I created the Bureau of Anomaly Control

In response to her "sincere" confession, Mann also cooperatively revealed a gentle expression filled with goodwill, and then directly asked:

"What do you want me to do?"

Tang Xueluan also answered directly:

"You should have heard from Shadow that the Federation is preparing to re-establish a new anomaly agency called the Supernatural Professional Advisory Department. Its internal positioning within the Federation is similar to anomaly agencies like the Investigation Department, but it is more loosely organized.

"You can think of the Investigation Department members as the Federation's standing army, while the Advisory Department is more like mercenaries. Of course, in reality, it's definitely not as free as typical mercenaries. All ability users who join must sign contracts with certain binding clauses, but they are completely incomparable to the contracts of the Investigation Department or the former Coordination Bureau. You can leave whenever you want.

"And most importantly, we will offer different contracts to some people. If you join directly, you will naturally receive the top-tier treatment in the normal contracts, but since you are joining the Shu family, we will definitely strive for better terms for you.

"First of all, you don't need to have any loyalty. The contract will state the price you pay for betraying the Federation, and that price is the complete invalidation of the rights granted to you by the contract itself, which is equivalent to going back to the present, nothing more.

"Also, the previous problems of the Coordination Bureau will not exist. There will be no requirements that you cannot attack the Federation's politicians, at least not in the contracts of you and some other high-level ability users. Of course, you will also have fewer benefits than the Investigation Department employees, but we will still ensure that the Federation will not randomly attack you unless you do something out of line first.

"We will also allocate the work of recruiting members according to their abilities. The basic work of the members of this new department is to perform some safe, routine tasks to fill our manpower shortage. Many tasks require high-level ability users to perform, but there is no risk. If we let the Investigation Department members perform these tasks, it will consume our resources, while the new department will be more willing to perform these tasks.

"Secondly, there are truly high-risk jobs. These are suitable for those who want to get high rewards and have confidence in their abilities. They can get corresponding high rewards through us, and we will also provide them with various non-consumable equipment and find the most suitable jobs to utilize their abilities. In this way, through the cooperation of both parties, we can achieve higher benefits than working alone.

"Moreover, they may have to sign temporary documents depending on the situation when performing specific tasks to ensure that the task itself does not have problems due to the loose original contract terms. These are their basic work contents. They will mainly be responsible for the most difficult and the easiest tasks, while the Investigation Department employees will be responsible for the medium difficulty and the most difficult parts. The work content itself is somewhat different, and the way of accepting work is also different.

"However, more importantly, the members of the Advisory Department are all elites. We will only recruit free ability users who are more distinctive and skilled. This can also attract those ability users who would not have worked for us in the first place, which is actually the most important thing for the Federation."

This is also the most obvious reason for the Federation to establish this agency. Moreover, the reputation of the Federation Investigation Department in the abnormal world is very bad. They have just ended the war with the Salvation Alliance. Regardless of whether other free abnormal ability users like the Salvation Alliance, they will definitely hate the Federation Investigation Department, which wants to wipe them out.

Therefore, Tang Xueluan believes that in addition to using the power of these free ability users, the Advisory Department's more important role may be in terms of public opinion. As long as the treatment they provide is acceptable, they can continuously reduce their hostility through the interaction between the Advisory Department and the free ability users.

The existence of the Advisory Department can slowly replace the Investigation Department as the Federation's image in their minds.

As for the other reasons for its appearance, although Tang Xueluan has some speculations and guesses, none of those have any evidence to support them, and it is likely that no matter how she thinks about it, there are some real reasons that she cannot touch, at least not now.

In fact, it is also very interesting to think about it. The structure of the Advisory Department actually originated from Shenxiao's initial idea for the Coordination Bureau, but after several tug-of-wars with the Federation, she was ultimately forced to give up this idea, but after her defeat, a similar agency appeared.

Moreover, the Advisory Department can have such favorable conditions to a large extent because her defeat had a negative impact on the Federation. Although the short-term impact is not significant, in fact, the recruitment efficiency of other departments of the Federation has decreased a lot after the conflict with her.

Many politicians have not even realized that the Coordination Bureau's extremely high recruitment efficiency was actually due to Shenxiao's excellent image, and that incident completely collapsed and reversed the Federation's reliance on Shenxiao's positive image. If they don't do something, some serious problems may slowly surface in a few years.

"So what I have to do is basically the same as the Investigation Department, but with better conditions?" Mann asked curiously.

If that were the case, his interest in this proposal would immediately decrease several times. He didn't plan to do things for the Federation everywhere, because in reality, this didn't do him any good. He still had to develop the Anomaly Control Bureau in the dark.

However, even if she said that, Mann wouldn't directly refuse, but would discuss a better solution with her.

Tang Xueluan immediately replied:

"No, of course not. Those are just basic tasks, and they are provided to low and mid-level ability users who don't have useful specialties. High-level ability users like you definitely have other arrangements. Even your affiliation with the Federation on the surface is already a kind of value.

"Since this agency is called the Advisory Department, the most important task is naturally to serve as our Federation's advisors. On paper, it says that it provides the most basic specialized consulting work for Federation members in certain matters, but in fact, this is a somewhat inaccurate official term.

"You can simply understand it as different work from the Investigation Department. Basically, there is no need for you to do anything personally, but you need to use some of your unique special abilities.

"For a simple example, we will recruit mind ability users to do some interrogation work, or former members of the Church to do things related to their beliefs. You should still remember the 'cultivator' who competed with you, right? His master, the逍遥道人 (Xiaoyao Daoist), has also joined the Advisory Department.

"And what he has to do is to handle some safety matters that require V-level ability users, and to help us study the place he came from, as well as the unique power on him. This information and abilities that only he possesses are what the Federation wants. We don't expect him to participate in any risky battles for us. Most of them are also unwilling to put themselves in danger for this little benefit.

"I think you are definitely the same. As a promising genius ability user like you, stepping into V-level is only a matter of time. I think you will definitely want to spend your time improving your abilities, rather than wasting time dealing with trivial matters, let alone taking unnecessary risks.

"So you don't have to do either of these. We have secured a very good position for you within the Federation.

"A position that only you can hold."

Mann asked:

"What position is it?"

Tang Xueluan said with a serious expression:

"Member of the Shenxiao and Salvation Alliance Advisory Group. We want to establish effective communication with Shenxiao through you, but I promise that we will never force you to deceive Shenxiao or use her to do anything that is detrimental to her.

"The relationship between the Federation and Shenxiao is not as simple as it seems, or our relationship is actually very complicated. I am willing to use an overly selfish and disrespectful love affair as a metaphor, which is the case for both of us.

"The ending we ultimately want to see is Shenxiao returning in a stronger posture. The Federation certainly does not want the world to be destroyed. What we want is to achieve a win-win situation with her. In fact, our current situation is more like a quarrel, rather than a real life-and-death struggle."

Mann said:

"I am a member of the Salvation Alliance. What you said is not what I see."

Tang Xueluan nodded:

"You're right. I was too one-sided.

"But I can guarantee that there will be absolutely no restrictions in your contract in this regard. I will use my credibility to prevent them from forcing you to do anything that is detrimental to Shenxiao through the contract. You can still think that the Federation does want to use you to harm Shenxiao, but now is actually your opportunity. We can let you have access to Shenxiao's situation and provide opportunities to prevent other Federation members from harming her.

"Isn't this a good thing?"

When she said this, Mann was a little surprised, because what she said was actually what Mann wanted to do when he joined the Federation, but he didn't expect Tang Xueluan to throw it out as a bargaining chip. He thought it would be quite difficult for him to get in touch with this.

And he had to admit that this was an incredibly tempting condition for him and any member of the Salvation Alliance. Joining the Advisory Department also changed from a troublesome matter to a very excellent condition.

Mann said:

"According to you, this doesn't seem to be of any benefit to the Federation?"

Tang Xueluan said with a smile:

"No, the actual situation is more complicated. The Shu family will make this beneficial to all three parties, but the details are difficult to explain, but this is politics. Many times, things are not what they seem."

He thought of something:

"They won't mind my identity?"

Tang Xueluan nodded:

"They will, so they will prevent you from signing a special contract, so it depends on your abilities, but I believe in you more than them. I just don't know what you think about it."

This sentence was a complete compliment. In fact, she and the Federation didn't think that Mann could have any impact on Shenxiao at all. In fact, even if he was allowed to stay freely in that prison and participate in every task related to her, he couldn't change anything.

Their security measures for Shenxiao were unbelievably good. Even if these conditions were given to a V-level ability user, it would be impossible for him to rescue Shenxiao under these conditions. The resources they invested in this area were no less than those used to defeat her.

Even now, directly turning off the stabilization function of that prison and letting Mann walk in front of Shenxiao would not be able to take her away. Perhaps only another Shenxiao could do this.

Mann was not arrogant to that extent:

"No, since you said they won't give me any chance, I believe that I really can't do anything for Shenxiao, but even the slightest detail is worth knowing to me. Simply understanding her situation is already very valuable."

Tang Xueluan nodded:

"It's good that you like these conditions. We can arrange all of these for you, and I myself will join the Advisory Department as a former senior executive of the East Federation Branch and become your colleague, and we will jointly achieve high positions in this department. I need you to assist me.

"And in addition to this, we will also reach some agreements with you as the Shu family."

Mann asked:

"What are your thoughts?"

Tang Xueluan took out a document from her arms and handed it to him:

"Here are the specific details of the transaction between the Advisory Department and us. You can listen and read at the same time. First of all, our Shu family will provide you with as much internal resources as possible within the Federation to help you become stronger and strive for resources from the Federation for you.

"In normal times, you have to help me rise within the Advisory Department, and we will also provide you with corresponding resources, but the real focus is that we will provide you with resources for promotion to V-level depending on the situation, and if you are promoted to V-level because of our resources, you can repay our rewards in several ways, the specific details of which are in the information.

"Don't worry, our conditions will not be particularly bad."

Mann flipped through the document. The repayment methods mentioned above included providing assistance within the Federation, or providing them with some private services from the Shu family with clear standards, and as long as there were no particularly serious circumstances, he had to provide reasonable support and assistance to the Shu family within the Federation. To be honest, these conditions were really nothing compared to the promotion to V-level.

But when these are placed on Mann, they are a bit worthless, because he is indeed very likely to be promoted to V-level, and he may indeed need the Federation to provide some help, but that will definitely not be the key factor for his promotion.

But this can also prove Tang Xueluan's trust in him. Without knowing the existence of the Anomaly Control Bureau, such conditions are actually particularly favorable for Mann.

"Great conditions," Mann said, "but I definitely won't have the opportunity to be promoted to V-level in a short time, and I also have some other more urgent requirements that I want to achieve."

"What requirements," Tang Xueluan was not surprised by his words. When Mann took the initiative to meet her, she had already guessed that there must be some inside story hidden in this.

Mann said:

"Do you know anti-mind metal? I need a piece of V-level."

Tang Xueluan pondered for a few seconds, then immediately replied:

"In theory, I can get it for you. My elders actually have the power to get this thing, but the process may be more troublesome. You need to have some achievements in the Advisory Department itself. After all, this thing still belongs to the Federation. We have to have an excuse to get it for you.

"But if that's the case, what will you give us in return?"

Mann replied:

"I will provide you with the things on that contract just now within two years, but some conditions have to be changed. If you have conflicts with me or some bad things happen, then this promise will be voided. I will tell you what specific conditions there are."

Tang Xueluan frowned slightly when she heard this.

"However, if I'm still unable to provide the corresponding return after two years, then all these newly added conditions will become invalid. In other words, you can force me to give a return, and the reward will double after two years."

"Deal!" Tang Xueluan shouted, as if afraid he would go back on his word.