Moth didn't even look back at his advisors as he stood to leave. He left one simple, absolute instruction for his subordinates: "Anything related to Hye—any movement, any transmission, any rumour—inform me immediately. I don't care how trivial it seems."
He exited the room and headed toward a far more critical summit, one that involved the highest-ranking members of the Hescos race. This wasn't an isolated event.
Across the universe, in the halls of every major power, the same meetings were taking place. The "Human Emperor" was no longer a ghost story; he was a reality they could no longer ignore.
The shockwaves from Hye's brutal efficiency in the current sector were amplified by a sudden, jarring revelation: the news of his systematic assault and total domination of the previous sector had finally broken through the information blackouts.
It hadn't hit the public news cycles yet, but for the apex intelligence networks of the universe, it was a terrifying wake-up call.
