75: Martin Martin Martin

"Beep... Lieutenant Colonel Martin is requesting a call."

"Accept call."

The moment his voice fell, Martin's projection instantly appeared clearly before Li Yang.

"Ah, my younger brother Li Yang, I heard your mission was successfully completed this time?"

The moment Martin appeared, his face was full of smiles, and he enthusiastically patted Li Yang's shoulder.

"Not bad, you're already a fifth-rank lieutenant. At this promotion speed, I'll probably have to respectfully call you 'sir' soon!"

The sharp-eyed Martin immediately spotted the epaulets on Li Yang's shoulder and couldn't help but exclaim.

After all, when he was being promoted as a Lieutenant, it took him at least half a year to advance one rank, unlike Li Yang, who went from a first-class lieutenant all the way to a fifth-rank lieutenant in less than half a year.

"Luck, it's purely good luck. So, do you have something urgent you need to see me about this time?"

Facing Martin's flattery, Li Yang remained humble.

After all, he hadn't actually done much substantive work; this mission was basically completed by Andegu and his group.

"Nothing really, I just heard your mission was completed, so I came to see you. If there's anything you need my help with, you must tell me."

"Oh, I thought you came to celebrate my appointment?"

After all that, he just came to visit him. He thought Martin already knew about the appointment...

"Appointment? What appointment? Have you been transferred somewhere? That shouldn't be right! There haven't been any particularly major military transfers recently?"

Seeing this, Martin's face was full of confusion, and he asked a series of questions.

After all, in his opinion, what could a Lieutenant possibly be worth transferring?

"Oh, it's this appointment... Here, a message from the Imperial Supreme Political Council."

Seeing Martin's puzzled expression, Li Yang immediately projected his appointment letter so Martin could examine it closely.

"Imperial Supreme Political Council..."

Hearing these words, Martin's eyes instantly widened, and he eagerly looked at the appointment letter Li Yang had projected.

"Special... Inspector? E7-rank... Directly issued by the Imperial Supreme Political Council..."

Key phrases kept impacting Martin's mind, making his heart race, and even the mechanical motor inside him began to show slight malfunctions.

"Hey? Brother Martin? Are you alright?"

Seeing Martin standing still, dazed, Li Yang asked with concern.

"Don't call me brother, you're my brother! From now on, you're my elder brother!"

Martin, having snapped back to reality, quickly gripped one of Li Yang's hands tightly with both of his, shaking it frantically.

"Alright, alright, my arm is about to be shaken off..."

Li Yang, whose arm was being vigorously shaken by Martin, quickly pulled his arm back with force, saying with lingering fear.

If Martin continued to shake him so wildly, a dislocated arm was certainly unavoidable.

"Speaking of which, why are you acting so surprised? Although it's an Inspector, it's only E7-rank. If you chose to transfer to a civilian role, your rank would be much higher than mine."

Li Yang gently rubbed his arm, which had almost been shaken off, and asked Martin with confusion.

"The rank isn't the point, the position of Inspector isn't the point, and even the fact that the Imperial Supreme Political Council directly issued the appointment isn't the point. The point is that you now hold a military-political integration position!"

"military-political integration? Is it rare? I remember aren't all A-rank administrative officials military-political integration?"

Li Yang naturally assumed that since all A-rank officials were military-political integration, there would certainly be some military-political integration political personnel at ranks below A.

Seeing Li Yang's thoughts, Martin quickly explained the specific situation to him in detail.

After hearing Martin's explanation, Li Yang finally understood the immense value of this military-political integration appointment.

So, after all this, he was the only one below A-rank to have a military-political integration appointment? No wonder the Galactic Administrative Center Department was so eager to curry favor with him. He had previously thought it was simply because of the Inspector position...

"Now you understand, right? Although the Empire's laws don't explicitly state that only A-rank officials can have military-political integration, as far as I know, you are the only one below A-rank with a military-political integration appointment."

Seeing this, Martin suddenly seemed to remember something and quickly sent a message via his smart-brain.

A short while later, Li Yang's smart-brain prompted.

"Beep... You have received an invitation. Please check it promptly..."

"Invitation? What is this?"

Li Yang was full of questions and immediately opened the invitation to view it.

"Dear Comrade Li Yang:

We sincerely invite you to attend the Xili Empire Friendship Mutual Aid Association.

Meeting Time: xxx

Meeting Location: AN01 Galaxy"

Friendship Mutual Aid Association? What exactly is this? Why was it sent to me?

"How is it? Did you receive it?"

While Li Yang was still full of questions, Martin eagerly asked from the side.

"That invitation?"

"Exactly. That Mutual Aid Society is a gathering organized spontaneously by a group of us. Don't underestimate it; there are quite a few high-ranking people in it. To join this gathering, one must be recommended and there's also a threshold: at least D-rank or colonel rank. Originally, I planned to invite you to join after you were promoted to colonel rank, but who knew you were even more impressive than I imagined, directly applying for special treatment and inviting you in early."

After hearing Martin's words, Li Yang felt quite expectant.

After all, with a threshold of at least D-rank and colonel rank, there should certainly be C-rank and general-rank figures inside, and perhaps even B-rank and marshal-rank figures might not be entirely impossible.