Why is my job panel in an anime style?

Chapter 310 Titan Heavy Industry
"Did AIO Logistics say when their people will arrive?"

In the noisy Starport, a middle-aged man with a stubble beard was half-squatting on the ground, a half-burnt cigarette between his fingers, and casually asked a young man who was maintaining a mechanical arm next to him.

As he spoke, he took a deep drag on his cigarette, a look of pure enjoyment spreading across his face.

Before he could even exhale the smoke from his mouth, a squad of fully armed robotic soldiers appeared in front of him: "Sir, smoking is not allowed in the Starport. We hope you understand."

"Oh? I'm so sorry, I'm so sorry."

Upon hearing this, the middle-aged man gave an awkward smile and quickly stubbed out his cigarette.

However, seeing that the robot soldiers hadn't left, he couldn't help but scratch his head: "Is there anything else?"

"Sir, according to the Star Harbor Management Regulations and Penalty Act, we will be fining you fifty credits." The lead robot soldier took the ticket from his colleague behind him and handed it to the middle-aged man. "Please sign here."

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Looking at the ticket in his hand, the middle-aged man hesitated, but eventually resigned himself and signed his name.

"Thank you for your cooperation."

Upon seeing this, the robot soldier saluted and then turned and left.

After watching them leave, the middle-aged man said with some helplessness, "Why did the company make us conduct a secret investigation, causing me to get a ticket for no reason?"

Given their positions within the group, they could do whatever they wanted, from smoking in the Starport to setting off fireworks.

The young man did not answer immediately. Instead, he applied a final layer of protective oil to the robotic arm and then carefully reattached it to the severed left arm.

After doing all this, he calmly asked in return, "Do you think a normal person would dare to touch our things or those dragons' things?"

".Too."

The middle-aged man quickly accepted this explanation. Then, he scratched his messy hair and muttered to himself, "I hope it's not those lunatics from the Tiamat branch who come this time."

Those five-colored dragons were indeed very powerful, but their brains weren't very sharp, making it rather difficult for them to carry out such a covert investigation mission.

At this moment, an extremely exaggerated tan starship slowly entered the starport.

Just as the middle-aged man was about to complain to his companion about whether the starship owner had poor taste, he noticed that the other person had already started walking towards the location of the tan-colored starship.

Upon seeing this, he was taken aback at first, then quickly followed: "What's going on? Xiao Pan, do you know them?"

"Didn't you read the intelligence I sent you?"

When asked, the young man frowned slightly, clearly puzzled as to why the person beside him hadn't recognized the tan-colored starship.

Upon hearing his words, the middle-aged man was somewhat embarrassed and said, "I have been preparing that Death Star warship all this time, and I have had all external information blocked by the artificial intelligence under my command."

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The young man sighed almost imperceptibly, somewhat unable to understand why the company would assign this guy this task.

During their conversation, the two arrived in front of the tan-colored starship. It was then that the middle-aged man realized that it was actually a living warship.

Looking at the ridiculously large starship in front of him, a question kept popping into his mind: "Don't those dragons usually prefer to travel between stars using their physical bodies? Why are they traveling on a starship this time?"

Before he could come up with a reasonable conclusion, three figures had already emerged from the starship.

Ignoring what the middle-aged man was thinking, the young man stepped forward and extended his right hand to the leader of the group: "Pan Mingrui, Senior Engineer of [Giant God Heavy Industries]".

"Let's just consider Li Ang as an unofficial employee of [Aio Logistics]."

Upon hearing this, the young man was taken aback.

Although [AIO Logistics] had sent him personnel information in advance, it did not specify that the person in front of him was a so-called "non-permanent employee," and he had never heard of such a position being held by this global giant.

'Could it be that he's a temporary bounty hunter hired by [AIO Logistics]?'

Bounty hunters are a common profession; after all, the universe is so vast that someone has to do the dirty work.

If that's the case, then it would explain why the other side would possess such a starship.

After all, bounty hunters' vehicles are always bizarre and unusual, and this tan starship, apart from being a bit too big, is actually quite normal.

Thinking this, Pan Mingrui subconsciously looked behind the person in front of him, and then two female figures, one tall and one short, came into his view.

The shorter figure was gnawing on a piece of metal like a hamster, while the taller figure watched him with a smile.

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Is this team really reliable?

A sense of powerlessness welled up in Pan Mingrui's heart.

Just as he was about to say something, the middle-aged man quickly stepped forward and shook Li Ang's right hand: "Chris Wu, senior engineer of [Giant God Heavy Industries], you can just call me Old Wu."

After saying that, he let go of my hand and pulled a dirty pack of cigarettes from his greasy overalls: "Want one?" "Thanks, I don't smoke."

Li Ang politely declined Lao Wu's offer.

Upon hearing this, Old Wu regretfully stuffed the cigarette box back into the box; he wasn't so low as to make everyone present inhale his secondhand smoke.

Pan Mingrui doesn't count, since secondhand smoke can't damage a physical iron lung, even though high-level professionals wouldn't be affected by such a trivial matter.

Just then, Li Ang introduced the team members to the two: "This is Elise, an elite employee of the Tiamat branch within the group."

Upon hearing its name, the little dragon blinked and then mumbled, ".Nimenhao."

At this moment, Pan Mingrui looked at the little dragon dog who was still eating, and a hint of surprise flashed in his eyes.

Was this originally a giant dragon?

He hasn't really figured it out without using any detection devices.

Just as Pan Mingrui was thinking this, he heard the person in front of him continue to introduce, "This is Sophia, an elite employee of the Bahamut branch."

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One Tiamat branch member, one Bahamut branch member—clearly, this wasn't the kind of bounty hunter team he had in mind.

But why is the leader of such an elite team a young man who calls himself an "unofficial employee"?

With some doubt in his mind, Pan Mingrui's pupils contracted slightly.

Then nothing happens.

In the eyes of this senior engineer, there was nothing special about the other party; he was just an ordinary fifth-level professional, not even a dragon.

On the contrary, those two giant dragons were extremely powerful, and could be considered top-tier even among the fifth level.

The absence of any abnormality is the biggest abnormality. Pan Mingrui did not believe that an ordinary fifth-level professional could become a leader in such a team.

After a brief silence, he said, "Let's leave here first. This isn't the place to talk."

"Then I'll trouble you two to lead the way."

Since he was a guest, Li Ang naturally couldn't object to his suggestion, especially since Starport was indeed a bit noisy.

And so, the group quickly left Starport and arrived at a small, abandoned factory.

However, unlike its dilapidated exterior, the factory interior was surprisingly clean.

After gesturing to the robot butler beside him to pour a glass of ice water for everyone present, Pan Mingrui said apologetically, "Time is limited, and we will not be staying on this planet afterward, so please don't mind."

"you are too polite."

Li Ang shook his head slightly. He hadn't expected that the other party, despite his cold appearance, would be so easy to talk to.

Ultimately, this incident was a mistake made by [Aio Logistics], and it's already a miracle that [Giant Heavy Industry], the client, didn't give them any attitude.

However, what Li Ang didn't know was that [Giant God Heavy Industries] was also afraid that the group of crazy dragons from the Tiamat branch would come to handle the follow-up matters.

If they were to send another professional with a bad temper, forget about finding out the truth; they'd probably start fighting as soon as they met.

But no matter what, an easy-going client always makes people feel good.

Without dwelling on the matter too much, Li Ang asked directly, "Before we arrived, did you two find any useful information?"

When asked, the two senior engineers exchanged a glance and then shook their heads in unison.

However, Pan Mingrui immediately added, "Although we haven't found any clues, we know where to investigate."

"【Devil's Desire Casino】, most space pirates in this star field go here to sell their stolen goods after a successful robbery."

Unlike the Federation and the Empire, the star systems under the jurisdiction of the five major global corporations are much more chaotic, and therefore, space pirates are naturally a common occurrence.

And since there are space pirates, there must also be places to sell stolen goods.

However, the "Devil's Desire Casino" is not a real casino, but rather refers to an entire planet jointly operated by the "Price Desire Group" and the "Mingjin Club".

The latter is a company that specializes in operating casinos, and its size is comparable to that of the Price Desire Group.

However, after listening to Pan Mingrui's account, Li Ang couldn't help but frown and then asked the question that had been bothering him: "Those robbers should have thought of this too, right? Would they still be selling their stolen goods at the [Devil's Desire Casino]?"

He would rather go to the trouble of traveling to other star systems than sell the stolen goods on the spot, since not just anyone can handle the goods from [Giant God Heavy Industries].

However, Old Wu seemed to have anticipated Li Ang's question, so he shrugged and said, "That's what we were thinking too, but it's impossible for such an operation to be completely unannounced. What we really need to do is find the biggest intelligence broker in this star system."

"Ronan, the Man in the Mirror".

(End of this chapter)