Igniting the Powder Keg

Little Tang sneered. "This is our Director Gong. Explain yourself to him in person! I'd advise you to watch your step. Director Gong is Mr. Qingming's right-hand man. Even your Hang Changgeng has to be careful around our director. By the way, where is Hang Changgeng? Something this serious has happened. Why didn't he come himself?"

Zhang Dinggao smiled bitterly. "Director Gong, hello. The thing is, over at Mr. Qingming's..."

He had no choice but to tell the truth: Hang Changgeng had already left Star City University to hunt down the intruder.

"Never mind. It's a troubled time, and there's no point blaming anyone now. Little Zhang, have you considered that this might be the work of an outside intruder? So much time has passed that the intruder may already have escaped Star City University. Is there any point in keeping the university locked down?"

By his reckoning, half an hour had already passed. If the intruder had wanted to escape, it wasn't impossible that he had already gotten out of Star City University.

"Director, the defenses around Star City University haven't reported anything, and we haven't heard that anyone escaped. That perimeter is practically impregnable. In theory..."

"Heh. In times like these, can you really call anything impregnable? If someone wants to leave, they have plenty of ways. If their awakened talent is unusual enough, they could slip away right under your noses without the people on the perimeter even noticing."

Zhang Dinggao didn't dare argue with Director Gong. He could only nod repeatedly in agreement.

"Director, please give us your instructions. We'll follow your lead on what to do next." Zhang Dinggao had one virtue: he knew how to obey authority.

He supported Hang Changgeng without reservation. Naturally, he was even more obedient to a big shot like