Alva finished his call and casually chatted with Basil Jaak for a while, then realized it was about time, stood up, and said, "I'm going to the restroom, will you wait for me here?"
Alva's office didn't have a restroom, so he had to go to the public one at the other end of the corridor, which meant he had no choice but to ask Basil to wait.
Basil rubbed his nose and shook his head, "I'd better wait for you in the corridor, to avoid any suspicion that I might pilfer your pen."
"You... alright, then I'll lock the office," Alva said, and closed the office door before heading toward the restroom.
Basil stood alone in the corridor, about to reach for a cigarette, when he saw several uniformed individuals approaching.
"That's the guy, he's looking for Director Tiarks to cause trouble," the tall man who had just been beaten up by Basil spotted him and hastily alerted the others behind him.
