Chapter 1183 - Disqualified (2/2)
As soon as he walked in, his communicator rang. He looked at it, and to his surprise, it was a call from Kasuyi.
Han Xiao casually sat on the Throne, lay back, and picked it up. “Yo, Old Kasuyi, you rarely ever contact me. What’s this about?”
“Are you free?”
“What, you want to ask me out?” “Something like that. I’m planning to explore a special secondary dimension and hope to team up with a Mechanic. It’d be best if you’re free.” Han Xiao’s eyes flickered. He sat up straight slightly and asked, “Why didn’t you go to Manison? Aren’t the two of you quite close?”
“He’s not in a good situation at the moment, so it’s not wise to look for him. Comparatively, you’re my top choice. You’re more suited for this mission than him.” “Oh? Why?”
“Because that place is dangerous. I need a tank to stand in front, so… you know what I’m saying.” Kasuyi coughed.
Han Xiao tutted.
No wonder you came to me. Turns out it’s because of my tankiness.
Why hide something like this? You can just tell me you want my body.
“How dangerous is that secondary dimension?”
“I’ve never done field research, so I don’t know the details either. However, it’s definitely very dangerous. Even Beyond Grade As’ lives can be threatened.”
“Who else is going?”
“Just you and me. I don’t want too many people to take part in this operation.”
Hearing this, Han Xiao narrowed his eyes.
He felt that this was most certainly not just a simple exploration. He wondered what secret goal Kasuyi had.
“That’s about it. Black Star, when are you free?”
“Erm… in a few months. You know what’s happening between Modo and me. I don’t have time to do something else for the time being. Are you in a hurry?”
“Not really. I can wait for you, but don’t make me wait too long.”
“That’s easy. You can deal with Modo together with me, then I’ll be free sooner, right?” Han Xiao teased.
“Hehe, go trick someone else.” Kasuyi smiled faintly.
“I can surely go with you, but you’ll at least have to show some sincerity, you know,” Han Xiao said.
“What reward do you want? As long as it’s a not too excessive request, I will agree.”
“Now that you suddenly say that, I really don’t know what I want… What about more requests?”
“No, just one.” Kasuyi’s expression remained the same.
“Then I’ve not decided yet.”
Han Xiao shrugged. This was a favor from Kasuyi, so he did not want to waste it.
“It’s still early anyway. Take your time to think about it. Tell me when you’ve made up your mind.”
After the agreement was made, Kasuyi did not waste much time. They chatted for a little bit before hanging up.
Han Xiao put the communicator down and pondered.
“Fascinating. Even Kasuyi needs a teammate to bear the risk together. What’s going on in that secondary dimension? Is it really that dangerous?” Sadly, no mission was triggered yet, so he had no clue.
After pondering for a while longer and still having no idea, he put this matter in the back of his mind.
In the next ten or so days, the Modo Civilization searched everywhere for Lothaire. However, it was not going smoothly at all, and accidents occurred frequently. The forces the Crimson Dynasty planted in Modo’s territory kept stirring trouble, obstructing the investigation in all ways possible, but they also lost quite a number of men who were captured and interrogated by Modo.
In this situation, the assassins inside Modo’s territory all stopped acting and went into hiding, afraid of being suspected. They were all shocked by how daring this assassin who killed the Modo Civilization’s leader was.
During the thorough investigation, Lothaire’s experience proved to be a huge help. He continuously hid, shifted locations, and covered his tracks, avoiding the soldiers time after time.
He had multiple stealth abilities to begin with and the bonus of the Medium Luck Glow, so he was able to rendezvous with the mechanical army Han Xiao had sent into Modo’s territory without getting caught in any battles.
The mechanical army successfully handed the King over to Lothaire. With it, he teleported away directly and finally escaped. He would never be found by Modo.
The Modo Civilization did not know about this. They were still searching everywhere. However, just a few days later, a sudden change happened in the Modo Civilization’s leading level again.
As one of Modo’s leaders had passed away, one of the Three Kings was missing. The race this position represented was very unhappy, and they did not want this situation to carry on. Therefore, a candidate quickly replaced this hole for the time being, and the Three Kings were complete again.
However, this new leader’s political stand seemed to be different from the other two kings—he did not support sending more soldiers to the Flickering World.
Due to all kinds of factors, the objecting faction seemed to have grown stronger once again. Those objecting faction upper echelons, including Marco, were all released after they were proved innocent. Under the protection of some kind of political power, not only were they not cleansed, but they were even firmer about objecting to the decision to continue participating in the Flickering War.
A storm started in the Modo Civilization’s leading level again, but this time was different from the public impeachment. Instead, it was all going on in private. The public did not know the truth; they only noticed that the shifting of officials seemed to be more frequent. No outsiders knew what kind of political strife and compromising the Modo upper echelons had made. They only knew that more than half a month after the assassination incident, the Modo Civilization publicly announced the progress of the investigation.
The report did not mention the names of the three Universal Civilizations and the Black Star Army at all. They only stated that many suspects had been caught, and they had made some progress, but the details of the progress were not stated at all.
At the end of the report, the Modo Civilization stated that they would be attacking all the terrorist organizations outside the territory that had claimed responsibility for the assassination. They expressed that this was an insult to Modo’s face, and these organizations were key suspects. Under the operations of the Modo Civilization, the public opinion of the nation was directed at these terrorist organizations. The hatred was shifted.
The spies and mechanical armies that Han Xiao had left in the Modo expeditionary army’s territory discovered their sudden movements -expeditionary army fleets disappeared in the territory one after another.
Very soon, not just the Black Star Army, but the three Universal Civilizations and the Super Star Cluster Alliance also noticed this.
Although it was not clearly stated, everyone could guess what the Modo Civilization was doing—the Modo expeditionary army was retreating!
The objecting faction rose, the nation’s internal state was in chaos, and there were many possible traps behind the assassination. In the end, the objecting faction got the upper hand. The two old kings of Modo were forced to compromise. The order to pull out the expeditionary army was made. They had decided to give up on participating in the Flickering War.
A simpler conclusion for this would be…
The Modo Civilization was now disqualified by Black Star!