May 3rd, Eerie Investigation Bureau Jiang City Branch, fifth underground-floor interrogation room.
The room, less than fifty square meters in size, was packed with chairs arranged tightly in rows, making the already cramped space feel even more suffocating.
Investigators of every ethnicity, young and old, sat in a circle. Without exception, they were all high-ranking officials from branch offices across the Federation.
At that moment, each of them wore an expression of grave solemnity, tinged with a faint lack of confidence.
What was about to begin was a review of Fu Jue, a core figure of the Eerie Investigation Bureau.
As the de facto authority at the Eerie Investigation Bureau headquarters in North Capital, Dragon County, Fu Jue had managed the Nine Provinces Guild for many years and built considerable prestige both inside and outside the Eerie Game. Now, as a pillar of support standing at the center of the storm, he was sorting through the unmanageable public discourse while rallying the leaderless Players.
But the Nine Provinces Guild was not the only guild under official control. There were plenty that both worked diligently and obeyed orders, just as the Eerie Investigation Bureau was not limited to Dragon County—Eagle County, Maple Leaf County, and other places all had their own headquarters.
Whenever power changed hands, dissenting voices would inevitably raise questions. The final Instance was both a danger and an opportunity, and everyone wanted a share of the spoils.
Clues had been dug out from every hidden corner, while countless anecdotes that would ordinarily have been laughed off were placed on the table as points of suspicion—from his attitude toward Qi Si to his contact with the Unnamed Guild...
More and more people demanded that Fu Jue be reviewed. Some harbored ulterior motives, while others had genuinely noticed something amiss.