Crow was a young, small-scale wizarding organization.
Young meant it was vigorous and energetic, unbound by rules and conventions, daring to take risks and break with tradition, possessed of courage that could even be called recklessness; small-scale meant its internal structure was simple and clear, with a short, flat, fast decision-making process.
So, only days after Professor Monteria decided to select a certain "Reverse Scale" from the Youzui Hunting Team to join Crow, Gan Ning decisively chose to act when he spotted a suitable opportunity today.
As it happened, he was one of the people in the organization with partial decision-making authority. There was no time, nor any need, to notify the professor about this venture. Of course, Professor Monteria had already given him a very clear range of choices for the "Reverse Scale" candidate.
First, since the goal was to control this young hunting team, they had to choose a member with significant influence within it; second, they could not touch young wizards with deep backgrounds, such as those from the Tianmen Zhang Clan or the Zhongshan Jiang Clan; finally, the target had to meet Crow's requirements for selecting test subjects to the greatest possible extent.
Crow conducted bloodline modification experiments, which meant that the more ordinary a test subject's bloodline was, the more pronounced the effects would be. Conversely, wizards with special bloodlines would naturally have strong Rejection Reactions.
After sorting through everything, only two candidates ultimately fell within Crow's target range.
Zheng Qing, captain of the Youzui Hunting Team, and Xiao Xiao, the diviner codenamed "Doctor."
Compared with Xiao Xiao, who came from an Observer family, Zheng Qing's background appeared somewhat shallower. Although Crow Investigation's intelligence indicated that Zheng Qing likely had a master-disciple relationship with some Talisman Master—in Gan Ning's view, Crow even dared lay hands