"Zhou Li, I heard this Mr. Bai killed a bunch of abyss demons yesterday. Who exactly is he? He came here and made things worse, yet the commander still believes he can dispel the Abyss?"
The bald man handed out flyers as he asked in a conspiratorial whisper.
After thanking a New Human, Zhou Li turned and gave him a disdainful look.
"Something that big happened yesterday, and you don't know about it?"
Then realization dawned on him. "Oh, right. At your rank, you aren't eligible to attend senior-level meetings yet."
"You fucking..." Seeing Zhou Li's smug expression, the bald man started cursing in anger.
"What do you mean, at my rank? Aren't we the same rank? You just got lucky and went to the City Lord's Manor, where you met the higher-ups.
If you'd stayed in the city, you'd have been assigned to hide somewhere like me."
Zhou Li grinned smugly. "Not for much longer. Once I go with Mr. Bai to meet Minister Qin, my abilities are bound to earn the minister's appreciation. The next commander will be none other than me!"
"Stop fucking dreaming. Hang on... you're taking Mr. Bai to meet Minister Qin?
Some guy with an unknown background who's handing out glamour shots all over the city, and you're taking him to meet the minister??
What if he has ulterior motives?"
Zhou Li gave him a surprised look. "Seriously, Old Tan, how come you don't know anything? Did you miss this morning's meeting too?
Don't tell me you got drunk again last night?"
Old Tan blushed. "Just a little drink. Just a little."
He really hadn't attended the morning meeting, because he was still drunk that morning. By the time he arrived, everyone had already started handing out flyers.
To pretend he'd attended too, he