After the directors heard what Ordinton had said, they were stunned and in a daze.
It felt like the tax collector had come to reclaim their properties after years of tax evasion. They looked at each other in confusion.
One director, whose eyes were filled with hatred, said, "We definitely won't pay such an absurd compensation amount. This was all achieved with our own strength. What right do you have to ask us to compensate you?"
The other directors all started chiming in as well.
"I don't know what metric you are using to judge, nor what laws you are talking about. Heck, I don't even know what your Tiandu division is! However, according to the laws of our human race, no one can question the directors of the Department of Inspection. We are the law here. You cannot judge us using some arbitrary made-up law of your own. In our territory, our laws reign supreme."
