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“What is that?” Sergeant Vancouver cried alarmed.
“A message from Laro,” Xiaobo said with satisfaction. “They severely damaged the Sepulchrians’ ship. It’s on fire. Only… I’m not sure everything there is really going according to plan.”
Vancouver shook his head. “That’s not what I’m talking about.” He pointed out in front of him. “That right there. What is that? Not what I think it is…?”
Only now did SSA Xiaobo look up to see what Vancouver meant. He couldn’t believe his eyes. At the spot where, according to the latest reports from Agent Radhikropunanga, the spacecraft should be located, there now was a smoldering pile of scrap metal. “Oh no,” Xiaobo said. “We’re too late. That damn Seps… They took down our ship. They were on to us.”
Vancouver held his arm up. With a clenched fist,
