Preparing to Leave (Seeking Collections and Recommendation Tickets)

"Director, did you have a good vacation?"

On the beach, Zhou Yi, still in his classic beach attire, lay on a lounge chair and asked Chris beside him.

"What vacation? Don't talk nonsense," Chris said, his face darkening. "Aren't I here personally because I heard you were sending people to protect Ethan's parents?"

"Yes, Ethan must be very honored to have the IRS Director personally escort him to Hawaii to protect his parents."

Zhou Yi chuckled and looked in another direction. There, Ethan had found his parents, but... he could only stand awkwardly to the side, not daring to approach.

Firstly, his father was arguing with his mother because he had been caught peeping at bikini-clad girls earlier.

Secondly, he obviously couldn't wear a suit to the beach, so like Zhou Yi, he had changed into a classic beach outfit. Now, he was surrounded by a group of girls asking for his contact information.

With both muscles and good looks, this was a true heartthrob!

"Alright, alright, get lost!" Chris angrily shooed Zhou Yi, who was lounging on the beach chair next to him. "Stay away from me. When you're around me, the girls don't even look at me!"

"Director, don't twist the facts. You know, if I wasn't here with you, no girls would even glance this way!" Zhou Yi used his "Soul Stab" skill.

"Get lost, get lost!" Chris said, flustered and angry.

"Then I'll go play for a bit." Seeing that the time was right, Zhou Yi chuckled, stood up, and walked a few steps away. He stretched, and with a series of cracking sounds from his bones, his muscles became even more defined, but not in an exaggerated way. At first glance, only one word came to mind.

Perfect.

According to incomplete and rough statistics, just from that one stretch, dozens of women around quietly swallowed.

It was clear that beauty, regardless of gender, could stimulate appetite.

As Zhou Yi headed towards his previously targeted destination, he also diverted some of his attention to check his recently changed IRS employee panel.

[IRS Employee · Advanced (1200/10000)
Title Bonuses:
1. [Physique] · 1110
2. [Intelligence Stat] · 1110
3. [Advanced Tax Law Mastery]
4. [Advanced Agent Skill Mastery]
5. [Advanced Weaponry Technology Mastery]
6. [Storage Space] · 10m]

Following this, Zhou Yi's own data panel also changed.

[Zhou Yi:
Number of Professional Titles Held: 2
World Opening Opportunities: 1
Worlds Visited So Far: Fast & Furious Series World, Spy Thriller Movie World

[Physique]: 2301
[Intelligence Stat]: 2303
[Magic]: 100]

"With my stats, if I became a mage, I'd instantly become a Grand Mage..." Zhou Yi thought, "Where will the next world be?"

The next day.

The "friendly exchange" between the IRS and the CIA naturally didn't require Chris to personally command. The IRS Administrative Minister handled it with ease.

It was nothing more than familiarity.

As the Administrative Minister of the IRS, it was impossible for him not to fight for benefits.

The joint operation report from Zhou Yi and Ethan was also sent to CIA Director Brown.

After reviewing the operation report, Brown was filled with questions.

This operation...

When did it start?

Why didn't I know?

No, it's normal that I didn't know, but why didn't Eugene mention it when I scolded him last time?

Was he afraid to say it to maintain operational secrecy?

He actually suspected me of leaking information?

The more Brown thought about it, the angrier he became. He summoned Eugene, who was eagerly awaiting a reward from Brown, to his office and lectured him again.

Although Eugene was covered in spit, he didn't feel particularly wronged or upset.

While he didn't receive a commendation, his position was secured, and the matter of the lost CIA agent list was completely concealed.

For him, this outcome was quite good.

Zhou Yi didn't get involved in the subsequent events. There was no profit to be made, and he wasn't so bored that he had nothing better to do.

He was making some preparations, preparations to leave this world in the short term.

So, of course, he had to—

"What? A vacation?"

Chris looked at Zhou Yi, instantly stood up, and nervously backed away.

"Hold on, hold on, why are you leaving?" Zhou Yi was completely bewildered.

"Wait a moment," Chris walked to the side, took out a box of medicine from his suitcase, held it in his hand, and very skillfully took out a pill. He then poured himself a glass of hot water. The entire process was smooth and natural. "Alright, you can speak now."

"You're..." Zhou Yi looked at the words on the medicine box. "Having heart problems?"

It was a medicine similar to those for rapid relief of heart conditions.

"Even if my heart wasn't problematic, you'd cause problems for it," Chris said, holding the medicine in his left hand and the water in his right, looking ready to swallow it at any moment. "Go ahead, where are you planning to take down this time? The Pentagon or the White House?"

"I clearly said I'm going on vacation, a vacation!" Zhou Yi said helplessly. "Do you understand vacation? It's a proper... no, wait, a very leisurely kind of vacation, traveling around the world and sightseeing!"

"I know perfectly well what you're talking about, and I know what a vacation means," Chris replied. "But just a few days ago, you said you were going on vacation, and then you got involved in CIA internal affairs and took them down."

"Come on, that was just an accident," Zhou Yi weakly explained. "Who knew I'd run into something like that while traveling? It was just a coincidence, I couldn't help it..."

"Yes, what I'm worried about is that you might encounter something else on this trip, like a nuclear crisis," Chris said with a face full of resentment. "If anything else happens, I'm afraid I won't be able to handle it..."

"It won't be that bad," Zhou Yi said helplessly. "This time, I really just want to go on vacation..."

"Do you think the organization will believe your nonsense?" Chris waved his hand. "Forget it, no matter what you plan to do, just remember to remind me next time so I can prepare my medication."

"Also, during this vacation, I might disappear for a rather long time, so you won't be able to contact me," Zhou Yi said. "Be careful, Director. You're one of the few people I can actually talk to. I don't want to come back and find out the IRS Director has changed."

"You... where exactly are you planning to go?" Chris's expression immediately shifted from his previous exaggerated demeanor as he became serious. "You'll lose contact? What are you going to do?"

"It's just that for a long time now, the infighting has been extremely severe, and it has had some impact on my mental state," Zhou Yi said seriously. "If I don't go out and relax, I think I might eventually have problems. So, I need to go to remote places to appreciate the wonders of nature and cleanse my soul."

"To purify your soul in nature, to wash away the superficial and achieve purity?" Chris asked, confused.

"Um... how did you know?" Zhou Yi's next words were interrupted, and he sounded a bit puzzled.

"Because that's exactly what you told me last time, and then you took down the CIA, you idiot!"

The big shots in the group had their new books released today. I took a look, and wow, they had splash screen recommendations and special first-order events on Qidian... Big shots with over ten thousand first orders, I'm so envious. When will I ever reach that level...

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