Chapter 537: A lucky one-on-one
Hong Chengzhi learned that he would soon become director of the Strategic Deception Bureau two days later, though the pleasant surprise might also have come with quite a fright.
Dawn now had a vast number of subordinate organizations, from intelligence departments to combat units, from permanent branches across the world to the Archive Management Office with its comprehensive knowledge, from research institutes specializing in a single magic script spell formation array to various institutions devoted to studying potions...
Not to mention the powerful Magic Controllers who belonged to no specific branch.
The establishment of an important new department, with an ordinary man possessing no supernatural power promoted directly to its central position, would naturally draw considerable interest.
Once Qin Xiaoxia briefly explained this to Hong Chengzhi, a man of his intelligence had no trouble imagining it. He even thought of many, many possibilities that made him break out in a cold sweat.
And so the scene before them unfolded.
"So, Master Se Kong, why are you breaking out in a cold sweat while looking at me? This should be our first meeting, shouldn't it?"
Baru, who had managed to find some free time for the first time in months, looked quizzically at the man before him, whose head probably only reached his armpit.
They were in the commander's office of the Silent Knight Order on Dawn Silent Moon Island. It was simple and uncluttered, with nearly every furnishing made of metal. Hong Chengzhi sat across from him.
Knowing that this short, plump fellow would definitely become someone important, Baru was being quite courteous.
Hong Chengzhi forced a smile and refrained from touching the cup of the Knights Order's utterly foul-tasting "fitness drink" again.
"Well... Commander, I heard the Sage mention that you would be helping