Odd Containment Specialist.

Chapter 1197 A Calm Morning Shift

People started coming in one after another at seven o'clock in the morning.

Mo Ying was the first to arrive at the office; she arrived at 6:30.

She was slightly surprised to see that Natsumori and Kodaka were both in the office, in addition to Goro.

"I thought only Goro would be in the office. Why are you all here so early? Also, Xia, aren't you still on vacation? Why are you at work?"

"Xiao Gao had something urgent to attend to, so I came with him. But Ying Jie, do you always come to work this early?"

"Well, actually I'm already late. I'm used to getting up early to meditate for an hour and exercise. After I finish those two things, I rest for a bit and then come back, and it'll be about time."

Here, the breakfast you asked me to bring.

Mo Ying handed a breakfast to Wu Lang, then sat down at her workstation, opened her own breakfast, and said to Xia Shou and Jiang Wengao:
"There's no share for you guys. If this guy had told me beforehand, I could have brought it for you. Unfortunately, he didn't think of you at all."

Goro: "I forgot! It's alright, I'll just tell Xiaoyue. She's probably just left home. Her family has a chef, so their breakfast is even better."

"Have Xiaoyue bring three servings, I want two servings," Xia Shou said to Wulang, thinking that he should also bring Weiyu's serving, knowing that it was homemade breakfast, she would be very happy.

Mo Ying turned on her computer and started watching videos while eating. Wu Yin Goro wanted to do the same, but Mo Ying stopped him and he had to force himself to continue working.

Not long after, more people came to work. The third to arrive was Ke Hen. As soon as she entered, she glanced around and exclaimed the same thing as Mo Ying: "Xiao Gao is here so early today? Doesn't he usually arrive right on time? And why is Senior Xia Shou here too?"

Good morning, Xiao Ke.

"Good morning, Sister Ying. Mmm, it smells delicious! I also ate at this restaurant."

Kehen sat down, glanced at the empty seat across the table, and said, "Raising kids is really troublesome. Ever since we started taking care of them, Senior Baihe's work hours have been getting later and later. He used to be a model of attendance."

No sooner had he finished speaking than Baihe appeared at the door.

"Wow! The sun is rising in the west! Senior Shirakawa is here really early today. Didn't Huiyu sleep in?"

“I sent Huiyu to Huangfu’s house. Younu is better at taking care of children than I am, and her cooking is more to that brat’s liking. He’s always making a racket, it’s so annoying. So I talked to Huangfu, and he said that Huiyu could stay at his house.”

"Tsk tsk tsk, I didn't expect you to be willing to do that."

"There's no other way. After all, I have to balance work and life. When I work from home, Huiyu is particularly interested in photos and patterns of unusual events. I can't keep all of these things, so I simply handed him over to Aburame to take care of. Aburame also said that she especially likes children."

A few seconds later, Huangfu followed him in, also carrying a large bag of breakfast: "Here you go!"

He handed the breakfast to Baihe, then picked up the rest and called out:

"Is anyone else who hasn't had breakfast? I brought extra."

"Wow, as expected of you, you've completely integrated into the workplace! Could I have one?" Goro raised his hand.

"Xia Shou, Xiao Gao, do you want to eat?" Huangfu asked.

Goro stuffed the last bun into his mouth and snatched the breakfast from Huangfu's hand: "They can wait for Xiaoyue to bring it later. Just give it to me. I'm not full. I haven't gained any weight from working overtime lately."

As more and more people entered the office, the atmosphere gradually became lively. Soon, Li Ming arrived, carrying his backpack full of work materials as usual, looking like a junior high school student coming to school. He greeted everyone like a student reading aloud and greeting his teachers, then slipped into his workstation surrounded by a mountain of documents in the corner of the office, like a high school student diving into a sea of ​​questions, or a prisoner voluntarily walking into jail.

Seeing this, Xia Shou couldn't help but ask with concern, "Do you think that if Xiaoming hangs out with us like this, he won't know how to get along with his peers in the future? He's not in school at the age when he should be, so won't he become out of touch with normal society?"

"Pfft! That's hilarious! How many years older can you be than Xiaoming?" Goro mocked.

Jiang Wengao: "Brother Shou, why don't you care about me? I'm the same age as Xiaoming, only eight months older than him."

"Oh, I almost forgot about you. Never mind then." Xia Shou glanced at Xiao Gao and shook his head.

Soon, the office door was pushed open again, and Su Yue followed her in.

"Hey? Brother Xia Shou is here today too?"

"Yes, I came with Xiao Gao. He has some questions for you." Xia Shou opened the lunchbox. It contained crystal shrimp dumplings, steamed buns, a small fried dough stick, and a cup of soy milk. The portions were just right, healthy and delicious.

Xiao Gao opened the lunchbox and gasped, "Sister Su, do you eat such a lavish breakfast?"

"Let's eat and ask at the same time. It's not like you're asking for confidential information. Besides, everyone will have to clean up your mess afterward. Even if it is confidential information, we'll find out sooner or later. Just ask directly," Xia Shou said.

Xiao Gao nodded and asked, "Um... Sister Su, didn't you fight Lin Tiandong in the Divine Law War before?"

"Yes, what's wrong?"

"I remember Lin Tiandong died in battle, right?"

"Of course, why are you suddenly asking this?"

"It's nothing, I just want to know if it's possible for Lin Tiandong to... well, even if he really is dead, is it possible for him to be resurrected? For example, by using necromancy to revive the corpse, and then he would become someone who is essentially dead, but outwardly indistinguishable from a living person."

"I don't know, you'll have to ask the minister. Captain Lin's body should have been recovered by the bureau. Do you think someone would use his body?"

"No, that's not it. I was just guessing. I don't really understand it myself. Don't overthink it because of my question. I really don't know the situation yet." Jiang Wengao scratched his head sheepishly.

Xia Shou stroked his chin, lost in thought.

Xiao Gao cannot reveal specific information about the dream game, which is indeed quite troublesome. Although he can activate the withered eye of the story centipede and combine it with Ke Hen's [Observer] to obtain information about the future, there are still many variables in this approach.

For example, a prisoner who is to be responsible for transmitting intelligence in the future is controlled by the enemy for the next ten years. The enemy disguises himself as one of their own and specifically transmits false intelligence to the prisoner.

Then the controlled prisoner still believed it and told them, so even Kehen's "observer" couldn't see through it.

Moreover, not only is the future uncertain, but the act of using a blind person's eyes is itself uncertain.

Firstly, the remaining eye is the remnant of the named one, belonging to the sealed object that overdraws the depth of the Root Sea.

Secondly, each use of the damaged eye increases the risk of revealing the name's aura.

It is precisely for this reason that Xia Shou has only used his Broken Eye a few times so far.

(End of this chapter)