I Just Wanted to Be a Galactic Hunter—Why Am I on the Wanted List?-Chapter 278: The Impact of the Event

"Rude fellows..."

After mentally complaining about those Interstellar Hunters who had overreacted, Loren directly walked through the bustling crowd with a dark expression on his face, silently climbing the castle's stairs.

He disappeared at the staircase's turning point...

Raven, who had been feigning sleep in his mind, couldn't hold back anymore and burst out laughing:

"Hahahahaha..."

"You'd better shut up, stupid bird!"

"I'll hold it in! I promise... hahahaha..."

Loren's face darkened even further.

Unfortunately, Raven's mocking laughter only grew louder.

Unable to bear it any longer, after reaching the third-floor corridor, Loren raised his hand and snapped his fingers, voluntarily canceling the Possession State.

"Master! You're going to... do what?! I was wrong!"

"I promise I'll never laugh at you again! Master, you're the best!!"

"Stop it! Stop right now! Bastard! You guy with a terrible personality!"

"Bastard Loren!! I'll say it again! As a bird, and an energy creature at that! I really don't need to take a shower with a showerhead!"

...

As Raven's gradually intensifying screams of agony echoed, a wide grin spread across Loren's lips.

10 minutes later.

Loren walked out of Room 105 looking completely refreshed and invigorated.

Perched on his shoulder was a somewhat damp black raven, occasionally shaking droplets of water from its small head, its tone somewhat plaintive:

"Master, I must say, you're really getting more and more excessive..."

The corners of Loren's mouth lifted slightly. Ignoring Raven's complaint, he raised his hand and snapped his fingers, forcibly activating the Possession State.

Raven's form dissolved into a ball of light that merged into Loren's body.

The droplets of water on its body, however, were left suspended in the air of the third-floor corridor...

The merged state of man and raven could only accept the most essential "Raven." Other things like water droplets would be excluded.

Deep within Loren's soul, Raven, now restored to a dry state, was instantly moved:

"Master, you do have a bit of a conscience after all, I like you the most!!"

"Shut up, stupid bird, stay quiet."

After delivering this rather aloof command, Loren proceeded up the stairs toward the castle's top floor.

He wanted to see if Retab Collin had any new Commissions, and what the Security Bureau's latest response was...

After leisurely climbing the stairs to the sixth floor, Loren raised his hand and knocked on the door of Room 001.

"Come in," came Retab Collin's eternally unchanged voice from inside.

Loren gently turned the doorknob, pushed the door open, and walked in.

"Back so soon? I watched the livestream. I must say, you completed that Commission quite well," Retab, sitting behind the desk, praised with a smile.

Loren accepted Retab's praise with complete composure.

After all, he was also very satisfied with how he had handled this Commission.

"How is the Security Bureau reacting?"

After briefly recalling the scene he had created, Loren asked Retab about the issue he was most concerned with.

"They're still completely baffled. Just two days ago, they issued a new warrant for you, with a 20-billion Federation coin bounty."

"However, the warrant features your rock-and-roll style disguise. Oh, and the Security Bureau suspects you're with the Shadow Brotherhood."

Hearing this, a bold, unrestrained smile appeared on Loren's face.

Mistaking me for someone from the Shadow Brotherhood? Interesting...

"What about the other three? Have they been issued warrants by the Security Bureau too?" Loren remembered his three temporary collaborators.

"Fwens and that intelligence personnel from the Empire's Military were already on the Federation's wanted list. This time, the Security Bureau just added a few more digits to their bounties."

"As for that Legendary Mage from the Arcane Research Society named Vigg, he did make it onto the Federation's wanted list this time. However, his bounty is only 10 billion Federation coins."

"After all, he only severely injured a Legendary Agent, not killed one..."

Retab recounted the information he had received not long ago to Loren.

Having just disembarked from the cargo starship, Loren hadn't had time yet to catch up on these Federation-wide developments.

This is the downside when a starship is performing a space jump. Without a Cross-Star-Domain Signal Receiver, the entire ship is completely isolated.

"Is the Federation going to reconcile with the Star Traveler Society?" Loren recalled what Fwens had said on stage and asked.

"From what can be inferred currently, the two sides are still negotiating."

"Although Fwens's bounty has increased, he hasn't been crazily targeted by the Security Bureau."

"Instead, it's the Shadow Brotherhood that has been subjected to the Security Bureau's crazy pursuit these past few days. Currently, their operational scope has shrunk by more than half..."

"What's interesting is that even the Shadow Brotherhood itself has started wondering if some usually low-key powerful individual within their organization went to the Silver Radiance Star Domain and took on a private job..."

"Many high-ranking members of the Shadow Brotherhood have even begun to suspect that maybe the God of Deception has started messing with them again..."

Upon hearing about the Security Bureau's movements, a gloating smile appeared on Loren's face. He then asked further:

"What about the Empire's Military and the Arcane Research Society? Any changes with them these past few days?"

Retab shook his head before speaking:

"From what we can see now, your action of dragging the Empire's Military into the mess hasn't affected them."

"According to information from a secret channel, that Legendary Agent who was captured alive by the Empire's Military intelligence operative has been safely released by the Empire's Military..."

"That captured Legendary Agent also brought back the Empire's Military's stance and the truth of the matter. The Empire's Military did not take the blame for the brutal murder of a House of Representatives member..."

"As for the Arcane Research Society, based on analysis of the latest information received."

"This semi-secret supernatural organization has been frantically recruiting people recently. Moreover, they have also initiated a certain level of spell exchange with the behemoth that is the Star Realm Spell Alliance."

"The Security Bureau's recent focus has been on targeting those guys from the Shadow Brotherhood. They haven't shifted their work focus onto the Arcane Research Society..."

After listening to all the information, Loren nodded silently.

I never expected the Silver Radiance Festival incident to blow up this big. All four of us main responsible parties are completely fine...

Instead, it's the unlucky Shadow Brotherhood that's bearing the brunt of the Security Bureau's firepower...

Regarding this, Loren could only silently offer his condolences to the "Shadow Brotherhood"... rest in peace...

Loren lowered his head in thought. After confirming he hadn't missed anything, he raised his head and asked Retab with a smile:

"Chief Colin, any more Commissions?"