Chapter 155: Chapter 153 Establishing the Intelligence Departnt (Seeking Monthly Tickets)
Apostle list, tenth position under the Apostle of Fate column.
This is the character model for Apostle·Thousand Faces.
The character models in the Salvation ga are lifelike, not needing any rounding to look real, and right next to the ninth position, Liu Chang in her erald-green dress looks especially vivid, with even the eyelashes on her face visible in great detail—if one is idle enough, perhaps even counting them is possible.
But what about Apostle of Fate·Thousand Faces?
This character model… Fang You looks left and right, yet he can’t seem to identify any distinct features, not to ntion the clothes worn, the height or build, or any eye-catching characteristics.
As for this person, whether he/she is old or young, male or female, Fang You just can’t figure it out.
It seems he/she could be an old man, could be a child, could be a robust man, or a delicate young girl.
All are possible.
It’s like seeing sothing, but then seeing nothing at all.
In the blink of an eye, no features are rembered, or any that are rembered are incorrect.
“Is this Thousand Faces?”
‘Thousand Faces (Triple Awakening)’
‘Skills: Basic Short Blade (Master), Mysterious Evil Tracking (Master), Camouflage (Master), Concealnt (Master), Silken Control·Blue (Master), Thought Steal·Blue (Master)’
‘Equipnt: Standard Dagger (Green)’
‘Talent: Thousand Transformations’
‘Ability: Puppet Avatar’
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‘Puppet Avatar’
‘Description: The puppets made of special materials by Thousand Faces can serve as his/her avatars for manipulation, with consciousness shared between the avatar and the original but limited by certain distance constraints; the avatar can use all skills but is weaker in strength; also, when the avatar and the original are within 500 ters of each other, they can swap places.’
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‘Thousand Transformations’
‘Description: Thousand Faces possesses talents for alteration, camouflage, and simulation, with a considerable advantage in learning similar skills and can display many tis the effectiveness of these skills.’
The description of this talent is a bit too simplistic!
But if he wasn’t mistaken, the effect of Thousand Faces being either male or female, able to go to any restroom without anyone finding it odd, must originate from his/her talent.
At first glance, it seems fairly mundane, but upon reflection, it’s sowhat terrifying.
Even his/her talent seed camouflaged, becoming simple and unadorned.
However, looking at the Awakened Ability, it seems rather formidable. Creating puppets as one’s avatars that can even swap with the original…and combined with his/her skills in camouflage and concealnt, at first glance it looks fit for an intelligence chief, but upon closer examination, all skills seem focused on survival.
Of course, being an intelligence operative is very dangerous, so having an abundance of survival abilities is reasonable.
“I thought Liu Chang was strong before, but compared to that, it seems like Thousand Faces might be stronger.”
“Professional abilities, he/she certainly has them, and among the innate skills there are even two blue-level skills.”
“Silken Control… according to the description, it seems to have sothing in common with Luo Rui’s ‘Thousand Threads,’ and Thought Steal, as the na suggests, can steal others’ thoughts; if done forcefully, it can even destroy a person’s mind, turning them into a walking corpse.”
“Most importantly, this skill is countless tis stronger than Silver Bell’s hypnosis and mory reading, perhaps…”
“And it makes it possible to truly establish an intelligence departnt.”
The intelligence from Oasis is far from empty.
With the Phantom Spirit Xiaohuan, most information on Blue Star could be investigated; initially, intelligence wasn’t much of an issue.
But this ti, facing the Heretical Cult, the shortcomings beca apparent.
The warriors from Oasis are strong, but in search, probing, tracking, etc., there were many inaccuracies.
When Luo Rui and his team entered Snowmane City directly, they were sowhat reckless.
Of course, they did make so disguises, but if Snowmane City had already been under the Heretical Cult’s control, the trio would have been finished long ago.
Ground intelligence personnel, combined with Xiaohuan’s powerful information theft capabilities, and the intelligence departnt will take shape.
Now to look for Thousand Faces.
He switched to Thousand Faces’ viewpoint and saw a… fairly unremarkable figure, which was not important; he was just observing the surrounding environnt, but took a long ti without discerning where Thousand Faces was.
He couldn’t help but ask in his mind, “Xiaohuan, where is Thousand Faces right now?”
“Let check…”
Her chibi avatar appeared in Fang You’s mind, placing her hand in front of her forehead and looking around with widened eyes; after a while, her face turned into a puzzled “?o?” shape.
“I can’t find him/her, that’s strange.”
There’s still a way to find them though; Fang You could directly locate the Angel Envoy, and what’s more, this place is a Secret Realm of the organization, every inch of land, every floorboard, is under his control.
He…
Suddenly noticed an additional figure in front of him.
No, not suddenly, it seems that figure was always there, just now noticed.
“Instructor.”
The newcor, holding a fist over the left chest, appeared to be wearing a grey robe, with the entire face hidden in the shadows.
He really wanted to peer intently to see the face beneath that hood.
But after thinking it over, for the sake of maintaining the Instructor’s image, he let it be, as there would be plenty of opportunities in the future.
“Thousand Faces, what do you think about building an organization’s intelligence system?”
Fang You paused, then added, “Blue Star is facing the threat of a Heretical Cult, that’s one thing, needing thorough investigation; moreover, the need to infiltrate the mysterious departnts of nations like Wavemist Nation, White Bear Country, Sunset Country, and the White-headed Eagle Federation, to have our own personnel who can coordinate with the organization when the ti cos.”
This ti, the frequent failures in Wavemist Nation operations showed their lack of strength in tracking is one part.
The inadequate seriousness and poor execution of Wavemist Nation’s mysterious departnt is another part, three parts, four parts.
He laid his cards on the table; he wanted to extend his reach across Blue Star.
Only then would there be a chance to save the Blue Star World, but this is just the first step.
“In the future, places like Ghastly Realm, Oasis, and others also need our intelligence operatives to infiltrate.”
“Understood.”
Thousand Faces said, “But I need people, lots of them, to build an intelligence system.”
“Of course.”
Fang You imdiately opened up information on the Junior Apostles to Thousand Faces, including those not yet recruited as Angel Envoys and under training, and had Xiaohuan package it all and send it to Thousand Faces.
The information overload was too much to look up directly from mory; the mission list couldn’t generate that many variations.
But Thousand Faces sohow produced a tablet and started scrolling on it.
The number of Junior Apostles was small, and he/she quickly picked out a few.
“Codena ‘Wind Chant,’ his Ability is very suitable for stealing intelligence.”
“Codena ‘Illusionary Pupil,’ her hypnosis has so limitations, but she can be trained.”
“And there’s this one, Luo Rui… The Ability of Thousand Threads has great developnt value, his codena… ‘Thunder Silk Hand’?”
Thousand Faces seed to pause for a mont.
Then he/she selected another person, so Gou.
“His character is stable, and he has thods, also fitting for training.”
Thousand Faces picked out a total of six people, “ntor, give these people to , let personally interview and choose a group of external staff for training, and then I can start to set up the intelligence system.”
“… Alright.”
Let professionals handle professional matters.
Fang You instructed Xiao Huan to cooperate with Thousand Faces’ work, and at once, the personnel transfer began.
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Snowy City,
Oasis Base,
Bang!
Luo Rui brought in a box of supplies and looked around. At the mont in the base’s office area, only Illusionary Pupil was present, “Are they all out on missions again?”
“Yeah, they said the Super War Departnt had discovered a Heretical Cult hideout, and the master has already taken people over.”
Illusionary Pupil casually said, “But the intelligence of their Super War Departnt is very unreliable, nine tis out of ten they’ll co up empty again this ti.”
Coming up empty had happened many tis before, she was used to it.
But during the recent battles, many from Oasis made a na for themselves, with Mage Ming Deng and Luo Rui becoming the most famous ones.
Mage Ming Deng fighting and tearing apart cultists not only made them tremble at the ntion of his na, but even the people from the Super War Departnt respected him when they saw him.
Luo Rui fought the most, making a resounding na for himself with his Thunderbolt and Silken Control, earning the nickna ‘Thunder Silk Hand.’ Although it was a translated na, it was fitting nevertheless.
As for Instructor Black Blade, aside from initially capturing a black-robed cultist with the force of a thunderbolt, he hadn’t made a move since then.
It wasn’t necessary.
The cultists were all laying low.
The capture of the black-robed cultist had made little noise; it was a private operation of their Oasis, ant to prevent the Super War Departnt from demanding the person.
“Thunder Silk Hand, who are you looking for?” Illusionary Pupil teased.
Luo Rui’s face turned red. He hadn’t wanted this nickna!
He could only change the subject, “Where’s the instructor?”
Illusionary Pupil curled her lip, “Where else would he be if not training in the underground facility?”
Right.
He was being foolish.
Just as he was about to excuse himself with the pretext of seeking the instructor’s advice, the bell at the office rang.
This place’s main function was to act as a contact point, communicating with the Super War Departnt, and at this ti, the visitor was the Chief Executor from the Super War Departnt, the young man with chestnut hair.
But, one could tell at a glance that he hadn’t co for official business.
“Is the beautiful Miss Silverbell not here?”
“She’s not.”
Luo Rui replied irritably, “Mr. Executor, if your Super War Departnt has spare ti, you might as well spend more effort looking for traces of the cultists.”
“Cultists? Didn’t we take down many of their hideouts?”
The Super War Departnt had suffered losses, but their victories were also significant.
A large number of cultists had been killed, including two who wore black robes and were assessed to have three Awakened Abilities!
Three Awakenings.
Anderson had to admit the black-robed cultists were fearso; he might not be a match for them in single combat, but in the end, cultists weren’t Mysterious Evils and still perished under firepower.
Those two cultists might have been central forces of the cult.
After their skirmish, the number of cultists had significantly diminished.
As for this Oasis organization claiming it’s far from over? Their Super War Departnt naturally also gave it attention, but only moderate attention.
Disasters, where aren’t there disasters?
For Anderson, he was more eager to see the girl who haunted his dreams, even if just for a glance.
‘He looks kind of like a simp, huh.’
Luo Rui and Illusionary Pupil exchanged glances, reading the sa ssage in each other’s eyes.
He was different; just the thought of Doctor Silverbell brought to Luo Rui’s mind not her gentle, heart-healing smile, but rather, Doctor Silverbell’s potions.
Truly unforgettable.
“Oh, right, I have a healing potion here made by my teacher, want it? It’s for sale, high price.”
Illusionary Pupil waved the potion, a pleasant smile on her face.
She saw this as a win-win, thinking perhaps she could carve out a sales channel for the organization before returning ho.
But she used to be in sales, now studying under Doctor Silverbell. She wondered how she ended up being reassigned to the intelligence departnt.
It puzzled her.
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Oasis Secret Realm.
Fang You was still within the base, browsing those treasures one by one.
In addition to characters, training cards, and skills, the remaining five treasures consisted of two purples and three golds.
But those two purples were not simple.
They could be what the ga described as SSRs amongst purples, special constructions!
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