The list of Awakening Department members that Qin Che obtained was for 'special personnel' whom Fu Xian had instructed Li Xin not to include in the official staff.
It may be a coincidence, but now the Awakening Department is facing a review by the city council, and these special personnel are not on the official payroll, so they can be transferred at will.
There were eighteen people in total, divided into six groups of three.
One group is led by a master, while the other two are psychic experts.
Categorized into six specializations—combat, defense, intelligence, organization, logistics, and medicine—they are all highly trained psionic warriors.
At this very moment, they are gathered in the Westburg council chamber, awaiting the extraordinary gaze of the divine.
"Is it true or false? From now on, we'll have to obey his orders?"
"Minister Li's orders cannot be disobeyed."
"Hey, is that guy really extraordinary? Is it just because Minister Li said he is? Or is it fake?"
Eighteen people, some sitting, some standing, some even lounging on the long table, and some sitting in the main seat smoking, were men and women, but most of them were young, with only two or three middle-aged people, who were more composed, leaning against the wall, not saying a word.
One of the combat team members, a young man in his early twenties named Hu Zhi, had bright blue eyes that resembled a galaxy of stars. His hair stood on end, and he wore a gray cloak that was wide open, revealing black leather armor and several bulletproof plates clinging to his body, showing off his lean muscles and physique. While picking his ear, he said, "Seriously, why are they interrogating me for no reason? I don't accept this!"
"What are you complaining about?" Tang Wu, a fellow comrade-in-arms beside him, with a buzz cut, a mask, and dressed entirely in black, rolled his eyes and gave him a disgruntled look: "This is an order from above."
"Forget it, what kind of bullshit order is this? We're a special operations team! What kind of business would it be if just anyone could lead us? Team leader! Say something! Didn't you promise to protest to Minister Li before you came here?" Hu Zhi shouted.
The combat master was a middle-aged man in his thirties named Wu Ming. His long hair was disheveled and covered his face. Even though it only covered half of his face, it could not hide his handsome appearance. His whole body was hidden in a cloak, but his height was a standard 1.8 meters.
Upon hearing this, he tied his hair up with a rubber band on his wrist, yawning as he did so. He ignored his subordinate's question and instead turned to look at a sinister man not far away. The man's aura was like that of a walking corpse, his stubble on his chin hadn't been shaved for a week, and his dead fish eyes were staring blankly at something with a bored expression.
—Defense Master, Zhou Sen.
"Old Zhou, can you feel it?"
Zhou Sen glanced at him and nodded silently.
The other four masters beside them exchanged glances, none of them saying a word.
Hu Zhi glanced at everyone, then looked at his team leader Wu Ming and said, "What's wrong? Why are you all so quiet? Weren't you all indignant when you came here? Where is Minister Li? Let's see him first."
Wu Ming ignored him and scoffed, "Trying to intimidate me, huh..."
Zhou Sen said, "It is indeed an extraordinary aura. I sensed it as soon as I stepped into this council hall."
Hu Zhi looked completely bewildered and asked, "How...did you figure something out?"
Neither Wu Ming nor Zhou Sen spoke.
Only the intelligence master, Wei Tuozhi, said, "There is an extraordinary aura surrounding this building. The spiritual pressure is very strong, and it doesn't belong to Minister Li. It's very unfamiliar. I can smell this aura. The other party should be a great extraordinary being with both strength and speed and amplification attributes."
Hu Zhi opened his mouth, but couldn't utter the second half of his sentence.
He knew Team Leader Wei's abilities very well. He could judge the background, system, precision, and strength of an opponent just by the aura within a certain range. If he focused, he could even judge the opponent's height and weight. And this ability was not limited to psionicists; ordinary people could also sense it, and with even greater accuracy.
Sometimes you can even tell what kind of boots the other person is wearing that day...
—Sensory system, spiritual pressure and olfaction.
This trait allowed Wei Tuozhi to quickly become the leader of the intelligence group after joining the team.
Hu Zhiren was stunned, stammering, "Really... extraordinary?"
“Truly extraordinary.” Wei Tuozhi said calmly.
Wu Ming had already tied his hair up, revealing his forehead. The slight wrinkles at the corners of his eyes added to his composed demeanor. His eyes were deep and his handsome features were extraordinary. He leaned against the wall and lit a cigarette for himself. "He hasn't even shown up yet, but his aura is already there. He knew we wouldn't accept it, so he did it."
The young woman, who was lying on the long table with her hands as a pillow, legs crossed and ponytail tied, said, "Team Leader Wu, why is the Special Operations Team changing its leader? We haven't done anything wrong."
Her name is Qiutian. She is a logistics expert, meticulous in her work, but has a very easygoing personality.
Her lower body was covered by black hot pants and sneakers for easy movement, while her upper body was covered by a jacket. The black tank top underneath had a combat elastic band hanging down to her slender waist, with several knives and grenades stuck in it. A red dot of an unknown device was constantly flashing. The front of the jacket was quite large, and half of it was exposed because of the tank top. It was half covered by the jacket, which gave it a certain charm.
Wu Ming took a drag of his cigarette and said, "I'm not entirely clear on the specifics, but the rumors circulating throughout the department about layoffs are very likely true."
"Why?" Autumn asked.
"The affairs of the higher-ups are none of our business. We weren't even part of the official staff. The salaries of the special operations team aren't even accounted for by the ministry."
Autumn laughed heartily: "That's good!"
"Actually, I'm open to anyone, as long as my salary isn't docked, anything is negotiable."
Hu Zhi rolled his eyes. "We still don't know what kind of person this new boss is."
Wu Ming said, "Hu Zhi, you'd better say less. If you encounter someone with a bad temper, they might kill you on the spot."
"He wouldn't dare!" Hu Zhi clenched his fists and cursed, rattling off a string of words. Tang Wu, who was beside him, quickly covered his mouth to shut him up.
Wu Ming looked at the other five masters, including Zhou Sen and Wei Tuozhi, and said, "Follow the steps and cooperate as much as possible. Listen carefully, it's best not to cause trouble. When the time comes, listen to what rules this new boss has to say."
Everyone nodded, except for a few experts who were quite unconvinced.
Hu Zhi is one of them.
"He's nothing! I think he's just a lackey of the higher-ups."
"The city council no longer trusts Minister Li, so they just replaced us with someone else. I'm afraid we won't have any good days ahead."
Hu Zhi snorted coldly: "If he thinks he can lead us so easily, I'll make him suffer."
No sooner had he finished speaking than a dark shadow appeared out of thin air in the room!
Everyone was startled and turned their gazes toward the other party.
A dark figure appeared; it was Qin Che!
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