"Oh... What?"
Luckily, Han Su hadn't put a wonton in his mouth yet, or he would have spat it right out. He looked utterly stunned. "What the heck?"
"Don't get excited too soon."
Zhang Chiguo gave him a cold look. "Miss Ai only made her assessment based on logic, so she gave you an S rank. Something like this is extremely rare, and it's bound to provoke plenty of questions and discussion."
"So when I saw it, I took advantage of a meeting and brought the matter out into the open."
"Once it was out in the open, the rules carried a hundred times more weight than usual. So no one had any grounds to reject your promotion application. But even under these circumstances, they still set you a difficult task."
"You'll only get your investigator's license after you complete it."
"..."
The news hit Han Su completely out of the blue.
His investigator's license was just like that, suddenly within reach?
"Of course, the task is very difficult. It's unrealistic to expect you to complete it at your current level. But this application has brought you another benefit."
Zhang Chiguo spoke as he ate. "You can begin training in mysterious power ahead of schedule."
That news really did perk Han Su up. "Uncle Zhang, if I start training in mysterious power, does that mean I can learn that invisibility spell?"
"The first rule of Zero Sequence?"
"Of course," Zhang Chiguo replied. "It's one of the most basic exercises. All mysterious power training starts there."
Han Su thanked him sincerely. "I'll be satisfied just to get access to that spell."
"Uncle Zhang, I can tell you must have put in a lot of effort to help me with this. Thank you."
Zhang Chiguo just laughed. "Don't get sentimental. If you'd