Inside Out

Su Ke's apprehension stemmed not only from Qi Yuan, but also from the exhortations of the Chief Bureau Director before she set off.

The Chief Bureau Director reiterated that in asking someone for help, they must at least not cause trouble for the other party.

As a representative to communicate with Qi Yuan, she was chosen not because she was exceptionally outstanding, but rather because her position was appropriate and would not attract the attention of various important figures.

As the assistant to the Chief Bureau Director of the Superpower Duty Bureau, to a certain extent she could represent the Chief Bureau Director's attitude, yet her position was not so high that Qi Yuan would feel burdened and be able to outright refuse with ease.

The Chief Bureau Director told her not to feel pressured, that it would be fine even if she was rejected, and to try her best to get a handle on Qi Yuan's attitude and needs.

Because Su Ke was lost in thought, she didn't notice the delight revealed on Qi Yuan's face.

He's here!

Qi Yuan rubbed his hands together in his heart.

He had been waiting for this day for a long time!

If it wasn't to join an official organization, who would be willing to stay cooped up at school?

In order to leave Su Ke with a good impression, he righteously stated, "It is my honor to contribute my strength to Dragon Country."

The sudden pleasant surprise slammed into Su Ke, and she still couldn't quite believe it.

Su Ke steadied her mind, suppressed the excitement in her heart, and her smile grew increasingly sincere.

With Qi Yuan's strength, he no longer needed to pander to anyone.

To be able to say these words represented that he approved of his Dragon Country identity from the bottom of his heart.

"On behalf of the people of Dragon Country, I thank you for your help."

Having been entrusted by her superiors to come communicate demonstrated that Su Ke had quite some ability.

Her smile was sincere and healing, her affinity pulling people in.

"Next, I would like to briefly introduce our planned arrangements to you. If there is anything inconvenient, please be sure to tell me."

Seeing Qi Yuan nod, Su Ke then gently elaborated using her gentle voice.

"In order to facilitate external rhetoric, our plan is to establish the Dark Nine Seats and arrange your identity as a member of the Dark Nine Seats."

She observed that Qi Yuan did not reveal any dissatisfaction, letting her put her mind at ease.

This was the plan they had debated long into the night before finally settling on something they found relatively satisfactory.

Using the identity of the Dark Nine Seats to conceal the unclear power behind Qi Yuan would reduce unnecessary probing into Qi Yuan by others and alleviate his worries.

At the same time, they would also have a reasonable identity to intercept inquiries by shady characters about Qi Yuan.

Speaking of which, they still had no idea when the Gao family had gotten in contact with Qi Yuan. Their investigations had turned up nothing.

Where there was one, there would be a second.

Although they were also apprehensive about the power behind Qi Yuan, the circumstances were forcing their hand.

They could only do their utmost to seek mutual benefit.

"Establish? Does Dragon Country not have the Dark Nine Seats?"

Melon-eating bystander Qi Yuan was a bit shocked.

The online rumors about the Dark Nine Seats had been quite detailed, even listing out several candidates, yet it actually didn't exist?

"I wish it did too, but unfortunately that was just a smokescreen we put out to protect the Nine Seats."

Su Ke shook her head with a light sigh. "What country that's being beaten to its doorstep would still have a bunch of hidden trump cards that it refuses to play?"

What she said also made sense. With a nuclear bomb, just nuclear threatening would be enough. Having too many fancy flourishes would be failing to respect its power.

It was truly difficult to distinguish between real and fake melons online.

This was hardly Qi Yuan's first time eating a fake melon, and he expressed his understanding.

"But being able to fool you demonstrates that we've done quite a good job."

The worried look didn't stay on Su Ke's face for long. She was here to communicate, not to cry hardship.

She saw her self-deprecatingly say, "Although you didn't directly praise us, I still sensed your approval."

Would fooling melon-eating onlookers make you very happy?

Qi Yuan had question marks.

Although he felt targeted, the person before him was Daddy Official...

Qi Yuan reluctantly praised, "Yeah, not bad."

"Thank you for the praise."

Su Ke accepted Qi Yuan's praise with a smile and got into the main topic. "Afterwards, we may reveal some appropriate information about your abilities to deter monsters and foreign powers as a warning. Do you have any suggestions regarding this point?"

"Of course, to avoid impacting your daily life, we will lock down information about you online. Regarding this, we already have ample experience and you can rest assured."

Qi Yuan: !?

Damn!

So that was why after causing such a huge commotion and adding Shen City's substantial population, he still hadn't reached S-rank!

Turns out you guys were the culprits!

If you guys hadn't made the werewolves blow themselves up, he would still be kept in the dark.

Good job! Just don't do it again next time!

"Did you have some suggestion you wanted to say?"

Seeing Qi Yuan clearly hesitating, seemingly on the verge of blurting something out, Su Ke hurriedly followed up.

Qi Yuan did indeed have a lot he wanted to say, things like damn your mom's stinky pu**y and the like that weren't too appropriate. Ultimately he held back.

He crossed ten fingers, tactically leaned back... "Don't lock down information. Try your best to publicize everything about me as sensationally as possible."

People really can't be shameless...

Qi Yuan had come to experience this.

To match the image of the mysterious aloof expert that had been crafted for him, he subconsciously went along with others' speculation about him being high above worldly affairs.

Because that was the only way it logically made sense.

However, it was just this tiny matter that had almost blocked the path on which he was planning to shamelessly show off.

"Oh, o-okay. Thank you so much."

Su Ke was stunned for a good while before she managed to find her voice.

To willingly give up hiding his identity for Dragon Country's sake and even let her publicize things on a large scale without reservations... He really lived up to being Martial Uncle Xiao's nephew...

Su Ke recalled Xiao Qi Yun Zheng's face and silently modified her line of thought.

While their faces didn't resemble each other, their patriotic hearts were similarly aligned.

Su Ke solemnly respected him. She no longer viewed the youth before her eyes as a stranger, but rather as someone with shared ideals.

With one of their own, her state of mind also changed. She was no longer cautiously minding her words.

"Since this is the case, in order to quickly spread your exploits and help people remember you, you will need an easy to remember alias..."

"Light element ability, golden eyes..."

Seeing her fall deep into thought, then suddenly snap back alert with bright eyes, Qi Yuan suddenly had an ominous premonition.

What kind of decent alias could she come up with in such a short time?

"I've got it! How about Golden Flash?"

Qi Yuan: "???"

Surely you're kidding?

If he didn't already have a premonition, he almost demonstrated a human fountain to Su Ke.

Oh well, gotta save some face...

He should keep a little dignity.

"Thanks, Golden Eyes is good enough."

Qi Yuan revealed an awkward yet still polite smile. "Also, my ability isn't light element."

The somewhat edgy Golden Eyes now seemed exceptionally majestic standing next to Golden Flash.

Seeing Su Ke fall into thought again, clearly her professional habits were acting up.

Qi Yuan's mind raced as he organized his words, afraid that if he was late this lady would pull some other stunt on him.

"No need to excessively introduce my abilities and levels. An unknown enemy is the most fearsome. Just heavily promoting my battle exploits is good enough. If you don't know what to do, I can recommend someone for your reference."

Su Ke solemnly nodded. "I understand."

"Could you introduce that master of public opinion guidance? I will learn from him."

"He's no grandmaster, he just happens to be very skilled at sniffing out and spreading gossip."

Qi Yuan took out his phone and forwarded one of Shi Jianwen's posts to her.

After he sent it, he suddenly felt something was off?

After thinking about it, he added to Su Ke, "Nine out of ten sentences he says are false, don't take it too seriously."