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Earth.
Hawaii.
Although it was impossible to broadcast the island challenge in Alola's spiritual domain live, President August had been able to learn about the general progress from the guardian deity, Tapu Koko.
This kind of verbal report was very inaccurate, causing all sorts of rumors to fly everywhere.
Someone would say that Roy had killed again!
Some people claimed that the Illuminati had invaded Alola's spiritual domain, and everyone was going to die.
All kinds of outrageous news were flying around, and most people were happy to read them, but some people actually believed them, leading to many ridiculous situations.
With the spread of the news, more and more people were traveling to Hawaii, waiting to witness the birth of an 'Island Kahuna' while on vacation—why not enjoy both?
At the same time, they also had the opportunity to meet the three Champions...
Yes.
Ten days ago, the three Champions from China, United States, and France who had come to Hawaii had not left, but had stayed here the entire time.
The reason why the three Champions had stayed for so long was simple.
To protect the outstanding talents from their respective regions from being harmed without reason.
And, after the island challenge ended, to arrange related spiritual domain exploration matters as soon as possible.
The interests involved in Alola's spiritual domain were too significant, and it was necessary to prevent others from taking advantage.
Moreover, if the Alola spiritual domain merged, it would be geographically located within the territory of the "United States." For China and France, this was a very awkward position, involving the transfer and division of sovereignty over the four Hawaiian islands by the United States.
This kind of national affair couldn't be facilitated without the highest level of combat power like "Champions."
Of course, the three Champions served as "force deterrence"—as long as they existed, they would have an effect. The specific negotiations and exchange of interests were handled by politicians.
With three Champions in Hawaii, people who traveled there felt very safe and didn't worry about accidents at all.
In fact, during these ten days, the crime rate in Hawaii had indeed dropped, with crackdowns implemented everywhere, leaving some unsavory establishments struggling.
However, on the eleventh day...
"Woo-!"
The air raid siren that resounded through the clear sky left everyone stunned, showing astonished expressions.
"There is an abnormal phenomenon at the node leading to the spiritual domain, and it may very likely cause another space shock. Everyone please proceed to the nearest shelter immediately. Once again, proceed to the nearest..." The broadcast was announced successively in English, Chinese, French, Russian, and other five major languages.
The crowd panicked.
The tourists flocked toward the shelters in fear.
From a high altitude view, humans looked like ant colonies desperately rushing back to their nests before a hurricane arrived.
#HawaiiEmergency and other keywords quickly appeared on trending lists of various social platforms worldwide, rising at an alarming rate.
In the control area building of the space node, the three Champions came together.
"What's the situation?" Aiden asked coldly.
An abnormality in the space node likely to cause another space shock... This kind of explanation was fine for deceiving ordinary people and non-professional trainers.
But for professional trainers who had explored spiritual domains many times, this was nonsense.
Only when a spiritual domain descended for the first time would there be space shocks.
In the subsequent fusion stage, the two spaces would subtly merge in an extremely gentle form without causing any disasters.
The person in charge of the control area was an American professional-level trainer, a black bald man, who quickly explained: "I came to the control area today for a shift change and found that everyone from the night shift had disappeared. The control area was completely empty. After checking the surveillance, I found they had all entered the space node."
"What about the space nodes?" Frances asked.
"They're unusable," the man replied. "You can't go in, and you can't get out. They tampered with them."
"Space technology?!" Lucas speculated in surprise. "There aren't many organizations with this kind of technology..."
Aiden frowned deeply, looking serious.
Soon, he noticed the questioning gazes cast by Frances and Lucas, and said coldly: "Why are you looking at me? It's true that most of the main force in the control area are from our United States, but don't you two have investments in it too?"
Alola's Spiritual Realm was located in Hawaii, which belonged to United States territory.
The control area was naturally controlled by the US side.
However, due to the island challenge and trials, during this period, both China and France had sent many people to join the control force to supervise each other.
In other words, if there was a problem in the control area so quietly and without warning, even the control personnel from all three countries had problems.
Among the people from the three nations, there were traitors... or they might be the masterminds of this change.
Frances and Lucas also realized this, thinking hard to calm their minds, searching for suspicious candidates in their thoughts.
"Beep beep beep—!"
At this moment, an alarm from a communicator broke the silence.
Aiden picked up the communicator, and under the suspicious eyes of the other two Champions, he reluctantly turned on the speaker.
"Mr. Aiden!" A panicked voice came from the other end of the communicator.
"Calm down, Major Carl," Aiden scolded. "No matter what happens, you must report information objectively and not be affected by your own subjective emotions, understand?!"
"I, I know, but..." Carl on the other end wanted to cry. "The Reveal Glass was stolen ten days ago! It was also stolen, along with the 'Alpha Gem,' and a wealth of information and intelligence."
"What?!" Aiden was furious. "Our treasure was stolen ten days ago, and you're only discovering this now?!"
"But the treasure vault hasn't been invaded by anyone—they were all applicants who entered legally," Major Carl said quickly. "In the past ten days, only Morey Ivan entered the treasure vault."
Aiden fell silent suddenly, his pupils dilating.
Morey Ivan was the Trainer he was optimistic about, the Elite he had personally trained, and a capable general in his faction.
How could he be a traitor?!
"Pfft..." Frances and Lucas couldn't help laughing out loud.
"What are you laughing at?" Aiden glared at them both.
"I remembered something happy," Frances shrugged.
"Yes, yes, me too," Lucas covered his mouth.
The two looked at each other, knowing they were thinking of the same happy things, and smiled knowingly.
When Aiden was getting agitated and wanted to say something, the communicator on Frances's body rang.
Under the supervision of the other two Champions, Frances turned on the voice playback.
This scene... seemed a little familiar?
Frances had an ominous premonition in her heart.
And this hunch came true immediately.
"Ms. Frances..."
"Elite Ryland has betrayed us."
"He teamed up with unknown persons to attack various laboratories, stole the 'Omega Gem' from League University Laboratory, and the 'Virus Meteorite' from Capital University."
Frances remained silent, his eyes darkening like a volcano about to erupt, suppressing her emotions.
Seeing this, Aiden sneered, and his heart immediately felt more balanced.
Lucas, on the other hand, couldn't hold back at all.
"Hahaha...!"
Seeing the murderous eyes of the other two Champions, Lucas smiled and explained unconvincingly: "I really thought of something happy—my wife is going to give birth again, and this time it's a boy..."
Beep beep!
This time, an ominous communicator sound rang from Lucas's device.
Lucas realized something, his expression froze suddenly, and he silently clicked on the speaker.
"Mr. Lucas..."
"Your son, Noah, stole the 'Cocoon of Destruction' ten days ago, and today your protégé, Elite Arman, kidnapped Meloetta with unknown persons. Her whereabouts are unknown."
Despair.
The communicator fell to the ground. Lucas looked pale with constricted pupils.
His own son and his trusted Elite protégé had together... rebelled?
"Hehe..." Frances sneered. "You really should disown your son."
Aiden said mockingly: "Yes, can your wife give birth to an Elite? Let's all trade."
The three Champions were already at odds with each other, and now they were mocking one another, which was nothing more than finding joy in bitterness.
They all realized the seriousness of the matter.
To be able to have Elite-level domestic support in all three major countries...
In this world, there was only one organization that could accomplish this kind of thing.
—The Illuminati.