"Report!"
A firm and powerful voice came from outside the door.
Orannal maintained his posture of reviewing documents, coldly saying without looking up, "Please come in."
Upon receiving the command, an officer trotted in.
He wore a neat sky-blue military uniform, adorned with military ranks on his chest, had a crew cut, and his eyes were filled with gravity.
The officer spoke,
"Your Highness, your subordinate has something to report."
Orannal grunted, finishing the last word in the stillness, sighed, and leaned back in the leather massage chair.
He gestured with his chin for the other to continue speaking.
"According to recent intelligence, an anomaly occurred at jump point #13549. After detection, its trajectory is likely to be related to the current largest pirate syndicate, 'Starry Sea of Stars'.
We found some apparent crash marks near the jump point, and a few fragments of safety pods, indicating that the pirate syndicate might have encountered a major crisis.
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Currently, 'Starry Sea of Stars' has collectively entered the City of Sin."
At this point, the officer paused, looking at Orannal with concern.
"Aren't you worried? The City of Sin is full of heinous criminals. As far as I know, 'Starry Sea of Stars' has never caused trouble in the City of Sin to maintain stable relations with the Alliance. This time, they have openly torn up the invisible treaty.
If their bald-headed cult leader and that unpredictable pirate boss get involved, who knows how many messes they will stir up for us.
More importantly, although we have suppressed Goodfin's influence, we cannot guarantee that his forces will not make a comeback. Moreover, if 'Starry Sea of Stars' truly suffered damage from the jump point, this might be the best opportunity to eliminate them.
'Starry Sea of Stars' has committed no less than a thousand crimes throughout the galaxy, with plundered assets calculated in billions of star coins!"
"I know."
This was a difficult matter; the old fuddy-duddies among his subordinates might not agree.
Orannal rubbed his temples and slowly opened his eyes.
The officer gritted his teeth and added, "The main thing is that at the jump point... we found residual DNA fragments of the streamer Mingming."
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"What did you say?!"
An unexpected surprise arrived, and excitement instantly filled Orannal's body.
Although not too much time had passed since their separation, his heart was still overjoyed. In the next second, his brows furrowed at the thought that Lu Mingming might have encountered some crisis.
Orannal slammed his hand on the table and stood up, staring at the officer and asking pressingly, "Are you absolutely sure?"
His ice-blue eyes harbored anger born from the thought of Lu Mingming being injured.
No wonder...
No wonder for the past few days, he had been paying close attention to Lu Mingming's new account, and she hadn't streamed anymore, only leaving the video of her making cream puffs that day.
So, on her way out with friends, she encountered pirates and was kidnapped.
The officer nodded, his voice sinking, "I can swear on my life, there is absolutely no mistake.
Think about it, streamer Mingming is a delicate woman who usually doesn't participate in military training, nor has she shown any strong combat abilities. Facing armed and brutally violent pirates, who knows how much suffering streamer Mingming might endure there. Perhaps that group of scoundrels plans to sell streamer Mingming into slavery...
In a place like the City of Sin..."
Each word the officer spoke was like a heavy hammer smashing against Orannal's rationality.
"Enough, stop talking."
Orannal strode quickly towards the door, his face showing increasing anxiety.
He dared not think too deeply about how he would face it if Lu Mingming suffered any extremely painful experiences.
He would definitely dismember all the pirates.
With this thought, Orannal's eyes were as if poisoned.
"Immediately order the special officers at Police Station C to prepare. My duties will be handled by my deputy recently.
Tell him I'm going to deal with the Class A criminals in the City of Sin and that the Royal Family will assist me in stabilizing the heir's position."
The officer breathed a sigh of relief and replied respectfully, "Yes."
At the same time, above the City of Sin, a massive black warship slowly approached.
The bow was adorned with a fluttering white flag, embroidered with a golden chessboard and scattered star patterns in gold thread, both exquisite and imposing.
On the black warship, the person in the lead stood on the deck, his bald head gleaming, and scars on his body giving off a fierce and ferocious aura.
The guards at the City of Sin's gate quickly opened the city gates. The usually swaggering beast-men soldiers stood still, bowing their heads in unison to welcome the entry of this interstellar warship, not daring to resist in the slightest.
After the warship slowly passed overhead, they breathed a sigh of relief as if they had escaped a tiger's maw, gathering together to brag.
The man with the beer belly, who had wanted to kneel and kowtow just moments ago, clapped his hands, picked up the long gun at his waist, and grinned with yellow teeth, "Today I saw the biggest pirate syndicate in the entire galaxy. That bald-headed man should be the rumored 'Fierce Wolf', right?"
"It seems so."
His companion replied.
"Can't be sure. After all, they've never been caught by the Alliance army, so no one has their likeness. Speaking of which, 'Fierce Wolf' and 'Ghost Fox' usually appear together. Why don't I see anyone?"
"Who cares! No wonder the city lord was talking about holding a grand welcome ceremony for this merchant gathering yesterday. It's because 'Starry Sea of Stars' is coming!"
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The beer-bellied man looked enviously at the receding interstellar warship.
"Is there any criminal who wouldn't want to be a big shot who commits heinous crimes but leaves the authorities helpless!"
On the ship.
The bald-headed man put away his pretentious demeanor, turned, and entered the warship, patrolling all the way to a hidden room.
Upon entering, a young boy leaning against a plush cushion was rubbing the bone ring on his fingers. Seeing someone arrive, he lazily lifted his eyelids.
The bald-headed man said, "Boss, we've arrived at the City of Sin. When do you think we should look for Lu Mingming? You said we've been so good to Lu Mingming, why does she want to escape? She doesn't reply to any messages on her communicator!"
The bald-headed man genuinely couldn't understand, nor did he know when they exposed their pirate identity.
Lu Yan finally shifted his gaze, his voice as cold as an ice cellar, "Don't rush to make this public yet, otherwise, the City of Sin's lord, that stingy fellow, will surely use Lu Mingming to threaten us.
We want a talent; we can't sacrifice too much for one person. Just quietly spread the news of our arrival at the merchant association."
"Heh heh, you're right."
The bald-headed man grinned and looked at the bone ring together.
"Fortunately, you are smart, Boss. You left a bone ring in advance. Lu Mingming's bone whistle contains a locator. No matter how far Lu Mingming escapes, we can catch her."
Lu Yan didn't reply. He recalled the chaotic situation on the luxury liner after he woke up from being unconscious that day. It was just that Lu Mingming and her cub had disappeared, along with the automatic execution of the ship's second plan.
The bald-headed man couldn't fathom his boss's thoughts.
Does he want to catch that girl back and punish her, then recruit her into the pirate syndicate, or does he want to publicly torment her slowly?
After waiting for a long time, Lu Yan put away the bone ring, closed his eyes to rest, and said softly, "It might not be her running away... perhaps she was abandoned by the ship."
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"Whose power is this warship from?"
Lu Mingming looked up, her gaze firmly occupied by the massive, living warship overhead.
A flicker of astonishment flashed in her eyes. Even the aircraft she had seen at the military academy were not as colossal as this one, capable of matching the scale of tens of thousands of people.
It was like a dark cloud pressing down, majestic and imposing.
"Don't know. Either some murderer from some faction or some incredibly wealthy merchant. Regardless, it's none of our business."
Aunt Shi patted Lu Mingming's shoulder, bringing her back to reality.
She took out the mud she had used yesterday, inserted her fingers deeply into it to scoop up a lump, and smeared it on Lu Mingming's face. A little monkey that had rolled in the mud was reborn, its face more obscured than if it had been sun-baked 800 times in the equator.
Aunt Shi nodded with satisfaction at her work, "Change into the clothes I prepared for you, take the medicinal herbs, and go. Remember, your identity today is Aunt Shi's adopted daughter."