Procedural tai chi over borrowed records, the Liaison Office Chief's cross-dimensional maneuver
The communications officer's voice was low, yet it pierced the extremely tense atmosphere like a needle.
The energy fluctuations will soon be revealed to the court's special envoy.
This statement is both Discipline and a red line.
The white color on Hela's knuckles, which were gripping the sword hilt, slowly faded.
The distorted air around Wanda gradually returned to calm.
Neither of them spoke, but the tense atmosphere that had almost cracked the Alloy Wall in the corridor eventually dissipated.
They all knew very well that once the Rule Envoy was alerted, the nature of the matter would change completely. At that point, it would no longer be a power struggle within the Management Committee, but rather the entire autonomy of the Negative Zone would be placed on the scales of the Living Tribunal.
No one can afford the consequences.
In the midst of this deathly silence, the communication system inside the corridor emitted a soft notification tone.
It wasn't a piercing alarm, but a top-priority Internal Communications from the Liaison Office Chief's office.
Gwen Stacy's voice came through the loudspeaker, steady, clear, and devoid of any emotion.
"Director Hela, Minister Wanda."
"An urgent order has been received from the Director's Office."
Gwen Stacy paused, giving the two time to process the information.
"The standoff at the S-1 Data Center must cease immediately."
"All personnel, return to your posts immediately."
Hela raised an eyebrow slightly, but remained silent.
Wanda stared at the circular gate that seemed so close yet so far away, a flicker of resentment crossing her Scarlet eyes.
"As instructed by the Director," Gwen Stacy's voice continued, unhurriedly, "the Task Force's investigative direction needs a major adjustment."
"Minister Wanda, your Technical Analysis Group is to suspend internal tracing of existing anonymized data."
Wanda finally shifted her gaze from the gate to the communication probe.
"Pause?"
"Yes, pause." Gwen Stacy's tone left no room for argument. "The Director believes that relying solely on our internal data for investigation is too inefficient and prone to falling into predictable patterns. We need a broader frame of reference."
"What frame of reference?" Hela asked coldly.
TVA.
Gwen Stacy uttered the name.
"Based on the Director's preliminary assessment, the abnormal energy mentioned in this ' Assistance Investigation Notice ' shares some logical similarities in its decay characteristics with the Remnant produced by the high-intensity Timeline editing operation."
"Therefore, the Director instructed me to formally send a letter on behalf of the Task Force to the Discipline Inspection Committee the Time Variance Authority (TVA)."
Gwen Stacy's voice, amplified by the loudspeaker, echoed through the empty corridor, every word crystal clear.
The official letter stated. "We request that TVA, based on the principle of Bilateral Cooperation Memorandum, temporarily open its underlying database regarding the ' Sacred Timeline ' editing process to our Task Force, so that we can conduct cross- Dimension energy spectrum comparisons and complete the investigation task of the Living Tribunal as soon as possible."
After he finished speaking, the corridor fell silent.
A hint of amusement flashed in Hela's icy blue eyes.
She instantly understood Lynn's intention.
That was a very clever move.
This matter was originally a stress test between the Negative Zone and the Living Tribunal. Now, Lynn's official document has dragged TVA into the mess as well.
Would TVA easily open its core database?
Absolutely impossible.
Then they have to go through procedures, reject the application, explain the reasons, and even hold coordination meetings. This back and forth results in endless paperwork and departmental wrangling.
What Negative Zone needs is precisely this time for "bickering".
Use an external, larger bureaucracy to offset the current internal conflicts and external pressures.
This Tai Chi move was both steady and ruthless.
Wanda also fell silent.
She understood, of course. The instruction, ostensibly for solving cases more efficiently, actually pushed the answer she most wanted to know toward a more distant, almost impossible future.
But she couldn't refute it.
This reason is irrefutable.
From both a procedural and overall perspective, this is the best option at present.
"I understand," Wanda finally said, her voice devoid of emotion.
"The Stability Maintenance Office will withdraw its perimeter control over the S-1 Data Center." Hela also stated her position, then turned around, not even glancing at Wanda, and led her Enforcement Team, marching in orderly steps, out of the corridor.
As the chilling, deathly atmosphere faded away, the red alarm lights in the S-1 Data Center switched back to their normal cool white illumination.
An internal conflict that could have shaken the foundations of the Management Committee was thus averted by a phone call and an official letter that was about to be issued.
Office of the Liaison Office Chief.
Gwen Stacy hung up the call and immediately pulled up a blank Red-Headed Document template from the Encrypted Terminal.
Just now, Lynn dictated all the instructions to her through a one-way communication.
His voice remained calm as always, as if he were simply arranging a routine cross-departmental coordination meeting.
But Gwen Stacy knew that behind every seemingly mundane instruction from the Director's Office lay the most accurate insight and control over the entire situation.
"Letter requesting the Time Variance Authority's assistance in the investigation and the reopening of data ports..."
Gwen Stacy's fingers flew across the screen, quickly forming lines of professional, rigorous, and watertight official language.
She skillfully cited clauses from the Bilateral Memorandum, emphasizing the urgency and seriousness of the investigation, and characterizing "data comparison" as a "shared responsibility" for maintaining stability in the Multiverse and preventing unknown risks.
The entire letter is humble in tone, logically rigorous, and always stands on the high ground of law and justice.
Whether TVA agrees or refuses, it has no choice but to grit its teeth and go through this tedious process with Negative Zone.
After finishing writing, Gwen Stacy read it through to make sure there were no loopholes.
She clicked send.
The official letter, transformed into an encrypted Data Stream, penetrated the jurisdictional Bastion of the Negative Zone and precisely entered the vast and rigid bureaucratic system of TVA.
Almost simultaneously, she received a read receipt automatically generated by the TVA central server on her terminal.
[Your letter has been received and forwarded to the office of the rotating chairman of the Discipline Inspection Committee. A preliminary response is expected within seven standard working days.]
Seven standard working days.
Gwen Stacy looked at the cold system notification and a slight smile appeared on her lips.
She knew she had gotten the time the Director wanted.
The White Bone Hall, the Director's Office.
Lynn put down her teacup and looked up at the clock on the wall.
External pressure from the investigation was successfully diverted, and internal conflicts were forcibly suppressed.
He bought himself an extremely valuable window of opportunity.
Now it's his turn to prepare a convincing "answer" for the Living Tribunal and his "dear" heroines.