I Want to Be a Security Guard

Watch the gate ten times? Gu Yuan's brain began to spin at high speed.

How could he find a legitimate reason to come to the Destiny Bureau and watch the gate?

Should he tell his cousin that he had suddenly awakened a soul of security, developed a passion for the security profession, and wanted to contribute a meager amount of strength to the gates of the Destiny Bureau?

She would definitely slap him against the wall so hard he couldn't be peeled off.

The off-road vehicle drove out of the gate, leaving the guard booth behind.

Gu Yuan turned his head to look at Shen Tingxue, who was focused on driving.

"Cousin," Gu Yuan suddenly spoke, his tone extremely sincere.

"What is it?" Shen Tingxue didn't even turn her head.

"I suddenly feel that as a martial artist of the new era, I cannot stay in a greenhouse all day."

Gu Yuan wore an expression of righteous indignation.

"I need to gain experience, I need to come into contact with the grassroots of society, and I need to feel the hardships of grassroots work! Only in the most ordinary positions can one sharpen the most resilient martial will!"

Shen Tingxue turned her head and looked him up and down with the gaze one would reserve for a lunatic.

"What kind of nonsense are you trying to spout?"

Gu Yuan rubbed his hands together.

"Look, isn't the Destiny Bureau short on manpower lately?"

"That old gentleman in the guard booth is so old, how tiring it must be for him. I've decided: starting tomorrow, I'm going to come to the Destiny Bureau to work as a security guard! For free!"

"..."

Shen Tingxue slammed on the brakes.

Gu Yuan lurched forward, nearly smashing his head into the windshield.

"Gu Yuan, I think you really have too much time on your hands, don't you?"

Shen Tingxue stepped on the gas pedal again.

"One moment you say you want to go outside the city to clear out fierce beasts and train your combat skills, the next you want to follow Miaomiao to investigate cases."

"And now, you want to be a security guard? What are you, Martin Morning?"

Hearing Shen Tingxue's question, Gu Yuan scratched his head in confusion.

"Martin Morning? What kind of meme is that? Is that some old meme from your generation?"

Gu Yuan's mouth moved faster than his brain, and he blurted out, "Cousin, we young people nowadays don't understand..."

Before he could finish his sentence.

A fist flew from the driver's seat toward his head.

Thud! Thud!

Two solid, muffled sounds rang out.

Gu Yuan clutched his head and curled up in the passenger seat, feeling his brain buzzing. For a long time, he couldn't say a word.

"Hmm? Little Yuan, what was that about an old meme... what did you mean by that?"

Shen Tingxue retracted her hand in a leisurely manner. "I didn't quite catch that. Why don't you explain it to me again?"

Gu Yuan's scalp went numb, his survival instinct maxing out instantly.

"Ha! Cousin, you must have misheard!"

Gu Yuan shook his head like a bobblehead, frantically denying his previous words. "I clearly said it was a good meme! It's just that my information is too outdated, and I didn't recognize it at first! Yes, that's it!"

"Oh~ so it turns out your information is just outdated."

Shen Tingxue stared straight ahead, a smile curling the corner of her lips. "Spend more time online, don't keep exposing your intelligence."

Having received a satisfactory answer, she continued to press the gas pedal, driving toward Gu Yuan's home.

The car drove steadily along the main road.

Gu Yuan rubbed the bump rapidly forming on his head. Seeing that Shen Tingxue's anger had mostly dissipated, he shamelessly leaned in again.

"About that... Cousin, the thing I mentioned to you..."

For that purple-tier trait, taking a beating was worth it. This gate-watching matter had to be settled today.

Shen Tingxue glanced at him sideways and sighed.

"I'll say this first."

"Uncle Zhou is a veteran who retired from the front lines of Beast-Burial Mountain. His temper isn't exactly great. If you go there and make him angry, don't expect me to stop him if you get beaten up."

No wonder that old security guard had a bright purple trait hovering over his head; it turned out he was a veteran who had retired from Beast-Burial Mountain.

Gu Yuan had learned about the Beast-Burial Mountain campaign in his old history textbooks.

It was the place where the most tragic and bloody battle between humanity and the fierce beasts had erupted. It had lasted for three whole years, and they had literally filled a defensive line with human lives.

Back then, anyone capable of stepping onto that battlefield was at least a Second-Stage Meridian Clearing martial artist, and every one of them was an elite who had crawled their way out of a pile of corpses.

Gu Yuan didn't care about any of that; he only cared about how much of an upgrade that purple trait would bring him once he got his hands on it.

As long as he could snag that trait, it didn't matter if Uncle Zhou had a bad temper—even if Uncle Zhou were a Charizard, he would still insist on getting close enough to pluck a few whiskers off its chin.

"Don't worry, Cousin!"

Gu Yuan waved his hand grandly, "I just genuinely want to experience the hardships of grassroots work; I absolutely won't cause any trouble! Plus, I want to help the security guard reduce his workload! I'm going there to spread some warmth!"

Shen Tingxue let out a cold snort.

"I think you're just going there to cause trouble for Uncle Zhou."

She spun the steering wheel, arriving downstairs at Gu Yuan's apartment complex.

"Fine, I'll talk to the higher-ups tomorrow. You can report for duty in a couple of days; just consider it a winter break job. The Destiny Bureau is short-handed lately anyway, so having an extra person to watch the gate is fine."

"Thank you so much, Cousin!"

Gu Yuan's face immediately lit up with joy, "From now on, if you tell me to go west, I won't go east; if you tell me to herd the chickens, I won't chase the dogs!"

Shen Tingxue waved her hand, looking speechless.

"Alright, alright. I don't know how many times I've heard that from you since we were kids. Just make sure you behave yourself when the time comes."

Gu Yuan turned his head and gave an OK gesture.

It was a done deal.

Gu Yuan pushed the car door open, hopped out, and waved at Shen Tingxue.

"Drive safe, Sis!"

Shen Tingxue ignored him, slammed on the gas, and the car roared away down the street.

Gu Yuan turned around and took the stairs two at a time.

He had just opened the front door and hadn't even had a chance to change his shoes when he heard his parents sitting on the living room sofa, discussing something.

The evening news was playing on the television, but the volume was turned down low.

"There have been more and more fierce beasts outside the city lately."

Gu Yuanzheng was sprawled out on the sofa. "Today, when I was delivering goods to the Destiny Bureau's camp outside the city, I actually ran into three Red-Armored Beasts. It's been a long time since I've seen a situation like that."

Gu Yuan froze when he heard this.

Red-Armored Beasts?

Those things were the size of a small car when fully grown, with thick skin and tough flesh. They usually only roamed deep in the wilderness, so how could they have wandered onto the perimeter routes near the camp outside the city?

Gu Yuan changed into his slippers and walked toward the living room.

"Dad, you weren't hurt, were you?" Gu Yuan looked Gu Yuanzheng up and down.

The corners of Gu Yuanzheng's mouth curled up.

"Hurt? Are you kidding me!"

"I had a martial artist from the Destiny Bureau sitting in the passenger seat. When those three beasts lunged out of the woods and went straight for the truck's tires, they didn't stand a chance."

"And then?" Gu Yuan asked, following the thread of the story.

"And then? That Destiny Bureau guy jumped right out." Gu Jianguo gestured with a slashing motion.

"With a flash of a blade, swish, swish, those three beasts didn't even have time to let out a sound before they were sliced into pieces. Hurt? Not a chance!"

Shangguan Yi slapped Gu Jianguo on the back without a hint of politeness.

"You still have the nerve to brag! If it weren't for the person from the Destiny Bureau, you would have been done for out there today!"

Gu Yuanzheng slapped his thigh again, "Heh, it's a good thing the Destiny Bureau stepped in, otherwise..."

He paused for a moment before continuing, "Otherwise, I would have had to take care of it myself!"