As Li Wei entered the lounge and looked around at everyone, he could not help feeling a little reflective.
Military Intelligence Section Seven had been established for over a year, but he had hardly met anyone from its other investigation teams. The Empire was simply too vast, and there were too few investigators. Everyone already had more than they could handle in their own jurisdictions. Who had time to gather for meetings?
He had to admit, this meeting really drove home how vast and rich the Empire was. Its biodiversity was off the charts.
Upon entering the lounge, he had already activated [Soul Sight] and scanned everyone. He had to say, there really were all sorts of supernatural creatures here.
Eight people were present, five men and three women, both young and old.
Li Wei had read all their files before coming.
Lydia Dericks, seventeen, was born in the rural southern Empire. When her family was plagued by a supernatural incident, she acquired her familiar, the white cat Lily. Afterward, she was invited to join the local exploration team. Her captain spoke highly of her in the report, and she was very cute, too. If Li Wei had to describe her, she probably looked like a classic RPG heroine.
According to the report, the white cat fairy in her arms provided support. In other words, Lily could sense beforehand whether someone was dangerous, evil, and so on. As far as Li Wei was concerned, that was already very useful.
Her soul was blue. Safe.
Beside her was Polk Bantry, twenty-three. His circumstances differed from Lydia's. He had originally been an intelligence officer on an investigation team. While investigating a supernatural incident, he had become trapped in a forest, where he met the fairy Pixie. That was how he became a