Oh My Agent! -2- [YiZhan FF]✔️

Chapter 14 / Yibo - Agent in training!

Chapter 14 / Yibo - Agent in training!

Still shocked because Zhan actually left him, Yibo drove to work on Monday morning and made a stop at Zhan's favorite cafe. He queued up to buy a cup of the delicious coffee for Zhan. It took a full twenty minutes before it was finally his turn. He ordered the coffee and bought for Zhan two sandwiches with egg and ham, and a muffin with chocolate. He hoped that Zhan would be happy and that he would not be so angry with him anymore. Even though he felt it was different this time.

Zhan had never been as cold and hard on him as that day. At first, Yibo thought he was just angry, but after Zhan didn't come home again and didn't respond to his phone calls or text messages, he realized that this time Zhan was serious. Of course, it wouldn't be enough for Zhan to get a cup of his favorite coffee and something to eat, but maybe Zhan at least saw this as good will on his part.

When Yibo arrived at headquarters, he was immediately sent to his superior. He had just enough time to put the coffee and breakfast for Zhan on his desk before he had to go to his boss' office. And he could already see by the look on his face that he would now hear something he didn't like. He sat down after the giant had asked him to sit down, knotted his fingers nervously and waited for the boss to yell at him. But he didn't do it, instead he talked calmly to Yibo. But what he said was worse for Yibo than being yelled at.

Boss: It looks like this. Zhan asked me to separate you as partners.

Yibo: What?

Boss: It's best you listen to me first, because I have a little more to say. And if you have ask for it. I will gladly answer them afterwards.

"It is so. Zhan takes full responsibility for your failure in your mission. He said he blames himself for it because he obviously wasn't a good teacher. He has already written to our top superiors and taken responsibility for it. And he has made a proposal that they and I think is good. If you really want to be an agent, learn from the ground up what it means to be an agent. That means you'll get real training. You'll start at the bottom and get to know every department. You'll be assigned an instructor. He's a little older, but you can and will learn from his experience. Your training starts in the control center. The basement, then. Your trainer, Special Agent Tao Long, will personally escort you there and won't leave your side." His boss explained it to him.

No sooner had the giant mentioned the special agent than he came into the office. He reminded him a bit of Jackie Chan in appearance. He reached out his hand to Yibo and introduced himself, "Special Agent Tao Long, your instructor and new best friend." He said grinning, and Yibo just thought he was in the wrong movie. This man is old and certainly had his best days as a special agent, but they were probably long gone by now. Yibo estimated him to be at least in his mid-fifties, his hair was almost completely gray and his skin reminded him of a shriveled orange.

Yibo would not have had time to ask questions if he had any. For no sooner had Tao Long imagined them than they were already in the elevator, on their way down to the basement. Yibo had never been there before and was very curious to see what a monitoring center looked like. Except for the old agency where Zhan had been before, and that center was quite small, he had never seen one. They arrived in the basement, and before they opened the door to the surveillance center, Agent Tao Long gave him a new badge. "Agent in training" Yibo was not amused.

They entered the room, and Yibo was stunned at how huge he was. Monitors everywhere he looked. Several agents sitting in front of computers, frantically running their fingers across keyboards. They were so busy, they didn't even notice Yibo. A woman, who introduced herself as Hong Feng, approached them. She heads this department and brought the two to their desks. "You will sit next to each other. I'll send someone to explain the program to Wang Yibo and once he understands it, he'll get a target." Explained she to his trainer. Yibo wondered why she didn't tell him herself, since he was standing right next to her.

She called Tao Long a name. He hammered it into the keyboard and a photo of a target appeared in front of him. So he probably knew how the program works, Yibo thought. Ten minutes later, a young guy came up to him who didn't even bother to imagine Yibo. Stubbornly and in monotone sound he explained to Yibo the surveillance program, how to get into the database, how the zoom works, when to start a shot and how, when a picture was enough and how to send and print it. He explained him the face recognition software, how and where he had to enter new data and much more. After three hours together with the young guy who was maybe not older than nineteen or twenty years and treated Yibo like an idiot and Tao Long who sat next to Yibo and made sure that Yibo listened and learned carefully, Yibo had been taught the basic program.

Hong Feng came back to Yibo after this time and gave him the name of a target person. Now he had been down here for five hours and had been staring at the monitor for two hours watching his target doing nothing. When it was finally time for a break, Yibo just wanted to get up and leave, but Special Agent Tao Long asked him a question. "Who will be watching your target during this time?" Yibo looked at the old one questioningly. Did someone have to watch him?

Tao Long: You have a mission, this is to keep an eye on your target. So if you want to take a break, you can't just leave. What if something happens in the meantime and nobody notices?

Yibo: Oh, I hadn't thought about that. And now? No break?

Tao Long: Everyone needs to take a break. Now you check which other agent is on him. You'll find the information in the file. Then send a message to the other agent that you're taking a break. Than you can take your break.

Yibo: Ah OK. Yes good. Thanks.

Tao Long: This is your first day and I know you have a lot to learn, if you don't know something, ask me. Even though I am old, I am not senile yet. You can no longer rely on the help of Special Agent Xiao Zhan. So you need to start using your own head. To learn and listen.

The night Yibo came home from work, his head was buzzing, his eyes were burning and he was tired. Incredibly tired. And just now he realized he would have liked to talk to Zhan about his day. Told him everything and then, after the two of them showered together, went to bed with him and finally they fell asleep cuddled together. But Zhan wasn't there and Yibo didn't know if he would ever be there again.