That was right. In the end, the Planet Governor's death had still been pinned on Panda.
There was no helping it. With something this major happening, even if they knew he was a scapegoat, the authorities had to find someone to take the blame.
Any Awakened One above A-rank in the Panda Team was worth at least all the resources needed to advance one A-rank Awakened One.
It had to be made clear that this level of bounty was an outright violation of Imperial law.
Although everyone knew that powerful families were more likely to produce high-rank Awakened Ones, the Empire's public messaging still centered on one word—"fairness."
To be fair, the awakening process was relatively more equitable, since it was meant to uncover talent for the Empire.
But even so, there were still people who took a fourth or fifth Gene Modification Agent injection before awakening.
It was just that, over time, people had discovered that children who awakened only after more than three injections truly had very poor potential.
Once that became known, such cases became less common, but they had never disappeared entirely.
After all, as long as one was an Awakened One, one could enjoy far too many conveniences.
As for cultivation after awakening, the official Awakened One Administration Department provided the most basic cultivation resources.
But those with connections could obtain more resources.
As long as someone awakened honestly after three injections and had sufficient resources, it would not be difficult to forcibly pile them up to A-rank.
These were open secrets. Everyone knew, but nobody mentioned them.
In any case, the authorities would never openly admit that some people had simply won at the starting line!
Private bounties sometimes offered cultivation resources as rewards, and ordinary people had long since stopped finding that strange.