I'm a villain in the superhero world.

The so-called Grand Commander actually refers to Lü Buyi, who is the decision-maker.

— Apart from Lü Buyi's retainers and the high-ranking officials who govern the Far East region, the lower and middle-ranking personnel did not know his name or identity.

Furthermore, because he had almost exclusively frequented battlefields at the fifth level or above since joining the ruling council, lower- and middle-level personnel knew very little about his deeds and achievements due to his limited authority.

Furthermore, after becoming a decision-maker, he never revealed himself under any "code name".

Therefore, people continued to refer to the previous generation of decision-makers as "Grand Commander."

and so……

As Lü Buyi sat in his chair, after listening to Wu Fenghua's complaints and accusations on the other side of the screen, his eyebrows twitched slightly.

He knew that Wu Fenghua was just exaggerating her grievances as much as possible.

After all, let alone the fact that she was merely a mid-level researcher whose strength barely reached the first energy level and whose research had yielded almost no results—

Even normally, the major special mobile task forces of the Far East Region and those fourth-level executives wouldn't dare say they would definitely be summoned by Lü Buyi.

"You really want to see the President?"

Lu Buyi took a sip of the tea that Gu Yu had just brought over to refresh himself, and asked with interest.

He didn't reveal his identity immediately—that would be too abrupt and too boring.

Even so, Lü Buyi still noticed that Wu Fenghua visibly shrank her neck.

Unexpectedly, the person in the decision-maker's office across from her took it seriously. Wu Fenghua scratched her face with her index finger.

This oblivious girl realized she had said the wrong thing, so she just gave an embarrassed smile and timidly began to speak:

"Um, please don't take it seriously, I was just joking..."

In reality, Wu Fenghua's claim of wanting to see the President was just empty talk.

After all, although being laid off and demoted was a devastating blow to her life, how could the decision-makers possibly have time to pay attention to her appeals?

The time of one person cannot be compared to that of another.

Compared to her unfulfilled life, perhaps a single second as president is more precious.

After all, no matter how many of them there are, they cannot control crises and containment breakthroughs above the fifth level, while the Grand Commander can do so with ease.

The reason Wu Fenghua said that was simply because, of all the appeals she had submitted to various departments in recent days, only the decision-maker's office had given her a formal response.

So, to make the most of this hard-won opportunity to appeal, she naturally had to act a little exaggerated.

"Well then, let's get back to the main topic—"

Lu Buyi's words interrupted Wu Fenghua's wandering thoughts. He casually placed a file in front of him and began to speak according to the procedures he remembered Li Mei used to follow:

"The policymaker's office has received your appeal report, and I will be meeting with you to discuss your claims, reasons, and background. After that, the office will discuss the appeal and make a decision."

"I am Lü Buyi, the officer in charge of handling this incident. I will now proceed with the questioning process—"

"Any objections?"

Although Wu Fenghua is a researcher who doesn't care about worldly affairs, he has been in the governing body for ten years and is quite familiar with the procedures within the body.

"No objection," she replied calmly.

At this moment, she finally had the opportunity to carefully observe Lü Buyi and his surroundings.

—Is the budget of the decision-maker's office really that sufficient?

Do normal processing personnel all have a single office of this size?

Sigh... You've won, power.

Even through remote light screen communication, Lü Buyi could read minds, but he ignored the chaotic thoughts in Wu Fenghua's mind and simply nodded to begin asking questions.

"First, let me summarize your demands. Please note that you cannot make more than five demands at a time."

"I want to file a complaint against Xu Weiqing's results-oriented approach and hope that the layoff application against me will be withdrawn."

"reason?"

"I believe that quick results are not necessarily as good as gradual accumulation and eventual breakthrough, and I have new inspiration for my topic. My research requires a small amount of 'Candle Dragon Blood' as material—therefore, I do not want to leave or be demoted."

"I will not comment on the former for now, but will give you an answer after internal discussion. As for the latter, I need proof and evidence. Tell me about your inspiration."

"Hmm... I haven't named my envisioned derivative product based on the 'blood of the Candle Dragon' yet, but the general direction has been determined and proven feasible."

"Be more specific."

"Normally, the development and research of the 'Candle Dragon' relics are focused on the timeline and illumination, but I believe that the 'Blood of the Candle Dragon' has another direction for development..."

I listened to Wu Fenghua's explanation for twenty minutes, from the development direction to the principles and how to implement the design.

Ultimately, Lü Buyi could confirm it completely—

Without any mishaps, Wu Fenghua's inspiration and research topic was "Endless River of Blood"!

"Indeed, everyone has their own expertise, and each person should do what they are supposed to do..."

Lu Buyi rubbed his index finger against the file, thinking to himself with a sense of helplessness.

He had considered having other researchers under his command try to develop "Endless Blood River".

Ultimately, Wu Fenghua was at best a mid-tier talent among those under his command.

Theoretically, if she can make something, others might be able to do it too.

But for some reason, probably due to the major changes in the plot, Lü Buyi's several attempts were unsuccessful.

And now—for the first time, he finally saw the possibility of realizing the "Endless River of Blood".

However, these thoughts did not stop Lü Buyi from continuing to push forward the process; he began to check Wu Fenghua's resume.

After glancing at the meager achievements on her resume, Lü Buyi could only conclude that there was a reason why she was laid off.

One person occupies a large portion of the budget, and over the past ten years, the results can be described as meager, or even nonexistent.

Their governing body still values ​​talent too much.

If this were a company in a normal society, an employee like Wu Fenghua, who cannot create value but only consumes resources, would definitely not survive the internship period.

After everything was confirmed, the first step of the process reached its final stage.

"Your claims, reasons, arguments, and resume data have all been recorded and verified. Do you have anything to add?"

"I have a question that might involve inside information that I'd like to ask—there's a rumor that Xu Weiqing's mortal granddaughter was sent by him to work as a housekeeper for some important figure. May I ask if this is true or not?"

"Inquire about the reasons."

"If that's true, then I think we don't need to waste time on the first request. We can just withdraw it to avoid affecting the efficiency of the decision-makers' office."

The internal structure and style of the governing body were as efficient as their reporting process.

Therefore, Wu Fenghua does not intend to waste the decision-makers' office time with potentially meaningless requests.

—After all, that might affect her second request.

So after explaining, she coughed a few times and then waited quietly for Lü Buyi's response.

Ordinary granddaughter... butler...

He recalled the scene when the old man Xu Weiqing finally came to find him after Kong Qing begged him.

Lu Buyi glanced out the window at Kong Qing, who was still busy arranging various affairs in the manor, and couldn't help but shake his head and chuckle:

"This is true. Are you sure you want to withdraw it?"

"Cancel it." Wu Fenghua's voice was unwavering.