Chapter 457: line with translation of chapter title

""Connection code?""

""That's right.""

Dan Heng wearily rubbed his forehead and sighed: "An item can indeed help the Rememberer make contact with you… but Mr. Bo Ti Ou, I hope you'll let me know about the backup plan in advance next time."

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Dragon Clan.

"Oh? Bo Ti Ou's attitude toward the company… seems to carry a strong hostility."

Robbing the company—this is something only utterly wicked, heinous madmen would do; to an ordinary person, Kaisa would just think he's crazy. But from the mouth of this cowboy who's embarked on the Hunt path, he can only feel that robbing the company is as simple as having a glass of oak liquor after dinner.

…Should we say it's because their skill is great and they're bold?

"Not surprising, capitalists mostly bully the weak with their strength, after all, their wealth mostly comes from exploitation and oppression." Chu Zihang opened his eyes.

"…Your words sound like you're indirectly accusing my family's wealth of being built on the blood and tears of ordinary people."

"No, I'm just explaining why Bo Ti Ou harbors hostility toward the company."

Looking at Chu Zihang's solemn expression, Kaisa naturally understood his meaning, but he still felt strange: "Although the company has become synonymous with capital, its actions aren't necessarily evil to the core, right?"

Considering the reform proposal Tuo Pa previously put forward for Bei Luobo Ge, Kaisa even felt that the company had made considerable contributions to maintaining interstellar stability and strengthening development.

"But that's just the Strategic Investment Department; the company has so many departments, and the departments don't seem to get along well either, making it hard to guarantee that people from other departments won't end up with a bad reputation."

"……You mean Si Ke Te?" Kaisa thought, it's almost as if he were holding his ID and directly saying his name.

"Si Ke Te is just a minor figure; what's worrying is that department-head-level people might make dangerous decisions—their far-reaching impact outweighs ten thousand Si Ke Tes." Chu Zihang said.

——

""Forgive me, just consider it my habit. I have a few troublesome friends; if I laid out the plan completely, they'd surely stir up some trouble—no amount of backup would be enough.""

""How do we get into the VIP lounge?" Dan Heng asked."

""What's the big deal? Leave it to street-smarts." Bo Ti Ou brimmed with confidence."

He walked up to the hotel lobby manager: "You're the lobby manager here, right?"

""Exactly. May I ask how I can be of service?""

""We're nameless guests of the Astral Express, here to check in, but we've gotten no response! The front desk girl said she'd help us contact the person in charge, but nobody showed up! We two brothers have been sitting here half a day, no water, no food, got screwed—is this how your family treats guests?""

Dan Heng beside him unconsciously lowered his voice: "Your street-smarts just means picking a fight?"

""Shh… this is called asserting our legitimate rights.""

""Please calm down, I know the full story. The hotel needs to first get in touch with Mr. Xingqiri. How about this: I'll arrange the beverage spots in two VIP rooms for you; please rest and wait.""

Bo Ti Ou looked smugly at Dan Heng: "See, isn't that done?"

Dan Heng turned away, not wanting to look at it: "... Next time, don't call yourself a nameless guest again."

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Silver Soul.

"Puhahaha——!"

Yin Shi held his stomach, laughing so hard he almost rolled off the sofa: "If this guy keeps calling himself a nameless guest, the reputation of the train crew will be ruined by him! Speaking of which, this guy isn't ridiculously strong, is he? He actually dared to rob the company!"

""Yin Sang, you just don't get it—'the stronger the opponent, the stronger one gets, strength unknown.' Sometimes a character's comedic level is directly proportional to their strength, you know?" Xin Ba Ji adjusted his glasses with an air of profundity, "Just like that pure-hearted knight called Yin Zhi—though he's hilarious, his strength can't be measured by any standard.""

"That person is a Pathwalker…… and besides, dressing like a Saint Warrior, occasionally bursting out a little cosmos makes sense, right?"

Yin Shi picked his nose, looking disdainful: "Besides, if we follow your logic, comedic characters are strong… then Xin Ba, you're not ridiculously strong, are you?"

""Am I a comedic character?!" Xin Ba pointed at Yin Shi and Shen Le, "…You two are the ones, right?!"

Yin Shi & Shen Le: ‿

Xin Ba grew even more excited: "And what if… I mean, what if! I might also gain tremendous strength someday—who knows?"

——

The two came to the VIP lounge bar; after Bo Ti Ou let out a sigh, he found a seat and asked the bartender behind the counter: "Um… buddy, I reserved a bottle of 'Asdeina White Oak' here—could you help us find it?"

""Asdeina White Oak? You two must have misremembered; we don't have that liquor here.""

""Impossible, think again?""

""If someone had reserved such a costly liquor, I'd definitely remember. After all, a bottle sells for hundreds of thousands of credit points… if I broke or lost it, I couldn't afford to compensate.""

Bo Ti Ou frowned, realizing things weren't simple: "Strange… could it be that the Rememberer can't afford it?"

Dan Heng crossed his arms: "What do we do now?"

""No rush, let's have a few drinks first. Maybe I came too early—she hasn't caught up yet.""

After the two had a simple drink and saw the Rememberer still not appear, they began to review the current situation; Dan Heng thought Pinokangni's present state was not very clear, but the public knew nothing about it, presumably because a high‑authority figure is covering it up.

The two brought up 【Yellow Spring】; Bo Ti Ou said he also had something he cared about: "You know, the factions that worship the Hunt are the most formidable in the galaxy—no sane person would dare impersonate the Celestial Vessel Alliance or the Sea‑Wandering Rangers; that's just asking for death……"

""Don't the Celestial Vessel people have a saying? 'The Emperor's Bow declares its wheelchair with only a beam of light'——"

""It's 'lion's roar,' proclaim its lion's roar." Dan Heng corrected expressionlessly."

""It doesn't matter, as long as you get my point. Anyway, don't think the Sea‑Wandering Rangers have vanished for years—we've been watching this sector of the universe. Many fools would rather offend the Annihilation Corps than provoke the Rangers.""

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Overlord.

"Huh, this guy's pretty interesting—seems not as dangerous as Lord An Zi said."

"Ya Wu La, don't readily believe the enemy's words."

"Oh oh……"

The elf maiden dressed like a boy lowered her head; earlier she had heard that, because of the Sea‑Wandering Rangers, Lord An Zi had released all the flayed humans—although the Supreme One's thoughts cannot be guessed by us servants, Ya Wu La still instinctively believed that this Bo Ti Ou must possess extraordinary power beyond humanity.