Night’s Nomenclature-Chapter 844: The New Steward of the Outpost

Marquis Barton in the office was immersed in the Virtual Realm, while Qing Chen stared at the posters on the wall, lost in thought. He really didn’t expect that one day he would become a spiritual leader for some white people.

He originally thought that his infiltration of the Roosevelt Kingdom should begin on the battlefield of the Forbidden Forest. He should strive for promotion, rising from a level 6 freeman all the way to a baron, or even a marquis.

Just like Yu Zecheng in the TV series Lurking, only by slowly entering the core can he obtain the most crucial intelligence and pave the way for the victory of the East Continent. Qing Chen now defines himself as a top spy lurking in the West Continent, who needs to develop a vast spy network. But now he suddenly feels that Marquis Barton in front of him is his best entry point.

Barton is the husband of one of the Five Princesses of the Roosevelt Kingdom. The fact that he managed the outpost into such a mess and hasn’t been executed shows that he has a powerful background. By quietly doing statistics in this outpost, he can even calculate the approximate military strength, material quantity, and financial strength of the entire Roosevelt Kingdom. This is urgently needed information for the East Continent.

Marquis Barton’s office was very messy. Documents were piled on the desk, completely indistinguishable. If there were any Rebellion spies here, they would despair because they wouldn’t be able to quickly find the information they needed from a large pile of documents.

Normally, a marquis's office would have someone to clean it. If not a female secretary, there should at least be a male secretary. The disorganization in Barton’s office suggests something.

Marquis Barton’s life is like when entering the game ‘life’, he put all the points that should have been put into wisdom into charm and luck, resulting in a severe imbalance. 𝑓𝘳𝑒𝑒𝓌𝘦𝘣𝘯ℴ𝑣𝘦𝑙.𝘤𝑜𝑚

Qing Chen meticulously cleaned the office thoroughly, not even missing the window seams. Everywhere that could be wiped was spotless, without even a trace of the water marks left by the wiping cloth. Qing Chen was always so meticulous in everything he did.

Finally, he conveniently sorted and filed the documents, but he did not browse the content of the documents. A qualified spy must learn to be patient and know how to endure.

At this time, the Corgi officer ran over from outside. He knocked on the door: “My lord Marquis, something terrible has happened.” Halfway through his sentence, he looked at Marquis Barton’s office and almost thought he had gone to the wrong place. Was this the spotless, clean office he remembered?

Marquis Barton also opened his eyes and asked angrily: “Don’t you know I’m in the Virtual Realm? You better have something really important to come find me, otherwise, I’ll hang you on the flagpole of the outpost. Huh? Is this my office?”

Barton looked at Qing Chen in surprise: “Did you clean and organize this?” Qing Chen nodded: “Yes.” Barton nodded without saying anything and looked at Corgi.

Corgi hurriedly said: “My lord Marquis, a group of nobles from Blackwater City have arrived. I was going to assign them to units, but they said they had already joined Marquis Dodge’s troops and refused to accept our assignment. The two sides almost fought!

Qing Chen understood. It must be that these officers of the outpost wanted to take advantage of the process of assigning units to embezzle some funds. As a result, the other party had a document protecting them, so they didn’t need to pay attention to these officers. The officers made a fuss and wanted to come and complain, hoping to use Marquis Barton’s power to intimidate others.

Marquis Barton was also angry when he heard this: “Don’t they know whose territory the outpost is? They joined Marquis Dodge’s troops. Do they have a document? Without a document, what are they saying!” Corgi blinked: “They don’t have a document.”

However, at this moment, Qing Chen took a stamped document from the filed documents on the desk and handed it to Marquis Barton: “My lord Marquis, if I’m not mistaken, this is their transfer order. But I only looked at the title when I was sorting, I’m not sure if it’s what you’re looking for.”

Marquis Barton took the document with doubt, he almost didn’t remember this thing himself.

After looking at it for a while, Marquis Barton immediately angrily looked at Corgi: “I remember now, isn’t this the document you gave me? Why would you forget that this is a transfer order personally issued by the Duke of Blackwater? Do you want me to be impeached by the Duke of Blackwater? Don’t think I don’t know your intentions, get out! Go apologize to this troop and deduct your monthly performance!”

Corgi’s face turned livid, he glared fiercely at Qing Chen as he left.

He wanted to take advantage of Marquis Barton’s poor memory and let Marquis Barton come forward to suppress this matter, but Qing Chen unexpectedly interfered. He remembered this.

After Corgi left, Marquis Barton looked at Qing Chen: “Did you read the document? Do you know that these documents are classified?”

Qing Chen calmly replied: “No, I spent more than 40 minutes cleaning the office, and I didn’t have time to read all the documents. I only sorted and filed them and read all the titles. This section on the left is the transfer orders from various dukes’ offices, the middle section is the material transfer orders, and the section on the right is the military assistance letters.”

Marquis Barton was silent for a moment: “I was looking for a transfer order from the Storm Duke and couldn’t find it.” Qing Chen took out a document from the left side: “Is this it?”

The Marquis’s eyes lit up. He was short of a new person to help him manage his affairs, the Storm Duke was coming soon, and he didn’t want to be impeached again. But Marquis Barton pretended to be unconcerned and asked: “Where were you stationed before?”

“My lord Marquis, I was the third steward at Marquis Kennedy’s manor, responsible for the daily life of the eldest son, Lanshan,” Qing Chen said.

“His abilities are quite good, but how did you get relegated to cleaning the toilets?” Marquis Barton knew very well that those relegated to cleaning the toilets in the building usually had someone bribing officers like Corgi, then sending their enemies there to suffer humiliation, and then they would be sent to the Forbidden Forest to die.

He knew some things, he knew what Corgi and his people were doing, but he didn’t have the energy or the ability to manage it. So things became more and more muddled.

Qing Chen replied: “I once saved Marquis Kennedy’s life, and this time the Marquis sent me to the battlefield to give me a small merit. But someone doesn’t want me to gain merit.” Marquis Barton chuckled: “The world is so dirty, where is the Virtual Realm fun? Life is so short, it’s much better to have fun in the Virtual Realm.” But Marquis Barton had an idea in his mind, someone who would risk his life to save his master, and who also has good work ability. Forget it, let’s observe for a while.

He waved to Qing Chen: “Go about your business.”

Qing Chen suddenly asked: “My lord Marquis, do you know White Light? I also watched his battle video outside the world 8 multiverse.”

Marquis Barton immediately became a little embarrassed: “I don’t know him yet. I sent him a private message, but he didn’t reply.” Of course, I can understand. Such a powerful person shouldn’t have time to bother with us.” “Didn’t he reply? Didn’t you mention your identity?” Qing Chen asked.

“I did, but he didn’t reply. He’s a god in the Virtual Realm, why would he interact with people like us?” Marquis Barton said. Qing Chen thought, how come you’ve started to self-deprecate? A Marquis is already a very high-ranking nobleman. Of course, this Marquis Barton doesn’t really seem like a real Marquis, at least Marquis Kennedy isn’t like this. He pondered for a moment and said: “What if I have a way to let you meet White Light?” “What way?” Marquis Barton was puzzled.

Actually, Qing Chen has a very efficient way. He could say: “Just mention my name to White Light, it will definitely work.”

Or he could tell Marquis Barton: “You don’t even need to log into the Virtual Realm, White Light is right in front of you, just give me a cross.” Then Marquis Barton would immediately kneel down, and he would reach the peak of his life in the West Continent in minutes.

But that’s too dangerous. The whole Roosevelt Kingdom is looking for him. What if Barton reports him? At this time, how could Qing Chen trust Barton?

After deliberation, he said: “Although I don’t know White Light, I was also in the world 8 multiverse when White Light launched the game mechanism, and I even gave him the airdrop I picked up, an assault rifle and a potion. This counts as a chance encounter, and I don’t know if it will help. My lord Marquis, send him a private message, saying that you’re a friend of Flash, maybe there’s a chance, but I’m not too sure.”

This statement was still somewhat risky. If Qing Chen hadn’t cleared his suspicion by using a substitute, he would have been more cautious. As for whether anyone had given White Light an airdrop, this wasn’t something he could decide.

Marquis Barton’s eyes lit up: “Really? You actually gave White Light a gun! Did you fight alongside him?”

“No,” Qing Chen shook his head: “I was killed, just deleted my account and started over. Uh, then I’ll try using your friend’s name,” the Marquis probed. “You try first, this is all I can do.” Qing Chen turned and left the office, and went to clean the bathroom on his own.

He went into a cubicle and put on his virtual glasses. After entering the guiding world, he happened to see a private message from Marquis Barton: “Hello White Light, I’m one of your fans and want to make friends with you. I’m sorry for rashly revealing my identity before, a title like Marquis might catch your attention. I’m a friend of Flash, he said he knows you.”

Qing Chen replied: “So you’re a friend of Flash! I was isolated and helpless in the world 8 multiverse, Flash helped me, his friend is my friend. Let’s add friends and go dungeon crawling together sometime.”

After replying, Qing Chen went offline.

He walked out of the cubicle and saw Corgi standing outside with a gloomy expression, with two soldiers behind him. Corgi said coldly: “You think you’re very clever.”

Qing Chen shook his head: “My superior, I don’t understand what you’re saying, I just found the document that you forgot where it was, I don’t think this is clever, nor do I think I’ve done anything wrong.”

“Still pretending here,” Corgi sneered: “I now suspect you’re a Rebellion spy, who infiltrated the Marquis’s office to steal documents, so I need to search you. Don’t try to resist, resistance will lead to tragic consequences. Beat him up for me! Break his ribs! I know you’re C-Class. But you’ve got to think about it, in this outpost, even an A-Class has to be honest. Otherwise, you’ll face military law!”

The Third Division is coming soon. At this time, if Qing Chen dares to fight back, he will be directly identified as a spy. If he doesn’t fight back, at this juncture, breaking a few ribs will inevitably lead to death in the Forbidden Forest. Corgi didn’t intend to let Qing Chen live.

At this moment, Qing Chen was like Lin Chong on his way to exile, the officers were bribed by someone and must take his life. But Qing Chen’s expression was calm, he was waiting.

The two soldiers behind Corgi slowly approached, and at this moment, someone suddenly shouted loudly from the corridor outside the bathroom: “The one who cleaned the bathroom, that’s right, Flash! Flash! Where are you?”

Corgi’s face changed. That’s Marquis Barton’s voice!

Marquis Barton rushed into the bathroom, not even minding the smell. He grabbed Qing Chen’s shoulder and said incoherently: “He added me as a friend! He still remembers you! He said your friend is his friend! I really didn’t expect him to add me, and he even said he’ll go dungeon crawling together sometime! Come, come, come, come to my office, let’s discuss what to do next. You should have told me you knew him!”

Actually, Qing Chen can understand Marquis Barton’s mood.

To be honest, when Qing Chen was young, if someone said they could help him add Jay Chou as a friend, he might be even more excited than Duke Barton. Qing Chen said: “My lord Marquis, I still need to clean the bathroom.”

Marquis Barton came to his senses at this time. He glanced at Corgi and the two soldiers behind him. The soldiers were still trying to keep their hands behind their backs, hiding the steel pipes in their hands. The Marquis naturally knew what they were doing. He coldly said to Corgi: “You three will clean the bathroom for the next week.”

Corgi said with a bitter face: “My lord Marquis, I still have to be responsible for the assignment of units.” “You don’t have to be responsible anymore,” Marquis Barton pulled Qing Chen’s arm and walked towards the office. This Marquis Barton is the emperor in the outpost. Although people often deceive him, no one dares to really defy him. So with his order, Corgi’s cushy job was gone.

When they arrived at Marquis Barton’s office, they saw this handsome Marquis tucking his hair behind his ears, his movements even resembling Leonardo DiCaprio putting on his suit in Titanic. “What should I do next?” Barton asked.

Qing Chen thought for a moment and said: “I think it’s better not to be too hasty. Isn’t FF managing things for him? My lord Marquis, you can start with a trade, let White Light take you to level up, and slowly get familiar with each other before talking about other things.”

“Right!” Marquis Barton had an idea: “It’s just money!” At this time, Marquis Barton looked at Qing Chen again: “By the way, are you good at management?”

“I can’t say I’m good at it, I’ve only been involved in auditing work before, and managing so many slaves also requires taking care of logistics,” Qing Chen didn’t fabricate his experience. This steward had indeed done auditing for Marquis Kennedy before.

Marquis Barton pondered for a moment: “Turn on the computer and look at the accounts of the outpost. See if you can sort them out.”

Qing Chen sat in front of the computer and looked at it for only a few minutes before looking up at Marquis Barton: “My lord Marquis, these accounts are wrong. Someone nominally took two units of ammunition, but in reality, three units of ammunition are missing from the inventory.”

Barton’s eyes lit up: “You could find the problem so quickly? I told you that I would ask my wife to help me manage the materials!”

Qing Chen said seriously: “Frankly speaking, when they deceived you, they didn’t deceive you well enough.” Marquis Barton said: “Investigate! You’re in charge of this, investigate to the end.” “This isn’t good,” Qing Chen said: “I have no authority in the outpost.”

Marquis Barton smiled: “I know what you want, it’s fine, as long as you can find out the truth, I’ll make you the second steward of the outpost—no, the chief steward! Don’t worry, I’m in charge in this outpost, I can kill anyone except nobles!”