# 816
Chapter 817: Standpoint
At this moment, Lin Qiye finally remembered where he had heard this name before.
Lu Baoyou was the son of Lu Qiu, the interim commander at Sunken Dragon Pass.
At the time, if Lu Qiu hadn't used the Ghost God Guide to transmit information outward, Sunken Dragon Pass would have been breached, and a catastrophe would have followed... He was the true savior of that disaster.
When Lin Qiye saw Lu Qiu's corpse on the outer wall, his companion had mentioned that he had a rebellious son named Lu Baoyou. Lin Qiye had thought at the time that if he ever had the chance to meet the man's descendants, he would try to help them in some way.
But he never expected to see Lu Baoyou's name again on the Night Watch recruit training roster.
"How did he get in contact with the Night Watch?" Lin Qiye asked疑惑ly. "Did his father tell him about the Night Watch?"
"No." Yuan Gang shook his head. "You know the nature of Night Watch work. Before being transferred to Sunken Dragon Pass, his father Lu Qiu was stationed in other cities for years. Because he was far from home and never knew when he might die, he rarely had the chance to return home. The last time he visited his wife and child should have been three years ago...
This meant that after Lu Baoyou was born, he barely saw his father a few times, and his upbringing was no different from that of a single-parent family.
In his eyes, his father was a scumbag who abandoned his wife and child. He grew up carrying this hatred for his father, and combined with being at a rebellious age, his personality was rather hot-tempered. So he often did some... outlandish things.
For various reasons, he was expelled from school, looked down upon by relatives and friends around him. In a fit of rage, he secretly pried open his father's safe, intending to take some money and leave home.
It was during this that he discovered Lu Qiu's Night Watch employment documents and other related contracts hidden at home.
After learning about the Night Watch's existence, he took some money from home, along with Lu Qiu's documents and contracts... and left home. Later, through some unknown opportunity, he became a Lucifer agent, and that's how he came into contact with the Night Watch."
Yuan Gang sighed and continued, "Originally, when we conducted the family background investigation and discovered his father was with the Night Watch, we didn't intend to recruit him. But his identity as a god's agent was simply too special. You understand the current situation in Great Xia, and we need his existence."
After listening, Lin Qiye nodded thoughtfully. "But later you received news that Lu Qiu had fallen on the front lines, so you thought you shouldn't involve his son?"
"That was part of it." Yuan Gang helplessly closed his eyes. "The boy has always believed that as long as he joined the Night Watch, he would have the chance to find his father... But he doesn't know that just a few days ago, his father was already killed in battle.
Our plan was to first cancel his qualification to become a Night Watch member this year and send him home. After he learns of his father's death, we'd see what he decides on his own.
If he still decides to join the Night Watch, two years later, we will recruit him into the new recruit training camp again."
"I understand." Lin Qiye couldn't help but sigh. "It seems this kid has caused you quite a bit of trouble..."
"It's my job to be responsible for every new recruit. Otherwise, what would be the point of me working myself to exhaustion every day?" Yuan Gang苦笑ed.
"By the way, I haven't asked—why are you suddenly interested in god's agents?"
"I just sensed the aura of a fallen angel, so I was somewhat puzzled."
"I see. After all, the one you agent for is..." Yuan Gang paused, as if remembering something, his brow furrowed slightly. "If I recall correctly, Michael and Lucifer are mortal enemies?"
"Mm."
"No wonder... Will this have any impact on you?"
"No." Lin Qiye paused for a moment. "At least not for now..."
Although Michael and Lucifer were mortal enemies, this was merely their personal relationship. From a factional standpoint, both of them existed in the neutral camp. Lucifer had always been imprisoned beneath the volcano by Michael and had never posed any threat to Great Xia. Therefore, in Great Xia's eyes, Lucifer's agent was merely an agent—nothing more, nothing less.
In the eyes of Great Xia, both Lin Qiye and Lu Baoyou were agents of neutral gods.
But in each other's eyes, the other carried the will of an opposing god—friend or foe, there was no middle ground.
Great Xia would not扼杀 a talented agent's existence simply because of the private grudge between Seraph and Fallen Angel, nor would they reject Lu Baoyou's application because of Lin Qiye's factional stance.
Lin Qiye didn't know what kind of contract Lu Baoyou had signed with Lucifer as his agent, but he always felt... perhaps the conditions Lucifer offered had something to do with himself.
Lin Qiye's heart was suddenly filled with mixed emotions.
From his personal perspective, Lu Baoyou was definitely a threatening enemy existence. It would be best to crush him now while he was still pathetically weak—one finger would be enough to crush him—to prevent any future variables.
But precisely... he was the son of the martyr Lu Qiu, and a provisional Night Watch recruit.
Although he wasn't close to Lu Qiu, having only met once and exchanged a few words... Lu Qiu had used his own life to shield Great Xia behind him against a great calamity. Though weak, he was a hero, just like Zhao Kongcheng, Chen Muye, and even Ye Fan.
Would he kill Zhao Kongcheng's son?
Impossible. Absolutely not.
Even if Lu Baoyou wasn't a Night Watch recruit anymore, asking him to kill this child now was something he couldn't do.
How to handle this Lu Baoyou... Lin Qiye still needed to think it through carefully.
"I understand. Thank you,教官." Lin Qiye sighed, stepping toward the exit.
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Inside the training camp.
A team of recruits sprinted rapidly along the road, while the terrified screams of other recruits echoed from various directions.
The faces of these recruits had turned green.
"What's going on? Why are people screaming everywhere?"
"I don't know! It's just a competition, right? Do they have to scream like it's a life-or-death crisis?"
"Right, anyone hearing this would think the enemy had already attacked."
"That said, we've been running for so long—why haven't we seen a single member of Night Watch Squad?"
"..."
Amidst the chaotic commotion, the gazes of three recruits quietly met each other. Without a word, they huddled together.
"What's the situation? Why is this assessment so different from what we expected?" A seemingly very young recruit frowned slightly. "Why is Night Watch Squad even involved?"
"That's normal." Another scrawny recruit glanced sneakily around the area. After confirming no one was paying attention to them, he continued, "With over six hundred recruits this time, it's hard for the instructors to maintain control. Sending a special squad to apply pressure is only to be expected. Don't read too much into it."
"Yeah, yeah, didn't Mask Squad come in previous years too?" A female recruit nodded in agreement.
The young recruit hesitated. "Will Night Watch Squad's involvement affect our plan?"