Chapter 1228 - Sorokins Confusion (2/2)
Everyone had the same reaction; they were all extremely furious.
They were one of the ruling civilizations, yet someone dared to attack their direct member and wipe out their talent. Whoever was behind this had absolutely no respect for the dynasty at all!
For someone to do something like that, in their eyes, that person was asking to be killed!
An intelligence department high ranking official said with a deep voice, “Since the fleet is missing too, we can assume that the enemy succeeded. We have to first verify if Gaud is still alive. If he’s still alive, we have to prioritize saving him.”
“That’s right. Gaud is an important direct Beyond Grade A. Even if there’s only a tiny chance, we must protect his life!” another military official agreed.
“Gaud is a Beyond Grade A. To be able to take him down so quickly, the enemy definitely had to use a lot of forces. I suggest checking the space buoys nearby immediately. There should be witness reports of large fleets passing by!”
“Don’t have too high hopes. If the enemy could easily cut off the fleet’s remote link, they’d definitely be able to modify the records of the space buoys. The enemy was definitely fully prepared and wouldn’t leave any obvious clues since he dared mess with the dynasty.”
“The enemy could make our fleet disappear without a trace. There’s a high chance that a Beyond Grade A Mechanic is involved!”
“That’s right. The enemy might have left clues in the quantum network. I suggest getting Quantum Demon Judith to investigate, or we can even request help from Black Star if it really comes to that point. Black Star is a top Virtual Mechanic. Not many people in the universe can hide from him in the quantum network!”
The people planned and discussed the matter for a while. The topic then went back to the suspect.
An officer said, “Some time ago, an unknown force spread information about Gaud’s real ability on the network. This might be the fuse; someone wants to eliminate our talent or has eyes on this Super High Risk Esper Ability.”
“Not many organizations have both the ability and motive to do this. The federation and the church have been our competitors forever. They don’t want to see us have someone as talented as Gaud, so they both might act… especially the Federation of Light. They have the Multi-Dimensional Sky Opening Transportation Device, so they can kill Gaud without anyone noticing!”
“No, it is now the development stage of the Flickering World, and we’re still at war. The federation and the church wouldn’t break our temporary partnership for something like this. In fact, the Super Star Clusters civilizations are the most suspicious. They might feel that since they have no way of turning the war around, they had to erase a future threat before losing completely!”
“I heard Black Star has been protesting about Manison’s Felon technology, so the Mechanic Emperor is suspicious too! Don’t forget, Ninjia from the Arcane Church is suspected to have been killed by Manison, leading to the church’s Ten Thousand Deity Scepter falling into the federation’s hands… This guy has done something like this before!”
Everyone present had the same three speculations. These three sides had both the ability and the motive. Other than them, no other organization would have the guts to attack the dynasty’s direct member.
Looking at everyone’s excited expressions, Bekorodi’s expression changed slightly as he suddenly thought of something.
No… one more person has the motive.
In the past, he had told Gaud to analyze the Evolution Energy. If Black Star discovered what Gaud did, Black Star would have a reason to attack him too. Black Star was a suspect!
However… Bekorodi could not bring that up!
The plan to analyze the Evolution Cube got called to a stop by Urranrell long ago; Bekorodi only approached Gaud behind Urranrell’s back because he received the subtle approval from the next ruler. He was carrying out this plan secretly; this was not something he could point out in this situation!
It did not matter whether Black Star was actually the one who did it. As soon as what he did got exposed, not only would he be most likely demoted, it would impact the next ruler negatively too.
If Black Star really did it, although Black Star would certainly be held responsible, he would take much more blame. After all, he acted against the orders and placed the dynasty at the moral low ground.
All kinds of plots flashed past his mind. Bekorodi opened his mouth a bit but chose to stay silent in the end.
Even if Black Star was the culprit, he was not going to say it.
Bekorodi thought things through very clearly. It was the next ruler who hinted for him to carry out the plan. The two of them had a silent agreement to have the new ruler break this case open after Urranrell’s term ended, so the new ruler’s reputation and image would be increased.
However, although Bekorodi had this plan, what made him stay silent was more the fact that he did not believe Black Star was the culprit.
With Black Star’s position, even if he did notice what Gaud was doing, he had no reason to make it into such a big deal. He sure had the motive, but it was too weak.
Furthermore, the way Bekorodi looked at it, the title of National Pillar and the three Universal Civilizations’ consultant were more than enough to tie Black Star up. After enjoying the benefits of them, Black Star would not want to lose them, so he would not do something as rash as this.
While Bekorodi was brainstorming, the others quickly came to a decision.
Urranrell made the decisive call.
“Announce Gaud going missing on behalf of the dynasty immediately. Tell the entire universe that the dynasty will find the culprit no matter the cost!”
Swoosh!
The upper echelons present stood up simultaneously and nodded.
“Understood!”
…
At a border stargate transit station of the Emerald Star Cluster, a man wearing the uniform of the Limitless Financial Group stood at the scenery observation area and looked at the galaxy outside the porthole. The border stargate was not far away. Belts of light extended from inside the blue space vortex. They were all spaceships entering and leaving the border.
“Based on the time, the fleet guarding Gaud should arrive in a day at most…” this Limitless Financial Group employee murmured.
It was not the original owner who was controlling this body but Sorokin’s manifestation.
According to the route the dynasty fleet was taking, they should be leaving the Flickering World through the Black Star Army’s territory. Hence, Sorokin had possessed this person many days ago and waited at this stargate, wanting to observe the size of the fleet Gaud was in. He could only come up with a detailed plan after obtaining enough information.
However, although he was already making preparations, he was still hesitant as to whether he was going to make the move or not. After all, the matter was too huge.
“If I do it, it’s best to do it in the Black Star Army’s territory, it’ll be easier to frame it on Black Star this way… even if I fail, Black Star will be held responsible if something happens to Gaud in his territory.”
Sorokin pondered.
Beep beep beep!
At this time, his communicator suddenly rang.
Sorokin took it out and glanced at it casually. It was an announcement the dynasty had made in the public channel, which forced a notification to pop up on every communicator.
According to the General Quantum Network Communication Laws, only the civilization that ruled over an area had the right to do this, not any other organizations, especially not consortiums.
“Tsk, how great would it be if this could be used for advertising…” Sorokin mumbled and opened the message.
With just one look, his expression froze on his face, and his entire body turned stiff.
“Gaud was attacked and is already missing‽”
Sorokin was stunned, his mind was filled with question marks.
Wait, what? I haven’t started moving yet!
Which hero did my job for me‽
Marvelous!
I thank you!
The sudden turn of events astonished Sorokin totally.
Not only him, as soon as this enraged announcement from the Crimson Dynasty was publicized, the entire galactic society was absolutely shocked!
It all happened so suddenly. No one was mentally prepared!