Chapter 1763
by 林方方Chapter 1763 Dumplings
“Sorry I’m late.” Chen Han sat in her seat with an apologetic smile.
“It’s fine, there are still a few minutes before the meeting starts.” Shao Pingge looked at the other side of the round table, “Besides… we’re still missing one person.”
“He just called me and said he’s with the Commander. They should arrive together.” Wu Laogou, wearing a black cloak, sat on the other side and spoke slowly.
After Lin Qiye was promoted to Commander-in-Chief, he reorganized the original six departments into seven, and the vacant position of Special Operations Department Director should have been filled by the former [Mask] team leader Wang Mian, but he was recently assigned to a mission in the Mist, so [Medium] team leader Wu Laogou temporarily took his place.
“So what’s the emergency meeting about?” Yuan Gang, the Director of the Materials Management Department, asked puzzlingly.
“Don’t know… let’s wait for the Commander to arrive.”
About three minutes later, the conference room door was finally pushed open.
Walking in front was the seventh Commander of the Daxia Night Watchers, Lin Qiye… behind him was Wu Quan, the Director of the “Special Secret Department” established four years ago.
This brand new department was one of Lin Qiye’s major initiatives after taking office. Despite being called the “Special Secret Department,” it was actually a special department dedicated to deploying “Mysteries.” Except for Wu Quan, all department members were “Mysteries.”
A large portion of them were originally caretakers from the Gods’ Mental Hospital. Since there were no patients in the hospital except for [Chaos], these caretakers had nothing to do, so Lin Qiye simply had his Seraph avatar summon them all out.
Of course, maintaining the summoning magic for hundreds of caretakers required a large amount of divine power, so Lin Qiye usually kept the Seraph avatar in space in a “dormant” state, only activating it in emergencies.
As for the remaining members of the department, they were “Mysteries” controlled by Wu Quan’s [Emperor’s Dominion]. In this world, besides Lin Qiye, only he could manage a department composed of so many “Mysteries” at once, making him the natural choice for this director position.
Since the establishment of the Special Secret Department, Wu Quan had been continuously deploying “Mysteries” throughout Daxia to help local Night Watcher teams in difficulty against indigenous “Mysteries,” achieving a “fight fire with fire” effect.
This revolutionary measure greatly relieved the pressure on Night Watchers in various cities and reduced the workload of special teams. Because of this, Lin Qiye was able to spare the [Knight] and [Demon] teams to jointly fulfill the responsibility of exploring the Mist.
After Wu Quan took his seat at the round table, all seven leaders of the Night Watchers were present.
Shao Pingge, Yuan Gang, Chen Han, Wu Quan, Wu Laogou… among the seven, five were familiar faces, while the other two were veteran core members who had followed former Commanders Ye Fan and Zuo Qing, very reliable, and they were now the top power of the Night Watchers.
“Commander Lin, why did you call us here? Is there an emergency?” one of the veterans asked impatiently.
“I plan to hold an event.”
“What kind of event?”
Lin Qiye’s gaze swept across everyone, and he spoke word by word:
“The God-Hunting Festival.”
…
Cangnan City,
Peace Affairs Office.
“God-Hunting Festival?”
Hearing these words, Red Ribbon’s eyes showed confusion. “What’s that?”
“According to this notice, it’s a festival specially held to celebrate humans hunting a cumulative total of nine gods… The time is three days from now, at Chennan Gate. Each Night Watcher team with five or fewer members is required to send one person to attend, while teams with more than five members need to send two, with priority given to those with less experience.”
After reading the contents of the notice, Wen Qimo’s expression was somewhat strange.
“Celebrating hunting nine gods… and specifically holding a festival? This doesn’t seem like Seven’s style, does it?”
“What’s wrong with it?” Red Ribbon’s eyes lit up. “It’s a festival! The Night Watchers haven’t held any festivals in nearly ten years, not even large team-building events. It’s been so boring… Seven thinking of holding a festival is looking out for the Night Watchers’ welfare!”
Wen Qimo rubbed his chin thoughtfully. “That’s indeed true… For so many years, each Night Watcher team has only operated in their own cities, rarely encountering such collective activities. Occasionally holding one would benefit overall cohesion.”
“Qimo.”
“Hmm?”
“I want to quit Team 136!” Red Ribbon declared firmly.
Wen Qimo rolled his eyes and said irritably, “Give it a rest. Even if you applied to quit now and I recruited you back, you still wouldn’t count as a newcomer… We definitely won’t be able to attend this festival.”
Red Ribbon let out a miserable cry and slumped dejectedly on the table, as if her soul had left her body.
“…If you want to go that badly, why not just call Seven? He’s the Commander-in-Chief now. Arranging an extra spot for us would be simple, wouldn’t it?” Wen Qimo suggested.
“That won’t work. Seven is the Commander-in-Chief after all. Always asking him for special treatment would affect his authority.” Red Ribbon immediately rejected this proposal.
Her gaze turned to the other young people. After much hesitation, she reluctantly said:
“Let’s… give this opportunity to the young ones!”
Wen Qimo nodded. “Our team now has seven members, and we need to send two people to attend… Jia Shasha, Zhen Xiaoyi, you two go.”
At this moment, a pair of seventeen or eighteen-year-old teenagers, a boy and a girl, looked up in confusion.
“Us…?”
“Yes.” Wen Qimo said matter-of-factly. “One of you joined last year as a newcomer, and the other just graduated from the training camp this year as a new recruit… You two are perfect for this.”
Red Ribbon blinked and leaned close to Wen Qimo’s ear, whispering:
“Shasha is timid, and Xiaoyi is shy and afraid of strangers. Are you sure they’ll be fine by themselves at such a big event…?”
“That’s exactly why they need this experience.” Wen Qimo said seriously. “Besides, Seven is the Commander now. With him there, are you still worried about them?”
“That’s true…”
Red Ribbon nodded and suddenly remembered something. She hurriedly took several large bags of dumplings from the refrigerator and placed them in front of Jia Shasha and Zhen Xiaoyi.
“I almost forgot, I specially made these dumplings for Seven during last year’s New Year and kept them. You can take them to him at the festival. Tell him to come back and eat with us when he has time.” Red Ribbon said, dusting off her hands.
Jia Shasha and Zhen Xiaoyi exchanged glances and cautiously asked:
“Sister Red Ribbon… who exactly is this Seven you’re talking about?”
“He’s the current Commander-in-Chief of the Night Watchers, Lin Qiye!” Red Ribbon replied as if it were obvious.
The innocent and confused young pair looked at the mountain of frozen dumplings in front of them, completely thunderstruck!