KK hugged his knees, buried his head between them, and said in a low voice, "You're right, big brother hasn't disliked . But I feel... people always need to have so self-awareness."
"I'm very grateful that big brother pulled out of the mire on the frontier, and I regard him as my benefactor. Since he's my benefactor, I should find a way to repay him."
"But now the situation is, not only can I not repay him, I eat his food every day, use his things, like a parasite."
His gaze beca blurred, and he murmured softly, "So I think, since I can't provide any value, the only way to repay him is to leave voluntarily. This way, big brother won't be dragged down by in anything..."
"Beep—beep—" At this mont, Future's phone alarm sounded.
She shook her head and said, "Ah, it's ti, the data has almost finished running."
KK nodded: "Mm, you go ahead, don't delay the experint."
Future walked to the door and stopped there.
"KK." Her voice ca.
"Hm?" KK looked over.
Future turned her head, wearing a gentle smile: "I think, if you really feel conflicted, why not go and talk to the boss?"
"Believe , the most important thing between people is communication. If my experint assistant feels there's a problem but doesn't co to to talk about it, I'd definitely be furious."
"So, don't wear yourself down alone, go to the boss, tell him everything on your mind, have a good talk with him."
"The four of us were once comrades who weathered hardships together. Comrades cannot be asured with the word 'value.'"
With that, Future quietly departed.
KK sat there in a daze, his eyes vacant.
It's unknown how long passed, but those bewildered eyes regained their light.
...
Cao Yilin has been in a good mood these days.
Everything is going as he expected.
As a spy, the most basic principle is "not to be conspicuous."
A spy within an enemy organization must not attract attention, or the more focus he receives, the more he will be unable to move an inch.
The spy must lurk in the shadows like an illusory ghost, unnoticed yet truly existent.
In this regard, he has done perfectly.
Recently, more than thirty rcenaries have joined Edge alongside him, and everyone has completed one or several assignnts, with many showcasing remarkable talent.
Yet he is like a master of balance, neither too assertive nor regarded as worthless.
If his performance is too good, he intentionally makes small mistakes; if it's not good enough, he shows his skills to boost his results, always staying in the middle, highlighting diocrity.
Of course, a spy uses diocrity as camouflage but cannot truly be diocre.
A spy must be like a venomous snake, quietly lurking in the dark, and once the prey reveals a flaw, launches a sudden attack.
Whether one can seize the fleeting opportunity is the criterion for judging a spy's excellence.
During this period, aside from pretending to perform assignnts, Cao Yilin has been secretly collecting intelligence within Edge.
Currently, Edge consists of 203 people, from the leader Su Mo to the administrative staff, with all their basic information and interrelationships morized by Cao Yilin.
As for the structure of Edge Mansion, except for the underground laboratory's restricted area and the dedicated floors above the 81st level, he has explored all the facilities from the 1st to the 80th level and knows them inside out.
Next up is to wait for a timing.
When the ti cos, he will create a gap from within and cooperate with Ou Chenyu to completely destroy Su Mo, this rising star!
One day, Cao Yilin completed an assignnt and returned, ready to make the final handover.
Just upon reaching the 12th floor, he heard the sound of quarreling from the small eting room.
"You've ssed this up again, what are you doing? How many tis is this?!"
This was Su Mo's angry voice.
Another grievance-filled voice followed: "This thing is inherently difficult to handle, I've apologized and accepted the penalty, what more do you want?"
This was KK, unmistakably.
Cao Yilin thought: Oh, sothing new, how co these two are arguing?
He hid in the corner, carefully listening to the commotion in the office.
The argunt between the two continued.
Su Mo: "You're still not convinced? What do you have to be unconvinced about? Even the simplest data entry you can ss up, does this require any professional knowledge? What's difficult about it? Isn't it just having eyes and hands?!"
KK: "It's not that simple... A sheet has hundreds of lines of data to enter, and a slight oversight leads to mistakes, I'm not a machine..."
Su Mo: "Don't make excuses! No other finance makes mistakes, only you do. Is this a professional issue? It's an attitude problem!"
KK: "What's wrong with my attitude? I'm seriously learning too! I've never dealt with these things before, asking not to make a single mistake, who can achieve that..."
Su Mo: "Let ask you! Who proactively requested to do this job? Wasn't it you? You said you didn't want to do chores, wanted to learn sothing. Fine, I asked finance to teach you, but have you learned properly?!"
"Finance told at the beginning your attitude was quite decent, but later you started sleeping in late every morning, leaving work early before the end ti, running to the ga room to play gas, and you played until late at night."
"I'm not stopping you from playing, as long as you do your main job well first. If you put the energy you spend on gas into work, would such low-level mistakes still occur?!"
"This ti I'll only dock your pay for a month, but next ti you make these low-level mistakes again, you'll go back to logistics for chores, don't linger in finance."
Heavy footsteps sounded from the office.
Cao Yilin watched from the shadows.
KK walked out of the small eting room, fists clenched, his face flushed with anger, and left indignantly.
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