Vol 2 Chapter 177 (1/2)
Chapter 177: The Real Overwatch Council
In theroom of the Overwatch Council, an aard silence fell No one had expected that this was how Commissioner Fan Xian would first show his face in the Council In defiance of the customarily somber atmosphere of the Council, a hing
Fan Xian smiled, cupped his hands in salute, and walked in Of the seven fornized Yan Ruohai The others were all unfamiliar Thankfully, Fei Jie had been beside him all day Otherwise, he would still have felt afraid and alone facing these spy, if not the whole land
At the head of the table, an old man sat in a wheelchair His eyes were clear and cold, but he gazed at hi deeply He slowly stepped forward He had already recognized the old o, when he had come to this world, he had seen him In those 16 years, the old cripple's face see watched the young e look of satisfaction floated across his face Fan Xian was now next to hi opened his arently
Fan Xian slowly bent down, and softly leant his head on the oldhis body into his narrow, soft embrace
Chen Pingping was very thin Their bodies touched only gently, but Fan Xian could feel a war man and the old do were not even there It was a moment of impudence Some time later, the two parted, and Fan Xian bowed respectfully ”It is an honor to ave a pointed laugh It sounded like a happy one
Save for Fei Jie, the other seven spymasters, who didn't know the facts of the situation, kept a respectful silence But deep down, they were shocked None of them knew that the commissioner and the always-distant Director had this sort of relationshi+p
Today was the first day that Fan Xian had entered the Overwatch Council officially in his status as coht bureaus had been waiting for him After a round of quick introductions, Fan Xian sat quietly on a chair to Chen Pingping's left, and Fei Jie sat to his right
”This is Fan Xian,” said Chen Pingping cal at his subordinates ”From now on he is a coues, I ask that you lend hi the newesthad never been so serious, and had never spoken so much, as he had today The seven bureau chiefs all knew the weight of his words They stood up, bowed toward Fan Xian, and said nothinghie of five, Fan Xian knew that he would have sohout the land and avoided by the common people Especially after he learned of his mother's connection with the Council, he was even more aware of the fact that his relationshi+p with the Council was to be a particularly special one
When he was young, Fei Jie taught him about the structure and activities of the Council After he had entered the capital, s had happened in coordination with the Overwatch Council Independent of the Council, he had organized wang Qinian's teaained a deeper understanding of the Overwatch Council
The Overwatch Council was a spy agency directly subordinate to His Majesty the Emperor Its authority existed outside the Six Ministries, and was not li instead exclusively on the orders of the Eht bureaus The First Bureau specialized inthe burea
ucracy in the capital, and had spies planted in each critical department It was the most crucial bureau of the Council The previous head was Zhu Ge, who had been secretly collaborating with the Eldest Princess, and had died so and analyzing intelligence and strategy, and devising plans for the Emperor and the military
The Third Bureau was the one that Fan Xian felt closest to, because before his retirement, his teacher Fei Jie had been head of the Third Bureau The Third Bureau specialized in s, poisons, and all kinds of secret weapons The knockout drops, poisons, and aphrodisiacs that Fan Xian kept on his person had been a result of the work of the Third Bureau
The Fourth Bureau was Yan Ruohai's office It specialized inthe bureaucracy outside the capital, and the related work of intelligence gathering, investigation, and arrests Its authority extended outside the national borders, and included Northern Qi and the City of Dongyi In terms of the scope of its authority, it was the most powerful bureau next to the First Bureau
The Fifth Bureau of the Overwatch Council had always been stationed outside the capital It had been established on the orders of the Ehts, responsible for ensuring Chen Pingping's safety When necessary, it could also travel long distances toraid behind enemy lines in Northern Wei to capture the spymaster Xiao En had been the Fifth Bureau's finest achievement It could be said that froest section of the Overwatch Council
The Sixth Bureau was the least well known, yet most fearsome of all the depart the capital, had not made contact with the Sixth Bureau, because it was specialized in carrying out the work of secret assassinations Of course, from another perspective, the Sixth Bureau was responsible for protecting those appointed by the Emperor