Lin Xue wasn't wrong. This time, the problem wasn't in Imperial territory but on the Fallen Apostles' side. Naturally, it couldn't be considered our trouble. Explaining her prophecy that way, the girl was quite good at getting herself off the hook.
But the problem was—no matter whether the Fallen Apostles or the Empire ran into trouble, there was no way I could just sit around doing nothing, okay?!
So, all things considered, this girl really was a Trouble Aggregation Body, and one aimed exclusively at me.
"The Third Intelligence Core... this newly established department is incredibly efficient."
Sandora had received the news as well and hurried over. That was the first thing she said.
No one returned to Shadow City immediately. Instead, we contacted headquarters on the spot. Fortunately, Older Sister had a habit of carrying all sorts of strange things with her. When she arrived, she had a planetary-colonization Living Quarters stored in her Personal Space. Military Living Quarters came equipped with complete information modules and command terminals, allowing the few of us to work right there on the beach.
The Third Intelligence Core had existed for less than a month. Its primary duties were analyzing and studying the Fallen Apostles' behavioral patterns, deciphering their technology, formulating targeted combat doctrines, gradually infiltrating them, and tracking their movements. It was an extremely demanding department, but it had the greatest possible advantage: a commander who had defected from the Fallen Apostles' army, Carter Carlo. As the Third Intelligence Core's chief adviser, Carter had provided us with a great deal of valuable firsthand information about the Fallen Apostles' forces. With his help, the Imperial Army had finally begun targeted, planned adversarial simulation training against the Fallen Apostles. Though it had yet to be tested in actual combat, all data indicated that the