Poverty makes me capable of anything.

He pretended to be nonchalant, chatting casually with the pirate next to him, but in reality, he had already put his hand into his crotch.

Finally, I found a small machine that was stuck to my pants.

It may be small, but it's incredibly efficient!

For those who work as spies or secret agents, you can't be inactive; you need real skills.

Otherwise, if the phone can't be turned on or there's no signal, I'll really be devastated.

The spy's palms were sweating, and he slipped for a moment. He pressed the button on the front, but it went astray. "Stay steady," he thought. "You're so steady when you're firing a gun, there's no reason you'd make a mistake now."

The spy glanced at the stage and saw the woman talking to someone on the phone. Taking advantage of the fact that no one was paying attention, he pressed the button heavily.

His pants bulged up with the movement of his fingers, and the pleasurable sensation told him he had succeeded.

Before he could even catch his breath, a hand suddenly reached out from behind and grabbed his arm.

"what are you doing?"

They were incredibly strong and pulled his hand out.

The rod-shaped communicator flew out along with it and was caught by Number 002, who had somehow appeared there.

"Have you found them all?" Number 002 asked.

Player Glorious Era nodded: "He's the last one."

"Thanks for your hard work."

"No trouble at all, it's our duty," Glorious Era quickly waved his hand.

"Let's gather them together first, and then interrogate them later."

"Let me go, you bastard, what do you think you're doing!" the spy shouted, trying to provoke those around him with his outburst. However, he underestimated Thohir's prestige within the Shadow Pirates. Despite their confusion and trepidation, no one stepped forward.

"What are you all keeping silent for? I'm the one who's being arrested now, but it'll be you later... Pfft."

The spy was punched hard in the stomach, rendering him unable to speak.

"Next time, it will be those people behind you who get arrested."

Number 002's words quickly filled the spy's distorted face with terror.

Because Number 002's voice is exactly the same as his.

"Waaah—" His mouth had already been covered.

After a beep, a sound came from the rod-shaped object.

"It's not dark yet."

Is this a code word?

I don't care about anything else, I'll catch as many as I can, and deal with them later.

"The situation is bad. The pirate alliance has suddenly started to investigate traitors, and anyone who fails to return on time will be treated as a spy."

drop.

Number 002 hung up immediately.

"..."

The person on the other end of the call was stunned.

He skipped the code entirely. Although his voice was fine, what exactly was he talking about...?

"The situation might really be urgent," the man across the bar said, wiping a glass with his head down.

Should we go back now or not?

The players at the scene were also stunned.

Does that mean the other side will come back?

"Would it have been more effective if we had deceived him a little?" Blood and Fire Cups suggested.

"If we don't know the code, we'll definitely be exposed. It's better to just tell him the truth and let him make his own judgment."

Stuffing the items into his pocket, Number 002 walked over to Thohir: "We can begin now. Contact everyone outside directly."

"Hmm." Thohir summoned his men.

A little over two minutes later, the spy who had just made contact received a message from the Shadow Pirates—

The order has been given to investigate any potential spies. Anyone who does not return by 8 a.m. tomorrow will be treated as a spy sent by the Empire.

“Now the situation is quite clear.” He took a sip of his drink. “The Pirate Alliance is keen to track down spies, but they don’t know our true identities. Colonel Vesa’s troops will be arriving near Baplo in a few days, and I can’t leave at this time for the sake of intelligence.”

"Then I wish you good luck." The other man smirked. "Here, have a drink for good luck."

Good luck!

The two of them enjoyed a glass of light red wine.

Unfortunately, due to time constraints, they didn't know that strangers could be identified by their faction at a glance when their level difference wasn't significant, unless you had special items.

Afterwards~

At 11 a.m. that day, he had his leg broken as soon as he entered the gate of the Shadow Pirates.

Back to the other side.

“People always have a chance,” said Number 002. “Even if he escapes, it doesn’t matter. We can investigate spies, catch them, and kick them out so they can never come back.”

She stretched out her hand, which looked exactly like a real person, but you couldn't see anything when she spread her fingers.

But those spies who had been glaring angrily suddenly grabbed their throats and howled in pain.

Nanobots are quite effective at dealing with these relatively weak NPCs.

Scratching the throat, grabbing Gigi, whatever's bothering me comes to mind.

Someone was hired very quickly.

They recruited one person, which led to the identification of many others, and in the end, it was confirmed that everyone was a spy.

The presence of that rod-shaped object was enough to tell the story, but the spy's confession revealed to the pirates that they came from two different departments.

One was directly under Visa's command, and the other came from the Menbelen Pirate Special Operations Department, which was known as the Menbelen Bureau 217, a department that had been established for nearly five years, but no one knew exactly what it did.

This is the Avengers.

This department, established with special approval from the Governor's Office, primarily recruited individuals with deep-seated hatred for pirates. Of course, the new recruits in recent years are not like that anymore.

Experience gained.

Player 002 and Thohir went to report the results of the battle, while the remaining players gathered together.

They came from three different guilds, with Glorious Era being a lone wolf.

"This unreleased ANR is pretty impressive."

"What she just said really shocked me; I hadn't thought about it at all."

"Much better than those pirate captains who are full of nonsense and utterly useless."

"I regretted joining the Pirate Alliance before, but now I see some hope. It seems that the power represented by ANR is the key to the Pirate Alliance's ability to contend with Vesa."

"In short, raising her favorability first is the right thing to do. Once we've cleared out these spies, we won't be in such a passive position," said Glorious Era.

That's right, it's never a bad thing to build good relationships with the big shots in your faction.

After everyone dispersed with their own thoughts, Glorious Era contacted a friend he had met in the game, Langligelang.

Have you decided which faction to join?

"not yet."

"Join the federation, bro, let's play together."

"I've done my research, and that association is really lame. Don't drag me into this mess."

“I really didn’t mean to trick you. A new NPC came to our faction today. I don’t know which faction she’s from, but I have every reason to believe that she has done research on players…” Glorious Era recounted his experience.

This really piqued the interest of the plot-obsessed writer, Langligege.

A few days ago, he was tracking a female mechanic on Nay Star and found her to be unusual, but she disappeared a few days later. He is currently looking for a new target.

"So, are you interested?"

"A little."

"bring it on."

"How can we make a decision so quickly? Besides, it's not so easy to get from Nayi Star to Bapulo now."

"This won't prevent you from joining our camp. I'll help you make the connection."

Choosing which faction to join requires the faction's approval, just like applying for a job. Unless it's a mission requirement, you can't just join any faction you want.

This setup prevents the weaker faction from becoming completely unpopular.

"Let me think about it some more," Langligelang said.

"alright."

In fact, the players that Langligelang envies the most are the "Three Musketeers of Leg-Hugging".

It wasn't that he envied them for being rich now, nor for their social status. Apart from Lin Yumo, the other two were so incompetent in his eyes that it was gratifying.

"Although I'm of a lower level, I'm still stronger than her."

Langligelang admires their ability to uncover plot details. It's said that they've recently hooked up with an NPC idol and are working on her debut among the player community.

"One day my name will also be recorded in the history of [Star Pro].

If you lack the strength, make up for it with a good story!

……

With the undeniable facts laid bare, even the Federation's "Five Elders" had nothing more to say.

Cooperation.

The next step is to have An Ran purge the entire pirate alliance, with a designated person to guide the process, and An Ran handling the rest.

When Number 002 left the meeting room again, the meeting room erupted in chaos once more.