In the name of supernatural powers

Chapter 49 Gaining Power
Noon, canteen.

Lu Zhao was having dinner with a group of officers, and he could sense that the atmosphere was somewhat somber.

It was probably influenced by the news that Lü Jinshan was going to be reinstated.

Although Lü Jinshan would not target junior officers, and the Ant Ridge border post was too small to find replacements, they still had to worry about their treatment.

Therefore, it is necessary to completely defeat Lü Jinshan. As long as he comes back, Lu Zhao will never have a good day.

However, due to their current limited authority, Lu Zhao and Zhang Like are temporarily at a loss.

They had no choice but to look for an opportunity to expose the smuggling route, which might prolong Lü Jinshan's reinstatement.

At this moment, Zhang Like sat down next to Lu Zhao with his food and said, grumbling:
"Thank you, Mo Bapi, you're shameless. You come to my door asking for Honghualang. These opportunists will sway whichever way the wind blows."

"We can't be like them; they have no self-control at all when they're out in the game."

The other officers shook their heads in denial and began to hurl insults at Mo Kun.

"Alright, this is like the mafia." Lu Zhao interrupted the ceremony of pledging allegiance and took out the transfer order.

"I'm going to leave the border station for a while to help the special task force investigate cases."

Everyone was stunned for a moment. Zhang Like took the transfer order and examined it. The surrounding officers also gathered around.

"...In order to expedite the investigation of major criminal cases in our county, the Ullim County Public Security Bureau has decided to appoint and assign professional personnel to support the case work."

When Zhang Like read it aloud to the public, everyone in the cafeteria was immediately captivated.

"Lu Zhao, appointed as a staff officer in the Fangshi Special Task Force! Holy crap, Lao Lu, you've really struck it rich!"
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The news spread even faster than the flash flood at Ant Ridge, quickly reaching the entire site.

Liang Fei, who had just returned to his original position, hadn't even started directing the work yet when he heard the news, and immediately became obedient again.

Lu Zhao remained unfazed by the praise or criticism he received.

These are ultimately empty titles, beyond one's control. They can change their tune today and tomorrow as well.

The following day, the 17th, early morning.

After Lu Zhao finished refining essence into qi, he used a blood analyzer to check his vitality.

[Vitality: 38]

"It increased by 0.2 at once."

Lu Zhao glanced at the empty bottle of safflower and confirmed that high-level life supplements could also accelerate cultivation in the Qi Refining and Essence Transformation process.

He remembered what Zhang Like had been saying these past few days—

"Get promoted and make a fortune, drink Honghualang."

Many wineries have brands with similar connotations, and there is sufficient real-world basis for their use as life supplements.

Only those who reach a certain rank will receive quotas for intermediate or even advanced life supplements.

Take the Lang brand from Nankaido as an example. The intermediate-level life supplements are Honghualang and Qinghualang, while the advanced-level life supplements are Hongyunlang and Qingyunlang.

He now has thirty bottles of Tequ and eight bottles of Honghualang, which is enough to sustain him for the month.

After working at the border station for four years, Lu Zhao finally tasted the sweetness of success.

Ring ring ring.

Zhang Like called, and as soon as Lu Zhao answered, he heard: "Lu Zhao, hurry to the camp gate, the task force will be here soon."

"almost there."

Lu Zhao quickly left the room, greeted Zhang Laoniu at the guardhouse, and headed towards the camp gate.

Along the way, he was greeted by a constant stream of junior leaders. People of all ranks would stop and greet him with "Hello, Staff Officer Lu".

Lu Zhao losing his title as the temporary instructor of the reinforced platoon will not affect his authority. What the lower and middle ranks fear is Lü Jinshan, and Lü Jinshan's invincibility will be broken after his fall.

Even someone as capable as Lu Zhao is overshadowed by Lü Jinshan, and vice versa. Lu Zhao manages to turn the tables on Lü Jinshan.

The main gate of the camp.

Zhang Like and all the other leaders, big and small, had already gathered, with Lu Zhao being the last to arrive.

Anyone else might have been reprimanded, but no one cared about Lu Zhao, or rather, only Zhang Like and Chen Hongtao did. Seeing that everyone had arrived long ago, Lu Zhao frowned and said, "Old Zhang, you were way too slow in notifying us. Everyone else was already here."

Zhang Like laughed and said, "The notifications are all in order, and you just happen to be last."

With an understanding smile, Chen Hongtao said, "Staff Officer Lu isn't exactly late."

Everyone was a little confused. Why was the wind direction the same as a tornado?
Looking at the expressions of those around him, Lu Zhao belatedly realized that being late was a privilege reserved for leaders.

But there's no special meaning behind it; it's not that leaders would be criticized for being late. Now it's just Old Zhang's personal, vulgar hobby—a kind of obedience test—to show off to other departments.
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About ten minutes later, a line of black jeeps drove into the camp gate.

Just like at the end of May, Lin Zhiyan and more than a dozen members of the special task force got out of the car, greeted by many leaders of the border station.

The only difference was that Lu Zhao became one of the leaders and stood in the very center, and was then pushed out by Zhang Like to face Lin Zhiyan.

This was originally what Chen Hongtao should have done.

Lin Zhiyan noticed the subtle change in the atmosphere, raised his chin slightly, and his brows still carried an air of arrogance.

"Senior Lu, it's been a long time."

She extended her hand, and Lu Zhao shook it, saying, "On behalf of the Ant Ridge Border Station, I welcome the special task force to come down and guide our work."

Zhang Like had originally intended to step in and smooth things over, but upon hearing this, he immediately took a half-step back.

Isn't that eloquent? And eloquently at that. Although it's still a bit cold-hearted, there's absolutely nothing wrong with it.

Upon hearing this, a smile gradually appeared on Lin Zhiyan's thin lips.

She had heard similar things too many times. Last month, Lu Jinshan practically knelt down before her, but Lin Zhiyan didn't care, or rather, she took it for granted.

But Lu Zhao's words made her feel comfortable, with a strange sense of ease.

Welcome to my guidance...

"I also need Senior Lu's help. Please give me your guidance in the future."

Lu Zhao took the initiative to let go, stepped back half a step, and made way for someone to walk inside.

Lin Zhiyan walked towards the office building, followed closely by the task force members, until the entire task force had completely left.

Only then did Lu Zhao and the leaders of these subordinate units begin to take action.

"Not bad, Lao Lu." Zhang Like nudged Lu Zhao with his elbow and said in a low voice, "I was really afraid you'd get into another argument with her."

Lu Zhao was speechless: "What kind of person do you take me for? Why would I talk back to my boss for no reason?"

"Haven't you always been like this?"

Do you think I did it for no reason?

"Uh……"

Zhang Like was speechless. After thinking about it carefully, it seemed that there really wasn't one.

Lu Zhao had no disciplinary issues whatsoever; otherwise, he would have been punished long ago. On the contrary, he was the most law-abiding member of the border station and had no disciplinary problems whatsoever.

While he himself was slacking off at work, Mo Kun was taking kickbacks, and Chen Hongtao was drinking tea at work.

Everyone has some minor issues, which is only natural.

It's all because of that old dog Lu that I subconsciously thought Lao Lu was wrong. He's really done me a lot of harm!
Captain Zhang immediately passed the buck to Lü Jinshan regarding the ideological issues.

The group arrived at the conference room in the office building, with the task force on the left and the border guards on the right.

Lin Zhiyan was seated at the head of the table, and Lu Zhao was specially arranged to sit on his right so that the two could easily communicate.

This was also an unconventional arrangement, but it wasn't Zhang Like vying for power, nor was it Chen Hongtao's ulterior motive.

Anyone with eyes could see that Team Leader Lin's attitude towards Lu Zhao was unusual; in order to curry favor with the big boss, he naturally had to make such arrangements.

A month ago, Lu Zhao couldn't even get into the conference room; a month later, he was sitting in the head seat.

Once you gain power, it's like a dream.

(End of this chapter)