Three hours earlier, someone in the Empire had revealed that Bart, Devon Star's infamous bastard viscount, had died at the Cosmic Center.
Someone else revealed that Bart had gone alone to one of the Cosmic Center's bases because someone had targeted Sword Saint Ning.
He had fought fiercely inside the base, only to be surrounded and hunted down by its people in the end, forcing him to flee.
That was the more widely circulated version. Ning Xue believed it because Bart had asked about her grandfather.
And her grandfather had also come to Devon Star. He had gone to the Cosmic Center to gain experience.
Bai Lu believed it because Ning Xue had burst into tears as soon as she received the news, then explained what had happened.
"It's fine, stop crying. Who do you think I am? I may be a bastard, but I never do anything unless I'm sure of it. As it happens, you can both attend the press conference with me." The moment Ning Xue and Bai Lu saw Bart, they rushed over and wrapped their arms around him.
White and the other two had also made careful preparations. The three of them had been top scientists at Dimensional Mecha Company, only to be cast aside by Dimensional Modification Company once they were no longer useful.
Scientists were people too, and they cared about fame and profit. The Space Mecha Recall Skill had originally been an experiment started by the three of them, before they accidentally recalled Boss Bart.
Naturally, the three of them knew that Boss Bart's Space Mecha had not come through legitimate means, but what did that matter?
Bart had named the technology the Mecha Recall Skill. For many wealthy people, it was absolutely a life-saving method. When danger arose, they could activate