27: What does he want to do?

LexCorp Headquarters · Twenty-first Floor!

Inside the Security Director's office!

Li An leaned back on the soft sofa. In front of him was a huge floor-to-ceiling window that stretched to the ground. From his vantage point, he could see most of Metropolis's bustling prosperity.

It must be said, Lex certainly knows how to play the game. Choosing this location as the company headquarters is undoubtedly a manifestation of his ambition, as no one wants to miss the feeling of looking down on all the mountains.

At this moment, Li An looked down at the teeming masses below. His gaze shifted again; this time, he looked beyond Metropolis to a city on the distant other side of the sea. That city was named Gotham!

"At this time, Batman should still be catching criminals in Gotham, right?"

Looking at the brightly lit Gotham City in the distance, Li An's face showed a thoughtful expression. In Batman v Superman, Batman's disappearance and reappearance, in Li An's view, was very likely due to the upcoming Battle of Metropolis, where Superman and Zod's fight caused the Death of Batman Bruce Wayne's subordinates, leading to Batman Bruce Wayne's subsequent anger and hatred towards Superman.

However, that was a later matter. The Battle of Metropolis hadn't even begun yet. As Gotham City's bane of crime, Batman had no idea of Superman's existence.

Thinking of this, Li An immediately had a plan.

Subsequently, he dialed an internal number, asking the secretary outside the office to call in the several deputy directors who were previously in charge of the security department. Now that his goal of infiltrating LexCorp had been achieved, he naturally needed Lex's security personnel to work for him.

In a short while, upon receiving the secretary's message, the deputy directors immediately knew that the new director wanted to see them. They quickly tidied up their work and rushed to Li An's office.

Knock knock knock ~

As the knocking sound rang out, after receiving Li An's permission from inside, Dai Linna, the security director's secretary, was the first to enter, followed closely by three white men, who also entered the office.

At this point, it is worth mentioning that perhaps because Lex greatly admired Li An, he assigned Dai Linna, his original secretary, to Li An, making her Li An's secretary to help him with some work-related matters.

"Director."

The next second, three greetings sounded almost simultaneously. The three men standing behind Dai Linna bowed in salute the moment they saw Li An, appearing very respectful of him.

However, from the moment the men entered the office, Li An only glanced at them initially and then made no other movements. It was only when they finally stood before him that Li An showed a slight smile and then spoke warmly.

"Directors, I called you here for no other reason than that while reviewing operations, I noticed that one of our internal personnel in the Indian Ocean lost an extremely important item."

"I am very angry and heartbroken about this. As personnel of our company, they suffered such an unwarranted loss."

"I think, don't we have an obligation to retrieve it for him?"

"What do you say, isn't that right?"

As he spoke, Li An's gaze swept across the faces of the deputy directors one by one. Then he placed a document, which anyone with eyes could tell was brand new, in front of them, motioning for them to look at it.

Hearing this, the deputy directors exchanged glances, at a loss for how to respond.

They had to go look for something an employee lost in the Indian Ocean?

Wouldn't they be worked to Death?

However, they dared not say that in front of Li An. At this moment, the men, somewhat at a loss, picked up the brand new document and began to read it. But after just one second, their faces turned ugly, and they slammed the document shut, looking at Li An with angry expressions.

"Director Li, you're not trying to make a fool of us, are you?"

The next second, one deputy director even spread the document open and slammed it onto the desk in front of Li An, causing a commotion.

It turned out that what Li An showed them was merely a blank piece of paper. Faced with this newly appointed security director, these deputy directors were clearly resentful. Initially, when the director's position was vacant, they all thought they would be the new director. They never expected Lex to directly appoint an outsider.

And precisely because of this situation, when the deputy directors saw that Li An had shown them a blank piece of paper, they could no longer hold back. They immediately became angry out of embarrassment, all criticizing Li An.

However, what these men never expected was that provoking them was exactly Li An's intention.

After all, with the security department having been without a boss for a long time, these 'number twos' held great power, second only to one person and above everyone else. Now, he wanted to find kryptonite in the Pacific, which undoubtedly required the power of the security department.

And these deputy directors were the targets he had to subdue or eliminate. Otherwise, with his status as an outsider, he didn't believe for a second that they had no objections in their hearts.

Since that was the case, it was better for him to make the first move, saving him the trouble of waiting for them to act, then gathering evidence of their actions, and finding excuses to act, and so on.

Li An was well aware of his advantages. With great power, why should he use his brain when he could crush them with force?

Was he looking for trouble?

"That's right, I am making a fool of you."

Just as the men were all criticizing Li An, he suddenly spoke, and his words immediately stunned the deputy directors.

No, aren't you even going to try to hide it?

Although they knew that a new official always made a splash, did he really intend to make such a big splash with his first move?

For a moment, all the deputy directors stood rooted to the spot with ugly expressions. Facing Li An, their direct superior, although they dared to be somewhat aggressive in their words, they dared not openly defy him.

Immediately, the atmosphere in the office became strange.

As for Dai Linna, the secretary who led the way into the room, she now looked as if she heard nothing, completely avoiding looking at Li An and the deputy directors.

"Actually, I do have a few small things I need to trouble you with. I need you to find an item. As long as you can find it, there will naturally be immense benefits later."

"After all, I don't like to manage things, and I need someone who can manage to help me out."

Li An first glanced at the deputy directors, then added a seemingly casual remark.

But everyone present was intelligent. How could the deputy directors not understand Li An's meaning? But precisely because they understood, the deputy directors all looked at Li An with shocked eyes, seemingly unable to believe that he would make such a promise.

He actually wanted to use the power in his hands as a reward!

In an instant, the deputy directors were all stunned by Li An's words. And even Dai Linna, who had been standing to the side with a consistently expressionless face, suddenly turned her head, looking at Li An with a look of surprise.

What does he want to do?