Nowadays, a current case involving twenty deaths might not amount to much. Any Local Tyrant who kicked off a small-scale conflict could rack up seven or eight such incidents under indiscriminate bombardment. But slap the label "high-energy incident" on it, and it became something of a matter.
By the time Tang Li arrived at his office for work on Monday, Lang Jin had already sent the relevant report to his Virtual Work Area desktop. Of course, it was still only a trivial matter, submitted along with a whole series of other documents.
At this point, Deputy Director Peng Yang, young and handsome, was also in the office. Tang Li had called him over to ask about the enhancement registration and training matters under his supervision. Tang Li gave the documents a rough look, signed off wherever necessary, then casually asked:
"Do we know about the joint operation the Internal Affairs Bureau, Intelligence Management Center, and Giantwood Consortium are carrying out?"
The question came out of nowhere. Deputy Director Peng Yang paused in confusion, but Lang Jin quickly understood. Tang Li had to be referring to the crackdown on illegal modifications that had been ongoing since the weekend and was still underway. It was not yet time for mass arrests, but the operation had made quite a splash, and rumors were flying everywhere. Though the main target was the outskirts, the city itself was on edge as well.
Lang Jin answered, "There has been no formal exchange of documents."
Tang Li gave a cold laugh. "But our people went and helped them."
That was nonsense, of course, but Lang Jin did not even blink as he nodded along. "Yes. Mobile Unit One went to the West Suburbs to inspect the site of a high-energy incident. We suspect someone was conducting a