As she settled into her seat, Fang Ze, who was sitting at the head of the table, glanced around at all the departnt heads in the eting room and finally rested his gaze on Xun Yi. He nodded and said, "Let's begin."
With Fang Ze's approval, Xun Yi also stood up and began to preside over the brief eting.
There were mainly two purposes for this eting.
One was to introduce Fang Ze to the departnt heads, and the other was to listen to reports from each departnt.
Since Fang Ze had previously obtained so intelligence about the various departnts from Bai Zhi, he could almost match each standing person with the information he had in mind.
For instance: this one is from the Commoner Faction, a diehard supporter of Gu Qing. This one is from the Neutral Faction and can be won over. This one has been cultivated by the Bai Family and can be borrowed.
The preparations he had made in advance allowed this eting to be twice as effective with half the effort.
Soon enough, everyone had stood and introduced themselves to Fang Ze, and the eting moved on to the second item on the agenda: listening to departnt reports.
Fang Ze listened even more attentively this ti.
After all, those departnts were ultimately under the jurisdiction of the Security Bureau. If problems arose, he would be held accountable.
If soone was purposefully setting traps for him to fall into without his realizing, it could lead to serious trouble.
Therefore, he listened particularly carefully to the departnts controlled by the Commoner Faction.
Soon, the two main objectives of the eting were accomplished, and the eting was drawing to a close.
The smoothness of the entire eting surprised Fang Ze sowhat: he had always thought that during this first eting, the Commoner Faction, which controlled eight of the twelve departnts through people like Gu Qing and Xun Yi, would definitely make trouble and not let him get through so smoothly.
At the very least... they would make a show of force to blunt his edge.
But..., there was none.
Could it be... he had misjudged others with his own petty suspicions?
Did Xun Yi deliberately remind him of the eting this morning, genuinely for his own good?
Just as Fang Ze was contemplating this, sure enough, the trouble finally ca...
After the main proceedings of the eting were over, Xun Yi was packing up the docunts when she casually asked, "Does any departnt head have anything else to say?"
Typically, if there was no response to this question, the eting would end.
It was at this mont that a Deputy Section Chief from the Judicial Departnt suddenly raised his hand.
The instant he raised his hand, everyone in the eting room involuntarily turned to look at him.
All kinds of expressions were present.
So were expectant, having anticipated this and therefore watching the spectacle; so were surprised; so looked as if things were going exactly as they had predicted...
Yet, the Deputy Section Chief seed indifferent. He looked towards Fang Ze, then said with a smile, "Director, here's the thing."
"Actually, our Judicial Departnt—oh, no, I should say the Security Bureau—has had an unsolved case for many years."
"The case occurred during the tenure of the forr director, but remained unsolved even until his retirent."
"Before he retired, he couldn't stop thinking about it. He urged us to solve it."
"Later, when Director Gu joined our Bureau, he also reviewed the case and although he made significant progress, the murderer was still not brought to justice."
"Furthermore, that murderer has been blatantly committing cris right under our noses."
"Now that you are the director, everyone knows that you are a master at solving cases. I wonder if you could help our Judicial Departnt resolve this case that's a stain on the Security Bureau and that the forr director couldn't forget."
Before Fang Ze could respond, Zhuang Bo, a diehard support of Gu Qing from the Personnel Departnt, scolded, "Director Chen, the director has just taken office and has many tasks to attend to! How can he have ti to solve cases for your Judicial Departnt!"
"And moreover, the director is now in charge of the entire Security Bureau; he shouldn't be responsible for such specific operational matters."
"It's just an unsolved case. If it remains unsolved, so be it."
Hearing Zhuang Bo's words, Director Chen from the Judicial Departnt gave an embarrassed smile and then said, "I'm just anxious, you know."
"So many people couldn't solve this case; if we delay any longer, it might never be solved."
"By then, it wouldn't reflect well on the director either, would it?"
"Besides, a new director's tenure should mark a new beginning. Solving a case that nobody else could solve - wouldn't that be a fresh approach?"
Fang Ze watched the two go back and forth with interest, as if he was watching clowns perform.
After a mont, having seen enough of the farce, he smiled nonchalantly and then slowly said, "Enough. Stop arguing."
"Did you bring the case file? Let have a look first."
Seeing that Fang Ze had "taken the bait," Director Chen and Zhuang Bo imdiately stopped their double act, and Director Chen hastily took out the case file from the docunt bag he had brought with him.
Little You, seeing this, quickly stood up, took the case file, walked over to Fang Ze, and handed it to him with both hands.
At that mont, when Fang Ze received the file and before even opening it, he couldn't help but frown slightly.
Under the "watch" of his "Black Panther" ability,
The case file, just like the two files from before, was shrouded in a thick black aura, yet it contained hints of auspiciousness.
It gave the impression of being fraught with danger, but with the promise of a rich harvest once the case was solved!
Fang Ze was sowhat surprised.
Another file like this?
A daring idea ford in his mind: Could it be that these three cases actually all stemd from the sa source?
With that thought, Fang Ze slowly opened the case file.
He did not focus on the text but started flipping through the evidence photos.
He flipped and flipped until, after over a dozen pages, he suddenly stopped.
Because on that page was a photo of a person.
The man had a shiny bald head, triangular eyes, a fierce gaze, and a wild expression, giving off an extrely violent aura.
But that was not the point. The point was... on his back, there was a flat black Buddha head tattooed.
A single-eyed Buddha head...
That eye, similar in shape to the ones from the previous two cases, gave off almost the exact sa chilling feeling...
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