Yu Lian figured that Earth's central government would provide Yang Xiyi with some support, but certainly not much. To put it bluntly, so far the Ravagers had only been rampaging through the Empire's colonies. For all he knew, Earth's bigwigs were busy gloating. Of course, some of them probably did feel the pain as if it were their own father suffering, rather than the Empire.
But until the fire reached their own homes, no matter how anxious the bigwigs were, there was only so much they could do.
"I figure the most the Marshal of Paris can get the colonies through Supreme Command is troops." Yu Lian paused. "If they want money, they'll have to go through the Defense Committee—or get special approval from Congress... Well, Commissioner Nihita wants to win the party primary and run for president next term. She can't exactly make trouble for her fellow party members in Congress right now, can she?"
Eleanor nodded, then shook her head. She turned to face Yu Lian in profile and said solemnly, "After Miss Gan Jiang and Mo Ye finished telling my fortune, they left with Ina and Captain Meng Jiao. It's been over a month now. By my reckoning, it really is about time they came back. This is our fourth expedition into that star region in the past six months. I hope we find something."
"...Six months?"
"Yeah! We began exploring the URX46 star region last August. Hasn't it been over six months already? Of course, for safety's sake, each expedition is best kept to around a month. This is the fourth one."
So what exactly had they been doing? Had they really found a mithril deposit in the URX46 star region and kept it for themselves?
And what role were his two junior apprentice nieces playing