Mermaid [Interstellar]

"Hey! Alice, long time no see!" As soon as Erwin was connected, he was the first to greet Alice.

Alice was lukewarm: "Long time no see."

Erwin was sitting on a black swivel chair with a clean and tidy office environment in the background. He smiled heartily from the corner of his mouth, not caring about Alice's attitude at all.Seeing that Alice wanted to talk to him, he raised his legs, clasped his hands on his knees, moved forward with his upper body alone, pushed the swivel chair forward, and the screen was instantly filled with his face: "Dear Do you need anything?"

Dissatisfied with Erwin's frivolity, Alice took a few steps back: "Have you done business with others recently?"

Erwin: "Other people? Business? Haven't I been doing business with other people?"

"Heh—seriously, have you ever been in contact with the Skeleton Group?"

"Of course there is. If you have money, you are not a gentleman." Erwin turned around triumphantly, and turned to see Alice, "Alice, what expression do you have?"

Alice said coldly: "Erwin, I seem to have said that you can do business, but you can't cross the bottom line."

Erwin frowned, and said casually: "Alice, what do you mean by that?"

There has always been a gray area in the arms trade. Dealing with star thieves and providing them with weapons and equipment is an illegal act from the perspective of imperial law, but from the military’s own interests, the military’s replacement equipment also needs to be consumed by someone— —Although those gadgets have been eliminated, they must be used to the best of their ability. After all, a lot of research and development was invested at the beginning—sell them to recover part of the cost for the military.

In this regard, the parliament turned a blind eye to it. After all, it can save a lot of military expenses, can't it?

Moreover, even if these armaments are outdated in the eyes of the military, they are still considered advanced equipment outside.And Erwin relied on his father's relationship to get along well in the military department, and he could always get good things in advance.

Alice: "The 'Skull Squad' kidnapped Philip and demanded a ransom."

"'Skeletons'? Philip?" Erwin repeated. "What are you kidding?"

Alice: "I'm not kidding, it's not interesting."

"Hehe——" Erwin was dumbfounded for a while, staring at Alice and said, "The 'Skeleton Group' succeeded? Damn it!"

"Nonsense," Alice almost rolled her eyes at him, "this matter—"

Before Alice could finish speaking, Erwin yelled, "I'm absolutely not involved in this matter!"

Alice: "..."

Alice: "It's better to be like this." She thought for a while, and then said: "In this case, you should find a way to find out where their equipment comes from."

Erwin hurriedly said: "It should be. I happen to be in Yunhaixing. Let's meet and talk?" He smiled with a hearty atmosphere.

Alice: "No, I will pass on the relevant information to you."

Erwin raised his hand in a gesture of surrender: "Don't do this, Alice, I promised to help you investigate, shouldn't you also help me clear the suspicion?"

Erwin is the most suspected supplier of the equipment for the "Skeleton Regiment", and he is on good terms with the second prince, Cyril, who is also at odds with Philip.According to the theory that whoever benefits the most is the mastermind behind the scenes, Cyril is indeed very suspicious.

Erwin was plausible: "So, I have to go this trip, where are you?"

Thinking that this guy never gave up, Alice finally couldn't help but rolled her eyes at him: "Blue Star, get over here."

"Come, come, come here." Erwin got up from the swivel chair, asked the secretary to prepare quickly, then turned to Alice and said, "Don't worry, the result will come out soon."

Alice didn't reply at all, and hung up the communication directly.

Erwin touched his nose, looked at the blackened screen, shrugged his shoulders and said to the secretary: "Tell the second prince, we are going to Blue Star."

……

Deep Sea Crystal Palace.

Pearl bid farewell to Alice and returned to her room.

"Pearl, where have you been?" Fifth Sister jumped up and hugged her, "I've been looking for you for a long time, I still have some questions and I don't want to ask you."

Pearl took Fifth Sister's hand around her neck: "I didn't go anywhere, I just walked around."

Fifth Sister: "Little Pearl, I found that since you were able to go out to sea, you especially like to run outside. Come here, tell my sister where you have been, and I will go to see it some other day."

Pearl: "I went to a few islands to see, and I took a walker to walk around."

She didn't want to talk about this with Fifth Sister any more. Since Philip didn't want to expose her, she had to be more careful.Pearl turned to pick up the book that Fifth Sister had thrown away: "Didn't you want to ask a question?"

Fifth Sister drew her voice: "I'm tired of studying all day—"

Pearl looked up at her.

Fifth Sister: "Let's go play~ Haven't you been to many islands? There should be no other islands except Atlantis. I have been to Atlantis."

"You don't want to go to a higher civilization planet to study?"

"Of course I do."

"Then read."

"No, it's so annoying." Fifth Sister began to play tricks.

Pearl: "..."

Pearl: "So what do you want?"

Fifth Sister: "Of course I'm going to play!"

Pearl didn't say a word, she has been to two uninhabited islands, one is where Philip is staying now, and the other is the reef where Philip stayed, and Philip can't go there, so she wants to take Fifth Sister to the reef to bask in the sun?

After waiting for a while, Fifth Sister had a new idea. She said, "It's been a long time since our sisters have been together. How about going to play together? Pearl, have you ever been to Atlantis?"

It sounds very exciting, Pearl shook his head: "I haven't been there, I just took a look at it from a distance."

"Wait, I'll call someone." Fifth Sister became excited when she heard this, and turned around to call someone.

The fourth sister said slowly while putting on nail polish, "Atlantis? What fun can there be? That's all."

The second sister stood aside, paused and said: "Actually, it's good to go and have a look, it can be regarded as gaining insight - although there is still some gap with the developed alien planet. If I have the opportunity to come to my planet in the future, I will take you to see other planets." of."

The eldest sister was processing the document without looking up: "I still have things to do, so I won't go."

The third sister looked at the lost fifth sister, touched her head, and said helplessly, "I'll go with you."

Fifth Sister shouted excitedly: "Yeah!"

The third sister smiled slightly, and turned to look at the calm Pearl: "Pearl has been to Atlantis?"

Before Pearl could answer, Fifth Sister rushed to answer: "She hasn't been there, Third Sister, you can go with us."

The third sister was a little surprised. Generally, little mermaids who have never been to Atlantis would look forward to it for the first time. For those like the fifth sister who have not been there a few times, every time they go, it feels like a holiday.Pearl was as calm as if he went there often—mermaids who were willing to live in the deep sea went to Atlantis quite a few times, but definitely not many times.

The third sister teased the fifth sister: "You are thinking that Pearl has never been there before, and you want me to be a tour guide so that you can play alone?"

"No, absolutely not." Fifth Sister said, "I don't think I'm very familiar with Atlantis, and it's the first time for Pearl to go, so I have to find someone familiar to take me with me."

Pearl and Third Sister: "..."

"Atlantis has been around for a long time, but it has only developed rapidly in recent decades." The third sister also dutifully became a tour guide and introduced Atlantis to Pearl and the others. , and pay attention to interactive questions, "Do you know the specific development time of Atlantis?"

The fifth sister replied: "I know this. After our Blue Star joined the empire, Duke Alice allocated a large amount of money to speed up the development of Atlantis. She also built the only airport in Blue Star."

Pearl, who didn't know much about this, listened quietly.

The third sister nodded: "Yes, speaking of it, the rapid development of our Blue Star really depends on Duke Alice's funding. You may not feel it in the sea, but in Atlantis, especially when we just joined 40 years ago Back in the Empire, it was really changing with each passing day."

She pointed to the buildings on the side of the street that went straight into the sky, and motioned for them to look over, saying that these were all funded by Alice.

Fifth Sister sighed: "This Duke Alice is really rich!"

The third sister nodded: "She is the star domain master of our star domain. She has inherited the title for generations, and the family wealth has been accumulating continuously. She not only has money but also power."

Fifth Sister's eyes widened, as if she couldn't believe it.

The third sister couldn't help but tapped her on the forehead: "I don't think it's strange to tell you not to learn the general knowledge of the empire. These are all general knowledge."

Fifth Sister stuck out her tongue, looked at the calm Pearl beside her, and complained, "Pearl's appearance doesn't look like the first time he came to Atlantis, like an old man who is used to the prosperity."

Pearl: "..." She looked at the surrounding buildings and honestly expressed her feelings: "I think that's it, the bustling scene is always the same."

Fifth Sister: "Please, you have only been to Atlantis once in total, and this is your first time. It sounds like you have been to many places, and you feel the same. Where is the capital of our star field? What? You must have never been there, it must be more prosperous and lively than our place!"

Pearl: "..." It makes sense, but I always feel that something is wrong. I seem to have seen a bustling scene in other places...or more prosperous scenes.

The third sister came out to smooth things over: "Okay, okay, Pearl may have met on the Internet. Speaking of which, our Blue Star can join the empire's network is also due to the Duke Alice..."

After listening all the way, Pearl only felt that this Duke Alice was really everywhere!Although she is not in Lanxing, Lanxing has her shadow everywhere.