Hope and Despair

"Are you going to inform Jinxia about what happened here?" Arima Keiichiro showed a hesitant expression.

"What is it?" Wuyue Yao noticed his hesitation. "Is there something wrong with that?"

"You did not notify Princess Guangping before taking action. Now that our army has suffered a setback, reporting to Jinxia afterward may make them feel that we are only bringing them trouble, and they may look down on us..."

Wuyue sighed. "The coup was indeed my unilateral decision, but you have been to Jinxia City with me. You know what Ning and Lord Xia are like. Compared to causing trouble, they care more about seeking truth from facts. The Seven Stars Bureau of Military Affairs is already Jinxia City's enemy. Now that they have suddenly appeared on Yama Island, if we conceal it over a matter of pride, I fear we will harm both sides in the end. Have the Signal Squad find high ground and set up the antenna."

Keiichiro nodded. "Understood."

"Also, I want to send a small team into Bumi Prefecture."

"Lord Wuyue, surely you mean—"

"The Right Wing's report mentioned that the enemy dragged away Tsi Qing and quite a few wounded soldiers. Sorcerers would naturally not stay behind to clean up the battlefield. If Tsi Qing had already fallen, there would have been no need for them to take even her corpse away." Wuyue Yao paused. "So I suspect that Tsi Qing may still be alive."

The battlefield had been in complete chaos at the time. As commander-in-chief, she had been positioned behind the center army and could hardly take in everything happening on the right flank. It was only after the troops had regrouped that she discovered Tsi Qing had not returned. Based on the combined accounts of the Xuanwu unit and the right-wing