Chapter 79: Why do you care about this when you two are not...
Everyone sent Hai Mian to the police station and went through the reporting process. When it was their turn to be questioned, the group leader offered to assist in the investigation.
The police officer asked suspiciously, "Why are you wearing a visor?"
The leader said succinctly: "I am ugly, and if I take off my armor, it will scare people and make them lose their sanity."
The police imagined the polluting marine species with four eyes and sixty legs, and said disdainfully:
"Then you'd better not get involved. Although we don't have enough security forces, we have called the army over. You can leave now."
The captain walked outside and found that his number one and only Raptor was looking at the wanted list on the wall.
The wanted list has been updated several times, some have been caught, some have died, and there are not many left in the "final circle".
However, the "Kepler" with a reward of 5 million star coins still ranks first.
Bai Ling remembered that when he first explored the Mermaid Channel at night, he saw a wanted poster for "Kepler" in the corridor of the palace. The background light was green, which made the portrait look very ugly.
These wanted criminals usually keep their whereabouts secret and have a high awareness of anti-detection, so they will not easily leave behind images or pictures. So the one on the wanted list is this one, which is obviously a composite portrait created by AI based on the person involved’s oral statement.
The "Kepler" in the portrait has an ordinary appearance, the type that would blend into a crowd and be impossible to find.
The head of the group stood in front of the portrait, turned around and asked Bai Ling: "Are you interested?"
Bai Ling expressed his opinion: "Why is there still a 5 million reward for Kepler?"
The leader: "Yes, he hasn't been caught yet."
“No progress either.”
"progress?"
"Improve your self-worth through your own efforts." Bai Ling pointed out lightly.
...increase the bounty value? The leader thought about it and felt that...
“That makes sense.”
The topic fell into awkward silence again. Not sure if it was an illusion, Bai Ling always felt that the team leader was hesitant to talk to him, and his attitude was a little weird.
If you are so secretive, there must be something wrong with you.
The black armor mirror slowly turned towards him, and he was about to start a conversation again, but Bai Ling saw from the reflection that the elevator door opened, and a man with a straight figure, wearing an imperial military uniform, walked towards them steadily.
As the captain of Team C, which is responsible for patrols in the Mecha Corps, Lu Hang has a mental stability rate of 98% and is often seconded to the police station to help.
I just didn't expect to meet someone I know this time.
Lu Hang glanced at the black mask and nodded as a greeting. When he saw Bai Ling, he smiled and said, "What a coincidence, we meet again."
His discriminatory treatment of AO made Black Mask snort coldly.
Bai Ling looked calm and politely introduced: "This is our leader."
Lu Hang suddenly realized that it was no wonder that the man in black mask eavesdropped on their conversation in the tea room last time and ran over to protest so excitedly. It turned out that the commander himself was afraid that he would poach people.
Lu Hang half-jokingly said, wanting to shake hands with the group leader: "It seems that we are competitors."
The captain ignored the hand he extended, but Lu Hang didn't feel embarrassed. He withdrew his hand and let it hang naturally at his side, with his middle finger and the straight seam of his pants forming a rigorous whole. He still smiled kindly and said to Bai Ling:
"Are you looking at the wanted list? There are many vicious criminals on it who were arrested by our team. When you join the army, you can also help us uphold justice."
Hearing the words "uphold justice", the team leader sneered without mercy.
Lu Hang glanced at him and asked with a smile: "Captain, do you have any suggestions for our business?"
The captain was silent for a while, his face was covered tightly by the visor, and his expression could not be seen. Finally, he said with a hint of sarcasm:
"Is there any value in the existence of an army that only serves the upper class? I suggest abolishing it."
Lu Hang's face turned ugly.
Although this is true, it is too embarrassing to say it in public. Seeing that the atmosphere was becoming increasingly tense, Bai Ling was forced to come out to smooth things over.
Bai Ling changed the subject and said, "I think you can improve your aesthetics and make the bottom frame of the wanted list simpler. It's not pretty now."
The team leader agreed: "Yes, the green light makes people look too ugly."
Lu Hang frowned: "Why do you care about the appearance of the wanted list? You two won't be on it."
Bai Ling & Team Leader: “…”
The two of them looked up at the ceiling as if nothing had happened.
The interrogation room is still waiting, Lu Hang has to go there as soon as possible. Before leaving, his captain's occupational disease came back and he habitually wanted to pat Bai Ling on the shoulder and say a few words of encouragement.
Unexpectedly, just as he was about to raise his hand, his wrist was grabbed with a "snap".
The force was so strong that my bones felt numb and painful, as if I was pinching an enemy.
Even though Lu Hang had a good temper, he was also slightly angry at this moment, and shouted: "Let go, this is the police station."
The team leader was stunned for a moment, then he looked down and found that it was his own hand. His heart skipped a beat and he quickly let go. He rubbed his hands with the disinfectant hand sanitizer in the corridor, deliberately showing extreme disgust, but he didn't know that this action made Lu Hang look at him twice more without saying a word.
Lu Hang asked slowly: "You seem to dislike me very much?"
Leader: "I'm not gay, why do I like alpha?"
Lu Hang was choked by him, and then he chuckled for no apparent reason, thinking that it had been a long time... a long time since he had been irritated by such a sharp-tongued person.
The leader rubbed the sticky hand sanitizer vigorously and said coldly: "Please leave quickly. I hate the smell of my kind. Also, next time I see you harassing my members, I will chop off your hands."
Lu Hang chuckled, but he wasn't angry. He nodded to Bai Ling and said, "We'll chat online later."
The captain's body trembled imperceptibly.
Bai Ling felt confused. What was the point of chatting online? They didn’t even add each other’s contact numbers.
He looked at Lu Hang in surprise, only to see the tall soldier passing him and the regiment commander. He suddenly slowed down for a second and said in a teasing tone:
“So fierce.”
Although he couldn't see the head under the black mask, Bai Ling had a hunch that the captain's hair must be standing on end.
After Lu Hang left, the team leader relaxed his shoulders a little and reminded his team members seriously:
"From now on, if you see that alpha who's always thinking about you, stay as far away from him as possible!"
Bai Ling subconsciously asked: "Which one?"
The leader was silent for a moment. Which...Omega has so many fishes and shrimps around him? He could only say: "...just left that one."
Bai Ling rolled his grey eyes, raised his lips and asked, "Why, do you know him?"
"I don't know him." The leader denied it and said in a low voice, "But I know that he is a perverted white-haired person... He especially likes white-haired omegas. People like you happen to be his main hunting targets."
Finally, he concluded: "I hate this kind of alpha the most."
The team leader looked disgusted and as if he understood the situation very well.
Bai Ling glanced at him for a moment longer, but a sentence inexplicably popped up in his mind -
If you are homophobic, you must be in the closet.
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The team leader had something to say in private, so the two of them found a small coffee shop on the street.
These coffee shops basically have alcohol sales licenses, selling coffee and bread snacks during the day and foamy beer at night. As soon as you open the door, the hot mist mixed with the smell of cigarettes instantly paralyzes your nerves. You can sit down at a small round table, order a mini coffee for 2 star coins and a croissant, and spend the afternoon leisurely.
It was lunchtime and the store was bustling with people. A large virtual screen against the wall was playing a replay of the mecha competition. Everyone was staring at the screen with great interest, so no one noticed that there was a person wearing a black mask sitting in the cramped corner.
Bai Ling added a spoonful of creamer to the coffee cup, stirred it, and let it turn into a muddy color.
He picked up the cup, took a sip, and looked over the rim of the cup at the person opposite him.
The alpha who had once given him a combat suit was touching the visor switch to open the feeding port. It is a small opening about four centimeters wide at the lower jaw, into which a straw can be inserted, so that one can eat normally while keeping it secret.
Bai Ling looked at the juice drink he was drinking.
This powder does not contain any fruit juice, but pure chemical flavors. For the leader of a group, drinking this stuff is really a bit depressing.
The team leader sucked very seriously and emptied the bottom of the cup.
Bai Ling asked as a matter of course: "Is the club short of funds?"
The captain was slightly stunned, and Bai Ling knew that he had guessed right.
In fact, the [Crows and Birds] club is at the bottom of the five-star clubs due to the lack of raptors. In addition, the leader was unwilling to curry favor with the nobles, so the funds he could raise were quite limited.
Bai Ling pinched the small paper bag of candy and speculated: "So you hid your identity and went to the game in person to earn the team fee?"
The team leader sat upright and said solemnly, "I participate in the competition to earn extra travel expenses. As for the team, don't worry, the driver's salary and mecha maintenance will be paid as usual, and your salary will not be reduced by a penny."
Bai Ling raised an eyebrow: "Earning money for the trip? Where do you want to go, Captain?"
"Wild Star."
The other party came straight to the point and Bai Ling was slightly surprised.
The diners nearby were all talking happily, and the leader's bass voice mixed in, sounding cautious and careful:
"Bai Ling, I know you were also persecuted by the authorities. On the night of Thanksgiving, you were called by the power tycoon Pavo, and within two hours, TGK's space palace exploded. That incident must have been related to you, but Anna and I have been keeping it a secret for you."
Bombing the palace is a capital crime for attacking the monarch, and the offender will be hanged in public and the body will be left exposed outside the city hall for a month.
From this point of view, the captain and Anna did owe him a favor.
Bai Ling narrowed his eyes slightly, "So?"
"So, why don't you join us, people of insight like you, to fight against tyranny, overthrow the rule of the seafood aristocracy, establish the first bird regime in history, and turn this shabby empire into a new federation surrounded by green trees!"
The team leader couldn't help but raise his voice when talking about the imagined future.
Bai Ling stared at the coffee swirling in the cup. In the muddy vortex, a funnel shape like the eye of a storm was formed.
"New Federation..." He slowly recited these three words and briefly fell into reminiscence.
When talking about the "New Federation", we have to mention the six bandit leaders of the Wild Star Revolutionary Army in the previous life.
In addition to Commander Bai and General Sava, there is a bird of prey among the remaining four forces - the black-winged kite.
The black-winged kite, as the name suggests, has black wings but white abdomen and head. The adult form has a pair of red eyes, so the human form often transforms into white hair and red pupils.
Before, when Sava saw Bai Ling for the first time, he thought he was a black-winged kite.
However, as a small bird of prey of the genus Eagle, the black-winged kite's strength is not very outstanding. Especially among the raptors, which are a group of heroes, it is impossible for them to be the top in strength, night combat or agility like the golden eagle, bald eagle, eagle owl or peregrine falcon.
The black-winged kite in the wild was able to rise successfully, thanks to the favorable conditions of time, place and people.
He is a native of Wildstar.
As a bird native to the wild planet, no one is more familiar with the ups and downs of every inch of land and the frequency of every sandstorm than the black-winged kite. He has an incredibly accurate grasp of the local climate and seasons, and can fully utilize these details to minimize combat losses, thus carving out a territory for himself among a group of fierce and difficult-to-deal-with big wings.
Unfortunately, he was also the one who delivered the fastest.
The idea proposed by Black Winged Kite is: "To emulate the Mammal Federation next door, to establish a new federal system of tolerant regime in the Empire."
Doesn’t that sound good?
But Black Winged Kite publicly stated: "We will eradicate all marine nobles, take back all controlled fiefdoms, and establish a regime ruled by birds."
Isoparaiso made a one-year plan and was ready to roll up his sleeves to do what he had never accomplished in his entire life.
Commander Bai thought at the time that this guy was too idealistic and that taking such a big step would definitely lead to failure.
Sure enough, although this statement received support from many birds, it also invisibly blocked the ocean tribe from entering. For a time, labels like "racism" and "national separatism" were thrown at the Black Winged Kite. Not only was it criticized by the media controlled by the authorities every other day, but it also even caused a stir in the Interstellar Alliance, which directly labeled the Black Kite, a revolutionary army, as "terrorists."
What are you most afraid of in war? We are not afraid of having no weapons or few personnel, but we are most afraid of losing the high ground of justice.
Soon, the morale of the Black Kite team was low. Everyone ran and escaped. In the end, even Black Kite himself was captured by the Central Army. His life or death was still unknown until Bai Ling's death.
So when the captain mentioned the "New Federation", Bai Ling naturally thought of the Black Kite.
Bai Ling had a blank expression on his face. No way, no way, fate would not let him meet a bandit from the next hill again... right?
The leader of the group played his trump card: "Besides, my hometown is on the Wild Star, so I have a natural advantage."
Bai Ling: “…”
It turns out it’s really you, black pepper chicken wings.
[Black pepper chicken wings] is a derogatory name given by the media, using homophonic puns to mock the black-winged kites that leave a scorched earth wherever they go.
Commander Bai himself also has a nickname, but that’s not the point at the moment.
The team leader formally extended an invitation: "How about it? Do you want to work with me to 'work hard to improve your self-worth'?"
Bai Ling said dryly: "I don't think there is much room for improvement..."
His bounty of 40 billion would be difficult to double even if he blew up the capital planet.
The team leader thought he was trying to shirk his responsibility, so he understood and said, "It's okay. I can give you a week to think about it. After all, this is a serious matter, and you may not be able to make a decision right away. You may need to discuss it with your family. If they disagree—"
Bai Ling interrupted him: "I'll join."
"If you don't agree - huh?" The leader stopped abruptly, the surprise on his face could be seen through the visor, "Are you willing to join?"
Bai Ling stroked his chin and thought for a moment, "However, I need to bring a few more people. Is it convenient for you?"
"Of course it's convenient, the more the better." The team leader nodded implicitly.
He naturally felt that the people brought by Bai Ling would all be under his command in the future. He is the leader, managing Bai Ling and others.
Bai Ling was thinking about how to kick the whining little dark night hen into the cabin door, take her to Yexing, and then put two big locks on her reproductive cavity to prevent her from being tricked into getting pregnant by her mistress again.
"How many seats does your boat have? Can it accommodate everyone?"
The leader thought for a moment and said, "I have rented a medium-sized passenger ship that can carry 100 people. If that doesn't work, I will overload it with standing tickets. When you pass the interstellar checkpoint, don't say a word. I will bribe them and they won't come up to count the number of people."
Bai Ling: ...
Why does it seem like a black car carrying passengers for some unknown reason?
If it had happened before, Bai Ling would definitely not take it seriously, but this time he had to pack up the mermaid and bring her ashore, he couldn't just get away with it like this -
Iso Paraiso certainly wouldn't want to share a public toilet with 100 people for three days.
So, he had to get a big ship, the bigger the better. It would be best if it has complete facilities, a formal license, and can drive all the way out of the Capital Star without breaking down.
Otherwise, that fish will have to bring its own portable urine tank.
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