Fallout

Qu Jianlei's one question was really a collection of many questions. The key was whether they dared to answer.

Yet those agents really had nothing they dared not say.

The reason was simple: the warrant against Hongjingtian had actually been issued by the Department of Anomalous Affairs.

Baron's initial warrant had been issued in his own name. Only after the fleet was wiped out did the Department of Anomalous Affairs deploy a large amount of additional combat power.

But the Department of Anomalous Affairs' warrant was special. What was that department for? It handled anomalous affairs for the Empire! Anomalous affairs... theoretically, the military had the authority to handle them too, since it was all about maintaining social stability, wasn't it? But in reality, that was not quite the case. The matters the Department of Anomalous Affairs intervened in were of too high a level. Other departments generally had no right to interfere!

Including the military, no one's authority over anomalous affairs surpassed that of the Department of Anomalous Affairs.

After all, the military was meant for fighting. It could also maintain social stability, but managing anomalous affairs... that crossed the line.

To put it bluntly, even the Divine Script Society had slightly greater authority over anomalous affairs than the military.

So the military had indeed tried its best to cooperate, but... they were not the main players! The local government was in a similar position. In fact, the local government had even less authority than the military.

Simply put, the Department of Anomalous Affairs declared: This is ours to handle. Military, you need to cooperate!

The military replied: We can cooperate, but this matter... it wouldn't be appropriate for us to meddle too much, right? The local authorities should still contribute.

The local government was even more bewildered: Well,