Fitting In

The military on Second Star was truly baffled. How had the news leaked?

They had only learned that Mars was coming ten hours ago!

In other words, even the Planet Three military did not fully trust their own side, only sending word shortly before his arrival.

The Second Star military was somewhat displeased by this, but... Jia Shuiqing's reach truly ran deep, so it was understandable.

Precisely because of that, however, when someone tried to shift the blame onto them, the military district had every reason to push back!

They had indeed sent people to receive him, but even those people had not known they were receiving a Supreme! No one had considered artificial intelligence. Qu Jianlei's refusal to let Xiao Hu wander around had indeed proved useful.

But the most crucial point was... Mars's whereabouts had not been absolutely confidential.

The highest-ranking officials in the Second Star military district had already known he was coming; they simply did not know his exact itinerary.

Even more people on the Planet Three military side had been informed.

It was entirely possible that someone among them had leaked the news, and the factors involved might not have been limited to Old Lady Jia.

For example, the Panda Team might have informants within the military as well.

That was right. They had already concluded that Panda was behind the attack on Mars—three Electromagnetic Supremes; could any other team possibly field that? As for why this team had attacked Mars, the preliminary assessment was that it might be connected to the Divine Script Society.

Mars's close ties with the Divine Script Society were no secret.

Most importantly, Mars had exerted some influence on the Divine Script Society, urging them to send people over as soon as possible! But the Panda Team and the Divine