Chapter 279: Breaking Into Someone Else

The video continues.

【Patrol Corsairs?】

Upon hearing Botio's words,

Brother Dan Heng's face showed a distinctly surprised expression.

【Is that really necessary?】

【His expression is like he just saw a ghost...】

【You thought we were all dead, didn't you?】

【Hah!】

【Indeed, being out of sight too long has this downside.】

Botio laughed and said a few words.

【The Hunt's righteous heroes would never hijack the Star Rail.】

Brother Dan Heng replied coolly.

【I haven't hijacked anything yet—just holding a gun and chatting counts as hijacking?】

Botio retorted confidently.

【Probably counts, Pam...】

Pam said timidly.

Amber: "Holding a gun and... chatting?"

Amber: "Mr. Botio, your habits really are..."

Xiangling: "Uh... it really does feel like Hu Tao's description of interstellar bandits."

March 7th: "Exactly. Only bandits show up on someone else's turf and point guns at them without warning!"

Welt: "Mr. Botio... you owe us an explanation."

Welt: "The Star Rail has done nothing to you. Why are you doing this?"

Botio: "It's a matter of urgency... if I didn't do this, I couldn't get your help!"

Miss Qingque: "What kind of twisted logic is that?"

Miss Qingque: "If you need help from the Star Rail crew, why not just approach them properly?"

Miss Qingque: "What's the point of pointing a gun at them?"

Miss Qingque: "If you do this, you won't just fail to get their help—you'll probably get beaten senseless!"

Botio: "The key is, how do I know if you're really the Star Rail crew?"

Botio: "So before confirming your identities, isn't it only sensible to be cautious?"

Colette: "So Mr. Botio, you can't recognize the Star Rail?"

Botio: "I've only heard the name—it doesn't count as knowing them."

Stelle: "All that talk is useless. Your act of hijacking the train has left us deeply traumatized!"

Stelle: "Look how terrified our train chief is!!"

Stelle: "His fur is standing on end!"

Stelle: "You won't get off easy unless you pay us tens of thousands of credit points!"

Botio: "Hmm, I did wrong here."

Botio: "But I haven't actually done anything yet."

Botio: "So there's no issue of compensation at all!"

Stelle: "Ah, this..."

Silver Wolf: "So you're disappointed you can't extort money?"

Stelle: "What do you mean 'extort'?"

Stelle: "I'm just claiming my rightful rights!"

Stelle: "Fine. Then when you get around to it, hijack us again and send the compensation to me."

Botio: "Hey, damn, you're really cutthroat!"

Botio: "Someone like you not joining me as a Patrol Corsair to hassle the company? What a loss for my Uncle Wuwu!"

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【To be frank, many rumors about the current state of the Patrol Corsairs across the galaxy are far from pleasant.】

【I find it hard to believe you.】

Brother Dan Heng found Botio's words,

highly suspicious.

【This bunch of idiots keeps spinning wilder stories—now they say all Patrol Corsairs were turned into gibbons by the Original Doctor and are swinging on vines in some mountain ravine.】

【Of course, I know you won't believe me.】

【So likewise, I can't just take it for granted that you're truly the Nameless Guests.】

【See the bullets in this gun?】

【Nine millimeters—always the classic.】

【Right now I need the Star Rail's help, but if you're just fakes like that guy... tsk, these bullets might end up lodged in my skull.】

【I can't let myself be put in danger—this much is logical, right?】

【So you must prove yourselves first... hey, where are you going?】

Stelle: "Breaking into someone else's territory and making them prove their identity."

Stelle: "It's turned heaven upside down."

March 7th: "The Geniuses of the Sea-Chase were all turned into long-armed apes by Dr. Primitive?"

March 7th: "Where did such an outrageous rumor even come from?"

Himeko: "It may not necessarily be just a rumor."

Himeko: "That Dr. Primitive...."

Himeko: "If I remember correctly, isn't he also a member of the Genius Club?"

Herta: "That's right, the 64th member of the Genius Club, Dr. Primitive."

Herta: "Because he committed a great crime, he's been hunted by the Geniuses of the Sea-Chase."

Herta: "But as you can imagine, anyone who can become a member of the Genius Club must be incredibly difficult to deal with."

Welt: "In the process of hunting Dr. Primitive, the Geniuses of the Sea-Chase probably paid an extremely heavy price."

Welt: "But Dr. Primitive has now vanished — was he successfully hunted down by the Geniuses of the Sea-Chase?"

Boothill: "Hard to say. The thing just suddenly disappeared, and the Geniuses of the Sea-Chase are still tracking his trail."

Lumine: "Uh.... hearing you all talk like this.... this Dr. Primitive guy sounds pretty formidable too?"

Lumine: "He can actually evade the pursuit of an entire group like the Geniuses of the Sea-Chase all on his own?"

Lumine: "Is it just because he's some member of the Genius Club?"

Furina: "The Genius Club.... just hearing the name, it sounds like a place only geniuses can belong to!"

Hu Tao: "I'm a little curious — just how much of a genius do you have to be to get into the Genius Club?"

Dr. Ratio: "A genius to the point where you can catch the gaze of the Erudition Aeon, Nous — then you can get in."

Nahida: "It actually requires the recognition of the Erudition Aeon to enter?!"

Nahida: "That sounds incredibly difficult!"

Herta: "It's alright, not really that hard."