(To prevent a power outage, today's update was posted early...)
Ever since the ships of those void smugglers had been hauled away in the Empire Admiral's cargo hold, while all their crew had been transferred to the dormitories in the Empire Admiral's Ecosystem Zone, several days had passed...
The battle had been fierce, state affairs had been busy, and those two burdens had made me forget about them completely! Only now, after finally getting a little downtime at home, did I remember that there were still people locked up on the Empire Admiral!
The moment I noisily brought it up, Miss immediately became interested too. Of course, she knew that the Sixth Legion had run into those void smugglers at the Empire's distant frontier, and as a prophet, she had probably known about it even earlier than I had. I found it hard to imagine why she had not reminded me sooner, so let's just assume Miss had accidentally forgotten too. Anyway, a few minutes later, Lin Yanfeng and I rushed into Shadow Space and headed straight for the starport.
We passed through Shadow City's civilian district. We had returned in a terrible hurry yesterday, and upon reaching Shadow City, we had gone directly to headquarters, so I had not had the chance to inspect the civilian district. Only when passing through today did I sense that it was steeped in an atmosphere unlike usual—still carrying some tension, but gradually calming down. There were fewer pedestrians on the streets than usual, and most entertainment-oriented street media had been shut down. Giant holograms controlled by the Military Department drifted slowly over Shadow City, broadcasting the results of the recently concluded Border Defense War and the announcement that Martial Law had ended. Pandora's recruitment ads had once again appeared on every promotional