Klaus looked at Calvin.
He said nothing.
He merely lifted his teacup lightly.
After the meeting.
People gradually dispersed.
Agnes left first with the two Monks. As she passed Lu Yuan, she glanced in his direction.
Lu Yuan understood her meaning: come find me if anything comes up later.
Calvin and Selina followed close behind.
Selina did not say a word from beginning to end. From the moment she entered to the moment she left, she was like a cool-toned statue. As she passed through the doorway, she raised a hand to straighten the silver trim on her cuff. Her steps were steady, and her gaze never wandered.
Calvin, however, paused at the doorway and looked back at Klaus.
"Deputy Chief Klaus."
"Yes?"
"If there are any changes to the personnel arrangements marked on the blueprint, please notify the Tower of Erudition half a day in advance."
Klaus nodded.
Only then did Calvin turn and leave.
His monocle flashed one last time beneath the dim corridor lights before vanishing around the corner.
At last, only the Night Watcher's own people remained in the meeting room.
Klaus leaned back in his chair and let out a long breath.
His gaze fell upon the Notebook Hogger had pushed over.
"Tell me. What else is there on Von Linde's side that I didn't see in the report?"
Hogger did not hesitate.
"The Baron's mutation went out of control. After his head was severed, his torso erupted, and branches spread throughout the entire study. Then they withered on their own within ten seconds. The core disappeared into thin air."
"No one intervened, and Bronze City showed no reaction."
When those words were spoken in the meeting room, Klaus instinctively glanced at Lu Yuan.
Lu Yuan looked over Hogger's operation report.
The warehouse, funds, aliases,