Owen Bertram, who had been pretending to be invisible, froze: Me?
Matthew's face changed dramatically, blurting out, "Absolutely not!" As soon as the words left his mouth, he remembered that his master had just mentioned not to let the cat out of the bag in front of others, and quickly added, "Commander Bertram is my right-hand man, and there are not many capable people in the entire Prescott Group of Quinn Base. If you take Commander Bertram away, what will happen to my Quinn Base's Prescott Group?
The constable also saw that this Summit Guard Post was entirely dependent on Commander Bertram sitting here — nobody from Guardian Hall knew anything about the Copper Gorge case!"
Orson Everett had been recruiting local talents or soliciting personnel from the Horizon Bureau along the way — the Horizon Bureau was mostly uncooperative, and there were always disputes, but Orson Everett could always handle the matter properly with his own abilities.