Chapter 292: The Job (1/2)

Chapter 292: The Job

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Sang Fan and the rest remained at ease, sitting with their eyes closed. Old Chief Guo was secretly impressed by these mysterious mech pilots. They had the looks of a world class pilot, at least in terms of patience. Old Chief Guo had seen Sang Fan’s true face. By his judgment, the young man and their leader had a deep relationship. Of course, the seasoned Old Chief Guo acted accordingly.

The door of the commission center opened. Everyone looked up, and immediately perked up. The mech pilots loitering about the main lobby of the commission center may not be on the same level as the Sang tribe members in terms of strength, but they had a much sharper eye for customers. They knew from the behaviour and clothing of the three people entering the lobby that they were rich.

Business time! The slacking mech pilots immediately picked themselves up and rushed forward, offering multitudes of flattery. Only Old Chief Guo, Sang Fan and company did not move. Old Chief Guo took a glance at the three and immediately ignored them. As for the rest, they did not even open their eyes.

Of the three who came, one was a beautiful and genial lady. She was surrounded by the most prospectors.

The three were Mi Qi, Mu Si and Uncle Yun. While they were unhappy with the way the Papatte mech squad treated them, they did not have much of a choice. Hence, they came to have a look anyway.

Mi Qi frowned in distaste; Mi Su wore her usual thin smile; Uncle Yun adopted a flat expression. He took a step forward and tactfully pushed outwards. The gathering crowd immediately felt huge pressure, and quickly stepped back.

Old Chief Guo whistled softly at the performance. He could see that the middle-aged man’s move was smart and powerful. While he did not know how it worked, it was undeniably an ingenious way of controlling one’s strength.

Sang Fan and others opened their eyes simultaneously and took a quick glance at the middle-aged man, but quickly shut their eyes again. To them, the technique was ingenious, but not very particularly useful.

The other mech pilots might not be the cream of the crop, but they were seasoned enough. By the looks of the middle-aged man standing in front of the young man and lady, they knew that all hope was lost, and retreated with resignation.

Mi Qi looked around the lobby, and began to approach Old Chief Guo. Old Chief Guo and his company were standing out too much, being the only ones who did not act on their arrival. Besides, the three people with silver masks on would be conspicuous anyway in this small lobby.

Uncle Yun’s eyes gleamed the moment they landed with Sang Fan and the other two. He quickly went to Mi Qi and whispered to his ear, ”Careful, my lord, the three masked people are strong!”

Mi Qi paused in his advance, startled. He was familiar with Uncle Yun’s strength. The man rarely described people as strong, not since Mi Qi was young. As such, he was surprised that Uncle Yun would call all three of the masked people as strong! However, he quickly recovered himself. Wasn’t this exactly what they needed? A mech squad that could enlist three capable combat experts must be good.

Compared to mech pilots, combat experts were less helpful. Hence, in any mech squad, hiring combat experts would not be their top priority. They were often hired only when the mech squad could afford extra manpower.

Old Chief Guo stood up. Sang Fan and the others immediately opened their eyes and took a few seemingly casual steps that brought them around Old Chief Guo, surrounding him in the center. Ye Chong’s orders were for them to protect Guo Ren.

”Is this the Papatte Mech Squad?” Mi Qi asked. The group was too easy to recognize. Their silver masks were exactly as Sister Qing had told him.

Old Chief Guo replied with a laugh, ”Yes, it is. And who might you be, sirs and lady?”

Mi Qi smiled softly in his soothing aristocratic demeanor. ”We are the client who contacted you this morning.”

”Oh,” Old Chief Guo was surprised, but quickly gathered himself. ”Haha, so it’s a customer, please forgive me.”

Mi Qi decided then and there to hire the Papatte Mech Squad. From the man’s behaviour, he was certain that the mech squad was worth more than half a star.

The trio in masks stood steadfast, their eyes still as cold as before.

Two Collisions escorted three full-skeleton transport vessels to the docking station. 30 Sang tribe members came out of the vessel. These were the people Ye Chong sent to Archipelago earlier. They brought with them plenty of mildstones, necessary for the Collisions. Mildstones could be used for a long time, but they were a one-time energy source, unlike the rechargeable energy cells. While the mildstones they had now were not exhausted yet, it was never too early to prepare for the eventuality.

The leading villager reported to Ye Chong, ”Village Head asked to relay to you, sir, to not worry about the village. The steelbats showed no signs of returning. The village is doing well. Three goods transport vessels were built, and we’ve brought them all here. We brought 30 thousand mildstones, a thousand Collision parts of all sorts, and some lavagold pieces.”

”I see, good job, please have some rest.”

”Yes sir!” The 30 men answered respectfully and left.

The 30 thousand mildstones were quickly dispersed amongst the battalion members. The Collision mech parts and lavagold pieces were stored in the underground depository. The fact that all those lavagold could be sold for alot brought a faint smile to Ye Chong’s grim face.

Just then, the comms device beeped. Old Chief Guo came on the holographic screen.

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In the end, Ye Chong accepted the request to escort three clients safely to planet of Ling Yuan. The sky high remuneration offered had made Ye Chong, desperate for money, accept the job without thinking too much.

10 million credits! That was enough to buy basic equipment for a thousand Collisions! Ye Chong even considered capturing the three clients and see if he could make them offer more! Of course, that was only an impulsive thought. He was still reasonable. If they offered such a large reward, they must come from some influential background. This was not the time to make enemies with a powerful organization, unless he wanted to return to Archipelago straight away.