pr: roki
The words “face-to-face” weren’t at all exaggerated, but instead were purely literal. The tiny shining dot representing the other party was nearly about to kiss the tiny dot representing Chu Si and the aircraft on the star map.
Chu Si thought for a moment before saying: “But don’t forget, the aircraft’s still equipped with a multi-target stealth cloak. Even if you’re thrown out, face-to-face with the other party, they still won’t see you.”
After speaking, he pondered for a second longer and realized his stance on this matter wasn’t quite right. He’d unconsciously tied himself and this Mr. Yang together to stand opposite the other party. But then he thought that since they were on the same aircraft, even if he didn’t leash Mr. Yang to himself, they would still basically be on the same side.
Before Sa’e Yang could speak, a familiar electronic prompt sounded.
Ding—
“Warm reminder, the stealth cloak effect has already been dispelled!”
Chu Si didn’t process this and “oh”ed, then frowned: “SkyEye? You can still hear us talking even from so far away?”
Ding—
SkyEye: “Warm reminder number two, there’s a sound playback recorder located in every corner of this aircraft, every corner, so I can hear everything very clearly, very clearly.”
Executive Chu, who thought of everything they’d done before: “…”
After this intellectually impaired system was upgraded, it never stuttered again. But right now, it had fallen ill again, stuttering in a different way— choosing specific words and key points to repeat.
Truly an undisciplined idiot.
A second later, Sa’e Yang spoke kindly: “Repeat your first sentence again. What did you say was dispelled?”
Ding—
SkyEye: “The stealth cloak effect.”
After this idiot finished answering, it was probably frightened by Sa’e Yang’s tone and hesitantly added, “En— you can also add it back.”
The main point was that most people would never even imagine an “intelligent” system suddenly removing a cloak while drifting around, so only now did Chu Si finally react. Using an “I can’t understand your silly logic” tone of voice, he asked faintly, “Why’d you dispel the stealth cloak?”
Ding—
SkyEye: “As the most loyal intelligent system of the Space Prison, as an electronic civil servant who has served the Security Building, the general government, and the military for more than 150 years, when I detect the government’s signal, I automatically disarm and remove all obstacles to accept the other side without the slightest hint of resistance.”
This intellectually impaired system was actually quite eloquent.
Chu Si thought for a moment and said to Sa’e Yang, “Why don’t we just blow up this useless thing?”
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The multi-target stealth cloak had been removed, and they were face-to-face with the other party. Right now, leaping on the spot or suddenly accelerating weren’t good moves to make.
But there was still another way forward—
After all, this was actually Carlos Black’s aircraft. As a neutral wanderer leader, if he encountered a planetary government organization in space, giving a greeting to test the waters and then leaving wouldn’t seem strange at all.
“SkyEye, besides disarming your weapons and removing the stealth cloak, what else did you do? Did you respond?” Chu Si clung to his final idea and asked.
Ding—
SkyEye: “I did!”
It was over. They could basically blow up this useless system now.
Once SkyEye responded, the other party was likely to recognize it was an intelligent system of the Space Prison. At that point, it was impossible to pretend to be a passerby and take a glance before leaving.
As expected, after Chu Si was provoked by SkyEye into an angry smile, a signal connection request was sent over.
Ding—
SkyEye, this idiot, finally realized that it seemed to have done something wrong. Its tone became somewhat hesitant: “The other party is requesting to connect for face-to-face communication. Awaiting instructions.”
“Haven’t you already finished everything on your own? You still have the face to wait for instructions?” Chu Si laughed coldly and pushed the plates of unburned food in front of him towards Sa’e Yang.
Sa’e Yang’s expression at this moment wasn’t ugly at all. In fact, there was a hint of an inexplicable smile.
But under the light of the current situation, this smile wasn’t very kind. It seemed he was restless and eager for action.
For a moment, Chu Si had a slight headache. He never imagined there would be a day when he was caught between a government organization and a Space Prison inmate under his supervision. He didn’t even wordlessly tie up the prisoner and throw them in front of the government, but instead subconsciously wanted the prisoner to hide their identity.
Ding—
SkyEye reminded again, “Please give instructions.”
”Wait!” Chu Si said, turning to stride into Carlos Black’s medical room. If he remembered correctly, he’d seen a disposable skin shaper in the cabinet before.
He had the wanderers’ hoarding habits to thank. No matter whether they needed it or not, everything would be moved into storage.
This disposable skin shaper wasn’t very effective for the wanderers, who were one with their aircraft and piloted them all year round, because it was meant for individual soldiers in extreme outdoor environments.
When there was no medical cabin or sufficient medication and time was tight, spraying this disposable skin shaper on a wound could briefly seal it and create simulated skin.
The longest a single session could last was a day and a night. After its lifespan was over, the simulated skin with medical properties would be absorbed by the patient’s real skin and the wound would reappear.
Chu Si shook the bottle of skin shaper, strode into Carlos Black’s bedroom, and randomly picked out a black coat. Before leaving, he saw several pairs of glasses on a drawer, their owner unknown. He paused, grabbed one, and turned back to the living room.
He threw the black coat into Sa’e Yang’s arms, forcefully shook the bottle in his hand, and stood tall in front of Sa’e, saying, “Lift your head.”
“What’s this?” Sa’e Yang glanced at the bottle. “Shaper?”
“That’s right, it’s not the right time to act recklessly. Please be law-abiding for two days and let me figure out the situation first before you start causing trouble,” Chu Si said, lifting Sa’e Yang’s chin with his finger. “Close your eyes.”
Sa’e Yang raised his eyebrows: “Law-abiding? It’s not impossible, but I want a reward.”
Ding—
SkyEye: “The other party’s requested to connect communication again, they’ll be giving a warning next ahhhhhhh!”
“Shut up!” Chu Si said.
SkyEye: “…”
Chu Si slapped Sa’e Yang’s eyes to force him to close them. As he sprayed the shaper on Sa’e’s forehead, nose, and cheeks, he said, “A reward, okay, no problem.”
His movements were very fast, obviously not unfamiliar with the bottle in his hands. In just a few strokes, he finished shaping the forehead and cheeks.
Having his eyes pressed shut by Chu Si, Sa’e Yang wasn’t in a hurry. He lazily leaned back in his chair, enduring Chu Si’s fiddling, but his mouth didn’t stop: “Executive, with all due respect, you have a credit score of basically zero with me. Your perfunctory words—”
Before he finished speaking, Chu Si simply moved his palm, covered Sa’e’s mouth, and tried his best to express the meaning of “Can you fucking shut up?” His other hand was furiously shaping the simulated skin of his nose and cheeks.
Sa’e Yang, whose mouth was covered, stubbornly finished the latter half of his sentence: “—aren’t very trustworthy.”
His voice was a bit muffled, sounding inexplicably funny, but his opening and closing of his lips rubbed against the palm of Chu Si’s hand, causing Chu Si’s expression to stiffen mid-smile, expression twisting unpleasantly.
Chu Si frowned and shaped the transition between Sa’e Yang’s cheekbones and jaw to their most natural state. He then gave a warning glance and released the hand that covered Sa’e’s mouth.
Seeing Chu Si pick up a pair of glasses, Sa’e Yang frowned and said, “Why do I have to wear that?”
“Your eye color is too special.” Chu Si lifted his hand to place the glasses on the bridge of Sa’e’s nose.
But Sa’e Yang pressed his hand back down: “You’re overthinking it, Executive. Light gray eyes aren’t uncommon, and besides, it’s not like they’ll change color after I put glasses on.”
The main reason was actually that Sa’e Yang’s aura was too strong. Chu Si wanted to use glasses to suppress it a little, but he dared to promise that if this reason was spoken out loud, this bastard would grow even more arrogant.
Ding—
SkyEye was nearly about to scream. “The third request has connected, it’s even attached with a warning ahhhhhhhh, I beg you, please give me the command to connect and stop fiddling around with glasses, okay—”
“Connect!” Chu Si unkindly thrust the glasses into Sa’e Yang’s hand and walked towards the cockpit. After only a few steps, he turned around and pointed at Sa’e Yang, gesturing for him to quickly put on a coat. “Cover your black-gold armband!”
Ding—
SkyEye, frightened out of its mind, connected the other party’s communication request.
As soon as Chu Si stepped into the cockpit, Sa’e Yang had already caught up from behind. As he approached, Chu Si suddenly felt a metal object placed on the bridge of his nose.
Sa’e Yang raised his hands with a smile and said, “It’s too troublesome to hold onto. I’ll borrow you, Executive, and… glasses suit you better than they suit me.” After saying this, he lifted a hand and patted Chu Si’s back, telling him to come to his senses quickly.
Chu Si: “…” You’ve gone crazy, haven’t you?
He furrowed his brow and was about to speak when a large monitor in the cockpit popped out into a person’s image. Their images should’ve also been transmitted simultaneously.
Chu Si turned his head and put on a calm expression, intending to greet the other person. However, the other person’s surprised face broke through first. “Executive?!”
The person on the monitor had a familiar face. It was Chu Si’s subordinate, one of the deputy executives of Office No. 5, responsible for publicity, Zilder Feng.
“Feng? Why’s it you?” Chu Si was also slightly surprised.
To be honest, although this publicity official caused him lots of trouble on a daily basis, helped him stabilize the hatred of various prisoners in the Space Prison, and indirectly facilitated the incident of Sa’e Yang breaking into his office channel, Chu Si was still somewhat pleased to see him right now.
He could at least be considered one of Chu Si’s people.
“It’s a long story. In summary, a special organization was created in this special situation. The functions of the military headquarters, the general government, and the Security Building have been integrated together. I can be considered… as a temporary replacement for you because you’re not here. But now that I’ve found you, Executive, I can breathe a little sigh of relief and transfer authority!” Zilder Feng was so excited that his round face turned red, but then he was stunned for a moment. “But Executive, how could you be on this aircraft? Isn’t this a wanderer’s aircraft?”
“Oh, I stole it.” Chu Si said calmly.
Zilder Feng: “…”
This publicity official, who was well aware of his Executive’s virtues, remained silent for two seconds before suddenly finding a new topic: “Who’s that person next to you?”
“A partner who helped me steal the aircraft,” Chu Si said.
Zilder Feng: “…” Oh, a partner.
A second or two passed before someone next to Zilder Feng said a few words. After responding, he said to Chu Si, “Then Executive, don’t float around anymore. Prepare to connect aircraft and board our ship first, we can talk later. Also, the military aircraft trailing behind you… it looks a little familiar to me.”
Eating these Chu Si and Sa’e Yang crumbs up till there’s not a speck left!
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