Chapter 191: Chapter 138: Brother Knows You Haven’t Been So Good Lately

Shu Chao Yu brought the news of Shu Yao’s safety home, then went to find Ma with three servings of omurice.

One serving he’d even scrounged from Jiang Fei.

"Thanks for today." He thanked Ma face-to-face, his expression earnest and sincere.

"Don’t mention it!" Ma was wolfing down the first serving of omurice, his eyes constantly darting toward the other two. As busy as he was eating, it didn’t stop him from chatting with Mr. Yu. "You’ve been more than generous, so I had to do my part! Besides, if something had happened to our niece, forget ten servings of omurice—I wouldn’t have gotten to eat a single one!"

"So..." Shu Chao Yu’s expression grew guarded. He lowered his voice and asked, "The video we saw in the Imperial Palace... was it you who sent it to Yaoyao?"

Ma paused, asking blankly, "What video?"

All he had done was locate the incident site after Shu Yao’s Flying Machine was attacked and cut the power to the Austin family’s Star Warrior laser guns during the standoff between Shu Chao Yu’s group and Antoine’s.

Shu Chao Yu gave him a brief description.

As he listened, Ma’s expression grew increasingly grim. The omurice in front of him suddenly didn’t seem so appetizing anymore.

"From the sound of it, the video our niece has was leaked from inside the Austin family." Even for Ma, getting that kind of video from within the Austin Family would have taken considerable effort.

"I didn’t send it." It wasn’t his work, and Ma wouldn’t take credit for something he didn’t do, not even for the temptation of a hundred servings of omurice.

He said thoughtfully, "Looks like our niece has an informant inside the Austin family. And this person’s position in the Austin Family must be significant. After all, to get your hands on an internal video... even a direct family member might not have that kind of authority!

Or..."

Shu Chao Yu said, "Stop trying to build suspense."

Ma said gravely, "She knows an interstellar hacker even more skilled than me! Or... she herself is a brilliant hacker!"

Shu Chao Yu frowned and shook his head. "It’s not her."

He had been with Shu Yao the entire time. If she had hacked the Austin Family’s internal systems, he would have noticed it happening right under his nose.

Shu Chao Yu added, "And I don’t think she has a mole inside the Austin family either. After all, she just came from Zone 9."

How could she have recruited a mole willing to risk life and limb for her in such a short time? Especially within the fortress-like Austin Family!

Ma said with certainty, "Then there must be another expert involved."

Shu Chao Yu breathed a sigh of relief.

’As long as this person isn’t an enemy, it’s fine.’

A sudden doubt occurred to him. "Could it be the Imperial Family?"

"If the Imperial Family had used the central network to pull up the Austin family’s internal video, our niece wouldn’t have been the first person to find out," Ma said dismissively.

Shu Chao Yu recalled the scene. Although his attention had been focused on the members of the Austin family, he hadn’t missed the reactions of the Emperor, the Empress, and the Commander-in-Chief. The three of them, like everyone else, had been utterly furious when they saw the video’s contents.

’Clearly, they had only just learned of the video’s existence as well.’

"I left too many tracks today, so I can’t go stirring up any more trouble. When I have a free moment, I’ll look into who this expert is." Ma had always believed there was always someone better out there.

"Forget it," Shu Chao Yu said. "Their technical skills are superior to yours. If they’re an interstellar hacker like you, it’s best you two stay out of each other’s way. It’s better for everyone that way."

Ma nodded involuntarily. After temporarily clearing his mind, he went back to wolfing down his food.

"Mmm, this omurice is so good~"

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「Imperial High School. An abandoned warehouse.」

Parked inside was a battered white Flying Machine.

The Flying Machine’s landing gear was damaged to varying degrees, but the worst of it was the tail, which had been pierced clean through.

Such a massive hole.

It was surrounded by large, scorched black marks.

A shocking sight.

’If she brought a Flying Machine like this back home, Shu Xin would probably faint on the spot.’

She was busy shopping online for Flying Machine parts and repair equipment when she heard a soft call from outside the warehouse.

"Sister Yao?"

After seeing the Flying Machine parked inside, Ke Dancheng visually sized up the length, width, and height of the warehouse door, but he didn’t ask any questions or say a word.

Without looking up, Shu Yao said, "I bought some things online. They’ve been delivered to the school gate. Go sign for the package and bring it here."

"Oh... okay."

"Wait." Shu Yao called out to Ke Dancheng as he was about to leave, tossing something to him. "Take this with you."

Ke Dancheng had no idea what it was. He caught it and saw it was a piece of talisman paper. The strange thing was, the moment his hand touched the paper, a space about the size of the warehouse appeared in his mind.

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