Chapter 397: A Small Favor
"Don't worry. For you, this'll be a piece of cake."
Seeing that Fu Qian was willing to hear her terms, Yuan Shan perked up and quickly explained.
"You just need to find someone and check his mental state."
Check his mental state?
Fu Qian furrowed his brow slightly.
"Who?"
"Gan Zuoxun."
Yuan Shan slowly spoke the name, but she soon realized from Fu Qian's expression that it meant nothing to him.
"The municipal official of Shangjing."
"Understood."
Fu Qian nodded.
"But checking someone's mental state? Do Night Watchers moonlight as psychiatrists?"
"There are indeed psychiatrists for Transcendents, and they're quite effective, but that's not part of our responsibilities."
Yuan Shan sighed at Fu Qian's question.
"All we need to do is ensure that key personnel aren't being influenced by supernatural forces."
"Not long ago, we received a report claiming that this newly appointed municipal official had a problem and had become a puppet of certain conglomerates."
"You mean he wasn't one before?"
Fu Qian asked, sounding rather surprised.
Based on what he knew, although this world claimed to have a Federal System and its various organizational structures were quite well-developed, the key positions in government departments were basically filled by representatives of conglomerates, families, and the like.
And behind those organizations were, at their core, vast numbers of Transcendents banding together.
It was really a two-way street. On one hand, advancement required substantial resources and information. It was perfectly understandable that ambitious Transcendents would choose to attach themselves to an organization rather than go it alone.
In a broad sense, the Night Watchers were an organization like that, too.
Unfortunately, compared to the countless Transcendents out there, the Night Watchers' entry requirements were far too strict. Only a small fraction could join; the rest had