Qin Annian followed the instructions on his Personal Terminal.
He collected his new uniform and equipment.
"Your salary next month will also be raised to the Peace Officer baseline."
Peace Officers at the Security Bureau were a high-income group.
Even as a newly confirmed trainee Peace Officer, Qin Annian was now earning a monthly salary of 1,200 Federation Credits.
And after solving cases.
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There were also performance bonuses.
Combined together.
"An annual salary exceeding 20,000 isn't difficult."
This increase in salary was the most direct sign that his quality of life had improved.
So.
Even Qin Annian.
Felt a little happier.
"Besides."
"My patrol duty this afternoon has also been canceled."
Miss Ju Zi had just sent Qin Annian his work schedule for the next month.
"This month."
"I only need to focus on the Old District Gang Brawl Case."
Although.
Qin Annian had not forgotten last night's case.
But clearly.
He was not qualified to touch that case for the time being.
The Old District.
Was the area Qin Annian usually patrolled.
It had originally been Zhao Daming's jurisdiction.
However.
Even this temporary worker had been taken away by the Investigation Division.
Zhao Daming was probably now a guest in an Investigation Division interrogation room.
"No wonder he was so eager to cause trouble for me."
So he had been afraid that he would not get another chance later.
"As long as I perform well enough."
"I can apply to Miss Ju Zi to take over Zhao Daming's jurisdiction."
Zhao Daming was definitely not clean.
He had already reported the anonymous letter according to procedure.
Yet Zhao Daming had chosen to turn a blind eye.
"If he wants to get out in one piece."
"That's simply impossible."
The matter had blown up.
The firecracker had already been lit.
Someone was bound to be sacrificed.
At that thought.
Qin Annian's walking rhythm suddenly changed.
"Who exactly was it?"
"Who bailed me out of the Investigation Division?"
There were not many people in the Security Bureau with the authority to make the Investigation Division release someone.
"No one is good to me for no reason."
"What is that person's goal?"
Now.
He had already passed the Security Bureau's confirmation assessment.
That person.
Should be contacting him soon, right?
He exhaled a breath of stale air.
And suppressed all those chaotic thoughts.
"Right now."
"For me."
"Only two things matter most!"
Cultivation.
And solving cases!
"A gang brawl?"
"There should be plenty of 'kindhearted people' willing to give me a hand."
Trainee Peace Officers had not yet been assigned independent offices.
So.
After lunch in the cafeteria.
Qin Annian sat in the patrol car.
He pressed a button near the sun visor above the driver's seat.
Whoosh!
A projection appeared before Qin Annian.
"Miss Ju Zi has sent over the files related to the case."
"Let me see..."
Qin Annian began studying the case with complete concentration.
At the same time, he wrote and drew on his Personal Terminal, marking information he found useful.
Once he became fully immersed in it, time flew by.
By the time he finished reviewing all the case files.
The sky outside the car windows had already darkened.
Orange-red sunset light gilded the Security Bureau building with a golden edge.
Higher up in the sky.
The pitch-black clouds hung like a thick quilt, as if they wanted to cover the earth!
"Oh, right."
"The weather forecast said it would start raining this evening."
Qin Annian hurriedly packed up the things inside the patrol car, preparing to clock out and go home.
"My way of thinking still hasn't completely changed."
Suddenly.
Qin Annian slapped his forehead.
As a Peace Officer.
He did not need to remain at the Security Bureau to work all the time.
He could work anywhere.
As long as he solved the case.
That was to say.
If Qin Annian was confident that he could resolve the gang brawl case in his hands within a month.
Then from now on.
He would not even need to come to the Security Bureau to clock in.
"Hah!"
"Working at the Security Bureau."
"Really isn't bad."
His days truly were getting better bit by bit!
Without the urgency of having to clock in the next day, Qin Annian's footsteps slowed somewhat.
After boarding the tram home.
Inside the gently swaying carriage.
Qin Annian turned his attention to that earlier memory.
"I was rushing to take the assessment before."
"I still haven't examined it properly."
He slowly closed his eyes.
And reviewed the unfamiliar memory that had appeared in his mind.
Inside the training room.
He repeated a single movement day after day.
He raised his leg.
And brought it down.
From unfamiliarity to familiarity.
Until he had perfectly grasped every movement.
"Hiss!"
"Something feels off."
After Qin Annian's consciousness sank into this memory.
He suddenly sensed.
That something about it seemed abnormal.
"I practiced for a year."
"But."
"Why did I gain so little?!"
Right!
Qin Annian knew what was wrong!
"Xingyi Cannon Fist came with a full three hundred years of mastery."
"There's no way to compare that."
With those three hundred years of mastery, his awareness and perspective had been elevated to the level of a Fist Technique Grandmaster.
Such an opportunity was practically heaven-defying.
It could not be treated as normal.
The three subsequent years of Standing Posture mastery, on the other hand, seemed more normal.
The gap was not large, so it could be used for comparison.
"Three years of Iron Man Stance."
"No."
"That was no longer merely Iron Man Stance."
"Although it wasn't as heaven-defying as Xingyi Cannon Fist, capable of changing my understanding of fist techniques."
"Still."
"I made breakthroughs and changes in this Standing Posture technique as well."
But.
As he now recalled this memory of practicing leg techniques.
"Proficient."
"But no more than proficient."
"There were no other gains."
Qin Annian lightly furrowed his brow as he compared the differences.
"Was it because of the number of people helping?"
"After all, two people helped with Iron Man Stance."
"Only one person helped with this leg technique."
That was the first difference.
"The second point is."
"The me in this memory wasn't as intelligent as before!"
"My aptitude was much worse!"
Qin Annian nodded slightly.
The more he pondered this memory, the clearer that feeling became.
"Yes!"
"His aptitude was simply too poor!"
Universe Tower, top floor.
The Taiyu City Guardian, whose body was impervious to ordinary viruses, suddenly sneezed!
"Hm?"
"What's going on?"
"Could someone be cursing me?"
He abruptly opened his eyes.
Somewhat unsettled, he looked around.
These past two days,
far too many strange things had happened!
"If that matter weren't so close,"
"I would definitely stay at Master's Dojo for a while."
Xiao Cheng felt somewhat helpless.
"I should go get checked later."
Casting aside his distracting thoughts,
he closed his eyes again and continued cultivating the Standing Posture.
Inside the tram.
"This kicking technique has only reached the proficient level."
"I still need to keep practicing it."
"I currently know too few martial techniques."
"Xingyi Cannon Fist can only be used as a trump card."
If he did not prepare another technique,
then if an enemy thoroughly studied his Xingyi Cannon Fist, he would have no choice but to display strength beyond that of a boxing prodigy.
By then,
there would inevitably be plenty of trouble.
Having one more martial technique meant having one more way out.
"Besides the Standing Posture,"
"I also need to set aside some time every day to practice this kicking technique."
"What a pity."
"In these memories, my aptitude was insufficient. Even after practicing this kicking technique for a year, I could only reach this level."
As he dwelled on this regretful thought,
the speaker announced the next stop.
It was time for Qin Annian to get off.
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