"Still no word from Headquarters?"
At noon.
Yang Jian was having lunch with everyone in the office. When he saw Liu Xiaoyu, he asked again about what had happened earlier.
Liu Xiaoyu shook her head. "There's still no news from Headquarters. I called to ask before, but I didn't get a clear answer."
"Interesting." A cold smile appeared at the corner of Yang Jian's mouth.
Li Yang, who was focused on eating his steak beside them, said casually, "With Headquarters' intelligence capabilities, investigating whether the Starvation Ghost Incident is happening somewhere in the country should be easy. Whenever the Starvation Ghost Incident occurs, it's bound to be accompanied by a large-scale Ghost Domain, so they couldn't possibly fail to locate it. The fact that Headquarters hasn't sent us any news can only mean they don't want to tell us."
"In other words, Headquarters already knows where the Starvation Ghost Incident happened. Yet they'd rather take all kinds of risks to conceal it. That leaves only one possibility."
Liu Xiaoyu asked, "What possibility?"
"Of course, it involves another captain. The person who infiltrated Headquarters and stole the Starvation Ghost back then may even be one of the current captains. Only a captain carries enough weight to make Headquarters compromise, because Cao Yanhua knows very well that if Yang Jian is told about this, conflict between captains will be inevitable."
Li Yang continued chewing the beef in his mouth. Expressionless, he went on, "Yang Jian is the Enforcement Captain. If he finds the person who stole the Starvation Ghost, he has the authority to deal with them, even if they're another captain. He can even kill them."
"Cao Yanhua doesn't want Headquarters to lose a captain. The only way is to hide the information from us and stall for time, then have