Chapter 2480

2480 - And the washing machine spun~~

Inside the public laundry of the headquarters—

Here, in a relatively large room, the servants were bringing the clothes of the most important individuals in the headquarters to be washed—people who were required to work day and night without any chance to go to their homes.

And the washing machines here were cubes with clothes spinning inside, driven by energy. A single pearl could suffice for dozens of machines here for months.

And atop one of those machines, vibrating at a steady rhythm, sat a person… leaning his back against the wall and staring at the ceiling with a pen in his mouth.

"My Lord Prime Minister…"

Kristan Burton, Robin's nephew and the person responsible for all internal affairs of the Empire, was sitting on top of a washing machine right now. His messy black and white hair shook with the movement of the washing machine, giving his crazy look an extra layer of madness.

"My Lord Prime Minister…"

"Tsk…" Kristan made a clear sound of annoyance, then continued talking to himself, "…What am I supposed to write? I've done so much for this Empire… My efforts are beyond counting…"

"My Lord Prime Minister!!!"

"What?!" Kristan shouted at the one beside him, "Can't you see I'm busy, you blind idiot?!"

“My Lord, there are important matters, and sitting here is strange and incomprehensible!” Kristan’s assistant, who had assumed his position exactly three months ago, spoke in a loud, insistent voice. “Since the war began, the pressure has been mounting and demands immediate interventions and decisions!”

The outbreak of the war in Mid Sector 90 naturally drew the attention of the entire universe and reactions from them.

Not everyone understood the matter of the temporary truce or its reason, which made The Tyrant, the Council of Thrones, and the Destroyer halt the advance with the same ferocity as The Syndicate’s forces, but for them, what was happening in the war was disappointing.

Everyone had expected an immediate victory and the wiping out of Robin Burton’s evil forces within a few hours of the war’s start—the war everyone had been awaiting for three years—but what happened was parity; there were even several fronts where the scales tipped in favor of the devil Robin’s followers, and for many, this should not be happening.

So even those who had not intervened in the war since its beginning started looking for a role to play.

There were people who ignored the ban on buying and selling and used the secure trade network to get a good price—they stopped entirely. There were powers that began sending support of Pearls and food for the Great Space Gates because they could see the mobilization forces’ failure to occupy any planet.

A number of Law Dominators, Guardians, Monarchs, and even Soul Masters above Seven Stars began flocking to Mid Sector 90. Some did not conceal themselves, proudly declaring they were the emperor of such-and-such or affiliated with such-and-such galaxy, while others came masked in groups… This tightened the noose around the battles of the Law Dominators and the Behemoths, with the enemies increasing daily.

And that was not all…

Rebellions within the borders of His Majesty's controlled territories increased.

Now every minute news arrived from the Young Belt that the forces of a certain planet had begun to rise up, and there was a major shortage of soldiers, since the soldiers of the First and Second Armies were occupied with the war, while the soldiers of the Third Army had been transferred to Donara.

Nothing remained but the Beast Army belonging to the Prime Minister and the Police Forces.

Based on the savagery of the resistance and what they were doing, it was determined who would receive the file of that planet… If the uprising was out of control and burning everything, the file was assigned to Kristan, and if what was happening was only demonstrations or gatherings—meaning that planet still did not require bloodshed yet—its file was sent to Billy.

But due to their sheer number, the two no longer looked at the matter of planets individually… Each had made his own system.

Billy has hundreds of officers, and each officer has thousands of soldiers. Whichever complaint comes in, one of the officers heads to the theater with his forces to subdue or kill, provided he has three hours to finish everything. And the Light Swords forces never disappoint.

As for Kristan, he has one assistant, that person stands beside him. His task is to operate the Gate to the planet's coordinates and transport one of the Demon Kings and his followers there, then open the Gate for them to return after three hours.

Despite that, they lose more planets daily…

And most importantly, they lose more of the Empire's people on the planets they manage to recapture, and they earn their wrath for hundreds or thousands of years.

Of course, this talk is about Sectors 99 and 100, where they can be reinforced by the Shadow Swords and the Beast Army.

The planets in all the other sectors of the Young Belt are mostly pulled from their hands after the armies withdrew from them to participate in the war.

But this—what happens in the Young Belt—does not compare to what happens in the Center of internal disturbances.

Aro and Peon left behind strong Deputies to control the situations, but the sectors of their own capitals are burning, regardless of the rest of the neighboring sectors.

The forces paid by the Council of Thrones, the Syndicate, or even the Tyrant Intiras were no longer afraid after most of the armies were withdrawn toward Mid Sector 90, and they came out with their full strength.

Currently… there is a fear that the War in Mid Sector 90 may not decide the fate of The Empire, but rather what is happening inside it.

"Can't I sit and think in some peace without all this nonsense?!" Kristan shouted, "Don't you see I'm in the midst of something important?"

"What's important?!" Kristan's assistant raised his voice as well, "Didn't you say before that the most important thing is the Galaxy, then the planets surrounding the Galaxy, then the ones after that? The planets after that now have uprisings, you have to intervene!"

"….." Kristan opened his eyes slightly, "Hmm, that would be suitable."

Then he extended his hand, Screech, and tore a piece of his assistant's clothing.

"Gwaa!!" The assistant hugged himself in terror.

As for Kristan, he grabbed his pen in a strange manner and wrote a short phrase on the stiffened fabric, then folded the fabric several times and gave it to the assistant, "Pass this to Billy."