In a spherical chamber, the walls displayed the depths of a starry sky.
The governor sat before a black hole ringed by a beautiful accretion disk.
Of course, the scene only made it look as though they were standing before a real black hole. It was merely "wallpaper" created by a new projection system.
They were actually in a room inside Dragon Qin Lake.
A Xu and Nai Di flanked the governor, while Huang Ji and the others sat opposite him.
"Thank you, Governor," Huang Ji said with a slight nod.
"Nothing to thank me for. I was just doing my job," the governor said casually. "You were dropping hints for me, kid, and you didn't seem surprised I showed up."
"Since you chose to intervene personally, Governor, you had to be fair and impartial," Huang Ji said warmly. "Otherwise, there would have been no need for you to come."
The governor laughed. "Hah. You handed me a way to make Ou Bo confess. If I'd sat there like an ornament the whole time, you'd have looked down on me, wouldn't you?"
"I wouldn't dare," Huang Ji said with a smile, waving a hand.
The governor had come in person intending to help Huang Ji.
But he had only planned to suspend Ou Bo and discipline him afterward. Getting Ou Bo sent to prison would have been difficult.
With both sides telling different stories, forcing a judgment would break the rules. The Shacha Royal Family would object, and a major political fight would follow.
Huang Ji, however, had cleverly handed him an approach.
When A Xu asked where Huang Ji stood, he named Nai Di as his witness.
Everyone knew Nai Di was Ou Bo's servant. The move told them Huang Ji had given up on seeking justice.
Even A