As soon as Kyle activated his Communicator, it immediately started ringing.
Kyle accepted the connection and felt Swamp Dragon's aura.
"You're in a lot of trouble," Swamp Dragon said.
"I thought so," Kyle answered. "What's the situation? Is everyone alright?"
"Everyone is fine," Swamp Dragon answered. "We're still in the Secondary Sector, but we escaped to the territory of the Farmers. Right now, we're underground on a random Planet. You don't have to worry about us. You should be more worried about yourself."
"Good to hear that everyone's safe," Kyle said. "So, what's up with my situation?"
"You've been declared a criminal," Swamp Dragon said. "Wait, let me forward the declaration."
'Of course,' Kyle thought with a sigh as a message popped up on his Communicator.
"Wanted: Former Ancestor of Explosive Karma, Descending Mountain."
Then, Kyle saw a lot of descriptions about himself. Even more, there was a simulation of his aura attached to the declaration. Luckily, only very advanced Communicators could simulate a Seeker's Aura. The regular Communicators that the different Organizations in the Secondary Sector used couldn't run the simulation.
Well, the Communicators Dawnlight and the other Big Four used could probably run it.
If a regular Crusher wanted to feel Kyle's aura, they probably needed to go to one of the neutral Planets to use one of their big Communicators.
Near the bottom, Kyle saw the crimes he was accused of.
Wanton killing of talented individuals.
Killing two members of the Contrast Empire.
'Wait, I killed two? Did one of the other Fulfilled Crushers also work for them?'
At the very bottom, Kyle saw the reward.
'A fucking Grade Seven Energy Stone! That's a hundred Grade Six Energy Stones! Bro, that's everything Dawnlight owns times ten or something!'
The wanted poster also talked about how strong Kyle was. Apparently, nobody below the Unique Compression Realm was eligible to attack him. Everyone weaker had to inform the Contrast Empire.
'Bro, I almost entered a city just now! Some people probably noticed me!' Kyle thought as he activated his Dimensional Descender.
"Gotta skedaddle! Talk to you soon!" Kyle quickly said before cutting the connection.
After descending into the Beast Dimension, Kyle quickly flew to another Planet, passing by a couple of powerful beasts.
One of them even looked at Kyle for a while, making him sweat.
Luckily, he reached the neighboring Planet quickly and went underground again.
He ascended back to the Main Dimension and called Swamp Dragon again.
"Sorry for that," Kyle said. "I've got time to talk now."
"You have to be careful, Bang," Swamp Dragon answered. "Everyone's looking for you, but the Secondary Sector's autonomy still holds true. Your power is within the limit of the Secondary Sector, and they can't justify sending a Sage to deal with you. For now, it's best if you stay there."
Kyle sighed. "This is… kinda troublesome."
"It is. Even worse, the Array of Stars can't help you right now," Swamp Dragon said.
"I know," Kyle answered.
Naturally, Kyle knew what it meant to help a criminal. Just the fact that Swamp Dragon was talking to him could already put Swamp Dragon in hot water. If the Contrast Empire found out, they might even declare Swamp Dragon a criminal.
The Array of Stars was not a political party, and officially, it had to uphold the Contrast Empire's rules.
The dumbest thing Kyle could do was to contact the Chief Overseer.
The Chief Overseer was the head and representative of the local branch, and if it got out that he was helping a criminal, the Contrast Empire could justify sanctioning the entire branch.
As a talented Seeker, Kyle was valuable, but he wasn't even close to being that valuable.
"How long am I stuck here?" Kyle asked. "I mean, they declared me a criminal, but it's obviously bullshit. They have to revoke the status at some point."
"Difficult to say," Swamp Dragon answered. "Star Genesis knows more about this. Let me ask her."
Kyle waited for a couple of seconds in silence.
"Alright, so," Swamp Dragon said after a while, "it's problematic. There is a lot of legislation going into this. She suspects that the Array of Stars has already made a formal protest, which will be investigated by someone from the Contrast Empire. That person has a century to give an answer to the protest."
"They will obviously say that the protest is unjustified, which means the Array of Stars will go towards the next step, which is an accusation of unjustified use of rules. That will go through another department."
"The short version, please," Kyle interrupted.
"In short, you will be stuck there for about 4,000 years," Swamp Dragon said.
Kyle's eyes widened.
4,000 years!
That was a long time!
That was over half of his remaining longevity!
How was he supposed to comprehend any Laws? !
He had no access to the Array of Stars, and if anyone saw him in any of the Law Wells, he would be killed by Dawnlight's Head!
That was when Kyle realized what the Contrast Empire was doing.
'Even if they can't kill me, they will still impede my progress!'
'I killed Crimson Inferno, who was probably one of the most powerful Fulfilled Crushers in existence. There's no doubt that he would have become a Unique Crusher, and he might have also become a Legendary Crusher.'
'Since I killed him, they think that I will also most likely become a Unique or Legendary Crusher, but by wasting over 4,000 years of my time, they can severely impede my progress!'
Kyle gritted his teeth as the full gravity of his situation hit him.
'The fucking Contrast Empire! I never had any beef with you! Yeah, our Organizations are rivals, but you've never truly gone against me!'
'Fucking Dawnlight and their Seeker Refinement!'
"Is there anything I can do?" Kyle asked.
"Well, there is one way, or in your case, two ways," Swamp Dragon said. "One way is-"
The connection was cut!
Kyle's eyes widened in confusion and frustration as he saw a message.
"Your Communicator has been disabled permanently."
Then, the message deactivated, and the Communicator turned off.
Kyle tried to restart it, but the window just popped up for an instant before immediately closing again.
'Fuck!' Kyle thought as he put the Communicator into his Soul Space. 'Why did it have to disconnect at exactly that point?!'
Kyle did his best to calm down as he weighed his options.
'I can create my Complex Law, which will take a couple more centuries. Then, I can look at the bunch of Gravity Metals, which might take a millennium or something, but then what?'
'I would need to go out to find Law Wells, and this asshole of a Head might have become a Legendary Crusher by then! I will be more powerful than I am right now, but he will also be more powerful!'
'I'm alone, and I have no way to find information about my surroundings!'
'Fuck you, Dawnlight! Fuck you, Contrast Empire!'
Sadly, Kyle could only swallow his frustration since he was basically powerless for now.
'You think I'm a criminal? You want to make me a criminal?! I'll show you a real criminal!'
Then, Kyle looked at his chest with narrowed eyes as his perception reached deep inside of him.
'Time to do some information gathering. It might not be about the Array of Stars, but hey, it's information about another Higher Supreme Organization.'
Moments later, the Blessing of the 67 Lord activated.
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