Yulia was missing?
The moment the Mita steward heard the news, he had already guessed where Yulia was.
The secret fleet dispatched to Golden Valley Star had just left, and Yulia had disappeared right afterward. If she was not on that fleet, where else could she be?
With Yulia joining them, Mita's chances of success on Golden Valley Star would rise considerably, but the steward could not smile at all.
His eyes darkened, his face turned livid, and even his breathing quickened involuntarily.
The messenger trembled when he saw the steward like this. The steward had always been composed. Even when facing low-level underlings, he wore a smile. In the several decades since the messenger had joined Mita, this was only the second time he had seen the steward this angry. The last time had been when he had quarreled with the Mita Master over a disagreement in strategic policy.
Was Yulia's disappearance really that serious?
The messenger could not understand it no matter how much he thought about it.
The steward ground his teeth. "Investigate it. Contact the fleet that just left and have them search. I want Yulia found, no matter what!"
The messenger did not dare object. He accepted the order and hurried away.
Only after the door closed did the steward quickly open his communicator and send Yulia message after message. He sent more than a dozen in succession, but they all vanished like stones dropped into the sea. He received no reply.
"Damn it!"
The steward smashed the communicator against the wall, shattering it.
Just as the messenger knew, he rarely lost his temper. Even when his subordinates botched an assignment, he usually mocked them a few times at most. At worst, he would enforce the "Tower Rules." He never resorted to private punishment.
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