Chapter 100: Chapter 96: Headquarters Training!
"Minister Long, earlier you mentioned a major event will occur in Chengyang City within a month."
Wu Liang analyzed with solid reasoning: "So you must keep guard here, and I’ll dig out all those things that can’t be seen in the light, and give you a satisfactory answer!"
After speaking, he added: "I promise to return to Chengyang City within twenty days, after all, I can contribute against a City-Destroying Level disaster."
"This application to go up to the Capital City, will you approve it?"
Yuan Yi, standing by, showed no expression. Not knowing what she thought after hearing what Wu Liang said, Minister Long had already picked up his Magic Cube and started spinning it without a change in his demeanor.
This was his little habit when thinking.
The atmosphere in the office immediately froze to the extreme.
With each rotation of the Magic Cube, it was as if the space was about to be torn apart. Wu Liang could feel the whole room starting to undergo some inexplicable change.
Just when he felt the room was about to be distorted, Minister Long spoke: "Since you’ve said it like this, I have no choice but to approve, but there are two conditions."
"Go ahead."
"First, depart the day after tomorrow. I will file a training quota for you tomorrow, someone will meet you and take you to headquarters when you arrive at the Capital City, no one will dare to make a move on you without reason."
As he said this, he turned his head and deliberately glanced at Yuan Yi.
Even though his eyes were covered by a red cloth strip, making it hard to see his gaze, it was still apparent that Minister Long’s words were filled with implied threat.
His true purpose was clearly intended for that mad woman to hear!
As long as Wu Liang wasn’t going to the Capital City secretly but as an Official Awakened heading to headquarters for training, not even Yuan Yi could snatch him away.
To this, Yuan Yi just spat disdainfully.
"As for the second..."
Minister Long bared his sharp tiger teeth, his whole aura rising aggressively as he fiercely said:
"Second, you must ensure useful information on that bastard organization is investigated! Daring to cause trouble in Chengyang City, do they really think I’m a pushover?"
Seeing his fierce look, Wu Liang did not doubt that if discovered now, the next moment Minister Long would flatten the entire mountain if there was a base of the Promised Land hidden in the hills near Chengyang City.
Moreover, no one present doubted whether Minister Long had this capability.
He certainly did!
"No problem, I promise you!" Wu Liang answered confidently.
After all, even if Minister Long didn’t mention this request, he would still do his utmost to investigate the issues with the Promised Land, especially since his father was still locked in that bastard organization!
Then the two began discussing the precautions for going to the Capital City headquarters right in front of Yuan Yi.
Apparently, they wanted to make her give up on taking Wu Liang back and putting him on a research platform.
Minister Long emphasized several points regarding things explicitly forbidden at headquarters—
Including but not limited to: Prohibition of using Awakened Abilities in the base unless under special circumstances; Prohibition of using the real names of any official personnel, referring to one another by code names; Prohibition of illegal use of firearms; Prohibition of approaching xxx areas; Prohibition...
This series of regulations left Wu Liang dumbfounded.
He couldn’t help but complain: "Is this going to headquarters or to jail?"
Upon hearing this, Minister Long also said helplessly: "These are the constraints that Official Awakeneds should accept. We are now under special place policies because of distance from authority."
Minister Long’s last words were extremely awkward.
Clearly, the so-called special treatment was just letting things slip.
After all, since the resurgence of the supernatural, the status of Awakeneds has only risen incrementally with each attack on the public by Fierce Ghosts.
And in supernatural events, it is impossible to always adhere to enforcement regulations.
For instance, during the TV station incident handled by He Zhan and others, they directly drew guns to calm the victims to follow orders, and Minister Long casually issued a gun to Wu Liang.
These things, no matter how you look at them, are not compliant...
But there was no way around it. Awakeneds solving supernatural events where they might display some non-compliant behavior is within the official’s tolerated scope.
However, the Capital City was an exception.
Firstly, the official headquarters are located there; they must force a demonstration, otherwise, Awakeneds in other places would become increasingly reckless.
Secondly, the Capital City hosts the largest concentrated number of Awakeneds in Huaxia, requiring more cautious management, preventing them from acting wilfully.
Lastly, and most crucially—in the Capital City, you have no idea what level of Awakened you might meet. Without rules restricting you, you might provoke a powerful Awakened, and they could slap you to death!
"What about us Symbionts? Do the same policies apply to us as they do to the Awakeneds?" Wu Liang discovered a crucial issue.
All this was about the Awakeneds.
Yet, Minister Long didn’t outline policy restrictions regarding Symbionts?
Hearing this, Minister Long simply shook his head regretfully and replied: "Symbionts must abide by the aforementioned restrictions and even more additional ones. I’ll list the policy specifics for you tomorrow."
"..."
Suddenly, Wu Liang didn’t really want to go to headquarters anymore.
The thought of going felt like being heavily managed by the system, like before the resurrection of the supernatural when under nine years of compulsory education, which was very unsettling.
But before he could regret it, Minister Long mentioned another exciting piece of news:
"However, after entering headquarters for training, you will have access to many things that are not obtainable on electronic files. Most secret archives are stored in paper form at the headquarters. Perhaps there might even be records of your parents from back then."
Minister Long was no fool; he had long been aware that He Zhan was secretly investigating Wu Liang’s parents’ case from back then.
Truth be told, had it not been for Yuan Yi’s sudden visit, he had actually intended to send Wu Ming to the Capital City for training after some time.
After all, he himself had come through the training. Whether as an Awakened or a Symbiont, it’s undeniable that after going through the training, he had a better understanding and qualitative improvement of his abilities!
Minister Long hoped that Wu Ming could enhance his power as much as possible before a City-Destroying Level event occurred.
For no other reason than to survive...
"Alright, alright, line up the regulations for me tomorrow. It’s deep night already, I’ll just go check on He Zhan and head home."
Wu Liang felt that this trip to the office had indeed been quite fruitful.
Whether it was knowing clues about the Promised Land and the potential appearance of his parents’ case files or being aware of the impending arrival of the City-Destroying Level crisis, he could prepare in advance.
Information is the key to victory!
When the time comes, just leave the Puppet Ghost in Chengyang City, pretending Wu Liang is investigating the City-Destroying Level event, while he himself goes to the Capital City as Wu Ming, killing two birds with one stone.
Simply perfect!
"Wait...speaking of the Puppet Ghost...did I forget that some Fierce Ghost Minion is still wandering outside?"
At this time, the Hanged Ghost in Jiang Hongtao’s house was still endlessly tormenting that wretched couple.
The two were almost at the brink of a mental breakdown, their eyes appearing quite dull.
They only had one thought in mind—when will this torture ever end? They just wanted to die...