He hesitated, then typed: [If the mission is already complete, does that mean I can become an investigator?]
Miss Ai replied: [I am merely a machine responsible for issuing and reviewing missions. The agreement Mr. Butcher made with the other people at the Bureau of Abnormal Disaster Assessment is outside my authority! By my standards, Mr. Butcher should have been promoted to investigator long ago.]
Han Su nodded slightly and asked another question: [Then what will change after I'm promoted to investigator?]
Miss Ai paused briefly, then began typing a large amount of text: [When an operative is promoted to investigator, his initial evaluation from his time as an operative will be reset to zero, returning to D+. His rating will then improve based on his performance investigating and completing a series of missions.]
[Basic information related to mysterious infiltration will be made available to Mr. Butcher. The mission-locking function and the authority to request operatives will also be opened to Mr. Butcher, and access to the Cipher Incantations and core training for the three sequences of Mysterious Power will be opened at the same time.]
[Upon promotion to investigator, his level of information clearance will be raised, and he will enter a phase under my direct supervision. Within the limits of my capabilities, I will protect Mr. Butcher!]
[...]
"So this is the protection Song Chushi said Miss Ai would give me?"
Han Su's heart stirred, and he quickly replied: [What exactly does this protection entail?]
This time, Miss Ai didn't respond as quickly. A while later, a message finally appeared: [You'll find out when the time comes.]
"?"
Was that something a machine was supposed to say?
While he was still puzzled, Miss Ai sent another message: [At the same time, Mr. Butcher will receive a new investigator's