Atop a high-rise.
Having watched the entire battle, Lin Qiye slowly opened his eyes.
"How was it?" Shao Pingge asked with a smile.
"His strength was greater than I imagined." Lin Qiye could not help but sigh. "He's practically a completely different person from the one I knew before."
"Everyone has their own opportunities and growth. Just a few years ago, who could have imagined that an unknown high school student from Cangnan City would become the captain of a Special Squad?" Shao Pingge patted Lin Qiye on the shoulder.
"Captain Shao, please don't tease me."
Lin Qiye's gaze fell upon the direction in which Fang Mo and the others had departed, a faint glimmer flickering in his eyes.
"What? Worried about your soldier?"
"I think something is off about this." Lin Qiye spoke after some thought. "That disturbance among the Mysteries just now should be related to one of my students..."
A look of surprise appeared in Shao Pingge's eyes upon hearing this.
He did not possess Lin Qiye's wide-range spiritual perception. His only way of keeping track of the battlefield was by monitoring the auras of those Mysteries, so he had no idea what this had to do with Fang Mo.
"So what do you plan to do? Go bring him back and protect him?"
"...No." Lin Qiye considered for a moment, then shook his head. "Growth always involves hardship. Being overly protective of them isn't a good thing. Even if I protect them, I can't make it too obvious...
I'll follow them in secret."
"Don't make a move unless it becomes absolutely necessary." Shao Pingge gave him a solemn warning. "This concerns whether Chen Han can take over this city. If your aura is exposed, then we'll have failed completely."
"Don't worry. I won't expose myself." Lin