The two starships behind them did not answer the military's question directly, merely saying that they had only asked casually.
Who asked something like that casually? Hill naturally did not believe them, so he had the signalman reply.
"Tell them our operation is classified. If they do not want trouble, they should leave immediately."
After receiving that response, the other starships adjusted their course slightly, clearly unwilling to communicate further.
However, the adjustment was not very large.
Although the two sides would eventually go their separate ways, the two starships behind them were extremely fast and were still closing the distance to the Battalion-Class Ship.
When the distance shrank to around four million kilometers, the Battalion-Class Ship identified their origins, and the voice reporting it immediately turned grave.
"The merchant ship in front is registered in Valencia."
It was not difficult to identify that. The Battalion-Class Ship had an enormous database and powerful active detection capabilities.
Ordinary warships were not connected to civilian data, but the Battalion-Class Ship had the relevant information stored aboard.
Once they realized something was suspicious, they established the relevant data links and soon found the problem.
A Valencia starship... and the turmoil on Teres had yet to settle.
Although the incident was nearing its end, the separatists' emotions had been thoroughly stirred up throughout it.
That made their purpose in asking about the Frontline highly suspicious. Anyone would wonder whether they intended to cause trouble.
After all, ordinary starships were strictly forbidden from approaching the Frontline.
Soon afterward, the origin of the other starship was identified as well. It was actually from the Jinyang Star Region! That was no ordinary coincidence. How had these two gotten together?
More importantly, the Jinyang Star Region had also run into trouble recently, and both the military and the