"Director, enjoying your vacation?"
On the beach, Zhou Yi, still dressed in a classic beach outfit, lay on a lounge chair and asked Chris beside him.
"What vacation? Don't talk nonsense," Chris said with a dark expression. "Didn't I hear that you were sending someone to protect Yinsen's parents? That's why I came personally."
"Yeah, I'm sure Yinsen feels incredibly honored. The IRS Director personally came to Hawaii to protect his parents."
Zhou Yi chuckled and looked in another direction. Yinsen had found his parents, but... he could only stand awkwardly to one side, not daring to approach them.
First, his father was arguing with his mother after she caught him staring at girls in bikinis.
Second, he obviously could not come to the beach in a suit, so like Zhou Yi, he had changed into a classic beach outfit. Now, a group of girls surrounded him, asking for his contact information.
Muscles and good looks in one package—now that was a real young heartthrob!
"Alright, alright, hurry up and leave!" Chris angrily drove Zhou Yi away from the lounge chair beside him. "Get far away from me! With you here, the girls won't even look at me!"
"Director, don't twist the facts. If I weren't beside you, no girls would even look in this direction!" Zhou Yi struck straight at his heart.
"Get lost, get lost!" Chris snapped in embarrassment.
"I'll go have some fun, then." Seeing that he had pushed him far enough, Zhou Yi stood up with a grin. After taking a few steps, he stretched lazily. His bones crackled throughout his body, and his muscular lines became even more distinct without looking exaggerated in the slightest. At a glance, only one word came to mind.
Perfect.
According to rough and incomplete statistics, just that one stretch made dozens of women nearby quietly swallow.
It was clear that beauty, regardless of gender, could stimulate one's appetite.
As Zhou Yi headed toward a target he had been eyeing earlier, he also spared some attention to check the IRS Employee panel that had just undergone a major change.
IRS Employee · Advanced (1200/10000) Title Bonuses: 1. Physique · 1110 2. Intelligence · 1110 3. Advanced Tax Law Controller 4. Advanced Agent Skills Mastery 5. Advanced Weaponry Mastery 6. Storage Space · 10m
At the same time, Zhou Yi's own status panel had also changed.
Zhou Yi: Number of profession titles held: 2 Available World Creation opportunities: 1 Worlds visited so far: "Fast & Furious" series world, spy movie world Physique: 2301 Intelligence: 2303 Magic: 100
With this panel, if I became a mage, I could instantly rank among the Grand Magi... Zhou Yi thought. What kind of world will the next one be?
The next day.
The "friendly exchange" between the IRS and CIA naturally did not require Chris to personally direct it. The IRS Minister of Administration was thoroughly familiar with such matters.
There was no other reason.
Practice made perfect.
As the IRS Minister of Administration, it would be impossible for him not to know how to fight for benefits.
The report on Zhou Yi and Yinsen's joint operation was also delivered to CIA Director Brown.
After Brown read the operation report, his mind was filled with question marks.
This operation...
When had it begun?
Why did I not know about it?
No, it was normal that I did not know, but why had Eugene not mentioned it when I scolded him last time?
Could it be that, to keep the operation confidential, he had not dared mention it?
He actually suspected that I would leak information?
The more Brown thought about it, the angrier he became. He summoned Eugene, who had been eagerly awaiting Brown's reward, to his office and lectured him again.
Although Eugene's face was covered in spit, he did not feel particularly wronged or upset.
Though he had not received a commendation, at least his position had been preserved. Moreover, the loss of the CIA agent list had been completely covered up.
For him, this was already a very good outcome.
Zhou Yi did not involve himself in the follow-up matters. There was no profit in it, and he was not bored enough to meddle for no reason.
He was making some preparations—preparations to leave this world for a while.
So, naturally, he had to—
"What? A vacation?"
Chris looked at Zhou Yi, instantly rose to his feet, and nervously backed away.
"Wait, wait, wait. Why are you leaving?" Zhou Yi asked blankly.
"Hold on." Chris walked to the side, took a box of medicine from his suitcase, and held it in his hand. With practiced ease, he took out a pill, poured himself a cup of hot water, and completed the entire routine in one smooth motion. "Alright, you can talk now."
"You're..." Zhou Yi looked at the words on the medicine box. "You have heart problems?"
It was a medicine similar to fast-acting heart-relief pills.
"Even if my heart had no problems, you'd give it problems sooner or later," Chris said. He held the pill in his left hand and the water in his right, looking ready to swallow it at any moment. "Go on. What are you planning to take down this time? The Pentagon or the White House?"
"I said I'm going on vacation. Vacation!" Zhou Yi said helplessly. "Do you understand? A vacation! A perfectly normal... no, a relaxing kind of vacation, where I travel and wander around the world!"
"I know exactly what you're saying, and I know what a vacation means," Chris said. "But just a few days ago, you said you were going on vacation, then immediately got involved in an internal CIA incident and took down the CIA."
"Come on, that was just an accident," Zhou Yi explained weakly. "Who knew I could run into something like that while traveling? It was just a coincidence. There was nothing I could do..."
"Yeah, what worries me is that you might run into something else during this trip, like a Nuclear Crisis." Chris was full of resentment. "Anything worse than that, and I'm afraid I won't be able to handle it..."
"That won't happen," Zhou Yi said helplessly. "This time, I really do want a vacation..."
"Do you think the organization will believe that nonsense?" Chris waved his hand. "Forget it. No matter what you're really planning, remember to warn me next time so I can prepare my medicine."
"Also, this vacation may make me disappear for quite a long time, so you might not be able to contact me," Zhou Yi said. "Be careful, Director. You're one of the few people I can get along with. I don't want to come back and find that the IRS has a different director."
"You... where exactly are you going?" Hearing this, Chris immediately dropped his exaggerated act and grew serious. "You'll be out of contact? What are you going to do?"
"It's just that, over this period of time, all the scheming and plotting has had a serious impact on my mental health," Zhou Yi said earnestly. "If I don't go out and relax, I think I might develop problems sooner or later. So I need to go somewhere sparsely populated, admire nature's miraculous craftsmanship, and cleanse my soul."
"Letting your soul be purified by nature, washing away worldly dust so it can become pure?" Chris asked suspiciously.
"Mm... how did you know?" Zhou Yi's next words were interrupted, leaving him somewhat confused.
"Because that's exactly what you told me last time, and then you took down the CIA, you bastard!"
A big shot from the group had his new book launch today. When I saw it, damn, a splash-screen recommendation, and Qidian even held a special first-subscription event for him... A boss with over ten thousand first subscriptions. I'm so jealous. God Feng is forever the best!
When will I ever reach that level...?
Asking for some votes isn't too much, right?
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