Poverty makes me capable of anything.

Poor Comrade Mavren was treated like a one-time dungeon run by players.

With his wings clipped and numerous reports from players alleging collusion with the Pashenka and Starhunter pirate crews, Machi was so enraged she wanted to shoot him, but was eventually dissuaded by other government officials. Even so, Mavren was imprisoned, and he was about to become the first casualty of Bloom's sacrifice.

Upon hearing the news, Fitch angrily smashed one of his favorite ashtrays.

"What about the two women?"

"We haven't caught them yet." The person speaking to Fitch was a high-ranking official on Kleber, so he remained relatively calm.

"A bunch of damn useless trash!"

"Your Excellency need not worry. We have already activated surveillance, and air traffic control is now restricting every spaceship entering and leaving. They certainly cannot escape," the man said, seemingly respectfully.

In his heart, he was cursing, "That idiot Fitch, if you're so capable, why don't you do it yourself? You're always hiding on Aquamarine, and even after your son died, you only dare to send an assistant over."

"I hope it works, humph!"

Fitch snorted angrily.

Oh.

What a boastful tone.

"It will definitely work."

A smile masking a deep, unspoken "MMP".

In his heart, he added another sentence—

If it doesn't work, what can you do to me?

Do you dare to come over in person?

Besides, the Ninth Expeditionary Force has been defeated, and the Night Owls could attack at any time. You might not even be able to hold your position as governor for long; if you're unlucky, you might be sacrificed to the heavens.

Also, the Zerg have invaded; if things go wrong, we might lose everything.

Forget about your son, everyone in the entire Blue Forest will die. Who the hell do you think you are?

whispering sound--

He hung up the call and spat on the ground.

I bother!

This lousy governor isn't even a decent man; if he falls on hard times, he won't even live to see the next day.

tread.

This man walked out of the room in a few steps.

An investigation is still necessary. Fitch's daughter is right here, and he is, after all, a military officer under the Empire, nominally under the jurisdiction of the governor of the Blue Forest. If he doesn't take action, it won't be acceptable.

tread.

He took another step forward, and the ground suddenly shook the moment his boots landed.

One, two, three, four.

Five, six, seven, eight, nine, ten.

thousand……

Of course, there aren't that many.

"What's going on?" he shouted.

earthquake?

The earthquake bureau didn't give any warning.

"Commander, commander, the insects are here again!"

"I……"

The Zerg have emerged from underground again.

……

Frost-α.

It is a dwarf planet in the planetary system where Kleber is located.

There were two mining ships in total. After arriving at Frost-α, one of them quickly left first.

Wearing protective suits, An Ran, Ella, and Guan Xiupei disembarked from the remaining spaceship.

The mining ship was quite small and fast, so Anran couldn't take much of what she left on her own spaceship with her. However, the important guns and money were still there, so it wasn't a big problem.

Of course, Anran was not happy to suffer such a big loss.

If things go smoothly here, she'll soon get all those things back from Fitch.

"Where are your people hiding?" An Ran asked Guan Xiupei.

"It's in a valley to the north. Are you sure you want to go there now?" Guan Xiupei asked.

"Yes."

"Aren't you afraid I'll screw you over?"

"You can give it a try."

"Let's go then."

Then, a small car drove out of the mining ship, and they slowly headed towards their destination.

Far from the star, the surface temperature of Frost-α is now below -190 degrees Celsius.

Without protective clothing, even someone with Anran's resistance would freeze to death if they stayed here for a little while.

Ella, on the other hand, didn't need to worry about so much; at most, it would just waste a little more energy. But Anran still put a protective suit on Ella.

"By the way, did you change your name later?" Guan Xiupei suddenly asked.

An Ran turned and glanced at him: "You found out? Those strangers told you?"

“That’s right.” Guan Xiupei nodded.

Emmm...

While we cannot admit that this Anran is the same as that Anran, we can still make good use of our former identity.

“Actually, I also admire the pirate princess Anran very much!” Anran said.

Guan Xiupei thought to himself, "Just as I thought."

Then the name must have been changed.

The thought that An Ran shared the same ideals and beliefs with him made the little resentment he had left even lessen.

Frost-α has an extremely harsh surface environment, covered with thick nitrogen ice. Its thick atmosphere makes the daytime sky appear pitch black, and stars look like very bright stars.

Moreover, unlike gas giants, Frost-α doesn't have extremely terrifying storms, making its environment ideal for camouflage.

It took about half an hour for Anran to reach the valley bottom that Guan Xiupei had mentioned.

This is the place. Anran understood as soon as she saw the robot that came to greet her.

There are over 100 members of the Hunter Star Pirate Crew ahead of us.

The average level is between 35 and 40.

To destroy a pirate crew, one way is to kill it until it disbands, and another way is to turn it into another pirate crew.

Even if Guan Xiupei is killed, the "I'm so angry I want to hit someone" mission still cannot be completed because the __cpLocation of the Hunter Star's lair is unknown. Therefore, Anran chooses the latter method.

She watched as Guan Xiupei's favorability towards her rose from -11 to the current 38.

These are real, actual numbers, not fake data that she can manipulate at will.

With a favorability rating of 38, there's a high probability that Guan Xiupei won't suddenly turn against her and try to kill her.

So Anran took a gamble, and her luck remained as good as ever.

Although there was a slight unpleasantness at the beginning when they met these people, the pirates stopped complaining after witnessing Ella's strength.

With six leaders killed by the Imperial army, the Hunter Star suddenly found itself in dire straits.

If Guan Xiupei also dies, these people might cause trouble and disrupt the division of the family property.

"Should we still rob that transport fleet?" The speaker was Guan Xiupei's confidant.

With Guan Xiupei's return, their status also rose accordingly.

"Whose fleet is this?" Anran asked.

"Island Passenger Shipping Company."

Uh, never heard of it.

An Ran simply asked, "What's your relationship with the companies under Fei Qi's name?"

"We've collaborated before, but our relationship was just so-so."

"Oh."

Since it's just a normal business collaboration, let's just leave it at that.

In some ways, Anran's ideas are similar to those of the pirate princesses of the past, but in other ways, they are completely different.

For example, regarding this issue, if it were the pirate princess An Ran, she wouldn't care whose transport fleet it was; as long as there was money, she would rob it. While An Ran has committed numerous robberies, at least she wouldn't actively "harm the innocent." Her targets are the Imperial Government and those closely associated with it.

This is the bottom line that An Ran has maintained in reality, although it is not a noble bottom line.

If Enron's strategy only focused on image building, it shouldn't have "harmed the innocent."

Players also have their own standards. Once the game reveals her identity, the image of a pirate princess with a "heart of revenge" is presented to the players. At this point, if they want to clear their name, they should try to avoid doing things that will make them look bad and impossible to clear their name.

With their leader dead, weapons unobtained, and transport ships left to plunder, it's impossible for these pirates not to harbor resentment.

However, although they are no longer seizing transport fleets, this does not mean that Enron has no other plans.

Fitch's mining company would be the perfect target.

You offered me a 10 billion bounty, now I'll let you bleed some more!

So, just as Machi welcomed Fitch's assistant, and just as Kleber was attacked by a sudden swarm of insects, Anran led the Hunter Star Pirates in a surprise attack on Fitch Mining Company's branch office, hundreds of light-years away.