The scent of the sea breeze filled a conference room.
Even shut inside the room, they could tell they were close to the coast.
The occasional sound of waves striking the rocks lent the place a languid serenity.
But all of that vanished beneath the tense, hostile atmosphere in the conference room.
There was only one large conference table, with more than a dozen people seated around it. Apart from the six people in Shen Bing's group and Wang Zhaolong, the others were senior officials from Singapore Customs and the police, along with three International Police officers.
Singapore Customs had sent five people, led by the Chief of the General Administration of Customs. The Deputy Commissioner was also present, demonstrating the unprecedented importance the General Administration of Customs attached to this matter.
The senior police official was Du Yihao, Deputy Director of the Singapore police. He was also the Chief of the Singapore National Central Bureau of Interpol, responsible for coordinating matters involving Interpol.
As for the three International Police officers, they were led by an Interpol officer. All three were blond, blue-eyed foreigners.
It had to be said that the three really did look like police officers. Their lean, sturdy builds left no doubt about their fighting ability.
A somewhat heavy silence hung over the conference room. Just moments earlier, the officer named Kane had forcefully demanded to search the cargo ship belonging to the Hongyuan Ocean Trade Company, only for Shen Bing to flatly refuse.
His reason was simple. Everything aboard the ship belonged to Phantom Immortal Technology, and all of it involved advanced precision technology. Unless they were willing to take responsibility for any leaked technology, Shen Bing would absolutely not allow outsiders to open the shipping containers for inspection.
Did Kane dare take responsibility? No! Shen