268 Lucent Force (2/2)

”I'm not sure what you're talking about... Tell me, what leads you here...”

”We heard about the reports that massive dangerous materials and numbers of restricted resources were being sent to this place...”

'Oh, crap... So it was problems caused by importing those materials...'

The materials used for his Mech Frames and his spaceships were massive... Truly massive.

Most of them were even imported from different countries through Veda's help just to acquire the best possible materials.

He didn't bother about it before since he thought that Veda can handle it. However, it seems to be asking for too much since it was almost impossible to transport those things stealthily without using a Spatial Bag that could perfectly hide them.

'Err... Now what?'

He couldn't find a good explanation for bringing those materials aside from telling the truth. But he wasn't ready yet and he needed Yumi's superior's help with that.

Veda should've handled the documents required to transport them so even if he kept silent about it, he wouldn't really be pinned from the crimes he didn't do. That was why the group entered here illegally to find out about the truth.

After all, they were aware that if they investigated this openly, no one would confess that they were really planning to overthrow the government...

However, he couldn't do much about them as well since he didn't want to be enemies with the Lucent Force...

'Alright... I can only ask for help...'

”No one here was guilty of planning to harm the government. You're mistaken. You will be staying here for now while I'm confirming things to your superiors. Any attempts to get outside of this room would be dealt with, so be careful about your actions...”

Ace warned the group as he left the cabin to talk with Yumi and ask for some advice. If she can't help either, he'll ask Aaron.

After all, he didn't really know their superiors and Aaron wasn't even truly a part of the Lucent Force itself. He only has a strong connection to them due to his father's identity.

***

Falcon couldn't negotiate even if he wants to. The young man didn't even bother to look back after saying those words to them so they could only wait until the man returns.

'But this place is really interesting... How come I couldn't sense any mana at all...'

The man was impressed by this unfamiliar sensation.

He had experienced the dreadfulness of the magic jammer that made him constantly bring his magic jammer canceller, however, the kind of problem he was experiencing right now was scarier than the magic jammer feared by many magicians.

***

”Yumi... I need a favor...”

Ace asked the young girl in front of him. She wasn't busy at all and was only talking to one of the automatons controlled by Avalon.

”Oh? Where are your visitors?”

The girl remembers Ace's reason for leaving her here with Avalon.

”I left them in one of the cabins in the mountain. Anyway, let me explain the situation...”

Ace told the story made by the Lucent Force's leader, Falcon.

Yumi seems to be even more dumbfounded at the situation after understanding what happened.

She was also not expecting that the Lucent Force would act like this. Ace even showed to her the token given by Falcon.

Yumi frowned at this and decided to meet the group.

Ace also planned to briefly contact Aaron to clear some of his doubts about them.

But while he was doing that he didn't notice that as soon as Yumi left the room she was staying at, she already turned to a middle-aged woman.