"Thorne?! What happened?! What did you do to Thorne?!" When Caitlyn walked into the hall with the unconscious Thorne, the Temporary Ambassador's expression changed at the sight of him passed out. He immediately turned on the chief with a hostile look and began questioning him.
Although Thorne's accident had been what gave the Temporary Ambassador the chance to climb another step in rank, there had never been any conflict between him and Thorne before. In fact, when Thorne had been his superior, he had been a fairly decent person. So when the Temporary Ambassador saw something had happened to Thorne, he instantly flew into a rage, his gaze toward the chief and the officers filled with deep suspicion.
"What's going on?" The chief was also somewhat bewildered. He remembered that the officers had not done anything to Thorne earlier. How had something happened now, just as he was about to leave? Wasn't this handing people ammunition against them?
"Chief, this really wasn't our fault. There are surveillance recordings in the station. If I hadn't knocked him out, he'd already be dead by now..." Although the officer did not understand what exactly had happened to Thorne, they still had to prove the station's innocence, lest someone later try to dump the blame on them.
"What do you mean? What happened?" Hearing the officer's words, the chief grew even more confused. He looked around but found no one capable of threatening Thorne, nor anyone unrelated to this incident. What kind of situation had forced his subordinate to knock Thorne unconscious?
"Chief, this matter truly has nothing to do with this officer..." Just as the chief was about to dig deeper, Caitlyn spoke up to explain. She truly did not want the chief to watch the surveillance footage, especially in front of so