If Paranoid hadn't left evidence at the scene, Imperial Capital Academy might have wondered: What exactly had happened?
But announcing the crimes before killing people, and more than once... This clearly wasn't an isolated incident.
As for verifying it? There was no need to overthink it. There was a ninety-nine percent chance Digital Phantom had done it! When Imperial Capital Academy considered everything that had happened recently, they were both shocked and furious.
They truly hadn't expected Digital Phantom's retaliation to be so fierce and domineering!
At the same time, they received word that Digital Phantom was contacting the local government and attempting to purchase that nebula.
Logically speaking, after suffering such fierce retaliation, Imperial Capital Academy really needed to consider backing down.
However, backing down wasn't so easy. If they truly swallowed this insult, how would the other academies view Imperial Capital Academy?
At this point, the secrets hidden within that nebula were no longer all that important!
What mattered was Imperial Capital Academy's honor. How were they supposed to account to the families of the dead? Moreover, there was no shortage of people in the government with ulterior motives, secretly egging them on.
—No matter how fiercely Digital Phantom made trouble, weren't they still forced to follow the Empire's rules and honestly purchase the nebula?
So there were still rules to their actions.
And the fact that they persisted in purchasing it showed that the nebula was extremely important to Digital Phantom! Even if they couldn't confront them head-on, sabotaging this acquisition would still let them vent some anger, wouldn't it? Imperial Capital Academy, you're Academy Faction. You might not be able to beat them, and perhaps you wouldn't dare go all out, but ruining their plans shouldn't be difficult, right?
The key was that Digital Phantom's acquisition