LGHTNOVELBOOK Chapter 8 The Little Visitor
"It's really amazing, Director! Where did this high-end gear called 'Magic Armor' come from?"
The next day, at ten o'clock in the morning.
An exuberant Li Yingwei was clinging desperately to Tian Sheng beside him, lavishing effusive praise on a few pieces of equipment laid out nearby, to the point that it sounded a bit nauseating to listen to.
"I just passed the qualification audit and tried it out in the combat room, and it felt like my own magic power underwent an essential change!"
He gesticulated excitedly, "I feel like even if I encountered a Remnant Beast, I could take it on face-to-face!"
The distribution of Magic Armor had gradually begun at the Abnormal Strategy Bureau. By Lin Yun's unilateral demand, every employee who received Magic Armor had to report to the Director's Office, where he personally vetted them.
At the moment, it was time for the third special operations team to report.
The third team had three members who were allocated Magic Armor: team leader Li Yingwei, deputy leader Mu Bensheng, and, as they claimed, the rising star Tian Sheng, who had shown great promise. These three were now gathered in the Director's Office, awaiting Lin Yun's personal inspection.
This so-called personal inspection was actually a further precaution against traitors.
Although Lin Yun had already screened for a considerable number of internal colluders during yesterday's appointment speech, he could not be certain that those were all there were. Magic Armor, a resource that could greatly enhance the wearer's combat abilities, could be devastating for the ordinary staff of the Abnormal Strategy Bureau if even a single piece ended up in the hands of Black Ash Dawn.
Thus, the situation had evolved into what it was now.
Although it was uncertain how sincere Li Yingwei's praises and flattery were, none of that would affect Lin Yun's decisions. Once all three men were gathered in front of his desk, he had already stealthily gripped his Heart's Gem and begun to secretly sense the magic power fluctuations of the three men to discern any beastly elements.
Both Li Yingwei and Mu Bensheng posed no problem; the two were quite purely human Magicians.
But Tian Sheng was different.
Lin Yun could sense a very familiar and chilling beastly magic power from him. Having fought and driven away countless Remnant Beasts as a Magical Girl, he was certainly not mistaken in his perception of this magic power.
This was also the reason for his hesitation—even though he knew that the changes in Tian Sheng were related to the magic power of Remnant Beasts, and the man had never concealed his experiences, there might still be secrets lurking behind it all.
Should he approve now, or put it on hold?
Experience tales at empire
As Lin Yun was lost in thought, a commotion suddenly came from outside the Director's Office.
—"Stop, young lady! You can't come in here! This area is off-limits!"
Faintly accompanied by the anxious voice of the receptionist.
The combat team members gathered in the Director's Office were instantly distracted by the noise and stopped talking; Lin Yun also paused his thoughts, looking towards the office door with some confusion.
Sure enough, the wooden double doors of the Director's Office were pushed open.
A girl dressed in a stage costume, white on top and green on the skirt, barged in from outside. She looked exceedingly cute and pretty, like a child star who had run away from a show. She stormed in aggressively but tempered her fierceness slightly when she saw four adult men behind the door, then bowed in place:
"Hello, uncles! Is the Director of the Abnormal Strategy Bureau here?"
The stark contrast was startling.
The receptionist, panting wearily, explained with some resignation, "I'm sorry, Director, I tried to stop her, but she said she's a Magical Girl..."
Lin Yun, of course, knew this girl who had barged into the Director's Office was a Magical Girl; in fact, she was his well-known junior and younger person: Bai Jingxuan.
The night before, Emerald Sparrow had planned to talk to this child at their secret base, but Bai Jingxuan wasn't there at the time, and now she had taken the initiative to burst into the Abnormal Strategy Bureau.
So, what was her purpose for coming here?
With such doubts in mind, Lin Yun asked indifferently, "Hello, I am. Were you looking for me?"
"Yes, I wanted to find the Director of the Abnormal Strategy Bureau... Eh, you're not Lin Xiaolu's..."
Bai Jingxuan began to answer reflexively but sharply paused when she got a clear look at the middle-aged man behind the desk, then covered her mouth, "Ah no, I've mistaken the person!"
Clearly, she recognized Lin Yun, aware that he was Lin Xiaolu's father. But given the presence of other strangers, she should not reveal Lin Xiaolu's identity, so she opted to stop herself.
Before she could further clarify, Tian Sheng, after observing the girl for a moment, also looked puzzled, as if recalling something, and muttered, "Xiaoxuan?"
"Yes! Excuse me... Eh, Uncle Tian!"
Bai Jingxuan was once again astonished by the identities of those present, recognizing him as a former welfare home worker, and once more fell into brief confusion. Her initial resolve upon entering seemed firm, but that conviction was softening upon discovering that everyone in the room was an acquaintance.
Stammering with her words, Bai Jingxuan eventually bowed again to everyone, "I'm sorry! I didn't mean to cause trouble!"
"No, you haven't said anything yet..." Li Yingwei, on the side, felt utterly baffled and couldn't help but interject, only to receive a nudge from the deputy leader beside him, and so promptly fell silent again.