Hearing: "Independence"

Nase Fumino paused, her gaze landing on the other man's face with almost tangible weight. "Considering this is your first violation of this rule, and that you may have become emotional due to the importance of the matter at hand, it will not be recorded or pursued this time. But you must follow the proper procedures going forward."

Her tone grew slightly firmer, delivering an unmistakable warning. "If there is a next time, then as the chair, I have the authority under the regulations to ask you to temporarily leave the meeting, and to pursue the corresponding responsibility as circumstances warrant."

The young representative's face instantly flushed red. His mouth opened as though he wanted to argue further, but beneath Nase Fumino's unruffled yet intensely oppressive stare, he ultimately did not dare make another sound.

With a disgruntled expression and obvious reluctance, he sat back down and lowered his head to avoid the gazes turning toward him from all around.

Only then did Nase Fumino shift her attention back to Anjing Zhen, as if that brief interruption had merely been a minor error in the proceedings that needed clearing. "Trainer Yasui, please continue with your response to the questioning."

The suggestion from across the room—"replace the trainer"—once again stabbed into Kitasan Black's heart like a poisoned thorn.

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The flames of anger surged up again with a whoosh, hotter than before, nearly burning through her reason.

Her hands on her knees abruptly clenched, her knuckles turning white, while her body trembled slightly from the force of her restraint.

Replace A-Zhen? What kind of joke was that?!

Yet just before that anger could burst from her throat, she caught sight of Anjing Zhen's steady profile from the corner