Chapter 1965: Summons from Both Sides

"That's right, you are still the commander of the Ninth Unit."

Sonia nodded in agreement.

"The Ninth Unit has independent jurisdiction. Filomina disobeyed orders during wartime, so I intend to execute her on a chosen date. Any problems with that?"

The "chosen date" in Su Xiao's mouth carried many implications.

"Uh..."

Sonia was speechless. From the perspective of official legal stability, there was nothing wrong with what Su Xiao said; it was reasonable and justified. The key factor was that the Ninth Unit's establishment still existed.

"Commander Kuku Lin's proposal has no issues. Frank, go release Filomina."

The tall administrative officer spoke. He looked at Su Xiao with a smile and nodded at Sonia. He was so forthcoming because before he left, the Old Saint King had given him instructions, which were:

"If Kuku Lin protects his adjutant, then let her go."

Clearly, in terms of being an old schemer, the Old Saint King was slightly superior to the Moon Goddess.

Frank went to release Su Xiao's adjutant, while Su Xiao took the elevator to a heavily guarded basement, then arrived at the clothing store and changed into a random set of clothes.

After waiting for a few minutes in the store, Frank, looking highly nervous, brought out an eighteen or nineteen-year-old girl from the basement. The girl had short, tea-colored hair and an expression as if she hadn't woken up yet. She was the demolition expert Filomina, Su Xiao's adjutant.

"Oh~ Commander, you were released too."

Filomina walked up to Su Xiao in a few steps, bent over, brought her head close to Su Xiao, and sniffed with her nose twitching.

"Commander, you..."

Bang!

Before Filomina could finish her sentence, she was kicked away by Su Xiao, knocking over a large rack of clothes.

"So painful~ Looks like it's really you."

Filomina stood up from a pile of clothes; she seemed to have been confirming Su Xiao's identity just now.

"Hey, Hairline, help me get some food. The rations you guys provide are too terrible."

Filomina sat on a pile of clothes in a somewhat crude posture. Her rough sitting posture did a great disservice to her exquisite appearance.

Frank, who was called "Hairline," opened and closed his mouth. After touching his forehead, he walked toward the back kitchen.

"Commander Kuku Lin, the Saint King summons you this afternoon. You must attend."

The administrative officer left this sentence in a low voice and hurried away.

"Mr. Kuku Lin, Lady Moon Goddess summons you tonight. You must attend."

With almost identical words, Sonia also left after saying this.

Facing invitations from both sides, Su Xiao now fully understood what was going on. His previous speculation was completely confirmed: after the three empires ceased hostilities, the power structure of each empire would begin to reshuffle. This was an inevitable result after the ceasefire.

The Old Saint King and the Moon Goddess were both excellent leaders; both could lead the empire toward prosperity. During the war, they could put aside their prejudices and cooperate, but once the war stopped, they had to determine who the true king was.

And the fact that both chose to release Su Xiao was actually led by the Old Saint King. He had protected Su Xiao before, and currently, the possibility of Su Xiao siding with him was higher.

The Moon Goddess, however, knew clearly that the Old Saint King releasing Su Xiao was an unavoidable result, so she agreed along with the trend and sent a representative. If she could win Su Xiao over, it would be a huge profit.

With Su Xiao's current combat power, even without that long list of titles, his combat strength could rank in the top three within the empire. Of course, this was within the official system; most powerful transcendents liked to travel around.

"Adjutant."

Su Xiao spoke. The girl adjutant Filomina, who was eating noodles in large mouthfuls, looked up, and the plate in her hand shrank back. She still had half a noodle stuck to the corner of her mouth. The meaning was: 'It's no problem to help you sell your life, dying is a small matter, but you can't snatch my noodles!'

This was one of Filomina's characteristics: food protection. It wasn't gluttony; it was the purest kind of food protection. When she was eating, if anyone got close, one could hear strange humming sounds, those threatening low hums.

Heaven knows if Xiang Bubu Wang approached while Filomina was eating, whether Xiang Bubu would be bitten by her. The imagery was extremely vivid; just thinking about this point made it linger in Su Xiao's mind.

"Oh zai (I'm here)."

Filomina, in her food-protection state, spoke with a vigilant expression.

"Have you heard of the Soul Speaker?"

Based on Su Xiao's understanding of Filomina, this girl adjutant was relatively trustworthy. At the very least, after being arrested and imprisoned, she insisted that those crimes were things she wanted to do herself, without dumping the blame on Su Xiao.

"Soul Speaker? What's that? A song-prostitute? Commander, although you are still young, you must take care of your health. If she is really beautiful, shall I help you snatch her? Hmm? Oh?"

Filomina looked at Su Xiao with a smile in her eyes. This wasn't a joke; as long as Su Xiao really asked, this girl would indeed go and snatch her.

Hearing the conversation between Su Xiao and Filomina, the shop owner Frank couldn't bear to look anymore, muttering to himself, what kind of people are these.

"You just heard our conversation, right?"

Su Xiao lit a cigarette and looked at Frank.

Frank hadn't reacted yet, but Filomina finished the noodles in her plate in a few bites because she knew it was time to work.

"What... are you talking about? I didn't hear anything."

Frank picked up the cane from behind the counter. He wasn't preparing to fight back, but preparing to throw this thing away first and then run.

The reason Su Xiao let Frank hear the four words "Soul Speaker" was mainly to test the waters. Perhaps the Reincarnation Paradise sent him here because there was information about the Soul Speaker nearby.

Before he knew it, Filomina had appeared behind Frank, with a shard of the plate pressed against his neck.

"Whatever the Commander asks you, just say it. Dare to talk nonsense, hmm... let me think, right, dare to talk nonsense, and I'll turn you from male to neutral."

Filomina's hand reached out, and the cane sword in Frank's hand was unsheathed, pressed against his lower body.

Frank gasped; he didn't doubt for a second that the other party dared to take action.

Su Xiao exhaled blue smoke, observing the changes in the shop owner's expression.

"Tell me where the Soul Speaker is, and I'll take her away immediately. Rest assured, we aren't devils; we won't really do anything to you. The empire has laws."

Hearing this, Frank felt bitterness he couldn't express. He felt that this man and woman were the devil and the devil's lackey.

"Mr. Kuku Lin, believe me, I have never heard of any Soul Speaker, and I won't reveal a word to the outside."

Frank spoke with a serious expression. Being able to become the owner here, he certainly wasn't an ordinary person.

"Just joking with you, no need to be so nervous."

Su Xiao smiled all over his face and took out a small piece of gold from his storage space as payment for the clothes.

"Mr. Frank, you wouldn't take it seriously, would you? We were just joking with you."

The little adjutant patted Frank on the shoulder. That smile, no matter how you looked at it, seemed like she was mentally unstable.

"Ha, haha, you guys are truly 'humorous' people."

Frank, with a face full of cold sweat, forced a smile and watched as Su Xiao and the little adjutant, these two plagues, left.

Su Xiao walked on the streets of the imperial capital. The pedestrians on the street were bustling. It was noon, the sun after the rain wasn't scorching, and the air was filled with the fresh scent of soil.

"Commander, should we assemble the others?"

The little adjutant spoke. Her style of doing things was very simple: receive orders, execute, kill the enemy, and then withdraw. ===== CHAPTER 1966 =====