I rely on myself

Chapter 549: Route and Newcomers

"Anyway, the route has been decided."

As the route was determined, the lights in the bridge were turned back on, the display screens on the ground were turned off, and the rest of Tabins' crew began to return to their jobs.

Olga and the others were planning to return to their ship, Yuhuo, but at this moment, Ming Lai suddenly said, "Oh, by the way, because we are in a hurry to set sail, I forgot to tell you something. It's from my father, and he wants to send someone to your side."

Hearing this, Olga and the others stopped and looked at each other, somewhat confused. Upon seeing this, Ming Lai walked up to Olga and whispered.

“Actually, he’s the supervisor.”

"Supervisor?"

Hearing this, Olga immediately showed a bad face and said in a dissatisfied tone: "Is it because you don't trust us? That's why you sent people here."

"Don't mind it. There's nothing we can do about it. After all, you're a bunch of little brats. Dad is a little worried anyway, so this kind of thing is inevitable. Besides, it's not bad to have someone like this as a contact. What's more, the one sent here is a very capable woman."

Ming Lai looked towards the door as he spoke, and at this moment, Amidah also shouted to the outside of the door as if he had telepathy: "Come in."

"excuse me."

Following the voice, the door opened and a mature woman with golden hair and wearing a suit walked in. At the first sight, Olga felt that she was familiar, as if she had seen her somewhere before.

Before he could remember, the other party introduced herself directly: "Nice to meet you, I'm Mellie Beede Stapleton."

"She previously worked in the banking department of Divaz and is very familiar with buying and selling. I think your Tekkadan is lacking people in this field."

While Ming Lai was introducing the other party, he was also further reducing Olga's resistance. Hearing this, Olga realized that this was indeed something she could not refuse. At the same time, the other party was indeed the talent that their Tekkadan needed now, so she no longer resisted and walked forward, stretched out her hand and said.

"Hello, nice to meet you. I am Olga Itsuka, the leader of the Tekkadan. I look forward to your guidance in the future."

"If it's you, the leader, this isn't the first time we've met."

While saying this, Meribeth walked up to Olga and held her hand with a mysterious smile on her face.

At this moment, Olga suddenly remembered that a few days ago in Jupiter, when their Tekkadan went to the bar to relax together, he drank too much alcohol in one breath, so he felt a little unwell at that time.

At that time, in addition to Mikazuki who was taking care of him, there was another person who lent him a handkerchief and gave him some instructions.

Because he was not very conscious at the time, he did not react for a while. At this time, the two of them came closer and saw each other's faces clearly, which made Olga recall that the other person was the one at that time.

Thinking back to this incident, Olga couldn't help feeling embarrassed. At the same time, she looked away involuntarily, not daring to look directly at him, and looked as if she was avoiding him.

"Uh!"

"Hehehehe..."

Compared with Olga's embarrassment, Meribeth seemed more calm.

Ming Lai, who was standing by, was also interested when he saw this and asked, "What? Do you know each other?" "Yes, we met on Jupiter a few days ago."

"Is that so? That makes things much easier. Anyway, I'll leave that kid to you to help take care of him."

"Hehe, okay... I'll say it one more time then. Please give me your guidance, Captain."

"Uh……!"

Looking at Meribeth who was looking at her with a smile, Olga just wanted it to end as soon as possible.

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Several days had passed since the agreed upon route, and during this time, the two ships had been sailing steadily in this sea of ​​stars, getting closer and closer to the Earth.

During this period, under the guidance of Tabins, they successfully avoided Gjallarhorn's surveillance while using the Ariadne Route to ensure their own coordinates so as not to get lost in the vast starry sky.

During this period, Meribeth also thoroughly proved her abilities. Just as Ming Lai said, she was very capable.

Not only in matters related to business, but even daily trivial matters were organized in an orderly manner. With her help, Olga's daily affairs as the head of the group were obviously much easier to handle, which was a fact that he himself could not refute.

Even so, although Meribeth's joining caused a great sensation, after all, the Tekkadan is basically composed of men, with only three women. Delia is the eldest daughter, and her status is a bit too high for everyone, while Fumitan looks cold all day long. Finally, although Atla is very friendly, she is too young and is still a girl.

In comparison, Merribird is not only friendly, but also exudes the charm of a mature woman. She has a strong appeal to members of the Tekkadan, most of whom are orphans. For a time, her popularity was very high, so she quickly integrated into the Tekkadan, even at a speed that was a bit astonishing.

Apart from that, nothing else happened along the way. Even looking at the unchanging starry sky, everyone couldn't help but slowly put their minds at ease, thinking that they should be able to reach the Earth's circle smoothly, but accidents often happen at this time.

In the waiting room, Akihiro had just put on his driving suit when the door suddenly opened and Takaki walked in. He asked, "Brother Akihiro, are you going on patrol? Can you take me with you if possible?"

"Uh?"

Akihiro was a little slow to react to Takaki's sudden request, but when he came to his senses, he couldn't help but frown and said, "It's no problem to take you along. After all, the more people on patrol, the better. But your skills..."

"No problem. I have been using the simulator to practice in my spare time. I have accumulated enough knowledge. I may still lack practical experience, but please allow me to join you."

Takaki replied quickly with a serious expression on his face. Seeing how enthusiastic he was, Akihiro couldn't refuse for a moment. After all, it was not good to dampen the other party's enthusiasm, so after thinking about it, Akihiro agreed.

"Okay, but once you're outside you have to obey orders. After all, this is no joke in the universe."

"Yes!"

Takaki readily agreed, and although Akihiro gave some words of warning, he agreed to Takaki's request thinking that everything had been very peaceful for so many days and there shouldn't be any accidents this time.

In this way, the two of them drove out of the machine together to carry out routine patrol missions.

(End of this chapter)