"Wha-?!" Robin's expression shifted sharply, changing from mild tension -the restrained look of soone bracing for troubling news- into sheer, unfiltered shock that he could not hide.
The Syndicate? There was no doubt about it. He could only an the Hidden Hand Syndicate the terrifying entity operating under Sevar's protection. A force that had crept into every joint of the cosmos, spreading silently until it beca the very public face of everything corrupt, cruel, and irredeemably evil!
Theo had issued strict, unmistakable instructions to keep all dealings with them as light, smooth, and minimal as possible: comply with their demands, pay whatever price was necessary, and under no circumstances provoke them or invite unnecessary attention...
For regardless of their monstrous power-power so great it allowed them to rent out Nexus States-and regardless of the overwhelming combat strength they had accumulated by harvesting intelligence from every other Syndicate through intimidation and threats-
The Hidden Hand Syndicate was Sevar's extended arm. Any excessive interference with them would only tighten the thread of fate binding Robin's side to Sevar even further, strengthening a connection that should never be reinforced.
Even routine, surface-level transactions with them were deeply unsettling-but for matters to escalate into a direct conflict?!
How had the situation deteriorated to such a catastrophic level, and in such a sudden, brutal manner, without any prior warning or buildup?!
Fortunately... the ssage had not yet ended.
Theo continued, his expressions heavy with pain and self-reproach.
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