Chapter 576

The Truth Doctor: "Everyone should enjoy their basic human rights."

Welt: "Correct, I agree with Professor Ladiao's statement!"

Welt: "No matter what, we cannot let the warriors who protect our homeland feel disillusioned!"

The video continues.

【But you are different—you are now a Star Core Hunter, a Firefly, a living being.】

【Of course you want to live, but the former Skyline has been destroyed, and those who knew this secret and could cure it no longer exist.】

Stelle: "Incredible, Cui Shi's intelligence network is ridiculously detailed."

Stelle: "I'm really curious—how did she find out so much?"

Funaena: "I don't know, but Miss Feicui always seems so mysterious."

Funaena: "More mysterious than Miss Tuopa and Mr. Shajin."

Funaena: "Maybe… that's just what a senior is like."

Hu Tao: "By the way, what exactly is Miss Feicui trying to accomplish by saying all this?"

Hu Tao: "I'm having trouble understanding Miss Feicui's intentions."

Aisda: "All Star Core Hunters are wanted by the Company."

Aisda: "Could Miss Feicui be trying to use Miss Firefly to capture all the Star Core Hunters at once?"

Feicui: "Heh, if you think so."

Feicui: "Then I can only say you're overthinking it."

Feicui: "Star Core Hunters are no ordinary bunch—capturing them all at once won't be easy."

Feicui: "Besides, I have no reason to do such a thing."

Feicui: "Perhaps, in some way, we share the same goal."

Firefly: "Is that so?"

Firefly: "I see…."

The video continues.

【You mean the Company has a way to achieve it?】

Firefly asked.

【There's still hope, but I can say no more.】

Feicui did not elaborate further.

【I see.】

【No wonder you said I couldn't offer collateral of equal value—because everything I have is meaningless…】

【What you want is for me to chain my own companions myself, just to survive.】

Firefly looked at Feicui,

and frowned.

【Unfortunately, it's not like that.】

【Companions—a nice term. It makes me even more curious about the Star Core Hunters.】

【Each of you holds a unique identity, and your connections are fascinating—so tightly bound, yet each remains independent.】

【Like the Ten Stone Hearts who follow the Diamond, you too must have a leader.】

【I wonder what kind of person he is, and whether every Star Core Hunter is like you…】

【Walking the Path of the End, yet fighting fiercely against the direction of fate?】

Stelle: "No way!"

Stelle: "So the Star Core Hunters worship the End?!"

Stelle: "Does that mean Eliou is the Herald of the End?"

Welt: "The End… that actually makes sense."

March 7th: "Walking the Path of the End, yet fighting fiercely against the direction of fate…"

March 7th: "I feel like… the Star Core Hunters are just borrowing the power of the Path, just like Mr. Galahad?"

March 7th: "Oh!"

March 7th: "It's also a bit like Miss Huang Quan!"

Funaena: "So the true goal of the Star Core Hunters is to prevent the end of the universe?"

Funaena: "That's definitely a righteous organization!"

Silver Wolf: "Oh dear, our infamous Star Core Hunters are being called a righteous organization?"

Silver Wolf: "That's quite amusing."

Hu Tao: "In a way, the Star Core Hunters are similar to the Stelle Train crew!"

Stelle: "So why not just merge them into our Stelle Train?"

Stelle: "More people, more strength!"

Ying: "But the Star Core Hunters follow the script."

Ying: "It's meant to guide."

Ying: "So they can't possibly join the Train crew."

Paimon: "The problem is… now that this livestream exists, is the script still valid?"

Silver Wolf: "Who knows? Let Eliou worry about that dilemma."

The video continues.

Firefly listened to Feicui's words,

A moment of silence.

【If there's a chance, I hope you'll all come by my pawnshop sometime.】

【And for that day to come, I'm willing to wait patiently.】

Emerald spoke words that sounded like an invitation.

【Can I take this as Diamond, behind the company's back, extending an invitation to the Stellaron Hunters?】

Firefly asked a counter-question.

【If possible, I'd prefer you treat this as my own personal action — it represents neither the company nor the Strategic Investment Department.】

Emerald shook her head.

【The Stellaron Hunters have had many dealings with the company, but the Stoneheart Ten... we have no connection.】

【I can pass along your proposal, but before that I have a question....】

【You know my identity, so you must also realize my partner is very likely monitoring this room right now.】

【If she wishes, it would only take her a few seconds for all of Belobog to see this meeting.】

【What makes you willing to bear the risk of becoming a discarded piece, just to see all of this through for Diamond?】

Amber: "Right, the Stellaron Hunters are wanted criminals of the company, and Lady Emerald not only isn't thinking of capturing them—"

Amber: "She's even brazenly inviting them."

Amber: "What's this all about?"

Diluc: "Perhaps... this is that Diamond's scheme."

Himeko: "From this it seems one can tell that within the company, people's hearts are not all the same."

Himeko: "Perhaps if it were another department of the company, they'd be scrambling to capture the Stellaron Hunters."

Himeko: "But for Diamond... it seems he'd rather reach some kind of cooperative arrangement with the Stellaron Hunters."

Brother Dan Heng: "It means they share the same purpose."

March 7th: "The same purpose?"

March 7th: "Mm... Diamond is a Preservation Pathstrider."

March 7th: "Could his purpose be..."

Stelle: "To preserve the safety of the universe!"

Stelle: "Mm, that has to be it!"

Stelle: "After all, this is what the Preservation Aeon has been doing all along!"

The video continued.

【Because, all in all... we are the same kind.】

【But unlike the Stellaron Hunters and the Astral Express, the reason we've gathered together... is simply to take what each of us needs.】