The news of Heaven Capital's fall had not only stirred up a storm in the Boro Province; it had also shocked everyone inside the Sticky Community building in Dawn City.
Most interestingly, this scandal had not been brought to light by The Alliance, but by the Bugra Free State, which the Empire had thought it was on rather good terms with.
The relationships involved were somewhat complicated, but they could still be explained clearly enough.
Since the Free State had always maintained good relations with the Legion, and the Empire was also the Legion's "ally," Duke Galava had always treated the Free State's representatives like his own brothers.
And the Free State's profiteers just so happened to be famous for quietly making fortunes.
They never chose their customers when doing business, caring only about whether there was profit to be made. Naturally, they would never take the initiative to strip the Empire bare. Instead, they had hidden behind the Legion and The Alliance, quietly developing the Boro Province market.
If several senior salesmen from the Flint Group had not been caught by Heaven Capital's rioters, creating too much public pressure for the authorities, the Free State's representative truly would not have wanted to speak up.
As for Duke Galava, he had been kept in the dark from beginning to end. He had only recently learned that Wutuo was no longer in Heaven Capital, but had fled to Golden Gallon Port.
And when he learned that the Empire's Heaven Capital had actually fallen into the hands of a group of rioters, his eyes widened as he sat at the conference table.
He looked exactly like a stranded goldfish.
"Utter nonsense! Heaven Capital... is in the hands of rebels? How come I never heard about this? What are you trying to accomplish