Enforcer Manual
Chapter 668: Executor_1

Chapter 668: Chapter 668: Executor_1

Song Lan and Jasmine were conversing, and all the while, Lu Xiang was secretly observing the two, waiting for the opportunity to be alone with the other party after their conversation had ended.

As soon as Song Lan returned to his room, she stepped forward aggressively, pinning him against the wall near the door with her hand braced on the wall. Jasmine, who hadn’t walked far, heard the commotion from the sickroom and instinctively used her Spiritual Energy to perceive the situation, discovering such a scene.

Workplace bullying.

The inexperienced her immediately thought of these four words.

And all this coincidentally echoed the image of Mo Lian, who was said to be more than 5 times stronger than Rob Lucci and also cold-blooded and brutal by nature.

But this was an internal affair of CP0, and she, as an outsider, had no place to intervene.

Just as Jasmine hesitated whether to enter and stop them or not, δ stopped her.

"Don’t go."

It saw Jasmine standing in the corridor, stunned and motionless, and understood her inner thoughts. After all, Jasmine’s thoughts were too easy to guess. One could only say that her sister and her teammates from the rescuer department had protected her well, allowing her to still maintain her true self.

"But there seems to be a case of workplace bullying happening there."

"That’s not workplace bullying."

δ stated decisively. In this world, no one could bully the Devil, or, to be precise, those who had ever harbored such a thought were already dead. Based on its observations, the Devil had always been somewhat enigmatic towards Lu Xiang, and many times, seemed to even take pleasure in it.

"If that’s not bullying, then what is it?"

"You’re still too young. You’ll understand as you get older."

"Don’t forget that you’re even younger than me by official records!"

Jasmine felt indignant, being told so by someone who was officially several years younger than her.

"That was my age before I died... Anyway, you don’t need to understand these things now. And don’t you have more important things to do right now? Your sister is about to wake up, and convincing her to leave The Second Region to join Military Intelligence Section Seven is not an easy task."

...

Inside the sickroom.

"Old Lu, what do you mean by this?"

Song Lan asked in a low voice.

Lu Xiang was standing too close to him. Coupled with her Knight’s armor that she hadn’t yet taken off, his space to move was very limited, and with every breath, he could smell Lu Xiang’s scent.

Lu Xiang had a minty scent.

Even after using disguise techniques, her scent had not changed.

"Didn’t you say that I am more than 5 times stronger than you? Doesn’t that mean I can bully you however I want?"

Lu Xiang quirked an eyebrow, feeling that it was necessary to correct this Dumb Bird’s habit of shooting off at the mouth. Previously in the Third Neutral Country, she had ended up taking the blame for Song Lan unexpectedly – up to now, the First Army Corp Leader of the Barrosa Group still believed her to be a brutal Bug Swarm Queen who could destroy a small country with her Spiritual Energy.

The "Rebel Army Honest Man Report" had even published a major report on this event. Combined with the "Rat’s" relentless propaganda, she had become a Tyrant that even the Rebel Army feared.

If the credibility of the Rebel Army’s information wasn’t so low in the eyes of the United Government, she might have already been invited by the Counter-Intelligence Department for tea.

"But that was an emergency, wasn’t it? You saw it too, they weren’t willing to give me face."

Song Lan looked innocent.

His plan to persuade with kind words had failed once again. For those obstinate people, perhaps only death and fear could change their minds.

Therefore, they needed an even more terrifying existence to completely crush their spirit.

And thus a comrade who was more than 5 times stronger than him came into play.

He continued to argue, "Besides, you have been with me all along. It’s clear to anyone with eyes that you’re my comrade. There’s no point in pretending anymore."

"I’m not talking about that!"

Lu Xiang frowned, "Why do you always portray me as a cold-blooded, cruel person? Am I that cruel to you on a regular basis?"

The experience in the Third Neutral Country and The Second Region had suddenly made Lu Xiang realize that her "infamous reputation" in the Seventeenth Region, where criminals couldn’t sleep upon hearing her name, was very likely the work of Song Lan.

Someone was spreading rumors.

In her regular pursuit operations, she would only ensure that the criminals could never resist again. She would never burst their heads before the trial, let alone have the habit of torturing them by skinning and deboning them in the Interrogation room!

"Of course not, you’re the most gentle and best leader."

"Say it again."

"There’s no leader more gentle than you."

"Change the designation, I don’t like this one,"

"...Old Lu?"

Song Lan lowered his voice, speaking cautiously, aware that they were currently inside the Iris Consortium’s castle, and that Lu Xiang was nominally still a CP0 special agent, Mo Lian, from Military Intelligence Section Seven—a character five times more formidable than him.

"Hss—"

Lu Xiang sucked in a breath of cold air, finding Song Lan’s imperviousness far beyond her expectations, but she immediately remembered an important point mentioned in "A Love Tip Every Day": in the process of love, some things shouldn’t be rushed, so she had to suppress the emotions within her heart.

She propped herself up, creating a step’s distance between them, and said, "What do you plan to do about Military Intelligence Section Seven?"

Telling one lie felt good for a moment, but they had to face the consequences soon afterward.

By now everyone at the Iris Consortium knew they were secret agents from CP0, which was the highest operative division of Military Intelligence Section Seven.

But in reality, this division didn’t exist at all.

Or rather, it didn’t exist yet.

If Military Intelligence Section Seven firmly denied this matter, when the Review Meeting pursued an investigation, they could flee, but Ivan’s situation would become exceedingly difficult.

Especially since they had claimed to be CP0 agents and demolished the Iris Consortium’s castle, even killing their lord and Colin Capello in front of the entire Crimson Knight Group.

Colin was unafraid during the standoff with Song Lan because, even if it was Military Intelligence Section Seven, they had no authority to meddle in the Consortium’s internal affairs, the main reason why Military Intelligence Section Seven could only secretly send people to infiltrate the castle over the years.

Even if the Capello Family sparked a civil war, it wouldn’t be a reason for Military Intelligence Section Seven to intervene.

"To cover one lie, you need many more lies,"

Lu Xiang sighed. She took out her phone and pulled up an encrypted message that Ivan had sent a few minutes before, "Don’t frown, look at this, Military Intelligence Section Seven has taken a huge risk and shouldered this incident."

Using Richard Gervis’s disappearance as a pretext, they cleverly linked this incident to the Worms investigation. As long as they could provide relevant evidence next, they could just about manage to fend off any interrogations.

The Conservative Faction, of course, could not swallow this affront easily; their fight with the Innovator Faction was intensifying, and suddenly having Military Intelligence Section Seven wipe out the Iris Consortium cost them a Six Stars rescuer, putting them in a significantly passive position.

"They would do that out of the goodness of their hearts? That doesn’t seem like the United Government’s style,"

Song Lan was surprised.

"That’s their style," Lu Xiang said, "If you continue reading, you’ll understand."

"Hold on, this is..."

"Military Intelligence Section Seven’s highest operative agency, CP0, directly takes orders from only the Chairperson of the Council. The current Executor of this organization is Rob Lucci, and this information has already been included in the United Government’s intelligence system. In other words, it is now a genuinely existing department recognized by the Review Meeting, and you are the lawful real superior of CP0."

Lu Xiang knew that Song Lan usually had little interest in politics, so she explained further, "According to the review council’s regulations, establishing such a unique department would normally require several emergency sessions to discuss and a final decision by a vote, but this time the process was skipped altogether, something only the Chairperson of the Council has the authority to do."

Therefore, everything they had done in The Second Region had already reached the Chairperson of the Council.

The establishment of CP0 reflected the Chairperson’s attitude toward the matter.

They did not wish to investigate where Rob Lucci and Mo Lian had suddenly come from; what they needed now, was a sword capable of breaking the civil war between the Innovator Faction and the Conservative Faction.

"This is a signal that during his term, the Chairperson wants to end the United Government’s civil war."

The factions’ struggles had affected important affairs within the United Government, with the Neutral Country war becoming a significant failure.

The Chairperson’s pre-war mobilization had spread across nearly all the border cities, and it was not supposed to end this way.

However, the United Government, with formidable military might, ultimately only dispatched a doomed-voyage Vanguard, leaving the Neutral Country and the Rebel Army to witness a huge joke unfold, while the forces acting as Six Stars rescuers preferred to reserve their power for the internal civil war that was always a remote possibility.

"Ending the civil war is a good thing, but it might not be so for you,"

Lu Xiang said, "Military Intelligence Section Seven won’t just take the blame for nothing; they expect us to make a trip to The First Region after we finish handling the situation here."

"I’m not quite ready to transfer my job yet."

"It’s not a job transfer; it’s a business trip. I just heard your conversation with Jasmine about calling an emergency meeting of all the United Government’s Six Stars rescuers. This aligns with both Military Intelligence Section Seven’s and the Chairperson of the Council’s thinking. And as the Executor of CP0, you need to be there, too."

"Can I have a stomachache instead?"

"I didn’t see you getting a stomachache when you took down the entire Iris Consortium with a single kick."

In Lu Xiang’s view, concluding the matter this way was already a decent outcome.

Unlike the Morger Family, the Iris Consortium was a massive force that had played a crucial role in the United Government since its inception, with every one of its leaders holding a high level of influence within the Review Meeting.

"Moreover, after CP0’s establishment, you’ll be able to deal with Rose and Jasmine’s situation in a lawful and regular way. Didn’t you say you like to take in runaways the most?"

Lu Xiang’s gaze gradually lowered, finally resting on the area of his abdomen, "Don’t worry, if you really do end up too sick to get out of bed, I will take good care of you."

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