Deep Sea District, Star Envoy Association · Deep Blue Branch, Tidal Echoes Room.
"No! An entire Special Operations Squad is absolutely out of the question!"
When the Deep Blue Branch President, "Great White Shark · Dotre," heard that the headquarters envoy wanted to transfer an entire Special Operations Squad from him in one go—
He ultimately failed to suppress the fury in his heart and slammed his palm heavily onto the coral conference table before him.
The force of the blow was so great that the illumination pearls hanging overhead began to sway without cease.
Under the wavering light, everyone else in the conference room watched Branch President Dotre confront Headquarters Envoy Byron head-on.
None of them even dared to breathe, terrified that one careless move would drag them into this undeserved calamity.
Fortunately, although Dotre was angry, he was merely venting. He was not truly prepared to go against headquarters.
For aside from anything else, Byron's strength alone was enough for him to take on their entire Deep Blue Branch by himself.
Thus, after calming himself down, Great White Shark Dotre sat back down.
He raised his head and looked toward the headquarters envoy in the metal mask some distance away—"Unbreakable Body · Byron."
With a solemn expression, he said, "Byron, I can give you half a squad at most, and the person leading them will only be Deputy Captain-level."
"After all, there is only one Low-Risk Exploration Zone around our Deep Blue Metropolis. This means that the Association Star Envoys here are far inferior to those in other New Federation cities, both in quantity and quality."
"Not to mention that our precious manpower is needed to guard the equally precious Deep Blue Mineral Vein."
"Once someone with ulterior motives learns that the Deep Blue Branch is short an