If You Don't Cultivate Diligently, Even Watching Melons Becomes a Chore

"What?"

Tokyo, Metropolitan Police Department Commissioner's Office.

"Teach got into a fight with the Burning Legion in the asteroid belt?"

Director Takeya, who seemed to be working at all hours, looked up. Even he was somewhat surprised to hear the news so suddenly.

"Yes, Director."

"More precisely, the battle has already ended."

The secretary giving the report handed over the tablet in his hand. Several blurry photos were displayed on it, showing only a few tiny dots—this was the entirety of the battle record.

"The battle took place an hour ago. Although space stations around the world tried their best to track Teach's movements..."

It was simply too far away.

There was no helping it. The battle had taken place hundreds of millions of kilometers away.

Even though every nation had kept a close eye on the movements of that 'Most Wanted Criminal,' they were still beyond reach. Being able to send back a few photos like these was already the result of going all out.

Human communication technology mainly relied on electromagnetic waves as information carriers, and their transmission speed was the same as the speed of light. Within a planet, communication was virtually instantaneous. But against the backdrop of the universe, it was nowhere near enough.

Communication delay to the Moon was roughly 1.28 seconds; communication delay to Mars was four to twenty-four minutes; and communication delay to the asteroid belt averaged around twenty to twenty-five minutes.

"After exchanging a few probing attacks, the Burning Legion took the initiative to withdraw."

The Burning Legion had been led by a Fire Lord capable of soaring freely through space.

Yet even he could not breach Teach's spaceship in a short time. Don't forget, it had been made from the Divine Wood.

Besides, Teach was not dead. No, Teach actually was