Light Fortress-Chapter 66 - 64 Intern

66: Chapter 64: Intern

66 -64: Intern

Lipu Street, No.

18.

The crooked signboard was etched with the dimly lit words “Dream Speaker.”

Entering through a narrow and cramped passageway and going up the stairs, the view suddenly expanded.

The office environment here was unexpectedly spacious and very tidy.

Right at the entrance, one could see a large floor-to-ceiling window; the curtains were drawn back to both sides, and a rosewood long table was placed in front of the window, with a separate, soundproof room on each side.

Noon sunlight sprinkled down.

Sitting at the table, Zhou Yexin furrowed her brows as she scrutinized the youth holding a cat in front of her.

She had known that her teacher would send a young intern as her assistant, but she hadn’t expected that this assistant would be…

so young.

“Name…?”

The familiar question followed a familiar recipe.

Gu Shen quickly pulled out a chair to sit down, swiftly introducing himself, “Gu Shen, seventeen, gender male.”

“Gender male…

I certainly know that,” Zhou Yexin hesitated, her expression weirdly saying, “You are the intern recommended by the teacher.

You look too young.

Can you handle this job?”

Gu Shen sat upright, gradually recalling the file of the Dream Speaker’s leader in his mind.

Zhou Yexin, twenty-nine years old.

An ordinary person with no Extraordinary Ability.

Admirably, she had traveled alone to the Central Continent at eighteen and studied psychology for seven years.

After returning to East Continent, she began to obsess over dream research, moving around various places, eventually coming to Da Du, where she opened this consulting room with Tang Qingquan’s funding.

Even more admirable was that to this day, Ms.

Zhou was completely unaware of the existence of Transcendents but still followed her instincts…

exploring the secrets of the Extraordinary Domain.

She looked very young and approachable, nothing like someone nearly thirty.

When she smiled, she resembled a squirrel, showing off her white teeth and shallow dimples at the sides.

This image was very suitable for the profession, at least giving people a sense of ease.

“Ms.

Zhou…

actually, I’m still not very clear about what I am supposed to do,” Gu Shen scratched his head and sincerely smiled, “But I learn very quickly, so you can rest assured.”

“You make me sound too old by calling me Ms.

Zhou, just call me Sister Xiao Xin.

I heard from the teacher about you.

He said you are very smart, highly talented, and self-taught.”

After observing Gu Shen for a bit longer, Zhou Yexin found the youth’s appearance fresh and pleasing, and the more she looked, the more comforting he seemed.

She poured a cup of tea for Gu Shen, slowly saying, “I’m just a bit worried…

At your age, having not faced hardships, it’s easy to think things are too idealistic, and when you actually start working, you’ll find it quite different from what you imagined.”

“Our work is not easy; regular hours are from 9 AM to 5 PM, and if there are special appointments, we will need to work overtime.”

Gu Shen held the tea and listened quietly to Sister Xiao Xin’s words.

“Besides that, you will also need to regularly manage and organize experiment reports.

However, you don’t need to worry about this part; you just need to be responsible for organizing and entering reports into the database.

You won’t need to handle the experiments personally.”

Initially, Gu Shen almost couldn’t help but chuckle out loud.

Nine to five?

“No problem at all…”

After listening, he hurriedly took a sip of tea to calm his nerves and then earnestly said, “I can handle this hardship.”

More than handle it?

He was absolutely determined.

…

…

Over the following week, Gu Shen had a fulfilling time.

He rented a single-room apartment near Lipu Street, living alone, which was much better than his previous suburban environment, though still far from comparing to the downtown apartment “gifted” by Nan Jin.

In reality, Gu Shen was no longer short of money.

From the moment he boarded the plane and his official mission was confirmed, the Judgement Institute started paying him a living allowance of 100,000 per month after taxes.

Cui Zhongcheng had explained the rank structure within the Judgement Institute on the plane.

Once a newcomer passed the review, they became an Intern Judgement Envoy, and upon accumulating a certain number of adequately completed tasks, they would be promoted.

The next stage was Judgement Envoy.

Following that, they progressed to Intern Judge and then Judge.

At last, there is only one Grand Judge for now.

The territorial range of an Intern Judge generally consists of one or a few streets.

Gu Shen conscientiously included “Lipu Street” and several nearby streets into his surveillance area.

Cui Zhongcheng said his internship was an evaluation.

The most troublesome part was this silent evaluation.

Gu Shen felt like he was a player at a card table, but his opponent had not yet played a card.

The best method, and the only method,

was to wait quietly.

So, Gu Shen calmly followed his own spiritual power cultivation plan, completed his daily cultivation, and everything went smoothly.

He would arrive at the consultation office at eight thirty sharp every morning, sort out and summarize experimental data half an hour early, leave work on time, and spend the remaining time on Extraordinary Trials in the deep water area and refining the Jingzhe Breathing Technique.

He knew there were no shortcuts on this path.

He had to persevere.

Besides these trivial matters, Gu Shen noticed something noteworthy… This small psychological clinic on Lipu Street was quite famous, perhaps related to Sister Xiao Xin’s management over the past half-year, attracting many clients with reservations every week.

These clients varied, but were all normal people: heartbroken young adults, bankrupted decadent businessmen, and stressed-out office workers…

Before entering the clinic, they often looked sullen, but after leaving, they visibly appeared much better, with a significantly improved complexion.

Was it hypnosis?

However…

Zhou Yexin didn’t possess Extraordinary Abilities.

How did she do it?

It was Gu Shen’s ninth day on Lipu Street.

While organizing files, he glanced at the clock, eight twenty, hmm, there was a special appointment today…

it should be forty minutes until the end of his shift.

In these nine days, Sister Xiao Xin had not let him observe even once.

What exactly happened in that compartment was quite mysterious.

“Xiao Gu, help bring a cup of hot water in.”

A voice came from inside.

Gu Shen knew that the “psychological consultation” had ended.

He carried the hot water, knocked on the door, and upon receiving affirmative response, slowly pushed open the compartment door.

The client this time was a girl who looked about his age, beaten down upon arrival with obvious tear stains.

Although now her expression was much relaxed, her eyes were still blurry, as if she had just woken up.

Zhou Yexin was tidying up her clothes.

Gu Shen caught this detail…

He saw Sister Xiao Xin putting away a pocket watch into her pocket and felt an unnerving aura in the room.

Extraordinary Aura!

“It’s an Extraordinary Sealed Object…

but the aura is very weak…”

Compared to the Sealed Objects brought by the five members of the review team, it was much less, worlds apart.

Sister Xiao Xin’s secret seemed to be this pocket watch…

If it was an object possessing Extraordinary Power, that would explain his suspicion.

Gu Shen’s expression didn’t change.

He pretended not to see, carrying two cups of hot water into the room, one for each of them.

“Thank you…” The girl’s expression was tender, but her voice was hoarse.

She took a small sip of hot water, then softly said, “Thank you Doctor Zhou, and thank you Dr.

Xiao Gu.”

The clinic’s clients were accustomed to addressing Sister Xiao Xin as Doctor…

This title was not incorrect; after all, Zhou Yexin was a strong practitioner who had studied abroad in Central Continent.

And he, as an intern, got a bit of reflected glory, incidentally also being called a doctor.

At first, Gu Shen was somewhat unaccustomed to it, but now he had gotten used to it.

During this time, as he honed his spiritual power, he vaguely felt his Fiery Fire Power becoming more stable.

It shouldn’t be long before he could use “Mental Hypnosis.”

This actually was the real reason Gu Shen could accept being called Dr.

Xiao Gu with a clear conscience.

Who says an intern psychologist can’t be considered a doctor?