mysterious forerunner

Chapter 365: Burn Your Boats and Put Everything First

Nie Luotong's little fangirl attitude made Wang Jianming and the others burst into laughter.

Tian Mingkun and Ximen Ye were not surprised.

Ye Yousheng took it indifferently.

The main reason was that Nie Luotong had a baby face and an approachable figure, so the little girl didn't think she was a threat.

Zhang Qingxiang also smiled, fulfilling all of Nie Luotong's dreams of getting along with her idol. They took photos and signed autographs, and had meals together.

Then Zhang Qing said to Nie Luotong: "Go and rest first."

When Nie Luotong was with her idol, she felt so happy that she felt dizzy, as if she had been in a state of oxygen intoxication for a long time.

I just said what I wanted to say, and agreed with an "Oh". I was reluctant to leave, looking back at my idol every few steps, and went to the hotel room that had been arranged in advance to rest.

It was not until she arrived at the hotel that she suddenly remembered: "Didn't they say there was a mission for me? Why didn't they mention it at all?"

"Who cares? I'm here to see my idol!"

"Ahhh, Director Zhang is so heroic—"

Nie Luotong rolled around excitedly on the big bed in the hotel, and then quickly made a video call to her best friend: "Guess what I went through today!"

……

After Nie Luotong left, Wang Jianming also asked, "Director Zhang, are you not satisfied with the selection?"

Zhang Qingxiang sighed: "She admires me too much. If I announce the mission to her, it will affect her judgment."

"This matter is too dangerous, and requires the executor to pay too much..."

Judging from Nie Luotong's condition, she would do it if Zhang Qingxiang asked her to commit suicide immediately.

Zhang Qingxiang hesitated for a moment and said, "Let her calm down first. I'll look for another candidate."

A barely perceptible glimmer of admiration flashed across Wang Jianming's eyes.

Being able to put oneself in the shoes of the young agents below - such superiors are really rare.

Director Wang really didn't dare to get angry with Zhang Qingxiang like he did with the Ganhuang Bureau and the Xihai Bureau before, because he was truly convinced of Zhang Qingxiang's strength.

But now I admire his character!

Zhang Qingxiang contacted Bai Lao and asked him to search for a professional "Ghost Master" in the entire Secret Security Bureau, who must be at level three or above and only female.

Since I want to pretend to be Benita, I’d better choose a female one.

Old Bai ordered his subordinates to do it, and passed the result to Zhang Qingxiang a few dozen minutes later.

There are seventeen female [Ghost Masters] across the country, eleven of whom are from Heiyun Province.

But there are only eight above level three, all of them are agents from Black Cloud Province.

Bai Lao said, "I have already arranged it. Tomorrow, the eight [Ghost Masters] from Heiyun Province will rush to Wuning Province to report to you."

"Thank you, Third Uncle." Zhang Qingxiang thanked him and then waited.

Nie Luotong rested in the hotel for one night. At about nine o'clock the next morning, a lady from the provincial bureau came to inform her: "Hurry up and gather in the conference room."

When Nie Luotong arrived, she found that in addition to the idols, there were eight other female agents.

Nie Luotong keenly realized that these people were the same as herself!
The [Ghost Master] profession is very sensitive in some aspects, and they even have some "pessimism"!
Nie Luotong's expression changed and she looked at her idol with some grievance.

Nie Luotong regarded Zhang Qingxiang as his idol, and five of the eight [Ghost Masters] from the Black Cloud Province also had stars in their eyes when they looked at Zhang Qingxiang.

In Heiyun Province, because of Mr. Meng and Huang Zi, the attitude towards Zhang Qingxiang was very unfriendly. Even the initial publicity of the account period was not positive.

But today, Director Zhang's victory has already been decided, and Mr. Meng and Huang Zi have long been laid low.

Regarding Zhang Qingxiang's attitude, we will neither smear nor publicize him.

But Zhang Qingxiang is becoming more and more famous on the Internet, and he has too many fans.

Zhang Qingxiang saw Nie Luotong coming and nodded to her with a smile.

This small action instantly made all the grievances in Nie Luotong's heart disappear, and she said happily and crisply: "Director Zhang, good morning."

Then he sat aside obediently.

Zhang Qingxiang pressed his right hand in the air, and the eight [Ghost Masters] from the Black Cloud Province, who were originally whispering, immediately fell silent.

"What I'm going to announce next is the top secret of the Secret Security Bureau." Zhang Qingxiang said, then looked at Wang Jianming and others: "Those who are not [Ghost Master] professionals please step aside."

Wang Jianming immediately led other people from the provincial bureau to leave.

Ye Yousheng also stood up and walked out with Tian Mingkun and Ximen Ye.

Only Zhang Qingxiang and nine female [Ghost Masters] were left in the conference room.

Zhang Qingxiang set up a formation to prevent eavesdropping.

Then he took out a secret contract item and said, "I need everyone to sign a contract. We only need one candidate. If you are not selected in the end, you must not disclose any content of this mission to anyone else!"

This secret contract item was borrowed by Zhang Qingxiang from the Wuning Bureau.

The former Municipal Bureau now also has one. In fact, at this time, the Secret Security Bureau already has a very rich number of secret objects, and branches in various places have similar secret objects.

The [Ghost Masters] all reached an agreement with the contracted secret objects without saying a word.

Then Zhang Qingxiang explained the content of the mission.

“I need to clarify a few things in advance:
First and foremost, this mission is extremely dangerous. It is no exaggeration to say that it is a life-or-death situation.”

Zhang Qingxiang paused here, but none of the nine [Ghost Masters] retreated.

Narrow escape?
Isn't it dangerous to be an agent of the Secret Security Bureau? It's also a life-and-death situation.

“Secondly, the Benita you are going to impersonate is a fifth-level professional, so I will use secret medicine to forcibly upgrade you to the fifth level.

This will cause serious damage to your foundation. Even if you can come back alive, your upper limit in the future will probably be the ninth level, and it will be difficult to advance to the command level."

The [Ghost Masters] remained unmoved. They were all above level three, but the highest was only level four.

They don't even have much confidence that they can be promoted to the ninth level.

"Another point is that in order to cope with the scrutiny of the North American Mystery Bureau, we will give everyone plastic surgery and turn you into Benita instead of using secret objects to disguise you."

The girls looked hesitant and one of them raised her hand.

Zhang Qingxiang pointed at her and said, "Speak."

"After the mission is over, can we return to our original appearance?"

"of course can."

"That's no problem."

Zhang Qingxiang had to emphasize again: "I want to tell you, this mission is really dangerous. You will encounter various problems at any time. You will not get any backup. No matter what you encounter, you need to deal with it alone!"

"The difficulty of the mission will far exceed your imagination!"

Still none of the girls quit.

Zhang Qingxiang nodded: "Okay, next I will give you a short-term special training, and then decide the final candidate based on your results."

Zhang Qingxiang waved his hand to open the formation: "You guys go get ready first, time is tight, the special training will start this afternoon."

The "ghost teachers" from the Black Cloud Province rushed over and boldly asked for photos and autographs with their idol.

Nie Luotong sat quietly and waited. The [Ghost Masters] from Black Cloud Province all got what they wanted and went out together laughing. Then she stood up and asked with red eyes, "Am I not qualified? Why did you ask them to come again?"

Zhang Qingxiang poured her a cup of hot water and said slowly: "The difficulty of this mission is far beyond your imagination."

"I even had a feeling that I was sending people to die!"

"You admire me so much that it will seriously affect your judgment. You will not refuse any mission I ask you to perform."

"So I found some more [Ghost Masters], so that during the special training, you can calm down and make choices that do not go against your heart."

"Isn't it because I'm not good enough and can't meet your requirements?" Nie Luotong asked.

Zhang Qingxiang shook his head: "Not really."

Nie Luotong stood up: "I will use my outstanding performance to prove to you that I am the most suitable person for this task."

Then she saluted Zhang Qingxiang with her head held high, turned around and walked away.

A warm current surged in Zhang Qingxiang's heart, and for the first time he thought: The heroic sons and daughters of China! Perhaps he could use the undercover agents of the Jishijiao and the Gunpowder God Society in the mysterious bureau to provide them with some help.

……

Although Zhang Qingxiang was the one who trained him personally, all the intelligence skills were taught by professional teachers.

Benita's vacation lasts a total of fifteen days.

It was a total of four days from the time she started her vacation to the time she was killed by Zhang Qingxiang in the ancient city of Anqiu.

Adding the delay of these two days, there are only eight days left for training - one day must be set aside to groom the final candidate, upgrade his rank, and then send him to North America.

Very tight schedule.

Zhang Qingxiang has been with everyone.

Nie Luotong showed great confidence and fighting spirit and was very active in the first day of class.

However, the eight people from Heiyun Province were no less impressive. Even at the end of the first day of class, the four teachers who taught the class had a better impression of the two students from Heiyun Province, Yu Rujun and Fu Chuner.

They can apply what they have learned to many problems in class.

Two of the teachers did not have a good impression of Nie Luotong, thinking that she had "too strong desire to show off", which is definitely not a good quality for a secret agent.

The next day, Nie Luotong worked even harder.

On the third day, double it.

But it did not change the teachers' opinion of her.

Because the eight [Ghost Masters] in Black Cloud Province are becoming more and more diligent.

They already knew that Nie Luotong was originally the first choice, and they were the "substitutes" found by Director Zhang later.

The eight ghost masters were very dissatisfied: "The only reason why she was chosen by Director Zhang first is that she is from the Northwest Bureau."

"Now that everyone is on the same starting line, she thinks she's working hard, but who doesn't?"

“If you work hard but don’t see results, there are only two possibilities: someone else is working harder than you, or someone else is more talented than you.”

But on the fourth day, Nie Luotong suddenly got it and knew how to become a qualified agent.

She made rapid progress in practical projects and was able to accurately get to the point in theoretical courses.

The teachers looked at her differently and their love for her grew day by day.

The eight ghost masters from Black Cloud Province would never give up like this. They united as one and helped each other, reviewing, preparing, and training all night long... But just like how no matter how hard Nie Luotong tried before, she couldn't surpass them, now it has become that no matter how hard they try, they can't catch up with Nie Luotong!

In just eight days, Nie Luotong and other nine people are about to face the final assessment.

After the last class on the afternoon of the eighth day, the ghost teachers from Heiyun Province blocked Nie Luotong in the classroom.

Fu Chuner first said to Zhang Qingxiang who was listening in the class: "Don't worry, we won't do anything to her, we just want to get to the bottom of it."

Yu Rujun also said: "Otherwise we will never be reconciled in this life!"

Nie Luotong packed up his textbooks and notes while saying without looking up: "You want to ask me why I became a different person from the fourth day?"

"Yes! You were clearly not as good as us before."

Nie Luotong packed her things and stuffed them into her backpack, then threw the backpack over her shoulders. She looked relaxed and calm. "Because I asked for help from my city bureau."

"I exchanged all my secret items, the Secret Security Bureau's merit points, my house, etc. for five secret pills from the bureau."

"These secret medicines can improve intelligence and aptitude."

"The first three days really made me realize who I am. I am not as good as you, so I will find another way."

"I take one of these five secret pills every day. In addition to improving my intelligence and aptitude, it also makes me energetic. After the third day, I haven't slept for a minute!"

"I'm definitely not as good as you, but I can give my all!"

Yu Rujun's eyes widened, totally unable to believe it: "You are crazy... If you lose everything like this, and fail, and lose all the secret items and merit points, how can you still work in the bureau?"

Nie Luotong did not answer this question. She pushed away Yu Rujun and Fu Chuner who were blocking her way and walked out of the classroom in a leisurely manner.

During the test that night, Nie Luotong was extremely confident. Before entering the examination room, she came to Zhang Qingxiang and said, "The first place this time will definitely be me!"

Zhang Qingxiang also heard what she said in the afternoon. He didn't say anything more, but just pressed her shoulder to show encouragement.

The assessment is divided into several subjects, and some of the on-site competitions can directly produce results.

Some require answer sheets, which will then be graded by teachers, and the results will come out more slowly.

Nie Luotong ranked first in all subjects of the former.

By the time all the results for the latter came out, it was already four o'clock in the morning.

The teachers summarized the results and handed them to Zhang Qingxiang: "The first place goes to Nie Luotong!"

The teachers' views on this girl changed drastically: "In just eight days, she has mastered almost all the skills of a qualified agent!"

"She was born to do this!"

Zhang Qingxiang shook his head and said in his heart, No, she is not. She just has a fire in her heart.

Zhang Qingxiang took all the grades and knocked on Nie Luotong's door personally.

After knocking once, Zhang Qingxiang sensed that Nie Luotong in the room rushed to the door and opened it abruptly. Seeing that it was her idol, she smiled smugly, "It's me after all."

Zhang Qingxiang's face was solemn: "It's you."

Zhang Qingxiang walked into the room and closed the door: "I will ask you one last serious question: Do you really want to carry out this mission?"

Nie Luotong took a deep breath and waited for three seconds: "I've thought about it seriously, I want to go!"

Zhang Qingxiang nodded: "Eight days ago, I only told you about the difficulty of this mission. Now I will tell you about the benefits of this mission and the huge rewards after the mission is successful."

"First of all, all of Benita's secret objects and her property in North America are yours. There are seven secret objects in total, two of which are level five, four of which are level four, and one of which is level three. In terms of property, she has a house worth about two million US dollars.

Of course there’s still decades of mortgage debt, but it’s also a very valuable piece of real estate.

There are two other cars, a sports car and a full-size SUV.”

"She has 1.8 million US dollars in savings, which she earned from taking private jobs. Her salary at the mysterious agency is not high, only 280,000 US dollars a year."

Zhang Qingxiang smiled and said, "Just these are enough to make up for everything you have paid for."

Nie Luotong's eyes lit up: "The mission was successful, can I bring all these properties back?"

"Of course, once you buy the house and the car, the money will be yours."

"Benita's secret item also belongs to me?"

Zhang Qingxiang spread his hands to her and said, "It's yours - you deserve it."

Then, Zhang Qingxiang added: "In addition, I will give you a seventh-level secret item - don't thank me first!"

Nie Luotong was so excited that she was about to rush over to hug her idol, but was stopped in time by Zhang Qingxiang. Zhang Qingxiang had reason to suspect that this little girl just wanted to take advantage of the idol!
"You and Benita have different professions. This [Gifted] can help you disguise yourself as Benita's profession."

"In addition," Zhang Qingxiang added, "I have applied to the General Administration for a powerful seventh-level secret weapon for self-defense for you."

"These are the benefits of this mission. What I'm going to talk about next is the rewards after completing the mission."

Nie Luotong blinked, with a look of disbelief on her baby face: "There's more?"

“Because forcibly raising your rank may result in you being unable to advance to the [Command Realm] in this lifetime, so if you can complete the mission and come back alive, we will give you the treatment of a city bureau chief, including after you retire.

In addition, when you are promoted to the eighth level, we will let you control a secret item of the [Realm of Domination] to make up for the lack of your own strength."

"If... you don't come back alive, these rewards will still be valid. You can designate anyone to receive these rewards."

Zhang Qingxiang asked: "Now, you need to designate someone."

"My mother." Nie Luotong said without any hesitation.

Zhang Qingxiang took note of it, then raised his hand and said, "Let's go, we will turn you into Benita."

Ms. Ye Shumin performed the operation herself.

She has been studying Luciana's condition recently. The Fourth Municipal Hospital and the mysterious hospital at Base 184 are both on track, and the chances of her personally visiting patients have been greatly reduced.

Ms. Ye Shumin finally had the opportunity to "show her ambitions".

In fact, she would rather be a research-based attending physician.

Luciana's illness aroused her great interest. According to the ideas provided by her son, if it could be cured, she planned to publish a paper.

This time she took the time to come here for a minor operation. After the operation, a secret healing technique would allow Nie Luotong to fully recover in a very short time.

However, when Zhang Qingxiang took Nie Luotong onto the steam aircraft transformed by the [Steam Engine Core], she still had bandages on her face and neck.

They couldn't be idle on the way to North America, so Ms. Ye Shumin prepared a set of six secret medicines, one to be taken every hour. When Zhang Qingxiang "smuggled" into North America, Nie Luotong was already a fifth-level professional.

But she was not excited at all, instead she looked extremely tired.

The secret medicine drained all her potential.

Zhang Qingxiang helped her remove the bandages on her body. Now, Nie Luotong, in both appearance and figure, has become Benita.

There was no problem with the language either, as Nie Luotong could speak English, and with the help of a corresponding secret object, she was able to imitate the voice perfectly.

All of Benita's information, including various codes, was directly imprinted into Nie Luotong's memory through secret techniques.

"Go."

Zhang Qingxiang shook hands with her solemnly: "A victory at the start and immediate success!"

……

"Benita" arrived at work more than ten minutes later than usual. She successfully passed various identity checks in the lobby and walked into the large office of the Mysterious Bureau with a cup of American coffee in her hand, looking tired.

Sam, a colleague, whistled at her and said jokingly, "Hey, you're on vacation, aren't you? Why do you look even more tired than before your vacation?"

Benita responded as if it was a matter of course, "You know shit! Vacations are not for resting, they are for playing!

You work so long, isn't it enough for you to rest?"

Sam laughed, "You're right!"

Benita returned to work smoothly.

At this time, Zhang Qingxiang was sitting in the aircraft transformed from the [Steam Engine Core] and was already in the deep Atlantic Ocean. At this time, Director Zhang would never have thought that several years later, the first female director of the Mysterious Bureau, Benita, and the most powerful demigod of the Mysterious Bureau, Fan Dean, the two Chinese spies, would successfully meet at the highest level of the Mysterious Bureau!
(End of this chapter)