Here is an urgent dispatch from the Emperor's Newspaper:
"The Emperor's special envoy, the hero of the Empire, Earl White Ghost Hanton, appeared yesterday afternoon on the dazzling Bufon Star within the Emperor Star Circle, firing the first shot in the noble class rectification.
"Reportedly, in the past twelve Galaxy Times, seventy-two nobles ranked Baron and above have been taken away for investigation by the Military Department's special task force. This includes twelve Honorary Viscounts, Honorary Earls, seven hereditary Viscounts, and nineteen hereditary Barons.
"The entire Bufon Star has now entered full martial law.
"There are reports that the planet's judicial system has been completely corrupted by the noble class, riddled with accumulated wrongful cases over many years, and the Emperor Star is about to dispatch a guidance team to reside on Bufon Star to supervise the work..."
Earl Revelle Rassoga, the youngest Earl of the Empire, had just crawled out from a circle of young maidservants and stretched lazily as he read the news on a display.
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Revelle couldn't help but admit, his idol was simply too cool.
In just a short time, he had brought down the Great Elder, the Empire's third most powerful figure on Emperor Star, using a flood of public opinion to help the Emperor sever the chains binding him.
And now, he had just fiery stormed into the Great Elder's hometown, initiating a massive purge.
Well, it wasn't really that bloody, just getting those nobles to cooperate with the investigation, and how many would be cut down was still an unknown.
"Deservedly so, my idol."
Revelle clicked his tongue lightly and then settled blissfully into a soft couch by the floor-to-ceiling windows, opening a group chat composed of young nobles with whom he had good relations.
Group name: Noble Brothers Watermelon Eating Frontline.
They were discussing this news, and as Revelle scrolled through, he found the affair even more thrilling than he imagined.
It seemed that Earl White Ghost Hanton had gone on an undercover visit, perhaps wanting to unwind before getting down to business, diving headfirst into Bufon Star's luxurious entertainment district.
Most crucially, White Ghost had two beautiful women bestowed by the Emperor by his side.
Women from the Imperial Palace, how could they be just ordinary girls? They definitely had the looks, the figures, and the temperaments.
While White Ghost was having a drink in a corner, one of these women was groped on the buttocks in the dance floor.
It was said that it wasn't just a brush, but a direct, twisting grab.
The nobles of Bufon Star had already received prior warning, with many either leaving early or being requested not to gather casually for fun, so many nobles went to entertainment venues to pass the time.
The groper, a hereditary Viscount, never expected the woman to turn around and slap him across the face.
The normally domineering Viscount couldn't tolerate it and immediately wanted to beat this tactless woman savagely.
The woman from the Imperial Palace knocked this Viscount to the ground, disarmed one of his arms, and left him bruised and swollen-faced.
The four bodyguards with the Viscount managed to arrive timely, ensuing in a fierce battle with this formidable Palace woman, an exceptionally bloody scene, even with photos circulating.
Revelle held the photos and gasped, shrinking his neck.
How could the bodyguard's face be so bloody and battered? Damn, were they scratched with nails? Were this woman's nails made of alloy?
Women from the Imperial Palace, indeed, should not be provoked.
Revelle kept scrolling, and the developments took an even more absurd turn.
The situation got somewhat out of control, with a hereditary Viscount being beaten, the local security office naturally could not stand idly by, and a large contingent of police rushed over and, under the frenzied roar of the Viscount, took the two women back to the security station.
White Ghost managed not to care, reportedly engrossed in a delightful conversation with a beautiful noblewoman.
The beaten Viscount was indeed accustomed to arrogance, fully aware that "King Yan" was floating just outside the planet's synchronous orbit, he still forcefully intervened in the security office's case process, even threatening to strip those two women and perform nefarious acts on the younger sister in front of the elder.
That scene, Revelle found thrilling just thinking about it.
But fortunately, the Viscount had not managed to carry out his intentions, as White Ghost mysteriously appeared in the security office's underground information center and directly carted off two server storage components.
It didn't only have full surveillance of the Viscount's arrogant behavior, but it also contained records of similar incidents from past years.
The rest of affairs soon became much simpler.
White Ghost tore apart the security station, the Military Department's special task force made an emergency landing, and municipal defense forces massively sealed off the city district.
This arrogant Viscount became the first execution point.
According to chat records, this was a Viscount from the Great Elder's family, an object of adulation for many nobles on Bufon Star.
White Ghost conducted a field interrogation at the security station, and the man held out for a full twelve minutes before confessing everything, implicating a large crowd of nobles and uncovering over twenty severe deliberate homicide cases and misappropriations of state resources.
This cleverly executed strategy with pointed precision was beautiful.
Or rather, that Viscount had unwittingly walked into the line of fire.
"Deservedly so, my idol!"
Revelle raised an eyebrow, joined the group chat, and began discussing the case details with his fellow watermelon-eating buddies; meanwhile, different new information kept emerging.
Revelle gradually realized that there were many details in this ballroom conflict that could be unearthed.