Odd Containment Specialist.

Chapter 600: Promoted to Deputy Director (4K)

Just then, the door of the office behind him opened.

Xia Shou turned around and looked towards the door, and saw Deputy Director Dongchuan named Lin Di standing at the door, and standing behind him was a woman, a woman who looked very strange.

The other person's skin was like a smooth white candle, the color of his lips was like a rose in the morning, and the color of his pupils was a transparent emerald green that sparkled like a gem.

Her hair is golden and as bright as the sun.

The moment he saw this person, Xia Shou got goose bumps all over his body and almost thought that the other person was an abnormal person or an illusion caused by delirium.

The colors of various parts of this woman's body are extremely bright. If you look at them individually, they are pleasing to the eye, but when put together, they can trigger the uncanny valley effect in humans.

The colors of the various parts of her body are not what a normal human should have. Instead, they look like abstract color paintings improvised by some crazy avant-garde artist.

If you want fair skin, make it extremely fair.

If lips are to be red, they must be redder than blood.

The golden hair should have the same texture as gold, without any biological characteristics, and the emerald pupils should be inlaid like gems.

When all the features are put together, she doesn't look like a human at all. Even Ke Hen's square, knife-carved face is closer to a human than her.

"Linda Pelos... why are you here?" Shangguan Yan stood up from his office chair and looked at the other person with a smile on his face. The momentary surprise when he first saw her was well hidden.

"Long time no see, Shangguan Yan. I just accompanied Deputy Director Lin here to do some things." said the strange-looking woman.

Lin Di quickly glanced at Xia Shou, then looked at Shangguan Yan coldly: "Minister Shangguan, according to the control regulations, please obey the control now."

After saying that, Lin Di took out a piece of paper and handed it to Shangguan Yan.

Shangguan Yan took the paper and the smile on his face disappeared.

"Of course, but before that, can you let me say a few words? I have important information to report to the organization." Shangguan Yan said.

"No, please don't say a word from now on. I have no authority to listen to any information you tell me. If you have something to say, I can convey it to the parliament on your behalf, and the parliament will send someone to talk to you in person." Lindy said again.

This is getting troublesome, Shangguan Yan thought.

Although she was confident that as long as she disclosed that information, the Bureau would allow her and the director to continue their original duties, the problem was that the Bureau's current judgment of her was that there was a high possibility that she would betray.

If she forced herself to reveal the information now, it might not be easily believed, and it would take a lot of time for the higher-ups to collect evidence, and she didn't have much time.

We must take back the initiative. Do we have to use force?
Shangguan Yan was thinking quickly.

She had absolutely no desire to be an enemy of the Control Bureau, she had never had such an idea, and she also knew that she had no chance of winning that way, but now holding Deputy Director Dongchuan hostage might speed up the negotiation process with the parliament.

Using hostages to promote cooperation is a bit violent, but it is definitely an effective method.

But...the other party brought Linda Pelos with him.

He is one of the few Level 6 finishers in the Control Bureau who is well-known for his own field. He is a deterrent character like a nuclear warhead.

Shangguan Yan could almost imagine what would happen if she had the urge to take action.

Then the next second should be a battle of fields.

They are in the Control Bureau, and Linda will definitely try her best to avoid casualties and damage to equipment. It is the best decision to deploy the field as soon as the war breaks out.

But Shangguan Yan couldn't tell which field would prevail. The Control Bureau thought that she would not, or could not, raise her own abnormality level to level seven.

She wasn't sure if she could win in the end.

Moreover, the Council of Scepters knew that she was a semi-named person, but they still only sent Linda.

This suggests that the council feels Linda can handle her.

Maybe it's a ritual, or a curse, or the blessing of some forbidden objects.

In short, you can't treat the other party as an ordinary sixth-level transcendent.

Now, if she chooses to refuse to cooperate, it would be tantamount to betraying the Control Bureau. At this critical moment, choosing an approach that would result in mutual destruction means that she cannot be considered one of our own in any way.

The Control Bureau knew this, so they asked Linda to come, in order to test her loyalty.

This was an open conspiracy, and Shangguan Yan really couldn't go to war with the other party. Apart from concealing some of her own information, she had no conflict of interest with the Control Bureau.

In this situation, winning is equal to losing.

"Minister Shangguan, please cooperate." Lin Di said coldly.

"I have important information about the human body." Shangguan Yan said.

"We'll talk about it later. Now do as I say. And please stop talking. This is the first warning." Lindy announced solemnly, and then took out a pair of special handcuffs.

Shangguan Yan recognized that they were the handcuffs she had made not long ago. The raw materials were bone powder that Xia Shou had scraped from the skeleton of the Beast King in the Tomb of the Blood Dynasty, mixed with other precious materials.

Because it is made of the same raw materials as the beast cage, it has an unparalleled effect in terms of sealing function. Although it will not completely make her lose her combat effectiveness, once she puts it on, she will completely lose the choice to resist.

Damn, do you want to do it?
There is no need. There is no need to fight with the Control Bureau. They are not our enemies!

But she doesn't have much time left. The grace period given by Yangtou is already tight. Based on Shangguan Yan's understanding of the parliament, once the review begins, she may not be allowed to move freely until the Jin Fenglong incident is over.

Although the misunderstanding will definitely be cleared up in the end, this opportunity is really gone if it is lost. This is her only chance to make Xia Shou an exception to the taboos in the contract.

Xia Shou stood nearby, watching the scene nervously.

The situation seems quite serious. Is the minister going to be arrested?

Didn't she say there was a way to avoid being fired? But now she herself is being controlled! Does what she said just now still count?
Xia Shou was very skeptical, but so far all the promises Shangguan Yan had made to him had been fulfilled. No matter how dissatisfied he was with this devilish boss, he had to admit that she had extremely abnormal control over all kinds of extreme situations.

To the extent that Xia Shou now had an illusion, that is, when Shangguan Yan was about to be arrested, he still believed that this might also be part of the minister's plan.

"minister……"

Xia Shou was about to ask, but the gaze from the strange woman behind Lindy forced him to shut up.

The powerful sense of oppression emanating from the other party was simply chilling. It was not some illusory pressure, but a kind of power that had enveloped him, but he could not perceive it.

Cold sweat broke out on Xia Shou's forehead and he looked at the other person with fear.

What level of finisher is this woman?
Level 5? Or the rumored level 6?
Or... is it an abnormal body?
Xia Shou thought quickly for a while and decided not to say anything. There was no need to communicate right away. When the time comes, he would first ask Su Weiyu to test this woman. If she is a human, then everything would be easy.

"It looks like I have no choice." Shangguan Yan suddenly said, with a smile back on her face. She put her wrists together and stretched them forward, as if to cooperate with Lindy to put bone cuffs on herself.

Lin Di was stunned when he saw this, and walked over with the handcuffs. Although he didn't say anything, Xia Shou could feel that the other party was obviously relieved.

The suffocating atmosphere in the office seemed to crack at this moment.

It's like a paper room that has run out of oxygen suddenly has a hole torn open, and fresh air rushes in from outside, making breathing suddenly easier.

Even Xia Shou couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief.

And just when the pale bone cuffs were about to be put on, an extremely thin line suddenly appeared inexplicably in the air behind Shangguan Yan, and only a trace of purple mist as light as gauze seeped out from it.

So, in an instant, the relaxed atmosphere turned into a fatal illusion. Xia Shou began to have tinnitus, and the flow of time in the outside world that he saw seemed to slow down.

His own movements, and the movements of other people outside, slowed down.

It was as if his reaction speed suddenly increased several times, and he was able to carefully observe the changes in expressions on everyone's faces through this extremely slow bullet time.

He saw that Linda Pelos's hands, which were hanging on both sides of her thighs, were tending to rise, and the lavender crack behind Shangguan Yan seemed to be changing as well.

Something was about to happen, Xia Shou was sure that something bad was going to happen!
"Director Lin, wait a moment." However, the door outside the department suddenly opened, and a relaxed voice came from outside.

Lindy frowned and turned to look at the door.

The moment this sound appeared, the suffocating atmosphere in the office stopped changing, as if someone had pressed the pause button of the movie, stopping the gunpowder that had just exploded in the picture at the moment when light and heat first burst out.

Linda and Shangguan Yan, the two were like dueling western cowboys, with their revolvers against each other's foreheads and the triggers half pulled, but an unknown referee suddenly called a stop, so that the two cowboys stopped the half-finished finger bending action at the same time.

Xia Shou's attention was also attracted by the sound.

This voice... seems familiar. He has heard it somewhere before!
Come to think of it, it’s the beacon of fear!

"I'm finally back. It's been ten years."

A man wearing a bamboo hat and a straw raincoat made of long, thin blue-green gemstones walked into the office of the Third Department.

S-class investigator, Edward!!
The blond, blue-eyed middle-aged man had a smile on his face, and some unshaved stubble remained near his chin and lips, distinguishing him from the person in the photo taken ten years ago.

"Edward?!"

Lindy, who had been expressionless all this time, suddenly opened his eyes wide and stared at the man who suddenly appeared in disbelief.

That look was as if he was not seeing a living person, but a ghost that had come back to life!

Although Edward's life lamp has been lit in the Control Bureau, ten years have passed and no one thinks he will come back, especially after the demise of the Blood Demon House.

"Director Lin, don't be anxious. Minister Shangguan, don't be anxious either. You guys are making me scared." Edward walked between the people and handed a new document to Lindy.

Lin Di took the document in surprise and confusion, and opened it. It was an appointment letter from the Scepter Council, which stated that from today, Shangguan Yan would be promoted to deputy director of the Jiangbo City Branch, and the previous disciplinary arrangement against Shangguan Yan would be withdrawn.

fake?

At first glance, Lindy thought the appointment letter was forged, but the seal with a burning pink flame on it was exactly the same as the one in his hand.

The warm powder flame mark burns all year round and does not spread. This is the special anti-counterfeiting mark of the Scepter Council. It is extremely difficult to forge, so the documents of the Scepter Council are also known as plum documents.

Moreover, even if someone could use supernatural powers to forge a similar pink flame seal, the Control Bureau still has a second level of verification measures.

Lindy took out his own document and brought the seals on the two documents close together. The flames of the two seals attracted and entangled each other, and their abnormal properties were exactly the same.

Can't go wrong.

The seal is real.

"I see." Lindy sighed.

Although he still had doubts in his heart, Lindy gladly accepted his superior's arrangement.

The Council of Scepters would not make mistakes, and he did not want to be an opponent of the witch.

He took back the handcuffs and held out his hand to Shangguan Yan: "Director Shangguan, from now on, let's get through this difficult time together."

Shangguan Yan narrowed his eyes and looked at Edward in confusion. He took the appointment letter and quickly scanned it before he understood what had happened.

Not only did the Scepter Council appoint her as interim deputy director, but they also assigned all the people in his department to her task force, and did not specify what to do with Xia Shou.

Could this be seen as the parliament tacitly approving her not to report Xia Shou's personal information?
Shangguan Yan looked at Edward meaningfully, then turned his gaze to Lindy and shook hands with him.

"That's great." Linda Pelos breathed a sigh of relief.

Shangguan Yan turned around and said, "Xiao Xia, please do your own thing first. I will discuss work arrangements with you after I finish the things I have on hand."

"Got it." Xia Shou replied easily and breathed a sigh of relief.

You are worthy of being the minister. It was really scary just now.

Judging from this development, he probably won't be fired.

But Edward...

Xia Shou was a little confused.

In the Ghost Hotel, the forgotten butcher Lu Sha is wearing Edward's straw raincoat.

And now that the raincoat has returned to Edward, it is hard not to let people imagine.

But at that time, the butcher clearly wanted to kill them all.

As if sensing Xia Shou's gaze, Edward also stared at him and smiled at him:
"Nice to meet you again. I know you must have a lot to say to me. If you're not busy, we can chat now."

He said we met again...

In the Lighthouse of Fear, although Xia Shou also saw Edward, it was an illusion he had.

When Edward mentioned meeting again, did he mean the time at the Haunted Inn?

Could it be that the butcher was really him?

"Then let's find a place?" Xia Shou asked for the other party's opinion.

Edward nodded readily. "It's almost time for dinner. How about we go to the cafeteria and talk while we eat? I haven't had a staff meal at the bureau in ten years."

(End of this chapter)