Clan Hall, Deliberation Hall.
Amid the elders' heated discussion, Sun Michen gradually caught on. He looked up and asked, "Nephew, that still doesn't add up. Huang Boy clearly wrote in his One-Day Duty Record that he visited your Zhao Family after finishing his duties that day, and stayed for over two hours. The traitor's footprints were found in the Formation Core Chamber, but he was at your house then! If I remember correctly, he even arrived at the Heavenly Prison with you... the timing doesn't match. He has a solid alibi."
"Uncle, that's precisely what makes Huang Boy so clever," Zhao Haochen replied softly. "Why did he choose to deliver the antidote to No. 79 on a tray, and why did he then insist on coming to my house to chat...? It was all to create an alibi for himself."
"Then how do you explain the footprints in the Formation Core Chamber?" an elder pressed.
"The footprints appeared at the scene of No. 79's escape, but that doesn't mean they were left during the escape." Calm and confident, Zhao Haochen continued, "Let me briefly explain the whole sequence of events. Before No. 79 escaped, Huang Boy took advantage of being exploited and ordered around by his colleagues to make contact with No. 79 repeatedly. They negotiated terms, and he ultimately decided to help him escape. As the saying goes, only things that truly happened can withstand investigation and stand a chance of remaining unexposed. On the day of the crime, everything he did while Reporting for Duty was something he did every day. He went to the Kitchen as usual, briefly stole the tray, then slipped in the antidote... after finishing his duties, he immediately came to my house, establishing a plausible alibi. He might even have anticipated that I