Ghostship threw off the pursuers and reached the domain of a special place.
The space patrol couldn't intrude further, but they notified the security with a solemn tone.
"Dreamer is coming to you!"
"Yes." A dull reply came and the leader of the patrol team felt a sense of Deja Vu.
Last time, Dreamer sneaked into Sovereign Irene's private secret realm and teleported to Neptune.
And this time, he returned from Neptune and headed in the same direction.
It's almost as if he was entering his own private realm.
"No. This is Sovereign Irene we're talking about. How can she shelter a threat?" The captain patted his chest and turned around.
Looking at his agitated crew, he declared. "We'll wait until the private realm security confronts Enigma. If they need help, we'll assist."
*** *** ***
Enigma stared out into the space silently as they approached Sovereign Irene's private secret realm.
The security ships started to symbolically chase them, but even if they were to chase for real, ghostship couldn't be caught.
A bright seeped through the glass windows, and Enigma's gaze focused on the outside.
Irene's private realm.
With a beautiful garden, guarded teleportation formation, and an exquisite research facility, it gave off the impression that it was well-maintained.
Ghostship directly went to the teleportation formation. Contrary to practice, there were no guards here.
According to the holograms there, they suddenly had an emergency and had to leave or at least that's what Irene would explain when she'd eventually be questioned.
The teleportation formation also had space stones—forget their team of three, even thirty could teleport at once easily.
And right next to the teleportation formation was a beautiful blue spaceship.
With over seventy meters long and a hundred meters in wing length, it gave off a noble bearing.
While it couldn't be compared to ghost ship, it stood out from every human and even the abyssal space ship Varian saw so far.
And now, that very unique shuttle was parked without a guard.
"Boo?" Even though he trusted Irene, Varian wanted to be on the safe side.
"Boo didn't find anyone." The dutiful ghost replied.
Varian was relieved and turned to Blue Flash.
Her gaze, no, her whole being was fixated on the spaceship.
"Ahem." Varian coughed lightly and she snapped out of it.
Varian pointed to the opened hatch and Blue Flash gave an awkward smile.
She teleported to the space shuttle and stored it in her ring.
She teleported back and the hatch closed.
"Blue…" Varian stopped his words and raised a brow at her condition.
Her shoulders were still stiff and her gaze was focused on the storage ring.
"Are you alright?" He asked. If Blue Flash also had some problem now, he'd be overwhelmed.
"Blue Card! The Blue Card!" Blue Flash exclaimed and Varian rubbed his chin.
"This one?" He showed the blue card delivered in a box given by Zich Nial.
"Yes!" Blue Flash took away the card and tapped on it. The hologram of the spaceship she just stored popped up and only then did Blue Flash sigh in relief.
The blue card was obviously the key to the space ship and Sovereign Irene had it delivered to them on the way.
Varian wanted to speak to her again, but saw the crazy light in her eyes and stopped himself.
"Boo, let's go," Varian said and ghostship landed in the teleportation formation.
The formation lit up and space twisted.
Varian held his breath and focused his space sense.
As they entered the boundary and returned to the outer space, Varian's space sense caught the fluctuations of space.
He had been doing this for a while now and finally, his efforts bore a small fruit.
[Space Path Level 6: 1/6]
Varian closed his eyes and immersed himself in the minor, but considerable improvement.
"Haa~"
He returned to his senses after a full five minutes.
The first thing Varian saw was Blue Flash covering her mouth as she fiddled with a blue card.
"She really agreed…but how?"
Varian glanced to his right and saw that Enigma was resting.
He leaned back on his couch and blankly stared at Blue Flash.
Three minutes passed.
"…Am I not dreaming? This is the real deal?" Blue Flash poked the blue card and covered her mouth.
"Cut it out! You've been poking at it for three minutes already." Varian rolled his eyes.
"You don't know how important this is! There are only 8 models with a few spare!" Blue Flash raised her head and stared at him with a gaze full of lingering disbelief.
"Only Sovereigns have these customized space ships! Even after trying our best, the Athena group only got two! I literally fought the oldies for a third one, but they said it was too costly! Haa!" Blue Flash placed her hands on her hips and said in a begrudging tone.
One of those two space shuttles was borrowed by Bali and Violet's group for Cluster Cities' saga.
Varian raised a brow. "Our?"
"…" Blue Flash stiffened for a moment before glancing at Enigma. The resting girl didn't respond.
"You are an Athena agent?" Varian glanced at Kyle's mom with a surprised gaze.
"Well," Blue Flash shrugged. "I am something equivalent to the vice leader of Earth's Athena Division."
"As a low-level 9?" Varian immediately realized that it could come across as rude.
But Blue Flash didn't seem offended and nodded. "We don't do frontal fights. Low Level 9 is more than enough. If we need help, then it's only for peak level 9. Then, teams with people like Bali will take care of them."
"Then why did you join…" In the end, Varian couldn't utter the word 'Shadow Guardians'. The images of the death and destruction were still fresh in his mind.
As expected, Blue Flash's face paled, but she answered anyway.
"Working for the government gives you rights, but it also restricts you. G-Guard…ians do things no one else can." When she said Guardians, her voice shivered in grief.
"Oh…" Varian took a deep breath and switched the topic. "Kyle doesn't know, does he?"
"Nope. Even in the entire federation, only a few people know. Athena group is very strict about these things." She said seriously and covered her mouth.
"Kyle thinks I am a reporter in a media company." With a rather proud chuckle, she declared.
"…" Varian closed his eyes and maintained a minute of silence.
Poor Kyle, he even worked part-time to buy gifts for Maya…even though they were all some stupid tech. devices.
With a level 9 mom, would he really need to work for spare cash?
He looked at the time passed and shot a glance at Enigma before turning to Blue Flash.
"We have some thirty minutes before Enigma can suppress her position."
"Yeah?" Blue Flash raised a brow.
Varian's mind tensed as he considered the proposal in his mind. It screamed risk.
He began to assess her once again.
If his rate of progress shocked her too much, there's a chance, however little, that she might be tempted to grab his secret for herself.
But on the other hand, from what he saw from Enigma so far, she wasn't that type of person.
She tried to protect Enigma until the very end. She nearly died on Pluto but accepted it as part of the mission. For the secrecy of her job, even her son was kept in the dark.
Maybe…?
"Can you help me train my space path?"