Chapter 1900: Chapter 592: "Criminal" (6k)

"...Your Majesty, the next time we meet, we will be enemies..."

Hearing Liuchuan’s last words again, the Emperor had lost track of how many times he had heard them.

"It’s the 38th time," said a youthful voice behind him, as if guessing what he was thinking.

"Teacher, please don’t always be like this...

My emotions are all over the place."

The Emperor’s expression fell, and he laid back helplessly, covering his face.

"Dear Teacher, please stop tormenting my brother,"

said the Empress, with one leg propped on the table, leaning against the bookshelf on the table in a slightly unbecoming manner, her voice icy.

As one of the Gemini of the Empire, known as the "Ice Empress," it’s hard to believe such a posture were it not seen in person here.

She wielded one of the famous superpowers of the Gemini Empire, always presenting a cold expression and tone to the world.

Outsiders always viewed her as the ice-cold beauty type.

But here, surrounded by familiar faces—the closest of kin and her real mentor from childhood—she could afford to be so unrestrained.

"However, that child is still alive...

This state, it must be controlled, right? Is this what you call the Blood Servant state?"

The Quantum Ghost, still clad in that obviously ill-fitting, oversized wide-sleeved coat, leaned back, looked up at the ceiling, and recalled.

Liuchuan was once a high-tier Extraordinary within the Empire’s direct lineage; rounding it up, he had grown under her command, serving under her as the Empire’s chief direct-line Extraordinary.

She had even guided him in the telekinesis aspect of the Martial Artist system.

Given her unique condition, she had lived long enough to witness Liuchuan’s rise from the military to his eventual downfall.

There was some affection there.

Unexpectedly, he eventually ended up in the hands of the current master...

It is, perhaps, a decent outcome.

"Only you, Teacher, can call that child thus."

The Emperor shook his head, returning to the main topic.

"Indeed, it is the Blood Servant state. Those Red Moon believers never hid this Divine Art; many middle and low tier believers have demonstrated it.

Moreover, in several past battles, the Red Moon Church transformed Tier Six Blood Servants.

From those videos, it seems that, perhaps because of evolving to high-tier, the current Blood Servants appear more agile than before.

Otherwise, it would be impossible to record such footage."

Indeed, there was such a thing; apparently, the technique has been updated...

The Quantum Ghost recalled sifting through information on the network; after a recent encounter, her interest in the Power of Faith had led her to acquire some related knowledge.

However, the "Heaven Mountain" aspect related to those believers involves high-tier applications, a level she hasn’t reached yet.

"It seems likely. From the mind’s perspective, this level of control already represents a high-tier level of manipulation.

Even I cannot control peers in this manner; only Divine Arts might allow it.

So, what do you plan to do?"

The Quantum Ghost put aside her joking demeanor and asked seriously.

Meanwhile, the virtual screen began playing the next video.

This footage had been sent to the Empire shortly after the war ended, and it seemed the other two civilizations hadn’t received similar content, as it was sent exclusively to the Empire.

"Considering the war’s circumstances, we can now almost confirm that the Church is aware of our infiltration.

Otherwise, they couldn’t have sent this footage to us so precisely.

It’s just unclear to what extent the Red Moon Church is aware—whether they’ve just detected the penetration without identifying, or if they’ve already confirmed some spies, or even fully exposed..."

"It’s not entirely impossible."

The Empress interjected suddenly, drawing both the Emperor’s and the Quantum Ghost’s gaze.

"Our spies don’t know the detailed plans, yet this time they managed to arrange things precisely.

A person can’t get intel from someone who doesn’t know anything. If the Red Moon Church can respond so comprehensively, the intelligence must come from other sources.

Or maybe it’s just a thorough arrangement by itself.

After all, if it were our position, confirming sufficient power at hand, wouldn’t we also arrange things the same way?"

The Emperor respectfully nodded.

The Empress was right; if he were to play the role of the Red Moon Church’s Pope planning a counterattack against the United Fleet, he’d surely consider everything.

Including the potential for fleet reinforcements and the hidden combat forces, these are areas that anyone with some strategic thought would take into account.

Therefore, making arrangements is not impossible.

Even if he and the Empress planned the strategy together, the establishment of forces might be harsher than what the Pope had intended.

Moreover, this time the Red Moon Church’s presence wasn’t confined to a single planet; high-level believers appeared on multiple battlefront planets.

Believers on the planet’s surface demonstrated combat power similar to each other, suggesting a similar strategic arrangement across all.

It’s just that the local United Fleet was unlucky.

They intentionally placed all "Gray Gang" spies on one planet, without placing high-tier forces on other planets.

Support for those planets genuinely came from the nearest fleet.

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