"Deputy Director Zhao."
Meng Ziwei put away her tablet, her voice ringing clearly across the crowd.
"The facts are clear. Jiang Tianze brought your nephew, Zhao Mingxuan, along to openly violate the Resource Acquisition Regulations for the Wilderness in the Spiritual Energy Era. They tried to seize a spirit beast our Meng family had legally hunted and used their status as Extraordinary Bureau members to intimidate us. When we stood our ground, they threatened us."
"Worse still, Mr. Chu Zhou happened to pass by and witnessed their disgraceful conduct firsthand. He was deeply disappointed."
"Mr. Chu Zhou personally stated that he had intended to join the Extraordinary Bureau and serve the country, but what he witnessed left him so disillusioned that he said outright, 'I might as well not join.'"
"I'm sure Deputy Director Zhao and all your colleagues understand just what sort of figure Senior Chu Zhou is. If word of this spreads, how much damage will it do to our bureau's reputation? How severely will it hinder the government's strategy of recruiting top Chosen Ones?"
Meng Ziwei's argument was clear and methodical, every word striking where it hurt.
She not only exposed Zhao Mingxuan and Jiang Tianze's illegal conduct, but elevated the matter to damaging the Extraordinary Bureau's reputation and undermining national strategy.
Zhao Dehai's face alternated between green and white, cold sweat seeping from his forehead.
The moment he saw Zhao Mingxuan's condition, he had guessed his nephew had caused trouble again. But he had never expected it to escalate this far, much less involve Chu Zhou!
Within the Extraordinary Bureau, Chu Zhou's name was on the list of recruitment targets assigned the highest priority.
The higher-ups had repeatedly ordered them to make contact and win him over whenever possible, and never offend him!
And now his