"…Just sitting here talking isn't going to get us anywhere! You think becoming the City Lord is just a matter of flapping your gums? If you ask me, anyone who wants the title needs to show some results first! I say we set a one-month deadline. Whoever can catch that monster, retrieve City Lord Joyce's body, and find out how he died gets to be the next City Lord!"
The moment he finished, the meeting room fell silent.
Everyone knew this was easier said than done.
If that monster were so easy to catch, would they even be having this conversation?
Despite all the guards at the Citadel and the heavy security at the factory district, it still escaped, didn't it?
They still hadn't even gotten a clear look at it!
After a long moment, Keegan Woods spoke slowly, "So, you're saying you're confident you can do it, Division Commander Cheney?"
Henry Chase glanced at him and said bluntly, "Haven't had a chance to try, so I don't know!"
The statement was wonderfully subtle.
