Boom, thunder flashing, heavy rain pouring.

A torrential rain has come upon Babylon, a summer rain that washes away the outlines of things on the floating islands. In such a ghost weather, no one likes to travel in this kind of rainy day if it is not necessary. However, a magic car stopped in front of Alstai's house, and Butler Hesin got out of the car, holding up an umbrella, shielding the current head of Bethcord from the oncoming wind and rain.

The master and servant walked quickly into the house, and their own servant carried the rain gear for them. Helsing's butler remained in the drawing-room, and Horn was taken to the Chancellor's study.

In the study, Alste's fat figure was standing by the window, facing the wind and rain outside. Hearing the sound of the door opening, he turned around and smiled bitterly, "You came quickly." ”

"As long as it has anything to do with that, unless it's the end of the world, I'll come as fast as I can." Horn smiled slightly: "So, what surprise do you want to give me?" ”

Alste walked back to his desk, opened the drawer, and said, "You couldn't find any clues from the normal way before, so I took it upon myself to find out in a different way. Our General Kapro's book is so beautifully done, there is no flaw in and out. It was only on one matter that caught my attention. ”

He took out a bag of materials and poured it onto the table. Horn walked over and picked it up to see that it was basically a registration form for the replacement of armaments and the decommissioning of the aircraftship. Horn looked at his old friend, "What are these?" ”

"In the past two years, the expenses and expenditures of all the legions under the old party's banner and the replacement of armaments have been recorded in detail." Alstai knocked on these materials and said: "In February of this year, ten airships applied for decommissioning registration due to aging parts, and there was one battleship among them. As for this battleship, I traced its whereabouts and found that it had disappeared after entering the Federal Recycling Plant according to normal procedures. There is only a vague column of information on the recovery registration column, presumably referring to the ship's reloading. However, the folded usable parts should have been put into storage, but there was no relevant record in the storage information. So it's an interesting question where the spaceship, or the important parts on it, such as the quantum cannon or the warp engine, end up. ”

Horn exhaled: "That is to say, the loss of contact with the Dawn was instigated by the old party. ”

"Not necessarily, but there is a possibility of participation. Because I got this too. Alste took out a few photographs from the drawer, which were not very clear, but barely visible the faces of the people inside.

That's Horn's acquaintance.

"Main?" Horn frowned, the smiling man in the photo was Alexander's head of the family: "Where did you take these?" ”

"One of the generals in the old party, Eliphant, known as the 'Fierce Elephant', I don't know if you have any impressions?"

"Aliphant?" Horn nodded: "That is, Main is in contact with the old party?" How do you get these photos? ”

"After so many years of federal operation, some means are still available. In particular, in order to assist successive presidents in order to better understand what the people below them are thinking, the 'Listen to the Wind' program was implemented a long time ago. Alste smiled: "Of course, in order to avoid provoking conflicts between subordinates and the president, we do not directly monitor important people in the Federation, but only pay attention to the people around him." ”

"These photos were extracted from one of the numbered databases by the Federation's comet-star brain Afar. That information base corresponds to the intelligent brain camera system of General Elephant's butler. ”

"I thought that plan had been stalled for years." Horn said.

"That's just a cover-up, friend."

Horn nodded, Alste was able to get so much information, you can imagine how much effort and cost it took. Otherwise, it is not necessary to obtain these key materials within the complex federation. Now the evidence has pointed directly at Main and Eliphant, and even Marshal Capro behind the scenes. This is not only the competition between the wealthy and nobles, but also the open and secret struggle between the two parties.

"Has Lord Mobile seen any of this?" Horn looked up.

Alste shrugged his shoulders and said, "In fact, this is the backup information for you, and one of the other documents has already been sent to the desk of His Excellency the President." All I can say is that Main and the old party have gone too far. His Excellency the President's position would be very awkward for His Excellency the President to do such a thing that would damage bilateral relations despite his desire to bring the old and new parties together. Fortunately, this information is now completely confidential, and it cannot be discovered by Marshal Windsor Belo for the time being, otherwise it will ......"

The Chancellor smiled wryly, judging by Windsabelo's reckless style. Once they have this information, they are afraid to declare war on the old party immediately. Now the relationship between the Union and Liberty Gate has deteriorated. Not long ago, Liberty Gate organized a retaliatory attack on a surface district that was still in federal control.

If, at this time, the old and new parties are torn apart, the federation will surely be torn apart.

Horn said in a deep voice, "Since you can trust me, give me this information." Then I have to say something, rest assured, I will not hand them over to Marshal Greedy Wolf. But you have to worry about it yourself, the marshal is keeping a close eye on this matter, and the Red Wolf's activities have not ceased as far as I know. ”

"Of course, if the matter is leaked, we can only blame ourselves for not doing a good job of secrecy. So, what are you going to do? ”

"A qiē come according to the rules." Horn's tone gradually became murderous: "Since Main stretched out his hand so long, then this time, I will chop off his arm!" ”

Alstai could imagine that as long as Horn showed that information, Main would be convinced. At that point, Horn could have demanded harsh damages. If Alexander did not pay, then Horn was given an excuse for the blatant use of force. As long as he had that evidence in hand, he couldn't get any benefit from Main anyway.

This is what Horn calls a rule, and it is also the law that these old nobles have always followed.

"Well, I'm sure you can handle it. But until then, old friend, I have something else for you to see. Alstai's face froze: "Do you remember the attack on Babylon on the day when the Freedom Gate airship was attacked?" After that, we investigated the matter in depth, and now we have some key material. These materials show that outside of the Federation and the Gate of Freedom, there is a third force that meddles behind the scenes and dominates this qiē! ”

The minister tapped a set of orders on a row of light keys on the table, and some images appeared on the projection wall in front of him. In the picture, a man is covered in injuries, but he has a crazy expression on his face. He exclaimed, "After the light is hidden in the darkness, our eyes are omnipresent." The change of the generation is coming, and you will eventually become the bones under the trend like me! ”

As the light lines on his body lit up, the whole picture was filled with strong light. Obviously, the man chose to self-detonate and turned the source power in his body into a bomb.

Horn frowned, although the fragment was short, but the madness of the man inside was obvious. "It's like some kind of religious fanatic," he mused. ”

"This is material provided by General Fendi's Iron Fist Legion, and there are a few more like this. And the word 'light hidden' appears very frequently, and we believe that it should be the code name of a certain organization. Alste said in a deep voice: "It is not terrible to have other forces, like the Gate of Freedom. But the members of this organization, called Light Shadow, are very secretive. So far, we've tracked down people from almost every strata of the Federation. From the general of the Federation to an ordinary entryman, almost every class has their shadows. ”

"That's the scariest thing, Horn. Because we don't even know who the enemy is, it is possible that a friend who was drinking and talking yesterday will send a cold blade into your body tomorrow. So now, finding out the members of the light has become the most important thing for the Federal Intelligence Agency at the moment. ”

Alste looked at him and said, "You also have to worry, now we don't know how many wealthy families have been infiltrated by them." ”

Horn took a deep breath: "Thanks for the reminder." ”

The rain stopped when Horn left, and several maids sent him out along with Alste. In the blink of an eye, a day passed, and in the evening, a maid quietly left. She came to the road a few blocks away and waited for a moment at a public flying station, where a magic speeder with no sign stopped not far from the station. The maid walked away briskly and got into the car.

The car moved slowly, and it was very dark in the carriage, but a person could be seen sitting next to the maid. The maid whispered: "Horn came to see the master in the morning, and the two talked for a long time in the study. ”

"Do you know what it's about?" The person sitting next to him asked.

"I don't know, I didn't dare to eavesdrop, after all, Mr. Horn is not a master."

"That's right, with Horn's strength, it couldn't be easier to find out that you're eavesdropping."

"But when Mr. Horn left, I saw that he had a document in his hand, and it seemed to have pictures or something like that."

"Really?" The man nodded: "You did a good job, this is your reward." ”

A silver card was placed in the maid's hand, and a hot current surged through the maid's heart. She knew that there were 100,000 taxed deposits in it, and it was her reward for providing the news.

The car came to a stop after turning a street corner, and the maid got out of the car and turned into another street to leave. There was silence in the carriage, and then the lights above lit up. The light fell on Main's face, and his face was gloomy.

"Sir, will you go back?" The driver asked.

Main shook her head: "No, go see General Elephant, I have to talk to him." ”R1058