The Blood Moon Pirates were in complete disarray. Right before their eyes, their headquarters had been destroyed, and their most valuable personnel had been taken away! They had vanished without a trace, with even satellite surveillance unable to find any trace!
"What on earth is going on?! How did those people sneak into the Dark Star? Investigate! Call everyone back! Investigate carefully!" Aiden Gladstone slammed the table hard, smashing it to pieces.
"Yes." Locke Barton immediately retreated.
With such a serious incident, the Blood Moon Pirates mobilized their entire force, conducting a thorough search for any trace of the group. They also assigned personnel to check all roadside surveillance cameras and carefully investigate the vehicle that had escaped with the hostages. Finally, they uncovered a glimmer of information: satellite monitoring had detected traces of an explosion in a remote location on Dark Planet. Locke Barton immediately dispatched his men to the scene at top speed.
Jason was in charge. At the site of the explosion, he found a smoking starship, apparently crashed for unknown reasons. He rushed in through the smashed-open hatch, only to discover the bodies of several kidnappers. Inside a cabin, he found the hostage, Ivan Percy, unconscious from his injuries.
Not far from the explosion site, several masked kidnappers who were already unconscious were found. But strangely, Mr. Black fell together with the kidnappers. It seemed as if they had escaped with Black before the starship exploded and used their bodies to protect him during the explosion.
Could it be that Mr. Black has some unknown relationship with these kidnappers?
Jason didn't suspect Evan at all, because he was seriously injured. If he was related to these imperialists, these people would definitely not leave him alone in the cabin and ignore his life or death.
Then they found several mecha storage boxes, which were filled with mecha parts engraved with spirit-gathering magic patterns.
Jason searched the starship inside and out, and carried out all suspicious persons, including corpses. When he was about to ask someone to find the black box inside the starship that recorded all the conditions inside and outside the starship, a violent explosion occurred on the starship. Jason had to evacuate the scene with others and wait for the fire to subside a little before sending someone to put out the fire and look for the remaining clues.
He had little hope of finding much, though. He carefully examined Evan's injuries and found his vital signs were very weak. He had suffered a severe head injury and was covered in wounds. He ordered his men to rush him to the hospital for treatment. As for Mr. Blake and the surviving kidnappers, Jason would leave them to the captain.
Hall, who had been hiding in the corner, took the opportunity to jump into the car, lay under the chair where Auckland was lying, and went to the hospital with him.
All of this was a falsehood carefully arranged by Hall. He disguised the scene as an accident. Those who resisted were killed by him. He gathered all the remaining Imperials together, erased their memories of themselves, and made them believe that a sudden mechanical accident occurred on the starship, causing the crash.
He couldn't let these Imperials leave, nor could he hand them over to the Federation. It would be better to hand them over to Aiden Gladstone. No matter what Aiden's schemes were, he wouldn't go along with them. While he might have his own agenda and wouldn't necessarily report this to the Federation, he would definitely investigate it thoroughly. Hall had left a trace of his consciousness on Blake and the kidnapper captain, intending to use Aiden's hand to investigate the matter.
Auckland, who pretended to be asleep, silently gave his tiger cub a thumbs up in his heart. He didn't know what was wrong with this guy's brain. He came up with such a good idea. He could not only clear himself but also get the truth through Aiden Gladstone. He was so smart!
As Hall had suspected, Aiden Gladstone had already ordered a thorough investigation. The investigation had begun on the day of the auction. These individuals were the bodyguards brought by Elliot, the businessman who had bid for the fox duo at the auction. They had deliberately let the fox duo escape, escalating the incident and forcing the pirates to help track them down, thus seizing the opportunity to strike...
These people are all from the empire, and their purpose is to obtain the mecha storage boxes and modified new mechas they have just developed.
The person who sold the information to these imperials was Blake, the mecha designer who was deeply trusted by Aiden.
When Locke Barton reported the news to Aiden Gladstone, he could hardly believe his ears. After graduating from the Mecha Design Department, Blake joined the military and, due to his outstanding performance, was promoted to Senior Mecha Designer in Aiden's First Army. After working together for over a decade, he had never imagined that Blake could be an Imperial spy planted in the Federation.
After Blake woke up, although he refused to say anything, Locke Barton found a special person to recover the deleted information from the communicators and optical computers they carried. He also personally found the kidnapped "Evan" and talked with him in detail for a full hour before piecing together the truth.
"General, how should we deal with this matter now?" Locke Barton asked worriedly. The Imperial spies had infiltrated the Federation, and there were unknown numbers of people like Black hiding in the dark. The Federation's position was in jeopardy.
"You report this matter to the Führer and see what he decides."
"Yes!" Locke paused and said, "What about Arnold..."
"Just tell Arnold the truth. He can't cause any trouble, so there's no need to hide it from him."
"Yes, General." Locke turned and was about to leave.
"etc."
Locke immediately stood still and looked at Aiden respectfully.
"Prepare the shuttle, and we will return to the capital planet immediately. This matter concerns national security, and the President must take immediate action. As the President's direct subordinates, we cannot remain detached. By then, the entire military will know about this. The President can't delay this matter for long, and we need to return immediately as quickly as possible. We must not let anyone know that we are not on the capital planet at this time."
"Yes, General."
Locke took the order and left.
However, their conversation fell into Hall's sea of consciousness. When Locke Barton came to Auckland to ask for details, Hall left a mark of his consciousness on him, so that he could use magic to detect their conversation.
"Could it be that the head of the Federation also knows that Aiden Gladstone is the leader of the Blood Moon Pirates?" Auckland widened his eyes in surprise after hearing Hall's retelling.
"I don't know..." Hall also frowned tightly. He originally guessed that Aiden Gladstone wanted to gather his own troops and establish his own dark force, but he didn't expect that he seemed to be obeying the orders of the Führer?
What does the Führer want to do? As the supreme leader of the country, why does he need to establish a dark force?
Thinking about the upcoming presidential election next year, Hall had a vague suspicion that something was not so good...
He must tell his father about this as soon as possible!
"I have to go out again tomorrow to contact my father!" Hall's hair stood on end. "No! I have to go now!"
Oakland naturally would not stop him, but only reminded him to be extra careful. Aiden Gladstone must have upgraded the defense of Dark Star to the most stringent level now, and he might even start infrared scanning at the airport.
Hearing this, Hall suddenly had an idea. He looked at Auckland and said, "Aiden is planning to leave right now. Why don't we go back with him?"
Now that they have found out everything they came to the Dark Star Region to find out, there is no need for them to stay here any longer.
"But Ivan's identity..." Auckland couldn't just disappear without a clear explanation, right?
"Since you are already 'seriously injured', just pretend to die from complications of the infection. There are plenty of corpses in the hospital anyway, just pick one and change your appearance." This is really not a lie. In a place like Dark Star, people die inexplicably every day, and there are even more people with unidentified identities.
Oakland thought about it seriously and finally nodded in agreement. This was indeed a good solution. As long as 'Ivan' died, they would be able to return to the capital planet without arousing anyone's suspicion.
The matter was decided. Hall used his spiritual sense to keep an eye on the movements of Aiden and Locke, while Auckland quietly went to the morgue and finally found the body of an unknown person who had died from a severe blow to the brain. He disguised the body as his own and placed it on the hospital bed.
Not long after, 'Ivan Percy' was confirmed dead.
The author has something to say: Second update, muah~~ The evening update is a little rougher than the morning update~~ hehe
The one who got killed was 'Evan'. Didn't expect that? Hahahaha
【Moshang's Imagination Theater】
Qingge: Blake, please start your performance!
Blake: Yes, sir! Woohoo~ Ivan, we've all been kidnapped. Don't resist, just obey!
Lanlan: I applaud your acting! It was brilliant, but now it’s my Meiqiu’s turn to show off!
Hall: Wife! I'm here! Did you miss me? Am I handsome? Am I cool? Do you love me more? ＼(￣︶￣)／
Blake: So I'm going to be cannon fodder? Where's the lunch box? Do I have to go get it myself?
【Gold coins falling down small theater】
Hall: Awooo! Wifey, what’s going on?
Oakland: Your mother's junior is an undercover agent...
Hall: Ouch? What?
Oakland: You don't believe me!
Hall: Meow meow meow meow! I'm a cat and I don't understand...
Auckland: No more nightly massages!
Hall: Meow! No more animal rights...
Continue read on readnovelmtl.com
