The Empire had always remained highly skeptical that Digital Phantom might possess Near-Earth Jump capabilities, and that suspicion was only deepening.
Recently, relations between the Empire and the Alliance had eased somewhat. The Alliance had also stated that it hoped to obtain the Empire's teleportation technology.
The Empire certainly could not say, We don't have that technology. But it could not help wondering—what exactly was this teleportation? After checking the Divine Script records, the Empire was shocked to discover that this technology really did resemble Near-Earth Jump.
It was simply that the systems differed. One belonged to the Tech-Side, while the other belonged to the Mystic-Side.
So the question arose: why did the Alliance believe the Empire might possess such technology? Did that even need asking? The military definitely did not have it, so Digital Phantom must have displayed similar capabilities while fighting in the Alliance.
Or rather, some of the team's actions had given the Alliance that impression.
Digital Phantom might possess teleportation technology... Whenever the Empire's upper ranks considered that possibility, their feelings became exceedingly complicated.
But then again, if the team really possessed such technology, their hurried return this time instead proved that it had nothing to do with the Mystic Mansion.
In any case, the Digital Phantom team was like something hidden in the fog. If one did not think too deeply about them, it was fine; the more one thought, the less one could understand them.
If all the suspicions were listed out, everyone would find that this team was terrifyingly powerful! So, had Digital Phantom been deified by all kinds of rumors and speculation? That was a matter of opinion. But one thing was certain: they definitely had quite a few good things they had not revealed.
The government's final answer was: stall on