Although there is still some time before the meeting starts, there are already some people in the conference room.

Each country will send three representatives to this meeting to discuss the format of the exercise, some of the problems that may be encountered during the exercise, and consider corresponding solutions.

Of course, these things had already been discussed before, and now they are just a formality to be kept in the meeting minutes.

In the past, there were corresponding meetings for each exercise, but each time it was just a fake meeting and not many people cared about it. Although participation is required, the meeting process is very relaxed, and you can even play mobile games during the meeting.

Just don't make any sound.

Once, a delegate at a conference was playing some indescribable 2D mobile games. Because of the sound leakage of his earphones, the sound happened to be transmitted to the ears of everyone present through the microphone.

Afterwards, that representative became socially dead, and to this day he still refuses all meetings and... all 2D mobile games.

In short, this was a meeting where form was more important than substance.

At least that was the case before.

But today might be a little different.

Right now, there are nine people in the meeting room.

Qi Guang sat in his seat, trimming his nails.

The nail clippers moved slowly on the nail surface. After a brief trim, Qi Guang gently blew away the flying debris, then looked at his nails in the light, marveling at them.

Although he didn't say a word, his contemptuous attitude was almost visible to the naked eye.

Opposite him, there was a middle-aged man with blond hair combed back and a hairline that showed he was not very smart. He was the object of his contempt.

At this moment, the blond man pressed the table and looked at Qi Guang with blazing eyes, as if he could hardly suppress his anger: "Director Qi..."

"Are you trying to provoke me?" the blond man said in an awkward tone.

Faced with his question, Qi Guang did not answer.

He didn't even look at the blond man, he just said: "Ah, it seems that this side is not cut well, let's fix it again."

This attitude made the blond man's anger even more difficult to suppress.

He slammed the table so hard that the sleepy representative next to him was startled: "Qi Guang!!"

The blond man yelled at Qi Guang: "You allowed the teacher to attack the trainees wantonly, interfered with the students' affairs, and incited the students' emotions before the exercise began."

"Are you trying to ruin this exercise?!"

His words can be said to be very serious.

At least after hearing this, Qi Guang's hands paused slightly.

He glanced at the blond man sideways, then curled the corners of his mouth slightly.

"Deputy Howard, you can eat whatever you want, but you can't say whatever you want," Qi Guang said with a smile, "We have always been a country of etiquette and have always convinced others with virtue. If you say that we are a teacher, then it's possible, but hitting people? Impossible, absolutely impossible."

Hearing this, Howard laughed angrily: "Still want to quibble?!"

"The student attacked by your teacher is still lying in the first aid station, in a trance!"

He slammed the table hard and said loudly, "Even if there are conflicts between the trainees, they should solve them by themselves. Teacher Suixing must not interfere. You have been leading the trainees for several classes. Don't you understand this principle?!"

As he spoke, Howard glanced at the representatives around him.

At this moment, these representatives cannot fall asleep even if they wanted to.

After looking around, Howard found someone.

Although he seemed to be very powerful and even occupied the moral high ground, he was still outnumbered when facing Qi Guang. He had to find someone to criticize Qi Guang together, so that he would have some confidence.

Since you are looking for a companion, you must choose a strong one.

Coincidentally, there was a person present who was very powerful and famous, and was very suitable to be an ally of the blond man Howard.

This person had some conflicts with Qi Guang before. It was said that when his old friend died, he was not notified to attend the funeral, and he learned the news from other people. Such contemptuous treatment must be difficult for anyone to accept.

This is an innate alliance! Thinking of this, Howard turned around and said to that side: "Mr. Oliver, what do you think about this matter?"

The person he called was slightly stunned.

"Huh?" Oliver looked at Howard strangely. "What's the matter?"

As he said this, he put down the pen in his hand.

He has been holding a book since he entered the conference room. The movement of his pen has not stopped at all. Instead, he keeps writing as if he is competing with someone. His writing posture and writing style are so fluent that people are amazed.

He was probably so into his own zone that he didn't really pay attention when Howard spoke loudly before.

But now, after Howard called him out by name and asked him to seek justice, Oliver had to stop what he was doing.

After all, he is still a scholar from Western Europe, so he will naturally side with Western Europe on all other matters, big or small.

And since Howard is in such a state, it would be unreasonable for him not to say something.

Of course, if it is related to oneself, or to one's disciples or descendants, then it is different.

The old man has a lot of double standards. Of course he can handle other people's affairs impartially, but his own people's affairs? That's called making good use of resources.

Glancing at Qi Guang, Oliver sighed, "Okay, okay. If this situation really happens, it must be dealt with seriously. Howard, report the situation so that we can vote on it at the meeting."

Hearing this, Howard's face lit up with joy and he looked at Qi Guang provocatively.

He has long disliked this person in a wheelchair.

Although they were both representatives of the exercise, Howard was completely inferior to Qi Guang in terms of achievements and strength. In fact, apart from himself, the two countries were not in the same league at all.

Especially after his family's highly-anticipated genius lost his qualification for rehearsal due to some incidents last year and returned home disheartened, Howard became more and more unhappy with Qi Guang.

Even though there was no actual conflict between the two parties, Howard felt uncomfortable for some reason.

Maybe it is more painful to see others become rich than to be broke? With this thought in mind, Howard said, "Here's the thing."

"At 9 o'clock this morning, there was a small conflict between our country's training team and Director Qi's acting team. A small friction broke out between the two sides. But later, a teacher from Director Qi's side rushed into the scene rashly and caused harm to our students at the first time! The above are the details that the law enforcement team learned from the students and the surveillance department, and there is absolutely no falsehood!"

Howard looked at Qi Guang with a righteous expression on his face. "I think no matter what happens between students, it should be left to the students themselves to handle it! Teachers should guide, not intervene directly, which is unfair to both parties! What's more, teachers should not be allowed to intervene in such small conflicts. Involving them will only cause chaos!"

Listening to Howard's words, the old man stroked his chin and said, "Well, it sounds like there is some truth to it."

"Representative Qi, how are you doing?"

After being asked this by old man Oliver, Qi Guang did not dare to be negligent.

He knew very well what this old man represented. The friendship between him and Master Wu Dayou was enough for him to take it seriously.

Therefore, Qi Guang glanced at Howard, shook his head helplessly and said: "Hey, Representative Howard, what you said is useless now."

"Strictly speaking, our teacher is not under the Countermeasures Bureau. We are just in a cooperative relationship, so even I cannot order him around," Qi Guang spread his hands. "There are some conflicts between him and me, not to mention others."

"If you really want an explanation, then I can only say that you should go to him in person. Otherwise, I can't force my partner to apologize to you, right?"

When saying this, Qi Guang sounded like a hands-off boss and a bachelor to the extreme.

Listening to Qi Guang’s explanation.

Old man Oliver was suddenly stunned.

Huh, partner? That sounds a bit strange.

No, it shouldn't be what I think...

Oliver thought so in his heart.

On the other side, Howard sneered as he listened to Qi Guang's argument: "Is this the magnanimity of a great power? You let someone you don't know at all into the exercise, and then let that dangerous person wander around the others at will. I see that you don't want to hold this exercise properly at all?"

"In my opinion, if we really don't want to do this exercise, we should just not do it! We can all go back to our own places, so that we don't have to be laughed at for failing to fulfill our duties as representatives this time!"

Howard said contemptuously: "If you ask me, your country..."

However, the sentence was not finished yet.

The next second, gray mist seeped in from the gaps in the conference room door.

Just like the afterglow of the setting sun reflected on the surface of the river, the grayish-white mist looks so clear on the monochrome bricks and stones, as if a veil was covering the entire conference room, making it so hazy that people could not tell what was going on.

Looking at the gray fog, everyone present was slightly stunned.

Just as Howard opened his mouth, someone pushed open the door.

At the same time, a man's voice came from outside the door: "Xiaoya, what time is it now?"

On the other side, a girl's voice replied quickly: "One thirty-six and seventeen seconds in the afternoon."

The man smiled and said, "Interesting time. If it was three seconds later, our Representative Howard might have been isolated because of his careless words. Although it is not my intention to help Representative Howard, being kind to others is always our good virtue."

Boots stepped on the marble, and the black windbreaker caught everyone's attention.

It was like a long black scroll spread out in the open air, slowly unrolling in the conference room.

Looking at the man, Qi Guang shook his head and said something to himself.

Oliver stared at the man and couldn't help but hold his forehead with a complicated expression on his face.

Howard's face almost turned blue after seeing that person.

There was no doubt that he recognized who the guy was.

It was precisely because he knew who he was that Howard was so annoyed! He even stopped some of the remarks he had intended to make to discredit him, and instead turned around and aimed his gun directly at that person!

He stood up and slammed the conference table: "It's you! The attack..."

However, before he could finish, he was interrupted by Oliver next to him: "Okay."

Oliver looked back at the book in his hand and coughed, "Let's talk about these things later."

"Now it is more important to organize the remaining exercises. Once a year is still very meaningful," the old man said. "Education is a long-term plan. If we don't do it well, we will become historical sinners!"

Hearing this, Howard turned and looked at Oliver.

The confusion and surprise in his eyes almost overflowed.

No, weren't we just chatting happily? Why did you suddenly turn the tables and start treating me coldly? Aren't we a loving anti-Qi Guang alliance?

Facing Howard's gaze, old man Oliver turned a deaf ear and pretended not to see it.

Who is your companion, the old man thought to himself.

At this time, he more or less understood the meaning of those prophecies in the letter that had been sent to him, which he had not been able to understand before.

Now it seems that, just as the letter said, there are some discordant factors within the training team...

If we continue like this, those notes that are not on the score will probably start jumping around soon.

If those guys were allowed to get going, the subsequent exercises would probably be worse than expected at the beginning. In order to avoid such a situation, the old man decided to put it aside and keep things quiet for the time being.

He is just old, but not stupid.

From the letter that Bering handed over, the old man guessed some of Bering's thoughts.

Therefore he didn't mind cooperating with Bering a little.

After Howard's fuss, and after comparing the contents of the letter, the old man became more and more convinced that Bering definitely had some information from the "future".

This is also one of the reasons why he is willing to cooperate.

...It has nothing to do with my apprentice, and it has nothing to do with the book in my hand.

It definitely doesn't matter.

With this in mind, the old man continued to complete his old friend's magnum opus.

On the other side, Bai Ling and Wu Xiaoya sat next to Qi Guang.

Qi Guang looked at him and whispered, "When did you get in touch with Mr. Wells?"

Wells, Mr. Oliver's last name.

Looking at Qi Guang, Bai Ling smiled and said, "This morning."

This morning? Qi Guang looked at him blankly, then at Oliver.

How many hours did it take to develop this tacit understanding? He was speechless.

After a long while, the representatives at the back entered the meeting room one after another.

As soon as they entered the meeting room, they saw Representative Howard's green face, which looked as stinky as if his wife had run away with someone.

It is said that after returning, these representatives secretly said that Howard must have experienced a major emotional disaster, which was why he had a sour face throughout the meeting.

However, although these representatives think so now, no one dares to say it.

They just sat down and waited for the end.

Soon, someone pressed the button on his desk and said in a friendly manner: "Since everyone is here, let's start the meeting."

"Let's not beat around the bush and get straight to the point," the man said. "First, let's talk about the first question, which is grouping."

"Because this exercise is quite special, it is not a team exercise, but an individual exercise. Therefore, this exercise will not be grouped according to the previous national grouping method. Instead, people from different countries will be mixed up and arranged in one group, and then led by one teacher."

"Then please choose a representative to randomly select members from your groups."