I'm Really Not the Lord of the Abyss - Chapter 16

Early the next morning, Gaudi secretly came to find Lu Mi again, saying that he had already contacted the undercover agents last night.

They said they knew and would send a suitable person to help him in a while, asking him to wait patiently here for the right opportunity.

In addition to this, they also mentioned one thing–

“There will be an auction involving their forces in the near future, to be held in the waters outside the Blue Steel Empire.”

This was revealed by the person who contacted him after Gaudi deliberately emphasized his “isolation”.

The person seemed to attach great importance to this matter in his words, as if it was a major event of their organization recently. He specifically emphasized that Gaudi should not get involved to avoid any exposure.

An auction?

Lu Mi showed contemplation.

“You did very well.” After a moment, he gently raised his eyes, “For the next period of time, just stay put and report if there are any situations.”

“Yes, Lord.” Gaudi had a satisfied look on his face as if he had found an organization, and respectfully retreated.

After breakfast, Sikes found Lu Mi and said that the president wanted to see him.

“The president?” Lu Mi was stunned for three seconds before he realized that when Donald first introduced him, he did indeed say that there were four people at that time.

Apart from Sikes, Donald, and Lu Mi himself, the remaining person was the branch president of the K8 branch.

But anyone with a bit of EQ would not deliberately emphasize that “branch” word, so it was called “president”.

“You’ve been here for a few days, it was said to be an internship period before, now I plan to officially record your name into the system. From now on, you are a formal member of our branch, naturally, you have to meet the boss.”

Sikes seemed to be afraid that he would be nervous, and comforted him, “Don’t worry, he won’t make things difficult for you, it will end soon, but you…” He suddenly showed a look of indescribable toothache, “Remember, the image of the president is not equal to the image of the branch, our branch is still very serious.”

Oh? Your words have piqued my curiosity.

Doesn’t the president sound very reliable?

The two of them walked through the small garden of the manor, circled around several corridors, and finally arrived at a rather secluded building. Sikes said this was because the president didn’t like the hustle and bustle.

Upon reaching the second floor, Sikes led Lu Mi all the way to a white office door, symbolically knocked a few times, and without waiting for a response from inside, he directly pushed the door and went in.

Lu Mi followed behind, and as soon as he entered the door, the aroma of food hit his nose.

Immediately, he saw a man who looked about thirty years old, sitting in an office chair cooking hot pot.

The room was filled with mist drifting from the pot, the sound of boiling water came, and the table was full of self-service ingredients and platters, all skewered with bamboo sticks.

“!” Sikes immediately changed his face, and the veins on his forehead visibly burst out, shouting, “Didn’t I tell you to clean up here a bit when I said I was bringing someone to see you this morning!”

This was the first time Lu Mi had seen Sikes so irritable.

Then he thought of how Sikes always looked like an overworked corporate slave on weekdays, and the scene in front of him…well, he felt like he had found the reason why Sikes was so miserable.

“So I’ve said it, there’s no need to make people run this trip in vain.” The man didn’t lift his head and said indifferently, “I’m neither money nor a beauty, but I just hold the title of president, why waste everyone’s time.”

“Even if it’s just a title, show the spirit of a president!” Sikes frowned fiercely, “At least leave a good impression on the young people, instead of being completely disappointed with our branch.”

“…”

The man seemed to sigh, put down the bamboo stick in his hand, “Alright, alright, let me see…”

His gaze fell on Lu Mi, and his words stopped abruptly.

Behind the diffused white mist, the man’s eyes seemed to widen slightly.

At the same time, Lu Mi finally saw the other person’s face clearly. What caught his attention was the man’s left eye–it was a prosthetic eye, and Lu Mi even saw a series of green data flashing rapidly in that eye at this moment.

“How about it?” Sikes seemed to be very clear about the ability of that eye, and laughed proudly, humming, “He’s a good seedling, isn’t he!”

“…”

It was about five seconds of silence.

The man then reached out to cover his left eye, and a particularly wonderful expression appeared on his unruly face, which eventually turned into deep complexity.

“Do you have any aspirations?” The man didn’t bother with Sikes, and suddenly asked Lu Mi directly.

Aspirations?

Lu Mi thought for less than a second, and calmly replied, “I hope to live a leisurely and comfortable life for the rest of my life.”

Sikes on the side was stunned when he heard this, and then gave a crazy look. Wrong, wrong, shouldn’t extraordinaries pursue exciting and passionate adventures? What kind of salted fish description is this?

Who knew that the man laughed heartily when he heard this, seeming very happy, and it took a full half a minute to stop, “Lu Mi, right? I appreciate you! You are very enlightened!”

This was the first person to have a positive reaction to his wish, and Lu Mi’s goodwill towards this president involuntarily rose by 0.1, barely offsetting the annoyance of being tempted by hot pot early in the morning.

Sikes on the side had already begun to doubt whether it was a mistake to bring Lu Mi here. He was clearly planning to let the man inspire young people to be ambitious!

But the other two people didn’t care about this at all.

Then, the man directly started looking through the files that had been moved from the table, “Since you are already a formal member of the branch, just right, I just received a task suitable for you here.”

Sikes took a look at the number on it and was shocked, “Isn’t this a task from the Action Department? It’s too dangerous.”

This task was originally issued to all K Sector branches by the higher-ups. However, the other branches all thought this task was too hot to handle, and after pushing and shoving, it was kicked over to them like a football.

He was still considering how to subtly refuse, but now it was directly assigned to Lu Mi!

However, the man didn’t look at him, he just sat quietly in his position looking at Lu Mi.

Lu Mi paused for a second, then walked over unhurriedly and reached out to take it. He glanced at the man sitting in the chair out of the corner of his eye and found that the man’s left leg was also a prosthetic, but he didn’t show any surprise.

The smile on the man’s lips deepened.

The fire under the stove had gone out at some point, but the man didn’t care.

Lu Mi looked down at the file in his hand–

The file stated that in the near future, some bigwigs in the underworld would jointly hold a large-scale auction. At the same time, many forces in the underworld, mercenaries, illegal extraordinaries organizations, nobles… would be invited to attend, making it a rare feast for the dark side.

Another auction? It couldn’t be the same one Gaudi mentioned, could it?

The president explained slowly as Lu Mi flipped through the file–

“According to the above, this auction will be held in a sea area to the west of the Blue Steel Empire, on a luxury cruise ship that is sailing in real-time. At that time, there will be three finale items at the auction, and we are asked to bid for the second to last one.”

“Bid?” Lu Mi raised his eyebrows slightly, “Don’t plan to directly destroy the auction?”

“Good courage! Unfortunately, not everyone has it.” The president stroked his chin and spoke leisurely, “We all hope that the world is full of light, but reality is reality after all. There are some things that you know exist, but you just can’t do anything about them, so you can only choose to compromise a part.”

Just like this auction, the nobles on the invitation list– these high-ranking officials or rulers of various countries, don’t they know that such a gathering is illegal? They know, but they still go, and even have cooperative investments behind the scenes.

Including the illegal extraordinaries, how many are active extraordinaries secretly acting under a pseudonym, no one knows.

In short, without someone who can lead the charge to uproot it, without the ability to completely destroy it, you can only obediently follow the method prescribed by others to get what you want.

“So,” the president waited for the silver-eyed young man to make a decision with a smile, “Do you accept this task?”

Lu Mi gently lowered his eyes, then closed the file in his hand, looked up, “Accept.”

“Then I’ll wait for the good news.” The president leaned back in his chair and waved his hand, “Just knock on the bid price, after all, they will reimburse for the things they want themselves, no need to save money for them. If you see something you like, buy it as well, and it will be included in the public expense at that time.”

“Hey…” Sikes subtly reminded the other party to stop, although, although doing it quietly is not impossible, but don’t say it so openly!

The president had a righteous face.

When Lu Mi left the office, Sikes asked the president, “How is it?”

President: “What do you mean?”

Sikes: “Lu Mi, with his talent, don’t you have the heart to guide him?”

He was clear about the man’s former identity.

Although the man was now unkempt, he was indeed one of the few who almost reached the pinnacle of all extraordinaries in the past, if he was willing…

The president seemed to laugh, “Me? I can’t teach him.”

The overflowing spiritual power of that young man was integrated, as if it merged in all directions, and could not tolerate the intervention of another person. It seemed to have its own operating system, and even he could not see through it.

Moreover–

The president slowly touched his left eye, and with a slight movement of his finger, he took off the prosthetic eye.

The prosthetic eye lay in the palm of his hand, already beginning to spurt out chaotic arcs of electricity, like a power outage, it completely darkened.

——Just trying to analyze the other’s power, and received a “warning”? 

It seemed to be a passive ability that did not depend on the other’s will… It always felt a bit foul.

“Even you say so!?” Sikes didn’t hide his surprise.

The president looked at the unknowing Sikes and slowly said, “Moreover, they made it clear that their ambition is not here. Even if you cherish talent, you have to consider the person’s opinion.”

“But…” Sikes struggled, “He has only just come into contact with the extraordinary world, and there is such a vast world waiting for him outside…”

“You’re not talking about the headquarters, are you?” The president laughed ambiguously, “That’s not a good place.”

Before Sikes could speak again, the president gently put his hand on his own prosthetic limb.

“Sikes, I come from there. I know better than you.”

“Now there, it’s a den of dragons and tigers. That will only ruin him.”

Just like him now. He had lost all the glory of the past and was exiled here.

Sikes’ heart jumped and he fell silent, quickly changing the subject, “Have you filled out the funding application form I gave you a week ago?”

The president immediately changed his expression at the words, acting both guilty and calm, “Isn’t there still one day left? It’s not too late to write it tomorrow!”

Sikes immediately expressed his disbelief–Tomorrow? Tomorrow you’ll dump it on me again!

He directly slapped a blank sheet of paper on the table, without mercy, “Right now! I’ll watch you write!”

President: QAQ

A day later, the president, who had almost stayed up all night and was balding, was still writing under Sikes’ supervision, while Lu Mi had already set off to find the giant ship in the sea.