The Bizarre Adventure of Tartaros Fleet

Then a group of people wearing Hawaiian shirts, dresses, and casual T-shirts sat at the same table as a group of people in suits and ties.Even if both sides understood the reason why the other was dressed like this the moment their eyes met, there was always a subtle sense of embarrassment.

As if to blow away this subtle breath, the bearded captain spoke enthusiastically:

"Captain Shimada! Glad to have you, and your companions."

And Liu Lizi took off his hat, nodded slightly, and said with a smile:

"Hello, Captain Casla. It's a nice place."

"I come here often, when I'm not working. I also order the best wine - the [-]-year-old Cassie Greystoke..." He took the red wine from the bag and handed it to the robot waiter next to him , the latter deftly opened the cork with a wine knife, but when he was about to pour wine for everyone present, he saw Liu Lizi's face and suddenly realized that he had overlooked a question, "Ah, sorry, you……"

She... seems to have never reached the legal drinking age...

"Don't worry about it," Liu Lizi smiled and stretched out the glass. "In the universe, no one cares about the age of drinking, and I'm not as young as I look."

I'm not as young as I seem?What does it mean?

Although he thought it was strange, Casla didn't bother to ask—to be honest, there were more than one or two problems with these guys.And a smart person will not go to the bottom of every problem.Don't ask about things that have nothing to do with business. The stronger the other party shows, the more you must keep this in mind, otherwise it may affect your lifespan.

Therefore, he just nodded with a smile and poured the mellow wine into the glass:

"That's great. You're welcome, folks."

"cheers!"

This is not a particularly expensive shop. The food made by intelligent robots and highly sophisticated cooking machines has also been criticized by many gourmets as 'soulless assembly line food', but the taste is very satisfactory to Oregana. ——Vegetable stew, steak, mushrooms, and local fish, which taste quite good after being fried with spices.

However, although the food is delicious, the atmosphere at the dinner table has never been up...

This is for sure, everyone is holding back something in their hearts, waiting for the other party to speak first, but no one speaks first...While waiting for someone to speak at any time, while mechanically delivering the dishes to their mouths, I always feel Can't taste it. (cover face)

After drinking the second glass of red wine, Oregana finally made a decision.Since everyone is not in the nature of charades, the next step is to pick up this layer of paper, so don't waste any more time:

"Aren't you going to ask something?" She took a sip of her wine, put down her glass and said, "For example, our ship's name, ship model, and captain's name are not found in the registered records?"

The movement of everyone's hands on the opposite side stopped slightly.

Obviously, everyone has been concerned about this issue before - the pirate ship that rescued him was not a registered privateer, neither the ship nor the captain was found.Even after investigating the existing ship types of the military, it was impossible to find out the origin of that ship.

No shipyard has a record of manufacturing this type of warship. The energy image when the propeller is working does not match that of all ships now. There is also the amazingly powerful main gun on the hull. It is not an ordinary thing no matter how you look at it.

His intuition told him that there must be an amazing secret here.But he didn't have the courage to ask this secret.

"Of course I don't intend to ask." After hesitating for a moment, he replied, "I still know this kind of truth, so don't ask if you shouldn't."

"You are a smart person." Liu Lizi sighed slightly, she tore off the tissue and wiped the corners of her mouth, and said, "But the boss actually wants you to ask... right?"

"Yeah," Oregana smiled wryly, "We've been waiting for you to ask."

Hmm... there is a boss behind the captain, that is to say, this guy in the Hawaiian shirt is the real BOSS?

No, not the time to say this!

What did she mean by that?What is waiting to ask?Could it be that this group of people who looked like pirates really wanted to tell their secrets outside?

This is not a good thing... If it was just to help cover up his whereabouts before, this level of secrecy can build friendship; but once the level of secrecy increases, then he doesn't know what will happen.

Like... uh... like you happened to bump into Bruce Wayne's little secret in Gotham's alleyway because he felt hot so he took off his bat hood to fan the wind, or you found out about the Fallen Angel and Ka Liban's little secret...

This kind of secret is annoying.

"Uh..." Casla's Adam's Apple moved up and down, and he asked tentatively, "Well, if you want money..."

It seemed that he was frightened... Fortunately, he was frightened now and not at a critical moment later, at least everything is under control now.

"No, no, no... Take it easy, we didn't mean to threaten you." Oregana shook her head, she chose a straightforward way of explaining, "We want to have a frank talk—we just want to talk to you For cooperation, we get what we need from you, and then pay you...From before to now, no one has suffered a loss if you choose to follow us."

These words sounded like that, but it didn't make Casla feel at ease.He asked cautiously:

"So," Kasla said, considering his tone and words, "what do you want?"

"Before talking about this," Oregana put down her fork and stood up when the meal was almost done. "You should first know who we are—it's good for both of us, please."

Mom...

I really don't want to know...why do you say so clearly...

This secret was a bit too heavy, Casla didn't know if he could carry it by heart.But right now, there seemed to be no chance he could refuse, and he didn't dare to disobey this man whom Captain Shimada called the 'boss' at this time.Casla even started to feel a little regretful, he felt as if he had been drawn into a huge vortex.If I didn't want to make some connections at that time, I wouldn't be involved in this if I pretended nothing happened.

This is all a greedy pot...

The expression of the first mate next to him changed slightly, and he whispered:

"captain……"

"Let's all follow." He could understand the chief officer's mood, but he also hoped that the first officer would understand that he had no choice but to "Where are we going?"

For this question, Oregana showed a bright smile:

"It's our home~"

--------------

The concealment of the people in Tartarus was done very well, and the procedures were fine. It was true that they were not noticed by the people on the space station, but this did not mean that no one noticed them.

Sure, finding a well-hidden ship from a busy space station and stalking its occupants seems impractical, but think the other way around?Like, just spy on that cargo ship captain who seems to have a problem?

That's what Bentenmaru does.

During this period of time, Captain Casla stayed in the sea star's relay station, and he didn't notice that he had already been noticed by many parties.

At the very beginning, Chiaki Kurihara analyzed that the ship was related to an unknown pirate gang, so it was assisted when it was attacked by another pirate gang. The pirate gang he was working for was a cover.

Jasmine said that this analysis is quite reasonable, so we should monitor the captain carefully. If he gets in touch with some people, he can follow the clues and find out the pirates behind him. If it's not Harlock, then we can handle it ourselves. Even if the other party leaves, there is no need to deal with it seriously; and if it is Harlock, then call the Gaia Arbitration Council.

They knew in advance the private room that Kasla had booked, so they went there and put some listening devices... Of course, the privateer license does not allow you to do this, but the privateer itself is a profession that wanders in the gray area of ​​​​the law , Everyone started working without any hesitation.

The placed bugs do not use radio or remote communication, but are directly connected with physical wires and connected to the room on the other side of the floor.This made the detection of radio waves ineffective from the very beginning - people have no radio waves at all.

It's an ancient method.jpg

"They moved." Just as the ship the group of people were on set sail, Bentenmaru's intelligence agent, the man nicknamed 'Hundred Eyes' raised his voice, "Captain Kasla and his lieutenants were killed by the ship. people took away."

Baiyan is a thin man wearing contact lenses. He is mainly responsible for information collection, decryption processing and analysis on Bentenmaru.

After listening to his words, Jasmine, who was wearing a pirate suit, sat in the captain's seat and remained motionless in the posture of Commander Ikari.

Is the other party trying to kidnap the captain who has been in contact with him?Kidnapped in this heavily trafficked space station?The other party was either acting boldly or grabbing the handle of those crew members, otherwise there shouldn't be such a thing as obediently following them.After all, here is where you don't need to struggle or fight bravely. You can attract guards by shouting for help in any crowded place.

"It's the same here," before Jasmine could think of a reason, the woman named Luka said, "The sound of that ship... I've never heard it before. The subspace is as calm as a cat in front of them..."

She is the current navigator of Bentenmaru, and she is mainly responsible for observing the situation of the space sea and providing correct and safe navigation routes.Under normal circumstances, in addition to being good at detectors, the person doing this work must also have some special talents...

"Can you track it, Luca?"

"The conventional method may not work, but... this ship should work for me."

This ship is different...

After other ships entered the subspace channel, it was almost impossible to track them, but the aura left by this ship was quite distinct...

"Are you going to enter that state again?"

"That's right," Luka nodded. She turned off the screen in front of her, and then solemnly placed a purple crystal ball in the groove of the control panel. "I have a feeling that this experience will be unique."

There is something on that ship that attracts her heart, she wants to touch, pursue, and experience.This is not based on occupation or order, but more like a natural instinct born deep in the heart.

"Then I'll leave it to you." Jasmine nodded, "But don't force it."

"Leave it to me."

She closed her eyes and put her hands on the crystal ball—after a few seconds, a dense purple mist began to condense inside the crystal ball...

Chapter 757 Chapter 685: If you meet others, it will be terrible

Luka closed her eyes, and her thoughts spread slowly. She stretched her consciousness and traced the never-before-seen but extremely attractive aura.

The magnetic field and the stars formed a certain obstacle, but that didn't constitute much serious interference.As if jumping off the sideboard of a ship, Luca took a deep breath and let himself sink into the channel of the subspace——

Ships move forward in the tunnels of the subspace, and they can pass through any obstacles faster than light to reach their destinations, but only fixed passages are safe. If you leave the passages, you will get lost in the dark side of the treacherous world .If you are lucky, these ships will come back in an instant, but if you are unlucky...there may be only one empty ship, and many ships have not returned to the world until now.Therefore, only the bravest explorers will risk their lives to explore new routes, which is why the development of warp routes has been slow for hundreds of years.

However, some people are different. They can still accurately find a navigable path in the traceless subspace.No one knows when and why their ability was born, but it can obviously be traced back to the time when human beings just started to leave their home planet.During the civil war at that time, there were sporadic records showing that some ace pilots who had fought for many years showed extremely strong spatial perception, and could accurately perceive distance and orientation in the universe, as well as extremely excellent, as if they could see the essence of things at a glance. 】 Cognitive ability.

Among the most exaggerated individuals, even when using these abilities, there will be no temperature arcs and physical flashes on the forehead...

Some people speculate that this is a new ability evolved by humans to adapt to the cosmic environment, and it is believed that this evolution will spread to all humans at some point in the future.

However, even after such a long time, there are still only a small number of people who have this ability, and they are basically scattered among the people, almost without trace.After human beings sailed to the star sea, many individuals called 'navigators', as the original pioneers, surveyed the first batch of subspace routes, and successfully let human warships spread all over the universe.

In the previous war, a large number of navigators were involved in the war, and they were thrown into the destructive battlefield under the coercion of different forces.In hundreds of years, several generations of navigators were used in the military, and were eventually worn out. I don't know if it is because of this reason that the number of navigators born now is less than [-]% compared to the past.

And Luca was one of them. Under her observation, Bentenmaru was able to enter deeper subspace channels, and even ride the wind and waves on unmarked channels, which gave this privateer amazing maneuverability.And now, the excellent navigator could easily sink his consciousness into the warp to retrace the alluring ship.

Like a moth chasing a candle lit in the night.

------------

On the other side, Oregana was humming a little song, watching the flashes of light passing by outside the window, with a happy look on her face——

"All kinds of gossip also sings. I heard us sing Eighteen Touches~ Stretch out your hand to touch the side of the cat's face, and the dark clouds fly for a long time~ Stretch out your hand to touch the front of the cat's head, the heaven is full and addictive~"

While singing, he was stroking the serval cat lying on his lap. The cat squinted its eyes and purred. It looked very comfortable, and its two big ears would twitch from time to time.

Compared to the old sea dogs (note) who are restless in the break room right now... No, old dog?The mood of the great warlord seemed relaxed and happy.

(sea dog: seasoned sailor, experienced sailor, or...literally translated as 'seal'.)

(Example: I'm just an old, s alty sea dog. Translation: I'm just an old, salty old sailor.)

(It cannot be translated as [I'm just a very salty seal elder], it doesn't make sense in context. (Fog))

Although everyone behind is still panicking, they will soon know that they are safe, and they will also see business opportunities and the huge benefits they can obtain.

Kasla's team will serve as a breakthrough.The Ministry of Consolidation cannot establish stable diplomatic relations with any of these countries alone, because once it receives the support of the Ministry of Consolidation, that country will definitely become stronger in a short period of time, breaking the fragile local dynamic balance, which may lead to war again ... Once a war starts in this kind of place, it will definitely be a messy battle that will make people's brains hurt.

At a time like this, there is no reason for the Alliance's Coordination Department not to send troops to coordinate operations.To be honest, Oregana didn't think that the fleet of the Consolidation Department would lose in a world with a decent level of technology but low organization, but this kind of war is not a simple [lose] or [win] Get things done right away.

Once the flames of war burn to such an extent, even if they win the war, the losers who have been greatly traumatized afterwards will not be willing to bow their heads.What's more, this universe itself is very suitable for the Linden family to continue to prosper and prosper. (Compared to Vulcanli)

If you don't want to fall into the quagmire of security wars in the future, you can't contact a single country, ignoring the intricate political forms and contacting everyone together will explode.At this time, maybe a new student, without too much tendency, can promote communication with a large-scale community of interests that is beneficial to everyone.

It's like Quafe Corporation—in the original New Eden, the company was one of the most recognizable brands in the universe, and you could see Quafe on almost every corner.The marketing directors at Quafe always joke that this drink is the best ambassador Gallente has ever had, and it's not a joke...

At a certain point in time, the Gallente Federation and the Amarr Empire clashed over a galaxy rich in mineral resources called 'Gini-Fa' on the border between the two countries. Serve as the trigger for an escalation into a major war.