The Master's Mask Unveiled Again

Chapter 258: Chapter 257: Don’t Be Too Obvious with Favoritism

In IEG, there are a total of nine teams.

The commander of Team One, God of Death, possesses extraordinary abilities and has secured his position at the top tier through sheer strength, earning the respect and acknowledgment of everyone.

However, the commander of Team Two, Demon, has far too many issues.

He’s a beneficiary of nepotism. No one knows his exact relation to the leader, but a year ago, he parachuted into the position of Team Two’s commander, ranking second only to Team One and overwhelming the seven other commanders. This has caused considerable dismay among the selected elites who went through rigorous reviews and screenings.

The king of truancy. Since joining, he has never been seen attending meetings. They had thought they might finally meet him this time, but they were once again thinking wishfully— he still didn’t show up!

Unknown strength. The rule within their organization is: the higher the rank, the higher the authority. Since being dropped into Team Two, he’s hardly completed any missions, yet he enjoys the privileges of Team Two. Thus, they have no basic understanding of his capabilities. Considering he got in through connections, they estimate his abilities can’t be much to speak of. @@novelbin@@

More importantly, only the commanders of the top three teams are qualified to inherit the position of the next leader. Therefore, it’s hard for the parachuted commander of Team Two to command the same level of conviction from others as Team One does.

“Leader, is Team Two planning to withdraw from the organization?”

“If I may be so bold, he doesn’t have the qualifications to sit in the position of Team Two’s commander.”

“…”

Yun Zhijuan sat back in his seat, helplessly rubbing his forehead. What could he say? He couldn’t control Mian Xiaobao.

If he could, he wouldn’t have to worry anymore.

“She asked me for leave,” explained Yun Zhijuan. He had to protect his own disciple, no matter what.

Clearly, the others were not persuaded by this explanation.

“Leader, you said the same thing last time.” The favoritism was a little too obvious.

“Leader, the reason our elite organization is powerful is that we recruit the finest elites. Some people’s conduct doesn’t match their positions—are you going to just ignore that?”

“If he really had something that prevented him from coming, then please tell us, what missions has he undertaken in the past year?”

If he can justify himself with missions and capabilities, they would be convinced.

Yun Zhijuan felt even more of a headache now. It’s not that Mian Xiaobao hadn’t executed any missions—it’s just that she was too lazy and found them too troublesome to report. What could he do about that?

“Enough, now is not the time to discuss this matter,” Yun Zhijuan suppressed everyone’s doubts and switched to a more solemn tone, “I have an important mission to announce to you all.”

Upon hearing about the important mission, everyone calmed down.

Xiao Qimo also fixed his gaze, listening intently.

——

Inside the restroom, Lu Mian stared at the progress bar on the screen, frowning.

Done playing? Ran off? Power outage? Ninja escape?

The competition was heating up, and before a victor could be decided, the other party logged off.

Finding it rare to encounter a worthy opponent, her feelings were mixed and inexplicable.

Lu Mian curled her lips, resigned to the fact that it was over. After operating for a bit longer, she permanently destroyed all surveillance footage related to the taxi drag racing, completely resolving the issue.

She stretched her shoulders, neck, and wrists, put away the projection computer, and walked out of the restroom.

As she passed by the conference room, she checked the time— the meeting had already started. With no particular emotion, she breezily walked past the conference room and departed.

Meetings didn’t matter to her. What she cared about was the confidential information related to Case 726. It would be ideal to obtain it through Yun Zhijuan, but if that wasn’t possible, she’d have to become the leader of IEG to legitimately access the data.

She couldn’t fathom what that old man was hiding. He clearly knew she was a party involved in Case 726, yet he never divulged any information to her.

Definitely suspicious!

In the conference room, Yun Zhijuan sneezed unexpectedly, narrowing his eyes due to his strong sixth sense.

Without needing divination, he knew—it must be Mian Xiaobao coveting his position as leader!

The cheeky girl, it looks like this master needs to find something else for you to do…