Chapter 287 Central Figure
Xiao Zhen tiptoed to the screen and watched what was happening outside.
"I thought of a wonderful word to describe your current situation." said Mr. Cat, who was squatting nearby.
"What?"
"Coward."
“…”
"Are you so afraid of facing your nominal father?"
"I'm not scared!" Xiao Zhen emphasized, "I'm just avoiding some inexplicable trouble."
"Coward."
"You can shut up now."
"Aren't you afraid that your father might suspect Captain Madara?"
"Because chickens all look the same!" Xiao Zhen said, "My father will just think that this talking chicken looks like my chicken. So there is no problem at all."
“Tsk tsk.”
Outside the landing craft, everyone was glaring at the Chicken, no, Captain Ban.
The rather proud chicken looked around at everyone, and then it ran to Yan An, "I'm glad you're okay, now follow me..." But Yan An did not answer it. He walked quickly to the landing craft, walked around to the front of the landing craft, bent down to check something.
At this time, due to the crazy way this landing craft entered, half of the auction venue had been reduced to ruins. He bent down and looked around, his expression anxious.
"What are you looking for?" Captain Madara asked.
Although Yan An wanted to ask why this chicken, which looked like his pet chicken, could speak, considering the incredible experience of the past year and the situation he was facing now, it didn't seem strange that the chicken could speak. He said, "Is this ship yours?"
"That's about right. I'm here to pick you up."
"Pick me up? No, no, no, can you move the boat back a bit?" Yan An's eyes never left the bottom of the boat. "There's someone under your boat."
"What?"
"You just ran over a thief," added a guest.
Captain Madara said, "Ah this."
At the same time, Xiao Zhen in the landing craft held his head and wailed. Mr. Cat said sinisterly, "Congratulations on creating a new murder case when you reunited with your father."
"Don't talk like it has nothing to do with you!"
"Who was it that anxiously urged Captain Madara to drive directly into the meeting place?"
"It's Captain Madara's ship!" Xiao Zhen said simply.
"Captain Madara is almost in tears for his friendship with you."
Outside the ship, Captain Madara was facing the urging of the crowd.
"That man is still under the hull." Yan An said to Captain Ban anxiously, "Can you move the boat back?"
One of the guests said: "To be honest, I think this thief has turned into a tartare pie."
"Considering the tonnage of this ship, it should be pancakes," said another guest.
Captain Ban glanced at Yan An's anxious expression and waved his wings towards the boat.
The roar of the engine sounded again, air waves rolled in the room, and the landing craft dragged its heavy hull backwards a few meters.
There were broken glass, lamps, wall tiles and various construction debris on the ground.
However, the only thing that was not crushed into a meat-paste pancake was Gold Finger Kadolo, or in other words, there was no human corpse.
Yan An rushed forward, his feet on the ruins, his hands picking at the debris on the ground. The ground was still warm from the friction of the landing craft. No, there was no trace of the Golden Finger Kadolo, including the box, there was no debris of the box, it had disappeared like the thief.
The guests also rushed over. They searched even more carefully than Yan An, but there was nothing at the place where Kadoro had originally been except various building fragments.
"I remember he was here just now." Yan An murmured.
"He's gone," Captain Madara said.
Yan An said to the guests in front of him: "The great thief Kadolo and Barlit's secret collection disappeared together."
The atmosphere in the venue became extremely solemn, and the guests were whispering to each other.
The first president of the underground gang in the Semio galaxy shouted, "It was teleportation! He teleported away the moment the spaceship rushed in!!"
"But this auction venue has a shielded transmission setting to prevent thieves."
"Maybe he used some other means."
This explanation was immediately accepted by everyone.
"Yes, he ran away! "
"He ran away with the treasure!!"
"This damn thief!! He stole Barlett's treasure!"
Unfair discussions rose and fell in the auction hall, and the faces of these alien guests were full of anger. People used words to vent their hatred for Golden Finger Kadolo, as if this thief had taken away all their dreams in an instant. Yan An swore that this was the most foul language he had heard from all kinds of alien races since he arrived on the alien planet.
Captain Ban jumped to Yan An's side and said, "Looking at this situation, our ship should not have run over anyone."
"It seems so."
"Then follow me now. I'm here to pick you up." Captain Madara said.
"Who are you?" Yan An blurted out before he realized that the other person was not a human but a chicken. However, he did not have the time to change his words. "Why did you come to pick me up?"
Captain Madara didn't answer him. He looked around. "Where is Principal Wu who was with you? Where is he?"
Hearing this, Yan An exclaimed, but before he could go find Principal Wu, he was surrounded by guests again.
The first person to appear in front of Yan An was Investigator Aiji. He waved the Eye of Supervision badge in his hand and said, "Mr. Yan An, I am Investigator Aiji from the Fifth Court of the Eye of Supervision. I need to investigate the stolen collection. Please come with me."
"This." Yan An's heart was immediately alarmed when he heard the name of the Eye of Supervision. "No need to bother you. Since it's been stolen, let it go." This was Yan An's true words. After confirming that the treasure was lost, he inexplicably felt a sense of relief.
The other party was not relenting. "Mr. Yan An, this stolen item is a dangerous good that is subject to level 3 supervision. We must understand the relevant details, please cooperate."
It's the same tone again. The past of being robbed a year ago came to Yan An's mind again. What are you going to do this time? I don't want to cooperate at all. He complained in his heart.
Investigator Lu Xuela also squeezed in. "I am Investigator Lu Xuela from the Third Court of the Eye of Supervision. According to the court's authority over dangerous goods, we should be responsible for this theft case. Mr. Yan An, we are the ones you should cooperate with."
"The thief Kadolo is the wanted person of our Fifth Court. Mr. Yan An should go with us."
"No, according to the level of this dangerous goods theft case, it should be our Third Court that is responsible."
"Yes, come with us," said Investigator Akey.
"Yes, come with us," said Investigator Lucela.
"It's with us!"
"Yan An is ours!"
Investigator Lu Xuela and Investigator Aiki glared at each other. They first argued that they had the right to take Yan An away, and then fiercely accused the other party of overstepping their authority and violating regulations. In the ears of the surrounding guests, the conversation between the two was in a state of repeated spiraling.
It's fucking familiar. Yan An couldn't help but ask, "Are you going to play Mission Impossible tricks on each other again?"
"What are you talking about?" Lucilla and Aggie, who were arguing, asked at the same time.
At this time, another alien interrupted, "Mr. Yan An, in terms of the efficiency of recovering stolen goods, you can consider the Security Committee." The man showed Yan An his ID, "I am Inspector Camuro of the Security Committee."
"There's nothing to do with the Security Committee here!" Lucilla and Aiki said at the same time.
"During the time you were arguing, we had already missed the best opportunity to track down Gold Finger Kadolo." Inspector Camuro stood beside Yan An, "But this is not surprising. It fits your usual short-sighted and impulsive style."
Lu Xuela sneered: "Haha, Inspector, you were sitting closest to Golden Finger Kadolo just now. You had every chance to stop Kadolo's plot, but it is obvious that your reaction ability is far inferior to your mouth."
Aiji agreed: "This is also consistent with the style of the Safety Committee's usual waste of handling cases."
Inspector Camuro was unusually calm: "Didn't you realize that Mr. Yan An had no intention of going with you?" He turned to look at Yan An, "Mr. Yan An, please don't trust the Eye of Supervision. The Safety Committee is your final..."
Before he finished speaking, Commander Lan Xin interrupted and said, "Mr. Yan An should go with us."
Investigator Lucela, Aiki and Inspector Camuro shouted at the same time: "There is no Galactic Fleet here!!"
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"@#?%@#%!"
"#?%@#?%!"
"&$⊙……%Y?!"
As they were caught up in an endless quarrel, Captain Ban raised his wing and quietly pulled Yan An, "Uh, I think we can go now."
"I have to act together with Principal Wu." Yan An said cautiously, "And I don't know which side you are on..."
"Don't worry, I'll send you back to Laura. We can look for Principal Wu later."
At this time, Investigator Lu Xuela noticed the sneaky movements of Captain Ban and Yan An. She took a look at the hull of the ship and turned to ask Captain Ban: "Are you from the First Court?"
"I'm an outsourced employee." Captain Madara replied.
"This Homo sapiens has been taken over by the Third Court. Please leave immediately, First Court!"
"If you could first deal with the quarreling people next to you, this statement would be more convincing."
Investigator Lucela scoffed, "The man you were trying to sneak away obviously no longer trusts you."
Captain Ban turned his head and saw Yan An quickly stepped back a few steps and kept a certain distance from it. After hearing that this chicken was also a member of the Eye of Supervision, his eyes were full of distrust.
“…”
(Your father doesn't trust me anymore.) Captain Madara quickly connected with Xiao Zhen on the ship. (What should I do now?)
"..." Xiao Zhen looked at the chaos in the auction venue centered on Yan An on the screen. He turned his head and glanced at Mr. Cat.
Mr. Cat is licking his paw.
"What on earth happened here before we came here!" Xiao Zhen shouted.
As soon as he finished speaking, there was a loud bang, and the room shook. In the sparks of electric arcs, glass fragments fell like snowflakes.
Another landing craft crashed into the auction venue.
The ground shook from the impact. The auction venue was completely reduced to ruins. People retreated in panic. Construction dust flew everywhere. The auction host shouted, "What happened this time?!"
The door of the landing craft opened, and Commander Page and Inspector General Mars walked out of the gray fog one after another.
Captain Madara: "Oh no."
Xiao Zhen: “…”
