the rank of a Level 4 special agent officer is not low.

But in fact, no substantial troops were assigned to him to lead. In other words, this was a position without any troops. Apart from the adjutant who was responsible for helping him to connect with the affairs of the Special Management Bureau, there were basically no agents for him to use.

From Han Xiaofu's perspective, he is an excellent "young" awakener, and because of his "young" age, he is very malleable, and the probability of him being absorbed by the Special Management Bureau is much higher than that of other operators from Flash Street.

But from the perspective of the Special Management Bureau, he is a newcomer after all, and the agents will definitely not let him go. This is a matter of principle.

However, his rank allowed him to dispatch quartermasters and other special agent teams, as well as various powers that came with his rank.

This should be a final compromise appointment result. It is not a surprise to Ji Li. It is a reasonable result and a gain.

The fact that he was brought into this meeting room today is proof of this:

There are now only less than 30 people in the huge tiered conference room.

The number of people sitting was a little scattered, and they were basically the senior and backbone members of the Special Management Bureau, sitting in their respective sections and departments.

Yan Xiyu did not sit with the other three core squadron members, but sat next to them with Ji Li.

However, Ji Li didn't see any of the operators who came from Flash Street.

He was the only one in the entire conference room who came from Shan Street.

While Ji Li was looking at the appointment letter, he was discussing in a low voice with Yan Xiyu, and there were many whispers around.

Soon, an elegant middle-aged man walked onto the stage with a serious expression. He was the inspector named Zhao Zhecheng.

As he walked onto the stage, the people below naturally fell silent.

But Ji Li raised his eyebrows and looked at Yan Xiyu with a little doubt in his eyes——

Where is Han Xiaofu?

"Everyone, this is an urgent matter. I will not waste any time on empty talk and let's get straight to the point."

Zhao Zhecheng glanced at the key agents below and paused for a moment at Ji Li's side:
"Director Xiaofu has been out of contact for some time, and his locator has been damaged. The hidden network has been maliciously interfered with. We are unable to find his coordinates for the time being."

There was an uproar below——

"The director is missing?!" A man stood up from his seat, and he seemed to be Han Xiaofu's confidant.

Ji Li was stunned and glanced at Yan Xiyu.

Cool Girl nodded quietly, with a hint of worry in her eyes:
"Normally speaking, the time he has been missing cannot be considered as missing, but if the hidden network has been disrupted and the locator is also malfunctioning, it could be very fatal at this juncture."

"Is there any possibility of delay?"

Yan Xiyu shook his head:
"Quan Qixian is not in the guard today either."

Ji Li lowered his eyes and thought of the "Crow Man" who suddenly visited last night and Da Lei who he could not contact.

There is no such coincidence in the world.

Zhao Zhecheng on the stage also announced the situation of the guards at almost the same time as Yan Xiyu. While loudly suppressing the noise below, he continued to speak solemnly:

"The situation is urgent right now. This news is limited to those who are in the meeting today. Once you leave this door, keep it to yourself!"

After observing the reactions below, he continued:
"I have just had an emergency meeting with the senior leaders of the Guards. We will observe for a few more days. During these days, we will also send out a search team to look for the Director."

"It would be best if Director Xiaofu came back. If he still hasn't come back in half a week..."

He sighed:
"We must report this matter to the capital..."

The senior executives below whispered for a while, and some of them changed their expressions, but there were not many objections.

Under the current circumstances, even if people from the capital come to settle the affairs of the Pilgrimage Day, it is inevitable that some problems within the Special Management Bureau will be exposed.

But in the face of such an emergency, most of the top leaders were sensible.

There may still be strong people left among the local chaebols, but Han Xiaofu and Quan Qixian represent the official face of Aurora City and are almost the two strongest people in public.

The disappearance of these two people meant that the situation had become serious enough that it was time to call the capital.

But Ji Li frowned suddenly.

"what happened?"

Ji Li did not try to hide it in front of Yan Xiyu, but just shook his head:
"Let's talk after the meeting."

Afterwards, Zhao Zhecheng began to make temporary personnel changes, which included Ji Li's promotion. Naturally, there were some dissenting voices, but once the spiritual fire exploded in his head, these objections disappeared -

As long as your fist is big enough, you should be in the upper position.

In the next phase, considering the current situation, Zhao Zhecheng no longer hid the information and announced the information about the Tower of Babel that the Special Management Bureau had to the backbone and senior management in front of him. …

After the meeting, Ji Li took Yan Xiyu to Zhao Zhecheng's office.

At this moment, the disappearance of Director Shi Zi had just been reported, and many senior executives wanted to stop Zhao Zhecheng after the meeting to learn more about the situation.

Zhao Zhecheng also foresaw this situation and quickly hid in his office, refusing to see anyone except the current head of the Special Investigation Section.

After learning that it was Ji Li and Yan Xiyu who were visiting, he still asked his adjutant to let them in.

There was a man with sharp eyebrows and bright eyes and a slicked-back hair in the room at the moment. He was about thirty years old and had a very handsome face. He was the head of the Special Investigation Section.

The position of "section chief" is very common, such as the political affairs section and the logistics section. These positions exist in the Special Management Bureau. They are not very high and are considered to be the level of a fifth or sixth level middle-level leader.

But that is a department. The Special Investigation Department is strictly speaking a key subsystem of the Special Management Bureau, so the rank of the head of the Special Investigation Department is very high, reaching level three.

After seeing Yan Xiyu and Ji Li come in, he seemed to frown at Ji Li, and then looked at Zhao Zhecheng:

"Let's wait until they finish talking about their business first."

Ji Li didn't say much. He and Yan Xiyu walked forward and informed Zhao Zhecheng of an important piece of information.

"The film witch thinks... that people coming from the capital cannot be trusted?"

Zhao Zhecheng's face did not look good.

Ji Li felt that this news was making matters worse. He smiled bitterly:
"I see. I will make a decision on this matter. Thank you for your information."

Then his expression relaxed, he stood up, walked to him, and patted his shoulder:

"Young man, although the situation is not optimistic, don't be too stressed."

"Director Xiaofu is the pillar of the Special Management Bureau. He can't fall. But no matter what, we must be fully prepared."

Then he looked at Yan Xiyu again:
"Captain Yan, don't worry too much. Whether it's the capital or the terrorists, we old bones will hold it up even if the sky falls."

"Wait until today's personnel transfer process is completed, and then you can continue with the cases you were working on."

With Han Xiaofu missing, the biggest burden temporarily fell on him, not the deputy director.

Ji Li sneered at his soothing words, and he and Yan Xiyu agreed without saying any meaningless polite words, then turned and left.

The two of them strolled in the corridor, Yan Xiyu flipping through the documents in his hand with an expressionless face.

But her repeated actions showed that her heart was not as calm as she appeared to be.

"When I found the director yesterday, he was about to go out. I didn't expect that he would lose contact directly..."

Ji Li didn't ask the other party whether he told her the reason for his trip.

Because if Yan Xiyu knew, he would have brought it up at the meeting just now.

"Feeling the pressure?" Ji Li said.

Yan Xiyu glanced at him and sighed:

"Don't tell me you didn't..."

Not only that, Han Xiaofu means a lot to her, and she is also worried about the current situation of the lion spirit.

"Then do it well."

Ji Li grinned:

“The greater the pressure, the more motivated we are.”

“The more motivated you are, the better your execution will be.”

"We will meet on the road to becoming 'God'."

Yan Xiyu couldn't help but grin, then suddenly closed his mouth:
"funny……"

Both of his backers are away for the time being. Do you think Ji Li has no pressure?
Not really. Three hundred years is just enough time for him to get used to this drastic change in environment.

Moreover, pressure is directly proportional to growth. For him, the environment has simply become a little worse.

But what happened last night was indeed a wake-up call.

The embodiment of the Desperate One is just the beginning.

The superposition of red matter can allow him to reproduce his mechanized past. In other words, as long as he continues to become stronger and stronger enough, he will be able to find his past body, even if it is in the form of cognitive overlay.

The path to God is not so far away.

"I say... Ji Li, I remember you are an international student, right?" Yan Xiyu suddenly stopped.

"What's wrong?" Ji Li almost forgot about it. He had hardly ever lived in the original owner's identity.

"If things get out of control, will you flee back to your country?"

"Which step? Aurora City sinking into the sea?"

"It's not wrong for you to think so."

"Then this country is too fragile. Bunny Girl loves kimchi so much, she must be heartbroken."

"...Eating kimchi does not equal patriotism, and I'm just asking casually."

"If the environment becomes extremely bad, I will move my Aries Academy and give your Special Management Bureau a ride."

This unexpected answer made Yan Xiyu unable to hold back.

It’s just a jurisdiction. Is Aries College yours now?

But I felt a little relieved unconsciously:
“Then why don’t you move Silla away?”

"Do I look like I'm half asleep?"

At this moment, a male voice came from behind the two of them:
"You two, please stay!"

The two turned around and found that it was the head of the special investigation department.

(End of this chapter)