Enforcer Manual
Chapter 899 - 855: Falling Protection Makes Your Life Better

Chapter 899: Chapter 855: Falling Protection Makes Your Life Better

These were heartfelt words from Song Lan, who now belonged to the intelligence community and had heard quite a bit about the industry.

Front-line intelligence workers seemed to dwell between life and death every day. He often heard stories of agents who died bringing back intelligence. Lu Xiang revealed that, on average, 14.75 intelligence workers sacrificed themselves daily to bring vital information back to the United Government.

This number was regrettable and made Song Lan realize the importance of implementing the principle of protective measures on the ground.

"Protective measures on the ground? What’s that?"

Veronica asked curiously; her parents had never mentioned such a tactic. They had planned for her to work in the Counter-Intelligence Department so they could use their authority to ensure she worked in the core city and avoided being dispatched to the dangerous and chaotic "outside".

Currently, over 70% of new recruits in the Counter-Intelligence Department start their job in the "outside".

In the department’s words, spending two or three years in the "outside" and still being alive was sufficient to prove they had become excellent intelligence officers; it wasn’t too late to transfer them back to the interior of the United Government then.

However, given the death rate of intelligence officers, only 2 to 3 individuals from each class of recruits eventually made it back to the United Government’s interior.

But so what?

As long as the Counter-Intelligence Department promised promotion opportunities to these two or three people and arranged a position that seemed high-ranking but lacked real power for them, countless people would actively publicize their successful stories, attracting a continuous stream of resumes from young people.

Like the Bureau of Exceptional Cases, the Counter-Intelligence Department was one of the hottest positions at Morning Star annually. With orchestrated public opinion guidance, getting a job in these two departments was the greatest honor students could achieve while in school.

Veronica was very familiar with the set of procedures in the Counter-Intelligence Department, but Mentor Lucky seemed to abide by a different set of principles.

"Protective measures on the ground seem simple, but they are not easy to successfully execute,"

Song Lan continued to lead gently, "Those who want to master this skill must properly prepare themselves psychologically and understand important theories such as ’victory and defeat are common in military operations’, ’a wise man does not eat the loss before his eyes,’ and ’as long as the green mountains remain, there will be no fear of running out of firewood.’"

Those who were too rigid or who only appeared to be using protective measures on the ground while secretly planning a counterattack found it difficult to unleash the true power of protective measures on the ground.

"When you use protective measures on the ground, it means the situation has reached its most critical point. At that time, do not think about escaping or counterattacking; focus all your attention on using this move to get through the difficulty,"

"...Teacher Lucky, are you sure?"

Valerian raised her skepticism.

Although the mentor had not yet introduced the specific steps of the protective measures on the ground, it sounded to her no different from surrendering, "Isn’t this just surrendering?"

She glanced covertly at Veronica, who was listening attentively, seriously doubting the effectiveness of this move.

Surrendering in a critical moment to the enemy was tantamount to handing over one’s fate entirely to them.

Taking Veronica as an example, as an heir to a large family, young and beautiful, with an attractive figure... this perfectly targeted the enemy’s proclivities, her situation was probably like that of the noble and valiant female knights in the medieval games.

"Teacher, are you sure this won’t lead into a defeated scenario?"

"Don’t confuse protective measures on the ground with surrendering. It is a reflection of mutual respect because anyone might one day need to use protective measures on the ground. When one side admits defeat, out of courtesy, the other side should also stop pursuing out of politeness and decency,"

At this, even Veronica seemed to sense the problem in what was being said, "But what if the other side isn’t gracious?"

If it were a fair and open competition, perhaps everyone would follow the principle of protective measures on the ground. But they were soon to face desperadoes from Sector Seventeen. Vadim and his remnants surely knew what awaited them should the high-ranking officials they relied on within Kolo Film Industry fall.

They would do anything to protect the company’s secrets and eliminate those who tried to investigate the matter in the cradle.

As Valerian said, once they truly fell into the hands of those people, the fate of the captives would be either a "swift end" or "suffer a defeated scenario and then die."

If it were her parents, they would avoid dealing with the likes of Vadim, a man of extreme cruelty, as much as possible. If unavoidable, the Counter-Intelligence Department provided a pill to every front-line intelligence worker that could cause death from poisoning within five seconds of ingestion, often before they even began to feel pain, they would lose consciousness.

In the "outside," it was an intelligence worker’s consensus that it was better to die than to fall into the enemy’s hands.

"The other side will show decency."

At these words, both Veronica and Valerian lapsed into silence.

Rob Lucci was their respected mentor and also the Chief Executor of Military Intelligence Section Seven, but now he was trying to make them believe something as outrageous as "he comes from ancient times and was once an emperor."

Song Lan knew that mental preparation was often the hardest barrier to overcome, but the move had already been successfully tested on the head of security at Kolo Film Industry.