Secretary Li, aide to Grand Elder Di Hong, rose voluntarily, remote control in hand, and said:
"First, let me briefly explain the sequence of events. A few days ago, Yuanshi Tianzun applied to headquarters to use the Yin-Yang Turntable on the grounds of developing a gang dungeon.
"After leaving the dungeon, he falsely claimed that the Yin-Yang Turntable had been lost inside. Yesterday, Detective Elder from the Jianghuai Branch and I went to question him about the details, but he flatly refused to answer and was unwilling to pay the compensation agreed upon at the time.
"At that point, Detective Elder and I realized something was wrong, so we had headquarters' finance department investigate Yuanshi Tianzun's accounts. We discovered that after borrowing the Yin-Yang Turntable, he immediately withdrew the cash from his account and transferred one of his villas to Fu Qingyang.
"Detective Elder and I immediately recognized this as a premeditated act of embezzling official assets. We therefore applied to headquarters for a detention warrant and brought Yuanshi Tianzun back to the Jianghuai Branch for interrogation."
At this point, he raised his hand and pressed the remote. "Following the Huaihai Branch's interrogation, Yuanshi Tianzun has already confessed. Everyone, please watch."
The screen behind Elder Cai slowly descended. The projector cast a cerulean beam, displaying a twenty-second video on the screen.
In the footage, Yuanshi Tianzun sat in an interrogation chair, staring straight ahead.
Detective Elder's voice sounded. "Yuanshi Tianzun, look at my token. Now answer me: was the Yin-Yang Turntable truly lost?"
"It wasn't lost."
"Why did you lie?"
"I wanted to embezzle the Yin-Yang Turntable."
The video ended there. It was brief, but the evidence was irrefutable.
Elder Cai said flatly, "Under official law, how is the embezzlement of public assets handled?"
Secretary Li replied:
"The Yin-Yang Turntable