First floor of the villa, living room.
There were four people in the living room: the regional presidents of Thunder Martial Hall for Magic City and Jiangnan Province, as well as Xu Jingming and Ling Shuang.
Song Qiuyun and Jiang Chuxuan were still in the training room, and since neither of them had joined Thunder Martial Hall yet, they did not take part.
"Inspector Xu, I am Pang Tian, the regional president for Magic City."
"Inspector, I am Ma Shan, the regional president for Jiangnan Province."
Pang Tian and Ma Shan both rose from their seats and introduced themselves respectfully.
Although Xu Jingming might already have known who they were, the proper formalities still had to be observed.
"No need to stand on ceremony. Sit."
Xu Jingming nodded slightly and spoke casually.
"Inspector, you are young and accomplished. As your subordinates, whatever you need in the future, simply give us your orders. We will never shirk our duties.
"Of course, if there is anything we do poorly, please point it out. We will certainly correct it."
Right from the start, Pang Tian made his intentions clear.
He was declaring his loyalty!
He had to make this newly appointed young inspector take notice of that.
"Is that so? Come to think of it, there are indeed a few things I want to ask you." Xu Jingming's expression remained unreadable.
"Please ask, Inspector," Pang Tian quickly said.
"I heard that you are quite close to Vice-Curator Hu Jinyu. Is that true?"
Xu Jingming looked at them and asked.
Yet this seemingly ordinary question instantly froze Pang Tian and Ma Shan's expressions, sweat pouring down their backs.
They had not expected Xu Jingming to be so blunt, without even the slightest preamble.
As for how to answer the question, that put them in