What Ran Ming was talking about was, of course, Feng Yan.
In the only landscaped garden area of the Military Academy's front courtyard, beside the pool, Ran Ming, Sheng Wu, Tai Yu, and several veterans who still had energy left after a day of bustling about had set up a few tables. With Red Silicon Primary Star and You Chong Star hanging overhead, they casually drank and ate.
Most of them were making idle conversation, but Ran Ming was using the chatter to discuss business.
He was eloquent, explaining the matter in just a few words before sighing. "We were hit by a disaster out of nowhere. How did an engineer from one of our subsidiary companies turn out to be a member of an 'Illegal Organization'? He killed himself cleanly enough, but in the end he drew the Pantheon's attention and handed leverage to those ill-intentioned bastards."
Officer Gong Zhou was occupied overseeing and participating in the experiment, so he had not joined them. As for Officer Kuler, who had finally sobered up after yesterday's welcome banquet, he woke up only to jump right back into the fray, laughing as he squeezed in at their table.
"If they could seize on your weakness so easily, that proves they'd had their eyes on you for a long time."
"Exactly."
Ran Ming continued to sigh, but he did not dwell on the matter. Instead, he said, "It was at a time like this that Azar proposed using our channels to leave the Red Silicon Star System. His payment would be some detailed information about this matter. Since he wasn't officially wanted, there was no harm in helping him out. We could gather some intelligence while we were at it. But the guy ran off, only to toss the trouble back at