Chapter 744: Hunter's Pretense Incident
In the dormitory of the logistics base on the 43rd Life Planet in the Imperial Capital.
The cramped dormitory was made of matte grey metal, with bunk beds for four people, and the air was filled with oil and a faint fishy smell.
The holographic projection on the wall kept flickering, as if it was malfunctioning in some way.
"Hunter? It's a nice title, but I'm still used to calling you Boss Zes..." a middle-aged man with slightly gray hair sighed.
Both of his legs are mechanical prostheses, which are very different from mechanically modified bodies. Prosthetic limbs do not assist in combat, but are only used to assist in action.
"Frost, we haven't seen each other for five or six years..." The hunter held a can of alcoholic beverage in his hand, drank it all in one gulp, and sighed.
"More than six years..." Frost smiled.
"It's been so long..." The hunter shook his head and sighed. The two of them clinked their bottles and drank them all in one gulp.
"I'm sorry to have caused you trouble. After all these years, you're still just a basic maintenance worker." The hunter had mixed emotions.
The man in front of him was once one of his adjutants. In a previous battle, he was seriously injured while trying to protect him, and his lower half had to be amputated.
Although it was a serious injury, it was nothing in the interstellar age. It turned out that he could return to the battlefield after mechanized transformation.
But at this time, the Augustus incident occurred and the entire Augustus fleet was exiled.
However, the seriously injured Frost escaped the disaster and was also placed in this maintenance base.
Coming to the maintenance base is considered logistics, and it should be very lucrative.
But he was just a low-level maintenance worker and had nothing to do with the money.
"So many years have passed, it doesn't matter..." Frost didn't care at all, and said: "If you hadn't secretly sent me some star coins back then, I wouldn't even be able to install prosthetic limbs."
The hunter shook his head. Frost saved his life and he still remembered it after all these years, so he came here to see him.
A mere pair of prosthetic limbs is far from enough to repay the favor.
"By the way, I haven't asked you yet. You should still be on the entry blacklist of the Star Empire. How did you get here?" Frost asked curiously.
"Is the guard so easy to talk to, or is there any new development in the case of General Augustus?"
The hunter's eyes flickered. How did he get in here? There was a special person in charge of all matters concerning Long Zun and his party. He just gave a notification and everything went smoothly.
As for Augustus' case, if he used Li Yu's influence, he could completely clear Augustus' name.
But the key question is, what is the point of doing this?
Augustus did not obey orders back then.
Although Hunter tends to favor Augustus from a subjective standpoint, he cannot change the fact that the Star Empire did follow the rules back then.
In a sense, it was the entire fleet implicated by Augustus.
Although the hunter did not have any resentment, many other people in the Augu fleet did.
He had absolutely no motive to bring up this old case, and as for saying that he did it for the sake of other people in the AEUG fleet, that was even more nonsense.
Although he did have a pretty good relationship with some people back then, so many years have passed and years of interstellar wandering have changed many people beyond recognition.
Some people have indeed made a name for themselves. From certain sources, it was learned that he was following Long Zun and had contacted him many times.
He knew exactly what those people were thinking and ignored them.
He shook his head and said, "It's all in the past, let's not talk about the past anymore."
"By the way, how is your son? I remember he was still a little kid back then." The hunter asked.
Frost smiled bitterly and shook his head: "He is currently living with his mother in the Lebus galaxy..."
"Lepus Galaxy? That seems to be your home planet, why didn't you..." The hunter wanted to ask why you didn't stay here, but he paused.
After all, this is the imperial capital, and both commodity prices and housing prices are ridiculously high.
Although Frost is a low-level maintenance worker, he at least has a dormitory here, the cost of living is not high, and he can send his salary back home.
The hunter pursed his lips. Since he started wandering in the interstellar space, he rarely felt guilty towards others.
But he always felt guilty towards Frost.
"Hey... Mechanical Legs... I have something to do this afternoon. Can you help me go to Engine Room No. 2 to repair a flying machine..." A slightly frivolous voice came over, and a young man walked into the room. Before he finished speaking, he saw the hunter and said in surprise:
"Is this your friend? You old man still have friends?"
The hunter narrowed his eyes and looked at the young man.
The young man looked at the hunter and found that he was dressed in an old-fashioned way, like an old-fashioned interstellar adventurer that can only be seen in TV dramas. He even wore a cowboy hat. Tsk tsk...
Seeing the hunter's unfriendly expression, Frost hurriedly introduced: "This is Kaisan, he is my apprentice. "
"Who is your apprentice? It's just a title..." Kaisang rolled his eyes.
Frost smiled awkwardly, and the hunter's eyes fell on Kaisan, which made the young man feel inexplicably cold.
However, he didn't care. He sat casually on the bed and sighed, "Alas, the Interstellar Joint Conference is being held. There is martial law outside. All places for fun are closed. It's so boring..."
The appearance of Kaisan interrupted the reunion between Hunter and Frost.
Kaisang didn't seem to notice that his presence had made the atmosphere weird. Instead, he pointed at the holographic screen and said, "Hey, Dragon Lord!"
Hunter looked at the holographic screen, which was temporarily muted, and had no idea what was being said.
However, what was being played was clearly the scene of Long Zun entering.
"Alas... it's all because of this guy. I almost had a falling out with several of my friends." He said to himself.
"Those bastards actually worshipped the man who brought shame to the Empire."
"Although he is quite awesome, we all have different standpoints. How can we worship him just because he is awesome?"
Frost glanced at him and shook his head, "The Empire has eased the situation with him, why are you so angry?"
Kaisan muttered for a while, but no one knew what he was saying.
The hunter thought for a moment and said, "Frost, are you used to living in this base?"
"It's okay. After all, it's been so many years..." Frost was a little confused, not knowing why the hunter suddenly asked this.
"Are you interested in being the base supervisor?" the hunter continued.
"Ah?" Frost was a little stunned and hadn't reacted yet.
Kaisan jumped up from the bed, stared at the hunter with wide eyes, and then laughed suddenly: "Uncle, don't joke with me."
"The mechanical leg is only a first-level maintenance worker. You know there are workshop directors and deputy directors, branch directors and deputy directors, and various management levels above them..."
"Do you know how many levels he needs to jump if he wants to be the base supervisor?"
Kaisan didn't expect to see such a boastful guy today. He then looked at Frost and said jokingly:
"Is this guy your friend? Will he ask you to pay Star Coins to bribe him? Don't be cheated, or your son will have nothing to eat next month."
Hunter's reaction was very calm. He just opened the smart terminal and said to someone, "Ask all the management heads of the Balrosa Maintenance Base to come see me."
"No problem, Mr. Hunter." A calm reply came from the other side, as if this matter was just a trivial matter to him.
Kaisan raised his eyebrows, feeling a sense of inexplicable absurdity in his heart, but his reason made it hard for him to believe it.
Frost's originally lonely heart suddenly felt a little bit hot. He knew the hunter's past, since the other party could appear in the imperial capital so openly.
That definitely means that his troubles have been cleared up, and maybe he can actually get out of this quagmire.
Then, something happened that stunned Kaisan. In less than ten minutes, the small room was filled up.
"Sir, I am the person in charge of the Balrosa Maintenance Base. I heard that you wanted to see me." The leading guy said in a low voice with cold sweat on his forehead.
Kaisan was looking at a short figure in the crowd. It was his father, the head of the engine maintenance and debugging department, who was constantly winking at him.
It was not until this time that he realized that the guy who looked unremarkable was a real big shot.
"This is my friend. He wants to sit in your seat. Is that a problem?" The hunter looked at the person in charge of the base.
The head of the base was a little surprised and didn't understand what was going on. He only received a notice from his superiors saying that an important person wanted to see him.
"No problem at all..." A middle-aged man walked in. He was a senior official in the imperial capital.
"The appointment letter has been drawn up, Sir Frost. Once you sign it, you will be the director of this base ."
"As for you, Mr. Ledi, you will be transferred to the Nabus Military Base and serve as the person in charge."
Ledi was stunned, a hint of ecstasy appeared in his eyes. The person in charge of the military base has a much higher status than the person in charge of the maintenance base.
He wished it were so.
"Mr. Frost, please...sign quickly. Once you sign, this base will be yours..." Ledi looked at Frost impatiently.
And Frost had a dreamlike feeling, and the people around him were people he could not reach in his normal life.
Even the workshop director who was standing in the corner and shivering constantly, Frost usually didn't dare to look up when he spoke to him.
Kaisan's throat moved and his face looked a little pale.
Everyone was waiting for Frost's response. After a moment, Frost's hand trembled as he reached out to the hunter and whispered, "Can you let me think about it..."
There was visible disappointment in Ledi's eyes, but he couldn't force Frost's hand to sign.
"No problem. You guys can leave first. Sorry for bothering me." The hunter waved his hand, and Ledi left, looking back every few steps.
"Wait, that Kaisan..." The hunter suddenly spoke again, causing Kaisan's heart to suddenly rise to his throat. He could only force a smile and turned around.
"Does he bully you often?" the hunter asked Frost.
"Bullying?" Frost heard this question before he recovered from the dream.
Kaisan looked at him pleadingly, and Frost finally reacted and explained hurriedly: "No, no, you misunderstood..."
"Kaisang usually helps me. You may not know that part of our salary is calculated based on the number of repairs."
"I help Kaisan with repairs, and he will give me his share of star coins. I know he does this because he sees that I am having a hard time."
"Although he has a bad mouth, he is also a good person."
Kaisang immediately breathed a sigh of relief. He didn't expect that his arrogance could be seen through.
"Oh..." The hunter was a little surprised, and then said: "If that's the case, then forget it, you can go."
Everyone was waiting outside, and no one knew what the two people inside were talking about. Kaisan was a little dazed. He didn't expect that the usually honest and decent Frost would have such a friend.
After a long time, the hunter came out, and a senior official who was unknown what position he held came to greet him and asked, "What did you say?"
"Arrange a position for him on his home planet. It doesn't have to be high or low. He doesn't want to stay in the imperial capital anymore." said the hunter.
"No problem..." the senior official noted.
Ledi sighed deeply, but didn't dare to say anything.
Then, the hunter and the senior official left. No one knew his identity and could only hear the vague conversation between the two.
"...I'm afraid it's going to be a bit troublesome for the galaxy governor. It will take a long time to get approval from various levels..."
"...I told you it doesn't have to be high, just any senior position in a department will do...and you don't need to be promoted in the future."
"I see……"
The people behind couldn't help but reveal a hint of envy in their eyes as they listened to the conversation getting farther and farther away.
I'm afraid I'll never come across such an opportunity in my lifetime.
Li Yu, who was at the meeting, naturally didn't know about the hunter's pretense.
He just felt that this meeting was so boring. Basically, the major civilizations were accusing me of shamelessness and I was accusing you of being a rogue .
Then they discussed the snake oil slave trade and the recent rise of racial discrimination, and everyone started calling for war and killing again.
Anyway, with these two problems, all other problems will be covered up.
If these two problems are really solved, who knows how many more problems will arise. It is better to continue with the appeasement.
Hello, I'm fine, hello everyone.
As a special guest, he naturally needed to speak, but he mainly just talked according to the script and then sat down and watched the show.
This meeting will last a long time, but Li Yu will only attend the first day.
Under normal circumstances, after the first day of the meeting, most of the participating dignitaries will be interviewed, mainly asking about the interstellar development situation.
But this time, it was a little different, because all the reporters came to Li Yu, eagerly waiting to interview him. As for other politicians, they were all ignored.
