After hearing this request, Wu Ming fell silent for a long while before sighing softly. "Mr. Zhao, the country isn't asking me to guard the southwest. It's asking me to pacify it."
"The capable have to shoulder more work." Zhao Minghui flattered him. "You've already cleared out almost all the monsters in your jurisdiction. We're only adding the surrounding regions now. With your strength, handling them should be a breeze."
"The other provinces and cities are manageable, but Tibet Province is enormous. Its farthest city is two thousand kilometers from Shushi. How am I supposed to provide support that far away?" Wu Ming sounded helpless.
"That's why the country has increased your authorized troop strength."
Zhao Minghui reassured him, "You can station those troops permanently in the various provinces to deal with lower-level monster threats. You'll only need to handle the threat of General-level Monsters."
"Isn't that girlfriend of yours a seventh-tier Spirit Reader? She can fly even faster. You can leave the areas more than a thousand kilometers away to her and take responsibility for everything within a thousand kilometers yourself."
Wu Ming shook his head. "Mr. Zhao, Qingzhu doesn't belong to the Inspection Department. She's only helping me shoulder the pressure out of kindness. How can we force assignments on her?"
"Oh, come on. You two are a couple. She hardly counts as an outsider."
Zhao Minghui hurriedly added, "Besides, hasn't the country given you the authority to appoint and dismiss personnel? You can appoint your girlfriend as deputy commissioner, acting commissioner, or even the commissioner's wife."
"In any case, the higher-ups already regard you two as a single unit. Otherwise, they wouldn't feel comfortable entrusting the southwestern provinces to you."
"Mr. Zhao, Qingzhu may be my fiancée, but we aren't married yet. You can't treat her as