Zhang Fan turned Mimipa down, which left Mimipa deeply displeased. Though he was not particularly fond of the Insect Race, their defection to Talimo now would hurt the war effort.
Mimipa smiled. "Don't be childish, Overlord. Fighting Talimo alone and fighting him with my help would produce very different results."
Zhang Fan smiled. "You needn't concern yourself with that, Deputy Commander. We helped you capture Cobalt Mine Star out of goodwill, and now you're blaming me because Gegenu's men wouldn't follow orders? That's hardly fair."
Mimipa glared at Gegenu and roared, "Get out! Go take twenty lashes of the military whip!"
Zhang Fan immediately softened his stance. "It's not as though we can't discuss this. After all, I do know a fair bit about Talimo's forces."
After discussing tactics against Talimo with Zhang Fan, Mimipa returned to the secret chamber, where Gegenu was already waiting.
At the sight of Gegenu, Mimipa was so furious that he could not speak.
He sat on his throne without saying a word for a long while.
Gegenu hurriedly apologized. "I truly had no idea the Insect Race was so cunning. I strongly suspect they destroyed those thirty million warships."
Mimipa sprang up in fury, but his hand stopped in midair before slowly lowering. "If you weren't my nephew, I'd beat you to death. You need to understand that those thirty million warships were all battle-hardened."
Gegenu exclaimed in shock, "Th-that can't be possible, can it?"
"Are you an idiot? Did you really think they were junk? They'd earned their strength through years of fighting, only to be sold out by an order telling them to do nothing but monitor!"
Gegenu hurriedly argued, "If they were so battle-hardened, why would they go to Foxhunt Star?"
Mimipa could no longer restrain himself. He slapped Gegenu across