Somewhere in Great Xia.
"New director of the Special Operations Department?!"
Hearing this title, Xia Simeng's mouth fell open uncontrollably. "Doesn't that mean we have a new superior again?!"
"I'm afraid so." Tong Sheng nodded helplessly.
Xia Simeng's face immediately fell.
Draped in a golden cloak, she paced back and forth across the open grounds of an old mountain stronghold like an ant on a hot pan.
"No, no... Zuo Qing became the commander-in-chief, and the director position of the Special Operations Department has been vacant. We finally got to spend a few days without a superior, living a life of lawless—cough, cough—self-management, and now another superior has popped up...
"Doesn't that mean we can't approve our own leave requests anymore?"
"..." The corner of Tong Sheng's mouth twitched slightly. "Captain, strictly speaking, we couldn't do that before either..."
"Yeah, Captain. Before, you only stamped them yourself by sneaking into the office whenever Zuo Qing wasn't around. When he found out last time, he docked half a year's salary..." A Phoenix Squad member cautiously spoke up. "Maybe we should honestly file reports from now on?"
Xia Simeng slapped her cheeks in distress. "Right, who's the new director?"
"The former captain of Nightfall Squad, the newly advanced Human Apex, Lin Qiye."
Xia Simeng froze where she stood.
"Lin Qiye?"
As if she had thought of something, she nodded slightly. "Makes sense. At this point, he's the only one who can shoulder that position..."
"Captain, what's this new Director Lin like?" asked a new Phoenix member who had joined not long ago.
"I've only met him a few times, so I don't know him that well... But he definitely isn't the easygoing sort." Xia Simeng let out a long sigh. After sulking in place for a long while, she suddenly lifted her