My profession is too unique.

Chapter 51 The Dissatisfaction of Two Master-Level Former Members

Zhang Hongbo waved his hand, and Fatty Sun scurried over. After the last deputy minister left and closed the door, Zhang Hongbo said with a smile:
"Show me Su Chen's information."

Fatty Sun reluctantly replied, "Why don't you just make the adjustment yourself? Why do you need to go through me?"

“I’m just temporarily supervising until Lao Yuan comes back, so it’s better to go through your internal channels.” Zhang Hongbo gestured for Fatty Sun to sit down.

Despite his reluctance, Fatty Sun could only slump into the chair, feeling extremely uncomfortable. He slowly and laboriously unlocked his bracelet, retrieved Su Chen's information, and projected it onto the table.

"Wow..." Zhang Hongbo feigned surprise, "On your very first day, you've already received a collective third-class merit..."

"I didn't expect Lao Yuan to just assign him to a regular patrol team. He's really impartial. Let me see how many times he's been on duty."

As Zhang Hongbo spoke, he scrolled down and nodded in satisfaction: "Perfect attendance, not bad, not bad, a pillar of our Nanfeng City."

Sun Pangzi felt a chill run down his spine, completely unable to understand the meaning behind Zhang Hongbo's words.

"Go back and tell him to work hard; the future of Nanfeng City depends on them." Zhang Hongbo waved, signaling Fatty Sun to leave.

Fatty Sun felt as if he had been granted a pardon and hurriedly left, his fat jiggling.

.........

"Brother, what's the rush?"

After a series of urgent knocks, Su Chen welcomed the panting Fatty Sun in.

"Brother, the city lord has his eye on you," Fatty Sun whispered.

Su Chen's eyelids twitched, and he couldn't help but ask, "What's going on?"

“Just now…” Fatty Sun sat down, still shaken, “After the meeting, he kept me behind alone and asked me about you.”

He recounted what had happened in detail, and couldn't help but scratch his head: "I don't know what he meant. If he was dissatisfied with your backdoor behavior, he didn't say anything."

"But it's impossible to bring you up without a reason."

Su Chen frowned as well; Yuan Chenyang's early rotation had disrupted many things.

Zhang Hongbo had a smiling face, and even though Lao Yuan said the other party was not a follower of the evil god, he still remained somewhat wary.

"Brother, do you have any suggestions?" Su Chen asked, seeing Fatty Sun scratching his head.

"I suspect he's targeting you, telling you not to blatantly accept a salary without working," Fatty Sun speculated. "Logically speaking, it's best to follow the rules now."

"Then I'll go on patrol?" Su Chen asked tentatively.

"No, I'm not going." Fatty Sun shook his head unusually, his face gloomy, and said in a deep voice, "So what if he's the city lord? His son still holds the title of Exploration Guard, but has he ever left the city even once?"

"Everyone knows this in tacit terms. You've even lost this little bit of privilege? If he really causes you trouble over this, we're not going to take it lying down."

"He has a lot on his plate and can't keep his eyes on you all the time."

Seeing Sun Pangzi's tough demeanor, Su Chen had a slight realization: Old Yuan's former subordinates were probably also very unhappy about his early rotation.

He finally had a moment of glory, and it wasn't just a fluke, but he was outmaneuvered by Zhang Hongbo. Now the other two departments have complaints about the Supervision Department, while this city lord is the one pretending to be a good guy.

"Okay, I'll listen to you, brother." Su Chen had no objection; he hadn't wanted to patrol in the first place.

Fatty Sun only came to let him know so that he would be aware of the situation, and then prepared to leave.

Su Chen asked the other party for help, and asked them to find a copy of the F-level body-strengthening and meditation method for each of them.

"You want the meditation method too?" Fatty Sun was a little surprised, but remembering Yuan Chenyang's instructions before leaving, he agreed to do what he could, only saying that the meditation method was more troublesome and he would have to wait a few more days.

After Fatty Sun left, Su Chen entered the gravity chamber. He hadn't been exercising for long when he heard someone knocking on the door.

He thought Old Sun had forgotten to remind him of something, but when he arrived at the door, he found that a yellow envelope had been slipped under the door at some point. Su Chen narrowed his eyes, opened the door and looked around. Because of the city lord's arrival, the guards that Fatty Sun had temporarily assigned to patrol had been temporarily suspended.

He carefully picked it up, his hands wrapped in a shadow-concealing cloak. Back in his room, he opened it and found only a line of small print inside—
[I know you took the spatial crystal. If you don't want everyone to know, explain in detail how Yuan Chenyang found the artifact. Place it in front of my door at this time tomorrow, along with the spatial crystal, and I might let you leave.]

Zhou Xian?

"Withdraw?" Su Chen scoffed. Even if he did have the space crystal, let alone no longer have it, he would never believe such an explanation.

"It's really unpleasant to be targeted," he murmured, his expression hardening. "But is this an investigation into why Qi Chuan died, or is it..."

Lighting the envelope, Su Chen took out the Black Flame Potion from his storage space, poured it down his throat, and then entered the gravity chamber to start sweating profusely.

The investigation and surveillance are likely to be just as useless as last time.

Su Chen did not do as the other party wished, but the other party also stopped responding, and the letter seemed to be just a trick on him.

The supervisory department, which was taken over by Zhang Hongbo, did indeed tone down its investigative activities, and the entire Nanfeng City seemed to have returned to its former harmony.

.........

Several days later, in the gravity chamber, Su Chen's movements became faster and faster, his skin was covered with sweat, and the stinging sensation in his body became more and more intense.

It felt as if sharp thorns were piercing his skin through his pores, and his muscles rippled like waves.

Moreover, Su Chen's pupils were tinged with an eerie purplish-red.

Until a certain moment, the muscles suddenly tensed up, as if they had tightened countless times in an instant, with the muscle fibers, invisible to the naked eye, expanding and contracting.

[Body Tempering Technique upgraded to Master level, gaining the ability -- Great Strength: Slightly increases personal strength]

Su Chen stopped moving, took a deep breath, and felt a swelling sensation in his body, which made him clench his fists, making a crackling sound.

"My strength has increased by at least 30%..." Su Chen carefully experienced.

The [Hellfire Meditation Technique] was already at the Master level five days ago, and the [Mental Shield] ability was obtained. It can use mental power to shield one's own presence. Combined with the Shadow Cloak, it is simply a weapon of concealment.

[Skybreaker: 82%]

[Secret Tool Maker: 61%]

Half of the medicine that Lao Yuan left him has been used up, and it has brought about significant progress in various aspects.

"I asked Lao Sun to find me some body-strengthening and meditation methods. I wonder if they're ready yet."

Su Chen stretched his limbs, gradually adapting to his body's increased functions, changed into clean clothes, and went to find Old Sun.

"Brother Su, come in, come in quickly..."

Sun Pangzi, who was hunched over his desk reviewing documents, immediately stood up to greet Su Chen upon realizing that the visitor was Su Chen.

"You've come for the body-strengthening method and meditation method, right?" Fatty Sun knew Su Chen's personality a little, so he didn't exchange many pleasantries.

I asked him to sit on the sofa, poured him a glass of water, and then took out two documents from a drawer under my desk, handing them to him and explaining:

"The F-rank Snake Shadow Body Tempering Technique leans towards speed, while the F-rank Dawn Meditation Technique focuses on one's own mental defense."

“They’re all photocopies. Take them back and look at them at your leisure.” Fatty Sun sat down next to him, his big butt making the sofa sag. “Just don’t sell them. This Snake Shadow Body Tempering Technique is an internal matter of our Supervision Department, so it’s all negotiable.”

“However, this meditation method comes from the Exploration Department…” he instructed.

Su Chen immediately assured him, saying solemnly, "Thank you for your trouble, brother."

(End of this chapter)