White clouds floated on the mountainside in the distance. The dark green fields stretched as far as the eye could see. The precision irrigation equipment of the Federation's Automated Farm was spraying morning dew under the sun. From time to time, a faint buzzing sound could be heard. It was in perfect harmony with the chirping of the insects in the forest beside the road.
The Capital Special District's traffic was very developed. After driving for 40 minutes along the highway, the solemn buildings of the Capital were no longer in sight. The smell of power was also gone. As far as the eye could see, there was only verdant greenery and the wonderful smell of juice from the broken stems.
Just beside the Federation's Automated Farm, high walls and iron fences separated a large area. From the road, one could only see a five-story building in the courtyard. Other than that, there were no other eye-catching buildings.
The window of the black car rolled down. Xu Le showed the electronic recommendation letter to the guard. With a beep, the door slowly opened. He narrowed his eyes and looked at everything around the car. He was a little surprised. The Federation's largest security company, Whitewater Security Company, was located in the Capital Special District. It looked quiet with a sense of decline. It didn't look like a company famous for the Federation's high-end weapons. Instead, it looked like a forgotten farm amusement park.
Where there was metal, there would be fruit shells. The Shell Motor Company was a giant company in the Federation. The number of people who directly or indirectly served it exceeded one million. This company had countless branches, and its business scope involved all aspects of the Federation's social life. Whitewater Security Company was one of them.
Because of the disturbance in the research institute, Xu Le was sent to Whitewater Security Company. Before he came, he did some research and found out that this was the Federation's largest security company. Although the Shell Motor Company didn't pay much attention to them, in terms of strength, they were the strongest among the Federation's three largest security companies.
The Federation had a lot of military operations in the universe. Because of the diplomatic pressure from the Empire and the Hundred Mu Triangle, it was inconvenient to mobilize the military. Plus, there were some conflicts with firepower on resource planets, or some secret operations that could not see the light of day. Most of the time, it was the three major security companies of the Federation that carried out these operations in place of the Federal military. And Whitewater, which was directly under the Shell Motor Company, because of the thick Federal military color of its shell, became the main operator.
Of course, these were all things that couldn't be seen in the news, but those who knew the inside story knew very well that the Whitewater Security Company was actually a group of mercenaries disguised as mercenaries, or rather, the Federation's thugs disguised as mercenaries. In addition to some security work within the Federation, most of the company's business scope was actually in the borderlands of the Federation. There was even a rumor that after the firefight between District S2 and the anti-government forces had stopped, the company was also secretly involved in the small armed forces that carried out the surprise attack.
Therefore, Xu Le was a little surprised when he saw the base that looked like a simple factory. From the outside, the headquarters of the Whitewater Security Company didn't have a trace of military color.
After the personnel department reported in, a affairs officer wearing glasses coldly led Xu Le to an office at the back of the building and said to him, "This is your office. In a moment, your secretary will come over to give you the details of your work."
What happened in the capital special district didn't spread to the Whitewater Security Company, so the people in the headquarters didn't care at all about the arrival of a young second lieutenant. The affairs officer in the personnel department didn't think that Xu Le had any background. In his opinion, being sent to the Whitewater Security Company from the Husk Institute meant that he was definitely a loser in the struggle, and a complete failure.
However, the Shell Motor Company's first-order department after all, while the Whitewater Security Company was only a third-order department. Xu Le had such a resume, so even though he was banished here, he was still assigned the position of technical supervisor and even a secretary.
The affairs officer looked at Xu Le expressionlessly and asked, "Is there anything else?"
The combat personnel of the Whitewater Company were extremely outstanding, and the base was also very well-equipped. Many of the combat personnel were even military personnel themselves. These combat personnel on the frontlines were well-paid and had a promising future. However, the affairs officers and technical supervisors were all pitiful people who were pushed out of the core area of the Shell Motor Company.
The affairs officer was the same, but he didn't have the slightest bit of sympathy for Xu Le, who was also a loser.
"No, thank you," Xu Le said.
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Turning on the computer screen, Xu Le squinted his eyes and looked at the organization structure of the Whitewater Company. For a moment, he fell into silence. The Whitewater Company was established twenty-four constitutional years ago. The current CEO, Garay, was once the commander of the Federation's special mecha forces before he retired. According to rumors, after his term at the Whitewater Company ended, he might directly return to the Ministry of Defense to be the commander of the operations department.
The structure of this company was very strange. Important people like the CEO and the head of training, as well as the basic combat personnel, all had extremely bright futures. However, people like Xu Le's current role, technical supervisors and affairs officers, seemed to be forever stuck in the shadow of the Federation. They carried out those dark missions for the righteous Federation government, but they didn't receive any military medals or rewards.
However, this had nothing to do with Xu Le. He was assigned to the Whitewater Company because of the consequences of his actions in the experiment. In order to appease the displeasure of the board of directors and the unrest in the research institute, even the Tai family could only do this much.
Xu Le never thought that he would go to a border resource planet to suppress the natives on behalf of the government, nor did he think about disguising himself as a militant and going to District S2 to destroy the anti-government military's resource base. He only needed to sit down in the technical supervisor position of this department, repair some mechanical equipment required by combat personnel, and live out this period of time peacefully.
Until the Federation's new generation of MX-type mecha was successfully developed, it looked like he would have to spend his life in this company. Thinking of this, Xu Le narrowed his eyes and looked around his office.
This was the first time in his life that he had an independent office that would not be disturbed by others. The problem was that although this office was very luxurious, other than a computer and some furniture, there was nothing else.
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"The company has five subsidiaries under its jurisdiction: the training center, the shooting range, the weapons experiment department, the space guard, and the security consultant. Clients include the Ministry of Defense, the Police General Administration, and the HTD Bureau. We also accept requests from outside the star system, as long as these requests do not violate the Federation's laws. Our seventh team's main business is in the security consultant area … "
Xu Le lowered his head and listened to the secretary's report. To be honest, when he first heard that there was a secretary, a strange feeling arose in the young man's heart. He secretly prayed that the company would not give him a middle-aged woman with a lifeless aura.
When this secretary named Bai Yulan walked into the office and began to introduce the Whitewater Company's situation according to the script, Xu Le could not help but sigh softly.
The name 'female secretary' was a bit vulgar, but the wonderful thing was that this secretary was not a middle-aged woman, nor was she a young and attractive girl who had just graduated.
Because the person who came in was not a female secretary at all.
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The secretary, Bai Yulan, was 1.73 meters tall. His facial features were gentle and soft, and his eyes were calm. He stood quietly in front of Xu Le like a girl, but the problem was that he was not a woman, so this kind of aura was a bit strange.
Xu Le narrowed his eyes and looked at him. From this strange aura, he caught a hint of danger.
Xu Le's ability to recognize people was very strong. He had the keen intuition of an animal. If it were not for the fact that Secretary Bai stood in front of him like a serene young girl and did not show any hostility, perhaps he would have felt the hair on the back of his neck stand up.
Only people who had killed many people and did not take human life seriously would show this kind of aura. In the past years, Xu Le had seen many powerful people, such as Captain Tian, Madman Li, and Brother Zeng, who was beside the seventh young master of the Li family. The secretary in front of him, Bai Yulan, was different from these people. He restrained himself very well, but he always gave people the feeling that he would go crazy in the next moment. The calm and gentle expression on his face would turn into a bone-chilling coldness in an instant.
When Xu Le was looking at Secretary Bai, Secretary Bai's eyes were looking at the booklet in his hand. His heart was calm, so his appearance was calm. Although he did not welcome a young second lieutenant sent by the research institute to be the technical supervisor of his group, he did not show the slightest expression. He just calmly and indifferently did what he was supposed to do.
After being in the military for many years, Bai Yulan was used to seeing death and blood. He did not see this young and ordinary guy in front of him.
"What is the work of our group?" Xu Le noticed that Secretary Bai's hands were as white as jade and very delicate.
"Reporting to the technical supervisor, Team Seven does not have any work arrangements this year," Secretary Bai replied politely.
Xu Le was not used to the title of technical supervisor. Whitewater Company was a subsidiary of the Shell Motor Company. In addition to carrying out those dangerous missions, the most important work was to cooperate with the Federation to experiment with new weapons and equipment. Therefore, within Whitewater Company, the technical supervisor had more power than other security companies.
Xu Le was the technical supervisor of Team Seven, which was why this delicate Bai Yulan was his secretary. Since Team Seven's main work was in the field of security consulting, they definitely would not be stationed on a border planet. However … they also did not have the opportunity to come into contact with those few failed MX prototype mecha. A faint feeling of disappointment grew in his heart.
Half of Year 67 of the Constitutional Calendar had passed, and Team Seven of Whitewater Company's security consulting department still had not carried out any missions. Xu Le felt that it was a little strange. Although the Federation had always maintained good law and order, the rich and powerful had always attached great importance to their own security. With Whitewater Company's reputation in the industry, it should not have been possible for Team Seven to not have any business for an entire year.
He looked at Bai Yulan's delicate hands and was somewhat lost in thought.
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(Bottleneck, really bottleneck. I've washed my face many times, but I still can't calm down. I think my writing is bad, very bad, very bad.
I can't write tonight. I've already forced myself to write this chapter. If I force myself to write another chapter, it would be a waste of everyone's money. I'll only write one chapter today. Everyone, please forgive me. Tomorrow I'll write three chapters to make up for what I wrote today.
My condition is really bad. F * ck, I don't know what's going on. Sitting in front of the computer, I feel like my face is hot and my head is dizzy. What I write is really average. I'm very sorry, very sorry. This is my problem. I can't write it. The plot is clearly there, but I just don't know how to express what's in my mind into words.
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