Compared to the secretary's anxious expression, Xiao Zhengyan seemed stunned.
He pondered for two seconds. "Who?"
The secretary hurriedly explained, "The criminal Deputy Captain Lu of the City Direct Military brought in. His ability is suspected to involve controlling the Blood Pool, and he murdered the residents of an entire Livability Building."
Xiao Zhengyan felt he had read a report about the case, but there had been far too many people taking advantage of the chaos to cause trouble at the time. He hadn't paid it much attention.
"So what do you mean, he disappeared?"
"He vanished right before everyone's eyes. I've already pulled up the surveillance footage. Please take a look."
As he spoke, the secretary opened his tablet, brought up the surveillance footage, and showed it to Xiao Zhengyan.
Seeing Speaker Xiao and his secretary casually ignoring them, the few council members present were immediately displeased, though they didn't show it openly.
The council member with prominent cheekbones seized a gap in their conversation and cut in at once. "Speaker Xiao, the City Direct Military can investigate this matter. You shouldn't be wasting your time on such a trivial issue."
Xiao Zhengyan replied sternly, "This is no trivial issue. Nothing matters more than security."
Now everyone knew Speaker Xiao was deliberately playing dumb. He was simply trying to put off signing the document.
But since he had a perfectly legitimate reason at hand, the council members didn't know what to say.
It was worth noting that Xiao Zhengyan had initially intended to delay signing. But after watching the entire surveillance recording, he really did start worrying about the criminal's whereabouts.
The security room inside the City Council Building was tightly guarded. There was no doubt about that.
Yet the young man in the footage had vanished with startling