Chen Gu felt somewhat tempted. He initially hadn't wanted to reveal himself, worried his cover would be blown. A high school student suddenly turning into a "tactical master" would inevitably arouse suspicion from certain people. Moreover, given the "complicated" experiences of his original body, it would be difficult to avoid issues.

However, now the military had shown sufficient sincerity. The real reason Chen Gu began to seriously consider the offer was... his older son's dream of becoming a general.

Chen Gu only knew that Chen Jixian wanted to be a general from what his grandson, Chen Zili, had told him. He was merely "aware" of this dream and, subjectively, didn't place much importance on it. After all, if you're in the military, you can't exactly say to others, "I don't want to be a general," right?

When Chen Jixian was forced to retire, Chen Gu had worked behind the scenes to have him become the head of the Wuzhaoyin City Police Department and the director of the local Bureau of Mystic Security branch. In his view, such an outcome should have been very good, and Chen Jixian should have been quite satisfied.

But during this mission, Chen Jixian had sincerely talked to him about his ambition to become a general. He realized that his older son's dream wasn't just talk. If he were to further his relationship with the Central Operations Room, would there be a chance to help his older son achieve this dream?

But how can I explain to the Central Operations Room that a high school student, sentenced to 'Soul Imprisonment' for forty years, suddenly became a tactical master after getting out? Chen Gu sighed ruefully and decided to send a message back to "Mirror-Comb Warrior":

"Let me give it some serious thought."

It was already late at night, but "Mirror-Comb Warrior" quickly sent back a message: "Please believe that no matter your identity, we can accept it and will help you establish a clean, normal identity."

Chen Gu was moved. As a representative of the military, "Mirror-Comb Warrior" spoke so straightforwardly, indeed reflecting their sincerity.

Chen Gu hesitated, then, out of habit, sent a teasing message: "Staying up so late is bad for your skin."

"Mirror-Comb Warrior" did not reply.

Chen Gu didn't mind and logged off as well.

The next day, Chen Gu didn't go to school but headed straight for the branch office.

Marcus and the others had been somewhat lackadaisical at work lately, envious of others' merit points. Little Demon Girl had even stopped coming in for her daily check-ins. Since Marcus was the team leader, he had to make an appearance every day to clock in, then he would go home to spend time with his kids.

But today, Chen Gu stopped him. "Team Leader, shouldn't we get a handle on the wild Professionals within our jurisdiction? At the very least, we should have their real identities and addresses. If anything happens, we'll know who the prime suspects are."

Marcus was indifferent. "Do you know how difficult it is to hide in this era? There's something called big data. As long as we want, by inputting some search criteria, those wild Professionals can quickly be sorted out." He added, "To be precise, we filter out a range and then secretly monitor them for a while to determine who the real wild Professionals are."

Chen Gu understood. Indeed, because it wasn't easy to hide, wild Professionals preferred to flee to the relatively friendly Confederation and Freedom Alliance. It was also because of these "relatively friendly" policies that the Bureau of Mystic Security didn't proactively use big data to screen these Professionals, though this didn't mean they couldn't.

Marcus had barely finished speaking when he suddenly received a phone call. A babyish voice came through, calling out, "Daddy!" The team leader's listless face immediately brimmed with a smile. "Daddy will be right back! Daddy has a gift for our little princess! Oh, and for our little prince? He gets one too, yes he does!"

Then, without so much as glancing at Chen Gu, he waved his hand and left.

Chen Gu slyly called out from behind, "Boss, I'll take care of it myself then."

Marcus waved his hand again.

Chen Gu decided he had received the team leader's "authorization."

He thought about it. Among the entire team, Joseph was probably the only one he could order around. But two people didn't seem very reliable. Gorilla and Man Suling? Better not count on those two; they were too busy. I could call Dora and Boluo.

Soon, the three rookies were all present. Chen Gu explained what he wanted to do. To his surprise, Dora was the first to respond enthusiastically, "Let's get 'em!"

Big Rabbit struck a pose as if holding a grudge, figuratively gnashing her teeth. Chen Gu probed, "You've been scammed too?"

"Victims of swindlers are everywhere!"

That made things easy. With his good looks, Chen Gu effortlessly obtained "permission" from the young women in the administrative department to use the branch's big data and AI. Then, combining his hacking skills with Big Rabbit's high intelligence, the two quickly began the screening process.

However, the sheer volume of data required several hours of analysis, so Chen Gu first went to the training ground to earn his skill points for the day.

By the afternoon, when he emerged exhausted from the training ground, the analysis results were ready. There were four top suspects: two in Wuzhaoyin City, one in Wangxingjiao City, and another in Wanfulu City, a different city on Empire River Star.

Having used up all his skill points for the day, Chen Gu said, "Let's study the files on these four individuals tonight, formulate a plan, and then go find them tomorrow."

That evening, Chen Gu, being a rich second-generation kid, treated everyone to a lavish dinner, since they were helping him with a personal matter.

Big Rabbit was clearly an easily contented girl; she ate with great satisfaction throughout the entire meal.

Joseph had immense respect for Brother Chen and was happy to help. To him, whether he ate or not, or what he ate, didn't matter.

Boluo, however, who wasn't the sharpest, grumbled throughout dinner, being picky with his food. Yet, in the end, he ate more than anyone else...

The night passed uneventfully. The next day, Chen Gu gathered his "fault-finding" crew and headed straight for their targets.

Obviously, they'd start with the two targets in Wuzhaoyin City. On the ride over, Joseph casually asked, "Which of these four do you think is 'Steam Locomotive'?"

Chen Gu didn't respond. Dora, however, eagerly began to guess, her reasoning sounding quite plausible. But her final analysis was that all four were suspicious; she had succeeded only in confusing herself.

Boluo suddenly blurted out in a carefree manner, "If you ask me, there's no need to guess. No matter what order we set, it's bound to be the very last person we find who is the target." He continued, "I'm telling you, it's a famous scientific principle. If we have four targets and split into four groups to search, then it's guaranteed to be the furthest one. It's a profound scientific rationale, you all might not understand..."

Chen Gu thought: Interesting!

He couldn't help but glance at Boluo. How can you be so confidently incorrect?

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