Poverty makes me capable of anything.

The middle-aged man who was tied up immediately struggled and cried out.

Let's assume he's the leader of the Morning Star Resistance, Anran thought.

The identity of the current leader of the Morning Star Resistance is a secret that even the government forces have not been able to ascertain.

And now, a person claiming to be the leader of Morning Star is on the phone with her.

Chapter 46 Assassin Seven

Imperial calendar year 8070, Solar calendar year 2392.

No. 1886, Earth Derivative Star.

Same year, same planet, different names.

The sky was as blue as ever.

The outer sky monitoring organization remains as calm as ever.

Earth-derived stars, whose technology has just reached near-Earth levels, are beginning to wonder if there are other beings like them in the vast universe.

They launch satellites, rockets, and deep space probes.

It constantly receives various strange signals from outer space.

Until a day ago, they suddenly detected a regular signal.

So everyone excitedly began to analyze the signal.

Perhaps this is a friendly exchange from outer space?

However, they were unaware that this was a course change signal from the Ninth Expeditionary Force of the Elimerian Empire.

"A habitable planet has been discovered ahead!"

A day later, a massive black starship appeared above the old capital of the most powerful nation, the Kingdom of Wisdom, obscuring the sun.

Without saying a word, he unleashed a super-concentrated cannon.

The entire old capital was instantly turned into a deep pit, which became an unforgettable scar on Earth.

There are other life forms outside of Earth.

But those who are so powerful that they can easily traverse the universe have no reason to talk about morality with the backward "primitive people" who "live" on a planet.

The colossal ships and cannons from deep space demonstrated the laws of survival in the universe to everyone on Earth.

The once prosperous canyon continent turned into a place resembling "Africa," and soon Earth Derivation Star fell into ruin and was renamed 1886.

The relatively intact southern hemisphere region of Kerrigan was transformed by the Ninth Expeditionary Force, which erected three trading posts.

The Ninth Expeditionary Force did not stop its advance; the main force continued to advance into deep space, while the remaining troops quickly caught up after completing the task of establishing new shipping routes.

Before that, the entire 1886 was very stable.

However, once it was determined that the Ninth Expeditionary Force was unlikely to return, the flames of rebellion quickly ignited on the 1886.

The first generation of the Morning Star resistance fought for five years, but was eventually extinguished when the trading post welcomed new customers.

Then, a battle involving thousands of starships broke out between the Elimerian Empire and the Star Free Alliance.

The night owls on the empire's borders also sounded the horn of rebellion.

The Ninth Expeditionary Force was urgently dispatched to suppress the rebellion and had no energy left to pay attention to No. 1886. Apart from the flights that communicated with the outside world, the trading post in Kizilsu Kyrgyz Autonomous Prefecture was reduced to a hovering station, used as a transit point for transporting supplies to the front lines.

A transport fleet will stop here every month.

It has been more than a decade since the last Morningstar rebellion.

The energy in Dawn's voice was different from that of the old leader of Morning Star.

Something must have happened within Morningstar that caused such a drastic change in their operations.

They went from being a resistance fighter pursuing ideals to an anti-government and anti-humanity terrorist organization.

"Your name is Dawn?" Anran suddenly asked.

"Yes."

Even with such an unconventional question, Dawn remained remarkably composed.

"So, is your last name Johnson?"

"..."

"I bet you used to be a very strong wrestler, and now, you're probably a great actor."

"An Ran, stop talking nonsense!"

An Ran frowned at the scolding on the other end of the phone.

“Shut up, Heloise!” Dawn snapped.

Wait, it's Heloise?

How could she be with Dawn? Wasn't she still in Ash City just over ten days ago?

“You really are different from the others in Jiuge.”

Of course.

“I admire you,” Dawn said. “As long as you join Morningstar, I can forgive and forget about you.”

"leader!"

The middle-aged man lying on the ground exclaimed in shock: "How can this be? Our biological experiment plan was destroyed by her! This plan failed, causing so many brothers to lose their lives on the battlefield!"

"Shut up! Do you even have the right to speak?"

An Ran pressed her small foot against the middle-aged man's chest and ground it hard, causing the man to groan in pain.

The bottom of the sandals was very soft, and he could even feel the shape of Anran's feet.

"So, how about considering my proposal? And..." Dawn paused, "...if you're willing to submit to me, I can give you more money than you can ever spend!"

Wow.

An Ran smiled: "Are you the protagonist of some novel?"

"Of course not, I am who I am, and I am destined to..."

"Then why are you pretending to be a lemon? Where do you get the nerve? Stick your tongue out and let me see if I can beat you to death."

An Ran increased the pressure, and the middle-aged man under her feet immediately cried out, "Ah, ah... my bones are going to break... stop..."

Dawn's face immediately darkened: "Anran, don't think you're so great just because you killed a few bugs. I invited you to join Morningstar because I'm giving you face."

"Wow, did you grow up eating face-making fruits?"

"..."

In his confusion, Dawn felt that he and Anran were not on the same wavelength, but the other party's meaning was self-evident.

"Very well, you don't know how to be polite. I hope you live a long time, otherwise it will be very boring."

"You just wait, once I find you, I'll show you what the terror of a sea of ​​people really means!"

"Just you."

"It's definitely not up to me!"

An Ran scoffed. With so many players around, they're not afraid of not being able to crush you.

She'd be incredibly stupid to rush in and be the first to charge.

"..."

Dawn was speechless for a moment. A whole bunch of threatening words were stuck in his throat, and the feeling of not being able to squeeze them out was driving him crazy.

Why don't you, Timo, just shout "Me!"?

Dawn remained silent, but Anran lowered her head slightly and immediately became furious.

"Look where?"

She reached out her hand.

“piapiapia——”

"Ah, ah... stop hitting me... um... ah..."

"Stop right there!" Dawn shouted.

“piapiapia——”

An Ran played even more enthusiastically.

"Looks like you don't want your sister to live!"

On the other end of the phone, Dawn's voice suddenly turned cold.

younger sister?

An Ran quickly realized what was happening.

Oh, you're talking about Ella.

She didn't treat Ella as a younger sister, but insisted on calling them "mother and daughter"?

Hmm, it doesn't seem like it either.

"What do you mean by that?" An Ran feigned a gloomy expression, and at the same time stopped hitting the middle-aged man.

The middle-aged man with swollen cheeks immediately breathed a sigh of relief.

He's really wronged. He didn't see anything. Who told you to come out wearing a swimsuit?

He felt that An Ran did it on purpose.

“Your little sister is so cute,” Dawn said, drawing out his words. “She’s probably playing with a watermelon on the beach right now. She’s so adorable at such a young age; I wonder what she’ll be like when she grows up.”

Are you threatening me?

Knowing that Ella was playing with a watermelon meant that there were some of their people on the beach.

But it would be really funny if you used Ella to threaten me.