Over the next two months, three major events took place.

The personnel changes in the secret service office were exactly as Dai Bingcheng expected, and the only one who exceeded the plan was Li Zhen's additional position - assistant to the director of the security bureau. This position is available in a number of institutions, and in the absence of a Deputy Director, the name of the position is effectively equivalent to the "Reserve Director". It's just that no one knows how long this preparatory period will last - because everything doesn't make sense, it's hard to speculate on people and things that are otherwise unusual.

Li Zhen was promoted to major, and Dai Bingcheng was promoted to colonel, director of the South Executive Yuan of the Northern Base of the Special Affairs Office, and director of the Security Bureau—only one step away from the major general.

However, this is a step that many, many people have not been able to cross in their lifetimes.

The one who is most pleased with this seems to be Li Kaiwen. Because his son is actually already the head of the Security Bureau - this is well known. As a result, his waist has been stiffened a lot lately. It's not that I didn't think that my son would have a future, and when Lao Tzu followed "show off his might", he ...... But he really didn't expect this day to come so quickly.

In fact, everyone knows that this has nothing to do with opportunities, luck, or backstage, and is purely a credit for life in exchange. This kind of credit cannot be envied - at least not in the face of it.

So the most common sentence that Li Kaiwen said after returning home recently was: "Hey, whoever sees me today is different from before......"

If he still lives in the same neighborhood and has a group of old friends, maybe he will still invite people home for dinner every day. Then pretended to inadvertently take out the Purple Star Medal issued by the royal family and show it off. Song Chenxiao counted him many times for this matter, and told him "Don't make trouble for your son". Li Kaiwen glared: I am so old that I still don't know the way? I'm just happy!

Of course, Li Zhen was also happy. Because his lockdown period is over in disguise - now he has to take a leave of absence from the base. It's just asking myself for leave.

Other changes are small and piecemeal...... The only thing that caused everyone a headache was that Zhang Kesong was now in a cold war with him — which had been going on for a month.

Because the second major event is the recruitment of new recruits by the Security Bureau. But Li Zhen stubbornly guarded the checkpoint and did not let Kesong become an executive officer, only let her go to a civilian job after graduating in July this year, and it was not a civilian job in the Security Bureau.

Kesong was quite unhappy about this, but Li Zhen showed rare toughness. Because...... Lives are at stake.

It's not that he doesn't take other people's lives, it's just that when things involve his girlfriend, there will always be some selfishness. He asked Miss An for comfort, and asked his parents to persuade him. However, the results were not satisfactory. Calls are made every night. However, the attitude is not as eager as it used to be. Talk about the trivial things you see and hear on weekdays, and then hang up plainly, as if the seven-year itch has come early.

But Li Zhen had already been mentally prepared - he knew what kind of girl Ke Song was. This young couple is the same person in their bones, and they both have a heart of copper and iron under their gentle appearance.

I don't feel much better when I encounter this kind of thing. The reaction will even be more violent. He can only take care of his girlfriend's emotions with apologies. Wait for time to untie the knot.

There are a lot of newcomers in the bureau - from field posts, schools in the base, and civil registrants. Twenty-three people were selected in the first stage. Six combat groups were formed. But in fact, many people are not even as good as Li Zhen in terms of combat knowledge, and some people don't know how to use guns. Fortunately, Hu Yanling is an out-and-out "old man", and the role she plays is far beyond Li Zhen's imagination. Even for a lot of time, he would have feelings such as "Is this woman more suitable to be the assistant to the director than himself".

In fact, the situation is also the same - although everyone knows that Major Li Zhen is A-level and his combat effectiveness is beyond imagination, but when he sees that he is also being trained like himself and making up for all kinds of basic common sense, there will be some strange emotions in his heart, and his words will be much more casual.

Hu Yanling talked to Li Zhen once for this reason, pointing out that he should "take out the shelf of the assistant director", otherwise it will be difficult to convince the public in the future.

Li Zhen only smiled.

Because Dai Bingcheng had also mentioned this issue to him before, but what Li Zhen said at the time was: "The third one is about to appear." It turns out everything. ”

This is the third major event that has happened in these two months.

One thing is known within the Warsaw Pact, with China at its core, that the third category is recovering. The Secret Service shared some information with the competent personnel authorities in various countries to make them aware of the seriousness of the matter, and launched a focused search in two directions – Japan and Mexico.

After the Yanjing meeting, the news of the species did not know how the news of the Dao revealed the rumors, and most of the capable people knew that there was such a terrible creature in the Dao. This did not cause panic as previously anticipated - for most of the capable were so confident that it was hard to believe that something could threaten the human community by relying on the strength of an individual.

So this bad thing turned into a good thing in a sense. Some civil society groups began to look for clues to the third species out of curiosity, and eventually concluded that it was most likely lurking in Japan or Mexico.

This kind of gossip should have been laughed off, but the identity of the person who posted the news made it impossible for the secret service to ignore it - the king of ice and wind.

To this day, the official information does not give a detailed introduction to this person, and some people even speculate that Sun Muran, the ice king of the year, did not die, but just changed his appearance. This super A-level king sold a big favor to the Secret Service on the night of Pingyang, so it is certain that he is at least not on the opposite side of the empire, which adds a few points to the credibility of his news. In the absence of an official clue about the exact location of the species, such rumors were carefully studied and carefully screened, and finally considered to be "highly credible".

In fact, this kind of "higher" is only relative to "no clue".

Of course, Li Zhenzhen knows all this.

For this reason, he went to Beichuan Freezing Point House again.

Ma Xinyu is not here today, and there is only Beichuan in the store. She laughed after seeing Li Zhen: "Congratulations." ”

Li Zhen smiled and waved his hand: "I'm here to thank you." You've solved a big problem for me. ”

Beichuan snorted: "I'm just handing over a message, and the credit is not on me - if you have the chance, you should thank that one." ”

Li Zhen was slightly stunned. He thought it was time for both sides to be open and honest – or at least tacitly. But what does Kitagawa Haruaki mean by this? He thought about it, and then sighed in his heart, feeling that he seemed to understand something.

So Li Zhen sat down by the window, looked into Beichuan's eyes, and said seriously: "I know what you are worried about." But you have to understand that I am me, not them. Your surname is Beichuan, but I know that you have nothing to do with the Beichuan family. I'm not a bipodiology. ”

Kitagawa's reaction, however, was a little stranger. She pursed her lips. Seems to be trying to suppress some emotions. Then he said lightly: "That's the case." But what do you do with that? ”

Li Zhen had a headache for the other party's "stubbornness". He smiled: "I just want you to know that I am at ease with you." I don't think we have to hide anything from each other, we can talk more frankly. ”

"You're ...... It's getting more and more like an official. Beichuan turned around and continued to wipe the counter with a rag, his tone was calm. The thing with my last name. It's been a long time since I didn't take it to heart - just to put my mother at ease. It hasn't changed. After all, what do you think I'm hiding from you? ”

"You ......" Li Zhen was stunned. No matter how dull the person is, he can hear the smell of alienation. Did you say something wrong? He decided to open the skylight and say, "I mean, the identity of your 'friend'. We all know that – even if you don't have to say it, you don't have to play this game. ”

"Huh, playing a game?" Beichuan turned around, threw the rag on the counter, leaned on the cash register and looked at Li Zhen with a smile, "Do you want to say that you think I am the king of ice and wind?" ”

Li really didn't speak for a long time. He looked at Beichuan in a daze, trying to figure out what the other party was thinking. He wanted to ask more rhetorically—isn't it?

But this shouldn't be Kitagawa's attitude, right? This almost rely-skinned attitude?

After a while, he really didn't come up with any suitable sentences, so he had to frown slightly: "Yes." ”

Beichuan lowered his head and smiled, and looked up at him again: "Do you really trust me?" ”

Li Zhen nodded.

"Then let me tell you, I'm not the king of ice and wind, and I don't know who he is, do you believe it or not?"

Only by believing in you can you have a ghost - Li Zhen almost said this. But it took him a few seconds to look carefully into Kitagawa's eyes. He didn't have the ability to lie, but he could at least observe the muscles on the other person's face - two months was enough time for him to learn a lot, including some extremely subtle expressions on people's faces. Those expressions are not subconsciously controllable, they faithfully respond to the subtlest thoughts of the subconscious of the person being observed.

Li Zhen observed and concluded that Beichuan was telling the truth.

He still didn't speak.

So Beichuan turned around and continued to take care of the counter: "It looks like you don't believe it." ”

"No...... I believe. Li Zhen said in a low voice, "You didn't lie to me. But—how is that possible? ”

"How could that man have wings?" Beichuan pushed open the small door and walked to the counter, then lowered to wipe the bracket inside, and looked at him through the glass, "Like you, I know the King of Ice, Snow and Wind." I can even keep in touch with him. However, to say that I knew him or knew who he really was - I was not lying. I am not him, and I don't know who he really is. ”

"Then you should know him...... Is it a man or a woman? How did you get in touch? Li Zhen thought for a moment and said, "Hmm...... You don't have to tell me if it's inconvenient. ”

Kitagawa closed the counters, turned around and walked inside. After a minute, he raised his voice and asked, "Do you drink coffee?" ”

"Don't drink it. It's been a busy few days, and I can't sleep at night after drinking. Water will do the trick. ”

So Beichuan came out with a cup of ice water and a cup of coffee, and sat down opposite Li Zhen. Then she leaned back in her chair and let out a long breath, and turned her head to look out the window for a moment.

Li Zhen waited patiently.

"Even if it's a gift for you." Beichuan suddenly said, "Dai Bingcheng doesn't know about this matter. ”

"At first, I suspected that the current king of ice, snow and wind was my former teacher, Sun Muran. That's what most people think right now. But I've been looking it up for a long time over the years, and now I think it's too unlikely - I know my teacher. He wouldn't do such a thing. Kitagawa's tone was leisurely, and his gaze was flat, as if he had fallen into a long memory.

"But he did appear after my teacher's death, about two months apart. There must be a record in the information of your secret service office - that summer, Liaobei Road suddenly froze overnight, and the next day it dried all day without melting, and the last day it was shoveled off by the government with a car. This kind of thing can only be done by the able--the street is hundreds of meters long, but it has become like that silently, and no one notices. ”

"I know this." Li Zhen nodded.

"I didn't do it." Kitagawa smiled, "I'm A-class, I can manipulate the airflow." If I want to shatter all the glass in this room here, I can do it. And yet that kind of thing...... Not what I can imagine. Then the man got in touch with me - one day I woke up and saw a little note on the bedside. Some words are written on it...... Just tell me if it's grateful. Someone will take care of me on my behalf and give me peace of mind. If I ask him for help, leave a note under my pillow and he'll see it. ”

Li Zhen was stunned. Kitagawa smiled: "Yes." How horrible it was to leave a note under my own pillow. The man could see it. Doesn't that mean he can come and go freely in my room? The next day I was terrified. Didn't sleep all night. On the third night, I finally couldn't stand it anymore, and I fell asleep unconsciously, only to wake up and find another note at the head of the bed. ”

“…… How so? ”

It said. I can think of her as my sister - a woman. But I still don't know if he's a man or a woman...... It looks like a woman, but it's possible that I'm making up my identity to reassure me. This thought stayed in my heart for a long time, until I heard a few things about her later, and I felt that kind of person who behaved in that style, if it was a man, should disdain to hide his gender. ”

"Of course I've tried other ways to figure out who she is. For example, I wrote a note and pretended to be asleep - I even took medicine to keep her from suspicious, and I didn't sleep for four nights, waiting for her to come with my eyes closed. But she seemed to be able to tell that I was really sleeping and I didn't show up. On the fifth day, when I finally couldn't take it anymore, I found that the note had been taken. ”

"My house is on the ninth floor. There's no way she's going to get in through the door. Since he is the king of snow and wind, he may have come in through a window. So I bought a couple of cameras and put them near the window, planning to try to capture her. And guess what? ”

Li Zhen asked cooperatively, "How?" She's ruined? ”

"It's not that brutal." Kitagawa smiled, "When I got up the next day, I found that the camera was covered with stickers. Actually, this person is quite interesting, I don't think he is very old, at most not more than 30 years old, right? I haven't stopped since then—I've been looking for her in a different way. But she was so patient, and she never felt impatient, nor did she tell me not to waste my efforts, as if she liked to play like that. I asked her why she wanted to take care of me, and if she had any relationship with my teacher. But she doesn't answer these kinds of questions. ”

"Is it possible that ......" Li Zhen thought for a moment, "the people over there?" ”

"No way." Beichuan replied affirmatively, "If it's a person over there, it's a super A-level, why should she spend her mind on me - no matter how you look at her, she is hiding in Pingyang, otherwise she can't contact me so quickly." It's the same this time, I spoke to you that night, and I passed the news to her, but I didn't wait for me to remind you of it—and you did. Speaking of which, I'm really ...... I'm so curious that I'm going crazy, what is it for? Why is this man so good to me? ”

"I'm curious, too." Li Zhen sighed. There is no love or hate for no reason in this world, and what Beichuan said sounds like a pure story - but Li Zhen has been watching her carefully. Every word she said seemed to be true.

He subconsciously searched through the relevant information he had read in the past two months in his mind, but no one was right. Ben thought that his experience was amazing enough, and he ended up competing with the Lord of Ice and Wind...... has completely become a supporting role.

Super A-class out of nowhere?

If such a person can join the secret service......

Li Zhen frowned, and then gave up this idea. If I had that plan, I would have appeared a long time ago. After all, not everyone has as many fetters as they do, and they have to put something on their bodies. In fact, he was quite envious of Beichuan or the king's current life like a crane in the clouds.

But if everyone is idle, what about the others?

Somebody has to make sacrifices. Even if the sacrifice is not pleasant, and even feels stressful and exhausting, the matter is right in front of us and someone has to solve it.

"So she's not you." Li Zhen sighed and smiled self-deprecatingly, "I thought that with the friendship between the two of us, I found a strong foreign aid." ”

Kitagawa seemed to try to change the subject: "How's the kind of thing?" ”

"I'm looking for it. Mainly found in Japan and Mexico, but not elsewhere. He thought about it for a while and told Beichuan about the mutant sea snake, "After that, the research on Adam in the North Academy was also speeding up. It seems that they are going to study antibodies and things like that, to see if they can make ordinary people immune to the effects of the species. I don't understand a few words, but the gist is that this is more difficult, because Adam has been devastated before, and he is a child, and his current situation is not optimistic. It's not good - it's going to die. ”

"Species will die...... Good news. ”

"It's not the death of human beings, it's a dormant period. The activity is reduced to a minimum, and it takes a long time to recover - a long time in the concept of species. Li Zhen shook the cup, and the ice cubes rattled, "In the end, there is still insufficient investment." Before taking over, I felt that the secret service was full of minions, as if everyone couldn't escape the surveillance. As a result, now that I know a little bit about the inside story, I know that the funds are really limited...... If we were as strong as the legend suggests, we would all be able to fight against the Empire or the Realm. Ha Lu Ha. ”

"But this kind of thing...... After all, it is a matter of human safety! Beichuan couldn't help but sigh.

Li Zhen shook his head: "It sounds terrible to us. But for those who are more up...... Well, they're pretty fucked up. ”

Kitagawa smiled.

Li Zhen also smiled and continued: "But in my opinion now, it is true that I can't invest too much in this matter. As far as I'm concerned, I've already received two messages this month. One says that a new virus has appeared in a certain place, and it is suspected that it was done by someone who is capable, and that it is 'likely to cause a global infection and destroy mankind'. The other is that a certain place is haunted, and it is suspected that it is the capable person who is causing trouble, 'it may cause large-scale turmoil and trigger a second full-scale confrontation' - similar news, I flipped through the files, if all of them are serious, this world has been destroyed more than a dozen times in the past year. Even if it's a kind of thing, if it weren't for my personal experience, I think it's a big fuss. Compared to the nuclear crisis or the financial crisis, which one sounds more scary? ”

Beichuan was silent for a while: "You do know a lot. ”

"So I can only do my best within my ability." Li Zhen rubbed the corners of his forehead, "Strive to get twice the result with half the effort." ”

"Actually, you complain so much and still want me to find someone to help you." Kitagawa smiled and said, "You don't have to worry about this, I'll do what I can - if that one doesn't object." ”

"I'm finally relieved to hear this." Li Zhen pushed away the cup and stood up, "I've been out for too long, I have to go back." If you really don't have time in the future, I will call you. ”

"Okay." Kitagawa stood up to see him off.

Li Zhen thought for a moment and asked, "Another thing - have you felt that you have changed anything recently?" For example, has the ability become stronger? ”

Beichuan hesitated for a moment and shook his head: "No." What's wrong? ”

"I have some information." Li Zhen frowned, "It's classified information, but I think you should take a look at it, maybe it will give me some good advice." I'll send it to you when I get back, but you have to promise not to spread the word - not even the Lord of Ice and Wind. There are always limitations for many insiders, and I want to hear your opinion. ”

"Assistant to the Director, hmm." Kitagawa made a joke, "I'll take this job." But next time you'll have to count the money – like a dime for a glass of ice water. ”

"That's fine, hahaha." Li Zhen pushed open the door with a smile, walked out of Lu for a few steps, and suddenly turned around, and said seriously: "Thank you, thank you." ”

Without waiting for Kitagawa to answer, he strode away. (To be continued.) )