Dragon Ball: Saiyan's Gourmet Journey

Chapter 638 Used as a scapegoat (Bonus chapter for over 1000 monthly votes)
Leica Star, key members of the immigrant party, was quickly contacted, and that evening, the group gathered in the Latoken family's conference room.

Unease was palpable on everyone's faces. Their defeat was inevitable. The good news was that President Barn did not intend to pursue the matter of their resale of supplies.

As long as they remain silent and selectively forget about their initiative to propose a third wave of interstellar migration, they are simply returning to the past, to the time before the Bowmans were migrated to this planet.

However, compared to making money on a small scale in the past, giving up the gray business of reselling Galaxy Federation subsidized supplies is really hard to accept.

Everyone who came here held onto a last hope that the leader of the immigrant party, MP Ratoken, could change the situation in which they were about to lose their businesses.

"In the past, we could only earn Lyca coins, but now we can earn a lot of Galactic Federation coins. In the future, as long as that president agreed to continue accepting interstellar immigrants, our business would never disappear, but he refused on the grounds of people's livelihood."

He rejected us noble Lyca people for the sake of the Bomans, leading to the decline of the exchange we had painstakingly built over many years.

Gentlemen, are you content with this?

This was Congressman Latoken's opening statement; he was trying to stir up the emotions of those present, and he succeeded.

"We are unwilling, but what can we do? Apart from us, everyone else is rejecting the third wave of interstellar immigrants."

It is true that the lower and middle-class Lyca and Bowman people compete for jobs in society, but after hearing that a third wave of interstellar immigrants might come to this planet to take away their living space, the Lyca and Bowman people reconciled and jointly rejected the possibility of a third wave of interstellar immigrants.

“Unless, Your Excellency Ratoken, you can get the Immigration Party to provide more jobs for the lower classes, no one will be willing to support our Immigration Party’s plan for the third wave of interplanetary migration.”

The Immigration Party had previously planned to take the route of high-level votes and directly pass the third batch of interplanetary immigration proposals, thereby achieving a fait accompli.

However, President Barn's proposal to grant Bohmans the right to vote and run for office killed the plan before it even began.

"Your Excellency Ratoken, if you have any good ideas, please speak up. We all support you."

There is humanity.

“I can’t provide more jobs for the lower classes, but I can reduce the number of people who need jobs at the lower classes.”

Congressman Latoken snapped his fingers, and a group of burly soldiers armed with energy guns rushed in.

"Your Excellency Latoken, what... what do you mean by this?"

This unexpected turn of events alarmed everyone else in the conference room.

"Don't worry, this is just a demonstration. You think a group of vicious interstellar pirates have their eyes on the Galactic Federation's immigration subsidies?"

After the Galactic Federation's immigration subsidies were transported to Laika by transport ships, they launched a blatant attack on Laika.

They killed our beloved President and his tourism-star henchmen, and bombarded major cities with starship beam cannons, causing numerous casualties among the lower classes. What do you think of this plan?

"Lord Latoken, are you crazy? The fact that space pirates are stealing immigrant subsidies will attract the attention of the Galactic Patrol. Once we are discovered, we're finished."

Furthermore, you also want to bombard major cities on Laika with starship beam cannons, causing massive casualties among the lower classes?

Please spare us! We're just merchants who dare to resell Galactic Federation immigration subsidies, not interstellar butchers like the Saiyans who slaughter every intelligent life on a single inhabited planet in order to conquer it!

"The plan is too crazy and inhumane," one of the exchange executives said, standing up in a panic.

"Gentlemen, there is no need to worry. Since I have put forward this plan, it means that I am absolutely certain of its success."

Regarding the first question, we are not going to attack the Galactic Federation's transport ships, but rather attack Lyca after the transport ships have completed the handover of their supplies. This is very different from directly attacking the Galactic Federation's transport ships.

The former will be seen as a provocation against the Galactic Federation, while the latter is merely an interstellar security issue for our planet Lyca itself.

And who are the lowest-ranking people on Lyca Star who are bombarded with starship beam cannons? They are, of course, the Bomans.

The despicable space pirates cruelly bombarded the Bowman settlement with their starship beam cannons, causing heavy casualties among the Bowmans.

However, what does this have to do with us Lyca people? The deaths of large numbers of Bowmans simply free up enough living space for the third wave of interstellar immigrants.

Representative Latoken's words brought silence to the meeting room, but soon someone asked another question.

"What? Some Lyca people might lose their lives because of this? Ha, those Lyca people who mingle with the Boman people are all traitors to the Lyca people."

Of course, I don't deny that some innocent people may have lost their lives in the attacks of the space pirate plan, but these were unavoidable, yet absolutely necessary sacrifices.

"But by doing this, aren't you leaving too many traces? Everything you're doing is in our best interest. Anyone with eyes can probably see through the trickery here at a glance."

"Don't worry, I have prepared evidence to prove our innocence. Now, those who are not here are fence-sitters. President Barnes has gained some advantage, and those people are preparing to sever ties with us and join the Tourism Star Party. They will become the victims of the new immigrant era, and I will use their corpses to prove the innocence of the Immigration Party."

"This……"

"Of course, I believe that all of you who are here are staunch members of the Immigration Party, and also racists who have a strong sense of identity with our Lyca people."

They were surrounded by heavily armed private soldiers, with energy guns pointed at them, and no one present dared to deny it.

"Besides that, I've also prepared another scapegoat: a group of interstellar pirates who secretly infiltrated Lyca Star and manufactured energy guns and protective suits on our planet. They clearly planned this attack long ago. Please watch the 3D projection..."

Manager Zork's eyes widened. He never expected that the big boss behind his exchange would actually use a major client who had recently made large private transactions at the exchange as a scapegoat. The 3D projection clearly showed Broly and the people from the Wampa Star Labor Group.

"When the time comes, we'll eliminate these scapegoats, show their corpses to the public, and our immigrant party will gain immense prestige for saving the planet!"

This is outrageous! Not only do they want to make those Wampa aliens take the blame, but they're also planning to double-cross them, taking back the precious resources they've sold these past few days. Furthermore, Congressman Latoken may even be eyeing the planetary terraforming technology in the hands of those Wampa aliens.

“Your Excellency, Member of Parliament Latoken”.

Manager Zorc raised his hand.

“Go ahead,” Zork said, raising his objections only after receiving approval from Representative Latoken.

"Isn't this a bit risky? Those people from the Wanpa Star labor group don't seem like easy to mess with."

“Wanpa Star, oh, everyone here, has anyone ever heard of this planet?”

Seeing that everyone present was shaking their heads, Representative Latoken continued.

"Clearly, this is a remote, obscure planet, completely unknown in the galaxy. What kind of powerful person could come from such an obscure planet?"

"But the technology they've brought out..."

Manager Zork still had doubts, but was interrupted by Latoken.

"I know what you're trying to say. That group of people brought out technology far superior to that of Lyca Star, but the energy guns and protective suits they sell are outdated products."

Therefore, I infer that the group of Wanpa aliens must have only received the technological heritage or gifts of some advanced civilizations, which is why some of their technologies are advanced while others are outdated.

But what good is mere skill? Can you withstand an attack from thousands of energy guns?

Representative Latoken's words were full of disdain for the group from the unknown planet.

"In addition, I have also invited Captain Karel to participate in this space pirate attack plan."

As soon as he finished speaking, some noise broke out in the conference room. Captain Karel was just being polite; in reality, the other party was a notorious interstellar pirate who roamed several star systems around the area.

I heard that they have four interstellar warships and tens of thousands of men, and are wanted by the Galactic Federation, but so far, those guys have not been arrested by the Galactic Patrol.

Cooperating with such a guy is no different from seeking help from a tiger, and some people are worried.

"Rest assured, gentlemen, Captain Carrel is one of the Latocken family's closest partners. Our family has been cooperating with their fleet for over twenty years. More importantly, they need a safe and stable channel for selling stolen goods..."

It's common knowledge that the Latoken family has connections with space pirates, but no one knew exactly which ones before, but now it's clear.

Congressman Latoken opened the communication and publicly contacted Captain Karel, a one-eyed man who fit the image of a space pirate, who appeared in the projected image.

Upon hearing Representative Latoken's question about whether framing and killing a group of fellow space pirates was a problem, the one-eyed man in the projected image burst into laughter: "Who do you think I am? I am Karel, Karel with a combat power of 5,300. Let alone some unknown small space pirate group, I have even killed a few Saiyans, the warrior race that was not wiped out by the comet in the past. This kind of job is easy for me, but I want 90% of the profits from this robbery."

"No problem. As long as Lord Karel can help us get this done, even if it's 90% or 100%, it's only fair."

"What I meant was that 90% of the proceeds from the sale of the stolen goods would be settled in Galactic Federal Currency."

Representative Latoken's smile froze for a moment; it was clearly a losing proposition, but he still nodded.

"Alright, we'll make our move as soon as the Galactic Federation transport ship leaves."

The remote communication ended hastily after a specific time for taking action was agreed upon.

"Gentlemen, I need you to be prepared to quickly bring order to the chaotic situation on Lyca after the space pirate attack plan is over, so that the proposal for the third batch of interstellar immigrants can be passed."

Before that, you must pretend you know nothing and cooperate with me in making a final counterattack. Let your people incite hatred between the Lyca people and the Boman people among the Lyca people, escalate the conflict, and ideally, create some armed confrontation..."

. . . . .

In mid-July 746, when the Galactic Federation's massive supply ships arrived on Lyca and unloaded interstellar immigration subsidies, Lyca's society was already in complete chaos.

With someone stirring things up behind the scenes, the Lyca and Bowman got into a heated argument over how to distribute the subsidies and supplies for the newly arrived Galactic Federation. The argument escalated from verbal to physical, and then from physical to armed conflict.

Amidst this social unrest and general chaos, the security company established by the Wanpaxing labor group ushered in the spring they had been waiting for.

"Ah, it's armed Bowman thugs! Help!"

A wealthy Lyca girl encounters armed thugs from the Boman tribe on the road. Just as she is about to be attacked by the Boman thugs, demon soldiers wearing spacesuits appear.

He rushed to the Lyca girl's side and used his body to block the attack launched by the armed Boman thugs. After protecting the girl, he quickly defeated the Boman thugs.

"Wanpaxing Security Company, protecting the lives of you and your family!"

After the demon soldiers trampled the thugs under their feet, this advertising slogan appeared on the billboards in the street.

Clearly, this is a promotional advertisement for Wanpa Star Security Company, and the demon soldiers, the attacked Lyca girl, and the Boman armed thugs who are knocked to the ground are all actors hired at low cost.

Besides the attack on the Lyca girl, there was also the attack on the Boman prince. The tactics were similar, only the promotional language was different.

Phrases like "For the strongest security, choose Wanpaxing Security Team" and "Your safety is in your hands; Wanpaxing Security Company is trustworthy"...

In times of chaos, what commodity is the most expensive and sought-after? Clearly, safety is the most expensive and sought-after commodity.

Wanpa Star Security Company sells security and is very good at promoting itself. After the social unrest began on Leica Star, their business kept coming in one deal after another.

Moreover, the fees are not low, ranging from million-level guards to tens of millions-level guards and over one hundred million-level guards.

The guards ranged from ordinary demon soldiers with a combat strength of 1,500 to former Slag Legion and current Wampa Star combatant officers with combat strengths of over 10,000, such as Angela, Metamaga, and Dorodabo, and then to Broly, the lord of Wampa Star.

As long as you can afford the price, getting Broly to transform into Super Saiyan 4 for close protection is not a problem. Unfortunately, with social unrest on Planet Lyca lasting for more than ten days, not a single wealthy person could afford to hire him.

Of course, apart from that, they made a fortune from the security fees for other levels of guards. If the unrest on Lyca Star continues for another three to five months, they will be able to earn enough to cover the cost of the materials they need.

(End of this chapter)