Once, I wanted to be a good person

And indeed, while she was still lost in thought, another Deputy Section Chief, Fang Ze's former boss, Zhen Youcai, spoke.

He looked at Shen Yayun and said in a strange tone, "Is Director Shen being a bit too optimistic?"

"Do you think the Sky Mother Ship is Fang Ze's private domain? To enter or exit as he pleases?"

"That is the most important military facility in all states!"

"As for Fang Ze's identity, he was caught red-handed at the crime scene."

"If you say he is not the suspect, then who is?"

"Moreover, in the past few days, the Bureau has clearly analyzed how he prepared for this case and intended to kill that Yang Transformation-level expert. All the facts are crystal clear."

"He can hardly escape the blame!"

"A criminal, a suspect, continuing to serve as the Director of our Personnel Department is a disgrace to our department!"

As he spoke, Zhen Youcai became increasingly agitated, he pounded the table and shouted, "Therefore! Just finding a Commissioner to temporarily replace him is already giving him face!"

"If you ask me! He should be directly stripped of his position!"

With that, he looked at Shen Yayun and continued, "As for the training Extraordinary Artifact! Since Fang Ze initially said it was for the Personnel Department's training use! Then it belongs to the Personnel Department!"

"Ownership lies with the Personnel Department!"

"He claims it's a family heirloom that only he can use? But who knows if that's true."

Having said this, he took a deep breath, then added, "Therefore, I feel that finding a replacement for Fang Ze as Acting Director is imperative."

"Regarding that Extraordinary Artifact, we can also have the Bureau apply to the Federal Defense Team to see if we can retrieve it and have the Special Equipment Department decrypt it."

Hearing his words, the atmosphere in the conference room once again became restless.

Shen Yayun sat there expressionlessly, silent.

Others quietly exchanged glances.

Certainly, while not everyone may agree with what Zhen Youcai said, they also understood that his words were closer to the truth: Fang Ze may be talented, but it was very likely over for him.

Even if Fang Ze had accomplished so much in the past two months.

Even if in those months, the progress of the Flower Morning Festival investigation had surpassed that of Gu Qing in two years, and the Security Bureau in ten. But now... he was done for.

Stubbornly waiting for him was truly meaningless. It was better to continue with the now seriously committed Gu Qing.

After all, no matter what, Gu Qing had been the uncontested No. 1 in everyone's hearts for the past two years...

At the same time, the old and shrewd Zhuang Bo was taking in everyone's emotions in the office.

Seeing that the overall situation was almost entirely as he had anticipated, he coughed and said, "I see there are quite a few opinions among us."

"Here in our Personnel Department, we don't run a one-man show. Let's... vote, shall we?"

"We'll gauge everyone's views on this matter through the result of the vote."

"Let the collective make the decision."

With that, he began, "Those who agree to temporarily find a Commissioner to take over Director Fang Ze's position, please raise your hand."

After finishing, he was the first to raise his hand.

Following right behind him was Zhen Youcai, who also eagerly raised his hand.

His double-agent confidant, "Mouse," subtly exchanged a glance with Zhuang Bo and also slowly raised his hand.

Subsequently, other first-level Commissioners in the office began to raise their hands one after another.

Soon, more and more hands were raised in the office.

Observing that the number of hands raised had surpassed two-thirds, Zhuang Bo nodded in satisfaction and said with a smile, "Since everyone agrees, then..."

Before he could finish his words, suddenly, the conference room door was knocked on with a "bang, bang, bang."

The sound was urgent and deafening. It was clear that there was an emergency.

Zhuang Bo stopped speaking and called out to the conference room, "Come in."

The door to the meeting room was pushed open, and a second-level Commissioner from the Personnel Department hurried in. He approached Zhuang Bo and whispered a few words.

It was just a few short sentences, but Zhuang Bo's face changed dramatically, and he turned his head to look at him with a mix of shock and disbelief.

The people in the conference room had no idea what was happening, so they turned their attention to Zhuang Bo.

Zhuang Bo turned around, his mouth opened as if he wanted to say something. However, just then, regular footsteps were heard from outside.

Moments later, a squad of heavily armed Federal Defense Team members marched into the conference room.

They surrounded the conference room, lining up along both sides of the corridor, standing straight and looking ahead without distraction.

Although these men were, at best, mid-level Awakeners and not very strong, the distinct spirit only found in the military immediately stilled the Personnel Department staff, making them dare not to move.

After all, these men represented not just themselves, but behind them, the powerful Federation!

If anyone dared to resist them, it would be tantamount to rebellion, a grave crime.

However, though they dared not move, it did not mean the people couldn't wildly speculate.

They began to guess why the Federal Defense Team had come here with such fanfare.

Could it be because there were problems with Fang Ze, implicating some in the Personnel Department?

Or, were some people in the Personnel Department involved with the death of that Transcendent in the Yang Transformation stage?

While everyone was clueless as to what had happened, accompanied by a sequence of footsteps, the deputy of the Federal Defense Team walked slowly into the office of the Personnel Department, escorted by Xun Yi.