When Li Dongze first met Qing Chen, it was in the Octagon Cage at Begonia Boxing Gym. Watching the boy box, he had merely thought he was decent. As expected of the boss's disciple, someone like him was qualified to become a knight.
Perhaps every messenger had scrutinized Qing Chen, their future leader, with a critical eye.
After all, every leader of the Knights throughout history had been among the very best.
But back then, Li Dongze's evaluation of Qing Chen had only been "not bad." He could accept being led by this person in the future, but it was not as though he particularly admired him.
His competition with Su Xingzhi had merely been stubborn competitiveness. It had little to do with Qing Chen.
But later, things changed.
The A02 Base incident was a landmark turning point.
The Qing family head had indeed said one thing right to the Shadow: if he truly wanted to hand over the hearts of the Qing intelligence organization to Qing Chen, then he needed to be more ruthless.
At that time, whether it was the Knight Organization, the Qing intelligence organization, or the Shadow Unit, they all needed Qing Chen to do something that could truly win people over.
Without such a deed, no one could admire him from the bottom of their hearts.
The Qing family head had told the Shadow, "He must do something no one else can accomplish."
So the Qing family head sent Qing Chen through hell, forging the reputation he possessed today.
Li Dongze now admired Qing Chen from the bottom of his heart. Whether it was enduring humiliation in the pigsty while holding firm to his principles, or calmly fighting his way out and taking more than nine hundred people with him.
Those were all things he