Chapter 1748: Loyalty and Reporting

Looking at the expression of his superior across the table, Xia De took a deep breath. To be honest, he really admired Director Director Anluosi who said these words. Thinking about it this way, Detective Sparrow should also understand these things, but still silently engaged in his own career until he really died because of it. Apart from them, perhaps there are more people who are unknown and walk the tightrope for their respective motherlands. These people are worthy of respect in any era.

He had never confessed to Director Director Anluosi whether he was a Qi Shu practitioner, and Director Director Anluosi had never asked Xia De about these things. But since the conversation had reached this point, Xia De felt he should also do something:

"Since someone wants to assassinate that lady, I cannot pretend not to know. What can I do?"

Director Director Anluosi refused without thinking:

"If that lady knew that I pulled you into this matter, my fate would be more than just being sent to guard the royal mausoleum."

"So you don't say, I don't say, who would know?"

Xia De was indeed sincere about doing this. Although he didn't think that the so-called assassination could cause any danger to the witch who could catch bullets with her eyes closed and detonate a steam bomb in her hand without danger, he couldn't just ignore people who might be unfavorable to her.

"Since I take the country's salary, I should also do something."

Director Director Anluosi was silent for a while, but still didn't want to agree.

"You should be clear about my relationship with that lady. Since I am a man, I have an obligation to protect her."

Director Director Anluosi finally relented:

"Alright, since you could encounter me like this, I think this should be considered some kind of hint. I do have a few things in my hand that need elite agents to do. Since your current task completion rate is 100%, I think it is appropriate for you to take over one of them. I need you to find one of our people, codenamed 'Mole.' Three weeks ago, he successfully infiltrated the manor prepared for Duke Simier with a forged identity as a chef's apprentice, but the contact was suddenly cut off a week ago."

"Missing?"

"Not sure. Now that we have just come into contact with the Gray Gloves, I cannot take the initiative to mention this matter. So, I need you to determine the whereabouts of our 'Mole' in this glass city. He might have been identified and captured by the Gray Gloves, might be unable to contact the outside world for some reason, or might even be a shameful defector."

He shook his head at Xia De:

"You don't need to deal with him, just confirm what the situation is. Afterward, I will give you the information about this person and the details of his infiltration mission. But be careful, try not to attract attention during the investigation."

"No problem."

"Your loyalty often makes me sigh. If we had a few more people like you, the work would definitely be much easier."

Director Director Anluosi sighed and finally picked up the teacup, but Xia De noticed that he only sipped the edge of the cup. This experienced old agent would definitely not eat or drink outside casually.

"Me? Loyalty?"

The double agent who inherited the title of "Gray Hawk" pointed to himself and shook his head gently:

"I don't think I'm loyal."

"I don't mean to the kingdom or our department, I mean to that lady."

Director Director Anluosi corrected, explaining while looking at Xia De's gaze:

"I can see that everything you have done has been for that noble lady, so I said you are loyal—loyal to her. I have seen many things. Perhaps others think you are clinging to a noblewoman, but I know the actual situation is not like this. Look at that lady's attitude toward you; perhaps you are the... leader of your relationship. Don't say this is what I said."

Director Director Anluosi could be considered one of the first people to know about the relationship between Xia De and Miss Miss Jia Lin Na. He was one of the few men around Miss Miss Jia Lin Na who could talk.

Xia De was speechless:

"Loyalty..."

He originally didn't want to talk about his emotional problems with his superior, but at this moment he couldn't help but say:

"You should know that I actually have other girls around me... is this also considered loyalty?"

Director Director Anluosi smiled. Chatting about life with his subordinates in addition to tense work was the moment he enjoyed most in this job:

"I have seen many betrayals, lies, conspiracies, and deceptions, so I am most qualified to say what loyalty really is. Believe me, you are absolutely loyal to that lady. Whether you are loyal or not does not depend on how many parts your heart is divided into. To be honest, among us, there are not a few people who take salaries from multiple parties, but I still believe in most of them."

Xia De belonged to the category of taking salaries from multiple parties—in every sense of "multiple parties."

Xia De nodded. Director Director Anluosi put down the teacup he hadn't drunk at all and asked a question that had nothing to do with the conversation:

"Since we are chatting, speaking of which, who do you think the next King will be?"

"This question, I..."

Xia De was stunned, looking at his superior with some surprise. The latter was also looking at him, his eyes full of deep meaning. This was not a simple question; this was testing Xia De's attitude.

He thought for a while and didn't give a direct answer:

"I don't know either, but one thing is certain."

He blinked:

"As long as we follow that lady, no matter who wears the crown in the future, the work of guarding the royal mausoleum will not fall to us. High pensions, decent consultant work after retirement—these can all be guaranteed. After all, that lady has always been very caring to the people around her."

Director Director Anluosi laughed:

"Look, you are indeed very loyal to her. Young man, although thinking is a good thing, sometimes don't think too much; you are not doing academic research. Ask yourself if you have taken the right path, and then keep moving forward. When you get old, you will have plenty of time to think about your life, beautify your experiences, and write books to make people think you are a good person."

After giving Xia De the information about the undercover agent "Mole," Director Director Anluosi left. Xia De was too embarrassed to step into the building behind the flower wall shadow wall again to use the colorful mushroom powder, so he threw the crystal shoes to go home, and then went to Schluch Lake City with Little Xiao Miya before lunch.

"I am also a man with a family and a cat, so I can't go to that kind of place casually."

The Count was still in the "paradise of bliss," so Xia De sat on the sofa reading a book and waiting. Until 12:00 noon, the Count, who still looked confused, walked out of that crack. Clearly, his spirit was still not normal.

Since he had determined the effect of the mushrooms in the Count's hand, Xia De used some hypnosis techniques this time to induce the method of how the Count obtained these mushrooms from his mouth. Afterward, he let the Count sleep and then left here. About half an hour later, he received a report from the inn's boss, Green, and learned that someone had used illegal drugs in the room; twenty minutes later, the Qi Shu practitioners of the Peace Church who arrived after hearing the news took away the Count who was still not sober.

As for Xia De, he had returned home and went to have lunch with his own cat. Of course, when having lunch, he didn't forget to take the mushroom samples he brought back far away to prevent them from being eaten by Little Xiao Miya. But this time Xia De really wronged the cat; it had no interest in the strange colorful mushrooms at all.

By this Tuesday afternoon, Xia De took an umbrella to the pier by the Duin River and then boarded the witch's cruise ship. He came here for the mushroom matter. Megan and Audrey, masters of potions and alchemy, should be very interested in them.

"Only enhances the eyes' perception of hidden spatial rifts, right?"

In the laboratory of the bottom cabin of the cruise ship, Megan asked Xia De who was sitting at the table. She had already thrown a whole mushroom into a beaker, poured blue solution into it, and was heating it. The liquid was bubbling, looking like it was boiling soup.

"Yes, there is no enhancement to spatial perception ability in other aspects, and no enhancement to other eye-type reconnaissance Qi Shu. However, the hallucinogenic effect of this mushroom is quite strong. As for the effect of reducing one's own presence, I cannot say clearly."

"Then what about the origin of these strange mushrooms? Since you have already reported it to the church, you wouldn't have given the production area to the church, right? I think the Speaker wrote down this task probably because of the effect of this mushroom, but one or two are definitely not enough."

The brown-haired witch asked with a smile. She was very satisfied that Xia De came to her to solve the problem instead of going to Miss Jia Lin Na or Miss Silvia.

"The production area is on the north bank of Schluch Lake, in the woods not far from the Crossroads Village. When Count Petrak went to the wild alone for contemplation and meditation, he accidentally discovered those colorful mushrooms. Because he had the habit of using poisonous mushrooms for hallucinations before, he picked some, which led to the discovery of the peculiar nature of the mushrooms in subsequent experiences."

Xia De explained:

"The area where the mushrooms grow is not large, about the size of your bedroom on the top cabin of the ship. Because I have unique Qi Shu, I was able to perceive that the land was polluted by chaotic space, which caused the originally palm-sized place to expand to the size of a bedroom, thus alienating the soil. So guess what, the soil..."

"I guessed it. Is there a reward?"

The witch asked while holding the table with one hand. Xia De thought for a while:

"If you guessed it right, I will give you a gift."

"Green Ridge Ore."

He had lunch at the Schluch Lake Inn and asked the inn servant to send the intelligence to the address left by Director Director Anluosi, and then took the cat who was full and wanted to go home to embark on the journey to the south bank of Schluch Lake.

By 2:00 PM this Wednesday, when he saw Miss Silvia at the manor again, Xia De didn't expect Megan to be here too. Before Xia De arrived, Megan was asking Miss Silvia for advice on the use of spatial power. When Xia De walked over with Little Xiao Miya after the maid announced, the two witches greeted them together:

"Good afternoon, Xia De."

The three went to the study upstairs together. Xia De briefly described what he saw and heard at the farm this morning. Afterward, he took out books from the illusory bookshelf beside him and handed them to Megan: