the days before i bought the galaxy

For Pirate Chief Berent, every day feels like a year.It has been almost a week since he was placed under house arrest. Although there is no shortage of food and drinking water in the cabin, he lives in anxiety and fear all the time.If he hadn't been separated from other prisoners, he even thought that the Slim family had abandoned him and planned to take him to Bethel with other pirates for trial.

There is only one result of the Federation's trial of pirates, and that is the death penalty.

hateful!How long are you going to stay on this spaceship?That woman should be about to give birth, right?At such a time, there is no way to be by her side!You clearly agreed to let me go after the matter is over!

Berent was angry and scared at the same time.

If the Slim family wants to go back on their word, they should publicize the fact that the dignified Slim family's adjutant is a degenerate with violent tendencies!Only in this way can they know that I, Berent, are not easy to mess with!However, in case they want to kill people to silence them, then...

With a beep, the hatch opened for the first time in a week.Berent looked a little excitedly at the man he was familiar with entering the cabin.

"Master Kuvasir, oh no, it should be Lord Odin now! You are finally here! I have been looking forward to you every day! Are you planning to fulfill your promise?"

"That's right!" Odin said calmly.He put a pistol on the coffee table and sat down. "Berent, we need to have a good talk."

"What do you mean?" Berent shouted, pointing at the gun on the coffee table, "Do you want to break your promise? Let me tell you that I won't be killed so easily!"

"Sit down! I said we need to have a good talk."

Odin's power forced Berent to let go of his doubts and sit opposite him.In fact, the pirate leader had very few chips in hand, and he regretted that he hadn't prepared a counter move for himself.

"You have two choices now. Besides the pistol, I also brought poison." Odin said calmly.

Berent's eyes widened all of a sudden: "So, is the Slim family... are they really planning to kill people to silence them?"

"Unfortunately, we never intended to let you go from the beginning."

After hearing these words, the former pirate leader slumped down on the sofa like a deflated rubber ball.It took him a while to utter a complete sentence with trembling lips. "That... that woman, you plan to take her too... But she doesn't know anything, she has never been a pirate for a day, and she has never even accepted the money I gave her. Please, Can you let her go? I know I'm doomed, but she's innocent!"

"This is exactly what I want to talk to you about." Odin tried his best not to show any emotion in his eyes, "At the beginning, after establishing the implementation of the divorce plan, I found three internal candidates, including you You are the most suitable one. You have a good reputation among pirates. You are both cunning and afraid of death. Most importantly, you still have important leverage to use. So, after finding out about your relationship with Miss Morgan, I immediately decided to use you as an internal agent to help me infiltrate the poisonous dragon's lair. Of course, the first step in this plan is to send people to the planet where Miss Morgan is, to control her as a threat. But it's a pity..."

Odin glanced at the ashes-faced Belent, and couldn't help feeling a little sympathetic to this once-all-powerful pirate leader.

"Miss Morgan was dead when we found her. Her body was found in an alley the day before we arrived. Her left ring finger was sawed off. From the scene, it should be a robbery. She had already Seven and a half months pregnant. Unfortunately, the baby was not saved. I judged that you couldn't find out about this so quickly, so I sent someone to block the news and started contacting you..."

"The sapphire ring...it must be because of that sapphire ring!" Berent burst into tears, "She never wanted my money, so I gave her that as an engagement ring, it was my Snatched from an old man. God, this must be retribution! I've been taking happiness from other people, slaughtering innocent people like cattle, and never in my doing it's even occurred to me that they have Parents, wives and children are waiting for them. But it’s okay if this kind of thing retribution happens to me, why is that woman, she is innocent! My child... is also innocent..."

Odin pursed his lips, quietly waiting for Berent to finish crying.At this moment, the man in front of him was no longer a vicious pirate leader, but an ordinary man who had just lost his wife and unborn child.At such a time, receiving such a blow should easily take away this man's will to survive, right?he thought sarcastically.

"Mr. Odin..."

"Ok?"

"Is this a mistake?" Berent asked, wriggling his lips.

"what?"

"Being a pirate but praying for the happiness of ordinary people is a mistake, isn't it?" Now the man's empty eyes were filled with despair.

"There's nothing wrong with wanting to pursue happiness. Even a pirate would fantasize about warmth." Odin smiled self-deprecatingly, "Your mistake is only that you mistrusted me. If you want to resent, then come and resent me. "

"No, I'm not that stupid. Even if I didn't become the insider of the Slim family, I wouldn't have survived the settlement operation. Even the poisonous dragon is no match for you, let alone me? Now I just regret it , very, very regretful. Why did I know that woman? Without me, she should have lived a stable life, right? I sent her to that planet, because there is a pirate stronghold there, and it is more convenient to get in and out But I didn't think that it was precisely because of the influence of pirates that there were so many thugs lurking there, how could she survive alone? And that ring, without it, she would How could he die? I really regret it immensely!"

Odin: "..."

Berent wept for a while, and then took a deep breath: "So, I have to blame myself for this ending. Please keep the pistol, and I will give myself an end."

"Yes." Odin nodded bluntly, got up and walked towards the door.His footsteps paused before going out: "If you wish, I can bury you and Miss Morgan together."

Berent was slightly taken aback: "Is it possible?"

"Why not? If she hadn't instinctively wanted to guard the ring, she wouldn't have clenched her fists so tightly after death that the robbers had to saw off her fingers to get the ring. Berent, in your life Maybe you can't get the happiness of ordinary people, but you do have a woman who loves you!" Odin turned around, staring into Berent's eyes and said.

"Woo...I understand. Please... please bury me with her!"

Odin took one last look at the desperate man before leaving the cabin.He waited outside the door for a while. Five minutes later, he heard a small gunshot.After confirming that Berent was indeed dead, he turned and walked towards the passage he came from.

"Warren?!"

The tall blond man was standing at the end of the corridor, and he seemed to have been waiting here for a while.Odin couldn't help frowning. He would rather hold back the pain and end Berent himself, because he was the only person in the monitoring records who had contact with Berent in case the matter became public, so he could bear the burden. take all responsibility.Now that Warren is also here, his arrangement is in vain.

Warren: "Where's Berent?"

"Dead." Odin bit his lip and couldn't help asking, "Why are you here?"

Warren shrugged: "Since my adjutant often does not obey orders, I decided to personally escort him back to rest."

Odin: "..."

"This matter is our joint decision, and you don't need to take all the responsibilities. Don't you think that once the incident happens, I will hand you over easily?" Warren stretched out his hand and touched Odin's belly, " Does it hurt?"

"Huh?" Odin was stunned for a second before realizing that Warren was asking about his wound. "It's okay now." For some reason, facing this man he had already made up his mind to be loyal to, he suddenly had a rather awkward feeling.

"It must have hurt." Warren's voice was a little low. "You know what I thought when I heard the news? If the blade was a few centimeters higher, or Lan's rescue was a few minutes later, I could only watch Here comes your body."

Odin couldn't help frowning: "There is no such thing as if..."

"Fortunately not." Warren smiled, staring into the half-human eyes, "If there were, I would definitely regret letting you go. Odin, for the sake of the Slim family, and for me, please take care of your health. "

Odin turned his head slightly, and said in a dissatisfied tone: "Cut! You were obviously a kid who didn't understand anything when I first met you, but now you can tell me the truth! This time I admit that I am not enough. Be careful and I can assure you that this will not happen again in the future."

"That's good. I don't seem to have told you that you are an indispensable subordinate to me." Warren took the opportunity to reach out and touched half of the ear, "Let's go! I want to see you return with my own eyes. to the room."

Odin rarely refuted Warren's words, but walked forward with Warren silently.

-

Earth, House of the Silver Shield—

"Master Heinrich, is it really okay to just withdraw from the Bethel business circle like this? We obviously have many opportunities to put Warren Slim to death."

Alfred, the half-human lieutenant with pointed black ears, hurried into the garden.His eyes paused for a second on the face of the young man in the fur collar coat, and then he quickly looked away.

Probably because of the gradual elimination of toxins in the body, Master Heinrich has grown rapidly in the past two years.His face no longer had the indisputable and beautiful lines of his youth, but even after he grew up, Master Heinrich's appearance was still so delicate that people couldn't take their eyes off it.It's just that the majesty on his body is also increasing day by day, making it impossible for people to guess his mind.

"When your opponent puts his life on the table, I think he should be given enough respect." Heinrich's eyes did not move because of the arrival of the first lieutenant.

He was concentrating on a pot of poisonous plants that had once been his mother's favorite.

"However, if we rely on others, it would be easy to eliminate the Slim family on the battlefield. I know that the administrators of the Gaia business circle have arranged a lot of hidden chess in Bethel..."

"Enough! What I want is an aboveboard duel. Don't use what you learned from those filthy gangsters to me, otherwise I don't mind changing to a first lieutenant. I have already lost this game Now, it’s time to hand over the bets, so as to be worthy of Warren’s sincerity in fighting with his life.”

Alfred was terrified by the aura emanating from the black-haired youth.

"However, the Council of Elders..."

"All they want is this year's profits, and it doesn't matter where the profits come from. Alfred, I am the owner of Silver Shield, not any of the elders! Are you going to work for those greedy idiots? ?”

"Master Heinrich, my loyalty to you will never waver!" Alfred said without hesitation.

"Very well. How are the funeral preparations going?"

"Everything has been prepared, and the hostess' funeral will be held in three days, with the highest family etiquette." Alfred knew clearly that Heinrich traveled thousands of miles back to Earth just to get this result.

"..."

"Then I will take my leave first. Master Heinrich, the outdoor temperature is low this season, please go back to your room early to rest."

"Ah."

After Alfred left, Heinrich stood still for a long time.He didn't take his eyes off these poisonous plants until it was completely dark.

"The Alliance of Free Chambers of Commerce?" He remembered the news he received this morning, and couldn't help but smile, "I really hope you can continue to surprise me! Warren, life without an opponent is really lonely, and you must think so right?"

The young man with black hair and black eyes left this place full of memories for him without looking back.

-

On January 1214, 1 in the Milky Way Calendar, the Alliance of Free Chambers of Commerce was announced. Since the establishment of the alliance, chambers of commerce with total assets of more than 1 billion deep space crystals have joined.The 85 clauses such as "eliminate capital and strive to innovate" advocated by the leader of the alliance, Warren Slim, officially entered the stage of history.The birth of these fourteen articles marks the end of the era of human beings being restricted by capital and the entry into a new era.At the same time, this is also an important moment when the wealth accumulated by thousands of years of interstellar colonization has caused a qualitative change in the social structure.

Warren Slim is a name destined to go down in history forever!

The author has something to say: this is the end of the fourth volume of "The Whole Ticking Beetle", and the first step in Warren's plan has finally been realized.The Federation of Free Chambers of Commerce marks the disintegration of capitalist society and the establishment of humanistic society.When the accumulation of capital reaches an astonishing height, the big capitalists themselves have become a shackle that hinders social development. Only by stimulating everyone's creativity and distributing wealth better and more equitably can human beings as a whole progress!

In the next volume, Warren will face a decision about the future direction of the league.Lan's intelligence has made new breakthroughs, and at the same time, clues to the memory have resurfaced.What choice will Odin, who gradually realizes his inner self, make?What kind of secrets are hidden in the perilous insect domain?Please look forward to the next more exciting volume of "Dark Sky"!

Volume [-] "Dark Sky"