"Your Excellency, my deputy has been on his way to Olin for four months." In the base camp of the Alliance Academy, Finn frowned and asked, "It has always been the work of the Academy to contact the intelligence officers of the Orin side, and you are telling me 'no news' now...... What does that mean? ”

"The lack of news means that we haven't gotten any news from Orin about your deputy." The Dean of the Confederate Academy raised his head, took a deep look at the anxious Finn through the lenses of his face, and then lowered his head again and said, "I must warn you, Mr. Finn, that you are a rebel on your mission to destroy the Alliance, and that you lead the largest rebel force in the entire Alliance—your concern for your deputy is completely out of step with your professional activities. ”

"We never wanted to destroy any alliance, it's already dead." Finn frowned, "We're just a bunch of ordinary people who want to live."

"A bunch of ordinary people." Mr. Dean repeated the two words in an accentuated tone, and then asked with a sneer, "A group of ordinary people can take up arms and seize two agricultural stars in a row from Ruoergai?" A group of ordinary people who can rebel against a fleet of people who have them open fire on their superiors and willingly escort the two agricultural stars you have captured? ”

"It's better to say...... Only ordinary people would do that. Finn did not react in particular to Mr. Dean's questioning, and he said very calmly, "We have little interest in the grand narrative of 'leading the evolution of the whole human society as a better race.'" How can there be a 'better race' in the world that has to keep going to death, and the family is still hungry in the rear? ”

"We're not a better race, and there is no such thing in this universe." Finn calmly proclaimed his theories to the academic authorities of the entire Confederate field of phrenology, "whether Confederates, Federalists, or Imperials...... Even the people on the Newsal are just people. We all have families, and we want to live in peace and earn a better tomorrow for ourselves and the people we care about...... That's all. ”

Mr. Dean was not angry, and he did not even have any noticeable emotional fluctuations in response to Finn's "claims". After listening to this long list of words, he spread his hands and said, "All right, Mr. Finn, ordinary man. Your ordinary deputy, after entering Olympic, insisted on breaking away from the protection of our intelligence officers. Two weeks ago, Orin made a surprise move against the Duke of Belford, and after a fierce exchange of fire, the Duke of Belford and all his family members were arrested by the Orin Heraldic Office. Although you said that your deputy should be in the mansion that day, we have searched for both the heraldic office prison and the graves of the war dead...... There was no sign of her. ”

"A big living person can't suddenly disappear from the world, right?" Finn took a deep breath, then emphatically said, "You have been operating an intelligence network in Orin for more than two hundred years, and you can't even find a single one?" ”

Mr. Dean raised an eyebrow, "As an ordinary person, your knowledge of the work of the intelligence department is probably limited to legends or theatrical stories. But the reality is that none of that has anything to do with our work. There are many ways to make a person disappear from the world, but it's important to find out what happened to your deputy...... It's difficult. ”

Before Finn's frustration and anxiety erupted, the Dean spoke, "We'll continue to do everything in our power to find out what happened to your deputy." Rest assured, we've lost the Sanctuary's support, but the intelligence network that has been operating in Orin for over three hundred years can figure it out—but we'll need time. ”

"On the other hand......" Seeing that Finn's expression softened slightly, the dean immediately said, "In order to find out what happened to your deputy as soon as possible, we need you to contact Newsal." ”

How to get in touch with Dussaint on Newsar is an unsolvable loop. The blockade on Newsal was fairly complete - the smuggling routes between the Allies and Newsal had been cut off, and at least three task forces of the same size as the Newsal garrison were cruising back and forth around the one-hour jump point around Newsall.

Such task force patrols, while not completely anti-smuggling, are very effective in preventing ordinary merchant ships and large convoys from entering Newsal.

To get in touch with Dussand, the task itself is actually very valuable. Dussart is now one of the most important figures in the whole of Newsal, and although Newsart is now ruled by his father, Dussand, as the sole heir, can certainly play an important role in Newsart's situation.

At a time when the Sanctuary was suddenly devastated, contacting Dusant was an extremely strategically valuable option for the entire Alliance. At the very least, they might be able to figure out what was going on in the Sanctuary from another angle.

The Academy insisted that the disappearance of Salvador was due to the use of a new type of weapon by the Empire, while the other allies, especially the Zoige people, insisted that the disappearance of Salvador and what happened to Mystal were nothing more than natural phenomena in this universe that were not yet fully understood by humans.

Not only did they not admit that the Empire might have launched an attack on the Sanctuary, but they even regarded the disappearance of the Salvador Star as some kind of "apocalypse". According to the Zoe, this is the result of the dissanctity of the star of El Salvador, a sign from fate and the gods that the promotion of phrenology and the notion that the allies are a better race will not work.

Almost all of the Zoige people engaged in agriculture "depend on the sky for food", and religious beliefs are as essential to the Zoige people as oxygen in the air. As a result, they also always looked at each other at odds with the Academy, which regarded the Zoege as uncivilized barbarians, and the Zoege as blasphemous blasphemers.

If there is no suppression of the Holy Domain, if there is no threat from the Empire, the first thing the Ruoergai people will do is probably to completely wipe out the Academy from this universe.

If Dussaint can be reached, then ...... Perhaps the academy will be able to figure out what is really going on on the planet Salvador through Dussander and the Central Tek he established in Olin.

Of course, Mr. Dean wouldn't tell Finn about that. The relationship between the young rebel leader and Dussend is a huge treasure trove of intelligence. Using their relationship, it may be easier to extract information from Dussand.

The establishment of the Central Special Branch is a very valuable piece of information for the college. This at least proves that Dussart, although not yet the supreme leader of Newsal, did gain the full trust of his father, Duchamp.

It would be nice to have an intelligence system in Newsal. Thinking of this, Mr. Dean felt a little regretful.

"I understand your concerns, after all, the route to Newsal is still very unstable." In order to get Finn to hand over this valuable intelligence resource as soon as possible, Mr. Dean decided to try to convince the young leader of the rebel army again. "Perhaps you might consider writing a few letters, and then one of our informants will carry them to Newsal."

Finn thought about it for a while, and finally shook his head, "I can't do this, if I don't show up directly...... Mr. Dussart may not be convinced of the College's sincerity. ”

"Please, arrange me a shuttle that is fast enough and well equipped." Finn looked up and said to Mr. Dean, "I...... Go straight to Newsar. ”