Chapter 708: Deceit and Treachery (Part 1) - Seeking Subscriptions

Prowl looked expressionlessly at Bumblebee, who had temporarily lost consciousness after being struck by a specialized Electromagnetic Paralysis Bomb on the ground.

He walked forward calmly and performed some processing on him to make his unconscious state last longer.

After finishing this, Prowl took two specialized Electromagnetic Handcuffs from his body and cuffed Bumblebee's hands and feet together, respectively.

At the same time, he attached a special device to the center of Bumblebee's forehead, temporarily isolating his ability to send long-range communications.

After completing these, Prowl climbed back into the spaceship.

Inside a room in the spaceship that had been twisted out of shape when the ship crashed, he spoke calmly to a communicator on the wall to report.

"Your Majesty, the plan is in danger of being exposed prematurely. The early warning I set up nearby was triggered just now, and Bumblebee found this place. It is not yet certain whether only he came, or more Autobots!"

Inside the spaceship, this Autobot Intelligence Chief, who had been missing for more than a month, was waiting respectfully for a reply.

He did not have to wait long before a cold, aged voice rang out.

"Did you wake me up suddenly just to tell me such bad news, Prowl? Why did Bumblebee find this place? Did the Decepticons betray me?"

Prowl was the former name of Prowl; he once served as the Security Force Chief of the Cybertronian Internal Security Department during the Council of Ancients era—in plain terms, he was Sentinel Prime's intelligence head.

This special relationship made Sentinel Prime trust him very much, so during the First Civil War, Prowl died miserably after being besieged by Decepticons during a Task.

At that time, the resurrection technology for Cybertronians was not very mature, so Prowl's remains were not heavily destroyed by the Decepticons, which gave him the opportunity to be awakened again later.

Having gained a second life, Prowl had changed a lot compared to when he was still called Prowl.

If it were the old him, as long as he discovered someone hindering a Task during the mission, even an Autobot would have been resolved by him very cleanly.

However, the current Prowl did not resolve Bumblebee, because as the one responsible for selecting and training intelligence personnel for the Autobots, Bumblebee could be considered half his apprentice.

Moreover, Bumblebee's current body was created based on the basic data of the New Body redesigned for him by Autobot scientists when they resurrected Prowl.

In a sense, Prowl and Bumblebee could be considered brothers, including Barricade as well.

Looking at the current Autobot faction, the only one who still refers to himself by his old name is Prowl's former master—Sentinel Prime.

Sentinel Prime's questioning made Prowl silent for a moment.

Then he replied: "At least it can be confirmed that the leaker is not Megatron. Two months ago, during his fake death, the Autobots and Decepticons broke out in a conflict surrounding his remains. Ironhide detonated a High-Explosive Bomb before retreating, wanting to completely destroy Megatron's remains..."

"I know this. You already reported to me before you came here last time. Megatron now only has a head left. So you suspect that Starscream discovered the agreement between me and Megatron?"

"It is possible, but I suspect the problem is more likely with Soundwave. According to my investigation some time ago, the Decepticon traitor—Frenzy teamed up with Starscream and Optimus Prime; they designed a trap and took the opportunity to eliminate Soundwave and Astrotrain!"

"It seems that quite a few things have happened during this time! How long has it been since you last awakened me?"

"39 Earth days!"

"Has it only been this long? Damn Megatron, how long will his body take to recover?"

"Your Majesty, based on my understanding of Starscream, it will likely take a year or two or more!"

There was an indescribable age in Sentinel Prime's cold voice; born during the Council of Ancients era, he was now too old.

In order to cooperate with Megatron in acting out a play, he had to hide in a Life Support Pod of a crashed spaceship.

To avoid suspicion, he had spent most of his time in these years in slumber, and there were still many injuries on his body that had not been repaired.

This unhealthy state was exactly what the Rust Fungus—a cosmic fungus that could be called the natural enemy of Cybertronians—liked most.

Sentinel Prime's body was now covered in rust, and large areas of alloy corrupted by the erosion of the Rust Fungus had appeared at his wounds.

If he continued to be infected by the Rust Fungus, Sentinel Prime would likely contract the Cosmic Rust that all Mechanical Lifeforms fear; as powerful as Sentinel Prime was, he might also lose his life because of the Cosmic Rust.

Yet he endured it, and had endured it for so many years without treatment.

All of this was for one purpose: to completely eliminate Megatron and the Decepticon Legion, and to restore the former glory of the Prime Dynasty!

After a silence, Sentinel Prime's voice came from the communicator again, "Did you resolve Bumblebee?"

"No, I did not. I am worried that he has companions nearby; Bumblebee's sudden death would arouse their suspicion!"

"Hmm... go hand Bumblebee over to Megatron, and then tell him, no matter what method he uses, first figure out the actions of Optimus Prime and the others, and prevent the Autobots from approaching the Moon. At least before Shockwave arrives on Earth, do not let Optimus Prime and the others find this place!"

Prowl was silent for a moment before replying respectfully: "I understand, Your Majesty. Leave it to me to handle!"

"Hmm, do not wake me up again before the plan begins; the energy in my Spark is already running low!"

"Yes!"

The communicator soon went silent, but Prowl still stood there, remaining silent as if thinking about something.

After a good while, he walked out of the spaceship, which was severely damaged by the crash.

In the impact crater below the spaceship, Bumblebee, who had been ambushed and knocked unconscious by him earlier, was still lying there with no consciousness.

Prowl walked up, grabbed him, dragged him out of the impact crater, and immediately walked toward the Decepticon Base that Bumblebee had deliberately avoided earlier.

Because the straight-line distance between the two locations was only a few dozen kilometers, and the gravity on the Moon was only a fraction of Earth's.

Prowl soon dragged the unconscious Bumblebee to the vicinity of the Decepticon Base.

Along the way, because he was not hiding his tracks, when he approached, the Decepticon—Barricade was already waiting there for a long time.

Seeing Prowl dragging Bumblebee over, the smile on Barricade's face was full of mockery.

Barricade, like Bumblebee, was once an intelligence officer for the Autobots and had received training from Prowl together.

It was just that the Autobot Leader at that time was Sentinel Prime. For a period of time, in order to train peaceful and cowardly civilians into soldiers capable of resisting the Decepticons, he adopted an extremely cruel and cold-blooded high-pressure rule within the Autobots, which once made the Autobots feel that they were living worse than the Decepticons.

Consequently, during that time, a large number of Autobots chose to defect to the Decepticon camp, and for this, they did not even hesitate to join the dangerous transformation tasks of Starscream and Shockwave to obtain the status of becoming Decepticons.

And Barricade was one of the Autobots who defected at that time.

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