Director's Office.
"Of course I'll honor what I promised. As long as he passes the assessment, I'll process his employment immediately."
Lu Huaimin's tone was exceedingly warm.
Though he usually despised people who pulled strings.
Still, in officialdom, one could not always act as one pleased. He already owed Dragon Martial Academy a favor.
Moreover, Dragon Martial Academy had already greased the wheels with the higher-ups.
He had no choice but to agree.
Long Liang said, "What exactly will the assessment involve? He's still only a student and doesn't have much experience handling cases..."
"Don't worry. Your big brother here is reliable. There's only a strength test. That kid clearly has extraordinary talent, a dragon among men and a phoenix among birds. This assessment will be a piece of cake for him."
Looking at the smile on Lu Huaimin's face, Long Liang somehow felt even less reassured.
So he proposed going to the assessment site to take a look.
"Hey, the assessment is simple. It should be over any moment now. Just wait here for the good news."
The words had barely left his mouth when boom— a deafening blast rang out, shaking the entire Jingwu Bureau building three times over. Alarms instantly blared, while the smoke detectors and sprinkler system activated at the same time.
Enemy attack!? That was Lu Huaimin's first thought.
He had just rushed out of the office when he saw his secretary hurrying over to report.
"Director, this is bad! The assessment room... the assessment room exploded!"
At those words, Long Liang's expression changed instantly.
"What kind of assessment did you arrange!?"
Lu Huaimin was baffled as well. What kind of assessment could blow up the assessment room? He had never heard of such a thing.
The two hurried to the assessment room.
When they arrived, thick smoke churned through the air, shattered bricks and stones littered the ground, and bloodstains could be seen everywhere.
"Chu Sheng! Chu Sheng!"
Long Liang shouted as he anxiously searched, but the next second, a voice sounded behind him.
"Over here."
Turning around and seeing that Chu Sheng was unharmed, Long Liang finally let out a long breath.
But when he saw the "black man" dangling from Chu Sheng's hand—
Long Liang asked in confusion, "What's this?"
"Saving someone. I forgot about my talent and didn't control the force properly."
After being enhanced by the Thunderous Saint Body, the power of Thunder Marsh had multiplied severalfold.
Even though he had used only half a percent of his usual strength, he still had not been able to hold back in time.
Not only had the entire assessment room been blown apart, even the people watching outside had been caught in the blast.
Fortunately, their injuries were lighter. Lin Hongzhao, however, had suffered miserably.
The instant Thunder Marsh was unleashed, she had still been thinking about how to pull off some slippery snake-like footwork.
She had never expected it to be a massive area-of-effect attack.
No movement technique could do anything against it.
She was struck head-on.
Even Bai Wei, who had been standing farther away and cheering Chu Sheng on, was badly injured.
From the rear, Lu Huaimin thundered in fury.
"Lin Hongzhao! Lin Hongzhao!!!"
He had thought Lin Hongzhao was the one who caused this huge commotion and had been about to ask her what happened.
"Your director," Long Liang introduced.
Chu Sheng carried the "black man" over to Lu Huaimin.
"Here."
Lu Huaimin stared at the half-dead black figure in Chu Sheng's hand for quite a while before finally confirming it.
This was Lin Hongzhao.
Just as he was about to speak, he suddenly realized something.
"Where are her clothes!?"
At that moment, aside from some covering over her private areas, Lin Hongzhao was naked everywhere else.
Though she was charred pitch-black, so nothing could be seen.
But Lu Huaimin knew Lin Hongzhao's temperament. If she found out that she had been carried around in a nearly naked state, would she even want to live anymore?
Seeing this, his secretary hurriedly took off his jacket, wrapped Lin Hongzhao in it, and sent her off for treatment.
After the fire had been put out and the cleanup finished, Lu Huaimin led the two back to his office.
"So, I should count as having passed the assessment, right?"
Lu Huaimin's mouth twitched. He had already heard Chu Sheng explain exactly what happened.
Forget touching Lin Hongzhao once within three minutes.
This guy had knocked Lin Hongzhao unconscious in less than half a minute!
If this book is good, remember to add it to your bookshelf so you won't lose it next time.
If he said Chu Sheng had not passed after that, would there still be any justice in the world?
Since resistance was futile, Lu Huaimin simply chose to accept it happily.
"Of course. On behalf of the Jingwu Bureau, I welcome you aboard."
"Inspector Chu!"
Outside the Jingwu Bureau building.
Originally, Long Liang had intended to protect Chu Sheng until he finished the National College Entrance Examination.
But after the assessment, once he confirmed that Chu Sheng already possessed strength comparable to the peak of the Qi Sea Realm—
There was no longer any need for Long Liang to stay.
"You must keep that waist badge on you at all times. Even a sixth-rank Divine Mansion Realm expert would find it difficult to break the formation on it.
"Unless it's a life-and-death feud, once someone knows your identity, they won't dare make things difficult for you."
"If anything comes up, call me, or go directly to your director. You got in through his back door, so you understand. Don't be afraid of troubling him."
"And one more thing. I know you hate evil as though it were an enemy, but sometimes it's best to leave a thread of mercy. You can't kill all the bad people. There's no need to make too many enemies and drag yourself into the mire."
That last point was what Long Liang cared about most.
Though they had known each other for only a few days, Long Liang could see that Chu Sheng was truly upright.
How should he put it... he was so upright that it bordered on the wicked.
People like that were often the most likely to stir up trouble and invite resentment from others.
At the same time, such people were also the most extreme and the most likely to walk down a path of extremity.
Once the markings on the scales in their hearts were erased, the justice they spoke of might burn through every moral boundary—
And even burn through the entire world!
Most crucially, Chu Sheng's talent was simply too terrifying.
After Long Liang left, Chu Sheng stood where he was and pondered.
"Can bad people really not all be killed?"
He did not believe that nonsense. If they could not all be killed, that only meant too few had been killed!
Afterward, Lu Huaimin's secretary took him to complete his onboarding procedures.
He also introduced Chu Sheng to the Jingwu Bureau's affairs.
Members of the operations department were collectively known as patrolmen.
By rank, from lowest to highest, they were Bronze, Silver, and Gold.
Chu Sheng had just joined, so he was naturally the lowest-ranking Bronze Patrolman, generally called a Bronze Patrol internally.
His base monthly salary was thirty thousand Federal Currency, including the five insurances and housing fund.
In addition, every mission came with merit points and Federal Currency rewards according to its difficulty rating.
Accumulating ten thousand merit points allowed one to advance to Silver Patrol. Gold Patrol required one hundred thousand.
After receiving his waist badge and uniform.
The staff at the employment processing office gave Chu Sheng a copy of the "Jingwu Bureau Administrative Punishment Regulations."
It listed in detail the penalties for every kind of illegal act.
Chu Sheng solemnly put it away.
Before he could leave, Human Resources handed him another booklet, the "Jingwu Bureau Law Enforcement Regulations."
It was considerably thicker than the punishment regulations.
Chu Sheng froze.
What did this mean?
Not only did he need to know whether other people had committed crimes? He also had to make sure he did not commit any himself?
Wasn't that a little too inconvenient?
Next, the secretary took him around to familiarize him with the various departments of the Jingwu Bureau.
Thus, everyone learned—
A young man had arrived at their Jingwu Bureau.
And this young man was anything but ordinary.
He had blown up the assessment room the moment he arrived.
The secretary held out his hand to Chu Sheng.
"Give me your phone."
Seeing the wariness written all over Chu Sheng's face, the secretary gave a bitter smile.
"Relax, I'm not signing you up for online loans. I'm helping you download our Jingwu Bureau app."
"You have to accept missions through it."
Once everything was done.
Chu Sheng had no intention of resting. Instead, he began browsing the mission list.
He could not help it. He was simply too upright.
The missions Bronze Patrols could accept were mostly things like maintaining public order, patrolling, and standing guard.
Very soon, one mission caught his attention.
"Investigate the Alien Kin disturbance at Shengze Third Middle School."
D-rank. Reward: one hundred merit points and thirty thousand Federal Currency.
He had personally experienced this incident.
There was no reason not to accept it!
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