Meeting, Attack

Control Bureau L-1 Base, conference room.

A Four-Eyed Person with graying hair and the air of a scholar sat to the left at the end of the conference table, calmly reading the documents in his hands. Beside him, Anderson, the administrator of L-1 Base, stood behind him like an attendant.

In the seat of honor at the head of the table sat another elderly Four-Eyed Person, broad and powerfully built like a giant bear, resting with his eyes closed.

Suddenly, the burly Four-Eyed Person's eyes snapped open.

The next moment, the conference room doors were pushed open, and a figure in a black robe with a Black Crow perched on his shoulder walked in.

"..."

Richard's pupils contracted slightly as he looked at the sturdy figure at the end of the conference room.

"Sixth-level creature!?"

The aura of that burly Four-Eyed Person at the end of the room was well concealed, but Richard could still sense a heart-palpitating danger from him.

Other than a sixth-level creature, there was hardly any other explanation.

"It looks like the incorporation plan will need some changes."

After a brief silence, Richard looked at the scholarly Four-Eyed Person, who appeared to be reading documents but had all his attention fixed on him, and said with a smile, "It seems the Bureau has been quite busy. You are still reviewing documents at a time like this, sir."

The scholarly Four-Eyed Person organized the documents and set them on the table, then rose and smiled at Richard. "There have been rather a lot of disturbances lately. Please excuse the poor showing. I am Avery, Director of the Control Bureau. This is my old friend, Grigo, Director of the Control Bureau's Operations Department."

As he spoke, he gestured toward the burly Four-Eyed Person in introduction.

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