"Commander, you really can't slack off this time. We need you to step forward."
Lu Mouren had been living his quiet little life, listening to the latest rage-filled jokes from the Red Star Republic, when trouble came knocking.
"Accountant Wang, don't rush. Tell me what happened."
Caught by the new head of the team's financial department, Lu Mouren's plan to slack off came to an end.
"Regiment Commander Lu, have you forgotten that our Rebirth Merchant Group is a merchant group!"
"We're a merchant guild—uh, of course we are. We are absolutely not a political or military gathering, much less some hidden military warlord."
Reminded of this, Lu PingAn felt embarrassed, but he also more or less understood why this "junior" had come looking for him.
The regiment commander's secretary had originally been Catherine. She was the representative of the Phosphorus People and, at the same time, the team's de facto financial chief.
However, during those "ten years," Catherine had chosen to strike out alone on the Knight's Journey. Naturally, someone aboard the ship had taken over. Wang Qisi, a second-rank Scholar, had effectively handled the merchant group's accounts over the past few years.
There had actually been quite a few personnel changes like this. Professionals always pursued their own growth. Since the core members around Lu Mouren back then had the chance to challenge the legendary Rule-level, they naturally gave up certain things. Some mid-level backbone members were from the new generation, while others were "old hands" who had realized their abilities were limited and that they could not advance any further.
Wang Qisi was somewhere in between. In theory, he was in the same cohort as Mei Yuge and counted as one of the "juniors" among Lu PingAn's group. But after reaching the third rank, even with the