"This is the official badge of the Shadow Team. The pattern on it represents that you're a junior member of the Shadow Team, which is equivalent to having the authority of a squad leader of the Rocket Team. However, you haven't completed the trial mission yet, so you haven't been assigned any subordinates yet. You can choose to recruit them yourself, or stay single for the time being."
Shadow handed the badge that represented the official member of the Shadow Team to Aoki, and then took back the reserve member badge.
At this point, Aoki was considered an official member of the Rocket Team, and he didn't start as a soldier of the Rocket Team. Before the trial island ended, he already had the authority of a squad leader of the Rocket Team.
In the Rocket Team member record, Aoki's original information had changed from a soldier of the Rocket Team to a squad leader of the Rocket Team.
Although a squad leader was still a low-level member of the Rocket Team, at least he wasn't at the bottom anymore, right?
In principle, a squad leader would be assigned five subordinates. This was the rule of the Rocket Team. However, Aoki only had the authority of a squad leader, and he didn't have the benefits of one. So, if he wanted subordinates, he had to recruit them himself.
For others, this might be a troublesome thing, but for Aoki, he would rather recruit on his own than be assigned by the organization, so he was happy to do so.
After all, on the trial island, he still had a large force waiting for him to take over.
"Can I recruit the contestants on the trial island?" However, Aoki still wanted to confirm. After all, the Rocket Team had invested a lot in this batch of contestants.
Shadow looked at Aoki with a meaningful look and replied, "Yes."
He knew what Aoki did on the trial island. After all, the chief instructor of the Rocket Team, Viper, was one of his good friends.
On the trial island, some of the little fellows formed cliques. It was a bit like the internal situation of the Rocket Squad. As long as there was a very strong and authoritative person suppressing them, they could only fight in the dark. They didn't dare to come out in the open.
Aoki should also have a group of so-called "subordinates" on the trial island, but he didn't know how many of them were willing to listen to his orders after he disappeared for so long.
However, this batch of contestants was indeed selected by the Rocket Team after careful selection. Not counting the people that were put in by the team leaders, even the ordinary civilians were much better than the previous batch of contestants. For example, civilians like Aoki.
Moreover, the first sprites given by the trial island this time were of much higher quality. The first few batches were led by orange-quality sprites, but this time, the sprites given by the trial challengers were yellow-quality sprites. There were even some lucky people who were assigned green quality sprites, and Aoki was one of them.
In short, the contestants on the trial island this time had good aptitude. If he could take them in, he believed that in a few years, they would be able to take on some responsibilities.
If Aoki could become the final champion, then he could take in a few more contestants from the trial island and establish a force in a new place. It was almost a perfect way out.
The premise was that he had enough strength.
"Now that your identity in the Rocket Team has changed, you also have the authority to open the mission system of the Shadow Group. If you are interested, you can go take a look, but you have to do what you can. Right now, you should focus on improving your strength and winning the final trial."
Aoki nodded to show that he understood. What Shadow said was not wrong. Even if he did a lot of missions and got a lot of points or rewards, compared to getting the support of the Rocket Team and being able to establish a force in other areas, it was nothing.
Moreover, Aoki did not plan to take on any difficult missions. If it was on the way, it would be fine, but if he was asked to do some very troublesome missions, it might take a few days or even a week, and the gains would not make up for the losses.
After all, there was only a month and a half left until the final trial on the trial island. Time was money.
"What about the reward for the first place on the trial island?" Aoki hesitated for a moment before asking the last question. It was about the first place of the trial, the Yu San family's little elf.
Shadow looked at Aoki with a smile and said, "Do you still have the resources to train another elf?"
The Ula that Aoki sent out today had a good aptitude, but it was also obvious that it was a recently tamed elf, and it did not have enough tacit understanding with its trainer.
"If you want it now, I can give it to you in advance. But if you wait until the end of the final trial, the Yu San family's aptitude may be a lot higher. You can choose for yourself."
Shadow put a choice in front of Aoki. Should he choose to get a Yu San family with good aptitude now, or wait for a month and a half, and maybe get a top aptitude Yu San family?
In fact, Aoki did not have to make a choice. He now had enough elves to train. In a few days, the Pincer Scorpion would enter the growth stage. If he got another Yu San family that had just entered the growth stage, then the result would be that neither the Pincer Scorpion nor the Yu San family's elves would be useful in the final trial.
It was better to concentrate resources on training the Pincer Scorpion. Maybe it would be able to catch up in a month and a half. At that time, including the milk can, Aoki would have six main battle elves, barely able to deal with all kinds of situations.
So Aoki slowly shook his head, indicating that there was no need to make a choice. This was a multiple-choice question that had an answer without making a choice.
Even if he already knew the answer, he still had to mention it. After all, only a crying baby would have milk to drink, right?
Seeing Aoki's refusal, Shadow nodded with satisfaction. Not everyone could resist the temptation of the Yu San family's elves. At least, Aoki's performance in the overall situation made him quite satisfied.
Since the last time he was surrounded by the alliance and escaped with injuries, more than half of his trusted subordinates were dead or injured. Those who barely survived either had their strength hit rock bottom, or he did not dare to fully trust them.
Although Aoki's strength was a bit weak, Shadow still trusted him. Otherwise, he would not have said so many things to him today.
One of the goals of this meeting was to receive him as his subordinate.
He did not avoid Aoki when talking with Na Zi. Presumably, a smart person like Aoki would know how to make a choice.
"Okay, I told you so much today because I want you to know that in the following time, train well and prepare for the final trial. When the time comes, the harvest will definitely exceed your imagination."
With this sentence, Shadow ended the conversation with Aoki today.
After Shadow finished speaking, Na Zi, who had been waiting impatiently, waved her hand and used her ability to send Aoki out of the esper gymnasium.
After sending Aoki out, Na Zi looked at Shadow and said, "You've decided on him? Although his scheming and shrewdness are good, his strength is still a bit weak. It's not like your style. "
Shadow smiled mysteriously and did not directly answer Na Zi's question.
"He's not bad. But you, why don't you send someone to get involved? "
Na Zi waved her hand and said, "I don't care about them. If they want to go, they will go by themselves. I won't give any support."
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Emmmm, third update, fourth update, I basically did not write much during the Dragon Boat Festival. The manuscript that I saved up with great difficulty was once again empty!! Cry!
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