Chapter 139 - Subjugation (5)

Before cutting off the head of that despicable Forest Lion, there was one thing we needed to address.

"Wasn't there supposed to be something called a spearhead or whatever?"

It was about the leadership that devised the strategy of spreading the subjugation team around to disperse the Forest Lions, saying they would catch that guy.

Didn't they say they would take the neck of that root cause—or suspected one—with the so-called spearhead operation?

Even though Leaf hadn't cast mental resonance to connect us, Rei spoke as if reading my mind, saying what I wanted to say, and Claire struggled to answer.

"...I'm not sure."

"You're not reliable."

"That's...! Kuh, I'll deal with that first."

Giving up on rebutting, Claire projected her killing intent towards the Forest Lion.

In reality, Paragon's command strike team had failed to track and eliminate the root cause, so there was no room for rebuttal...