The dimly lit Manager's Office.
Faint blue fluorescent lights flickered, illuminating three silent faces. After a moment of shaky footage, it focused on a power armor sitting against the wall.
The person looked quite disheveled.
There were bullet marks on the armor and black slime left by mucosal entities.
He placed the camera on the ground, greeted the lens, then tapped his finger on his helmet, disengaging the locked faceplate.
Just minutes before, Corporate Employees almost came to blows with the Army's Attendants. Luckily, Meng Liang thought quickly and pointed out his suspicion before the conflict escalated—that someone might be trying to restore the deleted data.
This discovery finally made the Corporation and the Army temporarily set aside their dispute, deciding to first catch that rat hiding in the gutter.
