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Upon hearing the woman's words, Bai Zhi fell silent for a long time.

After a moment, she said, "I'm sorry, Director."

However, she did not retract her earlier proposal.

And seeing her so insistent on Fang Ze's sake, the Director sighed in disappointment on the other end and dropped a "This is not to be taken as precedent." before hanging up the communication....

When the communication ended, Bai Zhi gazed somewhat absent-mindedly at the "crackling" static in her ears and the monitor full of chaotic signals....

.....

The night passed without incident.

The next day, perhaps because he had been too exhausted lately, Fang Ze didn't wake up until the sun was high in the sky.

When he got up, Mei was already waiting obediently by the bed.

Fang Ze glanced at her and let her attend to him as he washed and changed clothes.

Afterward, Fang Ze stepped out of his room, looking dejected.

He had gone to the Late-Night Investigation Room after falling asleep last night.

Since there wasn't a good target for investigation, he had randomly chosen a person he had dealt with before to investigate.

After listening to a bunch of trivial family matters, he successfully obtained....... an old, worn-out scale.

This made him feel like he had wasted a whole night's performance and efforts in vain.

He also realized that, indeed, not everyone was like Miaomiao. The majority of those he investigated were actually of no value.

If it weren't for the fear of summoning too frequently, losing the prestige and sense of mystery associated with being Mr. Devil, Fang Ze would definitely be tirelessly summoning Miaomiao to take advantage of her!

After all, it seems like ever since this girl got promoted to Awakener, the Shadow Warrior's guaranteed reward in strength and intelligence seemed to have upgraded.

Although.... the upgrade was kind of odd.

It always felt more like a servant than a warrior....

But Fang Ze thought that having more Shadow Warriors stored up was never a mistake.

After all, who would complain about having more subordinates who are loyal, fearless in the face of death, strong, and don't require food?

As he thought this, Fang Ze walked out of the room.

Mei slipped into his shadow, closely following him.

One Two Three had transformed into the size of a small dog and followed behind Fang Ze's backside.

After leaving his room and walking through the secret base, Fang Ze found that there were almost no people in the secret base.

He left the secret base and then saw some commissioners from the Security Bureau cleaning up the battlefield.

He casually stopped one to inquire.

Fang Ze found out that Officer Bai Zhi had ordered the disbandment of the Special Case Team early this morning and had told the Investigators to go home.

The commissioners would clean up the aftermath of the battle today, rectify the damage caused to the environment by the Power of Laws, and were also preparing to return to Emerald City first thing tomorrow.

Upon hearing this news, Fang Ze felt a bit disappointed.

It's not that he didn't want to go to Emerald City, but he had initially thought he could determine who the organization member who sent him the message was by investigating who was not in the Special Case Team.

Now that this hope was dashed, he could only know the result when he met that person in person....

.....

That afternoon, Bai Ling invited Fang Ze to the conference room.

Items that were cleared from the loot lay scattered across the conference table, some intact, some damaged, and others so twisted that they were unrecognizable.

Bai Ling gestured for Fang Ze to sit down, and then she explained, "Fang Ze, Bai has asked me to speak with you on behalf of the Security Bureau."

"Your reward has been approved."

"First, there's the intelligence reward promised to you before."

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"We're giving you the maximum amount of 500,000 Lini in reward money, and 4 pieces of defensive artifacts, and we formally invite you to join the Security Bureau."

Hearing Bai Ling's words, Fang Ze opened his mouth to mention the destruction of the defensive artifacts. But Bai Ling seemed to have guessed what he was going to say, and smiled, interrupting him,

"Don't be in a rush."

"I know you're going to mention the destructed artifacts. Let's discuss this one thing at a time."

She looked down at her small palm, seemingly reviewing the conditions she had noted.

Then she continued, "Then there's the matter of you coming to our rescue last night, getting injured, and the reimbursement for your damaged artifacts."

"Firstly, for your meritorious service. The Bureau has decided that when you process your entry formalities in Emerald City, they will directly promote you from a fourth-level Executive Commissioner to a second-level Executive Commissioner!"

As she said this, she patted her small chest and said, "Which means, just for one battle, you are already at the same level as me!"

Fang Ze looked at her, somewhat surprised.

Was the Security Bureau really so generous?

To give him a double promotion just like that?

If he earned a few more merits, wouldn't he quickly climb over Officer Bai Zhi?

But... a second-level Executive Commissioner?

Does this level have any benefits?

Is there housing allocated?

Will they provide a car?

Can they assign me a lady?

While Fang Ze was contemplating this, Bai Ling continued, "In addition, aside from your rank. The Security Bureau is also willing to compensate you for your official losses, work injury, and so on."

She looked down at the numbers on her palm again and said, "In total, it's 600,000 Lini."

Fang Ze involuntarily gaped.

600,000 Lini?!

I owed 300,000 Lini for the "Awakening Ability," which means after paying it off, I would still have 300,000 left?

As he thought this, he couldn't help but ask, "Oh, by the way, Chief Bai Ling, how much was the several defensive artifacts Officer Bai Zhi gave me, including the Treant Essence?"

Hearing Fang Ze's question, Bai Ling thought for a moment before replying, "The defensive artifacts Officer Bai gave you. The most valuable one seems to be worth about 300,000 Lini. She used it herself. But it didn't get damaged."

"The other three are just ordinary items, each probably worth a little over 20,000 to 30,000 Lini."

"As for the Treant Essence, it's a bit more expensive, about 80,000 Lini per gram."

Fang Ze did some quick calculations with his fingers.

Hmm! There's a profit to be made! There's profit to be made!

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Especially since I gained merit and got a two-level promotion for free, which was an unexpected joy!

With the backing of the Security Bureau, at least the path before becoming a Fuser is smooth, right?

From now on, all I have to do is focus on improving myself!

The Security Bureau is pretty decent!

Seeing Fang Ze's satisfaction, Bai Ling smiled, nodded, and then led Fang Ze to the front of the table to start selecting the spoils of war...