"Rhode Star Company L30 Executive and Son Killed in Dinner Explosion!"
"Unseen for Centuries! Gang Silences Company Executive—Where Did They Find the Nerve?"
"Moon-Drinking Azure Wolf or Black Sun Group: Who Rules Rhode Star?"
News of the Lald father and son's deaths spread through several nearby star systems faster than anyone had imagined.
For a time, every major media outlet scrambled to cover the story.
After all, it had been more than three hundred years since a gang had killed a company executive.
All eyes turned to this Feudal Planet, which the company had only recently brought under its control.
On Rhode Star, every merchant and major faction focused on the Black Sun Group and Moon-Drinking Azure Wolf.
Rank L30! Vice chair of the Operations Committee!
Invited to dinner by a gang, then blown to death!
Factions Moon-Drinking Azure Wolf had driven out or suppressed began to stir.
They quickly sent people to spread rumors through Rootvine District and the Development Zone.
Meanwhile, Moon-Drinking Azure Wolf's former partners abruptly went quiet.
Everyone waited for the company's wrath to descend.
But the day after the incident, they found the company had made few moves.
Moon-Drinking Azure Wolf, on the other hand, was busy. Citing an internal investigation into the executive's murder, it purged members it had long considered high-risk traitors or schemers.
To everyone's surprise, Moon-Drinking Azure Wolf seemed utterly unafraid of company retaliation.
Its members carried on with business as usual.
Rhode Star Company Headquarters.
Its hundreds of thousands of employees had naturally heard the shocking news.
They debated it endlessly. Some even wagered on the outcome and what price Gheros would pay.
Isolation Examination Room.
Su Yi sat before two investigators conducting a joint inquiry for the company's Inspection Department and Criminal Department. One wore blue, the other