As of today, our brief "probationary period" is officially over, and Secretary Marcus does not show up for the morning meeting, often throwing me a notebook full of daily tasks and training plans at the table; And given my abilities and qualifications, my colleagues seem to have come to terms with this, and have begun to report to me routinely and speak more respectfully. I was a little upset, but the guys really seemed to see me as a real leader......

On the other hand, Loki's work: the Intelligence Department has not changed much, it is true that Loki is a person who is quite strict with himself and others, and the employees of the Intelligence Department are very respectful to him, even outside the containment team, his unconventional style and serious attitude have made his colleagues on duty with him meticulous, not to mention the current situation......

The Security Department seems to be slightly more efficient, and Gregory's rich organizational experience as the finisher has really improved the once miserable organization of the Security Department, but Gregory himself is not a diligent person, and those lazy and lazy employees are still fishing as usual, and the façade of the department's work is still supported by those conscientious backbones - but under Gregory's training, it is naturally a lot of gains, and the pasting has unexpectedly greatly improved the efficiency of the Security Department.

Next is the envious training department - it can be said that it is completely reborn, usually if it is said that it is necessary to save the face of the hod minister, then now Marx who has let go of his hands can be said to have released his countless unique talents accumulated in these 10,000 years: not only the training activities are more exciting, interesting, but more importantly, the enkephalin is completely banned, whether it is a clerical, resident containment group, training containment group, Marx has been unanimously respected by almost all the employees of the training department, Even the influence radiated to the entire four departments at the top - admittedly, if it weren't for the mandatory locking of the number of personnel in each department, I would have become the commander of the control department long ago.

Finally, there is the Ministry of Welfare...... Well, I really don't know about this for the time being, after all, the news of the upper and middle levels is not so well-informed, and the Maxi guy is also very busy, and he comes and goes in a hurry on weekdays, so the specific situation must be observed in person to be clear.

It is true that even though we have added a lot of tasks, we still need to be responsible for the daily work of the anomaly, including the suppression, and it is natural that we cherish our leisure time, and we have to spend late with our colleagues every day to return to the dormitory to rest......

After today's energy collection is over, the Ministry of Welfare will turn on the reverse Kabbalah suppressor to its maximum power, and at this moment all the anomalies have lost their usual fierce looks, and they are still in the containment unit like sculptures, motionless. Armed with reports and documents collected from the upper levels, I went to the middle level of the work area. Due to the fact that the anomalies are forced to hibernate and are unable to hurt people, more of the employees in charge of the work area have come to the work area, either the surviving clerks who are writing reports, or the employees in charge of the collection of pe-box refinements in special costumes like ancient armor, and the special services to clean up blood stains and human corpses (the corpses of the "test" will be disposed of by the special staff of the R&D department at the end of the day, the mechanism is unknown, and the individuals do not retain any memories of participating in similar work)...... In short, I shuttled through the main lounges of the major departments in the middle to find the ministers who were still on duty here.

Things went more smoothly than I had imagined, and the head of the Central Headquarters, Tiphereth, though he seemed busy, received me with unusual hospitality, and after briefly reviewing and annotating the reports submitted by the Ministry of Security and Intelligence, I had in my hands the receipt report and other materials written by her; Then there's the Corrections Department: Admittedly, the department is as deserted as ever - after all, Minister Geburah is such a combative fellow, and her subordinates naturally don't have a good survival rate, and she has a rather short temper, but lately she has been unusually gentle, and seems to have more patience to read the materials and reports sent to her carefully - this was the big news that could have sent the front page of the A Nest Daily before. Minister Geburah seemed to have some objections to the guidance materials that had been sent in, and she withheld them and the report of the Central Headquarters and asked me to do other work first.

Naturally, the last thing to do is to go to the welfare department with the remaining materials at hand, although it sounds like the name of this department is so relatable, as if it is really full of humanistic care, but in fact it is full of deception: they don't really care about the welfare of employees at all, just like a machine to scan, analyze, evaluate, and finally deal with (or dispose of), I have countless times due to mental breakdowns, serious infections or serious injuries that lead to unqualified employee effectiveness evaluations, Euthanasia by the Ministry of Welfare......

On the way to deliver the materials, I ran into Maxi, who was still in the Ministry of Welfare, and he seemed to be about to go to the office of Minister Chesed of the Ministry of Welfare, so we walked side by side.

"Brother Devna." On the way, Maxi said to me with a little uneasiness: "Minister Chesed seems to be about to give me most of the tasks. I will also be responsible for presiding over the morning meeting of the Ministry of Welfare tomorrow, and I will ...... I was a little nervous. ”

"Huh?" I shrugged my shoulders and said lightly, "Minister Malkuth threw it at me a long time ago." ”

"Then you ......"

"Actually, it's not a big deal. You've attended countless meetings in the morning, and you're very clear about what to do. ”

"Yes...... That's right......" Maxi lowered his head: "Minister Chesed is actually very smart, very smart, the core content of the work of the Ministry of Welfare has been set by him a long time ago, and everything is very detailed, including not only the basic employee training manual, the standards and plans for the comprehensive testing of mIv, but also the level and disposal of unnecessary lockdowns (i.e., internal lockdowns other than the rabbit team), and even the treatment plan for extremely dangerous situations that are enough to destroy the entire company as only mentioned in the concept now, He's all arranged in the plan very well......" Maxi said and unconsciously sank his head, "I feel like I can do too little." ”

"Maxi ......" I was about to comfort him, but as soon as I turned the corner, Maxi's footsteps suddenly stopped, and when I turned my head, it turned out that we had come to the door of the Minister of Welfare's office.

Knocking on the door, stepping in, the moment we entered it, a strong smell of coffee entered our nostrils, I subconsciously patted it, but Maxi was indifferent, as if he was used to the unbearable bitterness of coffee.

"Welcome, both." We looked up and saw the Minister of Welfare, holding a mug and leaning back in his office chair looking rather laid-back.

"How are you doing today?" Minister Chesed greeted us with a courtesy.

"Hmm...... Well! Maxi replied, "Not bad, thanks to you." ”

The minister shook his mechanical body, as if smiling, he raised the coffee cup and poured the brown liquid into an opening next to the "eye" (in fact, it was just a camera with blue fluorescent edges), as if to "taste" the taste of coffee, as a pitiful compensation for the loss of the human body, which was certainly full of melancholy of regret, but intuitively, it was still quite funny, when the minister drank the liquid in the cup, making a different kind of comfortable sound, I almost couldn't hold back the smile I was about to explode.

"Is there anything wrong with the two of you?" The Minister asked us in a tone of his own peculiar gentleness. "You're coming first?" As he spoke, he looked at Maxi to the side.

"Ahh Maxi hurriedly nodded, "This is today's MLV test report that Helena and the others have put together." As he spoke, he handed out a list in his hand, "And this, it's the work report of today's department......

"No......" Minister Chsesd slowly pushed away the work report handed by Maxi and said, "You can keep this for you." ”

Maxim froze in place, "Minister...... What? I...... Right now? "He was a little incoherent.

"Yes." The minister nodded, "Soon, all the middle-level departments will be opened, and sooner or later you will have to take charge of this matter on your own." ”

"But...... Minister, I'm not going to do it yet......" Maxi was still a little hesitant: "I'll deal with some and submit you another report." ”

"Poof. I've been working for so long, and I've read a lot of reports......" Minister Chesed smiled wryly, poured out the remaining scraps from the cup, and said to Maxi who seemed to be more restless, "Either that, you can put aside the rest of your work today and prioritize the content of the work report." ”

"I can collect the report you made in three days." The minister saw Maxi who was still embarrassed, and finally had to add.

"Okay...... I understand. Maxi sighed slightly, took the report back, and finally left the office with a bitter face, like a frustrated child.

"Is it my turn? Excuse me. "Later, I asked Minister Chesed, and after receiving his acquiescence, I handed him the material in my hand," this is the material from Minister Tiphereth and Minister Yesod, and the Ministry of Control has asked for a return receipt report. I added.

Chesed nodded, "Okay, hard work." He nodded slightly to me. I didn't want to be lazy, and left the office after a brief return salute, and as soon as the door closed, I turned to chase after Maxi who had just left, and found him around a small corner.

"Brother Maxi!" I stopped Maxi and he still looked sad. "Ade......" he lamented to me with a familiar nickname (?) "I may not be as good as a minister......"

"Well...... You're going to do it anyway. I casually comforted.

"No...... Dai, it's not that I don't want to do these things, to help others, to do my job. Maxi suddenly said to me very seriously: "I am most worried that I will not be able to do well, but that's it." ”

I was momentarily speechless, "Ah...... You're good enough for the job, aren't you? ”

"Actually, I...... Maybe I'm not used to it. Maxi tilted his head: "I have been very well protected by my parents since I was a child, and they never let me do those very dangerous things; When I was a student, I met very good classmates, and I also had good roommates when I was in college. They all took care of me and protected me in their own way. ”

Hearing this, I can't help but be a little surprised, Maxi almost can't see any squeamishness and habitual feeling on this guy, although he looks like a bull on the outside, but in his heart it seems to be a timid cat, polite, modest, a little naughty, and even a trace of inexplicable well-behaved people who shouldn't belong to this age, even if the current body shape comes from insisting on implementing the advice of his parents to fitness. That's probably why he's been cared for since he was a child.

"It seems that even after seeing this level of cruelty, you are still you." I sighed with a little emotion.

"My father taught me from a young age to care for others." "I want everyone to smile knowingly," Maxi said. If you're all lonely, you won't be able to do anything. ”

"Rare." "The reality is so desperate, and it's so difficult for people to stay sane after learning the truth, let alone be optimistic." ”

"Actually...... I just feel that if I am silent, wait and see, and do nothing, then things will not change much, and I will get tired of watching it......" Maxi stroked the two strands of hair that stood up on the top of his head, and his tone did not feel softer: "Actually, although sometimes I wish I could leave here forever to see my parents, or go on a trip or something...... But in fact, in my heart, I am not averse to the work here, and the living conditions are really good, although there are casualties every day...... "Maxi said with a look of loss in his eyes: "And in fact, my family is an energy transmission worker of the brain lobe company, because of the company's generous treatment, so that I will not be forced to move out of the city when I am most depressed." What's more, I feel like I can really help others, I do my best to keep my colleagues alive as long as possible, and the energy generated outside the company can serve thousands of households...... I think it makes sense. ”

"It seems that you are a typical urbanite." I let out a long sigh and said, "Okay, it's simple. ”

"Huh?" Maxi was a little confused, he didn't know what I was talking about, and looked at me with a puzzled look.

"But ......," I said, "it's not a bad thing, and it seems like you've found your way." ”

"Help others as much as you can; Believe in miracles and the future. Maxi repeated as if in reply: "Death or something, cycles and things, and work ......" Suddenly he looked up, his eyes shining like stars:

"If this is the future we have to face, then let's just wait with hope."

This is the reason why Maxi fights, both out of the goodness of his heart and out of confusion about the unknown: he does not have the deep ideas of Marx, the meticulous logic of Loki, he may not understand the essence of the so-called Seed of Light project, but he still chooses to trust the unfinished path of the sages, and chooses to move forward and hope.

At that moment, I seemed to figure out something: indulgence, depravity, senseless pleasure, unable to make any changes; Freedom, joy, life, everything in the original mood needs to be fought for, this is certainly a thorny road full of pain, but once upon a time, I almost forgot the joy after overcoming all difficulties and reaching the goal.

"Whew-" Being able to readjust my mind really made me feel a heartfelt relief, and I couldn't help but breathe a long sigh of relief.

"That Ade." Maxi suddenly asked, "What are you for?" Why didn't you turn down the supervisor's offer at the time? ”

"Me?" I jokingly prevaricated, "I...... Secret! ”

"Huh? It's not fair, I'm telling you about myself. Maxi pouted in protest.

"Ah...... Go ahead and get busy with your work. I pointed to the document in Maxi's hand and said, "Don't forget that your minister only receives three days' reports." I raised the corners of my mouth, turned and strode towards the fork in the road on the other side. Daphna, you are so cunning! I only heard Maxi's angry voice behind me.