A Core Ship From The Start
Chapter 1420 - 960: Rift_2

Chapter 1420: Chapter 960: Rift_2

"But, big brother..."

Zhenjiling peeked out and looked at Duanmu Huai, speaking in a low voice.

"Many people in the Star Union have turned very sour towards us..."

"That’s normal."

Duanmu Huai was unconcerned.

"The Tribunal is not an organization that needs to be liked by others. Our existence causes both respect and fear among them; that is enough for us. Remember, the duty of the Tribunal is to eliminate at any cost the heretics, aliens, and demons that threaten humanity, not to win the favor of others. Don’t set your hopes too high. I would think that eliminating Komoro at the expense of a single planet was a bargain. Even if the entire Star Union were to be destroyed because of this, it would still be worth it."

At this point, Duanmu Huai paused.

"Of course, although Komoro has been completely destroyed, that doesn’t mean that the Dark Spirit Clan will vanish completely. I suspect they may target the Star Alliance Colonies for retaliatory actions. Therefore, we need to maintain around-the-clock, high-intensity surveillance on these planets for a while and eradicate any surviving members of the Dark Spirit Clan until they completely calm down or are utterly destroyed."

Even as Duanmu Huai said this, he knew that the Dark Spirit Clan would no longer be able to return to their former glory.

After all, his Catastrophe progress had jumped forward by one mark, which was enough to indicate the outcome.

Too bad the Aida Spirit Tribe is not as easy to find as these black bean sprouts...

Gathering his thoughts, Duanmu Huai nodded to the girls.

"Alright, ladies, you’re tired too. Go and rest. The work here is done—Zhenjiling, temporarily seal off the space station to avoid idle troublemakers."

"Yes..."

Having said all this, Duanmu Huai turned around and left the bridge, leaving the girls looking at each other.

"So, this is a standard process of the Tribunal."

Ann sighed.

"I understand why Mr. Knight said that the Tribunal is not exactly a respected organization. Honestly, rationally I can understand Mr. Knight’s approach, but emotionally... it’s a bit hard to accept."

"Yeah, if someone blew up my home for such a reason, I wouldn’t be happy either."

Greiya shook her head, while Ilya snorted lightly beside her.

"Why care about the thoughts of those lower beings? We can do this, so we did it. Who cares what they say?"

"Ilya?"

"Uh... sorry, mom..."

Hearing Ellie’s slightly dissatisfied scolding, Ilya’s previously raised head suddenly drooped.

"But what I said is also the truth..."

"Karen, how’s the situation online?"

Mary looked at Zhenjiling, who was silently furrowing her brows beside her, and quietly asked. Zhenjiling responded with a wry smile and a shake of her head.

"The reaction from the Star Union is intense... I think I can represent the Tribunal to hold a press conference, and explain our stance as clearly as possible."

"Is that useful?"

Medea shook her head.

"Aren’t there many in the Star Union who sympathize with the Aliens? How will you explain to them that to exterminate an Alien Species, we had to destroy their homes? I don’t think they’ll listen."

"It’s their business if they sympathize, but the Tribunal must clearly state our position, otherwise they’ll think the Tribunal is at fault and unwilling to speak up."

Zhenjiling also showed an eager expression at this moment.

"Moreover, I remember that within the Star Union, there is a significant number of human supremacists. Previously, because of the Star Union joining the Divine Assembly, these human supremacists couldn’t actively publicize and promote their ideology. Maybe we can start with them, first to divide the opinion trends within the Star Union—I think as long as we talk, they should understand."

"But no matter what, I think we finally understand the actions of the Tribunal and why they do it."

Ann’s expression became much more serious.

"Honestly, just like I said earlier, from an emotional perspective, I do feel this is indeed too harsh. But from a rational point of view, I have to admit it’s the best solution. We have no evidence to prove that after our retreat, the Dark Spirit Clan will spare the Star Union. As Mr. Knight understands the Dark Spirit Clan, they could very well launch attacks on the Star Alliance Colonies after we leave, and then mock our stupidity—In contrast, the target is right before our eyes, regardless of the sacrifice of this planet, we can completely destroy this tumour in the universe..."

"I’ve been through this too many times, Mr. Duanmu is not someone who would easily let go of such organizations."

Mary sighed quietly. In her world, eradicating cults and Aliens was even more of a troublesome task... like the previous extermination of the Ghouls... But Mary also agreed, it’s something that has to be done by someone, or something that has to be done.

Objectively, what did those Ghouls do wrong? They were simply trying to survive, they even went specifically for people who committed suicide to eat—But Duanmu Huai would not accept such justifications. To step back ten thousand paces, even if they didn’t want to eat people, that doesn’t mean their offspring wouldn’t. In that case, annihilating these Ghouls once and for all is naturally the best method.

No matter if they are innocent or not, the outcome is the same.

Returning to his room, Duanmu Huai sat on the couch and sighed quietly.

He didn’t have much emotional fluctuation about it because players have encountered many similar situations in the game—There was a mission where a naive little girl suspected her family was captured by Demons, asking for the Tribunal’s help, but in the end, when the Judge took the child to find her family, they discovered that her family had become cultists. So the Judge had to kill all her family members in front of the child, and the unable to accept the reality, the little girl awakened her Spiritual Energy and succumbed to the seduction of the Subspace Evil God, attempting to avenge her family.

And was directly killed by the Judge.

Similar missions were countless in this game, and this kind of situation occurred frequently so, it could be said that players were all desensitized to it; it was indeed a way to toughen people up.

"Master?"

"Hmm?"

At this moment, Ogis’s voice came through, Duanmu Huai opened his eyes and saw Ogis’s deep blue eyes staring straight at him, then Ogis said nothing, simply extended her arms, wrapped them around Duanmu Huai’s neck, and rubbed her face against Duanmu Huai’s like a little cat.

Duanmu Huai smiled gently, then reached out to pat the little head of his precious one.

Quite considerate, indeed.

"... Master, you smell awful, go take a shower."

"...................."

Same as ever.