Great, I'm surrounded by villains.

Chapter 273 My treat

"I think that fox demon is very happy."

The burly woman put Coyote Twelve down with an innocent look on her face and explained her behavior.

But Coyote Twelve’s reaction was a little different from what she had imagined.

The fox demon, who was held in Duan Mingyuan's princess hug, smiled brightly and put her arms around his neck. However, it was different for Coyote Twelve. The cowboy excitedly pulled out his revolver and put it against her chin, which confused her.

"I just want to cheer you up."

"I'm happy you bastard."

Coyote Twelve was so angry that he looked up and saw the surveillance camera facing this side. In order to ensure the safety of the congressmen during the summit, he required all security personnel to stay at their posts at all times, pay close attention to each surveillance camera area and not miss any details.

Therefore, the scene of him being picked up by the waist by this woman must have been seen by his subordinates.

"Have one."

The woman was not angry. Instead, she smiled and stretched out her hand to Coyote Twelve, asking for a cigar.

Although Coyote Twelve cursed, he still handed over the cigar out of habit.

After the two of them smoked in silence for a while, he gradually came out of the haze of being carried like a princess by a woman.

He was a male chauvinist, the only remaining ranger on Hot Sands, and a passionate cowboy star. Being hugged by a woman like that was the greatest shame in his entire life. He thought the main problem was that the woman was wearing an exoskeleton armor, which made her much stronger than usual.

"Mockingdove, why did you suddenly come to the Planet of the Machine? Aren't you fighting in another star region?"

Coyote Twelve asked with a little caution. His old friend had brought the entire fleet to the star sector of the Mechanical Star, as if they were going to start an interstellar war. If he remembered correctly, Mockingbird and her fleet should be fighting the Iron Guard Consortium in another star sector now.

It was at her initiative that the United Front was established.

He was worried that this was another order from the Chamber of Commerce.

Mockingjord is different from the space pirates led by Arctus. They represent the most ruthless soldiers on the Eastern Front. Since the destruction of their planet, Mockingjord has devoted himself wholeheartedly to the war with OneUniverse. The first Eastern Front war alone lasted for several years, dragging OneUniverse into the quagmire, and eventually it had to withdraw from the star zone on the Eastern Front.

He is one of the rare warmongers in the universe. At a recent Chamber of Commerce meeting, Arctus, who was also from the Eastern Front, spoke much more politely in front of Mocking Dove, changing his sarcastic style.

If the Chamber of Commerce ordered Mockingbird's fleet to attack the Mechanical Star, he would inevitably be caught in a dilemma.

The cowboy didn't have many friends, and he really didn't want to go to war with the few that were left.

"The fight is over."

Mocking Dove said lightly.

"You're done? So soon?"

"The current Iron Guard Consortium has been pampered for too long. They are all just a bunch of show-offs. They withdrew after a few defeats."

This was far from the interstellar war she had expected, and it was a painless fight.

The internal strife in Universal Company became more and more serious, causing even the Iron Guards who advocated the use of force the most to start considering the losses and return on investment after the fighting.

Once you are held back by too many trivial matters, your combat effectiveness will drop sharply.

It is no wonder that Universal Company’s control over various star regions is becoming increasingly weak. Long-term infighting has already turned it into a paper tiger, and even the Long Branch Committee has its own plans.

Of course, none of this has anything to do with why she came to the Mechanical Planet.

"You haven't answered my question yet. Did the Chamber of Commerce ask you to come here?"

"Do not."

Mocking Dove shook his head. "I just heard that a Bebop was bullied by space pirates, so I sent the fleet over to help him put down the mess."

"This joke is not funny." Coyote Twelve looked away.

"You think this is a joke?"

Mocking Dove looked at him seriously, "Why do you think I made a special trip to the clinic?"

"Isn't it because you've been wearing the exoskeleton armor for too long and your body is feeling uncomfortable?"

This was the reason Chaojiu gave. She hoped that Coyote Twelve could introduce her to a trustworthy doctor.

Of course, these were all lies.

As the commander of the Eastern Front Fleet, there were few people in the universe who were in better health than her. Only this Bebop Cowboy would believe that she had traveled across several star zones just to see a doctor.

"Because I want to see who I lost to."

Mocking Dove suddenly said something without any context, and Coyote Twelve couldn't help but fall silent again.

Of course he knew what the mocking dove meant.

She needed a trustworthy deputy captain, and she had told Coyote Twelve this at least ten times on different occasions, but each time she was evaded with different excuses.

"It seems it's still a step too late."

Mockingdove was rarely sentimental. "If it had been a few days earlier, would you have boarded my ship?"

"will not."

Coyote Twelve shook his head.

The atmosphere was a bit weird. Two people who had spent most of their lives on the battlefield shouldn't be bothered by these trivial matters.

"Why? What's wrong with my fleet?"

This was the first time Mockingdove asked this question directly. "You can train the rangers and then train an elite division."

She didn't want to say it so bluntly, but Coyote Twelve had already decided to withdraw from the Chamber of Commerce and boarded someone else's ship. Given the relationship between Blue Star and the Chamber of Commerce, the next time they met, they would most likely be in a hostile stance.

From the day she was old enough to understand, she was taught that if she wanted something, she should fight for it, even if it meant taking it by force. But this was the one matter that Xiaojiu did not want to use any coercive means.

"Or do you think nothing of me?"

"Don't talk nonsense. You know I never meant that."

Alexander the Twelve, the Coyote, was feeling uncomfortable all over, and the mocking look in the eyes made him want to find an excuse to run away.

At the same time as the heavy stone in his heart fell, another situation occurred that made him feel very uneasy.

"There's a nice bar in the hotel. Let's go. It's my treat."

"……lead the way."

Mocking Dove took a deep breath and tried his best to return to his normal self.

Going to the bar with old friends who haven't seen each other for a long time, getting drunk and leaving all the worries behind, this seems to be the romance that belongs to people like them.

Come to think of it, she and Coyote Twelve met at a cocktail party held by the Chamber of Commerce. At that time, this cowboy looked down on her and claimed that he could drink ten times more than her, so for every glass she drank, the cowboy would give her two glasses in return.

Then she made this arrogant Bebop understand the heroism of the Eastern Front liners, making him vomit all night, and when he woke up the next day, his steps were weak.

Drink, say whatever comes to mind, comment on some recent events in the universe, and complain about some of the shitty things that happened during the voyage.

Just like before.

(End of this chapter)