1437 Stupidly Stupefied (1/2)
”Who do you think you are? You think I'm going to contact someone just because you asked me to? I'm the captain of the space police force! Know your place! Officers, seize this ship,” said the captain proudly, ordering his officers to arrest Jiang Fei.
”Before you regret doing this, I suggest you give that number a call, you'll thank me later,” said Jiang Fei, before he nonchalantly left the bridge.
”Arrogant scum of society! Just because his family is rich, that doesn't mean he will be useful to society! I'll arrest your sorry arse and let you rot in jail for a couple of weeks! Let that teach you a lesson!” roared the captain.
”Captain, what should we do now?” asked another officer.
”Seize the ship like I asked you to. I want to see just how strong his background is! Hmph! He thinks he can walk over my head!” said the captain conceitedly.
He unfolded the communicator and contacted the person on the other side. As the captain pressed the communicator to his ears, the other officers exchanged worried looks.
Checking the entire ship was an impossible task, but seizing it would be easy as they were already on the bridge. Push a few buttons, flip a few switches, and the ship would be theirs to control.
Just as one of the officers was about to take a seat on the captain's chair, the communicator established a link and a second later, the captain's face turned as pale as a sheet of paper.
”I-I-I am the patrol captain of the Trade Federation Space Police. I have seized an unregistered ship that belongs to a person named Jiang Fei. He gave me this contact to solve…”
”Ack… I see…”
”I see…”
The captain repeated the same answer whilst rapidly nodding his head.
”Yes! I understand!”
”YES! THANK YOU!”
”As you command!”
…
The call ended and the captain dropped to his knees. He slowly crawled to the nearest wall and banged his head on it.
”Captain? What's going on with you?” asked the second-in-command.
The captain was panicking and the others were about to join him.
The captain muttered nonsense and could not seem to articulate a proper sentence, ”That… he… I… GAH!”
When the communicator established a link, the person on the other side had greeted the captain as such, ”Hello. This is the Trade Federation Intergalactic Fleet Command Center. This is General Lockseed's personal secretary speaking, what can I do for you today?”
The simple greeting had rendered the captain stupefied, both figuratively and literally. He was nothing but a low-ranking officer of a patrol team, his position on Hyur was comparable to a small district patrol officer on Earth! Not even a cop with a gun and badge! The other officers under him would not even qualify to wear a uniform.
It was too late for regret now. He should have done his job properly, instead of trying to pull nasty tricks on innocent passersby. But then again, he had pulled off the same trick many times without ever getting caught before!
But alas, how could he know Jiang Fei's real background? Argh… to think that just for a few coins, he had dug himself a grave so deep that not even a black hole could match it.
He had no idea what to do now. All he could do was wrap his hands around his legs and stare, stupefied, at his other officers.
”Captain, what should we do?”
”Captain! Please tell us!”
”Captain!”
…
One by one, the officers cried out, begging for their captain to give them an order.