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"Is there no problem? Do you need support from me? Although judging from your current situation, this support will not be of much use." The other side did not want to waste time on boring chatting, so he asked at this time, " Before that, I have some suggestions. Maybe you don't know the seriousness of the situation if it continues to develop. Several special agencies in the empire are already working on sorting out the information and preparing to bring this matter into the scope that must be controlled. The follow-up development is to move towards Set off to the Imperial Council. And you are not very lucky, just in time when the Knights of the Column send those new knights to perform the task. "

"We knew about this, so we launched an emergency plan very early. Almost all the branches in the surrounding areas where the incident occurred were evacuated. It is expected that they will not go back in a few years. After preliminary judgment, the personnel involved also I arranged them separately and planned to observe them in secret for a long time. But as far as I am concerned, it is more likely that such a thing happened by coincidence, or that the lines suddenly interacted together unconsciously, which has nothing to do with the confidentiality of our internal personnel. Any relationship. I know what you want to say, sir, whether there is betrayal or something internally. Here, I can probably answer that that is absolutely impossible."

"It's absolutely irrelevant. Due to time constraints, as long as you handle it carefully and don't overreact, it will be suppressed soon. You know, I am the one who signed the 'Request for Force Investigation'. In other words, now it's not just Those special agencies, as well as the knights and attendants in the past, and the team of surgeons around them, can use force to complete the investigations they want regardless of the consequences and impacts in various small countries. After the incident, the entire empire stood behind, At that time, the words of a group of small countries will not be of much use."

"It didn't work in the first place, sir." He said with a wry smile, "The only difference is that they don't have to pay attention to anything anymore. They are more relaxed. There is no problem in describing it this way."

"Whatever you think, you know the situation there better than I do."

"How is the research going? It took me a lot of effort to secretly move the newly provided funds to you from all aspects. I hope you can make good use of it. I am getting older and older, and in another ten years, I will be able to To be replaced. You know I can't have surgery."

"It's still the same as before, both in terms of raw materials and stimulation methods. As you know, Master Raw Materials, dragon blood is not easy to obtain. It is something that cannot be bought with money. I won't talk about it within the empire. Control If it is too strict, the raw materials used for surgery are considered the product of secondary processing, and it is almost impossible to obtain fresh materials."

A sigh came from here: "It's a pity. If that batch of concentrated dragon blood had not been lost more than a year ago, although it would have gone through various turnovers and transportation in the middle, which was very difficult, it would have reached your hands by now. ”

"It is indeed a pity. After receiving the news from you, sir, we have made preparations early. Fortunately, we did not waste precious resources. It only took some time to gather the scientific researchers."

"Looking at it this way, it seems that it is not just the dragon blood, but also the way it is stimulated that there is a problem on my side." He said with a strong sense of regret and self-blame, "They were all lost halfway due to various reasons. The two detonating devices provided by Bian were eventually completely lost. Originally, these were supposed to be handed over to you for research, but..."

"Sir, the 'Lighting Project' has lasted for so many years. It is something that is not tolerated by a giant country like the Empire. It seems reasonable to have accidents. I myself became the fourth recipient of the Lighting Project through surgery. As one of the people, the time is too long and there are too many difficulties in between. Even being able to reconnect with you as the founder of the lighting project is full of opportunities and coincidences. How should I put it, according to the words of the previous directors , there are many things and situations that you need to get used to.”

It was more like words of comfort, and the man was also comforting himself at the same time.

"I just want to see the completion of the lighting plan while I am alive. I am not a very outstanding person, at best I am smarter than some people. There are many things left by the former through various precise thinking and planning. I just hope it can help the next person like me who is forever imprisoned in a cage."

There was no call from the other side for a while, and the transfer of information at this time was like chatting with old friends who hadn't seen each other for a long time. But considering the ages of both, it seems very reasonable.

"Sir, there is another thing. You must have guessed it." There was some hesitation on the other side.

"It is foreseeable that after all, the plan lasts for so long, and too much fresh blood was added to maintain it in the middle, so it is bound to change. Don't worry about it, just make sure that we can get a copy of the final research results. This cannot be changed The light project itself represents destruction. Some people want to use it to fulfill their own ambitions. Just like the empire relies on it to stand for thousands of years and is not broken by the super countries on the other two continents. Holding that thing in your hands, it will Become an absolute force.”

"But you still have to be careful. There are many people with different forces within you, and it is possible that some of you can't help but want to show off your cards in advance. If necessary, you can tell me. This kind of help is not restricted, and there are others in the Imperial Council. This is a special organization that just loves doing this work."

After that came the handover of some basic situations, a rare contact. Neither of them wanted to waste it, so they tried their best to make everything that could be communicated concrete.

"It seems that the other side is not very optimistic, Lord Holy Emperor." Seeing the gray-haired old man hang up, another person sitting quietly beside him finally spoke.

"At present, we know that among the people who may have clues, only one person from the Hill family is still within sight."

"Hishir, he just left the seminary recently and went to work in a prosperous area along the coast. He is in a special operations agency."

"Investigation shows that the remaining Ieta of the king's family secretly went to the gray area relying on the knight attendant assessment, while Cassia has completely lost his trace. I have investigated several times, and they don't seem to have the two detonating devices. There are clues. As for whether there were other participants in Blino's incident, it will become more and more blurry as time goes by. "

The Holy Emperor nodded: "But we didn't lose anything. It was originally the exchange of the three primary colors, the empire's mineral resources and the Theocracy. Now it seems that the shadow of the king's family Astus is still there in that transaction."

"The losses were heavy. Maybe they didn't expect that the strange words on the exchanged dragon skeleton fossils would actually have clues to an abandoned cemetery. Let's not talk about what can be found there, just the amount of metal like mithril that can be harvested. , much higher than two detonating devices that only represent possibilities."

"It can't be said that if the research is successful and there are still people in the continent besides the Avalon Agency who can extract uranium gold of acceptable purity, then at least one of the two detonating devices can create a uranium gold bomb. Looking at it this way , the value between the two is almost equal.”

The other person smiled and stopped talking. Silence represents his point of view, which is too vague.