"Pfft—!"
On the research vessel docked near the Alliance airport, Yang Kai leaned back in his seat and finished reading the contents of the holographic screen before him, nearly spraying a mouthful of coffee onto the cockpit's central console.
Just a few minutes ago, he had returned to his research vessel and was preparing to study the Alliance Administrator's proposed revisions. The moment he opened his personal terminal, though, he received this thing.
Displayed on the screen was a three-page newspaper, with the words "Clear Spring City Daily" printed across the masthead.
What was even more astonishing was the headline—
"Clear Spring City's Mother Nest Has Not Fallen! Secretly Raised by the Administrator!"
That thing could be raised???
"What the hell is this?"
Apparently quite pleased by Yang Kai's flustered expression, Li Ke, whose holographic projection floated nearby, spoke with a trace of mockery in his voice.
"Our intelligence personnel found this newspaper in Dawn City. You could pick one up just by visiting any newsstand... so what exactly has your Research Division been doing?"
He was a researcher from the Foreign Affairs Division, also Grade B like Yang Kai. Ever since this guy had overstepped his authority and taken over the Foreign Affairs Division's work, Li Ke had been deeply dissatisfied with him.
And this was not the first time!
After hearing Li Ke's words, Yang Kai's expression stiffened.
He had instructed the research vessel's assistant to monitor the Alliance's radio and television broadcasts and filter important information from the news, but he truly had not paid any attention to newspapers.
Mainly because he had no fixed residence. Even if he subscribed, no one would know where to deliver them.
But then again.
What era was this? Who still read those things??
"...This doesn't prove anything. It's only a