Chapter 2280: Chapter 1970: I Plan to Establish a Temporary Organization
Although at this moment Fan Yaodong and other senior officials of the Deceit Suppression Bureau felt a little uneasy, now that Prince Zhen Nan had already controlled the Deceit Suppression Bureau, they were helpless.
At this time, Prince Zhen Nan said: "Since none of them have issues, let’s take advantage of this opportunity to gather all the Deceit Suppressing Guards in the Capital city and see if there are any hidden traitors or mysterious among them."
Fan Yaodong and others immediately said: "We will gather all the Deceit Suppressing Guards at once."
As soon as the words fell, Fan Yaodong and others left the council hall. Soon, only Prince Zhen Nan, Lu Chen, and Zhao Yu, who protected Lu Chen, remained in the council hall.
After those people left, Prince Zhen Nan looked at Lu Chen and asked, "Chen’er, can your Person Recognition Skill accurately determine whether they are traitors?"
After all, this concerned Lu Chen’s safety, so Prince Zhen Nan had to be cautious.
Lu Chen replied: "I cannot achieve absolute accuracy; I can only judge whether they have secretly joined other forces, or if they themselves are mysterious. If someone hasn’t joined other forces but provides convenience to mysterious for some reason, I can’t see that."
Upon hearing Lu Chen’s words, Prince Zhen Nan frowned slightly. If this were the case, then it wouldn’t be so easy to identify certain traitors within the Deceit Suppression Bureau.
If those mysterious threatened the family members of those people in the Deceit Suppression Bureau, and made them reveal some plans of the bureau to the mysterious, then Lu Chen should not be able to detect it.
After pondering for a moment, Prince Zhen Nan asked: "If a mysterious is disguised as a human, can you spot it immediately?"
Lu Chen replied: "There’s no problem with that; mysterious and humans are completely different in my eyes."
Prince Zhen Nan said: "Being able to distinguish mysterious is enough."
Even if Lu Chen cannot identify traitors, as long as he can reveal certain hidden traitors within the Deceit Suppression Bureau, it would deter those intending to betray the bureau.
After about two hours, those directors of the Deceit Suppression Bureau gradually returned to the council hall.
Once all the senior officials of the Deceit Suppression Bureau gathered, Fan Yaodong opened his mouth to speak to Lu Chen: "All the Deceit Suppressing Guards from the Capital city have arrived at the Training Ground, please trouble Master Lu."
At this moment, Prince Zhen Nan got up from the main seat and walked towards the door, speaking as he walked: "Let’s see how many evil and treacherous beings are lurking within the Deceit Suppression Bureau."
Soon, Prince Zhen Nan and the senior officials of the Deceit Suppression Bureau arrived at the Training Ground. At this time, the Training Ground was already crowded with people, and the Deceit Suppressing Guards from each department were standing separately, forming five squads in total.
Upon seeing Prince Zhen Nan and the senior officials of the Deceit Suppression Bureau appear at the Training Ground, the previously noisy Training Ground suddenly fell silent, and everyone’s eyes were fixed on Prince Zhen Nan and the others.
The Deceit Suppressing Guards already knew about Prince Zhen Nan assuming the role of commander, just like the senior officials of the Deceit Suppression Bureau, they thought that the position of Prince Zhen Nan was merely symbolic, as someone affected by spiritual evil backlash would not personally come to the Deceit Suppression Bureau.
Seeing Prince Zhen Nan standing in the Training Ground, the Deceit Suppressing Guards found it hard to believe.
At this time, Fan Yaodong stepped forward and said: "I believe everyone has heard, from today onwards, Prince Zhen Nan will be the new commander of the Deceit Suppression Bureau."
Upon hearing Fan Yaodong’s words, the Deceit Suppressing Guards immediately saluted Prince Zhen Nan, saying in unison: "Greetings, Prince Zhen Nan!"
Although Prince Zhen Nan has become the commander of the Deceit Suppression Bureau, his royal title is clearly higher than the position of commander, hence the Deceit Suppressing Guards would not address him as "commander" but directly as "Prince Zhen Nan" when saluting.
Prince Zhen Nan said faintly: "No need for salutations."
"Since I have taken over the Deceit Suppression Bureau, I will definitely revive the bureau, and soon suppress and seal those five Earth Realm misters and wash away the shame of the bureau."
"Before this, I plan to form a temporary agency, one specifically to search for Earth Realm misters."
"Next, those selected by Lu Chen should step forward and stand aside."
Upon hearing Prince Zhen Nan’s words, the Deceit Suppressing Guards were immediately puzzled: Is it necessary to form an agency specifically to search for Earth Realm misters? Isn’t identifying misters the duty of the Investigation Bureau?
Moreover, searching for Earth Realm misters is a very important task, so how come the formation of a temporary agency is going to be done by Lu Chen, a princely heir? This all seemed quite mysterious.
At this moment, Lu Chen came to the front of the crowd, glanced briefly over them, and discovered quite a few spies from other forces, especially a large number from the Heavenly Fate Sect, even one commander was a spy for the Heavenly Fate Sect.
Lu Chen went to the sixth person in the first row and asked: "What is your name?"
The man replied loudly: "Subordinate Ge Tianhai."
Lu Chen smiled and said: "Impressive aura, and your strength is good; step out."
"Yes."
Ge Tianhai remained unaware that his identity had been uncovered; he thought Lu Chen genuinely intended to let him join that temporary agency to search for Earth Realm misters. He was thinking that if he could join this temporary agency, he would know every move of the Deceit Suppression Bureau. This way, he could report the bureau’s actions to the Heavenly Fate Sect in advance and his status in the sect would surely be greatly elevated.
Thinking of this, a small smile appeared on Ge Tianhai’s face.
Afterward, Lu Chen continued to shuttle among the crowd, and in just a moment, he picked out more than ten people.
These people came from various subordinate agencies of the Deceit Suppression Bureau. Seeing these people being selected, the faces of several directors of the bureau were incredibly gloomy; they hadn’t expected there to be so many traitors within the agencies they managed.
Among the people Lu Chen selected, not all were from the Heavenly Fate Sect, but there were also spies from other forces. Lu Chen didn’t know which of these forces had connections with mysterious beings; he just picked them out first, intending for the Criminal Law Department to interrogate them slowly later.
After Lu Chen approached the last Deceit Suppressing Guard face to face, he looked toward the other side of the Training Ground, where thirty to forty guards were already standing.
Lu Chen then returned to Prince Zhen Nan and the others to say: "That’s about right, but we’re missing a leader. Such an important agency needs a commander to oversee it, right?"
Hearing this, Fan Yaodong and other senior officials of the Deceit Suppression Bureau felt their hearts skip a beat. From Lu Chen’s words, did it mean even among the commanders there was a traitor?
Fan Yaodong gathered himself and said: "Master Lu is right, a commander is indeed needed to oversee it. Who do you think is suitable, Master Lu?"
Lu Chen’s gaze directly fell upon the place where the Deceit Suppression Bureau’s commanders were standing. After scanning those commanders briefly, his gaze settled on a slender elder.
Lu Chen pointed at that commander and said: "He seems quite experienced, let’s have him."
Upon seeing Lu Chen pointing at him, Gu Tao was overjoyed; he had just been thinking about whether he could mix into this temporary agency to acquire the plans of the Deceit Suppression Bureau, but unexpectedly Lu Chen actually selected him.
