Sergeant's Thoughts

Unlike Cook, the Sergeant wasn't embarrassed by Lin Qi's teasing. He shook his head and said, "Of course not, I have no plans to get married right now."

His job is dangerous. Even though he is no longer a Federal Army soldier, his job is still very dangerous. Who knows when someone might want to hurt Lin Qi, and with so many unregulated guns and ammunition in the world, he could lose his life.

When he served in the army, he, like most of his comrades, looked down on civilian soldiers, believing that those guys without balls were only fit to be gay in the office, not to be on the battlefield with weapons.

But at this moment, he was very envious of those people. He planned to work on the front line for a few years. At that time, he would be thirty-four or thirty-five years old, not too old.

Once he has saved some money and gained Lin Qi's trust, he will switch to an office job, and at that time, he will get married.

Maybe find someone your own age, or maybe someone younger—isn't that a trend?

Seeing the smile on the Sergeant's face, Lin Qi couldn't help but tease him again, "I've heard recently that a lot of foreigners are getting married here, and some are even planning to marry multiple women..."

Nagaril's polygamous system has undeniably attracted many foreigners. It is said that some men in their fifties, who have started receiving Federal retirement benefits early for various reasons, are actively preparing to settle here.

They receive two to three hundred dollars a month in retirement pensions from the Federal Government. This amount is insignificant in the Federal, but it is a high salary in Nagaril.

This money is more than enough to support a family, let alone several. These people will become a unique branch in the process of cultural integration between the local and the outside world, making outstanding contributions to spreading the spirit of the Federal.

To Lin Qi's question, which sounded like a joke, the Sergeant smiled and said, "I wouldn't allow myself to do that, boss..."

"From a young age, I was taught that we are the best country in the world. Later, I joined the army, and everyone there told me to love my country and fight for it."

"Maybe some people won't bring these things into their lives, but I will. I will not marry a woman who is not a member of the Federal, and I certainly won't get married here."

He paused, realizing that if he continued rambling, he might not be able to let Lin Qi know the purpose of his presence there. "Boss, get to the point. We need to recruit some locals."

When the conversation turned to serious matters, Lin Qi's expression became slightly more serious. "Are we facing some trouble right now?"

The Sergeant nodded. "We are very different from these natives. We can't hide among them well. We are taller and have lighter skin. As soon as we appear among the locals, they can spot us almost instinctively, which makes a lot of our work difficult."

"If we can recruit some locals to work for us, some jobs that are not suitable for us will become easier!"

"For example, regarding the investigation of issues such as Nagaril Youth Party, our recent investigation found that Nagaril Youth Party's activities have completely subsided since the unrest until the last big demonstration. I suspect they have gone into hiding, which makes it even harder for us to catch them. We need to arrange for some people to find a way to infiltrate their ranks, but..." He pursed his lips and shrugged his shoulders regretfully.

"Look at me, someone like me, let alone infiltrating their organization, they would avoid me as soon as they see me."

This is indeed a problem. The reason why it is difficult to detect the spies that the Gefra and the Federal send to each other is because the Gefra and the Federal people look very similar.

The Federal is a nation of immigrants, without a true core ethnic group or ethnicity. They are all people from all over the world, including adventurers, gold prospectors, fugitives, exiles, and criminals. This has led to the fact that in Federal society today, any person may have many different ancestry.

In addition, the physical characteristics of people from subtropical to temperate zones are not much different, so it is easy to send spies or do other things in these countries. However, for countries near the equator, the complex blood composition of Federal society is not an advantage, because they cannot find people whose bloodlines are similar to those of tropical people.

It's impossible to find reliable people from the Federal to send to Nagaril.

"What do you want to do?" Lin Qi didn't immediately give his idea. He looked at the Sergeant. "If I agree with your point of view, what are you planning to do?"

"Recruit some locals!" The Sergeant's answer was quick and swift. He had come prepared and had already come up with a plan that he thought was good and relatively complete.

This is an important sign of his transition to clerical work. If he can prove that he can handle clerical work, then it won't be so difficult for him to bring this up with Lin Qi in the future.

"Go on!"

"I've been keeping an eye on the situation here lately and trying to understand the social structure. I've noticed that some people are quite different from the locals..."

To better protect Lin Qi and all the clients' safety, the Sergeant wasn't idle all day. Apart from personally taking charge of Lin Qi's safety when Lin Qi needed to go out, he would handle other tasks at other times, such as analyzing dangerous groups.

This was a habit he developed while serving in the military. The soldiers of the Federal Army had not actually participated in any fierce battles, and many of them had never been abroad to carry out military operations. Therefore, their practical skills were probably not as good as others, and that was the opinion of people all over the world.

The image of Federal soldiers fearing war and trembling at the sound of gunfire is widely circulated in some countries in the form of cartoons, and even Gefra once had such propaganda! On a huge poster, Federal soldiers and soldiers from some other neutral countries are huddled behind cover, trembling, unable to even put on their uniforms properly, while only the Gefra people stand tall and head to the battlefield.

Below, they even added a very inspiring sentence, "Only we can save the world!" The propaganda was very accurate and well-positioned, if it weren't for the fact that their army was considered the weakest in the world.

Without having been tested in actual combat and disregarding practical warfare capabilities, theoretically speaking, the Federal's army group may have the strongest theoretical knowledge reserves in the world.

While soldiers in other countries spend their days thinking about how to survive longer on the battlefield and facing constant gunfire, Federal soldiers are wasting taxpayers' money by developing theories that have never actually been used, including the "early warning theory."

This theory refers to the idea of what kind of enemies might exist in a hypothetical area, and studying the salient features of these enemies to more easily classify whether all targets seen by soldiers are dangerous.

The advantage of this approach is that it eliminates the need to identify and retaliate after an attack that threatens their lives has occurred; instead, it allows them to eliminate potential enemies as soon as they appear.

For example, the most common warning sign is weapons. They believe that as long as there is a non- Federal soldier holding a weapon in the combat zone, they are hostile targets within the warning scope, and they will not hesitate to shoot, regardless of whether they have shot the wrong person. War itself is the stupidest decision in human history, and they just make the stupidest decision even stupider.

After the Sergeant arrived, he also worked on early warning theory. When he analyzed the composition of the population, he found that not all locals were hostile to foreigners. Some locals hoped to have some relationship with foreigners and were even willing to serve them.

These people are not a very small minority; they are a common group, and this is the kind of people the Sergeant wants to recruit.

They will become the most reliable friends of foreigners, helping Blackstone Security and Mr. Lin Qi to catch those opponents.

Lin Qi listened to his words and nodded repeatedly. He knew what the Sergeant was working hard on, and he also hoped that he could have someone who could stand on his own.

After listening to him for a while, Lin Qi asked a question, "How do you ensure the loyalty of these people?"

"If we cannot ensure their loyalty, Youth Party may use this opportunity to infiltrate our ranks."

The Sergeant scratched his head. "That's why I came to see you, boss. Maybe you can give me some good advice?"

"I've thought of many ways to give them money, or give them some power or status, but I always feel that these are not enough."

"I always feel like something is missing. There will always be some people who can remain indifferent to these things."

People with ideals, people with perseverance, and young people who are awakening are not easily influenced by these things. But apart from giving them these things, the Sergeant really didn't know what else to do, so he could only turn to Lin Qi for help.

Lin Qi thought for a few seconds and said, "We know that some people don't care about how much money they have, some people don't care about whether they have power, and some people don't care about other people's opinions of them, because they have their own principles."

"So... how about we give them an ideal future?"

"Allow them to become Federal citizens and their families after working for a certain number of years and achieving certain 'performance', or give them an opportunity to realize their ideals and aspirations."

"I agree to your plan. You can arrange the specifics of how to execute it. Remember to let me know if there's any good news!"

The Sergeant seemed very excited. He stood at attention, saluted, and turned to leave.

Watching the door slowly close, Lin Qi slightly turned his chair, humming an unknown tune as he gazed at the distant beach.