Great, I'm surrounded by villains.

"Are you two crazy?"

The above is Mocking Dove's evaluation after hearing about Coyote Twelve and Duan Mingyuan's ideas. She was dumbfounded and stared at the Bebop Cowboy, "Why do I feel like you've gone crazy since you came to the Mechanical Planet?"

This made her feel incredible.

Let's put aside "new recruits" like Duan Mingyuan for the moment. Coyote Twelve has personally assassinated important figures. That was just a department director of the company, and he hadn't even touched the core consortium class, but he almost made it impossible for him to survive in this universe. If he hadn't received assistance from the Chamber of Commerce when he was at the end of his rope, this interstellar cowboy would probably have become a piece of cosmic trash long ago.

In an interstellar war, no matter how strong a single soldier's combat capability is, it will be useless as long as the flagship is blown up, all the people on it will die with it.

"This is different from job-hopping. Are you planning to declare war on both the company and the Chamber of Commerce at the same time?"

Mockingdove put his hands on Coyote Twelve's shoulders and shook him vigorously a few times, as if trying to wake up this mentally ill Bebop Cowboy.

"Don't make it sound like we're going to assassinate Morgan VII. We just want to get on board to see what's going on. If we keep going like this, can we continue sailing?"

Coyote Twelve said.

This was definitely the most disastrous summit in history, and he was unlucky enough to be the person in charge of security for this meeting. "Today there was a fight and poisoning, tomorrow someone will dare to bring a bomb into the venue. If there is a mistake at that time, all the directors will be blown to pieces."

"Don't you understand? It's not up to you to decide whether or not you assassinated Morgan VII. The final right of interpretation lies in the hands of the family. If they say you are an assassin, then you are an assassin."

He attempted to assassinate the current head of the family but failed, and then became a wanted criminal throughout the universe.

Mocking Dove could imagine the future of these two people.

Of course, another possibility is that they were simply wiped out by the Laurel's security system.

There are many people who want to kill Morgan VII. Coyote Twelve is not the first group of people who tried to sneak into the Laurel. Mockingdove heard that those who did so before never showed up again, and the Silver Lotus Family never announced the identities and fate of these intruders. There has been no news from them since then, as if they had never existed.

"Just tell me if you can help us sneak up there."

Coyote Twelve waved his hands, looking as if he had made up his mind, "We are not the ones who started the trouble. The family never intended for this meeting to go smoothly."

"no!"

Mockingdove glanced away while speaking, and it was obvious that she was not good at lying.

"I knew you had a way. What did I say, Old Duan? Mockingbird is the best boarding expert in the entire universe. There is no ship she can't board!"

"You don't understand at all. It's easy to get on that ship, but once you're on it, you can never get off again."

Mocking Dove gritted his teeth.

Of course, she understood Coyote Twelve's thoughts. If this happened to her, she would definitely not be able to bear it and would ask the family for an explanation. "None of the killers who went up before have ever come down."

And Morgan VII is still alive and attended the banquet last night, which is enough to explain the fate of those killers.

They were all once top-notch players, with their reputations spread throughout the universe, but without exception they all ended up disappearing.

Until now, no one knows what was on the Laurel, or what happened to the killers before they disappeared.

"Don't worry about that, we are different."

"What's the difference?"

"Isn't this Lao Duan?"

Coyote Twelve patted Duan Mingyuan's shoulders heavily. After a series of recent events, Duan Mingyuan became the only human rights character with T0 copyright level that he advocated.

This is a Trisolaran who can heal you, give you buffs, and even blow up the opponent when necessary.

There is no weakness.

These four are his evaluations of Duan Mingyuan.

If this was a card-drawing and development game with a cosmic adventure theme, he would have already spent the money to draw the full-life Duan Mingyuan.

"you?"

Mocking Dove looked at Duan Mingyuan with suspicion, "Do you have a way to get off the Laurel?"

"I try my best."

Duan Mingyuan said that he had been thinking about a question just now.

Chaojiu was right. The right to define their identities lies with the Yinlian family. They could be visitors or uninvited assassins, which brings up a new problem.

If the family determined that they were assassins and issued a high-priced wanted warrant for them, then wouldn't they be at a loss if they didn't assassinate Morgan VII and got off the ship?

This thought had always troubled Duan Mingyuan, so he could only promise Xiaojiu that he would try his best not to become a real assassin.

"As much as possible?"

Mockingdove frowned. "'Promise' would be better."

Duan Mingyuan nodded and corrected, "I'll try my best to ensure it."

Mocking Dove held her forehead with her hand and then sighed deeply. She took out a communicator and stuffed it into the storage slot of Coyote Twelve's body without explanation. "Once you board the Laurel, all your external communications will most likely be blocked. If you encounter danger on the ship, find a way to dig a hole in it and use this to contact me."

"But then you'd become our accomplice..."

"I have my own way."

Mocking Dove said, "The time is tonight. I will then use the space launch bay to drop you into the interior of the Laurel... Don't die up there."

(End of this chapter)

Chapter 285 The Art of War

Before this, Duan Mingyuan had never participated in a boarding battle. He had only seen this type of combat in some fantasy works.

In the words of Coyote Twelve, mastering boarding warfare is a basic quality for every Space Marine in this era. Both the Universal Company and the Chamber of Commerce have established military academies on the planets under their jurisdiction. Boarding warfare is a compulsory course every semester, and it is also the fastest way for every soldier to be promoted.

Almost every boarding warfare master he knew eventually became an officer, and those whose names did not leave behind almost all died in the process of boarding warfare.

Because this is one of the tactics with the highest mortality rate on the battlefield.

When the aircraft is dropped onto the enemy ship with all one's effort, the soldiers boarding the ship are no different from the suicide squad - facing the enemy's elite in an unknown environment and engaging in a head-on fight with the enemy, this requires not only extremely strong individual combat capabilities, but also tremendous courage.

The Admiral mentioned in his book The Art of War that boarding is a game for the brave.

This book was found by Duan Mingyuan on the main ship of Chaojiu, the Ling Xia. It is also an introductory book on boarding battles recommended by Chaojiu. This book describes the records of more than thirty boarding battles experienced by the admiral and his troops. Their opponents included space pirates, rebels, and even mutated ships on the Death Star, and alien creatures such as the Leviathan.

She spoke highly of the Admiral, calling him a living legend on the battlefield today.

One of Chaojiu's life ideals is to have a spectacular board-hopping battle with this legendary enemy to decide who is the real board-hopping expert between the company and the tough Eastern Front line man.

It's a pity that after getting the title of "Admiral", this battlefield legend was recalled to the headquarters of the Iron Guard Consortium. His last battle dates back to more than 20 years ago. At that time, Mockingbird's fleet had not yet grown strong and he had no chance to confront the opponent head-on.

As for the current Iron Guard Consortium...

It's completely rotten.

When recommending "The Art of War" to Duan Mingyuan, Chaojiu mentioned the recent battle between the United Front and the Iron Guard Consortium. Despite being completely inferior in manpower and equipment, they head-on defeated the Falcon Fleet, which the Iron Guard Consortium was proud of.

"It's really disappointing. Today's Falcon has become a place for company officers to gild themselves, and they can't show any decent skills at all."

Mocking Dove paused and explained to Duan Mingyuan, "The Falcon is an elite unit created by the Admiral. The original Falcon was a vanguard boat on the front line and has grown to its current size. During the Admiral's golden age, the Falcon's reputation was known to everyone. But now they have become a group of cowards who can only fight to overwhelm the enemy. Their commander actually retreated during the boarding battle."

Time passed unknowingly and it was late at night. The chaos in the Gear Hotel finally calmed down. Before boarding the "Spirit Box", Coyote Twelve strengthened the patrols of the hotel and implemented a curfew, informing every director and entourage to stay in their rooms and not go out.

Duan Mingyuan could see that Chaojiu was very disappointed with the Iron Guard Consortium. She almost devalued the company's current fleet to nothing, but this might be the truth.

The news that the Iron Guard Group was losing ground on the United Front spread throughout the universe, and the company once again lost face.

It took Mockingjay and her fleet less than a month to drive the Iron Guard out of the star zone where the United Front was located.

People on various planets are gradually realizing that the dominance of Universe Corporation is fading, and the recent news is not favorable to them.

"I heard that you are a newcomer to boarding battles, so I told you this."

Mocking Dove On the eve of departure, Mocking Dove came to the waiting room and said, "The Art of War contains all the techniques for boarding, but on a real battlefield, only the fearless can win."

This is the crux of the Iron Guard Consortium’s current situation.

Although the new generation of Falcons are elites selected by the consortium from various planets and have systematically learned a lot of knowledge, they have never actually fought in any real war.

Not to mention launching a boarding battle against the enemy with a fear of death, just facing the rebels boarding the ship on the main battlefield was enough to make them fall into chaos.

"Only courage can keep you alive."

"Cowboy Bebop is fearless."

Coyote Twelve checked his revolver and said easily.

The Ranger had earned his reputation through interstellar wars, and he was no rookie.

So, their eyes turned to Duan Mingyuan, who was still studying hard when he was about to jump. This made Chaojiu worried about their future - still reading books on the battlefield, he was no different from those recruits in the Iron Guard Consortium who liked to talk about war on paper.

"I try my best."

Duan Mingyuan gave the same answer again.

After all, this was the first boarding battle in his life, and he was studying hard so that he wouldn't act like a joke later.

"Lend me this book for a while, and I'll return it to you when I come back."

Duan Mingyuan put away "The Art of War".

The Lingxie was equipped with the most advanced space-jumping device available today. This technology originally belonged to the Universal Company, but it became her trophy in an interception battle.

The advantage of space folding technology is that it eliminates the process of launching. "The Art of War" mentioned that the main casualties in boarding battles occurred in the folding process. In past wars, it was considered a success if half of the ten launch bays could successfully board the enemy's ship.

He and Coyote Twelve entered the space jump sequence under the guidance of Mocking Dove. When the transmission device started to work, the space in front became distorted, and everything in front of them seemed to be caught in a vortex.

The disadvantage of this type of warp is that it will cause the warp target to experience a brief dizziness after "landing".

Fortunately, the guards on the Laurel were unaware of their arrival, and no one was "guarding" them at the other end of the ship when the jump was completed.

When the vision in front of him became clear again, Duan Mingyuan was able to see the entire picture of the Laurel.

They were in a dark corridor.

The moment they boarded the ship, an ominous feeling enveloped them.

"18. The 18th."

A man's mumbling could be heard from the darkness beside me.

This was not the luxurious ship for the upper class as Duan Mingyuan had imagined, but more like a prison.

On both sides of them were locked prisons.

“This place is a bit spooky.”

Coyote Twelve turned on the lighting device he carried with him. He never expected that there would be such a place on the Laurel.

"I*!"

He shone the light towards the source of the sound, and when he saw the object that was muttering to itself, he couldn't help but curse.

It is not a human being that is imprisoned in the prison, but a device.

There was a head in the device, and only a head was left.

The device pried open the skull's eyes, but even though the eyes were already bloodshot, the skull was unable to blink.

The pair of bloodshot eyes stared at them intently, and he just kept repeating the same sentence, "18th, the 18th, you are the 18th."

(End of this chapter)

Chapter 286 Boarding the Ship

"This man is the Galactic Assassin, Ava-Jo!"

Coyote Twelve recognized the head in the device. This half-dead-looking thing had previously been offered a bounty of more than 20 billion shells by Universal Company and was known as one of the most dangerous killers in the universe.

Ava-Jo's hometown was destroyed by "cocooning". As a survivor of his home planet, the company called his method shadow energy. Shadow energy gave them unparalleled concealment and assassination techniques. On the eve of the planet's "cocooning", Al-Jo's planet was also called the home of killers.

“I didn’t expect that he would end up here!”

The first discovery after boarding the ship was not a good sign. The head of the former legendary assassin was actually collected like a trophy.

It seems the rumors are true.

It is true that some desperate people boarded the Laurel in order to become famous, and without exception, they died on it.

"Ava-Joe? Is he famous?"

Duan Mingyuan asked.

"More than famous? This man has assassinated three company directors, the Strategic Investment Department, the Market Assessment Department, and the Space Relations Coordination Department. He sneaked into the main ships where these departments were located alone, killed the targets, and then left without anyone noticing. He always left a unique bullet next to the body."

When Coyote Twelve knew all this, he was still listed as a member of the long-branch committee of Universal Company.