Steam Capital, Upper City, Gear Tower
Steam Branch of the Star Envoy Association
"Captain Shui Mo, why did you bring her back?"
Yu Chen, Deputy Captain of the Fifth Squad, looked at Vivian, whose hand Tiandao held.
His ever-narrowed eyes had actually widened in rare surprise, his pupils filled with shock.
Tiandao glanced at him and said evenly, "What, I can't bring her back?"
Yu Chen instinctively swept his gaze around. Quite a few people in the Association were furtively glancing over, whispering among themselves as though discussing something.
Seeing this, Yu Chen immediately lowered his voice. "Captain, you haven't been in Steam Capital for long, so you may not understand the situation here."
"The relationship between our Branch and the Gear Church is very delicate. Bringing her back at a time like this... puts the Association in a difficult position."
Before Tiandao could respond, the comments on the Dimensional Screen had already exploded:
'Difficult? Then don't do it, hey!'
'No way, Vice Captain Yu, how can you be this spineless? Does that live up to the squinty-eyes character setting? Weren't squinty-eyed people supposed to all be monsters?!'
'No matter how awesome the Gear Church is, can it compare to our Boss Shui Mo?'
Amid the audience's jeers, Tiandao's entire aura abruptly changed.
The image of a gentle "nice guy," mild as an ink-wash painting, vanished completely.
In its place was an icy severity.
"Deputy Captain Yu Chen, are you teaching me how to do my job?"
The moment those words fell, the air between Tiandao and Yu Chen instantly froze, and the atmosphere turned strange.
After all, Shui Mo's popularity within the Association was famously good.
He never fought for credit, never seized power, and had even voluntarily taken on the mess that was the Bolt Hub Station Chief—a