Two days later, news came that the newly appointed director of the National Security Bureau had swept through Dragon King Temple with a torrential force during a nighttime operation, and clashed with another team from the agency's northern branch. More than thirty people died altogether.
The new director took seventeen bullets and died in the night.
Durin let out a sigh.
Ten ministers of the Security Bureau were deposed because of the incident: three were dismissed, and the remaining seven were executed after trial.
The old man Joseph mentioned was confined quietly to his home.
Durin's first visit was to him.
It was during a night that Durin, in the guise of the Bone Lich, tore through space, bringing Joseph to the old man's living-room in a small building.
When Durin stepped out of the Teleportation Passage, the prepared counterattack had already lost its meaning—everyone knew who he was.
