A calm voice interrupted the minister.
Everyone was taken aback. Who? Has this guy gotten himself into a panic? How dare he object at a time like this?
But when people looked in the direction of the voice, they were shocked to find that the person who was opposing it was Fang Xiu himself!
Some ambitious fourth-tier spirit masters immediately felt a surge of hope.
Great! Fang Xiu must have felt that his abilities weren't enough to convince the others, so he voluntarily declined the title of captain. I have a chance now!
The minister's face fell immediately upon hearing the dissenting voices, but when he saw that it was Fang Xiu, his attitude changed completely, akin to a Sichuan opera face-changing act.
He smiled gently and asked, "Fang Xiu, why do you object?"
Fang Xiu calmly said, "With my achievements, I am not qualified to be the head of the headquarters as a captain."
These words further elevated everyone's opinion of Fang Xiu.
What does it mean to be neither humble nor arrogant? What does it mean to remain calm in the face of honor or disgrace? What does it mean to not be complacent or arrogant?
That's it!
Despite being the greatest contributor to saving headquarters, he still chose to refuse the title of captain offered by headquarters, even with everyone's agreement.
Not everyone has this kind of courage.
The minister's gaze toward Fang Xiu grew increasingly satisfied, and his resolve to make him the team leader strengthened.
"Fang Xiu, don't refuse. I know you feel that you are only at the third rank and not qualified for the position of captain, but we have all seen your achievements. It can be said that without you this time, headquarters might have been destroyed. Therefore, this captain position is truly the one that everyone wants, not someone else..."
“I think you may have misunderstood,” Fang Xiu interrupted the minister with calm words.
"What I mean is, with my achievements, the position of captain is not worthy of me at all. I should be... the captain-in-chief."
Snap!
The minister's pen fell onto the table with a crisp sound.
His smile froze on his face.
Upon hearing these words, everyone present fell silent, staring in disbelief at Fang Xiu's calm demeanor.
They even began to doubt their own ears.
Did I hear that right?
Captain... Captain!?
Don't you want to listen to what you're saying? Tier 3, the Captain-Commander? ???
"Fang... Fang Xiu, I didn't hear you clearly just now. What did you say you wanted to be?" The minister also began to doubt his ears.
Fang Xiu calmly repeated it again.
“I said that with my achievements, I should be the captain.”
After his confirmation, the scene became quite quiet.
Everyone's previous opinion of Fang Xiu was instantly overturned. What nonsense about being neither humble nor arrogant, nor calm in the face of honor or disgrace.
It turns out that he didn't care about the captain's position at all; he wanted to be the chief captain!
You've really mastered the meaning of the phrase "arrogance stemming from one's own achievements."
"Um... Fang Xiu," the minister said with a forced smile, "you're still young, and this is your first time at headquarters. You're not familiar with many of the affairs here yet..."
"Didn't you say that without me, headquarters would have been destroyed? Since I saved headquarters, it's not too much to ask for me to be a captain, is it?"
Fang Xiu's calm words immediately shut the minister up.
He now wishes he could slap himself twice. Why did he have to say all this? Wasn't he just shooting himself in the foot?
"That's true. We've all seen your achievements. It's not impossible for you to become the captain with such merits, but it's too early for you now. You can first become a captain to gain experience, and then it's not too late to talk about becoming the captain."
The minister's words were well-intentioned and meant no harm; in fact, he had no ulterior motives.
It's not that I have any vested interests with anyone or want to promote my own people to positions of power.
Rather, he genuinely felt that Fang Xiu was still inexperienced. Although he was exceptionally capable, this was Fang Xiu's first time at headquarters. He had never held a position at headquarters before, and he had never even served as the captain of a branch of the investigation bureau in any city. Where would he get the experience of being the chief captain?
The captain needs not only great strength and outstanding abilities, but most importantly, sound decision-making.
The chief investigator is the brain of the national investigation bureau, the helmsman, and the one who directs the national investigation bureau. Without outstanding coordination and decision-making abilities, it would be really difficult to do this job.
In fact, the minister had considered putting Fang Xiu in this position, since Fang Xiu, who has the ability to foresee the future, is the perfect person to be a leader.
But not now, but rather after a period of training.
Seeing that the minister was somewhat reluctant, Fang Xiu couldn't help but unleash his ultimate weapon.
"You think I'm not good enough to be the captain?"
The minister looked troubled, unsure how to speak directly for fear of hurting the feelings of a meritorious official, so he could only say tactfully, "It's not that I'm not good enough, but I should gain more experience and familiarize myself with the affairs of headquarters..."
"No need to say anything more, I have already seen the future."
Calm words echoed throughout the room.
"In the future, only if I become the captain can I lead the headquarters to defeat the supernatural and eliminate the chaos caused by it in the world."
Everyone was stunned and for the first time truly understood the feeling of being silenced by the words "I have seen the future".
Can predicting the future be used in this way?
The crowd looked at each other, unsure whether Fang Xiu was telling the truth or not.
You might say it's fake, but they've never been wrong in predicting the future.
But if it's true, is it possible that Fang is using the pretense of knowing the future to gain power for himself?
This prophecy could not be verified at all, because apart from Fang Xiu, no one else present could see the future.
The minister was caught in a dilemma. Even with his shrewdness and experience, he couldn't be sure whether Fang Xiu's prediction was true or false.
After a moment's thought, he asked in a deep voice, "Fang Xiu, have you really seen the future you speak of? Or rather, can you really lead headquarters to create a future without the bizarre?"
Faced with the minister's questioning, Fang Xiu remained unmoved, his calm eyes sweeping across the room. Under the watchful eyes of everyone present, he said calmly:
"My predictions have never been wrong; I am the future."
(I've noticed some malicious people in the comments section lately slandering me, saying I split three chapters into four. Don't you have any conscience? This is blatant slander! I clearly split one chapter into four. I won't allow you to defame me like this!)
I used to write four chapters as one, which ruined my health, made my girlfriend leave, and even made me bald. Now, I finally manage to write one chapter as four, but you all insist that it's just one chapter.
Whether it's one chapter or four chapters, do you think I wouldn't know after writing novels for so many years?
We authors only managed to split one chapter into four, we didn't even make any money, and yet we're still being misunderstood, slandered, defamed, misinterpreted, trampled on, and distorted by you...
I don't care, only if everyone contributes to charity can I heal the wounds inflicted on my young heart.
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