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Chapter 839 The Director Didn’t Come Back (4K)

8:00 am.

"You said you wanted to board Sparrow's ship. Do you know this Sparrow?" Shangguan Yan asked, pointing at the recruitment information on the Mengwang website.

As we all know, Sparrow is a very famous pirate in the history of the extraordinary, but he is dead, leaving behind many legends and relics. Captain Sparrow's compass once preserved by the Control Bureau is one of the relics, but it disappeared later.

Therefore, when Xia Shou mentioned Sparrow, Shangguan Yan was not very surprised. His first thought was that the Sparrow that Xia Shou mentioned was an ordinary name-stealer.

Sparrow of the Heavenly Choir is naturally also an actor. There are actually many actors like him, but because of the blessing of the choir, the Sparrow that Xia Shou knows is a more special one among the many Sparrows. It can also be said that he is one with great charm... at least that's what Xia Shou thinks.

Of course, because it was related to the Heavenly Choir, the Control Bureau did not know this Sparrow. Even though he posted public crew recruitment information on the Dream Network, it did not attract the attention of the Control Bureau.

But just now, Xia Shou and Shangguan Yan confessed that the other party had the ability to lead people directly to the Scar Era, and hoped that the other party would allow them to board the other party's ship and go to that era with the other party.

"So his ship is the real Black Pearl?" Shangguan Yan said thoughtfully, "I didn't expect it to appear again. That's pretty fast."

"Minister, that black pearl... do you know?"

"Yeah, it's very famous. Have you read the information?"

“I’ve seen it, but the information in the bureau is very vague.”

“Because the Control Bureau has never really come into contact with black pearls, there is naturally no way to conduct research and experiments, so the information in the materials is all oral statements from relatively reliable third parties, and is not 100% accurate, but even so, it is still of reference value.

And I know a little more than what is in the information, because I know a man who has sailed the Black Pearl. The Black Pearl is a ship that can sail between history. It is said that as long as it drops anchor in the corresponding history, it can reach the anchored history at the fastest speed, so it is also known as the fastest pirate ship on the sea.

However, my acquaintance said that the driving technology of the Black Pearl was very special. Without superb boat driving skills, it would be easy to get lost in history. The last time the Black Pearl appeared was a long time ago, and the control bureau also conceded that it no longer exists in the world.

If the Sparrow you know really found the Black Pearl and dropped anchor in the Scar Age, then he can indeed go to the Scar Age, and his speed is faster than Zhang Heping, which means that you can reach there in less than six days in the present world.

But... is this guy reliable? There are so many people who claim to be Captain Sparrow. Where did you get to know him?"

"Well, he should be reliable. It's hard to say where I knew him from." Xia Shou scratched his head and smiled.

Shangguan Yan narrowed his eyes and looked at Xia Shou. He did not ask any more questions and calmly changed the subject: "Let's assume that he really has this ship. Then how did he drop the anchor in the Scar Era? Does he also know the path in the history tree from the present world to the Scar Era?"

"I don't know how he did it, but just in terms of the 'era of scar removal' thing, I think he can do it, so I want to go with him."

"The sun rises from the west. Why are you suddenly so active? Is it because you got some important information from Alice?" Shangguan Yan said with a smile.

"Well... not really, I just want to go." Xia Shou thought.

Although the situation has not yet reached the point where he has to go, the fact that the adoptive mother of the first generation Split King looks like Alice means that his fall into the underworld is not a coincidence.

In this case, instead of waiting until trouble comes and then panicking, it is better to take the initiative and start investigating in advance.

Besides, he still owed Sparrow a favor, and taking the Black Pearl to the Scar Era would save time.

Hearing this, Shangguan Yan thought for a moment and said, "Okay, since it's a crew recruitment, I'll go and take part in it too."

"Minister, are you going too?" Xia Shou looked surprised.

"Is it not possible? If we can really take the Black Pearl directly to the Scar Era, many things will be convenient to do." Shangguan Yan smiled faintly.

"It's not impossible, but if you and I go together, Minister, what will happen to the bureau?" Xia Shou said worriedly.

Ever since the director was called away by the Scepter Council, the Jiangbo City branch has been managed by the deputy directors of other branches and Shangguan Yan. After the end of the Divine Law War, although Shangguan Yan's title of acting director was invalidated, she was still in charge of many affairs of the bureau.

Now she suddenly says she wants to go to the Scar Era, which is like the commander-in-chief going to the front line, which gives people a very inappropriate feeling.

"I will hand over the affairs of the bureau to the leaders of other departments. This is not something you need to worry about." Shangguan Yan said lightly.

Xia Shou: "Minister, you don't have to go with me. We don't know the specific situation on the other side yet. It might be a wasted trip."

To be honest, Xia Shou didn't want Shangguan Yan to go with him.

Considering the strength, there is no doubt that the Minister is powerful. If Sparrow's criterion for recruiting crew members is strong strength, then the Minister will definitely pass the test. The only thing that needs to be considered is whether Sparrow will let the famous witch get on that ship.

But even if the minister did get on board with him, it might not necessarily be a good thing.

Although it would be reassuring to have such a powerful fighting force around, traveling between history is inherently a very risky thing. If something goes wrong, they will all be trapped in another history, or even lost in another unknown history.

By then, who in this world will come to rescue them?
It would be fine if the minister stayed in reality, at least at this stage she still had a lot of say in the Control Bureau, but if the minister went with her, who would bother to look for them?
The director was left in the Scepter Council with an unknown situation?
It feels unreliable.

As for the other partners in the three departments, Xia Shou didn't count on them at all.

It’s not that they will sit idly by, but the resources and manpower required to find people in the history tree cannot be organized by people from one or two departments on a whim. There must be sufficient political energy to mobilize the human resources of the Control Bureau.

Among the people Xia Shou knew, the only one who had the ability to do such a thing was Shangguan Yan himself.

Therefore, Xia Shou still hopes that Shangguan Yan can protect them in the present world. After all, Sparrow cannot be fully trusted.

Shangguan Yan glanced at Xia Shou, lowered his head and began to think.

In fact, she didn't want Xia Shou to go to the Scar Era. The speed of time flow between the Scar Era and the present world was too different, which Zhang Heping could prove.

Zhang Heping said he was twenty-five years old, and he was Lin Rize's adopted son. This means that it must have been more than twenty-five years from the time he fell from the underworld to the time he was born, and then to the time he climbed the tree of history to reach the present world.

This represents six days in the present world, which is at least equal to twenty-five years in the Age of Scars.

If it only took Xia Shou one or two months to go to that era, in the eyes of people in this world, Xia Shou might be able to return here in one day.

Although Shangguan Yan believed that Xia Shou would not be trapped in that era, she smelled a strong scent of conspiracy from the fact that King Lie's adoptive mother looked like Alice, and she was very worried about another possibility.

If Xia Shou was trapped there for some reason, she would not be able to organize a rescue operation in the first time while she was in the real world. Even if she gathered people as quickly as possible, it would take a lot of time. For Xia Shou who was in the Scar Era, it might take ten or twenty years.

When she and Xia Shou meet again, it may only be a few days for her, but Xia Shou will have lived for decades. She will never allow this to happen.

This risk seems small, but it is actually not small, because the fall of the underworld is likely to be aimed at Alice and Xia Shou, which means that the conspirator behind the scenes has been targeting Xia Shou from the beginning.

The residents of the old history wanted to arrive in the present world instead of the modern people. Once Xia Shou went to the other side, he might be plotted against, and then his place would be immediately replaced, and he would not be able to come back. This situation is very likely to happen, which is why Shangguan Yan wanted to go with him.

As long as she went with Xia Shou, even if this kind of thing really happened, she could at least stay in that era with Xia Shou.

In fact, she didn't care much whether she lived in the present world or in the past. Compared with the historical background, whether Xia Shou was around was the most important thing. After all, if the director had not promised to help her find Xia Shou, she might have given up being a human being and ascended to become a named person.

"Do you think you can handle it alone?" Shangguan Yan glanced at Xia Shou.

"I don't think there will be any problem." Xia Shou said.

What an optimist, Shangguan Yan said in his heart.

She weighed the options for a moment and said, "You can leave tomorrow. I need to contact the parliament."

After Xia Shou left, Shangguan Yan immediately returned to her workstation and drafted an advisory email to send to the parliament. In the email, she mentioned the management pressure of the Control Bureau and asked about Feng Ruohui's specific situation.

In fact, she was a little unsure about the parliament's attitude.

She was a semi-anonymous person who was pulled into the Control Bureau by Feng Ruohui. The parliament knew about this. If the parliament had lost trust in Feng Ruohui, then there would be no reason to continue to put her, a semi-anonymous person, in such an important management position.

During the Divine Law War, it can be understood that she was indispensable, but now that the Divine Law War is over and the acting title has expired, she still tacitly performs the functions of acting director. Based on this alone, it does not seem like the director has lost power.

But why hasn’t the director come back after so long?
There wasn't even a notice of punishment, it was like he had been put on ice.

But if they really want to put him on ice, the parliament should immediately fill the vacant position of Jiangbo City's director, either by promoting someone from within or parachuting in someone from outside. At least the Jiangbo Branch should be put on a new track, rather than hanging on half-heartedly like it is now.

What on earth is happening in the parliament? What on earth is the director doing?
The more I think about this, the more confused I become.

……

……

"Where did Wu Shuguo go? Do you really have no idea?" asked the Kyoto City Director.

Feng Ruohui shook his head and said, "I have already answered this question before. Besides, Jiangbo City was not the only one involved in the investigation back then. The final result was that there were no clues. After that, there was no re-investigation. How could I have any clues?"

This is an interrogation, but not an interrogation, because he is still the director of Jiangbo City, so no one is qualified to interrogate him.

The system of the Control Bureau is a parliamentary one. All directors have equal power. Their prestige may vary, but in terms of the system, their power is equal. Every punishment and appointment or removal of a director must be voted on by all members of the parliament.

On major issues, a decision can only be made if the votes exceed 75%.

So what Feng Ruohui is facing now is not an interrogation, but this protracted questioning is indeed no different from an interrogation to him.

He also didn't know that other directors had suddenly started investigating the disappearance of Wu Shuguo. This investigation project was suddenly proposed by him after he was invited to the parliament. The person who proposed this investigation was the director of the Cairo branch in Egypt, and the approval rate of the vote was 90%.

Feng Ruohui still remembers the scene of raising hands during the vote. That scene made him feel creepy, his hair stood on end, and his mind went blank.

Because he concealed Xia Shou's ability, he was invited to the parliament. He was prepared to be dismissed, but Edward's sudden appearance changed his passive situation.

The reasons given by Edward reversed the dangerous assessment of Xia Shou by all members of the parliament, and finally granted special treatment for Xia Shou.

At that time, Feng Ruohui felt that the matter concerning him was over. Since Xia Shou's ability had been concealed with special permission, his directorship should not be dismissed. The most urgent task was to quickly deal with the disaster caused by the divine law.

But at this juncture, An Kamon, the director of the Cairo branch, suddenly proposed to reopen the investigation into Wu Shuguo's disappearance.

When Feng Ruohui saw Director Ankamon press the bell to speak and heard him make this proposal, he felt like there were question marks all over his head.

why?
Why did he suddenly mention Wu Shuguo?

Wu Shuguo was one of the best finishers in Jiangbo City. He was once famous for his powerful strength. His disappearance also caused the control bureaus of several urban areas to set up special task forces to investigate and track him down.

But that’s all. Wu Shuguo is indeed very strong, but he is far from the strongest.

The reason why he is so famous is that he does not have various restrictions on his attacks like the level 5 finishers, but his strength is far beyond the abnormal level he is in, so his chances of winning are extremely high and his activity frequency is ridiculously exaggerated.

In the eyes of those young and ignorant extraordinary people who have just stepped into the extraordinary world, this legendary strong man is naturally as tall as a mountain. However, in the cognition of real "old people", there are many strong people who are much stronger than Wushu Kingdom, and the thing that the extraordinary world lacks the least is powerful force.

The first motto of the Control Bureau: "Being powerful is not enough. We need a power that can be used repeatedly."

Among the powerful ones that can be reused repeatedly, Wu Shu Kingdom ranks among the top, but if we count those who are on the verge of transformation and have reached the edge of the cliff, and those fast-travelers who can no longer set foot in the real world, Wu Shu Kingdom has no advantage in strength at all.

For the Control Bureau, Wu Shuguo’s disappearance is more like losing a most useful panacea tool rather than losing an irreplaceable core tool.

Looking around the world, there are many excellent finishers like Wu Shuguo.

Therefore, when he disappeared, only the China Control Bureau participated in the investigation, and even fewer branches actually invested a large amount of manpower.

Because of this, Feng Ruohui totally couldn't understand why the director of the Cairo branch would suddenly mention Wu Shuguo and talk about reopening the investigation.

Not to mention that so many years have passed, even back then, the foreign branches didn't pay much attention to this matter.

Just as Feng Ruohui was thinking about the purpose of the Cairo director, the speaker of the parliament who presided over the meeting directly announced the start of the voting process.

A few seconds later, Feng Ruohui saw a shocking scene that he could not understand.

Green lights representing agreement lit up one by one, and the translucent holographic number in the center continued to rise, representing the percentage that also gradually increased, and finally reached 91%!

Everyone.

Everyone seemed to have made an agreement long ago.

There was no discussion, no argument, and no one even suggested that it was inappropriate to be distracted by such irrelevant matters at a time when divine law was occurring.

They passed the proposal in a very short time, as if some abnormal phenomenon dominated the entire Scepter Parliament!

(End of this chapter)