Lu Chen's tone was calm, but every word struck Huo Yao's nerves like an ice pick. The report felt like a massive boulder thrown into a calm lake, completely overturning their original direction of investigation. The tentacles of the Abyss had actually reached into the very center of power in Ability City!
"How could this be?" Huo Yao muttered to herself, staring in disbelief at the documents in her hand, which clearly recorded massive financial transactions between this chairman and the Abyss. Although the flow of these funds was covert, the amounts were large enough to prove an extraordinary relationship between the two.
"The Abyss needs vast resources to sustain his plans, while these corrupt officials need to leverage the power of the Abyss to consolidate their own status. It's a match made in heaven." Lu Chen tapped his fingers lightly on the desktop, producing a dull thud. "We must make this public and expose their true faces!"
Chapter 287