Chapter 312: Guests and Consultants

"You're really efficient. You've solved the problems of Oak Street and Mirror Lake in such a short time. You're worthy of being the ancient Eastern monk who is welcomed by local branches." Branch chief Alexander nodded with satisfaction after looking at the report sent by the intelligence chief.

Because the ancient country in the East is so peaceful, if the heirs of their ancient heritage want to gain enough experience, they can only travel to the Lighthouse Country, or fight monsters to level up.

For the officials, this is undoubtedly a fact that makes the top leaders lose face, but for the local authorities, it is a rare good thing. It not only reduces pressure but also reduces casualties.

There is no way. The special national conditions of the Lighthouse Country have led to frequent outbreaks of strange incidents in various places. The headquarters and state branches do not care about this, because limited forces must be used in key places. Therefore, as long as the top dignitaries and national security are not endangered, they will not be dispatched easily. Therefore, these matters fall on the heads of local branches.

The local branches have limited manpower and are faced with high casualty rates and staff shortages all year round. They are simply too busy to handle everything, so their work attitude has always been to just get by. As long as no major disaster breaks out, they will suppress it if possible and delay it if possible. Who knows if they can last until that day.

In this situation, the ancient Eastern monks who do not seek fame or fortune become the sweet cakes, because they will leave after defeating the monsters without asking for money or fame, so the credit will naturally become the property of the local branches.

Therefore, after discovering the ancient Eastern monks, the local branches would often secretly reach a tacit understanding with the other party to provide some conveniences in exchange for credits that were useless to the other party.

Unfortunately, there are too few ancient Eastern monks, and they are hard to come by. Therefore, in addition to these, some ancient inheritors from other regions have also become partners of local branches, but none of them are as cost-effective as the ancient Eastern monks.

In fact, the headquarters is well aware of this, but the superiors cannot force the people below to fight hard. Besides, many difficult problems in the past and now were solved with the help of the ancient Eastern monks, so they just turn a blind eye. They can't just watch the Lighthouse Country become a weird country for the sake of a little face.

So after confirming that Yan Xu was an ancient Eastern monk, Alexander privately allowed Ames to contact the other party.

In fact, there is another reason for choosing Aimees besides her beauty.

Aimees thought she had concealed it well, but with so much experimental data, her hiding was meaningless.

The higher-ups knew her physical condition better than she did, so there were only two options.

One way is to wait until she is about to reach her limit and deal with it immediately to prevent serious consequences. At the same time, there will be one more wonderful thing to play with.

On the other hand, if she is special and has not yet reached her limit, then it is more worthy of study, but the fate that awaits her is still not much better.

To put it bluntly, Ames could not escape this disaster at all, and had nowhere to escape.

But if the ancient Eastern monk intervenes, Aimees will have a chance of survival.

The top leaders had witnessed the strength of the ancient Eastern monks before. It was conceivable how much of a shock it must have been to make those arrogant guys swallow their anger.

So unless it is necessary, I will not provoke you easily.

In addition, compared to their strength, the means and abilities of the ancient Eastern monks are also very extensive, so it is not impossible for them to solve Aimees' problem.

At the same time, the methods of the ancient oriental monks are generally not replicable, so even if Ames solves her own problems, it is of no reference value. Only in this way can she escape. As the branch director and the other party's immediate superior, Alexander knows Ames's situation very well and is willing to give her this opportunity. In addition to her beauty, Ames's ability is also one of the reasons. Whether as an action supervisor or the occasional intelligence she brings, it is the reason why he is willing to give her a chance. Now it depends on whether she can seize this opportunity.

Ames did not miss the opportunity and visited again under the pretext of the Mirror Lake Summer Camp.

"Although there were reasonable reasons both times, it will still arouse suspicion." Although Yan Xu was greatly stimulated by the strange weapon, his brain was still working well. He handed Aimes a bottle of Coke as usual and said.

"In my situation, this reaction is normal." Ames is not the only one who has to face this problem. Not letting go of any opportunity is the most normal reaction.

Yan Xu nodded and talked about the Mirror Lake Summer Camp.

Last time, time was limited and Ames had many things to say, so this time he continued the conversation and talked about the grading system in the bureau.

The Abnormal Pollution Investigation Bureau is divided into headquarters, branches and sub-bureaus.

The location of the headquarters is kept secret, but it is suspected to be in Washington. The branches are located in various states. Because of the state systems, they are quite independent and have always ignored the orders from the headquarters.

As for branches, there are neither too many nor too few. Basically, there is one in every big city, but there are none in small cities and remote areas.

Therefore, once a strange incident occurs in a remote area, it will either be classified as an accidental disappearance or a perverted murderer by the local authorities. Basically, they can only wait for the nearby police station to discover it and then send personnel to investigate and handle it. The whole process may take three to five months. Not only will the incident be forgotten, but it will also be hairy.

Not all strange events react so slowly, and this involves the grading system.

The Abnormal Pollution Investigation Bureau classifies the strength level and the degree of crisis of the incident into F~A, where F is normal, E is an investigation that requires dispatching personnel, D is dangerous and needs to be handled with caution, C requires the dispatch of strong combat personnel, B requires preparations for a small-scale war, and A has already threatened national security.

The local branches handle the most ED-level incidents, as well as a few C-level strange incidents. B-level incidents are reported to the branch, and A-level incidents are reported to the headquarters because they are beyond the capabilities of the branch.

The haunted house and Mirror Lake handled by Yan Xu are considered D and C level strange incidents.

Even if the former were fully prepared, they would not be able to avoid casualties, because someone like Knight Jenny only needed a glance to make a branch officer see a psychiatrist for several months, or even rebel on the spot.

A Class C incident requires the mobilization of a large number of personnel and professional equipment. It is unclear whether the problem can be solved. Once a bizarre riot occurs, double-digit casualties are common.

This is also the reason why the branches in various places are so incompetent. Even if the branch chief is full of enthusiasm, the people under him are not brave enough. When they are on a mission that day, their subordinates may accidentally fire their guns and kill their boss.

This kind of thing has happened before, otherwise the local branches would not be so honest. How could they be reluctant to sacrifice the lives of their subordinates in exchange for their own promotion and wealth?

Because of these problems, each branch has a special position, which is called a guest official in the East and a consultant in the West.

(End of this chapter)