Naming Technique of the Night

Chapter 1563: Chapter 845: Qing Chen’s Anti-Corruption Operation

In the Marquis’s Office, Qing Chen sat behind the desk, while the real master, Bolton, lounged on the sofa with his feet up on the coffee table.

”Investigate, I give you the power to investigate!” Marquis Bolton said with great certainty.

”Isn’t this inappropriate,” Qing Chen asked hesitantly, ”Shouldn’t promotions and dismissals at the outpost base follow official procedures?”

It seemed a bit too hasty.

But the handsome Marquis waved his hand and said, ”There’s nothing hasty about it. I am the highest officer at this outpost base, holding the authority to apply for merits and the power of life and death over everyone. As long as you can find the termites in the outpost base and gather solid evidence, I can report to Central Royal City. During wartime, I can act first and report later. If anyone comes for me, I’ll go to my wife... Actually, even if I don’t, no one can touch me.”

Qing Chen thought to himself that last explanation was really unnecessary.

Marquis Bolton added, ”By the way, clearing out corruption during wartime also brings merits. You don’t necessarily need to go to the battlefield for it. What level are you now?”

Qing Chen said, ”Freeman level 6.”

”No problem, raising you two levels to Freeman level 8 is absolutely fine. If the issues you find are numerous enough, Freeman level 9 is possible,” Marquis Bolton said, ”You can continue reviewing the accounts on the computer, and if you have any questions, just call the relevant personnel for inquiry.”

Qing Chen’s eyes lit up, could he really earn war merits without even going to the battlefield?

Qing Chen asked, ”What if someone resists? Also, I need assistants. Do you have your own people at the outpost base, Marquis?”

”Yes, I have a group of experts with me!” Marquis Bolton said confidently.

But Qing Chen was skeptical about this.

Marquis Bolton made a call, and shortly afterward, a seven-man team walked in. Qing Chen keenly noticed that these people were indeed experts.

Three Caucasians, three Asians, one African-American.

However, Qing Chen had not seen them at the outpost base before.

Marquis Bolton spoke to these seven very politely, ”Um... How have you all been lately? Brian, these are members of the Fire Line Team, all experts.”

Fire Line Team’s leader said, ”Marquis, you’re not calling us here to play Superconductor World with you again, are you? We still need to train, and we’re not playing Superconductor World. The Fifth Princess said we can skip accompanying you, just focusing on your personal security is enough.”

Qing Chen understood these were royal experts sent by the Fifth Princess to protect Bolton and to prevent him from indulging in female slaves...

Marquis Bolton said smugly, ”I don’t need you to play Superconductor World with me anymore. I now have the White Light Person with me.”

The Fire Line Team looked at each other, puzzled.

How could they not play Superconductor World?

They just thought that Marquis Bolton was too inexperienced and didn’t want to include him.

So, while they had heard of the White Light Person, they found it absurd that he would accompany the Marquis...

The leader hesitated and asked, ”You didn’t give your Central Royal City residence to the White Light Person, did you? Does the Princess Royal know?”

Marquis Bolton was displeased, ”I don’t need to resort to such means. What I rely on is personal charisma, and the White Light Person finds me quite decent. Of course, if the White Light Person wants it, I could give it to him; it’s my family’s legacy and doesn’t require my wife’s consent.”

At this point, wanting to save face, he did not elaborate on how he knew the White Light Person...

As he spoke, Marquis Bolton glanced at Qing Chen, with the subtext being: Don’t tell the White Light Person about this, keep the secret, and you’ll be rewarded with prosperity...

The leader pondered and asked, ”What exactly did you call us here for?”

Marquis Bolton said, ”This is the situation: I need to clear out a group of termites from the outpost base, but I’m worried about resistance, so I’d appreciate it if you could stay here for a while to help maintain the situation.”

The leader sighed helplessly, ”This is the nineteenth time in five years that you’ve said you’d clear things up, but you can’t even understand the ledgers. We’re just tough folks and can’t make sense of it either, so let’s not waste time.”

The leader glanced at Qing Chen and said without reservation, ”You have too many people around you looking for opportunities to climb up. They all say they can help manage the outpost base well, but they’re just new termites.”

He regarded Qing Chen as an opportunist, as this kind of people always surrounded Marquis Bolton.

According to the famous ’flies don’t infest uncracked eggs’ theory, this Marquis Bolton was practically a stinking egg whose shell had shattered on the ground.

Flies’ favorite.

Marquis Bolton said with a hint of pleading, ”Just this once, help me one more time!”

Qing Chen sighed; this was perhaps the most humble Marquis he had ever seen. So, is this the status of royal sons-in-law, or was it because this Marquis was too incompetent leading to such a situation?

He didn’t even have his own Slave Army and had to ask the Fifth Princess’s people for help.

However, this was also an opportunity for Qing Chen; he could help Marquis Bolton build his own Slave Army.

Marquis Bolton said, ”You know, the Empire plans to launch an expedition against the Eastern Continent. My wife says an outpost base needs to be established there too, and the candidate hasn’t been decided yet... If you don’t help me, I’ll call my wife!”

The leader sighed, ”You don’t have to always threaten us with these things. We mean no harm, we just think you’re better off quietly enjoying Superconductor World. That’s also what the princess thinks.”