Chapter 44: Forcefully Overruling Objections
The Leader’s words immediately shocked everyone in the conference room, prompting an intense round of discussions.
Their primary concern continued to be the issue of star eclipse contamination.
There was no need to go into detail about the star eclipse contamination. It was the biggest problem.
If they couldn’t eliminate it, then the graveyard star eclipses would have to be sealed away.
They also needed to deal with the relocation issue.
If they were to unseal and relocate, it wouldn’t make sense to keep a bunch of graveyard star eclipses hanging around the hero cemetery.
Of course, if they could handle the star eclipse contamination properly, the relocation issue would solve itself as well.
Ultimately, the problem was still star eclipse contamination.
In response to this, the Leader raised a hand to signal for silence.
“There are ways to address star eclipse contamination.”
All the Sunlight Night Watchers perked up at once.
“This can be taken care of by Night Lan. She is my appointed headquarter Sunlight, so you should know about her abilities.”
Everyone present was in shock.
“Does she really have that kind of ability!?”
“It does seem possible—she can even revert star eclipses back to humans… and doesn’t seem to be negatively impacted by star eclipse contamination…”
“Unbelievable!”
“I always felt like her qualifications as Headquarter Sunlight are much higher than mine.”
“Stop hating on her; she towers over many others.”
Mo Tu sat quietly in a corner, barely making any presence felt. He simply watched everyone else argue, which he found quite amusing.
The Leader then directly declared that Night Lan would manage those star eclipses, with the Night Watcher Leader overseeing her.
No other high-ranking officials had the power to interfere.
Once these words were spoken, the high-ranking officials instantly exploded with objections, each pointing out various flaws in the Leader’s statements.
In summary, they wanted some control over the management of the graveyard star eclipses themselves. Otherwise, having the power to resolve contamination concentrated in one person would definitely disrupt the balance of things.
Moreover, they wanted to get their slice of the pie from the situation.
The special nature of the graveyard star eclipses—once the pollution issue was resolved—was enough to risk everything for.
However, the Leader once again showed his domineering side and vetoed their objections with a single vote.
Yet, even this didn’t stop some of the high-ranking officials from grumbling.
“Ling Feng, you need to understand! Reports suggest there might be hundreds of star eclipses in the hero cemetery! Do you know what that means? You’re handing all this power to a little girl? You must be out of your mind!”
The Leader gave him a cold look.
“Aren’t I managing things? Are you questioning my decision?”
“Just don’t let her take charge! We can’t guarantee her intentions. If she manages the graveyard star eclipses and something goes wrong, will you take responsibility!?”
“Yeah, I’ll take responsibility. What’s the problem?”
“You freaking—!!!”
Seated in the corner, Mo Tu was thoroughly entertained.
Getting his defenses broken down already?
Feeling a bit anxious?
No mercy from the Leader when he started arguing back.
Well done.
Absolutely what you’d expect from a Leader recognized by him.
Mo Tu enjoyed watching these high-ranking figures lose their cool but be helpless.
The higher-ups were about to say more, but the Leader cut them off.
“That’s enough. If you’re unhappy, feel free to come complain to me anytime, and I’m always open. Besides, those graveyard star eclipses will gladly follow Night Lan. No one else but her can manage them, so that’s it, meeting adjourned.”
The Leader turned off the power, cutting off the video calls from the high-ranking individuals.
Mo Tu chuckled softly and turned to leave the conference room.
Although the Leader would face huge pressure following this, it was a necessary sacrifice.
His decisions were absolutely correct.
This matter would work itself out perfectly, no matter what others plotted.
It was inevitable that everyone would lean towards the loli.
This was Mo Tu’s conclusion after observing things for some time.
The scene shifts.
On the rooftop of the headquarters.
Night Lan came out of the Theater Door and greeted Mo Tu.
“Good morning~”
“Morning, you’re next up.”
“Ugh… thinking about it makes it sound troublesome, but if it means I can slack off earlier, I guess I have to do it.”
“Nice attitude. Just do your best now.”
“OK!”
Night Lan followed Mo Tu back to the Leader’s office.
The Leader didn’t ask Night Lan how she got to the capital, only giving a brief greeting before telling her about the upcoming trip to the hero cemetery.
Mo Tu began filling her in on what needed to be done next, reminding her to just stick to the plan.
A moment later.
The team went as usual to the hero cemetery, adding a black-haired blue-eyed little loli to the mix.
“Isn’t that Night Lan? When did she show up?”
“No idea, probably came secretly.”
“How come we knew nothing about it?”
A few people started moving closer to chat with her, but the Leader standing beside Night Lan spoke up quickly, “Let’s go.”
Those with plans to approach her were forced to hold off.
The Leader and Night Lan climbed into a car and drove off toward the hero cemetery.
On the way.
Night Lan reviewed what the Leader and Mo Tu had discussed.
“So, I just need to eliminate their star eclipse contamination when the time comes, right?”
The Leader nodded gently.
“Yes, can you do it?”
“Probably, it shouldn’t be too much of an issue. Maybe.”
Night Lan wasn’t sure if she could handle hundreds of star eclipses alone.
Last time, clearing the Gentleman, Fraudster, and Group Leader’s star eclipse contamination wasn’t overwhelming, and a nap for half an hour seemed like it would be enough to recover.
But going up against hundreds of star eclipses straight away felt like an enormous challenge.
The Leader noticed her tension and tried to reassure her.
“Don’t worry too much. Actually, we don’t need to clear out all the star eclipse contamination at once. Clear just enough to shut them up.”
“I see.”
Night Lan nodded.
A few star eclipses shouldn’t pose much of a challenge.
Worst case, she could tackle them in batches.
As long as it didn’t affect tomorrow’s grand performance.
After a while.
The group arrived at the star eclipse cemetery.
Night Lan followed the Leader out of the car.
The other Sunlight Night Watchers also stepped out and perceived the strange atmosphere in the hero cemetery, their faces filled with confusion.
“What’s going on here? It feels different from the last time.”
“Yes, it’s like a shell. There’s no trace of any star eclipse presence.”
“The unstable seal should be leaking out plenty of star eclipse energy.”
“Strange.”
As the Sunlight Night Watchers expressed their confusion, Mo Tu quietly slipped away from the crowd, entering the star eclipse nation through the Theater Door.
Inside the star eclipse nation.
A black-haired girl smiled at a group of graveyard star eclipses and said, “Let’s begin the plan, start sending a few out. We’ll take our time.”
Fox Nine Song and Yan Jue stepped forward.
“We’ll be the first.”
“Good.”
Back outside.
Many Sunlight Night Watchers looked around, all sensing that things were different from before.
At this moment.
Intense star eclipse energy emerged, accompanied by their star eclipse contamination.
Two figures suddenly appeared near the Leader’s party.
They were the star eclipse embodiment of the hero cemetery—Fox Nine Song and Yan Jue.
