Chapter 895

"I am truly, deeply sorry!"

Watching the robber siblings, whose faces were an unnatural shade of pale, with their hands bound to the chairs by leather straps, the chief of security who had hurried over from the secondary cabin couldn't help but wipe the cold sweat from his forehead, then bowed deeply without a moment's hesitation.

"It was our failure in inspection that caused you such alarm!"

"It's alright, this matter isn't your fault."

Li Ang smiled upon hearing this, then, while toying with the fake gun in his hand, he spoke:

"The two of them aren't holding real guns; the material isn't even iron, but wood painted with lacquer. They likely dismantled the parts and brought them on board mixed in with the miscellaneous items in their suitcases.

Because there were no metal parts to begin with, the strong magnetic scales you use to check luggage couldn't make the luggage feel heavier, allowing them to sneak these two fake guns on board.

For this kind of smuggling method, unless you can flip through every passenger's luggage, it's certainly unavoidable. You all did your best."

"This... I am terribly sorry, thank you for your understanding..."

Seeing that Li Ang seemed to have no intention of pursuing the matter, the airship's security chief breathed a long sigh of relief. After casting a murderous glare at the robber siblings, he signaled the security guards following behind him to make the arrest, while bowing once more to Li Ang and the female reporter:

"Your Highness, we are very, very sorry for what happened today. I will take these two away first and guarantee that we will give you an explanation!"

"No rush."

Raising his hand to press down and stop the security guards who were about to make the arrest, Li Ang smiled and said:

"I have some things I'd like to ask them. I wonder if there is a quiet, private room on the airship? If so, please arrange one for me."

"Well, there is..."

Upon hearing Li Ang's request, the security chief hesitated for a moment before offering a reminder:

"But these two are, after all, criminals who tried to hijack the airship. If you stay in a room with them and get hurt..."

"That won't happen."

Li Ang shook his head, his expression brooking no refusal:

"I was able to catch them once, I can catch them a second time. Just go ahead and arrange the room."

"This... since you insist, very well."

Seeing that His Highness the Prince was adamant, the security chief, who was still drawing a salary from the Kingdom's Department of Transportation, naturally dared not continue to object.

But fearing that Li Ang might be careless and truly get overturned by the hijackers, the security chief had someone fetch several thick ropes used to tie down air bags from the warehouse. After binding the robber siblings into human dumplings, he led Li Ang and the female reporter to a small room, introducing it with an earnest expression:

"Your Highness, this room was originally a cabin for balancing the load to prevent the airship from rolling. Although it's a bit out of the way, it's absolutely quiet. I will have my men guard the area from a distance, and I guarantee no one will disturb you."

"Much obliged."

After nodding and thanking the security chief, Li Ang closed the door from the inside, then turned to the robber siblings, who had been tossed onto the cabin floor and bound like two maggot babies, and smiled:

"Shall we chat?"

"Pah!"

Seemingly provoked by the smile on Li Ang's face, the brother robber, having successfully turned into a maggot, arched his body twice on the floor, shielding the sister robber behind him, and then glared at Li Ang with fury:

"You liar! We have nothing to talk about with you!"

"Calling me a liar is a bit excessive, isn't it?"

Li Ang blinked upon hearing this, then smiled and retorted:

"From the moment you appeared, I haven't said a single false word. How did I become a liar?"

"..."

"Besides, I don't even know you. I was just going out for a normal trip, and you pointed a gun at my forehead, threatening me to do this and that. In this situation, even if I did lie to you, it doesn't seem to be a problem, does it?"

It seemed that was indeed the case...

Hearing Li Ang's retort, the brother robber couldn't help but feel a loss of confidence. After mumbling twice, he shut his mouth.

The sister robber, shielded behind him, observed Li Ang's expression for a while, then stared fixedly into Li Ang's eyes and took the initiative to speak:

"This... sir, if you let him go, I can take you to find the Wang Gong of the Kewangguo!"

Hmm?

Hearing the sister robber's words, Li Ang's eyebrows couldn't help but rise slightly, and he looked at her with some surprise.

This child... seems a bit formidable, doesn't she?

Having failed to hijack the airship and being bound like a maggot baby, an ordinary person's brain should already be overloaded, but she not only calmed down, she even had the energy to ponder her own ideas, and was actually trying to negotiate terms.

Although children in this world are generally quite precocious, for a half-grown child of about twelve or thirteen who hasn't experienced much of the world, this level of calmness and rationality is exceptionally rare...

At the very least, she's already better than Nicole.

"She's asking you, why do you keep looking at me?"

Feeling uncomfortable under Li Ang's gaze and instinctively sensing that he must be thinking of something rude, the female reporter couldn't help but glare back, then turned her head and asked curiously:

"How did you know we wanted to find the Kewangguo Wang Gong?"

"..."

Look, what did I tell you.

Watching the sister robber, who had relaxed slightly upon hearing the female reporter's question, with a hint of joy appearing in her eyes, Li Ang couldn't help but shake his head and look at the female reporter with some helplessness.

Your brain... really has been left eight blocks behind by this half-grown child.

Before you asked that question, she didn't know what you wanted; she was just taking a blind guess to probe. If I had just coaxed her a little, I could have tricked the answer out of her.

But after you asked that question, she knows what we want. She will definitely hold onto this only trump card tightly. If we don't give a solid promise now, like letting her brother go, she definitely won't open her mouth.

"I guessed."

After glancing at the foolish... the innocent-looking female reporter, the sister robber, while feeling fortunate that there was still someone not so bright here, offered a compliment:

"The temperament of you two, one look and you can tell you aren't ordinary people, and you don't seem like the cruel type. It's unlikely you would waste time on two failed robbers.

So I guessed that you two might want to know something, and among the things I know, the only thing that might be helpful to 'nobles' like you is the location of the Kewangguo Wang Gong."

"No wonder..."

After hearing the sister robber's explanation, the female reporter nodded in realization, then turned her head to look in Li Ang's direction. Her bright eyes sparkled with surprise as she communicated through her gaze:

Li Ang, look at this child, she's so smart!

Let me ask, is it possible she isn't smart, but you are a bit... innocent?

Watching the female reporter being led around by the nose by a half-grown child, Li Ang, who had a bit of a headache, couldn't help but pinch the bridge of his nose, feeling that this field trip of his probably wouldn't be very easy.

If nothing else, with Nicole's brain, the fact that she has managed to survive in the Cleaning Bureau until now is probably largely due to her father's help.

He could already imagine her executing missions in the front while the Water Bottle Director followed behind, looking helpless and rushing to clean up her messes. And now, this job of cleaning up messes had clearly fallen onto his shoulders.

Hmm... wait, if I'm currently doing the job her father should be doing, doesn't that mean I'm her step...