At this point, the civilian officer added, "Also, the Holy Spirit Research Institute has proposed a plan. They said we could establish registration points for Force-sensitives in every city, then increase publicity and let those people come forward voluntarily." Nova said, "This shouldn't be handled by you. Ghost Academy cannot exist openly. Let the Holy Spirit Research Institute do it."
The officer said, "Actually, I think the Holy Spirit Research Institute brought this up because they want us to contribute as well—at the very least, provide some funding..."
"Pay money? Absolutely not!" Gabriel Tosh declared with a grand wave of his hand.
Nova thought for a moment. "Instead of cooperating with the Holy Spirit Research Institute, you might as well work with the Army. The Army is much larger, and they can include the recruitment of Force-sensitives in their enlistment notices. Besides... the Army has more money."
"Then you go negotiate with the Army," Gabriel Tosh said.
"I'm not going. This is Ghost Academy's business; it has nothing to do with me. Don't forget, I'm a Ghost, not one of you drugged-up Spectres..." Nova smiled, blew Tosh a kiss, then flipped off the windowsill and vanished without a trace.
Gabriel Tosh said to the officer, "You handle this. If the Army refuses, I'll go find Tang Xiao."
"Yes." The officer nodded.
"Let's go see the recruits." Tosh rose to his feet and headed for the door.
They took off aboard a spacecraft, leaving Dawn Star Planet and flying toward Thonner Planet in the Modell Sector.
Thonner Planet was a world used exclusively as a prison. It currently held more than forty million criminals and was guarded by an Army force organized as an army group, with a total strength of three hundred thousand troops. The guards were heavily equipped