The corridor stretched deep into the darkness, its surroundings dim—a fitting environment for the Nightfall Crowd. The seemingly slender, delicate priestess before him was like a little white flower growing from that blackened backdrop, strikingly conspicuous, yet also signaling something unusual and dangerous.
Tai Yu rather appreciated this style. Speaking frankly and laying everything out in the open saved everyone a great deal of trouble.
So he asked directly, "Is it because I'm from the backwater Red Silicon Star System and my information is skewed? Great Lord Luande's honorary retirement should be a proper personnel transfer by the Boundary Curtain. They only need to follow the procedures, so why does it need to be facilitated?"
Yuan Shu responded calmly, "If everything in this world could be handled according to procedure, the Black Inspector would have no reason to exist."
"The Black Inspector handles this too?"
"We simply hope there will be fewer variables in this star region for some time to come... At the same time, it is also protection for Great Lord Luande, a distinguished general of great merit. The gods have made arrangements for the Great Lord, and they hope to see them through properly from beginning to end."
"That sounds quite warmhearted."
"Of course, that is the direction in which we wish to work."
Yuan Shu's appearance and bearing suited such gentle words perfectly. Watching Tai Yu, she continued, "With Officer Tai Yu serving as an intermediary, the likelihood of success will rise greatly."
Tai Yu laughed at that.
"Priest Yuan Shu, the way you put these three matters makes it sound as though I occupy an important position in every one of them. Naturally, I quite like that treatment.
"However, all three of these matters seem to be accidents, which is why you rushed here from