With a thud.
Cui Zhongcheng lightly tapped the tabletop.
Gu Shen's expression turned grave, his attention fully focused.
This was his first mission... Because of the A-009 incident, Gu Shen took the upcoming Adjudication Court assignment very seriously. In his imagination, carrying out missions was probably the sort of high-risk operation where one could lose one's life with a single misstep.
Were they leaving Qinghe for some extremely dangerous place?
With the Grand Arbiter and his teacher both here, surely they were not merely traveling along the same route... He held his breath, preparing to hear the mission briefing.
"There is something you need to know. Your file is currently sealed, and the Assessment Team's report is answerable to only one person: Councilman Zhao Xilai." Cui Zhongcheng spoke slowly. "You can understand it this way: apart from a very small number of high-ranking members within the Adjudication Court faction, as well as the Eastern Continent councilors who saw your file during the Amnesty Decree incident, Gu Shen's name is not widely known by anyone else. And for the sake of this mission, I have informed only a very small number of people about your itinerary."
Gu Shen's expression grew even graver.
This mission was that important?
Even his file had been concealed.
"The mission location is 19 Lipu Street."
Cui Zhongcheng carried a palm-sized paper notebook with him. In this age of highly advanced information technology, when everyone was accustomed to using computers, someone using a notebook was truly an oddity.
19 Lipu Street... It sounded like a residential area? Could some Sealed Item or uncontrolled person be lurking there?
Gu Shen narrowed his eyes.
He noticed that Mr. Cui's notebook was both new and old. It was new because it was still fairly crisp and only a third full.