A brief online meeting was held at Headquarters.
Although swathes of Koi City had become Void Ruins, the investigators' efforts had brought the rescue work eighty or ninety percent of the way to completion. The senior figures finally had time to attend an online meeting.
"I'm here to tell everyone that the Shadow Stream Home group ID doesn't exist online. We've decided to create a Shadow Stream Home using that ID. We might be able to infiltrate the enemy's ranks," Flaming Man said.
Bandaged Man was not in the conference room. He had lost his memory and had recently been making a fuss, claiming that the Investigation Bureau was abusing him.
Everyone felt a little strange seeing that Bandaged Man was absent.
"So, what are the risks?"
"We don't know," Ke Meng replied.
That single sentence left everyone deep in thought.
There had to be some risk. A Shadow Stream deacon had died suddenly after revealing the Shadow Stream Home group ID, which meant it had side effects. Apparently, those who knew the ID could not reveal it freely.
While discussing the subject, no one spoke the actual digits. Everyone simply referred to it as "the group ID."
"No matter how you look at it, only the Network Divine Beast can do this. In other words, any cost would also fall on the Network Divine Beast. Is that right?" someone asked.
"That's correct in theory," the Network Divine Beast said through a speaker. It was listening to the meeting too.
"I know this isn't a very decent thing to say, but I'm in favor of it if it lets us gather intelligence on the enemy."
"I'm in favor too, though I won't deny that I have some selfish motives," another senior figure agreed.
People were selfish. Ke Meng found it