Reborn: Imperial Officer Promotion Guide

That night, there was a commotion around the city.

Unable to grasp Baddad's disappearance, his men began a city-wide search.

Badda had two exclusive secretaries and three private secretaries.

Even these close associates spent a whole day trying to track down his whereabouts but were unable to do so.

It is a completely abnormal situation.

In particular, Chief Private Secretary Mor Bandes was extremely anxious at the moment.

As a senior political assistant, Badda had exclusive secretaries with the rank of lieutenant. Even if Badda disappeared, they would only be assigned to other departments.

But the private secretary is different. Mor Bandes is employed by Badda. If Badda cannot be found, it means that he will lose his current position.

Many private secretaries are the second or third sons of nobles. For these people who have no right of inheritance and fail to pass the general examination, the first choice is to become a family steward or a private secretary to other generals.

Both safe and decent.

More Bandes was no exception. His father spent a lot of effort to give him the opportunity to become Badda's personal secretary.

In order to assist Badda, More Bandes has devoted himself to the cause and finally made it to where he is today, becoming the chief of the private secretaries.

Many civil servants who were former generals had to bow and scrape to him.

As long as Badda continues to get promoted, More Bandes' status and treatment will also rise.

It can be said that this is a relationship in which all prosper together and all suffer together.

If he were to change his master and work under other civil servants, let alone become a confidant, he might not even be qualified to run errands at the most basic level.

If we were to say who in the entire East Territory least wants anything to happen to Badda, it would be Mor Bandes.

More Bandes sat in Badda's office, anxiously waiting for news from the front.

At this time, a secretary came running over panting.

"How is it, have you found Mr. Badda?"

"No, we found that one of Mr. Badda's residences was damaged. It might have been a burglary."

"Burglary..."

More Bandes felt his mind go blank.

If we analyze it along this line of thought, the possibility that Badda is still alive is very low.

Even if you're alive, the chances of being taken hostage are very high.

Neither result was what he wanted to see.

"Who did Mr. Badda meet yesterday? Show me the list of people!"

"Yes Yes."

For any official meeting, the secretary will keep a record, and even the content of the conversation will be written down.

More Benders flipped through the list roughly.

There were basically no suspicious people, they were all old acquaintances that Badda often met with...

Moore Bandes suddenly thought of something and closed the list of people.

"I heard that this afternoon there was a mid-level government official... called that..." Mor Bandes tapped his forehead with his fingers and finally remembered the name: "A man named Helheim... It seemed that it was his first day in office yesterday. Is there any record of his meeting with Mr. Badda?"

"Ah... Sim was the one taking notes at that time. Hey, Sim! Bring me yesterday's notes!"

"Oh, yes, that's it... Huh?" The secretary named Sim scratched his head.

"What's wrong?" More Bandes looked over.

Sim opened the notepad and his eyes widened.

"Well... no relevant records were found."

"No? You mean there was no record of the meeting?"

"No, no, no. There is a record of Helheim's meeting with Mr. Badda, but there is no specific record of the content of the conversation..."

This is undoubtedly a dereliction of duty.

"What were you doing at the time! Why didn't you leave a record of the conversation?!" More Bandes slammed the table.

The secretary lowered his head in fear: "I'm very sorry... It's my fault..."

"Forget it. Since you were with Badda yesterday, you must remember what they talked about yesterday."

"Um... I'm so sorry, but... I don't remember..."

"Huh? You forgot about yesterday? Are you an idiot!?"

More Bandes couldn't help but roar.

Badda often holds parties secretly. His biggest flaw is that he loves sex too much.

This is not something unusual.

As a secretary, it is indeed not convenient to record such things in a notebook to avoid leaving any handle.

But not recording it doesn't mean that you can completely ignore it. The secretary needs to remember who Badda went to which store with, what time he went there and what time he returned safely.

Sharing this itinerary information with other secretaries was a rule set by More Bandes.

After all, the East Territory is far away from the heart of the empire, and one might be afraid that Badda would encounter some emergency information and would have no way to find it.

This is also a protection strategy formulated in advance.

"Well... I remember everything else, but the conversation between Baddad and Helheim is something I can't remember no matter what."

"..."

Although Sim, the secretary, often fails to get the point, he is not a stupid person. He has strong obedience and an excellent memory. He can remember all the big and small events that happened within a month.

Otherwise, as the chief private secretary, More Bandes would have found a way to get rid of him long ago.

Why is it that I can't remember the content of the conversation during that period?

"Something must have happened...it's really unnatural."

This lost memory must hold the answer.

Such an unnatural thing happened on the first day that the government official named Hel Heim took office.

Before that, no such strange incidents had ever occurred.

Although Badda had a bad reputation, he was not a mentally ill person. It was hard to imagine how he could suddenly disappear from the face of the earth.

"Is it possible that Sim was drugged? And his mind is not clear?" the secretary next to him reminded.

"Impossible. After Helheim, another interviewer's conversation record was very detailed, proving that Sim was still conscious at that time."

More Benders tapped the tabletop rhythmically with his fingers.

"...The most suspicious person at the moment is Helheim." Mor Bandes made a calm judgment.

"Brudo, call Helheim over here right now. I want to interrogate him personally!"

"I understand."

Moore Bandes gave the instructions, looked at the secretary's back as he ran out, and analyzed the existing clues.

Hel Heim came to see Badda yesterday. As a government official on his first day in office, he was very likely to invite Badda to a dinner party - this was an established rule in the Land of East.

The next day, news came out that Badda was missing.

"Coincidentally" no record was left of yesterday's conversation, and "coincidentally" Sim could not remember what they talked about.

And, most importantly, this afternoon Hel Heim came to the office to inquire about the review progress of the policy documents and Badda's situation.

If Helheim was behind this, wouldn't that be too bold?

No, it should be said that it was too calm.

I heard that Helheim was promoted twice and came here because of his great achievements on the battlefield in the north.

If he was an assassination magician with extraordinary strength, it would not be impossible for him to erase Sim's memory and delete the conversation during their meeting.

The more he thought about it, the stranger it seemed to More Bandes.

All clues now point to that man...

You can’t go wrong!

This must have been planned by Helheim!

More Bandes gritted his teeth. He would never allow anything to happen to Badda, and he would never allow his ladder of ascent to be destroyed.

More Bandes suddenly became emotional and slammed his fist on the table.

"I must peel off that man's mask!"