Teaming Up With System 225

Interstellar General (6)

Edited by: Kuro and Lille

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"I thought you said that he would be killed on the remote planet!" Caspian shouted at Norton on the hologram. Fortunately, no one could listen in on their conversation through the interweb.

Norton was pacing back and forth in his office, holding his hologram. He was also stressed, so he didn't understand why Caspian was yelling at him. "I tried to contact the paid killer, but his hologram had been destroyed. If we say something to him now, we would be suspected. Luckily, I killed the middle man."

"You 'tried', 'luckily' my ass!" He cursed as he clenched his fists. The snack in his hands crumpled in his fists.

"Hey, at least I did something! All you did was get someone to input that virus into his mecha. Everything else was arranged by me. You could have had his mecha explode during the battle, but no, you wanted to make sure the Zerg Queen was dead."

"Of course, I wanted to do that! Do you think you and your men are capable enough to fight against the Zerg Queen?! If you were strong enough, your legion would have been sent instead."

"Excuse me? Now you are blaming this on me?!"

The two bickered back and forth, not sparing one another as they cursed each other out.

In the end, the two yelled so much that they were out of breath.

Caspian collapsed on the chair in his office. "We need to get rid of him soon."

"Why is the little Lord in such a rush to get rid of his own half-brother?" Norton finally asked the question that was on his mind.

"If he had died a hero, I would have been able to inherit all of his wealth and his glory!" His eyes were red with anger, and he felt his body tense. "If only he had died like he was supposed to!"

Norton could hear the grievances in his voice, but he didn't care about Caspian. He already had plans to kill the man anyway.

"Don't worry. I have a plan. I also don't want him around."

Who would want to have someone who would always be better than him? Who was richer? More handsome? Yeah, no. He hated how perfect Silas was. An eyesore!

After he got rid of Silas, it would be a matter of time before he also got rid of Caspian too. And when Caspian disappeared, so would the Ebunox family.

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After a few days in the med bay, Grey and Silas fully recovered. Silas was the first to recover, but he didn't want to leave without Grey.

Everyone knew that they were basically together. After their life-and-death situation on a remote planet, the two were inseparable. No one questioned it. Well, even if they wanted to, they didn't have the face to do so.

When Silas recovered, he contacted the Empire about his safe return. He mentioned some mishaps they had gone through, but he and his soldiers were able to come back with minimum casualties.

As the Empire was waiting to celebrate General Silas' triumphal return, General Silas and his troops were slowly going to the Empire's capital, Ylesey. Silas didn't want to return so quickly. Plus, he was contacting his intelligence force that was stationed in Ylesey. They were figuring out what had happened to his mecha and who had access to it.

They were also trying to find the masterminds behind Grey being hired to kill Silas. Luckily, Grey quickly confessed and even protected Silas with his life. No one could be mad at him.

"You are telling me that there's no evidence of my mecha being tampered with?" Silas spoke to the leader of his intel force through the hologram.

The hologram was a device that the interstellar folk used to communicate, connect to the interweb, and things like that.