Xi Yan sat down in the darkness before the woman concealed in the shadows. He could feel those crimson mechanical eyes studying him.
Who turned off the lights... well, whatever. This was exactly the kind of sinister atmosphere I wanted.
Xi Yan brought up his Wristband's holographic screen and reviewed Kai Sha's file right in front of her.
[Interstellar Recruitment Office report] [According to our preliminary investigation, Ms. Kai Sha is an Information Broker renowned throughout this entire star region. Recently, however, her activities have become markedly less frequent. We believe she has been gradually scaling back her intelligence operations. Eventually, Ms. Kai voluntarily disclosed her identity and approached us.] [Ms. Kai requested an audience with the Marshal. After confirming her identity, we refrained from testing her abilities out of respect for her reputation. Her reputation and professional competence alone were sufficient to establish that she would make an excellent Intelligence Officer. We have accommodated her here to await a meeting with you in person.] [Scans indicate that this woman has numerous alarming weapons concealed beneath her cloak. We could find no official records of her existence, but facial recognition algorithms indicate that she participated in at least three high-profile assassinations.]
In other words, the world knew only that a certain Ms. Kai Sha was a famous Information Broker. No one knew what she looked like, and her file existed in no records. Now, to join Xi Yan, she had voluntarily exposed everything about herself.
Xi Yan closed the file, then raised his head to meet those crimson eyes.
"Ms. Kai, a pleasure."
The woman shrouded entirely in a black cloak gave an almost imperceptible nod.
"Allow me to dispense with the formalities, Marshal of the Interstellar Human Military Junta. You're a smart man. You know the universe