"You like reading novels? But don't do it so openly."
Ren Suo groaned and quickly turned off his phone. He smiled at Chen Kun embarrassedly: "Sorry, Brother Kun."
"Although we are more free when we are on field duty, if something happens and you don't have time to calm it down, it will be counted on your resume." Chen Kun was just reminding him, not angry at all, "My stomach hurts a little..."
Ren Suo understood the meaning of the song and patted his chest and said, "Go ahead! I'll just watch."
"Well, I'll leave it to you!"
Seeing Chen Kun walk into the teaching building, Ren Suo took out his cell phone again, leaned against the wall of the gymnasium, glanced at the junior high school students who were queuing up to have their blood drawn in the gymnasium, and continued reading "Romance of the Three Kingdoms".
Ren Suo has been working seven days - yes, no holidays.
He even took time off to defend his thesis in his senior year...
It's not that the Countermeasures Bureau doesn't have holidays. The working hours of the Countermeasures Bureau are still very humane, from 9 to 5, with weekends off. However, as a national public institution, once it gets busy, this working schedule will naturally be invalidated.
Of course, the Countermeasures Bureau is not a black-hearted unit. As a special unit specially established by the state and composed entirely of practitioners, even if the benefits are not excellent, at least they will not violate laws and regulations. Overtime work is of course paid, and weekends can be directly adjusted for rest. According to the team leader You Jilong, after this period of busy time, they can basically have some free time.
Well, after this busy period...
During the past seven days, Ren Suo had sat in the Countermeasures Bureau office for no more than three hours in total. The rest of the time he was out on field work with Chen Kun.
When Countermeasures Team 3 sends people to work outside, they are usually in groups of two or three, depending on the danger and difficulty of the mission. Ren Suo's partner is former police trainee Chen Kun.
Chen Kun was one year older than him and was a student at the police academy. When he graduated and was preparing to become a police officer, he was found to have spiritual aptitude. Soldiers and police academy students were the first batch of national civil servants to undergo testing, so he also became a member of the Countermeasures Bureau after training, but he only came two months earlier than Ren Suo.
Ren Suo wanted to grow his relationship with Qiao Muyi in a group, but in order to protect the new members, the Countermeasures Bureau followed the practice of "old members leading new members", and paired the old members who were steady and strong with the new members who had just joined the team.
However, Ren Suo looked at the WeChat group [We are all successors of Xuan Kingdom] and thought to himself that it was a good thing that he didn't follow Qiao Muyi - Qiao Muyi's WeChat ID 'Xiao Qiao''s comments were always particularly annoying. It would be fine if she showed off her unit from time to time, but she also often posted pictures of sizzling barbecue at night, and occasionally posted a picture that looked like she was stripping, but as he was looking at it, a gif of a female ghost would suddenly appear...
Ren Suo felt that if he was in the same group with her, he would be implicated and beaten to death sooner or later.
Although they were running around outside every day, the work was not very tiring. To be precise, Ren Suo and his men's job was to put on their clothes, go to the target location, and watch others undergo physical examinations.
For example, he is now in the gymnasium of No. 36 Middle School in Lianjiang City, a junior high school with an average admission rate. His main task is to watch the students line up for blood draws.
Generally speaking, this kind of physical examination should be carried out by the school organizing students to go to a nearby health center. However, it is said that there is an order from above to complete the physical examination of all students in universities, middle schools and primary schools in the city as soon as possible - even if other physical examinations cannot be completed, blood tests must be completed.
Ren Suo used his brain to know that blood tests must be the key to the country's detection of cultivation qualifications. Before, they, the civil servants, had their blood drawn under the supervision of the Countermeasures Bureau. Now that he became a member of the Countermeasures Bureau, it was his turn to watch others have their blood drawn.
And it's not just universities, middle schools, and primary schools, even private enterprises have been urged by the government to undergo physical examinations. Compared with students, those are the big ones - Lianjiang City is the top 4 first-tier city in Xuan Country, with a permanent population of more than 20 million and a floating population of more than 8 million. Every day, countless people come to Lianjiang City from all over Xuan Country to look for opportunities.
Although there are many students in Lianjiang City, their lives seem relatively "simple" compared with the employed white-collar workers, migrant workers on construction sites, and people in all walks of life.
Apart from anything else, students are basically concentrated in schools, and all schools are controlled by the Ministry of Education. The Ministry of Education requires schools to organize physical examinations for students, and no school dares to say no - as long as the Ministry of Education issues a policy, any school that dares to disobey will have to bear the consequences.
Moreover, Lianjiang City has only about 900 primary schools, more than 300 junior high schools, 150 high schools, and 43 colleges and universities. Does it seem like a lot when you add them up? But compared to the individual businesses and private enterprises in the city, it is just a drop in the bucket!
It is said that people assigned to other departments are busy investigating the workers among the permanent population. Compared with them, Ren Suo, who only needs to supervise the blood draw of students in the school, is considered to be relatively lucky.
Ren Suo also asked You Jilong why he didn't just publish this technology and let ordinary people find a hospital to test it themselves. You Jilong glanced at him at that time and only asked one question: "Have you seen any news about spiritual energy on the Internet? Whether it is abroad or in China."
Ren Suo understood immediately—his recent life had blinded his eyes.
Because he had been in contact with practitioners recently, and the higher-ups didn't care much about whether they would leak the news, so he thought that the development of spiritual energy was basically known to everyone, but in fact, all countries still tacitly blocked all kinds of "rumors" on the Internet.
Sometimes when Ren Suo was tired of playing games, he would lie down to watch some videos or check Weibo. Occasionally, he would see all kinds of strange news such as "Shocking! The Flame Spirit of Vengeance Appears in Luzhou", "The Complete Explanation of the Edible Hu Jianren", "Live Broadcast of the Death of the Designer", etc.
However, after watching for a while, it would show messages like "This video has disappeared" or "This Weibo has been deleted". If Ren Suo is willing to wait a little longer, he might even see the official website ban the corresponding blogger and upmaster's account, informing everyone that this person just spread rumors and everyone should burn paper money if they have any problems...
Therefore, at this time when spiritual energy technology is still in its early stages, everyone has unanimously blocked the news and used various means to collect talents with the qualifications to practice and bring them under their wing in advance - this approach can also prevent the emergence of a super-powered group.
Ren Suo suspected that the reason they learned "Clothes" and "Locks" was because these two skills had no special effects and no one would suspect them if they were used.
Even if they reveal the secrets, most people will think that they may have practiced the Thirteen Horizontal Training Taibao and the Tendon-Splitting and Bone-Chopping Hands or something like that...
Right now the country is actually keeping a low profile, searching for spiritual talents through large-scale blood tests.
"Do not touch me!"
Ren Suo turned his eyes away from the phone screen and saw a middle school boy who was about to have his blood drawn trying to escape. The female teacher standing aside and watching the team quickly grabbed him and said, "Wen Junjie! Don't go, it's just a blood draw!"
"No, I don't want it!"
Ren Suo narrowed his eyes slightly, muttered to himself, waited for ten seconds, and then changed his equipment "Magic Clothes" to "Magic Lock".
The reason why members of the Countermeasures Bureau are responsible for the blood drawing work in the school is because the density of students is high and concentrated blood drawing is likely to result in "winnings", so members of the Countermeasures Bureau are needed to save the situation.
Moreover, students are different from adults. They are often not yet adapted to society. The protagonist mentality of "I am the only one in the world" developed in the ivory tower can be easily led out by awakening abilities, which is more dangerous.
However, Ren Suo had not tried to "win the prize" in the past seven days. He did hear that Qiao Muyi's group would not go for a physical examination even if someone died, but he did not know the specific situation - this was a confidential matter.
"It can't be such a coincidence..." Chen Kun hadn't come back yet, so Ren Suo had no choice but to walk over and ask, "What happened?"
Maybe it was because Ren Suo looked a bit fierce, or maybe it was because the black vest on him seemed to symbolize some kind of fierce authority. The junior high school boy suddenly became nervous, shook off the teacher's hand, stepped back, and yelled: "Don't come over here!"
"Hmm?" Ren Suo deliberately took a step forward, stared into his eyes and asked, "Why?"
"This child is naughty, I will persuade him well..." the female teacher said hurriedly, and then reached out to grab the junior high school boy: "Wen Junjie! Stop it, if you continue like this, I will call your parents--"
The other students who were queuing also looked over here.
"They can't control me!" The junior high school boy seemed to be stimulated and yelled, "If you come over again, I will not be polite--"
At this moment, looking at this delicious junior high school boy in front of him, a long-lost desire rose from the bottom of Ren Suo's heart——
Ren Suo no longer hesitated, and rushed forward, slapping the junior high school boy! But his speed was not fast enough, and the junior high school boy seemed to want to raise his hands to block him.
However, being touched by Ren Suo would mean his defeat.
Seeing the boy become limp as if he had no bones after being caught by Ren Suo, the female teacher quickly grabbed Ren Suo and said, "He is still a child, don't..."
"It's okay." Ren Suo waved his hand. "He's just exhausted, but for his own good, let him stay like this for now."
At this time, Chen Kun finally came back from taking a shit. He saw Ren Suo grabbing a boy and immediately understood what was going on. He quickly called the Countermeasures Bureau.
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"Is your hand injured?" The cashier lady noticed the bandage on Ren Suo's right hand and asked casually.
"I was hurt by a kid." Ren Suo clicked on the Alipay payment code on his phone and said, "A bowl of beef brisket fried sauce noodles."
"This injury is not light." The auntie seemed to sympathize with him: "Children nowadays are so difficult to teach. They don't listen when you tell them, and they don't do what they hear. Sigh..."
"Yes, education is a problem." Ren Suo smiled.
After taking the takeaway home, Ren Suo looked at his injured right hand. Although it still hurt a little, it was not without benefits - at least You Jilong gave him three days off for this.
The junior high school boy has been taken into custody by the Countermeasures Bureau. Although he was charged with intentional injury, considering his age and the fact that he is a young awakener, he probably won't be punished - provided that he hasn't committed any crime before.
Although there is no specific report yet, Ren Suo guessed that his awakened ability is most likely related to air and wind blades.
Otherwise it would be impossible to explain why he just grabbed the boy's arm, but his palm felt like it was cut by a steel knife.
Ren Suo had to get eight stitches in the hospital, and the pain made him cry, otherwise why would You Jilong bear the pain and let him take leave when he was so busy.
According to You Jilong, practitioners have better recovery abilities than ordinary people, and this kind of injury can basically be healed within three days.
After being busy for seven days, he finally had some free time. Ren Suo planned to go to the training ground that the members of the Strategy Bureau could experience for free, and then the rest of the time...
Of course, it’s for overnight use!
“Education is a problem.”
When Ren Suo opened "Over My Dead Body", he couldn't help but think of this sentence again.
"I beg you, little brothers and sisters, please stop causing trouble..."