[The parents of the White Ghost were kidnapped, and the Imperial Defense Forces urgently pursued.]

[A strangulation aimed at the White Ghost, the parents of the Empire's hero held as hostages.]

[Unusual public opinion, battleship kidnappings, who exactly did the White Ghost offend?]

[Breaking! An overseas fleet ambushes the Empire's frontier Administrative Star, abducting the parents of the White Ghost!]

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Imperial Palace, Political Hall.

Military Department, Elder Court, Divine Sect, various political departments, dozens of power officials of the Empire stood in front of the Old Emperor, all bowing their heads in silence.

This issue was minor, merely the abduction of two Empire civilians; for the scale of the Empire, this matter wasn't worth discussing at the highest political meeting.

However, this issue was also significant.

Twelve organized battleships fiercely attacked, the Military Intelligence Bureau's intelligence system was completely breached, and false orders were issued. The two abducted Empire civilians were the biological parents of the currently hottest political star, the White Ghost. The entire Empire was now focused on this, and local propaganda departments couldn't suppress the heat...

People respect heroes.

But people are even more eager to peek into the hero's private life to satisfy their vast curiosity.

Three hours had passed since Hanton's parents were abducted. The local defense forces of the Empire had declared failure in intercepting, and the performance of the opposing warships far surpassed those old battleships of the local defense forces, especially in stealth capabilities.

The Old Emperor's expression was unreadable, he just sat there quietly, his lips carrying a faint smile.

"Where is Hanton?"

The highest commander of the Military Department immediately stood out, "Your Majesty, Hanton is waiting at the Space Port. He wants to borrow a starship capable of warp to rendezvous with his ancient technology starship."

"Let him come here," the Old Emperor frowned, "Can he find those kidnappers? Isn't he afraid it's a trap set by the New Federation for him? Let him come here, prepare a broadcast across the entire territory, let him make a public appearance and say a few words to calm public opinion."

"Yes!"

The highest commander turned to look at the two elders behind him; the one on the right, who seemed more agile, immediately turned and headed for the door.

"Hurry up!"

The Old Emperor suddenly exclaimed,

"Now billions of citizens of the Empire are watching the spectacle of your military! The Military Intelligence Bureau has been infiltrated like a sieve!Local defense forces with tens of thousands of ships, in the end, didn't even clash directly with the robbers!"

The old general quickly moved, his body slightly trembling.

The acting chief of the Elder Court stepped forward to report, "Your Majesty, this is definitely a premeditated, organized kidnapping plan. We've analyzed those twelve battleships and discovered many key pieces of information."

The Old Emperor waved his hand, and the acting chief immediately rolled out a projection screen, displaying twelve photos.

"Your Majesty, please look, these twelve starships are all 600-meter class Star Patrol Ships. Their hull shapes and manufacturing techniques look the same at a glance, as though they are products of the same assembly line, but they differ in details.

"The nine ships captured by the defense fleet forming the sniping array are all the same model, nine decentralized energy-emitting main cannons, capable of instant output comparable to the traditional main cannons of a 1300-meter class medium-sized battleship. This belongs to a rather advanced main cannon technology.

"Based on our initial investigation, this technology has only been deployed internally in a few powerful nations, which can be said to completely suppress the local defense forces' emergency fleets.

"Moreover, their ship layouts, power systems, and that somewhat exaggerated warp efficiency... without a doubt, these are advanced ships.

"More details are on the three ships involved in the raiding operation after entering the atmosphere, Your Majesty, you see...they have no frontal main cannons."

The Old Emperor frowned looking at them, "So what?"

"Of these three ships, one is a comprehensive supply command ship, one is dedicated to ground suppression, and the third is an information jamming ship."

The acting chief elder sighed,

"Their hull structures and overall performance resemble those nine main battleships remarkably, obviously the shipyards that produced these vessels have achieved modular assembly.

"This requires a very high level of ship design where the opponent can develop a basic type of vessel into multiple functional models. This can only imply one thing!

"They have an extremely high industrial standard.

"There are no more than ten countries or forces in the Galaxy capable of achieving this level of technology."

The Old Emperor calmly stated, "You're saying all this just to suggest that the kidnapping was done by the New Federation?"

"Most likely, that's the only explanation."

"Does this differ from our previous assumption?" the Old Emperor suddenly became agitated, "Isn't this the stylistic signature of the New Federation?"

Outside the hall, a middle-aged man entered, bowing deeply and called from a distance,

"Great Emperor! The Foreign Affairs Bureau just received a diplomatic message from the New Federation. They express great concern over the vicious kidnapping within the Empire and claim that the ships appearing within Empire's territory are not their military vessels. They request that the Empire remain rational and restrained and handle the issue more professionally!"

"Tell them to get lost!"

The Emperor suddenly shouted,

"If today's issue cannot be resolved, let them hand over all the ship data! Otherwise, we'll initiate the Second Expedition!"

The middle-aged man quickly bowed to take the order, then turned and ran outside, starting to ponder how to phrase the diplomatic message.

Generally, the Foreign Affairs Department of each country is very important, but the Empire is an exception. Even if their Foreign Affairs Bureau has sufficient rank, most of the time, they are not directly summoned by the Emperor.

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