"This is too much!"

Li Yalin looked angry. If Han Xiao's business went south, her 20% discount would be gone.

Lin Yao said helplessly, "These are all decisions from above, we don't have the right to interfere."

Lambert wiped his throwing knife and said lightly, "Why not just off the research and development minister?"

Lin Yao was frightened. "Uncle, you can't just say things like that."

Li Yalin thoughtfully said, "It's not impossible..."

Lin Yao was about to cry. Sister, if you don't want to live, I still do.

Although Han Xiao had only joined for a few days, after the Black Spider incident, Li Yalin and the others recognized Han Xiao as their teammate and felt they needed to do something.

"Why don't we ask Han Xiao what he wants to do?" Lin Yao said.

"His address is classified, and I don't know where he lives. His phone has been turned off recently too," Li Yalin said, frustrated.

"Then what should we do? Are we just going to watch the research and development department make things difficult for Han Xiao?"

Lambert was concise, "Wait."

Just when they were at a loss, a discordant voice rang out.

"Yo, Little Linlin, I heard your new teammate seems to be in trouble~"

A short-haired beauty leaned against the conference room door with her arms folded, looking at the three of them with schadenfreude. Her skin was very white, and her lips were painted with a rich dark red, like a rose about to wither. She wore a black studded collar around her neck and a purple one-piece tight-fitting uniform. Her originally delicate and cute ear-length short hair gave her a seductive temperament. Although she was not tall, her aura was more than a star and a half stronger than Li Yalin's. Her street head-turning rate was definitely higher than Li Yalin's, who was more beautiful.

Li Yalin's face immediately darkened, and she gritted her teeth. "Di Su Su, are you here to provoke us?"

The short-haired beauty, Di Su Su, was not offended and said with a smile, "This is headquarters, do you dare to attack me?"

Di Su Su and Li Yalin were famously at odds. They had known each other for more than ten years, and their grudges could be traced back to their childhood. The two were apprentices at the same martial arts dojo. Every time there was an assessment or competition, Di Su Su was always the first, while Li Yalin's performance was very ordinary. Every dojo assessment always resulted in her being knocked to the ground by Di Su Su, becoming a human backdrop to highlight Di Su Su's talent.

Even today, Li Yalin could still recall the scene where Di Su Su was obviously smug, but deliberately pretended to be humble, and received encouragement from the dojo teachers. Compared to the dojo masters' verbose guidance and encouragement to Di Su Su, her conversations with the masters could usually be summarized in five sentences:

"Hello, teacher."

"Hello." (Usually, the teacher would think for a few seconds before saying this, then show an apologetic smile.)

"I have a question I'd like to ask..."

"It's all in the book. If you still don't understand, you can ask Di Su Su."

"G-Goodbye, teacher."

So every time she recalled it, Li Yalin's teeth itched with anger, feeling like a puppy abandoned in the rain, drenched in wind and rain, walking alone on the street, pitifully looking at the meat bones in the butcher shop window, and then being kicked away by the impatient owner, continuing to wander in the wind and rain. That feeling of sadness and jealousy could not be expressed to outsiders.

I don't care, the performance has to be this dramatic!

Later, the two were simultaneously recruited by Bureau 13 and assigned to different teams. History repeated itself, and Di Su Su's team's resume steadily surpassed Li Yalin's, becoming one of the ace teams in the Secret Operations Department. What she hated most was that Di Su Su often ran in front of her and shamelessly called her "Little Linlin"!

Damn you, when did I get so familiar with you!

In Li Yalin's view, this was Di Su Su's deliberate display of magnanimity, which made her very annoyed.

Di Su Su chuckled, "Hehe, I heard you recruited a new teammate, so I came to take a look. Where is he? Is he hiding because he's shy?"

Li Yalin said coldly, "He's not here, get out."

"Looks like I made a wasted trip, but it's understandable. Being targeted by those bureaucratic officials in the research and development department, your new teammate is probably in a mess now."

Li Yalin's face was ashen, and she bared her teeth like a puppy, threatening, "Get lost, I don't want to see you."

"How heartless, we're childhood sweethearts." Di Su Su pouted, gave Lin Yao a charming smile, and walked away swaying her hips.

Childhood sweethearts my ass, have some awareness as an enemy!

Li Yalin was very angry, but when she turned around, she saw Lin Yao looking dazed and staring at Di Su Su's back with a look of infatuation. She was immediately enraged, grabbed Lin Yao, and shouted into his ear, "I'm such a beautiful woman next to you, and you're not looking at me, but staring at that scheming Su Su?!"

Lin Yao trembled. "B-But she smiled at me..."

"Answer me properly, am I prettier, or is scheming Su Su prettier?" Dangerous lights flashed in Li Yalin's eyes.

Lin Yao hesitated for a long time, and said guiltily, "I think, Sister Su Su is gentler than you..."

"Hehe, Little Yaozi, it seems your aesthetic needs a violent correction, take this, Avalanche-Style Bridge Break Backflip Throw!"

Lambert steadied the shaking cup of water, calmly dialed the medical department's phone, "Get a doctor over here, for orthopedics."

...

Han Xiao's refusal to hand over the blueprints was within the research and development minister's expectations, so he released the news to acquire folding knives at a high price.

For a mechanic, handing over the blueprints is equivalent to letting others control the lifeline, losing the technical advantage. Once the major forces get the blueprints and mass-produce them, the original owner of the blueprints will be out of the picture.

After all, Han Xiao's orders are only for a small group, only able to take care of the Secret Operations Department personnel, and the production capacity is limited.

After the research and development department gets the blueprints, they will hand them over to the military factory for mass production and free distribution of equipment. Whether it is the Secret Operations Department, the Foreign Operations Department, the Police Department, or the military, they can all benefit from this, which is the confidence of the research and development department - they can get huge support.

Although the research and development department staff have not had new works for a long time, they do not lack professional vision. In their opinion, the folding combat knife has a tendency to replace military daggers, knives, and hand guard sticks and become a new generation of standard tactical kit melee weapons.

As for Han Xiao's interests, they are not within the scope of consideration of the research and development department, not to mention that the research and development department itself is consistent with the interests of the country. The hardliners do not like him and do not care about Han Xiao's ideas at all. Cooperating with an intelligence informant is too soft. In their opinion, he should be controlled and forced to reveal all the intelligence.

The conservatives' ideas are completely different. They are unwilling to have an unpleasant relationship with Han Xiao for the sake of an ordinary melee weapon blueprint. They firmly believe that Han Xiao is a person worth wooing, and at the same time, they scoff at the hardliners' approach.

Control him? What if the other party refuses to say any information because of this?

Torture him? What if the other party is not afraid?

There must be gains under severe punishment? That makes sense, but it also depends on the person. So many Sprout members have been arrested before, but only one-tenth of them told the truth, almost causing Bureau 13 to fall into a trap several times.

After a brief contact, Han Xiao does not seem like an easy person to talk to.

You don't give people hope, and you expect them to cooperate well. Such chaos will easily force a helper who should belong to us to rebel!

So the conservatives are very angry. It is clear that the two sides are cooperating very well, but the hardliners insist on doing things their way. They are really a bunch of old antiques. Do they still think it is the old days? The good times when they could kill or give to subordinates at will are over. There are countless elites who have fled abroad. The Six Nations are all recruiting talents under the banner of preferential treatment and relaxed requirements, almost like commercial companies recruiting people. In the eyes of the conservatives, the hardliners' behavior is completely cutting off their own future.

Moreover, there are other mechanics in the department. This kind of behavior of robbing people's achievements has a very bad influence.

The problem is that those mechanics are all trained by the state and are very willing to hand over the blueprints. The bureau will compensate them, but Han Xiao refused to hand them over, so some senior officials believe that he is not loyal at all, and the hardliners' resentment has intensified.

But what era is it now? Emphasizing loyalty will only scare away those stateless talents who are exposed abroad. People are not from your country in the first place. If you talk about patriotism and loyalty with others, it is considered benevolence if they don't turn their guns on you first. Don't forget, the Six Nations are the culprits who destroyed other countries, and they can't be washed clean.

However, since Bureau 13 has divided up the scope of its powers, no one can interfere with the exercise of power by the research and development department unless a higher level directly intervenes, and the attitude of the higher level is very vague, as if they are watching and waiting.

Anyone with a discerning eye knows that handing over the folding combat knife means offending Han Xiao. The secret agents who bought the folding combat knife are thinking about whether it is worth it, and the behavior of the research and development department of robbing its own people's achievements makes many people secretly despise it.

The way they are eating is a bit arrogant.

These agents don't know Han Xiao's special identity and think it is too much to force an ordinary mechanic like this.

Some hired foreign agents do not care whether they offend people, and put interests first.

Krat is an agent who bought a folding combat knife. He was the first to sell the folding combat knife to the research and development department for a price of 30,000, which was thirty times the original price. The research and development department finally agreed.

Krat's idea is very simple. This extra money is readily available and it would be too stupid not to earn it. He scoffs at those colleagues who are cautious.

A small mechanic, what will that mechanic be after the research and development department mass-produces it? Wouldn't it be over with a kick? There is no need to worry about whether you offend him, anyway, you won't need him in the future.

...

Research and development department, the minister's secretary and Luo Xuan looked at the folding combat knife in front of them.

"Luo Xuan, are you confident in deducing the blueprints?"

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