The Dion Empire's official website released a personal statement from Emperor Fadis.
"I will investigate the murder of my eldest son thoroughly. Whoever killed him will pay the price. As for Long Fei and his Skywing Mercenary Group, regardless of whether they killed my eldest son, countless soldiers of our nation have already died at his and his forces' hands. The hatred between us has reached an irreconcilable point."
The Skywing Mercenary Group's official website responded, "If you want to fight, we'll oblige."
Afterward, Fadis demanded that the Skywing Mercenary Group return the prisoners, and the Skywing Mercenary Group flatly refused.
Then Fadis again asked the Skywing Mercenary Group not to hand the prisoners over to other nations.
The Skywing Mercenary Group agreed to Fadis's request.
The Skywing Mercenary Group agreed because Long Fei had given the order. Long Fei had agreed because he knew very well that if these prisoners were truly handed over to other nations—
Every Newtype would inevitably become a key research subject. Long Fei did not know how those nations would conduct their research, but he knew these Newtypes would suffer inhumane treatment.
Afterward, quite a few nations indeed told Long Fei that they were willing to take in these prisoners, but Long Fei directly rejected them.
Many nations demanded that Long Fei give them a reason. Why would he refuse their well-intentioned offer to take them in?
"Don't think I don't know why you want to take in these Newtype prisoners. You want to capture them for research, just like scientists in the past dissected unknown animals for study."
Long Fei's blunt statement left the nations that had proposed taking in the prisoners extremely embarrassed. Although each nation claimed they would never do such a thing, even their own people did not believe them.