How come I was the one being targeted?

The bright moon hanging high in the sky was gradually obscured by floating clouds, and a faint blue light enveloped the surrounding area. Stars twinkled in the depths of the sky beyond the reach of sight, and the night breeze that brushed against the skin was very cool.

"When will he come back..."

Xue Yi looked up at the deep blue night sky, and a sense of loneliness was faintly revealed in her words.

The matcha cake next to her formed a sharp contrast with her. Huo Huo lowered her head to take notes, her soft fox ears trembling slightly, and it was obvious that she was in a good mood.

"T-this is the thirty-second mission I've handled this month? I never thought I could even achieve the mission targets that only senior judges could achieve... Will Lord Bai Jun praise me? Will he gently touch my hair, and then... hehe... Lord Bai Jun is super handsome... huh!?"

Huo Huo, immersed in a faint joy, suddenly felt a cold gaze like a thorn in her back. She shuddered subconsciously. Just as she looked around, not knowing what was going on, the tail uncle who had been silent the whole time spoke up in a slightly helpless tone:

"It's just your illusion. Anyway, don't look back."

"Huh? W-why..."

Uncle Tail curled his lips and quietly shifted his gaze behind him.

Because Xue Yi, who was covered in blood, was looking at her with dark and empty eyes and a smile without any emotion on the corner of his mouth.

Alas, it seems that the little coward’s future is particularly bumpy.

Space Station Stories: Chapter 110: Different Uses of "The Fool"

A gentle breeze rustled through the space station.

The fluorescent light was monotonous and quiet, and the air conditioner was running steadily and orderly. It was now 6:33 in the morning, and the attack had completely come to an end. Although the "Legion" attack had destroyed a lot of hardware and paralyzed nearly % of the pipelines in the station, the space station was still operating tenaciously.

Originally, Ester's plan was to purchase a new space station directly. However, it was not easy to find a space station of the same scale as the "Black Tower" on the market. At least it would not be easy to buy in a short period of time. Even if it was bought, it would take a lot of time to transport it.

And directly replacing a space station or something...it's hard not to make the staff curious about who is behind this, right?

Finally, under Alan's strong persuasion, Estelle reluctantly gave up the plan and turned to repairing and rebuilding the space station.

A few more days passed after that.

The space station is finally back on track, and the repair of the space station is still proceeding in an orderly manner. The restored power system once again provides the space station with air-conditioning with appropriate temperature. The warm current touching the skin makes people feel as if all disasters have been settled.

In the past few days, Bai Jun's surroundings have undergone drastic changes.

First of all, the people in the space station were friendlier to him, even too friendly.

Although their attitude towards him had been very good to begin with, after the attack a few days ago, their attitude had obviously crossed a level again. If their evaluation when they first entered the space station was just friendly, then now it had reached the same level of fanaticism as their attitude towards the Black Tower.

Ester and Alan said that the people in the space station witnessed his battle and changed their views on him... They were right. With the hot-blooded defense department staff as the center, passers-by did start to approach him and talk to him.

But the content of the conversation was somewhat annoying.

"Mr. Bai Jun, I deeply adore you, no matter if it's winter or spring, no matter if flowers bloom or wither. If this love could turn into stars, I would be a shooting star falling for you; if this love could turn into flowers, I would be a green ivy growing by your window; if this love could only turn into a fleeting dream, I would be a passerby in your dream; and now, I only wish to stay by your side, only wish that time would stop at this moment, only wish that I could hold your hand until the end of the world."

"Mr. Bai Jun, I've been supporting you since I was born. Could you please sign an autograph for me? No need for paper, just write it on the inside of my thigh!"

"Mr. Bai Jun! I really like you. For you, I want... I want——!"

These eyes were filled with admiration, love, and gratitude, and they were so fanatical that they almost pierced through his vision as they stared at him intently.

It would be fine if it were just women, but for some reason there were also many children, men, and even bionic robots mixed in!?

"That's fine. There's no need to deny other people's aspirations for themselves. It's good for both you and them."

Although Ruan Mei had come to comfort Bai Jun with this sentence, her subtle smile and eyes seemed to be teasing him.

But this is not what really gives Bai Jun a headache. The real heavyweight is a certain gray-haired girl, who is like a clingy spirit and never leaves Bai Jun's side. She likes to stay around Bai Jun all day long.

She follows him when he exercises, eats, takes walks, and even sneaks into his room without anyone noticing when he sleeps, and then gets thrown out by him. But she still enjoys doing this every day... The bad thing is that this causes another pink-haired webmaster to put down his work and join in the fun.

Occasionally, really just occasionally, Walter would come to chat with him. The topics of the chats were all kinds of strange, and the stories he told also left a deep impression on Bai Jun.

Today is an ordinary morning. There are no urgent tasks and no big projects to work on. Everyone gets up happily to work. This is a normal day.

Perhaps there are countless days like this, and even if we are living in an ordinary day like this, we will sincerely want to cherish it.

Bai Jun walked slowly in the crowd, responding to every greeting.

According to the habits developed in the space station, after breakfast, the body should naturally walk to the training room to warm up with exercises.

However, today is different. Before that, he wants to find Ester first.

Strangely enough, two days ago, Alan mysteriously handed him a key, saying that he was the most suitable person to hold it, and repeatedly warned him not to give the key to Ester, but it was not clear what the key was specifically used for.

The watermark pattern on the edge of the key looked somewhat familiar, and the universe in the background gave Bai Jun a sense of déjà vu. If he remembered correctly... this was probably something from the Interstellar Peace Company?

So Bai Jun thought about asking Estelle what this thing was.

Inadvertently, Bai Jun glanced around while walking in the corridor. The woman next to him was nagging about something, the two people behind him were whispering to each other, and the clerks were strolling on both sides of the road with documents in their arms, chatting excitedly about some topic.

This morning, without the gray-haired girl clinging to him like a clingy spirit, Bai Jun felt unusually relaxed and happy. Even the chattering in his ears seemed to become pleasant. But when he saw Xing, Sanyueqi and Danheng in the crowd, curiosity suddenly arose in his heart, so he quietly approached them.

——Who is the strongest in the "Space Station"?

"Hmm? It must have been Bai Jun! You didn't see that sword strike he made at that moment. He chopped that huge insect into powder in a flash!"

San Yueqi naturally lifted her bangs, played with her pink hair, and naturally said the person she had in mind.

Dan Heng, a calm and composed man, gave a rather precise answer. "Well, it depends on the situation. Academically, it's Ms. Heita, but in all other respects, it's definitely Bai Jun."

Xing, who was Bai Jun's sole pusher, yawned lazily, crossed his arms, and gave a seemingly casual but profound answer: "Huh, is there anyone else besides him?"

So embarrassing...

Bai Jun, who inexplicably became the "strongest" in the eyes of others, twitched the corner of his mouth. Listening to them randomly adding all kinds of strange settings to himself, he suddenly felt ashamed and embarrassed.

But if you think about it another way, at least Xing gets along well with the people on the train, so there's no need to worry about her anymore.

Recently, most of the staff have focused on repairing the space station. The number of people in the main control module has visibly decreased, so when Bai Jun came here, he felt it was particularly deserted. There were only a few staff members sitting at their desks working.

Ester rarely sits in the office and spends most of her time in the central monitoring area of ​​the main control module, observing the operation of the space station and the work status of various departments.

She has always been known for her rigor and seriousness, but today she unexpectedly started to slack off. Ester lowered her head to browse the forum and saw a new picture that had topped the group chat. From time to time, she let out a few pleasant chuckles.

The title is: "Shocked, Station Master Estelle has succeeded!?"

The picture shows the backs of Bai Jun and Estelle walking and chatting side by side. It's not very clear, but it shows their close and harmonious relationship. The comments below are mostly like, "So jealous, so hungry, so full!"

In fact, Ester didn't really care about other people's opinions, but when it came to her relationship with Bai Jun, she felt that it was really good to make others envious and jealous, so Ester smiled, clicked a like, and left a comment below.

"Anonymous: This is a great photo, it really makes me feel a bit emotional. I've actually thought they were a good match for each other for a long time, and now it seems my guess was right, hehe."

"Red-haired turtledove: Very classy, ​​I think so too. Why don't they get married?"

"Unlicensed Flying: Come on, is that little girl Estelle really worthy of that man?"

"Guatian Liza: Oh, come on, don't think too highly of others. That guy named Bai Jun actually has a lot of negative information."

Mars Robot: Tell us more!

"Bill Gewa: Plus one plus one, I'm quite curious, does that man have some black material?"

"Red-haired Turtledove: Huh? I've chatted with that Bai Jun a few times, he's a very nice guy..."

"Flying a spaceship without a license: Indeed, he is a very good gentleman. Do you have any evidence to prove such a statement?"

"@瓜田里猹 is talking nonsense. I know Mr. Bai Jun's character best! And there will be consequences for spreading rumors. I urge you to retract what you just said!"

"I'm from Egypt, so I can say whatever I want."

"Irizawa: You've almost finished. Someone who doesn't know you would think you're related to him. Stop pretending to know everything. No matter how much you know, can you understand as much as I do?"

The faint warm smile on her face disappeared after hearing these remarks. Ester's sky-blue eyes gradually lost their warmth and color. Her body seemed to be swallowed by an unknown and terrifying black energy. Even the screen of the mobile phone in her hand suddenly broke into several terrifying cracks.

This group of shameful parasites who can only spread rumors, if it weren't for Mr. Bai Jun's help, you parasites would have become garbage floating in the space long ago, garbage garbage garbage garbage garbage...

"Why did your expression suddenly become so scary?"

Bai Jun noticed that something was wrong with Esther from a distance, so he walked up to her and waved his hand in front of her eyes, which brought her back from the scary state of being surrounded by black air.

"Eh? Mr. Bai Jun...w-why are you here?!"

Estelle's expression softened again, her voice softened, and her cold eyes gradually melted into a gentleness like water.

Maybe she didn't even notice it, but now she always involuntarily looks for Bai Jun's figure. Whenever she finds him, she will be overjoyed and immediately run towards him.

"Alan gave me a key a couple of days ago. It wouldn't be appropriate for it to stay with me forever, so I came to ask you what it is. If it's useful, you can take it back."

"Here are my keys..."

Bai Jun took out the key Alan gave him from his pocket. The black card made Ester recognize it as the key to her online bank deposit at a glance. A few days ago, she was angry because Alan refused to let her buy another space station.

No wonder she refused to hand over the key no matter how she threatened Alan. Did she give it to Bai Jun?

However, Ester stopped halfway through extending her hand. She suddenly realized that Alan deliberately gave the key to Bai Jun as if he was hinting something to him.

Based on her experience of reading a lot of girls' comics, she quickly remembered that in ordinary families, the male head of the household seemed to hand over his salary to the female head of the household.

So her relationship with Bai Jun is now similar to that of a married couple in a family... in other words, a newlywed couple!?

"Uh, are you really okay?"

“Wow, wow…”

Ester made an embarrassing sound. No one knew what exciting things were going on in her mind. Her delicate white face was flushed with an alluring blush. She covered her red cheeks with her hands and lowered her head shyly.

In Bai Jun's sight, he could only see that Ester's expression changed from astonishment to solemnity, and then her face turned red in an instant, circles appeared in her eyes, and she lowered her head dizzyly.

"No...it's really nothing, nothing important. Anyway, Mr. Bai, Mr. Bai Jun, you can take it first!"

Just when Bai Jun was confused and at a loss, Ester suddenly raised her cute blushing cheeks and forcefully stuffed the key into Bai Jun's pocket.

Bai Jun couldn't refuse any longer and accepted the key again. "But it's really rare that Estelle would slack off and play with her phone during work hours."

"Not really, um, how should I begin?"

Ester sighed in distress and told Bai Jun about the rumors that had been spreading in the space station recently. Many of the rumors were even directed at Ester herself, and the content was basically rumors that she was embezzling money and was nepotism.

If we are determined to deal with it, a mere rumor is not a problem; it's not difficult to handle. The public cares about drama, not facts. We don't need to uncover the truth; we just need to prevent the rumor from spreading. Rather than painstakingly refuting it, it's better to identify the rumormonger directly.

However, we are currently in a period of unrest that has just ended. If we do not handle it properly and cause further trouble, it will inevitably backfire and cause more rumors and panic.

What's more, Ester doesn't want to reveal her identity, so she is now worried about how to deal with it.

"It's not easy being a stationmaster like you. The space station just experienced an attack, and now someone's spreading rumors and stirring up trouble. How do you say that? 'I'm submissive to external enemies, but when they start internal friction, I strike hard.'..."

Bai Jun crossed his arms across his chest, and after a moment of reflection, he felt that the pressure on Esther seemed a bit too great, so he took the initiative to suggest:

"Is there anything I can do to help?"

"I'm truly happy that Mr. Bai Jun has this kind thought. However, your heroic status has already spread throughout the entire station. It will definitely be inconvenient to investigate this matter further. I hope you won't get involved."

Ester didn't want to trouble Bai Jun with this matter. If she got into trouble and it affected Bai Jun's reputation, she would be heartbroken, so she decisively rejected Bai Jun's proposal.

"That's not a problem. I have my own way of dealing with it."

Bai Jun showed a mysterious smile, turned his wrist, and a fox mask appeared out of thin air.

Space Station Facts: Chapter 111: The Beautiful Girl Shows Her Power

mask?

A red and white mask in the shape of a fox.

Although Ester trusted Bai Jun very much and knew that he would definitely have a suitable solution, after seeing that he just took out a mask, Ester's heart still beat uneasily.

After much hesitation, she finally couldn't help but ask worriedly, "Mr. Bai Jun...are you saying you want to wear a mask and investigate this matter?"

There was a hint of confusion in those beautiful eyes, perhaps he felt that this was a bit too frivolous.

"Believe me, you'll know when the time comes, but before that, we need to roughly confirm the other party's location."

Bai Jun did not respond immediately, but kept the question mysterious.

Estelle had no choice but to hold back her other words and continued with the topic Bai Jun had just mentioned:

"I've done some research on this. There are some staff members in the space station who are quite well-versed in gossip and intelligence. Based on my research over the past few days, I've found a suitable candidate. Her real name is Pamela, and she usually calls herself "Melon Farmer." I think we might be able to get some information out of her. I originally planned to let Alan try to sound her out, but I haven't found a suitable opportunity..."

"Is the other party so vigilant?"

Bai Jun asked curiously. After all, Alan was one of the most skilled people in the space station. He should be able to handle an ordinary clerk.

"Not really. It's mainly because of me... Alan was worried that his status as an attendant would affect me, so he couldn't act lavishly. That's why I couldn't find a suitable opportunity to contact the 'melon farmer.' Otherwise, there's a high risk of letting the staff know that Station Master Ester is investigating this matter, which would easily alert them."

Ester sighed softly. She knew it was her fault, otherwise Alan might have found out the mastermind behind the scenes long ago.

"I see. Where is she then?"

"At this time... let me see, she must be skipping work and slacking off outside the base module section, right?"