Warfare Augmented Intelligent Frame Unit

Chapter 118 - Royal Pizza Delivery

Chapter 118 - Royal Pizza Delivery

I was the first one to speak, laying everything bare. I told the state prosecutor and Agent Feena the entire story—from how I discovered that the Red Meteor was actually Fei, to learning about Neil's link to the Cosmic Tree that triggered the catastrophic Blackout Incident, all the way to how I recklessly orchestrated the infiltration of the Neo Terrestrial Reich's headquarters here on Xyraxis.

The state prosecutor listened intently and raised no objections to my testimony. But Agent Feena, in her role as Officer-in-Charge of the KAWAII Bureau, was far less forgiving.

"Zaft Callahan!" she barked, her voice sharp enough to cut steel. "You're hereby demoted to my personal coffee maker, with zero incentives for one week!"

"What the hell?!" I shouted. "The prosecutor said it was fine! That's uncalled for, you drunkard old hag!"

"Two weeks!" she snapped, without even blinking.

I clenched my jaw and swallowed my pride, locking my lips shut before she could add another week to my sentence. My eyes darted toward Myrrh, silently pleading for her support—but she only smiled, that smug, infuriating smile. With her chin resting sassily on her hand, her eyes practically gleamed with the words, "You deserve it."

Then it was Neil's turn to speak. His testimony didn't reveal anything I hadn't already known. He recounted the origins of the HUSBANDOs in the Xyraxis Capital, the day the Neo Terrestrial Reich raided his lab under the guise of granting him "freedom," and how he ended up working with them right up until the Blackout Incident's final moment.

Next, Fei stepped forward, her expression unreadable.

"Um... the Red Meteor is a codename used for the Xian Clan's elite operatives and assassins—myself included," Fei began, her voice steady but laced with guilt. "When the Xian Clan was prosecuted for human trafficking in our country, the Neo Terrestrial Reich intervened. They salvaged our finances, pulled strings, and buried the lawsuits that New China threw at us. In return, the clan swore allegiance. That's why the Xian Clan is so deeply indebted to the NTR. We pledged to support their goals... including the dismantling of the Xyraxis government."

The prosecutor's gaze hardened. "And the murder of three Vanguard WAIFUs and four KAWAII Agents? Were you responsible for their deaths?"

Fei's lips trembled before she pressed them into a firm line. She bit down, visibly holding back tears—or perhaps shame.

"...I am," she admitted at last. "I engaged them in combat. Neil and Ismail had already hacked into their support units' WEEB Systems, leaving them defenseless. I fought only to disable their Frame Units... but I didn't pull the trigger. The one who executed them was—"

"Ismail," Neil interrupted, his voice cold and without hesitation. "He gunned them down like they were nothing. Like wild dogs."

The room fell into a tense silence, the weight of the confession pressing down on everyone present. The prosecutor slowly leaned back in her chair, her fingers steepled beneath her chin.

"This changes everything," she murmured. "This intelligence might finally give us the leverage we need to track down the Neo Terrestrial Reich—not just here in Xyraxis, but back on Earth as well. Perhaps even in their satellite headquarters across the outer planets."

"Uh, Prosecutor Harrison," Agent Feena interjected, raising her hand with the poise of a seasoned officer—though her stiff smile betrayed a hint of performative formality. "Let's not forget the terms of the plea deal. Mister Neil Orbeus and Miss Fei Xian have confessed to their crimes and acknowledged their ties with the Neo Terrestrial Reich. More importantly, their intel directly led to the capture of Ismail Arondight."