The most powerful institution in the Galaxy Alliance was not the Management Committee, nor the administrative authorities of its various Star Sectors, but the Military Command.
The department with the highest authority within the Military Command was the Internal Affairs Office. Under Galaxy Alliance law and the relevant military regulations, as long as it obtained written authorization from the commander-in-chief, the Internal Affairs Office had the power to investigate anyone, even members of the committee.
Over the past several centuries, the Internal Affairs Office had exercised extreme caution when using this power in one particular area.
-Religious affairs.
That meant the Sacrificial Hall and everything associated with it.
Today, that convention seemed about to be broken.
The successor to the Star Gate priest had barely arrived on the Capital Planet before being subjected to a military investigation, or even interrogation. This was something the Priest Line could not accept.
The confrontation downstairs continued, as did the conversation upstairs.
Zhong Lizi had been very close to Jing Jiu when she said those words. Perhaps that was why her face was a little red.
Jing Jiu could even feel her body heat, before remembering that it should have been the heat coming from the little tea stove.
"Don't play so many games that you're always imagining things."
He tapped her on the head and said, "Someone will handle it. Leave it alone."
As he finished speaking, the water in the iron kettle came to a boil.
Zhong Lizi gave a couple of humphs, took the tea leaves out of her bag, and poured them into the kettle.
Jing Jiu still found the patterns on the iron kettle somewhat familiar. Too lazy to think about it any further, he picked up a book, leaned back in his chair, and began reading.
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