For a moment, Yu Lian felt an inexplicable heaviness settle in his heart. He had already guessed some of it, more or less, but that only made it harder to accept.
"Is Mr. Aisham's whereabouts still unknown?" Yu Lian asked.
Feifei explained, "At the time, when the Grand Commander Tatos fled to safety, he brought Mr. Aisham along. But the moment they entered the entrance to Shelter 404, both the people and the vehicle vanished. Three days later, the security personnel and the Grand Commander turned up in the wilderness, 500 kilometers from the shelter. Mr. Aisham wasn't with them."
"...Yes, anyone would have to suspect him. The Special Security Bureau's guards had all gone through several rounds of vetting, so they were generally trustworthy. By comparison, Mr. Aisham, the only outsider, was the biggest liability—and he had a motive."
A mocking smile appeared on Feifei's face. "But he's a two-time Yagemi Award winner for Best Actor, and his films have topped the annual box office charts three times. He's a movie star known throughout the galaxy, as well as a respected social activist. Well, in your words, Yu'er, he's a very typical left-wing artist, right? Someone that famous can't be arrested by even the Alliance's security agencies without evidence. So they only issued a secret wanted notice, with strict instructions to bring him in alive and unharmed."
"More precisely, you couldn't even call it a wanted notice. It was probably more like a missing-person poster," Yu Lian said.
"Of course, the security agencies also seized Mr. Aisham's studio and production company, along with all the charities he ran. They even went after the candy factory and the skyball team he invested in." Feifei shrugged. "Compared to a person, businesses are much smaller targets."
"Then what role did Mr. Aisham