Great, I'm surrounded by villains.

Chapter 221 Operator

"Coyote Twelve, a survivor of Hot Sand Planet, served as the chief commander of the Rangers before the planet became a cocoon. After the entire Ranger Regiment was recruited by the company, he led the corps to be sent to seven planets for cleanup and support missions. Less than ten years after joining the company, he was awarded the status of Long Branch Candidate."

The holographic projection in the VIP compartment showed a man whose entire body had been mechanized, with only his face looking original.

The man was wearing a cowboy hat, holding a cigar in his mouth, facing the camera with a wild look.

This seems to be a photo taken on a battlefield on a certain planet. Members of the Rangers can be seen in the camera lens, and on the ground are the incomplete remains of deformed bodies. These deformed bodies can vaguely be seen as human outlines, but the flesh on their bodies has long been deformed into bone spurs and tumors.

Heya said, "This is the last clearing war that Coyote Twelve will participate in. If nothing unexpected happens, after this operation is over, he will return to the company headquarters and be formally appointed under the witness of the Long Branch Committee."

"But something went wrong during the operation."

Duan Mingyuan must once again emphasize the dangers of setting a flag. Facts have proved that it is the same whether you are an ordinary person or an officer of an interstellar legion, especially this kind of action labeled as "the last time" is often a death trap.

It seems that he respects the members of Long Branch even more.

They are worthy of being called cosmic-level powerhouses, and every member has experienced the "last" action before becoming a regular member.

"It was the company's intelligence department that made a mistake. They only detected signs of life activity of the aberrants on the surface and neglected the danger from beneath the surface. However, I suspect this was a frame-up from within the company. After all, Coyote Twelve and his Ranger Regiment were promoted too quickly and were not good at dealing with people, so they blocked the way for many people."

Heya shrugged and gave an example. "To fight on a cocooned planet, you have to be prepared to be the enemy of the entire planet. Although the power gap between cocoons is huge, even the weakest cocoons cannot be easily destroyed. In short, Coyote Twelve lost miserably in that battle. The entire Ranger Regiment was lost on that planet. In addition, there was a problem with the distress signal, and his subordinates fought to their deaths to cover his lifeboat to leave the planet."

Although Coyote Twelve survived, he became a lonely man.

And even if he was not good at dealing with people, he understood that someone was trying to trip him up behind his back.

"After returning to the company headquarters, Coyote Twelve rejected the invitation of the Long Branch Committee and submitted a leave application to the superior department. What no one expected was that he appeared in the intelligence department's space station three days later and massacred the department that submitted intelligence to the Ranger Regiment. However, he later failed to assassinate the director of the strategic command department. If he had not been rescued by the Flash Flag Chamber of Commerce during his escape, he would have become space garbage long ago."

"It's a damned power struggle."

Duan Mingyuan commented.

When introducing the background of Coyote Twelve, Heya quietly discredited Universal Company.

However, after dealing with the company several times, he felt that this seemed to be the norm for the company. It seemed to be a whole, but different departments were wishing each other dead, and the four major conglomerates were also fighting openly and secretly.

Unfortunately, Coyote XII and his Rangers became victims of internal struggles and almost got the script of Queen of Blades.

"Coyote Twelve's body was severely damaged in the years of war. The body he has now is tailor-made for him by the company. It is called "Advanced Arsenal". This armor allows him to deploy thousands of weapons at any time and in any place according to different combat environments... How about an experienced space mercenary who almost became a long-branch guard? Do you want to bet on him?"

If this were an external bet, most people would bet on Coyote Twelve without a second thought.

Because on Blue Star, there is no opponent who can compete head-on with Nagaeda Konoha.

But Duan Mingyuan is not like most people.

Seeing that Duan Mingyuan did not make a choice, Heya curled her lips and switched the screen.

"Aili was wanted three years ago for hijacking the company's goods and killing the section chief of Siyang City's Market Trade Department. He was born and raised on Blue Star. Before becoming a wanted criminal in the universe, he worked in the market trade department. He used his power to obtain specific information about the goods. The interesting part is the hijacked goods. What kind of goods would make a promising young man risk becoming a wanted criminal in the universe, murder his boss, and become an enemy of the entire company?"

"Could it be... the Dark-Dark Fruit?" Heya's expression visibly stiffened, and the tone that seemed to control everything was stuck in her throat.

The corners of her mouth twitched a few times and her eyelids twitched violently.

Heya, the Semitic god of trade, was choked by Duan Mingyuan's sudden answer and was speechless.

Ming Yuan looks serious in this section, but why does he feel like a funny character hiding something?
"No, not the Dark-Dark Fruit."

"That's such a pity."

If the Dark-Dark Fruit was robbed by Ellie, Duan Mingyuan felt that he should place a bet on him.

"There's nothing to be sorry about."

Heya said with a straight face, "It is a drug developed by the company based on life energy. This drug can stimulate the potential of the people of Blue Star, allowing them to control their life energy and abilities with twice the result with half the effort. After Eli colluded with Wangxu to rob the drug, he disappeared for many years. Wangxu also grew rapidly because of this batch of stolen goods and gradually became a local force that caused headaches for the company."

For a long time, Wang Xu has been like a mosquito to the company.

If they ignored it, Wangxu would continue to buzz and bite them from time to time. But if they wanted to pay attention to it, they would find that it hid very deeply and they would not be able to find its hiding place unless they turned the entire Blue Planet upside down.

Duan Mingyuan was no stranger to this kind of medicine.

As early as when he was attacked on his way to Yunhai Academy, he searched the killer's memory and found that Yindie's killer had been taking a drug used to enhance the perception of life energy since childhood.

"Are you trying to say that Eli has transformed himself and grown a lot over the years with the help of drugs?"

"Perhaps he has indeed grown, but I think you should know better than anyone that there is no 'human' on this planet who can compete with Nagaeda Konoe. Once they start fighting, he will definitely lose, or even be killed instantly."

There is a decisive gap between the two in terms of energy level and combat experience.

"So you are manipulating the game?"

Reveal to him in advance that Eli is bound to lose, thus inducing him to bet on Coyote Twelve.

“But there is another situation.”

Heya said, "If you want him to win, he can win."

And this is the real meaning of this gamble.

Duan Mingyuan's bet will directly affect the outcome of the performance.

Winning or losing is not important. Heya gave the choice to Duan Mingyuan from the very beginning.

"Whether the Chamber of Commerce wins or Wang Xu wins, this will be a far-reaching decision. It corresponds to two completely different futures for Blue Planet. The process is different, and the way of 'cocooning' will naturally be different."

The portraits of Coyote Twelve and Eli's wanted poster appeared in front of Duan Mingyuan at the same time. "And this all depends on you."

(End of this chapter)