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Finding a seat at random in the second-floor library, Lin Qing spent over an hour browsing on his tablet before finally stopping.

"My memory seems to have improved quite a bit."

Lin Qing put down the tablet, a hint of a smile on his lips.

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Coupled with the Memory Master ability, he was not far from having a photographic memory.

At this rate, it won't be long before the written exams are no problem.

Although the patrol system's written exams cover a wide range of content and require reading many books, they involve very little logical thinking, mostly just rote memorization.

"It's almost ten o'clock."

Lin Qing glanced at the time, not wanting to delay, and hurried downstairs.

The swearing-in ceremony for the new acting captain was about to begin.

...

Inside the auditorium, in addition to the patrol officers and temporary patrol officers from the six groups, members from the branch's command center, political department, logistics department, and other departments were also present.

As Lin Qing had guessed, the new acting captain was indeed the young man in sportswear he had encountered on the stairs that morning.

However, the man was now wearing a patrol uniform, with two pairs of wings and a star visible on his epaulettes, marking the rank of a Third-Grade Patrol Officer.

After everyone sang the Internationale, the new Captain Xiao, as the oath leader, led the six group leaders in a collective oath.

"As a member of the Earth Alliance Patrol System, I hereby swear: to resolutely uphold the absolute leadership of the World Government, to be loyal to the First Charter, to safeguard the authority of the Constitution, to fulfill statutory duties, and to dedicate myself to the noble patrol cause..."

The branch director and leaders from the city bureau were also seated below as oath supervisors.

After the oath was completed and the leaders finished speaking, the inauguration ceremony for the new acting captain finally came to an end.

After the announcement, the leaders left first.

Before long, the auditorium was mostly filled with patrol officers and temporary patrol officers from the patrol team's six groups.

"Captain Chen is injured and hospitalized, so I will temporarily lead the patrol work."

Captain Xiao stood on the stage, his gaze sweeping over the patrol officers below, and said sincerely: "I am not as experienced as Captain Chen, but the patrol mission does not allow me to learn slowly, so I can only ask you colleagues to make full use of your functions and actively cooperate with the work. I will do my best to abide by my duties."

An eager flatterer in the audience started clapping first, followed by a crowd of people.

After the applause stopped, Captain Xiao continued:

"Patrol work is crucial and allows no negligence or carelessness. Whether it is me, the acting captain, or the temporary patrol officers, we should all be dedicated to our duties and maintain strict discipline."

Speaking of this, he glanced around and said:

"But I also know that no organization can be perfect, and there will always be loopholes. There are temporary patrol officers in our team who do not meet the recruitment requirements, which not only affects discipline but also lacks professional quality. In the future, when performing tasks, it may affect the deployment of patrol work. I believe this is something everyone does not want to see."

As soon as the new Captain Xiao said this, many patrol officers subconsciously turned their attention to Lin Qing.

To get into the patrol team, even as a temporary patrol officer, you need at least a group leader's connections.

Several group leaders had arranged for relatives or friends to become temporary patrol officers. After all, they had no formal position, did not have access to any confidential information, and the work was simple and easy. Even without professional training, they could do it, which became tacitly approved.

Normally, as long as it wasn't too excessive, even the city bureau leaders wouldn't care about such trivial matters.

However, this Captain Xiao, who had just arrived, wanted to clear up this kind of trivial matter so impartially and honestly. Anyone with eyes could see that this was clearly aimed at Captain Chen.

In the end, everyone else was just affected.

"I won't name names."

Captain Xiao said calmly: "You take the initiative to stand up and resign, and write a self-criticism, and the punishment will be waived."

Among the temporary patrol officers, there was first a moment of silence, then several people hesitated for a moment before standing up one after another.

Before long, five temporary patrol officers had stood up.

In addition to being helpless, several people looked at Lin Qing with some resentment.

If it weren't for Lin Qing, they wouldn't have lost this easy job of making money.

"Anyone else?"

Captain Xiao asked in a low voice.

Many patrol officers couldn't help but look at Lin Qing. Now that things had been said to this point, did Captain Chen's cousin still think he hadn't been discovered?

"Do I have to call out names?" Captain Xiao's gaze slowly swept over the temporary patrol officers, and finally his eyes stopped on Lin Qing, and he said: "Lin Qing, you..."

"Captain Xiao."

Just as Captain Xiao said the name, he suddenly heard a voice.

He turned his head and saw that Chief Gao from the Political Work Section, who had not left, was looking at him with a smile in the distance, and pointed to the screen of his mobile phone, signaling him to look at the message.

Captain Xiao was a little strange in his heart, but he still took out his mobile phone and glanced at the information sent by Chief Gao.

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Then, he narrowed his eyes slightly.

Lin Qing stood quietly in the ranks of the temporary patrol officers, and seeing this, he also glanced at Chief Gao.

It seems that Chief Gao reminded this Captain Xiao?

"Continue, we were just talking about Lin Qing."

Captain Xiao put away his mobile phone with an unchanged expression, as if he had never received any message, and continued to look at Lin Qing, solemnly saying:

"Lin Qing, I didn't want to talk about you, but you haven't said anything, so I have to say something. Don't you think your work in the patrol team is inappropriate?"

Chief Gao's expression changed slightly.

His reminder was timely enough, but this Captain Xiao was clearly not at a point of no return, yet he still didn't plan to give up?

"Lin Qing, don't blame me for saying this."

Captain Xiao said in a deep voice: "A talent as excellent as you is only a temporary patrol officer in the team, without even a formal position. It's really a waste of talent. If I were Captain Chen, I would probably want to promote you to group leader. Don't you feel wronged?"

There was silence below the stage.

Everyone looked at Captain Xiao on the stage in astonishment, and couldn't help but look at Lin Qing.

Excellent? A waste of talent?

Even be a group leader?

Wasn't this Captain Xiao just showing an imposing manner to take the opportunity to make things difficult?

Why did he suddenly start speaking up for Lin Qing?

Even Lin Qing and Chief Gao, who knew the inside story, couldn't help but be stunned.

"I have to admit, Captain Chen is really selfless."

Captain Xiao sighed: "His own cousin is clearly such an excellent talent, but just because he hasn't passed the professional assessment, he doesn't even give him a formal position in order to avoid suspicion. It's really... too upright and honest."

Lin Qing was stunned.

This Captain Xiao... is really a talent.

Chief Gao watched Captain Xiao change his face on the stage, and couldn't help but sigh secretly: "I thought he was a proud and arrogant young man, but I didn't expect him to be an old fox..."

On the stage, Captain Xiao secretly breathed a sigh of relief: "He succeeded in training at the age of only eighteen, maybe he will be my deputy captain in the future, and his future may not be worse than mine. I'm sick to offend him..."