Chapter 287: Chapter 206: Boarding the Ship

"This person is a galaxy assassin, Ava-Joe!"

Earth Wolf Twelve recognized the head in the device, this thing that seemed half-dead was once bountied by Universe Company for over 2 billion Bei, acclaimed as one of the most dangerous assassins in the universe.

The homeland of Ava-Joe was destroyed by "Cocoon" transformation, and as a survivor of his mother planet, the company described his methods as Shadow Energy. Shadow Energy endowed them with unparalleled stealth and assassination techniques. On the eve of the planet’s "Cocoon" transformation, the planet where Al-Joe resided was also known as the home of assassins.

"Who would have thought he would end up here in the end!"

The first discovery after boarding the ship wasn’t a good omen at all; the legendary assassin’s head had been collected like a trophy.

It seems the rumors are true.

Indeed, some notorious fugitives boarded the Laurel to make a name for themselves, and then they all died on board without exception.

"Ava-Joe? Is he very famous?"

Duan Mingyuan asked.

"More than famous? This man has assassinated three company directors: the Strategic Investment Department, the Market Assessment Department, and the Universal Relations Coordination Department. Moreover, he infiltrated these departments’ main ships all by himself, killed the targets, and then slipped away undetected. He always left a unique bullet beside the bodies."

When Earth Wolf Twelve learned about these, he was still on the list of the Long Branch Committee of Universe Company.

Ava-Joe was the most troublesome old adversary of the Long Branch Guard. Assassins always appeared and disappeared mysteriously, attacking at the most unexpected times, never giving them a chance for a direct confrontation.

He continued, "He was an individualist assassin. It is said that he didn’t kill for money, only for targets he deemed challenging."

Clearly, in his last operation the master assassin took Morgan VII, the family head of the Silver Lotus Family, as his target. Then, on the Laurel, he ended his legendary life.

Duan Mingyuan then discovered that Ava-Joe’s memories were extremely fragmented, like a shattered jigsaw puzzle, leaving only pieces without any logical connection.

He could only vaguely see one evening when Ava-Joe, just like them, boarded the Laurel.

He disregarded the strange collection of heads in the prison, concealed in the shadows, evaded the servants and guards of the Laurel, and made his way straight to Morgan VII’s room.

Morgan VII now lived in the digital world, the connecting device was placed in his main bedroom.

This ship was the very place Morgan VII was born, and one of the few main ships that had escaped Flashing Star.

Ava-Joe found the connecting device in the main bedroom as he wished, and saw Morgan VII as he wished.

But after that, his memory cut off.

Not stripped away, but rather his brain instinctively forgot what happened afterward due to intense pain and despair.

In the end, he arrived here—his new home.

Morgan VII didn’t kill him; he treated every assassin as a collectible, placing them in devices within the prison. To Morgan VII, this place didn’t seem to be a prison but rather his exhibition room.

The exhibition room displayed the universe’s most dangerous criminals.

And now, Al-Wa was sending a warning to Duan Mingyuan and Earth Wolf Twelve with his broken consciousness, believing that the two would become Morgan VII’s 17th and 18th collectibles.

"The route is found."

Duan Mingyuan ignored Ava-Joe’s warning, extracting the route to the main bedroom from the other’s fragmented memories, and reminded, "There must be a very powerful security personnel on this ship."

"How powerful? More powerful than the Long Branch Guard?"

The Interstellar Cowboy jested optimistically, he had once been on the Long Branch Committee and knew quite a few bigwigs.

However, Earth Wolf Twelve turned his head and gave it some serious thought, but immediately, he couldn’t feel optimistic anymore.

The galaxy assassin that even the Long Branch Guard couldn’t handle had been turned into a head by the ship’s security personnel, stuck in a device for more than a decade.

He gripped his revolver tightly and couldn’t help feeling a bit apprehensive, "What’s the plan now?"

In fact, their original intention for boarding the Laurel wasn’t the same as for these collected heads; they were there to investigate the Gear Hotel incident, and professionally speaking, they were detectives, not assassins.

But now when he thought back to their time on the Mocking Pigeon’s main ship, they had discussed a lot about bravery and techniques in jumping factions, but they completely forgot to devise any actions related to their identity as detectives.

He and Mocking Pigeon were both rough men, not skilled in this type of meticulous work.

"Usually, we should avoid the servants, security personnel, and surveillance, and spread out to investigate in different areas of the flagship, but we know nothing about the Laurel."

Mingyuan said.

Conducting an investigation in an unfamiliar place, the most likely result was not only a failure to uncover anything but also being discovered by the ship’s security personnel in the end.

It was a waste of time, and the goal wasn’t achieved, undoubtedly the choice that maximized the loss.

"These failures show one thing, in fact, the moment we boarded the ship, we should have already been spotted by the ship’s security personnel."

This was also the cruel sense of humor of those security personnel.

They seemed to quite enjoy giving the would-be assassins the chance to get close to Morgan VII, and just when the assassins thought they had almost succeeded, to douse their hopes and throw them into an abyss of despair.

So Mingyuan came to a conclusion, "If that’s the case, let’s just go directly to Morgan VII and ask outright."

"You want to go straight to Morgan VII?"

Earth Wolf Twelve was stunned, he knew Mingyuan was unconventional, but he could never have guessed that he would come up with such a crude and simple strategy.

Thinking back, when they were on Fortress Number, Mingyuan also casually strolled into the captain’s cabin and then just took out Actus.

"This is the most efficient way, and Morgan VII probably won’t have any objections either."

The Shan Clan always carried the maxim "time is money" on their lips; Mingyuan guessed that for someone like Morgan VII, his time was far more precious than that of ordinary people, and the passing of each minute and second must generate wealth beyond imagination.

Mingyuan didn’t want to occupy more of the other party’s time for earning money or resting.

Al-Qiao used his much-vaunted stealth ability to avoid the Laurel’s servants, but it turned out that even this was a superfluous act.

With that thought, Mingyuan directly pushed open the door at the end of the "prison."

Hearing the noise from behind, two girls dressed as maids at the door looked at him and Earth Wolf Twelve with surprise.

He approached them proactively and asked amiably, "Is your master’s bedroom in this direction?"

The maids nodded their heads in silent affirmation.

"Thank you."

After thanking them, Mingyuan gestured with his eyes for Earth Wolf Twelve to follow.

—"You see, they have no objections."

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