The air suddenly fell silent. Ah Bing's small body leaned against the kitchen door frame, his fingers unconsciously digging into the wall. He looked up at Mikel, then at Elijah.

A moment later, Elijah said, "General, should I take pictures of these strange things?"

Finding out where these things came from might be a clue.

That's what Elijah thought.

"Hmm." Mikel nodded at him.

With Mikel's permission, Elijah went up and took a panoramic photo of the kitchen. Then, he went back into the kitchen and took pictures of every unfamiliar kitchen utensil.

The last one was a cylindrical metal bucket, blackened by fire, placed in the corner. It looked like a stove made from a metal bucket.

In order to take a picture of the back of the black stove, Elijah had to go up and move it out.

Mikel and Abing watched Elijah act from the kitchen doorway.

Soon, the last photo was taken. Elijah retrieved the quantum computer, bent down, and moved the furnace back to its original position.

"Wait a minute, Elijah," Mikel suddenly called out to stop him.

Elijah, still bent over with his hands resting on either side of the stove, heard Mikel's voice and, holding his breath, asked without moving, "General, what is it?"

Did he trigger some kind of bomb?

Mikel had no idea his adjutant had such a wild imagination. As he walked in, he said, "Elijah, move it away again."

"Huh?" Elijah was taken aback at first, but quickly recovered. He said, "Oh, okay, General."

They quickly moved the stove out again, revealing the corner of the wall that it had been covering.

Only then did Elijah and Obedi realize why Mikel had done this.

There was a special symbol painted on the wall in the corner; the symbol was painted with black paint.

The black symbols painted on the light-colored wall stood out prominently.

The symbol consists of two wavy lines on either side and a circle in the middle.

【SOS】

Elijah looked at the symbol on the wall and dutifully photographed it. He asked, puzzled, "General, what does this mean? And who left it here?"

Mikel didn't answer him, but instead knelt down and touched the strange symbol with his finger.

As soon as his fingers touched the wall, a layer of black powder fell down, staining Mikel's index finger black as well.

Mikel pinched his two fingers together, easily crushing the black powder into even finer pieces.

It's just ordinary toner.

He glanced at the stove and quickly realized it must be charcoal made from burning wood.

It was getting late, and Mikel and Elijah prepared to return to the civilian district.

Before they left, Ah Bing mustered his courage and asked Mikel, "Sir...you...can...really...find...my mute brother...and that...big bad guy?"

After observing for half a day, Ah Bing knew that Mikel was the greatest, and Elijah had to listen to him in everything.

Mikel replied, "Yes."

Ah Bing then smiled for the first time in a long time.

He kept bowing to Mikel, saying, "Thank you... thank you, Your Excellency."

…………

Back in the pre-booked interstellar accommodations in the civilian area, Mikel learned that the investigation team was still having dinner outside. He let Elijah go back to his room to rest, and then went back to his own room.

Elijah was in the next room, transmitting the information he had gathered that day back to the legion so they could help him find clues.

After finishing all that, he stretched and rubbed his stiff neck.

Looking at the time on his personal computer, he got up, left his room, quickly finished his dinner downstairs, and brought Mikel another dinner.

He returned to the floor he had just been on, got out of the elevator, turned left and walked a short distance before stopping in front of a door.

He raised his hand and knocked on the door, saying loudly, "General, I've brought you dinner."

"Come in."

Hearing the sounds coming from inside, Elijah opened the door and went in.

Mikel had changed into a clean and tidy military uniform. He was sitting on the sofa, looking at the special symbol on the screen.

Elijah placed the dinner on the table: "General, it's time for your dinner."

"it is good."

Mikel put down his personal terminal and looked at the food on the table; there was only one serving. He asked, "Elijah, have you eaten?"

"General, don't worry, I've already eaten." Elijah laid out the food on the table, arranging it in a row.

"Mmm." Mikel picked up her spoon and started eating.

The female soldiers ate very quickly, and soon Mikel pulled out a napkin to wipe her mouth.

Elijah seized the opportunity and asked, "General, are we going back tomorrow?"

When they arrived, the marshal instructed Elijah to take care of the general and told them to go back as soon as possible.

"No," Mikel denied. "I'll stay another day, and go back the day after tomorrow."

Elijah asked, puzzled, "General, haven't we already visited the slums and civilian areas? What are we going to do with another day?"

Mikel glanced at him and asked, "Don't you think it's strange that the black-haired, black-eyed male insect appeared?"

A male insect with black hair and black eyes will always attract attention wherever he goes. Just like the male insect in his house, he initially attracted attention because he was mistaken for the only male insect with E-level mental strength, but he was also the subject of much discussion outside.

Even if the male insect was imprisoned, it's still strange that such a large male insect was suddenly kidnapped and imprisoned without his family reporting it to the Male Insect Protection Association. The Empire has never reported anything like this before; it all seems incredibly odd.

From A Bing's account, much of the information is infused with his own subjective opinions, which inevitably deviates from the actual circumstances.

For example, he had no idea that his beloved mute brother was imprisoned by the villain he had always hated.

Therefore, Mikel has reason to suspect that this black-haired, black-eyed male insect may not even be known to the local authorities.

Moreover, he felt a vague unease in his heart.

Elijah said, "General, do you mean we're going to investigate this male insect tomorrow?"

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