Great, I'm surrounded by villains.

Ava-Jo is the most troublesome old rival of Nagaeda Konoe. The assassin is always elusive and will strike at all unexpected times, never leaving them a chance to fight head-on.

He went on to say, "He was a maverick assassin who was said to kill not for money but only those he considered challenging."

Apparently in his last action, the master assassin targeted Morgan VII, the head of the Silver Lotus family, and then ended his legendary life on the Laurel.

Duan Mingyuan discovered that Ava-Jo's memory was extremely disordered. His memory was like a broken puzzle, with only fragments that had no logical connection left.

He could only vaguely see that one night, Ava-Jo, like them, boarded the Laurel.

He ignored the strange collection of human heads in the prison, hid in the shadows, dodged the servants and guards of the Laurel, and made his way to the room where Morgan VII was.

Morgan VII now lives in the digital world, and the connection device is installed in his master bedroom.

This ship is where Morgan VII was born, and it was also one of the several flagships that escaped from the Flashing Star at that time.

Ava-Jo found the connection device in the master bedroom as he wished, and met Morgan VII as he wished.

But after that, his memory was interrupted.

It was not because he was stripped away, but the pain and despair were so intense that his brain instinctively forgot what happened afterwards.

Finally, he came here - his new home.

Morgan VII did not kill him. He treated each assassin as a collection and placed them in a device in the prison. To Morgan VII, this place did not seem to be a prison, but his exhibition room.

Exhibited in this exhibition room are the most dangerous criminals in the entire universe.

And now, Al-Wa was using his broken consciousness to warn Duan Mingyuan and Coyote Twelve, believing that the two would become the 17th and 18th collections of Morgan VII.

"We have found the route."

Duan Mingyuan ignored Ava-Joe's warning and extracted the route to the master bedroom from his shattered memory. He reminded, "There should be a very powerful security guard on this ship."

"How powerful is he? More powerful than Nagaeda Konoe?"

This optimistic Cowboy Bebop jokes that he was on the Long Branch Committee and knows a lot of big shots.

However, when Coyote Twelve thought about it carefully, he was no longer optimistic.

The Galactic Assassin, who Nagaeda Konoe could not deal with, was turned into a head by the security personnel on the ship and stayed in the device for more than ten years.

He gripped the revolver tightly, feeling somewhat uneasy, "What's the plan now?"

In fact, their original intention of logging on the Laurel was different from the collection of human heads. They came to investigate the changes in the Gear Hotel. Professionally speaking, they were detectives rather than assassins.

But now thinking back, they had discussed a lot about courage and boarding techniques aboard the Mockingbird's ship, but had forgotten to make any plans for the detective's role.

He and Mockingbird were both rough men and were not good at this kind of delicate work.

"Normally, we should avoid servants, security personnel, and surveillance and investigate various areas on the flagship, but we know nothing about the situation on the Laurel."

Duan Mingyuan said.

The most likely outcome of launching an investigation in an unfamiliar place is that not only will no results be found, but that the group will eventually be discovered by the security personnel on the ship.

Not only does it waste time, but it also fails to achieve the goal. This is undoubtedly the option that maximizes losses.

"These failures show one thing. In fact, we should have been discovered by the security personnel on the ship the moment we boarded the ship."

This is also the bad taste of those security personnel.

They seemed to enjoy giving assassins the opportunity to get close to Morgan VII, and to extinguish their hopes when they thought they were about to succeed, plunging them into the abyss of despair.

Therefore, Duan Mingyuan came to the conclusion, "In this case, let's go directly to Morgan VII to find out the truth."

"You want to ask Morgan VII directly?"

Coyote Twelve was stunned. He knew that Duan Mingyuan was a maverick, but he never thought that he would come up with such a simple and crude plan.

Looking back, when he was on the Fortress, Duan Mingyuan also strolled into the captain's room alone, and then took care of Actus.

"This is the most efficient way. Morgan VII should have no objection."

The Semites always say "time is money". Duan Mingyuan guessed that for someone like Morgan VII, his time was much more valuable than that of ordinary people. Every minute and every second that passed would generate unimaginable wealth.

Duan Mingyuan didn't want to take up too much of the other person's time to make money or rest.

Al-Jochen used his proud hiding ability to avoid the servants on the Laurel, but it turned out to be a unnecessary act.

Thinking of this, Duan Mingyuan directly pushed open the door at the end of the "prison".

Hearing the noise behind them, two girls in maid uniforms at the door cast surprised looks at him and Coyote Twelve at the same time.

He took the initiative to greet the two people and asked in a friendly manner, "Is your master's bedroom in this direction?"

The maids nodded reluctantly.

"Thank you."

After expressing his thanks, Duan Mingyuan signaled with his eyes that Coyote Twelve should follow him.

——"You see, they all have no objection."

(End of this chapter)

Chapter 287: Peace

Coyote Twelve felt that this was neither an assassination nor an undercover investigation.

They walked in the corridors of the Laurel with swagger, and had leisure time to appreciate the scenery along the way - this flagship carried the heavy history of the Shan people, and the walls on both sides of the residential area were neatly arranged with oil paintings, which showed the successive heads of the Silver Lotus family and some members of the clan who promoted the development of the Shanqi Chamber of Commerce.

To be displayed in the corridor of the Laurel in this way was a supreme honor for the Semites.

As if to avoid unnecessary disputes and sacrifices, the two did not encounter any security personnel along the way. Duan Mingyuan extended his sincere greetings to the servants who worked hard on the ship.

This is a large ship, and daily maintenance of the ship is not easy, and he does not want to cause trouble for these hardworking servants.

It took them half an hour to reach the master bedroom. They passed through the energy center, banquet hall, and library in turn, and finally arrived at the residence of the ship owner.

It is said that every patriarch of the Silver Lotus family spent their entire lives here. Compared with their predecessors, Morgan VII was an innovator. He never married or had children in his life, but continued his life in the digital world. In another virtual world, Morgan VII gained nearly eternal life.

But there are also rumors that Morgan VII was handsome and wealthy when he was young, and had many romantic affairs. He had more than a dozen illegitimate children, and in order to appease them, the family had to pay a considerable sum of money every year.

Coyote Twelve had heard many rumors about Morgan VII during the interstellar voyage, and they talked about them all the way. When the two arrived at the door of the master bedroom, the interstellar cowboy was talking about Isaac Morgan. Legend has it that the galactic assassin Ava Joe was hired by Morgan VII's illegitimate son.

Within the family, not everyone was happy to see Morgan VII always sitting on the position of head of the family.

Out of politeness, Duan Mingyuan knocked on the master bedroom door.

There were footsteps behind the door, and soon the butler, who had met them in the banquet hall before, opened the door for them.

"The master has been waiting for you two for a long time."

The butler was prepared for the arrival of the two people and he brought them into the conference room.

Usually only powerful Shemites can come here. Countless major events that could influence the future of the universe have been decided in this room.

There was the image of Morgan VII, dressed in a well-dressed suit, like a gentleman from the last century.

The image is played from a small box.

In fact, if those legendary assassins in the "prison" were more informed, they would understand that their assassinations were meaningless.

Because this small box is just a "player" used to project Morgan VII's consciousness in the digital world into reality, destroying the box will not cause any harm to Morgan VII, and the family can mass-produce countless identical boxes at any time.

The real problem was that no one except Morgan VII and his most trusted scientific team knew how to enter the digital virtual world - not even his complicated relatives.

"Normally, I won't meet anyone outside of my family here, but for you, Mr. Duan Mingyuan, I'm willing to make an exception."

Morgan VII said.

The butler retreated to the door, closed the door of the conference room and locked it.

"So, what made you take such a risk and use the warp method to get to my ship?"

"Something happened in the Gear Hotel today. The director and his entourage were affected by some kind of energy and became irritable and aggressive. Our professional security chief, Mr. Coyote Twelve, believes that this energy is most likely from the Laurel."

Duan Mingyuan also went straight to the point.

When the topic was thrown to Coyote Twelve, he was stunned for a long time.

Coyote Twelve thought that he was the most straightforward person, but he found that Duan Mingyuan's way of talking was even more direct than his.

There were no pleasantries or indirect attacks, but the finger was pointed directly at Morgan VII, implying that he and the Laurel had tampered with the Gear Hotel.

This is a serious accusation.

Morgan VII looked at Coyote XII and could only bite the bullet and say, "Indeed, we have sufficient reason to suspect that it was the Laurel that interfered with the order of the meeting."

"Assuming that your guess is correct, I want to know what your demands are?"

Morgan VII asked.

"Please stop interfering with the summit immediately and let it proceed smoothly."

Duan Mingyuan said that he really hoped that Morgan VII was an open-minded person, so that many conflicts could be avoided.

Morgan VII was very surprised when he heard this. "Just that?"

Duan Mingyuan remained silent.

"Power, leverage... or at worst, I thought you would extort a large deposit from the family. I believe that if you can find some substantial evidence, there should be many news media willing to pay a high price for this explosive material."

"That's not necessary."

"You're a terrible businessman."

Morgan VII's face suddenly turned cold. He became a little angry because of disappointment. "Think about it carefully. You risked your life and owed a huge favor to the Eastern Front before you finally came to me. And all you want is for us to stop interfering with the summit."

He always believed that high risks should correspond to high returns.

Duan Mingyuan's words just now greatly disappointed Morgan VII. Not only did it expose the recklessness of these two people, but it also made him doubt his future cooperation with Duan Mingyuan and even the entire Blue Star.

A stupid partner can bring unimaginable trouble to the Chamber of Commerce, even if they have a special status.

"That's not necessary." Duan Mingyuan refused again, "This is our business."

"No, this is certainly not just your business."

Morgan VII shook his head. He hoped that the future partner of the Semites would be a wise and ambitious person.

Obviously, Duan Mingyuan did not meet his standards.

Reckless, stupid, and stubborn.

"Mr. Duan Mingyuan, I hope you understand the special nature of this meeting. For most people, meeting me once is enough to use up their good luck for a lifetime."

Morgan VII said, "Look at this room. You can get unimaginable things here."

"I've said what I want."

"Let the family stop interfering in the summit?"

Morgan VII sneered. He suddenly felt that the person in front of him was so childish that it made him want to laugh.

"You can think so."

Duan Mingyuan said, "You can also call it peace."

(End of this chapter)

Chapter 288 To the Future

So far, Duan Mingyuan is not satisfied with this trip to Jiqiao Star.

The interstellar voyage he imagined was to travel to a planet with a pleasant climate, appreciate the charm of different cultures, stay in luxury hotels, and enjoy the VIP services that are said to be the best in the universe. When they are not needed during meetings, he and Jiu Yue can visit the shops in the capital of the Mechanical Star and buy some local-style mechanisms as souvenirs.

Instead of fighting against the Curse of Flesh, Space Pirates, and now the Silver Lotus Family.

If there were "version ratings" in reality, Duan Mingyuan would give a one-star bad review without hesitation.

The only good news is that after tonight, all the troubles will be over - all the chaos so far have been caused by the high and mighty head of the Silver Lotus family in front of him. If the other party agrees to his request and no longer brings disaster to this devastated planet, their days in the future should be much better.

"……Peace."

Morgan VII repeated Duan Mingyuan's request, and his expression became much more cautious.

That's a decent request.

These two simple words are the most expensive luxury in this era. I am afraid that only those unrealistic idealists would still mention this word.

After a long moment, Morgan VII spoke, with a gleam in his eyes, "I can bring peace to this planet, but there are many other ways to achieve peace. I hope this can be our first honest business - you and me, the Semites and the Transcendents."

Coyote Twelve has had many dealings with the Semites. Whenever the Semites showed such an expression, it meant that they were about to start asking for an exorbitant price.