Chapter 235-3: Endless Strength, The Envoy from Yun Capital City (3)

His phone suddenly buzzed with a new message.

Little White: I’ve thought of my request. Come out for drinks tonight. Don’t forget, you ditched me last time.

Lin Xun’s mouth twitched. “Good grief, I still have to have a big battle with the attendant girls tonight and do the Librarian’s special mission.”

It wasn’t that he was addicted to the game, he really just couldn’t be in two places at once.

He typed back: How about another day? Tonight’s really not convenient. Next time, I’ll make it up to you with two meals!

Little White didn’t reply for a long time. Lin Xun guessed she was probably mad at him.

He was nearly at the office when Lu Caiyi finally sent another message: I’m late… Two meals can’t make up for this (crying emoji)

Lin Xun had no idea, ever since Little White Deer started her job, she had never once been absent or late.

Lin Xun: So what do you want me to do? (Shiba Inu head)

Little White: Mm… let’s wait until the weekend. If there’s no other way, I’ll come find you.

Lin Xun: ???

Little White: Team Leader Wang is here. I have to work. Chat later.

Lin Xun put his phone down, bewildered, and walked into the Cultural Bureau.

What was so mysterious that it had to wait until the weekend?

As soon as he reached the second floor of the Special Office of the Cultural Bureau, he heard Ye Xiaoqi’s voice, teeth grinding with anger.

“This round doesn’t count! You’re shameless, ambushing an old lady like me! We’re playing again!”

A group of female colleagues were gathered in a circle.

In the middle stood Ye Xiaoqi in a tank top and hot pants.

And facing her was a handsome boy wearing glasses, someone Lin Chen had never seen before. He looked quite young, probably still in middle school.

The boy adjusted his glasses and sneered. “A loss is a loss. We agreed, two thousand Spirit Essence per round.”

“If you can’t afford to pay, that’s fine. But from now on, you’ll have to call me Captain.”

Ye Xiaoqi’s eyes widened. “Call a little brat like you Captain? Dream on!”

“Then you’d better obediently pay up the Spirit Essence, so you don’t damage our workplace harmony.”

Lin Xun couldn’t help becoming interested.

From their conversation, it sounded like this little boy was a newly recruited Apostle in the Intelligence Division… But at such a young age, surely he wasn’t an adult yet, basically child labor, wasn’t it?

Was the Intelligence Division really so short on people that they wouldn’t even spare middle school kids…

Ye Xiaoqi was grinding her teeth in frustration. She suddenly noticed Lin Xun standing outside the circle and her eyes lit up.

“Lin Xun, what are you doing here? Oh, wait! Actually, you’re just in time!”

“Come here, I’ll introduce you to our new colleague.”

“This little brat here is an imperial envoy dispatched from the Yun Capital headquarters, a special Apostle assigned to the Thunder Tribulation Squad.”

“According to Team Leader Li, he’s not only a child prodigy and academic genius but also has extremely formidable strength that far surpasses ordinary Apostles.”

“Of course I don’t believe someone this young could have such ability. To prove he’s not just an overrated poser, I had no choice but to test him…”

The matter wasn’t complicated.

Whenever a new Thunder Tribulation Squad was established in a city, the Yun Capital headquarters would dispatch special Apostles to bolster their combat power.

This boy named Lu Yiming was a special Apostle from Yun Capital, reportedly selected by Team Leader Li herself after careful consideration.

With Ye Xiaoqi’s personality, getting into a wager with such an unusually young special Apostle wasn’t at all surprising.

“Lin Xun, you’re our Intelligence Division’s ace. You can’t just let an air-dropped special Apostle swagger around showing off.”

All the female colleagues turned their gazes to Lin Xun.

Although this ‘newcomer’ Lin Xun hadn’t joined the Intelligence Division all that long ago, the remarkable feats he’d accomplished had left his coworkers in the dust.

Rumor had it that in his very first mission, he’d killed a mid-level figure in New World, and in the second mission, he’d taken down a high-ranking member.

His third mission was said to be the most astonishing of all.

During the outbreak of the Apocalypse Pollution in the Armed Division, when all the Apostles were struggling desperately and on the verge of total annihilation, Team Leader Li had arrived at the battlefield with this ace in tow.

Lin Xun, by his own power, had propped up the crumbling front, turned the tide, and saved countless lives from destruction…

In short, the stories about him had reached mythical proportions.

Some even claimed that the only reason this ace hadn’t been transferred to the Thunder Punishment unit in Hang City was because Team Leader Li had personally intervened to block the reassignment paperwork multiple times…

Lin Xun was standing aside, happily spectating, when suddenly the crossfire landed on him.

“Comrade Xiaoqi, that’s not fair. Since the Yun Capital headquarters dispatched a special envoy to join the Thunder Tribulation Squad, he’s one of our own. The stronger, the better.”

“But you, you lost two thousand Spirit Essence and still refuse to honor the bet… Sigh. If you really can’t afford it, I’ll just pay it for you. Just remember to treat me to a meal.”

Ye Xiaoqi saw her attempt to divert the trouble had failed and that Lin Xun was mocking her instead. She gnashed her teeth in fury.

“Who says I can’t afford it! It’s only two thousand Spirit Essence!”

She quickly tapped her phone, fingers flying.

Seeing Lu Yiming’s slight smile, the transfer had apparently gone through.

But then Lu Yiming suddenly looked over at Lin Xun. “Thank you for your generosity… I heard you’re the strongest in the Intelligence Division?”

“Originally, I was supposed to go to Hang City and join the Thunder Punishment unit, but Team Leader Li said that if I could defeat the strongest member of Wen City’s Thunder Tribulation Squad, she’d hand over control of the squad to me.”

“Let’s introduce ourselves properly, I’m Lu Yiming, sixteen years old, graduate of Yun Capital University Law School, currently serving in the Yun Capital Apostle Security Council Headquarters Special Assignment Division.”

The bespectacled boy Lu Yiming extended a hand. “After you, I still need to go challenge the Armed Division. I hear there are two more, one called Wang Zong, and one called Lu Caiyi…”

“So, let’s make this quick!”