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"Well, Director Elvis, if you hand this person over to me, not only will I help you catch five spies of the same rank, but also, consider it a personal debt owed to you, what do you say?"
"This..."
Elvis was still very troubled and unable to make a decision.
"Trust me, Director Elvis, it's better for me to owe you a favor than to remember you owe me one. Don't you want a friend at the IRS?"
Though David seemed to be offering a favor, Elvis heard a hint of a threat in his tone.
Of course, setting aside the fact that David now held leverage over them, just his current position as the head of the Western Suburb Branch and the very likely prospect of him taking a high-ranking position in the headquarters in the future meant that they had to tread carefully around him.
"Here's what we'll do, Director David, this matter is of great importance and it's not within my power to decide. I would like to discuss it with my superiors."
David made a 'please' gesture.
