"You're such a big idiot!"
The guard's companion angrily reached out and smacked the man hard on the head. Then, in a tone full of frustration at his failure to live up to expectations, he hissed quietly.
"If we don't do this, we might lose our lives in a bit. Once you don't even have your life anymore, what do you need this job for? To go work for ghosts in the underworld?"
After harshly lecturing his companion, this somewhat aggressive guard directly took out his communicator and shouted over the public channel to all the patrolling guards present.
"Urgent alert, urgent alert! Brothers, this is the patrol team responsible for B1 sector. Just now, the brother responsible for A3 sector suddenly disappeared."
"Urgent alert, urgent alert! Brothers…"
The guard's voice spread through the radio waves via the public channel, quickly reaching everyone's ears. Upon learning that one of their comrades had gone missing, the people present instantly fell into an indescribable panic.
Their teammate who had been patrolling A3 sector alone had vanished without a sound. Didn't that mean he had very likely met with misfortune? And after that… would it be their turn next?
At this moment, an unspeakable fear and chaos spread among the group. The innate human fear of death had already disrupted their normal thinking and actions.
"Brothers, rather than waiting here to die and getting picked off one by one by the intruder, why don't we all gather together? That way, we might still have a chance to survive!"
After hearing this guard's words, the comrades responsible for the patrol duties quickly agreed with the proposal. Rather than sitting and waiting for death, uniting and fighting with their backs against the wall might still give them a chance at survival.
As for waiting for the captain or hoping for Jade and Topaz, the two high-ranking company officials… honestly, those hopes had already vanished into thin air the moment the captain failed to return.
Thus, under this guard's call, the comrades present quickly moved toward B1 sector, intending to concentrate all their forces here and huddle together for warmth.
"Hm? Interesting. They noticed so quickly? I, Sparkle, thought it would take them a bit longer to realize."
Since the guard had shouted over the public channel, these words naturally reached the ears of Sparkle, who was currently disguised as a patrolling guard.
In response, the girl first raised an eyebrow slightly, then smiled faintly—as if she had thought of something amusing—her brows relaxing once more.
"But… now this is starting to get a little interesting~"
At the same time, on the second floor of the embassy cabinet where Jade and Topaz were located…
After seeing the teams rapidly converging on B1 sector, both of their brows furrowed deeply. Originally, the two had suspected that the lone patrolling guard was Sparkle in disguise. But now it seemed…
This guard who was rallying his comrades to gather also carried extremely heavy suspicion.
However, because the two were somewhat far away, and Sparkle's disguise was truly exquisitely crafted, Jade and Topaz couldn't make a definitive judgment for the moment. They could only follow the instincts honed over many years.
"Time to reel in the net. Little Jelena, make your move."
Staring intently at the now overcrowded B1 sector, our Lady Jade silently waved her hand toward her companion.
"Understood."
Upon receiving Jade's order, our Miss Topaz decisively pressed the communication button on her earpiece.
"Everyone, to your positions and prepare. Await my command!"
"Five… four… three… two… one!"
'Buzz—!'
With Topaz's command, a powerful Imaginary energy storm instantly swept across the entire Interastral Peace Corporation Resident Embassy on Jarilo-VI.
The Imaginary energy storm came with ferocious speed, like thunder. In merely a single breath, it achieved complete ground coverage.
"What the hell is this crap?!"
Sparkle, whose disguise had been broken, looked utterly dumbfounded as she complained. The Imaginary energy storm had swept over in a flash faster than lightning, instantly reverting the girl—who had been in her transformed disguised state—back to her true form.
She had been about to sneak toward Jade and Topaz's room to see if she could find any interesting documents, but this sudden energy storm directly shattered her plan and exposed her true self under the 'bright daylight'.
'Thud, thud, thud…'
Two sets of footsteps sounded from behind Sparkle, gradually approaching. One set was crisp and high-pitched—the sound of high heels.
The other was slightly muffled and steady—likely from short leather boots.
Following the direction of the sound, our Miss Sparkle turned around and looked with interest at the two women slowly closing in on her.
"Miss Sparkle, a pleasure to meet you for the first time. I am Jade, Senior Executive of the Interastral Peace Corporation's Strategic Investment Department. It is an honor to meet you."
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Xianzhou Luofu… Seat of Divine Foresight…
"General, what did you call me here for?"
Our Master Diviner unceremoniously pushed open the door to Jing Yuan's office and then strode in boldly. Toward the somewhat strange looks from the surrounding staff, the girl paid them no mind whatsoever.
"Hahaha! Fu Qing, you've finally come. Come, Fu Qing, please take a seat."
Seeing that Fu Xuan had finally arrived, our originally somewhat drowsy General immediately put on a delighted expression and greeted the Master Diviner of the Divination Commission with a smiling face.
"You want me to take a seat?"
Hearing Jing Yuan's words, our Master Fu Xuan slightly furrowed her brows. Her small hand rested on her chin as she suspiciously sized up this Arbiter-General from head to toe several times—until even the latter started to feel a bit uneasy—before the girl finally withdrew her gaze.
"Speak then. What important business does our General have with this little Master Diviner of the Divination Commission?"