Chapter 52 Inspection Department

   the next day.

   After finishing his shift, Colin went straight to the west guard.

   Last night before leaving, Holt told him that he needed to go to Minister Barton himself to obtain a specific transfer order tomorrow morning.

   Tuk Tuk Tuk.

   "Come in."

  He walked into Secretary Patton's office.

  Unexpectedly, there was another person inside.

   "Lord Berkeley, Minister Patton." He greeted respectfully.

   "You came just in time, we just happened to be talking about you." Berkeley looked back at Colin and said with a faint smile, "You have been transferred back to the headquarters, Colin."

  Barton next to him also took out a transfer order and handed it to Colin at the right time, patted him on the shoulder, and said with a smile:

   "Holt recommended you to me, saying that your strength is not bad... You go to the headquarters, don't disgrace us in the west of the city."

  Colin accepted the transfer order with a smile, and looked down.

  ‘No wonder Holt told himself last night that there is a high probability that he will be transferred to the headquarters...it turned out to be his recommendation. '

  The transfer order states the date and address of the report.

  The date is the day after tomorrow, and the address... 28 Acorn Street?

   "Minister, is this address wrong?" He couldn't help but ask.

   No. 28 Acorn Street is in the west of the city, even closer to his home than the city west guard here.

   "There is no typo." Berkeley explained, "Last week, at the suggestion of Lord Price, Wizard Rapp ordered the Guard Office to create a new parallel department—the Inspection Office."

   "The original guard headquarters has now become the inspection headquarters. The west and east guard offices have been slightly reduced, and are responsible for dealing with fierce beasts and beach monsters."

   "The new inspection office has also set up three locations in the city, east and west, and the one you are going to is the inspection office in the west of the city.

  However, both the inspection offices in the east and west of the city are now under the management of the inspection office headquarters in the city, so you have been transferred back to the headquarters in name. "

   "I see, I see, thank you." Colin nodded.

   I didn't expect so many things to happen quietly while he was on duty.

  ...A new department has been set up?

  He was not surprised that Price was able to persuade Wizard Rapp to change the structure of the guard.

   After all, the guards are essentially a boost provided by Wizard Rapp to Price.

  In fact, in Black Rock City, although in name it is the Berkeley Command and Guard Office.

  But in fact, the daily management orders are usually issued by Price, and Berkeley is mainly responsible for the patrol team in the wizarding land.

   "Well, if you have nothing to do, go home and rest, remember to report the day after tomorrow."

"OK."

  Colin left the guard, got into the carriage, and returned home.

  He thought while eating the breakfast Renee brought.

  'The establishment of the inspection office is obviously to increase the power in the city... Maybe it has something to do with Catherine's pollution? '

  He thought about it in his heart, but he didn't come to a result.

   There are still too few clues.

  But there must be something happening behind it that he doesn't know...

  ‘Still too weak…’

  Colin took the handkerchief Renee handed over and wiped his mouth.

  Even now compared to before, his strength is not the same.

  But in this world, they still can only follow the trend and let their superiors arrange.

  He has finally adapted to the life of being on duty in the west of the city. Seeing that the attacks of ferocious beasts have become less and less, and the night duty has become more and more relaxed, but now he has to be transferred to a new position...

  The only good news is that they can still stay in the west of the city.

   At least in this way, he doesn't have to think about changing houses.

  …

  Palm Street.

  The basement of the home.

  Colin carefully looked at the darts with two palm-length narrow tapered darts.

  These cone-shaped darts are somewhat similar in appearance to the bullets of the previous life, so they may be called cone bombs.

   This is his newly customized ammunition for the arrow shooting technique, which is specially used to kill large creatures.

  After the actual combat, he carefully reviewed the shortcomings exposed by the original shuttle dart.

  The shuttle-shaped dart is like the armor-piercing bullet of the rifle in the previous life, with strong penetrating power. But in many cases, it is precisely because of this strong penetrating power that the kinetic energy is not fully applied to the target, and the damage is not satisfactory in the end.

   As for the two newly customized large-scale cone bombs, one of the front-end pointed cones is made of copper skin, and the inside is hollow.

  After the hollow cone bomb hits the target, the tip will deform, causing the center of gravity to shift, and the cone bomb will lose stability and roll in the target body, fully releasing its kinetic energy and causing maximum damage.

  The other solid cone bomb is used for armor penetration.

  Based on the same principle, Colin also made a batch of the same knuckle-sized cavity cone bullets and a batch of solid cone bullets to enrich his ammunition.

  The original spear was also eliminated by him.

  In this way, when facing different targets, he can choose different cone bombs in a targeted manner.

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  28 Acorn Street

  ‘It should be here. ’ Colin looked up at the gray building in front of him, then walked in.

  Two days passed quietly, and today is the day when he came to the inspection office.

   Pushing open the door, a hall with simple decoration is oncoming.

  A fat man is sitting on the chair in front left.

  He was dozing off, with a plate of greasy crispy pork belly in his hand.

   "Hello? I'm new to the report." Colin asked the fat man while taking out the transfer order.

  Flower slowly opened his eyes, glanced at Colin, took the paper order from him with greasy hands, and put it aside.

   "Well, I see... As you can see, I'm Captain Flower after you..." He then took a piece of pork belly and put it in his mouth, and closed his eyes again while chewing.

   "Okay, don't stand here and bother me. For other things, go to the innermost room to find the deputy captain and let him talk to you."

  Colin looked calm and didn't care. He nodded and walked towards the innermost room according to Flower's instructions.

  An attitude like Flower's is the common attitude of the superiors towards the inferiors in this world... People like Holt are only a minority.

   tuk tuk tuk—

  Colin knocked on the innermost door.

   "Come in."

  A slightly shrill voice came from inside.

  He pushed the door open and entered. He saw a young man with a mustache, slightly sunken cheeks, and a pale complexion.

   Wearing a silver badge on his chest, he should be an intermediate apprentice like him.

   "You are Colin."

   Before he could introduce himself, the young man took the initiative to speak with a smile.

   "My name is Barney, and I'm your vice-captain."

   “…Vice Captain Barney.”

  When Barney heard this, the smile on his face grew even wider.

   "Welcome to the inspection office. There is a shortage of manpower here. I heard that you are powerful. There is just one thing that needs you to do."

  …

  Two hours later,

  Barney took Colin to the outside of the last tavern.

   "This is the last place. Captain Flower likes the grilled fish here the most. Do you remember?"

"…remember."

   "Do you remember all the restaurants and pubs I took you to before?"

  Colin nodded silently.

  He didn't memorize it deliberately, but after being strengthened by the golden clover, his memory was greatly enhanced... Barney would never forget once he said it.

   "Very well, what you have to do is very simple, that is, buy different food and deliver it at different times every day." Barney nodded in satisfaction, and then emphasized, "Remember, send it to me through the side door first."

  Actually, such chores don't need a wizard like Colin to do them.

  He just wanted to let Colin understand his identity as the vice-captain and understand what is meant by dignity!

   "Barney, is this what the inspection office does every day?"

  He was a little speechless, and asked with a frown.

   "Vice Captain Barney!" Barney frowned and interrupted him.

   After a pause, he pretended to be earnest and admonished:

   "You are still young, you don't understand... There is no danger in the city. I have worked at the headquarters for several years, and I have encountered incidents less than ten times. There is no need to patrol according to regulations."

   "You must know that our captain, Flower, is the number one apprentice under the peak apprentice. As long as you please him, you can..."

  Colin became more and more impatient, and took the initiative to block Barney's words, not knowing what to say...

   Thank you for my 99-star king, drinking tea and reading three books, allowing me to read them all over again, meager effort, and my pants are a little tight for a reward of 100 starting coins!

  

  (end of this chapter)