Chapter 472

Botio: "Damn it, I always feel like you're morally blackmailing me."

Botio: "But if I actually ran into something like this, I couldn't just stand by and do nothing."

Botio: "What's wrong with breaking someone out of prison?"

Botio: "Relax, no one's more professional than me!"

Botio: "I can come and go as I please through corporate lairs—let alone a family compound?"

Hu Tao: "No wonder you're Mr. Botio!"

Hu Tao: "Your experience out in the world is truly rich!"

The video continued.

【It's time, everyone.】

【I've arranged an informal consultation with key company officials ahead of the upcoming negotiations—would any of you care to observe?】

General Jing Yuan changed tone,

asking the group.

【Since the General invites us, and this concerns matters of cosmic importance, the Stellaron Express crew naturally won't refuse.】

【But if the company isn't particularly welcoming...】

Himeko hesitated.

【How could that be? We welcome you wholeheartedly!】

【They regard you as reliable allies of the company in Penacony—there's no reason not to welcome you.】

【Moreover, with observers as dependable as the Stellaron Express present, the discussions will surely proceed more smoothly.】

【What do you all say?】

Jing Yuan smiled.

【Then we humbly accept your invitation.】

Himeko accepted Jing Yuan's invitation on behalf of the Stellaron Express crew.

【Eh... I... I'm allergic to these kinds of settings—I'll just go back to my room and pack my bags.】

Stelle: "March 7th, how can you be so spineless?"

Stelle: "You let such a great chance to show yourself slip right by!"

March 7th: "What kind of chance?"

March 7th: "It's verbal sparring, isn't it?"

March 7th: "You know I've always been terrible in those kinds of situations!"

Paimon: "Paimon can't handle those situations either."

Paimon: "When the other side says ten sentences, Paimon probably hasn't even thought of one reply."

Paimon: "That's just too frustrating."

Miss Ningguang: "At the negotiation table, it's no different from a battlefield."

Miss Ningguang: "You need to be sharply focused, mentally and spiritually."

Miss Ningguang: "It's normal for someone as pure as Miss March 7th to be out of her element."

Stelle: "Of course, only someone like me—a true all-rounder—is up to the task!"

Stelle: "Negotiations? Child's play."

Silver Wolf: "I don't think you know how to negotiate."

Silver Wolf: "But your skin is thick—and extraordinarily so."

Silver Wolf: "You're an excellent troublemaker."

Furina: "Pfft... Hahahaha..."

Furina: "S-sorry, I'm not mocking Miss Stelle... I just couldn't help it."

Stelle: "Damn it, you're the troublemaker!"

Stelle: "Silver Wolf, if you can't speak properly, just shut up!"

Silver Wolf: "I'm just stating facts—why are you getting so worked up?"

Silver Wolf: "Besides, isn't being a troublemaker great?"

Silver Wolf: "No one can touch you."

Miss Qingque: "Hey, 'troublemaker' sounds too crude—Miss Stelle wouldn't like that."

Miss Qingque: "How about 'unyielding brute'?"

Miss Qingque: "Sounds better than 'troublemaker.'"

Stelle: "Both of you, enough!!"

Stelle: "You're slandering my reputation as the Galaxy Batting Hero—I'm remembering this!"

Stelle: "I'll settle the score with you both someday!"

The video continued.

【It's fine, go ahead.】

【Welt and I can handle things here.】

Welt signaled to March 7th that she could return safely,

as he and Himeko were more than enough.

【I think I should return to the train first.】

【The Trainmaster is worried about us—I should go explain the current situation.】

Dan Heng hurried back to the train,

So I don't plan to go along.

【Alright, I'm counting on you.】

【Stelle, what about you?】

【Do you want to come with me and Welt, or do you have something else to do?】

Himeko asked Stelle for her opinion again.

【My intuition tells me there's only one choice here...】

Stelle looked at General Jing Yuan's expression,

and felt she might have no choice but to go.

【Haha, you guessed right!】

【Though I don't know the reasons, the company's representatives insisted that Stelle must attend as an observer—I'll lead the way, this way please!】

Stelle: "See that?"

Stelle: "I really can't miss any occasion..."

Stelle: "Sigh, it's all because of this damn charm of mine..."

March 7th: "Look at how proud you are."

March 7th: "Can't you be a little more low-key?"

Stelle: "Aren't I being low-key enough?"

Stelle: "There are still plenty of people in this universe who don't even know my name!"

Furina: "I suspect the reason they called Stelle Young Lady is because she's the only one who's experienced all the major events?"

Hu Tao: "That's right—almost every major event in Pashi Society had Stelle Young Lady present."

Hu Tao: "She's like the central figure; everything seems to revolve around her."

Gui Naifen: "What a protagonist's treatment—sister, you really are a walking Star Core."

Sand Gold: "So how could a negotiation be perfect without the protagonist present?"

Sand Gold: "Still, I'm more curious about how this negotiation will turn out."

Wind: "Ehehe, it's going to get pretty fierce."

Truth Doctor: "There'll be no shortage of sharp words..."

Truth Doctor: "Sigh... if I could, I'd rather not waste time on this."

Topaz: "Unless the family concedes and willingly hands over Pashi Society, this matter won't yield any result anytime soon."

Ying: "Make the family concede?"

Ying: "Sounds like a fairy tale..."

The video continued.