Chapter 335 Invitation
"Please...open your eyes..."
Looking at her companion in front of her, the girl murmured to herself, holding the syringe in her hand tightly, and put it on her companion's arm.
But…………
"No, medical nanomachines for first aid alone are simply not enough..."
Looking at the instrument information next to her, the girl gritted her teeth. They were originally GOTT's special investigators, but now, their information has been erased, their identities have changed from investigators to wanted criminals, and they are wanted throughout the galaxy. In this case, the two of them had nowhere to go and could only barely escape to this abandoned colonial satellite.
However, the house leaked and it rained all night. On the way, they had a battle with the pursuers who were pursuing them. Although they repelled the pursuers, her companions were also injured.
We can't go on like this.
Thinking of this, the girl stood up and held her petite companion in her arms. Although this colonial satellite has been abandoned, there may still be a usable medical station. If it can be found, then she can still be saved!
Having made a decision, the girl left her battleship with her compatriots in her arms.
However, what the girl didn't expect was that just as the hatch opened and she stepped out of the battleship, a huge black shadow suddenly appeared from the side.
"Ah, it turns out the door is here. I was still thinking about where to ring the doorbell..."
As he spoke, Duanmuhuai stuck his head out and looked at the two of them.
“——————!!”
Seeing Duanmuhuai's appearance, the girl was shocked. She held her partner in one hand and tried to take out a pistol to fight back. However, at this moment, Duanmuhuai grabbed her hand.
"Calm down, little girl, we are not your enemies."
"You?"
Hearing Duanmu Huai's words, the girl looked to the side in surprise, only to find that the entire battleship was surrounded by a group of extremely tall soldiers wearing pitch black armor. Seeing this scene, she gritted her teeth and then put down the gun in her hand.
"Aren't you guys... GOTT's pursuers?"
"To put it simply, I'm here to find... uh..."
Duanmuhuai looked at the girl and then at the companion in her arms.
"What happened to her?"
"She is injured and must be treated immediately."
Although I don’t know where these people come from, the life of my partner is more important than anything else right now. If they can save their comrades, then...it doesn't matter if they surrender.
"I'm hurt...I know."
Hearing the girl's answer, Duanmu Huai nodded, and then he made a gesture. Soon, the soldiers around him put down their weapons. Then I saw a flash in Duanmu Huai's hand, and the next moment, the healing angel fell from the sky and appeared next to Duanmu Huai.
"???!!"
The girl was also shocked when she saw a man with wings and a halo above his head suddenly and inexplicably appeared in front of her. She hugged her companion in surprise and took a step back subconsciously.
Duanmuhuai looked at the healing angel and said.
"She is injured. Please help treat her."
"Okay, Master."
Hearing Duanmuhuai's order, the healing angel nodded. Then she looked at the petite figure in the girl's arms and raised her hands.
"Please leave your body scarred on the battlefield to me with peace of mind. As a healer sent by God, I will definitely let this pain go away from you..."
As the healing angel spoke, a golden light fell from the sky and enveloped the two people. At the same time, the healing angel spoke again.
"Please grant these tired warriors the healing of love! Close your eyes and give your body to this light... In this way, the fire of courage in your body will surely light up again."
Frankly speaking, from the girl's perspective, the scene before her was simply ridiculous. However, there was a certain calming charm in the angel's words. She closed her eyes subconsciously and felt the light in front of her. Under this light, the girl felt as if she had been immersed in a comfortable hot spring. A fiery power surged out of her body, even dispelling the original pain and fatigue...
"Eclair..."
However, at this moment, the girl heard the voice of her companion. She opened her eyes and saw the girl in her arms looking at her blankly.
"What the hell happened?"
"Are you awake?! Lumiere!"
Next, since Duanmu Huai showed his kindness, even though he was really scary, for the sake of saving his partner, the girl still welcomed him into her battleship - of course, said It's a battleship, which is actually closer to a large starfighter.
"Aren't you a pursuer of GOTT, or a mercenary who came for our wanted purpose?"
"I saw the wanted man, but that's not important. To put it simply, I came here mainly to find this person..."
As he spoke, Duanmuhuai looked at the petite girl who looked like a ten-year-old girl.
"This lady?"
"Yes?"
"Isn't your hairstyle like this?"
As he spoke, Duanmuhuai raised his hand and turned it beside his head.
Yes, this is why Duanmu Huai can remember this girl. Her hairstyle is very special and unique, that is, she has a single ponytail tied on the side of her head, and this single ponytail is also curled. Because almost no one has seen this hairstyle before, it can be said that it is her only one, so when Duanmu Huai thinks of her, this hairstyle is more impressive than anything else.
But the girl in front of me is radiating......
"Ah, I was indeed like this before."
Although she didn't know why Duanmu Huai asked this question, the girl still nodded, then took out her ID, opened it and handed it over. Duanmu Huai picked up the certificate and looked at it carefully - well, it was indeed her hairstyle, so it was her.
"Thank you, then let's introduce ourselves. My name is Duanmu Huai, and I am the judge of the Tribunal."
"Inquisition?"
Hearing this, the two girls became nervous again.
"Are you a member of the Union of Planets?"
"I will explain my origins to you in detail later. Can I ask your names now?"
“……………………”
Although they were very wary of Duanmuhuai, the two girls still reported their names. They had long brown hair and a tall figure. They looked like a sixteen-year-old girl named Eclair, and the one Duanmuhuai was looking for was. The girl with purple hair who looked about ten years old was Lumière.
They "used to be" members of GOTT's ES group, but of course, they are now wanted fugitives.
"It's really not easy to find you."
When talking about how to find them, Duanmuhuai also expressed bitterness.
"We monitored the communications and signals of the entire galaxy, and finally found some clues, so we came here to try our luck. Fortunately, I was lucky, otherwise I would have had to fight GOTT..." < br>
"Uh..."
Hearing Duanmu Huai's complaint, the two girls were speechless and didn't know what to say. But soon, Lumière coughed slightly and regained her calm expression.
"So, Mr. Duanmu, do you have anything to do with me?" "That's it, well... for now, I hope you can work for our tribunal."
Duanmu Huai originally thought that this corner was difficult to dig, but now that the other party has already demolished the corner, why not quickly take it and demolish other people's west wall to make up his own east wall?
"The Inquisition... I'm sorry, but with all due respect, I have never heard of this organization."
"Of course, after all, we are not here... Well, it is not convenient to talk here. Why not go to our battleship, and then I will explain the situation to you carefully."
Facing Duanmu Huai's invitation, the two girls discussed it and nodded. After all, they are now wanted criminals in the entire galaxy, and they are always on tenterhooks wherever they go. Although the other party looks scary, and the Tribunal organization sounds super suspicious, in any case, the other party is quite candid when communicating with them. So the two decided to follow Duanmu Huai to see the situation first, and then talk.
So soon, the two also drove their high-speed cruiser Ramus to leave this abandoned colonial satellite, and followed Duanmu Huai's gunboat to the battleship in the universe.
When the two saw the moon-class cruiser hovering outside the colonial satellite, they were also surprised. Not to mention the strange and gorgeous appearance and shape of this battleship, its hugeness alone was enough to shock the two of them.
"Oh my god......"
The brown-haired girl Eclair stared at the magnificent battleship in front of her with wide eyes.
"How big is this battleship?"
"Five kilometers long... 0.8 kilometers wide... Even in the United Planets, there is no fleet with such a battleship..."
At this moment, Lumière's face also became much more serious. If they were just suspicious at first, now, Lumière can be sure that the power of this Tribunal is absolutely terrifying. After all, such a huge battleship is simply not the same as those of the Planetary Alliance. It is simply a comparison between an elephant and a puppy.
And how can a force that can possess such a huge battleship be just a small force?
But why have I never heard of it?
Such doubts reached their climax after entering the interior of the luxurious and Gothic-style battleship.
"Hey, Lumière, we have just entered the church."
Looking at the splendid decorations and solemn cabins around her, Eclair looked confused. This was the first time she had seen such a weird space battleship. After all, the United Universe and Planets are all standard battleships and have no such style at all.
"Hey...I don't think they belong to the forces of the cosmic planetary alliance..."
Lumière also spoke while looking around. But when Eclair heard her answer at this moment, he suddenly had a sudden thought.
"Could it be...an alien?"
"...This..."
Lumière originally wanted to deny it, but when she thought about it carefully... the possibility was really high!
After all, not to mention the man's fierce appearance, his height was far higher than that of ordinary humans. Even the soldiers were the same, and the armor and symbols they wore seemed completely incompatible with the United Planets. Not to mention that there is actually a skull symbol on it - which serious force would put a human skull as a symbol on their armor! Aren't these usually used by evil forces such as pirates?
Thinking of this, the two of them became uneasy again.
Although a little uneasy, the two of them came to the reception room and met Duanmu Huai again.
"First of all, I would like to ask you two why you are wanted."
Looking at the two girls, Duanmu Huai first raised this question. Of course he hoped to dig out Lumière, but he also wanted to know the reason why these two people were wanted. After all, in the process of searching for the two of them, Duanmu Huai also conducted some investigation of this galaxy. From a certain perspective, this galaxy has become a cosmic civilization. They have established an organization called the United Planets. To put it simply, this organization is like the United Nations, and the owner of a planet in the galaxy is equivalent to a country. Rulers do this.
GOTT is also a government department under the United Planets, but it is different from the tax bureau that Duanmuhuai thought. GOTT's scope of authority seems to be closer to the IMF and WTO, but they have certain powers of force, like Eclair and Lumière. In this way, it is similar to the Interpol police in Hollywood movies, who can appear in various countries at will to investigate some cases or carry out protection and review...
For this kind of person, it is generally difficult to be expelled from the organization unless he makes a mistake.
Of course, if it were a Hollywood movie, it would definitely be a scene where the protagonist accidentally discovers a shocking conspiracy, and then the enemy is by his side, and then uses his power to frame the protagonist. Finally, the protagonist escapes, finds evidence to defeat the enemy, and then returns.
I don’t know who these two are from.
"This..."
Hearing Duanmuhuai's inquiry, Lumière was obviously hesitant, while Eclair patted her chest.
"Let me tell you, Lumière, if there is anything to be embarrassed about, it's not a bad thing!"
So next, Eclair angrily explained the situation to Duan Muhuai.
In fact, the reason why the two were dismissed from their posts and wanted for investigation is very simple - the ruling body of a planet entrusted GOTT to send people to help quell the rebellion, and then Eclair and Lumière went to that planet. As a result, when they arrived on the planet, they discovered that the civilians there lived like slaves. Because of this, the people could not bear this kind of life and chose to demonstrate and protest.
Later, when the people came to protest in front of the ruling body, the noble wanted to suppress it with force. Seeing that the other party actually used weapons against this group of unarmed civilians, Eclair couldn't help it. In the end, she defeated the attempt to suppress the civilians. army, and in the end the ruler of that planet had no choice but to flee.
Afterwards, they angrily sued the Planetary Alliance, and then the Planetary Alliance put pressure on GOTT, so they were wanted.
"Oh...that's it."
After listening to Eclare's story, Duanmu Huai suddenly understood. To put it simply, this was equivalent to a civil war in a certain country. Then the United Nations sent peacekeeping investigators there, but the latter sided with the opposition and drove away the ruler. .
It would be strange if they don't go to the United Nations to sue you!
Since it is a political issue, there is nothing we can do about it.
As I said before, the United Planets is like the United Nations. It is a joint organization formed by representatives of various forces. However, the sovereignty of each planetary force is still decided by itself. Therefore, strictly speaking, Eclair's approach is an infringement of the sovereignty of other countries. Naturally. It cannot be left alone.
GOTT ordered them to be dismissed and investigated, but there was nothing they could do.
"Hmm..."
After listening to Eclair's story, Duanmuhuai fell into deep thought. He didn't think the other party was lying, but Duanmuhuai felt that Eclair seemed...a bit naive...
Of course, that noble was not doing human affairs either.
Although Eclair said it with a Liangshan temperament of "a hero does a hero's job," Duanmuhuai could imagine that Lumière must have taken action inside, otherwise it would not be the two of them who were being pursued at this moment.
Besides, this combination of mindlessness and unhappiness is considered a standard feature of many game movie animations, isn’t it?
In fact, for Duanmu Huai, Eclair's character is more suitable for hanging out with salamanders or smurfs.
But having a Salamander in the Inquisition doesn't seem like a bad thing?
Of course, this is not enough.
This is like applying for a job. Applying for a job is actually a two-way selection process. Duanmu Huai also needs to evaluate them and see if they are willing to join the Tribunal. This is very important. What the Inquisition does is often quite cruel. If they can't accept it, then it's better to turn around and leave.
Otherwise, keeping it will be a disaster.
The same is true in the game. Each NPC has its own moral stance. If the player makes a choice that the NPC doesn't like, the NPC's favorability will decrease. In the end, the NPC will rebel or even run away.
So when choosing, you must figure out where the NPC's bottom line is, what they like and what they don't like.
It's the same in reality. It's just a matter of defecting. If you are contaminated by Chaos and become an enemy of your allies, that will be a real trouble.
Moreover, Xinghai OL is a game that does not involve human affairs. The NPC's favorability is hidden and players cannot see it at all. Moreover, there are many NPCs who are dissatisfied, but still smile on the surface. Many players have suffered in this regard, but of course, the officials cannot bear to see players suffer. So they very thoughtfully launched a "prophecy crystal" in the mall. Players only need to purchase the crystal and designate an NPC to use it, and they can see his favorability and current feelings towards the player.
This thing is a consumable, it can only be used once, the effect is only once, and it can only be used on one person.
Yeah, and you have to spend money to buy it.
Still very expensive.
Damn it's just a tactic of profiteers.
Forget it... Now that I think of this, I'm just getting angry. Let’s look at it now. Anyway, since the other party has shown sincerity, it’s time to introduce them to the Tribunal’s corporate culture.
Now it depends on whether the Inquisition is their choice for them.
(End of chapter)