Chapter 20: Flanker III
"Ooooh! I got rid of them!"
Kolev shouted excitedly, turned his head to look at the empty star field behind him, his face full of pride.
The dozen or so drones began to dance in circles like headless flies.
Yang Ming also breathed a sigh of relief.
The sense of crisis brought about by this kind of space navigation cannot be overcome by being physically strong; the dozen or so drones just now have already started the shooting down program and fired a series of laser shells at them.
This type of maintenance boat does not have an energy shield, and was able to avoid that wave of attacks entirely thanks to Yang Ming's unsystematic control.
Microgravity, you can wander freely and use your imagination to go wild.
Kolev took over the square rudder and the spacecraft sped towards the designated coordinate point.
"Relax, Mate Henton! We have overcome the difficulties. In a few minutes, you will be able to see my beautiful and lovely daughter! Oh, don't have any ideas about her. I, an old man, will not indulge you."
The more Kolev spoke, the less confident he became.
The image of the guy next to him kissing someone passionately and then knocking the girl unconscious appeared in Kolev's mind.
Kolev turned his head and looked at Yang Ming warily: "You won't bewitch her, right? You need to answer me directly."
"Of course not," Yang Ming spread his hands, "I am a serious man, I guarantee it with the glory of the empire."
Kolev nodded, but then felt something was wrong.
For the time being, Yang Ming has no interest in these matters between men and women.
Survival is the first need.
Kolev glared at Yang Ming again and said, "I believe you, my dear first mate. Your body and your sneaky eyes are indeed very attractive to women, but you have to believe that pirates are not synonymous with promiscuity. I am very conservative in educating my daughter."
Yang Ming shrugged: "I promise not to look at her too much, First Officer Kolev, we are partners, she is my niece, I have to be a beast to lay hands on my own niece."
"Oh, forgive me," Kolev smiled, "This is a father's worry. Although I know she will have a partner sooner or later, I just can't bear to let her go. She is the kind of person who likes to rely on strong people."
"Kolev, how long have you been in Cole Harbor Prison?"
"Four years, probably," Kolev shook his head. "Although I was detained on purpose, the reasons were complicated. The situation was chaotic at the time. When we were purchasing a batch of equipment, the Peace Guard suddenly showed up..."
Kolev paused, his eyes showing some thought.
Yang Ming did not continue to inquire.
A faint light appeared in the air ahead .
They seemed to be sailing in a void ocean, and the faint light was the beacon guiding their direction.
"Look!"
Kolev smiled and said, "Those guys have already discovered us. Let's wait and see if they can contact us. This is also a test question. You know, when we want to rob a merchant ship, we must first hack into their system."
Yang Ming could see the unconcealable pride and satisfaction on the old man's face.
So, after waiting for two minutes, the small maintenance boat, traveling at full speed, got closer to the flashing spot.
"Oh," Kolev's face darkened. "How difficult is this? I've modified every ship. It's just a matter of pressing a few buttons, in order! Damn it! They're so slow!"
Sizzle——
A faint sound of electromagnetic interference was heard from the spacecraft's console.
"Um, ahem," a sweet female voice suddenly appeared, "This is the New Federation survey ship. We will conduct a safety search of your ship."
"Come on!" Kolev cursed. "You are so efficient!"
"dad?"
The sweet female voice became full of surprise: "Dad! Is it really you? Stop the main gun, stop! Don't lock on my dad! Dad, you actually escaped!"
There was also a , with both men and women making a mixed noise, and none of them sounded young.
"Oh! It's Captain Kolev! It's Kolev!"
"I knew it! He will come back! A peaceful prison won't hold him!"
"Hahaha! I can finally have a drink in peace tonight!"
Yang Ming muttered, "Kolev, can I ask you a question?"
"certainly."
"How old is your daughter now?"
"Twenty years old. If we follow the universal galactic age counting method, then twenty-one years old."
"In other words, when you were arrested, cough, and went to prison on your own initiative, your daughter was sixteen or seventeen years old?" Yang Ming's eyes were filled with shock.
"Yes," Kolev smiled, "I know what you're worried about, but don't worry, my daughter is a real pirate. No one is more professional than her, no one!"
The radio brought his daughter's hesitant voice:
"Dad, I may not be as good as you think. Who was that person who just spoke?"
Kolev: "My first mate."
Yang Ming: "His captain."
Kolev smiled and said, "This is my new partner. We haven't decided who will lead the other yet. But don't worry, my daughter. Since I have given the Black Dragon Pirates to you, it will not affect your prestige. I will be your most reliable consultant and will go to an unfamiliar star field to recruit new crew members."
"Dad, let's talk when you come back," the daughter's voice sounded a little guilty, "I need to report some situations to you. You continue forward and I will open the tail cabin for you."
Kolev and Yang Ming looked at each other and smiled at the same time.
Kolev's daughter does have a sweet voice.
However, he is not that young and reckless man like Hanton. How could Yang Ming let such a matter concerning his lower body affect his relationship with Kolev?
Yang Ming clicked on the small microphone on the screen in front of him so that it was covered by the red circle, which would temporarily prevent Kolev's daughter from hearing their conversation.
"Um, Kolev, you can get the gene stabilizing drug, right?" Yang Ming asked.
Kolev chuckled and said, "Of course, in a pirate group there are always one or two warriors who use genetic modification to strengthen themselves, or equip themselves with mechanical prostheses to increase their combat effectiveness.
"An old friend of mine transformed himself into a mechanical octopus. He has eight mechanical arms extending from his back, directly connected to his nerve center. He can easily suppress powerful merchant group mechanical guards. Such warriors are usually the trump cards of the pirate group... You are also my trump card, First Mate Hanton, so don't worry about these trivial matters."
"Kolev, my career plan is to be your captain."
Yang Ming corrected him and then said:
"I need to replace the gene stabilizing drug as soon as possible. This bottle of medicine has a positioning device."
"Don't worry too much about that," Kolev said. "There are two types of nano-positioning devices, those that actively emit signals and those that passively receive detection. Both types have distance limits. The universe is vast. Once you complete the transition later, no one will be able to find you."
"You are very knowledgeable, Kolev."
"It's just basic pirate stuff."
"What did you do before you became a pirate?" Yang Ming asked casually as he leaned back in his chair and closed his eyes.
Kolev sighed: "Senior fitter."
"So why did you become a pirate?"
"When you ask about other people's stories, you should also pay attention to the atmosphere, Hanton," Kolev stared at the sea of stars in front of him, his cloudy old eyes filled with memories, "If there is a choice, no one wants to become a wanted criminal..."
Yang Ming looked at the pirate ship that was getting closer and closer.
It looked a little old and covered with scars, like a sailing ship from the last century suddenly seen in the era of steel battleships.
The hundred-meter-long hull and the roughly stacked weapons and equipment all demonstrate its poor combat effectiveness.
They will be able to complete the docking in about a minute or two.
Kolev controlled the maintenance boat to continue to slow down and narrated slowly:
"When I was young, I also had a great ideal to contribute to my civilization, but ideals are just ideals after all. Corruption, drug addiction, promiscuity, the people around me are all pursuing low interests, stripping off their civilized coats and revealing their beastly nature. My first wife betrayed me in this way..."
"Kolev!"
Yang Ming's expression suddenly became a little nervous, and he stared at the starboard side.
Kolev: "I returned home that day. I went back early to celebrate our first wedding anniversary. I heard noises coming from the kitchen. I still remember the beast-like groaning. Oh, I gave her everything I could, my salary, my credit line, my circle of friends..."
"Kolev, you have to come and see!"
Yang Ming's voice became more urgent.
However, Kolev was unable to extricate himself from the painful memories.
"You know what I saw? Oh, those two women, my first wife and my female neighbor, were clinging to each other like wild dogs. My wife betrayed me like this. I never thought that the first time I would come into contact with a lunatic overdosed with drugs would be with my wife and neighbor who were naked. At that time, my childish world collapsed, you know, Hanton, at that time I...oh, what is this?"
Yang Ming raised his hand to support his forehead.
Outside the starboard window, faint ripples appeared in space, as if the void was brewing a tsunami visible to the naked eye.
This is not normal physics.
"The ripples of the jump! These are the ripples of short-distance directional jumps!" Kolev shouted.
As soon as he finished speaking, the layers of ripples suddenly dissipated, and a two-hundred-meter-long silver-white warship appeared silently in the universe. The subspace light film wrapped around the slender body quickly dissipated, and the high-energy ray main gun with an exaggerated diameter was aimed at the pirate ship not far away.
"It's a warship! This is the firepower ship of the Guel Alliance!"
Kolev's old face suddenly turned extremely pale.
"Damn it, why is there a warship here? We can't escape the range of its main guns. Oh! God! Get out of there!"
"Dad! Hurry up!" Her daughter's voice was a little panicked, "There is an ambush of warships here!"
"Calm down, Kolev, it's most likely that I have implicated you."
Yang Ming pulled the square rudder over and held it tightly with both hands.
"But Kolev, now that I'm out, I don't want to fall into their hands. I don't want to be locked up in those transparent jars, soaking in nutrient solutions of unknown composition, and spending the rest of my life with my own excrement.
"We must escape! And we can definitely escape!"
"This is crazy, Hanton," Kolev whispered, "We can't fight against regular military ships. Even if it's just a 200-meter Flanker, it's not..."
The old man paused, adjusted his breathing several times, turned his head to look at the gun barrel that seemed to be against their necks, and the pirate ship that was locked by the warship's main gun.
"I am old," Kolev said, "but I have not lost the courage to challenge the strong. From now on, I will follow your command, temporary Captain Hanton."
"Okay, temporary first officer Kolev! Speed up!"
