"Colonel Qi, your orders were to patrol the Capital Star Region Edge..."
When the Tibet Warship appeared on the Staff Department's internal central light screen, the faces of staff officers high and low were filled with surprise. A slightly plump deputy chief of staff could not help pressing the Tibet Warship's communications button.
"I know."
Qi Longxiang, looking gentle, appeared on the light screen and replied with a smile.
"Then why did you disobey orders?"
The deputy chief of staff's face was stern, and layers of displeasure flashed through his eyes.
He had been the one to issue the previous order. Now that Qi Longxiang had returned, he would be the first to have his authority slapped in the face.
Once he was branded as someone incapable of controlling his subordinates, his days ahead would not be easy.
What was more, at a time when such an important position in the Staff Department stood vacant, Qi Longxiang had chosen to return. What did that mean...
A coup?
The deputy chief of staff's expression gradually turned cold.
"The Third Special Task Force Fleet has already proceeded to its destination as instructed. Naturally, I returned because I have some matters to report." Qi Longxiang spoke calmly. His bright eyes had remained gentle and unfathomably deep for years, making it impossible to see the thoughts behind them.
"What is it? This is an internal Staff Department meeting. You may speak now."
"It would be better to speak face-to-face."
When Qi Longxiang said that, quite a few people in the hall changed expression.
For a staff officer to speak to the deputy chief of staff this way was already a grave show of disrespect.
In their impressions, the refined and courteous Colonel Qi had never spoken with such aggression.
"Fine, then I'll wait for