"Team Leader, the sampling in Zone 2 has been completed... Team Leader?"
It was rare for his subordinates to see their veteran team leader zoning out at a scene. They called out twice more before he finally responded.
Sen Lang hid the stir in his heart behind his wrinkled face and said calmly, "If the sampling is done, wrap up and wait outside for the others."
His subordinate left as instructed.
At this point, the laboratory's on-site supervisor invited him again. "Team Leader Sen Lang, you've worked hard on the case. Why wait outside? Come sit in the office..."
There was no expression on Sen Lang's deeply wrinkled face as he politely declined once more. "There are more scenes to visit afterward. I shouldn't delay you."
After failing to persuade him several times, the laboratory's on-site supervisor could only abandon the idea and seize the chance to continue explaining himself.
"There really was a problem with this batch of materials procurement. But it was only this batch. We'll definitely come up with a resolution that satisfies all parties... If we didn't have a clear conscience, we wouldn't have called the police immediately."
"Thank you to your laboratory, and to Mr. Gideon, for cooperating with the police."
Sen Lang gave a bland but fairly mild response. Yet his words stood in stark contrast to the icy feeling in his heart.
His visit to the scene today was still closely tied to the case involving that drifting space station in the Tao Crystal Star System. Within the police force, the case was currently codenamed "Giant Skull."
Tracking down which areas of the Boundary Curtain, which specific laboratories, and which collectors had received corpse materials related to the Giant Skull Case had been the focus of their work lately.
Since the supply channels