"Ah?" Major Tao froze where he stood.
Tang Li immediately followed up, "Don't tell me you think tonight's events had nothing to do with him? Or rather, you know perfectly well he was behind this stunt and wants you dead, yet you still don't have the guts to confront him and flip the table... Well, it's normal that you don't have the courage to do that, but I do. And I also need to escalate things further."
Major Tao looked on the verge of falling apart, both outwardly and inwardly. "Things are already extremely, extremely intense here!"
"Are they? The Great District Center hasn't said anything yet! Director Lang Jin, didn't you contact their duty office?"
Caught off guard by the question, Lang Jin paused before answering honestly, "The phone was damaged earlier. Maybe they can't get in touch with us either. I'll have Pei Lie contact them again..."
Tang Li waved a hand, cutting him off. "The hotel has been blown up, and if they still can't find anyone, it only means they don't care that much. So we need to keep increasing the pressure. When you don't have connections, getting things done is just this hard."
After grumbling for a few moments, Tang Li turned his gaze back to Major Tao.
"Make the call."
There was no doubt it was an order.
Major Tao wanted to refuse. Instinctively, he turned to look around. At least half the people here were law enforcement officers from East 824 District, and there were also some of his subordinates. If he shouted, perhaps...
However, Tang Li's hand tightened slightly on his shoulder, and Major Tao felt suffocated.
Yes, not pain, but the suffocating sensation of being completely dominated by the lunatic before him.
Then Major Tao obediently found the number in his