478: You choose (two in one)

Whoosh.

Lin Yang did not rummage through Councilor Zhai Lin's office looking for anything.

Instead, he flashed over to Zhai Lin's Assistant's small office, which was separated from Councilor Zhai Lin's office by a short corridor.

Then, pointing precisely at the desk in Zhai Lin's Assistant's small office, which was against the wall, he said lightly:

"Councilor Fang Han, do you mind if I chisel open this wall?"

"Huh? You..."

Councilor Fang Han's expression instantly changed, and his eyes also darkened, no longer smiling, but incredibly cold, as he stared at Lin Yang and said:

"Deputy Bureau Chief Lin, I don't think you're searching; rather, you're trying to find an excuse to demolish my department's building, aren't you?"

"Haha, Councilor Fang Han, you're taking this too seriously. Didn't you say I could search anywhere? Now I'm just searching here. Is Councilor Fang Han going back on his word?"

Lin Yang looked at Councilor Fang Han with a smile.

A faint glow flickered in Councilor Fang Han's eyes, and he said coldly: "I naturally have no objection to your search, but you are clearly trying to demolish my department's building, so I naturally cannot allow such an outrageous act!"

"Haha, Councilor Fang Han, I'm just opening a wall inside a room; that can hardly be called destroying a building."

Lin Yang's tone was leisurely:

"Of course, if Councilor Fang Han is unwilling to demolish the wall, it's simple. Then please, Councilor Fang Han, actively open the hidden compartment behind this wall. That way, we can avoid the act of demolishing the wall!"

Councilor Fang Han was instantly startled, the faint glow in his eyes growing more intense as he stared fixedly at Lin Yang.

How could Lin Yang know so precisely that there was a hidden compartment behind the wall?

Councilor Fang Han was secretly surprised, but on the surface, he remained calm and said:

"Lin Yang, I don't understand what you mean. What hidden compartment? I don't know anything about it."

"Hehe, it's normal if Councilor Fang Han doesn't know, after all, this isn't your office. However, if Councilor Fang Han truly isn't aware, then I can only forcibly demolish the wall. Please, Councilor Fang Han, do not obstruct me any further." Lin Yang still said with a smile.

"Lin Yang!" Councilor Fang Han's heart sank, and he said darkly: "I allow you to conduct a normal search, but I absolutely will not permit any actions that damage the building of this headquarters!"

Saying that, he stared at Lin Yang and emphasized: "Not only will I not allow it, but all the Councilors will not allow your unwarranted destructive behavior!"

"Councilor Fang Han, I need to correct you: this is not unwarranted destruction, but a very necessary search."

Lin Yang also looked directly at Councilor Fang Han, meeting his gaze, and said:

"Because the item stolen from Cai Fei's home, that high-quality time extraordinary characteristic material, is in the hidden compartment inside. This is physical evidence!"

"Councilor Fang Han, you can't stop me from retrieving physical evidence, can you?"

A bright glow erupted in Councilor Fang Han's eyes: "Deputy Bureau Chief Lin, firstly, I am unaware of the hidden compartment you speak of. Secondly, even if, as you say, there is a hidden compartment behind this wall, and that hidden compartment just happens to contain the so-called high-quality time extraordinary characteristic material."

"But how can you prove that the time extraordinary material in the hidden compartment is the one stolen from Cai Fei's home?"

"What if it's Councilor Zhai Lin's own item?"

"Deputy Bureau Chief Lin, you can't just say that because you know Councilor Zhai Lin has a similar item, it must be the one stolen from Cai Fei's home, can you?"

At this point, Councilor Fang Han paused slightly, then said in a strange tone:

"Deputy Bureau Chief Lin, I even have reason to suspect that you, knowing Councilor Zhai Lin has some hidden compartment here and coincidentally possesses a similar time extraordinary material, are deliberately finding an excuse to frame Councilor Zhai Lin."

"After all, you kept saying that the criminal was hiding here, but now there's clearly no criminal as you claimed, and you're deliberately finding an excuse to say that the hidden compartment contains physical evidence. This truly makes me, the Councilor, have to think more deeply!"

Saying that, Councilor Fang Han pulled a faint, dark smile at the corner of his mouth, staring at Lin Yang:

"Perhaps there was no criminal at all, and it was just an excuse fabricated by Deputy Bureau Chief Lin to set up and frame Councilor Zhai Lin and this headquarters."

Upon hearing this, many alliance members who were watching the show couldn't help but nod.

At first, Lin Yang said the criminal was hiding on the sixteenth floor, but now that they were up here, there was no one.

If one were to claim that a similar characteristic material was the item stolen from Cai Fei's home, it would indeed be very far-fetched.

While high-time extraordinary characteristic material is rare, it doesn't mean that if Cai Fei has it, Councilor Zhai Lin cannot also have it.

Without sufficient evidence, even if a high-quality time extraordinary characteristic material were found in the hidden compartment, it wouldn't prove anything.

"Hehe, Councilor Fang Han, who said I, the Deputy Bureau Chief, don't have conclusive evidence?"

Lin Yang looked at Councilor Fang Han calmly:

"Councilor Fang Han, to use your words, even if there is a high-quality time extraordinary characteristic material inside, it cannot prove that it was stolen from Cai Fei's home, but rather that Zhai Lin already possessed it."

"Then, Councilor Fang Han, if it was something Zhai Lin already owned, do you think I, the Deputy Bureau Chief, would have had the opportunity to see the high-quality time characteristic material inside?"

"What do you mean?" Councilor Fang Han frowned, somewhat unclear about what Lin Yang meant by that statement.

"My meaning is simple. If it was something Zhai Lin already possessed, then I, the Deputy Bureau Chief, would absolutely have had no possibility of having seen the high-quality time extraordinary characteristic material inside beforehand."

Lin Yang spoke calmly:

"After all, I, the Deputy Bureau Chief, have never been to your department's building, and it's well known that our two sides are at odds. Not to mention me, even Director Song Qingfeng and other members of the Alien Management Bureau would not easily enter your department's building, and even less likely to reach the sixteenth floor!"

"Furthermore, I will also use the hypothetical theory you, Councilor Fang Han, habitually use to make a supposition: assuming I had been here, given the hostile relationship between our two sides, do you think Zhai Lin would open such a secret hidden compartment to show me?"

"Even you, Councilor Fang Han, who are incredibly close to Zhai Lin, don't know about the existence of such a hidden compartment, so how could an outsider possibly know about its existence?"

"And since one wouldn't know about the existence of the hidden compartment, it's certainly impossible to see the appearance of any items within it. My statement like this, is there any problem, Councilor Fang Han?"

Councilor Fang Han's brows furrowed even tighter, and he instinctively wanted to say something, but the words caught in his throat, unsure how to begin.

He always felt that Lin Yang was scheming something by saying this, but for a moment, he had no clue.

Ultimately, Councilor Fang Han had no choice but to nod and admit that what Lin Yang said was theoretically correct.

Lin Yang unreservedly stated the discord between their two sides and even factions, highlighting the hostile relationship.

Therefore, under normal circumstances, no one would indeed tell the other party private matters!

Even if they knew Zhai Lin had such a hidden compartment, it would be impossible to know what the items inside the hidden compartment looked like.

The headquarters building could not possibly be secretly infiltrated by anyone!

He didn't understand what Lin Yang meant by saying that.

Item appearance?

extraordinary characteristic materials of the same quality are identical; there is no difference in their external appearance!

The other alliance members watching the show now began to agree with Lin Yang's words.

Given the irreconcilable relationship between the two factions, they usually had no dealings with each other.

Even if there were any business that required collaboration, it would be handled by members of the Neutral Faction.

Not to mention that Lin Yang had never been to the headquarters building before, even Director Song Qingfeng and others had indeed never visited.

And just as Lin Yang said, even assuming they had come, given the hostile relationship between the two sides, Zhai Lin would never tell them any private matters!

Therefore, while it might be possible to know about the hidden compartment through other channels, as for what items were inside and what they looked like, there was indeed no possibility of seeing them in advance.

Everyone now looked puzzled, not knowing what Lin Yang was truly up to.

Seeing Councilor Zhai Lin tacitly agree that his statement was correct, Lin Yang revealed a smile and said leisurely:

"Since Councilor Fang Han also believes that I, the Deputy Bureau Chief, could not possibly know what the items inside the hidden compartment look like, then I, the Deputy Bureau Chief, can now state clearly: although extraordinary characteristic materials are identical, the packaging is not!"

"The high-quality time extraordinary characteristic material stolen from Cai Fei's home has a special mark on the inner bottom of its box, along with a messy scratch forming the character 'fei'."

"Councilor Fang Han just said that the time extraordinary material in the hidden compartment might belong to Zhai Lin, but surely even the details of the box wouldn't be exactly the same, would they?"

Saying that, Lin Yang's tone suddenly intensified, and he said with a solemn voice:

"Councilor Fang Han, I, the Deputy Bureau Chief, can tell you with certainty that the box of that time extraordinary characteristic material in the hidden compartment is exactly as I, the Deputy Bureau Chief, just described!"

"As long as it's taken out for verification, we'll know whether it truly belongs to Zhai Lin or if it was stolen from Cai Fei's home!"

As the words left his mouth, the building instantly fell silent.

Especially Councilor Fang Han's face, which turned extremely ugly in an instant!

He understood!

At this moment, he finally understood why Lin Yang had deliberately said those things about not possibly knowing what the items in the hidden compartment looked like beforehand!

He was laying the groundwork for this very moment!

extraordinary characteristic materials are identical; it's impossible to determine ownership from the external appearance of the extraordinary characteristic material itself.

However, the packaging box containing the extraordinary characteristic material indeed has different external appearances!

Especially since Lin Yang also mentioned the details on the bottom of the packaging box!

If it truly matches up, then it can basically be determined that it is indeed the one stolen from Cai Fei's home!

And this is where the biggest problem lies!

Once it is truly confirmed that it is the high-quality time material stolen from Cai Fei's home, it will further solidify that they indeed targeted the family members of a fallen martyr and harbored a criminal!

And this, absolutely cannot be allowed!

Councilor Fang Han immediately felt both angry and anxious.

Because he knew very clearly that the high-quality time extraordinary characteristic material was indeed in the hidden compartment!

And it was placed in there untouched, without the packaging box being changed!

When Lone Wolf returned the item, he was also present. He and Councilor Zhai Lin simply confirmed that the box indeed contained the high-quality time extraordinary characteristic material, then casually closed the box and placed the item in the hidden compartment!

But he never expected that there would still be special characters and marks left inside the box!

This also left Councilor Fang Han momentarily stunned.

Who would randomly scratch and mark inside a box for no reason?

For a moment, Councilor Fang Han was speechless.

Lin Yang, seeing this, spoke again: "Councilor Fang Han, the words have been said. I don't think you have any reason to stop me from demolishing the wall anymore, do you?"

"After demolishing the wall, if a packaging box for a high-quality time extraordinary material, exactly as I described, is retrieved from the hidden compartment, then it can be proven that this matter was indeed carried out by your department!"

"Of course, if it's not as I described, then I will bear all the consequences myself!"

"Councilor Fang Han, please step aside!"

Councilor Fang Han suddenly closed his eyes slightly, took a deep breath, then abruptly opened them: "Deputy Bureau Chief Lin, even if what you say is not problematic, I still cannot agree to your act of demolishing the wall."

Of course he couldn't agree; once he did, the physical evidence would appear stark naked before their eyes!!

As for agreeing to demolish the wall, and then after comparing the details, claiming that Lin Yang or someone else had secretly snuck into the hidden compartment beforehand to examine the internal packaging details of the box, and now Lin Yang was deliberately causing trouble—this kind of excuse is completely unfeasible!

Because this would mean that the security system of their headquarters building has major problems!

And even that they, the Councilors, are incompetent!

The headquarters building is practically the main base of their faction, and normally at least one to two, or even three Councilors are stationed there simultaneously.

On one hand, it's to handle business, and on the other, it's to prevent the secrets of the headquarters building from leaking out, and to prevent silent infiltration.

If it were said that someone had entered the hidden compartment beforehand and observed the packaging details of the items inside.

That would be enough to prove that the work of these Councilors was extremely inadequate!

Then the people of Director Song Qingfeng's faction would have sufficient reason to question their ability to handle all the work of all departments within the headquarters building!

The fact that the Alliance's headquarters building could be silently infiltrated by someone is a far more serious matter than Lin Yang producing physical evidence!

After all, once physical evidence is produced, at worst, they could forcefully push the blame onto their subordinates acting on their own.

But if they were to admit that the security of the headquarters building had problems, and that they were unable to fully protect the headquarters building from infiltration, that would be a fatal issue!

Director Song Qingfeng's faction could completely seize this opportunity to demand that they withdraw from the headquarters building, and that Director Song Qingfeng's faction take over the security of the Alliance's headquarters building!

The priorities are clear at a glance!

Councilor Fang Han's gaze was dark; now he was neither able to advance nor retreat.

He was completely in a dilemma.

He looked at Lin Yang, a strong killing intent surging in his heart.

He had already seen that Lin Yang had been meticulously planning and calculating towards this outcome step by step from the very beginning!

Now he was forced into almost only one choice.

That is, to agree to Lin Yang smashing the wall and entering the hidden compartment!

Then, to push the blame onto Lone Wolf acting on his own, and that they were unaware.

Although it was far-fetched, it could barely resolve the immediate trouble.

And besides that, there was only the option of fighting again.

"Councilor Fang Han, do you want me to chisel the wall and retrieve the physical evidence, or continue fighting?"

Lin Yang looked at Councilor Fang Han with a slight smile:

"You choose."