"What?!? Stairmount Rivers has passed away?!?"

Mr. Landlord is so outraged when he receives this shocking news. He asks the informer in a demanding tone. "Are you sure?! Can it be, the one who got shot to death just coincidentally has the same appearance as Rivers? Damn it, why should he come to Neptune anyway?! He must be very clear that coming to such a place is the same as committing suicide!"

"It seems that the death of his parents hit him hard. He went crazy, thus committed suicide by using that method."

"I never thought, the Enigma has hacked the deep search data at Mist Laboratory and can find everything about Stairmount Rivers and Sierra Pathogen, they even find out that if Matthew Scotts dies, the robotic sniper will receive a cyber signal and it will immediately dash towards Rivers' parents to carry out its duty... Or perhaps, this is what they have actually planned from the beginning? To kill Rivers' parents but not by using their own hands... then attract Rivers to do such depressing act, and at the end, stop Sierra Pathogen Project?!" Mr. Landlord screams in rage. "Rivers is the only one who has a full understanding of the Sierra Pathogen. And he is also the only one who brings all blood samples of Saturn people. If he dies, then who can set in motion the Sierra Pathogen?!"

His ultra-cyber minipad suddenly rings. Mr. Landlord picks it up. "Yes, Sandstones?"

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The voice of Calvin Sandstones, one of the Jupiter delegation team members, echoes, "Sir, you must be worried that since Stairmount Rivers has passed away then the Sierra Pathogen can't be spread across Saturn, right?"

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Mr. Landlord's forehead creases. Nobody knows about this thoroughly except him, Stairmount, and some of Chrono's higher-ups - whom he knows well, but they are certainly not Sandstones, moreover Sandstones is not Chrono's member. "What do you mean? I don't understand..."

"Rest assured, Sir. I am from Cosmos * , get assigned to help you." Sandstones continues. "Actually it's a big mistake to trust only Rivers. You have to get at least one more person for this matter, in case the worst thing happens - as it really happens now, and it ends up bothering you, right?"

* Cosmos = National Intelligence Department of Jupiter.

This information instead makes Mr. Landlord turns even more confused. Nobody apart from Chrono should know about this - let alone an official organization in government like Cosmos. Mr. Landlord decides to remain silent as the response.

"Well, luckily, Cosmos has prepared this far earlier. You know, it is all nothing to do with the official government..."

Mr. Landlord's flax-yellow eyes turn wide. "This is... also the instruction from the Higher Order? The Higher Order has predicted this is what will happen?!..."

Sandstones smirks. "Well... So, I'd like to tell you some good news, Mr. Landlord. As for the Sierra Pathogen, I have an apprehension of it. And about the blood samples of Saturn people, I also have it."

This time, because he has totally understood, Mr. Landlord feels as if he has just seen the sun, which is initially preparing to set, suddenly floats up and shines brightly again. "Really, Sandstones?!"

Sandstones smirks once again. "Yes. And one more good news I am about to tell you; I have been spreading the Sierra Pathogen across Saturn since two days ago. Please wait for the pleasurable result."

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