Staying Alive Cautiously in the Celestial Realm and Becoming the Strongest-Chapter 1326 Star Sea (131)

Imperial Investigation Bureau Headquarters.

In the office, Luo Anguo’s mood sank to its lowest point.

It felt like the situation had spiraled completely out of control, and the voice in his headset only added to his anxiety.

"I am indeed the chief advisor of the Imperial Superpower Management Bureau."

Wang Chen chuckled: "As for being the strongest, I dare not claim that. Amongst the billions of citizens of the Empire, no one knows how many powerful superpowers exist."

"Wan Bangda was killed by a flying car crash; it could be due to technical reasons, or perhaps he was just extremely unlucky. If you insist on linking this incident to me, even if it reaches His Majesty, I’m prepared to continue this battle with your Investigation Bureau!"

"The Imperial Investigation Bureau shouldn’t be a power unit that frames an Imperial soldier."

Luo Anguo was speechless, even his face felt a burning heat.

The weight of the accusation from Wang Chen was too heavy; even those higher up would not be able to bear it.

Not to mention the reaction from the Imperial Military Department. If His Majesty got wind of this and pursued accountability, a lot of people would be in trouble.

Luo Anguo would surely be the first!

To be blunt, the Imperial Investigation Bureau had no evidence to prove Wan Bangda’s death was related to Wang Chen.

Moreover, the Investigation Bureau did not have the authority to investigate Wang Chen.

Truthfully speaking, they had already crossed the line.

Thinking of this, Luo Anguo forced a smile: "Major Wang Chen, please don’t misunderstand, we’re just trying to understand the situation. We have no intention of targeting you."

"Huh?"

The next moment, this investigation officer’s expression changed drastically, he was left in a daze.

It took him a good half minute to regain his composure, and his gaze at Wang Chen turned incredibly complex.

Even hinting at a trace of fear.

"Major Wang Chen..."

Luo Anguo struggled to stand up and extended his hand to Wang Chen: "Thank you for your cooperation. I’ve just received an urgent task, so our conversation must end here today."

Wang Chen shook his hand: "You’re welcome."

Their eyes met, and Luo Anguo instinctively lowered his gaze, turmoil raging within his mind.

He personally escorted Wang Chen out of the building, then turned and sprinted toward the elevator.

The staff in the first-floor lobby of the Imperial Investigation Bureau Headquarters all stared in astonishment at Luo Anguo’s lost composure.

It was known that Luo Anguo was usually composed, praised by superiors for his general-like demeanor.

But today, this "general" looked more like a deserter.

Something big must have happened!

And in fact, something big really did happen in the Holy Capital.

Just now, the renowned Wanhai Tower suffered a terror attack. The Wanhai Group Chairman, Wan Yaokun, who was holding a meeting at the top floor, along with thirty-eight core high-level executives, were completely wiped out.

The scene was gruesome beyond words, not a single survivor!

Among them, Wan Yaokun died the most horribly, executed by slow and torturous methods, his body nearly reduced to a skeletal frame.

Numerous police cars, ambulances, and riot armored vehicles rushed in from all directions, surrounding Wanhai Tower. A large contingent of armed personnel swiftly sealed off the area, conducting a thorough search.

Not only that, but the elite forces from the Investigation Bureau, Security Bureau, and Intelligence Bureau were deployed en masse.

Together they are examining the crime scene.

Since the establishment of the Holy Capital, no security incident as severe as this has ever occurred.

A web composed of various institutional units and forces was instantaneously jolted, causing massive waves.

One must know, Wan Yaokun was no ordinary group chairman.

Setting aside his wealth, Wan Yaokun himself was an Imperial Earl, as well as a senator in the Imperial Parliament, with deep connections, acting as the leader of the Wan family.

Following Wan Yaokun to the grave were top executives, half of whom were from the Wan family, including two Viscounts and several local parliamentarians.

The Wan family’s core tier was directly devastated by over half!

As the saying goes, secrets are hard to keep when faced with Star Sea’s networks. Although the three major bureaus tried their best to seal off information, the news of Wan Yaokun and other high-level executives of Wanhai Group being murdered spread quickly.

This caused significant repercussions. Firstly, the stock prices of more than a dozen listed companies under Wanhai Group plummeted, dragging down the entire stock market, and losses amounted to trillions!

By evening, the Emperor of the Holy Light Empire summoned the heads of the three major bureaus.

In the Imperial Study Room at the palace, the three directors—high-ranking officials holding countless lives in their hands—lowered their proud heads in front of the increasingly imposing Holy Light Emperor, hardly daring to breathe.

And the Holy Light Emperor, now over fifty, quietly finished reading the investigation report in his hand at the desk, and then said: "I’ve seen the surveillance video, and your preliminary investigation results are here."

"Can you tell me, if it was merely a case of cleaning robots suddenly malfunctioning, would they have the capability to breach Wanhai Tower’s curtain wall glass and security safeguards, and kill everyone in the meeting room within ten seconds?"

The three directors exchanged glances.

The primary flaw in the joint investigation report lay in the lack of a scientifically logical explanation!

The Holy Light Emperor’s question was indeed piercingly insightful.

Although the Climber V-type Cleaning Robot is very advanced, it is designed for glass cleaning, not combat. Under normal circumstances, it shouldn’t possess the capability of breaching barriers and killing.

Yet impossibility turned into possibility.

Anyone who has watched the surveillance video would be gripped by extreme fear.

The combat power displayed by the Climber V-type Cleaning Robot was downright terrifying!

This contained too many suspicious elements, leaving experts from the three bureaus no choice but to produce this flawed preliminary investigation report.

Facing the silence from the three, the Holy Light Emperor smiled, his eyes cold and piercing.

"Esteemed ministers, if there’s an organization that can so easily infiltrate a place like Wanhai Group’s headquarters, manipulating robots to kill, how safe is the palace where I reside?"

In the views of the Holy Light Emperor and the top levels of the three bureaus, such a massive incident could not have been caused by a single person; it must have been a powerful organization.

They not only infiltrated Wanhai Group’s internal systems but also managed to tamper with its equipment and facilities.

Carefully planned, and then executed in a single lethal strike!

The existence of such an organization was chilling even in thought.

The Empire knew nothing about it.

And within the palace, there were also numerous high-tech devices and robots.

The Holy Light Emperor turned his gaze towards the director of the Investigation Bureau, casually saying: "Director Chen, I’ve heard you detained an Imperial Major for questioning today? Just for something trivial on Tampas Star, you’re planning to support Wanhai Group?"

The Investigation Bureau director immediately broke into a cold sweat, falling to his knees, "I am guilty of a thousand deaths!"

Though hundreds of years ago, the Empire abolished the kneeling rituals, the subjects didn’t need to bow and kneel before the Emperor, a single-knee kneel was considered the highest etiquette.

But at this moment, the director wished for nothing more than to fracture his own forehead!

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