The deputy chief of Bureau 7!
When Hou Liangbing uttered those words and displayed the credential representing his special authority, the atmosphere in the office shifted once again.
Jin Dapao was still seething, but his gun hand involuntarily paused.
However hotheaded he was, he knew what Bureau 7 represented.
It was a special agency independent of the military, government, and police, answering directly to the Dragon Kingdom's highest leadership, with the authority to act first and report afterward.
The chief of a provincial police department was nowhere near the rank of Bureau 7's deputy chief.
Ouyang Jian's expression instantly darkened as well.
As a senior colonel in the navy, he understood Bureau 7's power even better.
It was a [National Treasure] lurking in the shadows, rarely deployed, but whenever it moved, it struck with the force of thunder.
Yet he still refused to believe Hou Liangbing could act with such utter disregard for the law!
"Even if you're Bureau 7's deputy chief, you have no right to enter a restricted military facility and arrest people without presenting the proper paperwork!"
Ouyang Jian stood his ground, his voice still firm and forceful. "Those are the rules! And the law!"
"Paperwork?"
Hou Liangbing looked as though he had just heard the funniest joke in the world.
He stared at the righteous-looking Ouyang Jian, the mockery on his face deepening.
"Captain Ouyang, you must have spent so long at sea that your brain's rusted."
He drawled, "Since when has Bureau 7 needed to follow your procedures?"
Apparently tired of wasting words on them, he pulled a folded document from inside his jacket and snapped it open.
Rip-
It was an official document bearing a bright red heading and an enormous seal.
At the very top, the words "Special-Class Arrest Warrant" seared themselves into