Poverty makes me capable of anything.

Master He appeared calm, but was actually in a panic.

When he discovered that the clerk who had just been knocked away was sneaking back to prepare to ambush An Ran, his heart skipped a beat again.

Should we let him succeed, or let him fail?

An Ran didn't give Master He much time to agonize over the decision.

A sneak attack?

Can it be eaten as a meal?

As the light and shadow pierced An Ran's body, the dragon-form guardian swung its claws and grabbed the officer.

A tremendous force surged in from all directions, and another claw reached out, its sharp nails pressing directly against the clerk's head, then began to tighten it like a screw.

"Gurgle—"

Master He swallowed hard.

"Um, I..."

An Ran interrupted him directly: "I will execute you on behalf of the people and the government!"

"Don't do anything! I admit defeat, I surrender!" Master He quickly raised his hands. "This is a great opportunity. You shouldn't waste your time on me."

"Oh?"

"Listen to me!"

……

This is the third day after the war.

With the help of Markars and the Crimson King, Anran easily crushed the massive allied army to pieces, as Markars had taken all the effort.

After that, An Ran disguised himself as a fleeing pirate and mingled in the crowd as he headed towards the base of the Tianya Haijiao pirate group.

If Master He wasn't lying, and even the strongest captain of the Tianya Haijiao Pirate Crew is no match for Markus, then things become much simpler.

The Crimson Lotus King held Master He, who was smiling bitterly, in one hand. Beside it, Marcus, who had returned to his original form, looked at his body with utter helplessness.

Why can it only last for half a day?

it's a pity.

We can only wait until the Void recovers its full strength before asking her if it can be made bigger.

Just as Marcus was struggling with his decision, Anran and the panicked pirates had already arrived at the base entrance.

"Stop! Stop it now!"

The pirate guarding the base gate shouted loudly in the internal channel.

The lasers inside the harbor have also locked onto the spaceships outside, and they will open fire immediately if any of those spaceships make any uncooperative moves.

The pirate ships had to stop.

One of the pirates angrily shouted, "Don't you even recognize us? Let us in right now, we have important news to report!"

"There are regulations from above; routine inspections are mandatory!"

"Damn it, don't you know that special cases should be handled specially?"

"There's nothing we can do, we're just following orders. You'd better move your spaceship closer."

"What's the point of relying on anything? The time travelers will be catching up to us soon!"

"Time travel? What time travel? Do they dare to come here and cause trouble?" The pirate guarding the gate laughed a few times.

The pirates in the ship's hold, who had barely escaped with their lives, were furious.

These new gatekeepers are really ungrateful; we'll teach them a lesson once we get inside!

"Don't rush, let me do it!"

At this moment, An Ran, who was in disguise, stepped forward.

The other pirates looked at her in confusion. What could you possibly do here?

Anran calmly walked to the front of the crowd, cleared her throat, and said in a commanding voice, "You're not qualified to let someone who makes decisions come and talk to me!"

The gatekeeper was taken aback: "Who are you?"

An Ran sneered: "Heh, you bunch of newbies, you actually have the nerve to ask who I am?"

She paused, then slammed her hand on the table, startling the pirate opposite her.

Then came a string of angry words: "Is this how you guard the gate? You don't even recognize me! What the hell are you doing guarding the gate?! You can't even do a good job guarding the gate properly, you might as well quit being pirates and go home to raise pigs!"

"How can you slander someone out of thin air..."

"What do you mean, 'what do you mean'? Did I say something wrong? You don't even know me, so what are you doing guarding the door? Huh? Answer me! Do you know who I am?"

A barrage of questions left the pirates speechless.

Because he really didn't know An Ran.

The pirate was in tears, fearing that he had said the wrong thing and that his entire group would be doomed.

"I...you, I..."

He stammered for a long time, unable to utter a single complete sentence.

“Heh…” An Ran sneered and continued to express her dissatisfaction.

The pirates standing behind An Ran were also dumbfounded.

"Who exactly is this important person?"

"How did you end up in our small team?"

"He's probably not an ordinary person."

"That's good, let them be arrogant now."

Immediately, a pirate chimed in to An Ran's defense: "They're just a bunch of rookie gatekeepers, yet they dare to spout nonsense in front of our boss. They'll get what's coming to them!"

"I……"

The pirates over there wanted to argue a bit more, but at that moment the squad leader came over and gestured for them to step aside.

"My lord."

The squad leader smiled obsequiously.

"Don't try to get close to me," An Ran said coldly. "I'm not buying it. I originally wanted to interact with you as an ordinary person, but you insisted on causing trouble for me at this critical moment, so I have no choice but to lay my cards on the table."

The squad leader wiped his sweat and quickly said, "It's my fault. I was too formal and rigid. Please forgive me."

An Ran retorted, "What a joke! Do you know what we're doing? We're fighting tooth and nail for the future of our pirate crew, and we come back to put up with your nonsense. It's ridiculous! Does guarding a gate make you a pirate? If you like guarding gates so much, why don't you go back to your hometown and guard gates there!"

The squad leader could only apologize repeatedly and quickly ordered his men to shut down the inspection system.

“Remember this lesson,” An Ran said.

"Yes Yes Yes……"

"Humph!"

Before hanging up, An Ran didn't forget to let out one last cold snort.

When she turned around, the pirates almost knelt down.

Holy crap, big brother is awesome!

Chapter 73 The Philosophy of Pirates and the Truth of the Mechanicus

"Are you trying to pull some tricks?"

The King of Crimson Lotus shifted his gaze to the left, and his sharp eyes immediately made Master He, who had temporarily lost the ability to move, tremble.

Master He quickly forced a kind smile onto his face.

He said, "How could that be? No matter how bold I am, I wouldn't dare to do anything underhanded in front of you."

"That would be best."

The King of Crimson Lotus snorted.

As the airflow within its body surged, Master He immediately felt the temperature of the surrounding air rise by several hundred degrees, and even he felt a scorching heat.

Although this would not have a negative impact on his health, Master He still couldn't help but frown.

He hates the heat.

But he dared not utter a single complaint.

Just as the Crimson Lotus had said: "Anyone who dares to harm my master will be torn to pieces!"

Master He had no doubt about this.

The Crimson King was already an enemy he had to look up to, not to mention the blue "slime" next to him—it probably wasn't a slime, there's no slime that strong in this world.

He watched this guy calmly turn into this state after single-handedly destroying the flagship.

Cuteness is just a dangerous disguise.

The more alluring, the more dangerous.

Is that statement correct?

These two guys are dangerous enough, but Anran is even more dangerous.

After all, both of them listened to An Ran.

But there's one thing Master He doesn't understand.

He finally couldn't suppress his吐槽 (tu cao, a Chinese internet slang term for sarcastic or critical comments) spirit and asked, "What would you do if this gentleman next to you tried to harm An Ran?"

"..."

The Crimson King paused for a moment before saying, "Markus would never harm the master."

“I was saying, just in case…” Master He explained.