The imperial capital, dusk and sunset.

Mr. Wayne, who works as a reporter at the newspaper, finally finished the day's work and waited for the long-awaited time to get off work.

"Hey, Wayne, would you like to have a drink with the rest of you later?"

After tidying up his desk, Wayne, who was about to leave, was suddenly invited by several colleagues.

Wayne thought about it, then smiled and nodded.

"Good. ”

"Well, it's just right, it's a new month in two days, and it's time for this month's salary to be paid, so let's have a good drink tonight!"

But at this moment, Mr. Nick, the president of the newspaper, came over and slapped the table hard, interrupting the conversation of Wayne and the others.

"Boys, if you have time to go to the bar, why don't you try to find more attractive news material first?" Mr. Nick, who is already middle-aged, had an unnatural flush on his face at this time, and his eyes were a little cloudy, and he said as he picked up the week's newspaper and slapped it on the table angrily.

"Look, look! There are so many newspapers left in this issue of our newspaper, isn't the sales not very good compared to before?"

Seeing this, Wayne and the others looked at each other for a moment, and they all saw the helplessness in each other's eyes.

Mr. Nick continued to spit dissatisfied, spreading out the rolled newspaper in his hand and holding it up to the crowd, raising his arm and outstretching his finger to poke at the words on the paper.

"The young lady of Baron Tony's family is suspected of having a private meeting with the accountant guy at the convenience store in Lepal? Viscount Loren married the wife of the sixth room the day before yesterday? Sgel's snack house was robbed, and the damage was serious, and it needs to be closed for a month? Look! Look...... What kind of rubbish have you all written! Do you have to find such boring things all day long to perfunctory your readers? Isn't there a more interesting and sensational event! Ah——?!

Mr. Nick shook his head, tore up the newspaper and threw it into the trash, and scolded angrily: "If you really want to report this kind of lace news, at least write me a public figure like the chief of the security department!"

"Uh...... But, Mr. Nick, it would be bad for our newspaper to write that kind of report, wouldn't it?" said Wayne with a look of embarrassment.

If you really want to report the negative news of such powerful people, although you can earn eyeballs, you may be retaliated against by the other party afterwards. Their newspaper is not one of those large newspapers with backers behind them, and it cannot withstand the suppression of those high-ranking officials and aristocrats above.

"Then go find some events like assassinations, terrorist attacks, etc., the citizens are very interested in the news reports of the elven envoys, or the scandal of the priest of the church, etc., isn't it!"

It seemed that his blood was surging with excitement, and Old Nick's face turned a little redder.

"Mr. Nick, if you want to get first-hand information about the events related to the transcendental, you can't do it without a certain amount of strength, but there are no transcendents in our society......" Wayne said with a look of embarrassment.

It's just ordinary people, they don't have any special powers, and it's very dangerous to delusionally want to participate in an event involving transcendental people, and if they can't get it, they won't get it, and if they don't get the press release, their lives will be lost first.

They are journalists just to make ends meet, but they don't want to dedicate their lives to journalism.

"What a bunch of shit! I can't do it, so what do I want you to do! I might as well raise you to raise a bunch of pigs......" Old Nick glared at his subordinates and began to spit out a series of nasty swear words.

The old members have basically become accustomed to their boss's behavior of catching subordinates when they are in a bad mood, except for those who can't stand it, those who still remain are more tenacious or forced to make a living.

They are accustomed to suffering in silence in the face of old Nick's insults, because daring to contradict the other party's words in such an occasion will only lead to worse consequences, which is already a case in point.

Looking at Old Nick's unnatural face and easily agitated emotions now, they knew that this boss must have been hiding somewhere to drink and ended up drinking, and now he was like a drunk, and it was really not a wise move to make fun of the other party.

However, there is still one exception, and that is Wayne, who has just been recruited recently and is just twenty-three years old and in his youth.

"Mr. Nick!" didn't notice that Old Nick was in an abnormal state, and after listening to the other party's insults for a while, Wayne's eyes flashed a little resentment, and he couldn't help but interrupt the other party's talking.

"If you are so dissatisfied with us, why don't you recruit a newcomer who is better at spying on intelligence than us? Or go to the Elf Chamber of Commerce and buy an elf with the specialty of intelligence detection! For example, the newly opened Hongjing Chamber of Commerce a while ago, doesn't it sell this kind of elf? And they still have a loud slogan of 'Guarantee loyalty! Even adult elves can almost certainly form a contract', maybe buying one can save the newspaper's performance crisis?"

Oops!

When Wayne's seniors heard Wayne's words, their faces all changed slightly, and they secretly screamed badly. A few people also showed anxious and somewhat regretful looks, regretting that they had forgotten and did not warn the new junior in advance of their bad habits.

"Huh......?"

Sure enough, Old Nick's face instantly turned gloomy when he heard that Wayne, a newcomer, dared to refute him.

"Hiccup......" After exhaling a mouthful of turbid air that smelled of alcohol, he squinted his eyes and glanced at Wayne, and said slowly in a long and low voice, "I remember...... Your name is Wayne, right?"

"Yes, Mr. Nick. Wayne also faintly noticed that he seemed to be a little impulsive at this time, but after all, he was young and vigorous, and in the end, he still stiffened his neck, and admitted without flinching in the face of Old Nick's unkind gaze.

"You, what you just said is very imposing?" Old Nick took a step forward in a thick voice, and then suddenly reached out coldly and grabbed Wayne's tie, and roughly lifted him in front of him, a few bloodshots appeared in his eyes, and his face was slightly distorted and said word by word: "Since you have such ideas, then...... Very well! What you just said will be treated as a special task I have given you, and you will be able to complete it!"

............Wayne gradually turned blue, and was a little uncomfortable when he was caught by Old Nick, twisted his neck to barely break free of the other party's clamps, and half-knelt down, he covered his neck and coughed a few times with an ugly face, then looked at Old Nick and asked puzzledly, "You said, the task?"

Despite this question, Wayne already had some bad premonitions in his heart.

"Ah, that's right. Old Nick looked at Wayne condescendingly, and said with a smile: "Go to the Hongjing Chamber of Commerce to buy a special elf for the newspaper to track and explore, or, go and recruit an excellent reporter as you said to come and work for me! This is the task I gave you." ”

"Then ......" Wayne's face seemed to be slightly relieved when he heard this, and he was about to speak.

"Oh, I almost forgot!" But Old Nick suddenly waved his hand, interrupting Wayne's words just about to speak, and then said with a sneer: "To add an explanation, this is your own 'task', so, go to that rainbow crystal chamber of commerce to buy the money needed to buy elves, or all the expenses needed to recruit new people, you ~ self ~ self ~ responsible for it." ”

"How is this possible!" Wayne's face suddenly froze: "Although it hasn't been open for a long time, haven't you heard of Mr. Nick?" The elves sold by the Hongjing Chamber of Commerce, even if they are the cheapest grade, are very expensive!"

Recruiting better newcomers or something, Wayne said that he knew very well that with the price that the newspaper he was working for could offer, there was no way to retain people who were really capable. The first target of a truly talented ace journalist would only be the big newspapers at the top of the empire.

Moreover, even if he wants to recruit people, Wayne, who is a newcomer to the industry, has little experience and doesn't know where to start.

Thinking about it, it would be more practical to choose the path of the Hongjing Chamber of Commerce that he had heard of. Unfortunately, this is also a task that requires adequate funding. Wayne's personal savings aren't enough to go to that kind of place.

"I don't care about that kind of thing, you can figure it out yourself!" Old Nick didn't understand Wayne's thoughts at all, but waved his hand with disgust on his face, and said ruthlessly, and then he turned around impatiently and opened the door of the newspaper office to leave.

"Oh, yes!" Old Nick, who walked out the door, suddenly paused, turned back to Wayne and said with a sneer, "Give you two days, if you can't complete the task, then you won't have to come back to work next month." By the way, at that time, you don't want to receive this month's salary again, just take it as compensation for hitting your boss, ohhahahaha......"

With a thud, the door was slammed shut, and Old Nick's shrill laughter with a hint of drunkenness faded into the distance as the door panel closed it.

More than ten seconds later.

'Damn!, damn miserly old man!' Wayne slammed his fist on the table with a gloomy face.

"Well, Wayne, are you alright?" said a senior who sighed helplessly, stepped forward and patted him on the shoulder.

"I don't care, thank you. Wayne took a deep breath and calmed down before responding.

"Alas, you're still too young, our president has such a temper...... seniors shook their heads and advised: "Actually, as long as you wait until tomorrow his temper passes, you lower your attitude a little more and take the initiative to apologize to him, and you should be fine." ”

"Yes, yes......"

Wayne knew that the advice of his predecessors was feasible, but he imagined that he might be humiliated if he did apologize, and it was a little unbearable.

Seeing the unwillingness on his face, the others shook their heads and stopped persuading.

Because of this annoying incident, Wayne lost the interest of going to the bar with the others, and went home alone after saying a hasty goodbye.

Walking on the road, he silently counted his remaining savings.

'Really...... It's not enough at all, if you don't get your salary next month and you're fired, you can't even pay this month's rent! As a foreigner, it's not so easy to change jobs in time in this imperial capital...... Damn!'

Scratching his head in annoyance, Wayne wondered if it was time for him to go back to the countryside, where life was at least worse than God's, but at least he could survive by doing some traditional farm work.

Unbeknownst to Wayne, who was annoyed, on the eaves of a building behind him, a black-feathered crow was staring at him quietly with its swarthy eyes.

In the crow's mind, a mysterious spiritual thought fluctuated slightly.

[Does it look like it's just an ordinary person?] The expression on his face is in great trouble...... Zhi Brain, check the identity of this person. 】

"Understand, enter the scan image, link to the Sentinel Cloud Database and start searching for relevant information...... Finish. The identity information has been sorted out, please check. 』

[Hmm...... I was still an intern journalist, and my background was ordinary...... Very good, since you are a journalist, with the convenience of this profession, it is very suitable for spreading the glory of my god! Zhi Brain, list this person as a target to be selected, and try to contact it at night. 】

"Filed. Question—Are you going to use him as an opportunity to preach?'

[Yes, after all, he is a reporter, as long as there is a press release that can attract people's attention, I think he will definitely be willing to cooperate with us, right?]

"Well, then, just in case, allow me to consult with Pope Brian on this matter. 』

[Of course. 】

A moment later.

"With the permission of His Holiness the Pope. 』

[Very good! The great glory of our god will surely envelop this world! Now, this is only a small step......]

The mental fluctuations that had been living in the crow's mind gradually subsided, and then the wings shook and flew into the air, quietly catching up with Wayne's footsteps.

......

When night fell, the streets of the imperial capital appeared in patches of red and green colors.

Wayne, who had gone out alone to settle the dinner needs, returned to his apartment with a bottle of cheap and low-quality ale, and drank himself in the room with a gloomy face.

After half a bottle of ale was down, Wayne, who didn't have a lot of alcohol, let out a few puffs of turbid air and put down the glass slowly.

"Hah...... Sure enough, I'm still unwilling...... Or, take advantage of the two days to try to see if you can find a new job, but after working hard for a long time to become a journalist, I learned to write articles, with this hand, there should be some hope...... Hiccup......"

After a chattering wash, Wayne returned to his bedroom and lay down, snoring and falling asleep.

In the midst of the thugs, Wayne's half-asleep consciousness suddenly sobered up a lot, and he found that he had actually appeared in the newspaper office in the afternoon.

And in front of Wayne's eyes, there was old Nick who was scolding at him, and what came out of his mouth were all kinds of ugly swear words that were almost indistinguishable from those in the afternoon.

Wayne subconsciously glanced around and found that there were only the two of them in the newspaper office, and the seniors in the afternoon were not there.

The numbers on the calendar on the wall showed that it was today, and everything made Wayne feel a strong sense of déjà vu.

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