Poverty makes me capable of anything.

The assassin refused the empire's high-ranking official position and generous offer, and after several twists and turns, he has disappeared without a trace. Although his family was killed by the rebel organization's assassins in retaliation, he absconded with the 500 billion bounty, and so far there has been no news of his assassination.

Assassination is about achieving the greatest benefit with the least cost.

Clever and capable assassins are both hated and impossible for all factions to completely abandon.

Qingling had heard of Night Owl's name, but recently she had been leading her sisters through the Void Abyss, a journey fraught with difficulties and dangers, and had no time to pay attention to anything else.

5. A bounty is offered for a teenage girl and a little girl: their real names are unknown. The girl calls herself An Ran, An Yi, Christine, etc. She and her sister assisted the Night Owl rebels in committing heinous crimes and played a significant role in the attack on Aquamarine.

"..."

Young girls and lolis.

Anran (pseudonym)

Qingling stared at the photo for a long time before stiffly raising her head.

The photo uses An Ran's original appearance, although it differs from her current appearance after makeup.

But when she remembered that An Ran had deliberately brought this up earlier, she immediately understood.

A bounty of 10 billion pesos has been offered for the "most heinous" criminals involved in the attack on the Governor's Palace!

If this is An Ran's true identity, then all her previous guesses were wrong.

She couldn't possibly be from the Empire, and she was in the Blue Forest not long ago, which means she couldn't have been sent by the pirates here either.

Masaka!

Qingling's eyes widened: "Could it be—"

"Have you finished reading it?" An Ran asked.

"finish watching."

This was the first time An Ran had seen Qing Ling with such a solemn expression, which seemed quite out of place with her rather revealing outfit.

"Could it be that you are...?"

“That’s right.” An Ran nodded. “That’s me.”

"really!"

A thought flashed through Qingling's mind!

Sure enough, this guy who once impersonated the princess was one of Night Owl's men!

She had just seen it by chance: more than ten days had passed since the attack on Aquamarine Star, and the Sixth Expeditionary Force had suffered another defeat in its battle with Night Owl. Soon, Aquamarine Forest would belong to Night Owl.

Seeing that the empire was about to fall into chaos, the Night Owls were bound to get restless, so they sent out many capable agents like "Fake Enron" to secretly create chaos throughout the empire.

On closer inspection, the Nagria Border Region is a good place.

The empire doesn't have many troops stationed there, and Vesa is about to take action against the pirates. Combating the pirates' strength at this time, even if we can't defeat Vesa, can still cause him a lot of trouble!

This explains why she immediately issued a mission to find the Wangchuan Pirates upon arrival.

Although it's unclear why she chose the River of Oblivion, she came with the intention of cooperating.

Qingling gave herself a big thumbs up for her cleverness.

I really am a genius!

If he weren't so weak, he could definitely become a princess's personal bodyguard like Juliana!

"Looks like you want to expand everywhere!" Qingling muttered.

Ok?

blossom everywhere?

"That's too hasty. Let's target the Liangyue Pirate Crew first," An Ran said.

You have to do things one step at a time.

“That’s true.” Qingling nodded. “Haste makes waste. Vesa is still unaware of the situation.”

What does this have to do with Visa?

Could it be that the Liangyue Pirate Crew was supported by Vesa?

Officials and bandits are in cahoots; no wonder the people of Liangyue are so arrogant.

“I also want to contribute to the fight against the imperial dogs, so cooperation isn’t out of the question.” Qingling stroked her chin. “But…”

"But what?"

“We still have too few men. Vesa will be sending out troops soon, so we must contact other pirate groups as soon as possible. Every day we are late, we may lose a potential ally.”

ha?

“No.” An Ran shook her head. “You may have misunderstood me. I have no intention of forming an alliance with them.”

"..."

Qingling frowned. Had I guessed wrong again?

If you don't intend to form an alliance, then...

correct!

"You mean you only intend to muddy the waters!"

"Ah."

An Ran directly admitted that the members of the Other Shore Flower Pirate Crew were quite qualified in all aspects, no wonder the pirate princess could chat and laugh with all sorts of big shots in the past.

"I see, I understand now."

You understand now?

"You're definitely planning to have Night Owl's men ambush Vesa from behind while he's locked in a fierce battle with the pirates. Once Vesa is eliminated, the Nagria border region will soon fall into Night Owl's hands!"

Eh?

How did this get back to Night Owl? I'm not even one of Night Owl's people...

Okay.

An Ran suddenly realized that Qing Ling had misunderstood.

She reviewed the conversation and realized that Qingling mistook her for one of Night Owl's people.

"Actually, I didn't mean to..."

Wait, why am I explaining all this?

Saying nothing actually makes it easier to cooperate with them.

An Ran will not reveal her secret of being the pirate princess for the time being. In this way, she can save a lot of effort and does not have to find a way to dispel Qing Ling's doubts.

Let her misunderstand; after all, she didn't intend to harm Qingling and the Wangchuan Pirates.

"How many people did you send?"

"Not much. The war in the Blue Forest is not over yet, and the emperor of the empire is about to die. To be honest, this is just an attempt. If it succeeds, great; if it fails, it is truly unavoidable."

Qingling was moved by Anran's sincerity.

She can say such things without any scruples; indeed, Night Owl isn't as evil and cruel as the Empire portrays her to be.

Overall, while some underhanded tactics had to be employed on the path to overthrowing the empire, the core principles promoted by Night Owl were good. Whether they could be maintained is not for outsiders to judge.

……

"Colonel, I've been flying ships on the northern border for over twenty years. I know the shipping lanes there like the back of my hand, and I've been to most of the places where pirates have been."

A middle-aged man with a dark complexion spoke respectfully to the young man standing before him.

"We'll set off tomorrow morning. You and the rest of the group need to be at the square by 10:00 AM sharp." Visa said, his left hand behind his back and his right hand pointing to the door.

"Yes." The middle-aged man saluted respectfully and left.

Although Vesa's attitude towards him was very stiff and showed no respect for his superiors, he didn't care. He was just trying to make a living. If he was paid enough and received enough benefits, he could accept being scolded a few times.

Shortly after the middle-aged man left, a man in military uniform entered through the side door of the room.

"Colonel, their identities have all been verified."

"Send it to me, I'll take a look when I have time."

"Yes."

If it weren't for the need to investigate these people's identities, the army would have set off yesterday.

The situation in the empire is very uncertain, and the people he brought with him will likely be recalled.

But even if he is recalled, he will be treated differently. Before being recalled, he has to find a way to do something so as not to be marginalized.

If that incident hadn't happened with the Ninth Expeditionary Force, he, still a major general, wouldn't have needed to go through so much trouble.

Hey--

……

After repairing all the spaceships, they safely returned to Mina Planet.

Unlike when she went there, Aurora was very welcoming to her when she came back.

Because she and Qingling had "conspired" all night to treat their friends who could strike at the Imperial Dogs with the warmth of a spring breeze.

"Yes, I understand, Captain!" Aurora nodded repeatedly.

After arriving on Mina Star and settling other matters, An Ran contacted the Star Hunter Guild.

Submit the task.

"Place?"

"What are the requirements of the Mechanicus?"

"No."

"Let's do it at the guild entrance on Mina Star then."

I arranged to meet the people from the Mechanicus at the guild entrance at 4 PM.

An Ran arrived around 3:00 PM. It wasn't that she was particularly punctual; she came early mainly to check if any members of the Liangyue Pirate Gang were nearby.