The moment the young general heard that single word, his eyes widened to their absolute limit, and he practically shouted, "The Syndicate?!"
Every young general graduating from the Burton family receives additional, highly advanced courses. One of the most crucial among them is the Cosmic Cultural Studies class — a class designed to make sure that even if they've never physically stepped foot into the Middle Belt, their knowledge of its powers, organizations, and underworld surpasses that of many officers and even generals who actually live there.
That single sentence spoken by the pilot of the orange vessel…
That he is from the Syndicate, and that the Shadow Swords know him, said far more than the words themselves. It carried weight, meaning, and an undeniable threat.
There is only one organization in the entire known universe that introduces itself simply as the Syndicate, without attaching any title, region, or designation after the name — that Syndicate:
