240: Chapter 240 Three Major Privileges! Federal Special Inspector!

The moment the lid of the box was completely lifted, Su Ming's pupils constricted sharply.

In the center of the black velvet lay only a single dark gold badge.

The main body of the badge was a falling star, with three trails of flame dragging behind it.

The patterns on its surface were too fine to see clearly; when the searchlight swept over it, the surrounding light shifted by half an inch.

Su Ming took another look.

This thing wasn't just an ID card; it also contained a sealed spatial structure.

Marshal Huo Tianxing took out the badge and held it in his palm.

"This is your exclusive independent designation..."

"Meteor!"

The gazes of all the officers present were instantly drawn to that badge.

Zheng Baichuan subconsciously tilted his head.

Exclusive designation! Independent organization!

In the history of the Federal military, this only appeared when pioneering new military branches or forming top-secret cross-regional units.

And now, these two things had been bestowed upon one person?!

Marshal Huo Tianxing held up the badge, waiting for Su Ming to step forward and take it.

However, Su Ming did not move.

He frowned, hands in his pockets, staring at Marshal Huo Tianxing with a look of suspicion... His expression didn't look like he was receiving an honor, but rather like he was haggling over scales at a vegetable market.

"Uncle, let's get this straight first."

Su Ming spoke up, his tone quite guarded.

"You aren't planning to use the skin of a Major General and a nice-sounding designation to make me work for the military for free, are you?"

"I'll say the ugly things first: I'm used to being lazy, and I absolutely refuse to work a desk job. Nine-to-five clocking in and reporting? Not a chance. If you make me write reports every day, I'd rather go back and sleep."

Every single officer in the phalanx was stunned.

Zheng Baichuan's eyelid twitched uncontrollably.

Big Brother! That's an independent designation! It's the highest honor personally bestowed by the Marshal!

You call this nonsense?! And you're bargaining with the Marshal?!

Marshal Huo Tianxing was choked up by these words; the solemn atmosphere he had just cultivated was wiped clean, and his face was as black as the bottom of a pot.

"Desk job?" He laughed in anger, his volume suddenly rising by eight octaves. "Who the hell told you to work a desk job?!"

"Listen up! By the joint issuance of the three Marshals, the position bestowed upon you is..." "federal special investigation envoy!"

"This position does not belong to any conventional combat sequence! It does not belong to any of the four major military regions! Your files are directly sealed by the Supreme Military Committee, and your only direct superiors are the Joint Marshal Committee."

Marshal Huo Tianxing pointed at Su Ming, almost shouting.

"Except for our joint orders, no direct superior will boss you around! No peers will engage in intrigue with you! You don't need to report your schedule to anyone! Forget about a desk job; even if you sleep at home every day until the Federation falls, no one would dare to check your attendance!"

"Boom...!" These words exploded in everyone's minds even louder than the ninth-rank self-detonation earlier.

Not belonging to any sequence? Independent of all systems? What kind of god-tier position is this?!

Ye Xiao was listening from behind, his eyes almost popping out of their sockets. He grabbed Young Master Gu Lingfeng's arm tightly, trembling with excitement.

"Holy crap! Fengzi! Fengzi, did you hear that?! No work! This is my ultimate life goal!"

"Let go." Young Master Gu Lingfeng's wounds hurt from being pulled. "That's Brother Ming not working; what does that have to do with you?"

"I'm his underling. If the boss doesn't work, why should the employee?"

"If the Military Affairs Department heard your logic, they'd lock you up for at least three days..."

A free lunch? A pie falling from the sky? Su Ming was not dizzy from the words "no desk job".

Having been a corporate slave for so many years in his past life, he was all too familiar with this kind of routine.

The positions that don't require clocking in are often the ones with the most terrifying hidden overtime.

"Just saying no desk job is useless." He narrowed his eyes. "What about the specific benefits?"

Marshal Huo Tianxing looked at Su Ming's noncommittal attitude and decided to skip the nonsense and just drop the bomb.

"Listen up, Major General Su. As the federal special investigation envoy, you possess three great privileges!"

"First!" Marshal Huo Tianxing held up his index finger. "Unrestricted access across all regions, and a green channel for General-level resources."

"From today on, you can pass through all defense zones of the Federation's four major military regions, restricted areas of major martial arts academies, and all S-rank and below classified bases without reporting, simply by holding this badge!"

"All exchanges and access to rare alloys, limited Materials, and classified intelligence will go through the 3S top-secret channel, skipping all intermediate approval steps, and must be completed within 24 hours."

Su Ming's eyelid twitched.

"Anyone who dares to delay or obstruct this will be dealt with for 'obstructing the Federation's highest military secrets'!"

"Hiss..." Everyone present gasped.

Unrestricted access across all regions, green channel for resources, 24-hour completion.

Young Master Gu Lingfeng stood in the back, his ears perked up higher than a rabbit's.

He remembered the last time he ran a purchase application for a B-rank Material for his family; he had to get seventeen stamps, waited for two and a half months, and had it returned three times to add more Materials.

And Su Ming only needed to... flash a badge? Is that still called a "Material application"? This is just flashing your face to get what you want!

However, this was just the beginning.

"Second!" Marshal Huo Tianxing held up his second finger, his gaze sweeping over Zheng Baichuan and the other officers.

"Temporary inspection and stop authority!"

"Within the Federation, if you discover any military personnel or administrative unit engaging in irregular actions, illegal operations, or endangering Federal security... you do not need evidence, you do not need to ask for instructions; just show the designation badge, and you have the authority to stop them directly!"

"If anyone dares to use their military rank or seniority to pressure you, you have the right to detain and interrogate them. Submit the relevant evidence and records directly to the Joint Marshal Committee, and we will take over the subsequent review."

A soreness spread from the still-numb bone joint in Zheng Baichuan's wrist, and his back was instantly soaked in cold sweat.

He had just been thinking that although this kid's strength was outrageous, he was young and lacked seniority, so he would have to figure out how to integrate him into the military system later...

Now it seemed there was no need to integrate. He wasn't in the same system as you at all.

What kind of Major General was this?! This was an Imperial Envoy walking among the people! This was a living King of Hell holding the Shangfang Sword!

Let alone him, a regional commander, even a powerful general from a major military region, in front of this badge, if Su Ming didn't like them, he could just detain them? This was too outrageous!

The field officers present who had just finished saluting had extremely colorful expressions on their faces right now! They finally understood why Marshal Huo Tianxing had made everyone line up for the briefing! If they ever ran into this guy outside, they must not be blind!

Marshal Huo Tianxing ignored everyone's shock and threw out the last, and most heavy, bomb.

He held up his third finger, his tone suddenly becoming grave. "The third, and most core item... is the right to independent organization."

As his voice fell, the whole place was silent for a second. Independent organization. It wasn't giving special privileges to an individual, but allowing him to legally possess an armed force that belonged only to himself.

"From today on, Meteor is the official designation of the Federal SSS-rank top-secret task force."

Marshal Huo Tianxing's voice swept across the room, every word clear. "The team is to be formed entirely by you; the training syllabus, internal organization, and operational plans are all decided by you alone."

"You can recruit team members from active-duty troops, major martial arts academies, and civilian Awakened. As long as the person agrees, the original unit cannot withhold them on the grounds of organization, contracts, or files."

Ye Xiao's eyes lit up immediately. "Boss!" Su Ming raised his hand to signal him to shut up. What this guy was thinking was written all over his face.

Marshal Huo Tianxing continued: "Personnel background checks and file transfers will all go through top-secret channels; the Military Affairs Department has no right to intervene."

"Secondly, the Meteor task force does not belong to any military region, is not included in conventional combat sequences, and does not accept routine assignments from the General Staff. Except for orders from our three Marshals' joint meeting, other units have no right to assign you tasks."

"The team members' real files, combat power data, and mission records are sealed in the highest military secret database. Those below the rank of Major General have no right to access them."

"When acting externally, you can choose your own identities; as long as you do not violate the Federation's highest security regulations, the Military Affairs Department will not interfere."

As his voice fell, the phalanx was quiet for a few seconds. A Senior Colonel looked at his colleague beside him, his lips moved, but in the end, he said nothing.

Zheng Baichuan turned his head to look at his own security battalion. As soon as his gaze landed on them, several young officers shifted their eyes in unison.

Su Ming also glanced over there. Zheng Baichuan immediately blocked his line of sight. "Major General Su, the Western Frontier has just finished fighting a war, and we are short on manpower." "Oh, oh, I was just looking..."

Zheng Baichuan had just thought that "Imperial Envoy" was already the peak of outrageous, but now he realized his perspective had been too small.

This was openly giving him a token to "legally build a private army"! No need to look at anyone's face, no need to go through any procedures, recruit whoever he likes, and manage the team however he pleases.

Let alone him, a regional commander, even a full General of a major military region would have to be polite when seeing this Meteor task force! Who knows what monsters are hidden inside?!

Even more terrifying was the latter point. He could ignore organization and forcibly poach people from other units. If tomorrow Su Ming took a fancy to an ace soldier in the special operations battalion, as long as the soldier agreed, even if his heart was bleeding, he would have to obediently process the departure procedures for them.

Is there any reason left?! The Federation has been building its military for so many years, and it's not like there haven't been independent task forces. But which one wasn't subject to layers of approval and constraints everywhere?

Troops had to be drawn from various military regions, command had to listen to the General Staff, and even supplies depended on the logistics department. Like this... a completely independent organization where he could pick people as he pleased, decide matters as he pleased, and even have all files completely sealed—let alone seen, he hadn't even heard of it!

Ye Xiao was trembling with excitement beside him, his eyes glowing green. Legally poaching people! No questions about background! One-man dictatorship!

After hearing this long list, even with Su Ming's Heart-Nature, his heart couldn't help but thump wildly. These conditions were indeed a bit excessive! Excessive to the point where he was even a bit embarrassed.

He looked at the badge in Marshal Huo Tianxing's hand and was about to take it, but a number got stuck in his mind. Wait! He caught a blind spot in Marshal Huo Tianxing's words! Joint Marshal Committee. Why is it three?

"Uncle." Su Ming raised his head. "You just said this thing was jointly issued by 'three' active-duty Marshals?" He held up three fingers and shook them. "But I remember the Federal military system is divided into four major military regions—East, South, West, and North—corresponding to four Marshals."

Su Ming pointed to the three trails of flame. "How come there's one missing for me? Did you kick one out of the Marshal team?"

As soon as this question came out, Marshal Huo Tianxing was obviously stunned for a moment, then coughed dryly and drifted his gaze elsewhere. Here it comes! Teacher, I'm sorry! For the sake of the Federation's future, and to curb you from showing off everywhere in the future, I can only wrong you for a bit.

He cleared his throat and put on an official tone as if it were a matter of course. "In terms of organization, the Southern Military Region has no active-duty Marshal." "The previous Southern Suppression Marshal has long since retired, and daily affairs are managed by Chief of General Staff Jiang Nanxing." "Therefore, there are only three active-duty Marshals in the Federation who currently have joint issuance authority."

Su Ming blinked. The Southern Military Region... no active-duty Marshal? Su Ming immediately perked up. Beneath three people!? Above ten thousand!? In the entire Federation, besides the three Marshals, no one's official authority could suppress him!

As soon as this thought landed, that tea table at the Jiangcheng Scrap Yard was already set up in his mind. If you dare to show off in front of me again, I'll just slap this thing on the table! "Old man, the federal special investigation envoy is here, why haven't you even poured a cup of tea?" Hehehehe!

Su Ming almost laughed out loud like a pig. Making you use spatial abilities to blast me before! Now that you see me, shouldn't you salute me according to the rules? Then check the fire safety. Check the taxes. By the way, see if the hazardous Material storage permit has expired...! Temporary inspection! Legal interrogation! Let's see if you, old man, will dare to try and manipulate me at every turn in the future! ...

Marshal Huo Tianxing looked at Su Ming's smile and was happy inside too. This kid finally understood the gold content of the Joint Marshal Committee!

"As long as you don't commit treason or endanger Federal security, the Joint Marshal Committee will not interfere with your normal actions." "Now, do you accept or not?" He handed the badge to Su Ming again. This time, Su Ming did not hesitate. He grabbed the badge into his palm! "Give it here!" ...