The Upper District could also be called the Tower Top.
If the Mid-level Zone housed the core buildings of the Black Tower's various departments,
then the Upper District concentrated the Black Tower's highest authorities... Anything involving high-level authorization required permission from the Tower Top before it could be carried out.
Under normal circumstances, relevant personnel were forbidden from going to the Tower Top.
Moreover, unlike the dedicated elevator connecting the lower and middle levels,
there was no route whatsoever leading to the Upper District within the Black Tower. Most people did not even know how to get there.
Other than members of the Highest Will and a very small number of exceptions—The Predestined like the mayor, or candidates like Han Dong—virtually no one could reach the Tower Top.
Along with all sorts of confidentiality requirements,
roughly 99% of the individuals in the Black Tower had no idea what the Tower Top looked like.
Among all the Black Tower information Han Dong had encountered so far, aside from the Highest Will, not a single building or organization had any connection to the Upper District.
He was also extremely curious about what lay above.
The moment he received the message, he hurried to the "front entrance" of the Shore Hotel.
Mr. M, dressed in a neat white suit, was already standing at the door and staring at his watch. "Nicholas, why are you so slow? Before the meeting begins, we still need to conduct a series of inspections to ensure you can move about on the Tower Top."
"I was held up at the club for a bit."
"Did Francis come looking for you?"
"Not exactly. A few of my aberrant demon friends needed to be settled in first. They probably can't go to the Upper District, right?"
"Of course they can't...