In the silent office, a crisp ringing sound arose.
Then, a gentle female voice echoed through the air. "Mr. Yegor, a communication request from the Depth Management Department. Would you like to accept it?"
"Reject it."
Yegor looked at the report on his desk and answered without raising his head.
The communication was cut off.
But soon, the ringing started again, prompting Yegor to put down his pen in displeasure.
"The Depth Management Department insists on its request for access, Mr. Yegor. Would you like to reject it?" the intelligence asked.
"..."
The old man rubbed the bridge of his nose, let out an irritated breath, and waved a hand, signaling for it to connect.
Thus, a projection from the department appeared across Yegor's desk. The somewhat gaunt old man stood straight, his sunken eyes shaded with gloomy gray as he stared directly at Yegor, without even a perfunctory smile.
"Minister Immanuel, what brings you here?" Yegor asked. "I assume you are not here to invite me to lunch and discuss the weather."
"Why did you approve Huai Shi's request?" Immanuel asked expressionlessly.
"Why wouldn't I?"
Yegor knowingly asked, "As the Legion Commander of the Original Sin Legion, is it not perfectly reasonable for him to requisition serious criminals from Trench Prison?
If you ask me, you should have understood this kind of situation back when we passed the resolution to reorganize Original Sin. I recall that you were the one who first proposed it, weren't you?
Why are you opposing it now?"
"Are those even the same thing?"
Immanuel frowned. "In reorganizing the Original Sin Legion, the Unified Bureau could make concessions to the Heavenly Kingdom Lineage to demonstrate our attitude. But now, we likewise need to demonstrate our attitude!
We can make concessions to the Heavenly Kingdom Lineage