“Any further audit constitutes cosmic treason, punishable by immediate annihilation!”
The voice of the Chief Plunder-Heaven Inquisitor screeched across the void.
Above the jagged parapets of Wall Number One, the kilometer-wide golden scroll hovered like an artificial moon. It radiated suffocating, cold legal decrees written in ancient silver script, bearing the blood-red seal of the Greed Dao Will.
The three thousand silver-robed execution clerics behind the Inquisitor raised their iron gavels, chanting dark legal curses that bound the surrounding space in chains of manufactured liability.
“We are the Heavenly Plunder Bank!” the Inquisitor proclaimed, his gaunt face twisting with fanatical arrogance. “We minted the first currency of creation! We established the credit ratings of the cosmos! By the divine authority of the Sovereign Immunity Edict, the creator of the ledger cannot be judged by the debtor! You have no standing to question us! You have no right to audit your masters!”
Aboard the Sovereign Aurora, the paralegals and junior clerks of Taichu Group had gone quiet. The crushing weight of the ancient decree pressed against their shoulders, threatening to freeze their pens and silence their voices.
Then, a clear, sweet chuckle broke the silence.
Shen Qiaoqiao stepped forward onto the starlight bridge.
