Discovered I'd Been Deceived

On the other side, after signing the contract, Marys did not put away the Communication Stone.

Instead, he began contacting his colleagues in the External Affairs Department, informing them that something had come up and he needed to leave for a while, but that he would be back within half a year at most.

He had not lied to Morris.

During this period, he had indeed been working with experts from the External Affairs Department to hunt down an expert from the Time Race's Intelligence Organization.

It was just not as urgent as he had made it sound to Morris.

Of course, the most important thing was still that he had an extremely wide network.

Even if he had duties from the External Affairs Department, taking a temporary half-year leave was simply no big deal.

Once that was settled, his perception searched through the many auras within the Communication Stone.

Very soon, he selected an expert friend from the External Affairs Department named Hashi, who, like Morris, was also in the department.

If he was going to run off to the distant Extragalactic Group, merely listening to Morris's introduction definitely was not enough. Just in case, he had to ask clearly about the situation in this Extragalactic Group.

"Marys? What made you suddenly think of contacting me? I heard your War Affairs Department has been busy recently tracking down Intelligence Organization members from the Time Race and the Reincarnation Race. Have you run into some trouble?"

Very soon, Hashi connected the communication.

"I do have something I need your help with. How about it? Do you have time?"

Marys did not rush straight to the point. He had many friends, and since he had sought the other man out, he might as well take the chance to strengthen their relationship.