The vast lobby was crowded once again.
Company representatives who had just finished the bidding process and were preparing to leave were herded back from the elevators by police officers in uniform, their badges glinting. The bustling crowd gathered again, mirroring the scene from the start of the bidding: the same location, the same people, the same clamor, as if the moment were being replayed.
The only difference was the atmosphere, which had become strange and subtle. It was like a randomly set time bomb—outwardly calm, yet no one knew if it would detonate the next second, tearing everyone apart.
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