The deep voice seemed to fill the hall, occupying every inch of silence. The echoes of anger collided in the air, shaking every eardrum.
At that moment, Huai Shi stood before his interrogators, lowering his gaze to look down at their faces.
Those resonant words still buzzed in their ears, leaving everyone dazed for a moment...
Making them wonder what exactly had happened.
Whose interrogation was this supposed to be?
The Unified Bureau interrogating Huai Shi?
Or Utopia confronting the Decision Room?
And what the hell were they doing?
Those indistinct figures restrained themselves. In the silence, they seemed to exchange opinions with one another, though their expressions were hard to make out. Some were already beside themselves with rage.
Others even seemed to be lowering their heads to wipe away tears.
This familiar feeling, this familiar atmosphere... and this petty feeling of being lectured from a moral high ground...
It had returned.
It had all returned.
But regardless, only now did everyone realize that Huai Shi had never intended to cooperate with their interrogation. More than that, he had never held any reverence for the Unified Bureau, nor did he care in the slightest about whatever punishment or decision it might impose on him next.
If they wanted to interrogate him, he would come here.
But once he sat in that chair, who exactly was going to be interrogated became another matter entirely.
Even beneath the spotlights, under the scrutiny of countless magnifying lenses and lie-detection instruments, he had not concealed anything.
He had no need to conceal anything.
Or rather...
Before this, he had always been concealing himself.
It was just that today, he no longer needed to waste his energy playing along with this bunch of people.
He could not even be bothered to keep up any