Volume 5, Chapter 10 – A Huge Wave of Drama

“Stand still and behave!”

At Anran’s sharp command, Maggie, whose posture had already been somewhat unnatural, immediately took half a step backward. At a complete loss, she held her hands stiffly at her sides.

The space outside the automated booth was not very large to begin with. Once an ultraviolet laser cannon was squeezed into it, the area felt even more cramped.

Anran kicked away the lollipop that had fallen to the floor. It shot past Maggie’s feet.

Whoosh.

A chill swept by.

The front of Maggie’s armor had already been somewhat revealing, and her nervousness now made her chest rise and fall continuously.

Fine beads of sweat appeared on her forehead. Her gaze first fell upon the imposing ultraviolet laser cannon.

Its streamlined shape looked extremely cool, and it was noticeably different from the ultraviolet laser cannons she had seen before.

Although Maggie suspected that it might be fake or incapable of firing, she did not dare gamble on it.

She was, after all, the daughter of a governor who ruled an imperial territory. She still had a wonderful life ahead of her. How could she die here?

Her gaze then shifted to Anran.

Earlier, she had merely been making wild accusations when she claimed that Anran was colluding with Harrison. Now, however, she was certain that her guess was correct. She had been careless. She should not have come alone. At the very least, she should have brought a robot, or wasted less time talking and subdued this woman immediately.

Was there still a chance?

Maggie herself was not particularly strong, but she had complete confidence in her custom-made suit. It was exceptionally powerful.

Moreover, she had secretly contacted her subordinates. All she had to do was wait for them to arrive.

“Heh.”

Anran flicked her hand, and [Hurricane] instantly appeared in her grasp, pointing at Maggie.

“Behave yourself and take off your clothes.”

“!!!”

Maggie glared at Anran. “What did you say?”

“I said, behave yourself and take off that outfit,” Anran repeated.

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“Y-You… What do you mean?” Maggie tried to move her right foot backward.

“Move again and I’ll fire.”

“Let’s discuss this. I’ll leave right now, and we’ll pretend none of this ever happened.”

“Is there something wrong with your brain? Hurry up and strip. If you don’t, I’ll stab you to death. Would you like to test how sharp this sword is?”

The moment she finished speaking, a blade of sword energy flew past Maggie’s hair bun.

The laser cannon had long since finished charging. The instant Anran pressed the button, its beam would fire. She was completely confident that she could keep Maggie occupied for a moment and then take both of them down together.

How humiliating.

Maggie felt utterly humiliated.

The more strength Anran displayed, the less confidence Maggie had.

Anything she tried now would merely be a pointless struggle, unless she could stall until someone arrived.

“I’ll count down from ten. If you haven’t taken it off by then, I’ll press the button,” Anran said. “Don’t worry. I won’t make you strip completely. I’ll leave you a little fabric.”

“…”

“Ten, nine…”

Fury blazed in Maggie’s eyes. When had anyone ever threatened her like this?

“Seven, six…”

Anran counted slowly. She was not anxious in the slightest, because…

“Four, three, two…”

Maggie bit her lip tightly. Only one remained, but how could she possibly obey Anran and remove her outfit? As long as she kept it on, she still had the leverage to negotiate. Once she took it off, she would be completely at Anran’s mercy.

Tap.

At that moment, footsteps suddenly sounded from behind her.

Maggie’s expression stiffened.

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They arrived that quickly?

Had they already been nearby?

Even if it was not one of her subordinates, anyone coming here at this moment should be a bank customer. Once that person saw what was happening and sent even the slightest signal to the outside, the situation would change.

Whoosh.

A gust of wind swept over.

Wait.

Maggie suddenly tried to turn around, but Anran made her move at that exact moment.

Unable to watch both directions at once, Maggie reacted a fraction too slowly.

Thud!

She was struck on the head.

After several critical hits, Maggie was directly afflicted with the [Stunned] buff and collapsed.

Standing before Anran was Aila, holding a metal rod.

Bang, bang, bang…

Aila struck her several more times. An energy force field had actually deployed around Maggie, but this type of force field was better suited to defending against bullets and energy weapons. It was not particularly effective against the metal rod swung with Aila’s tremendous strength.

After all, Aila had 136 Strength.

“Hurry, hurry.”

Anran pulled Aila farther inside, then put away the ultraviolet laser cannon.

Next came the task of stripping off the outfit.

Starting from the top, Anran first removed the earpiece-like device and the goggles. Then she felt around until she found the outfit’s fasteners and opened them. Beginning at the shoulders, the clothing was slowly peeled away…

Before long, Maggie had been stripped down to her underwear.

Should she kill her or not?

While Anran hesitated, another sound came from outside.

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“Anran, two large robots and three people are approaching. They’re moving very quickly,” Aila reported.

She might as well strike once before leaving. Whether Maggie died would depend on her luck.

Anran thrust [Hurricane] toward Maggie’s neck.

Puff!

It was deflected?

Immediately afterward, Anran saw an illusory mark disappear from Maggie’s body.

This was…

The game notification sounded.

An alchemical item capable of negating one fatal attack.

As expected of a privileged scion. She could afford to spend heavily on something like that. No wonder she dared flaunt her status as Governor Fitch’s youngest daughter wherever she went.

“Let’s go.”

Maggie was only a weakling whose personal strength was nothing impressive. Besides, Anran had no intention of beginning an all-out war with Fitch right now. That would not be rational.

Bang!

One of the automated booths beside them was instantly blasted away. By then, Anran and Aila had already fled quite a distance, and two people soon gave chase.

One was level 38, and the other was level 39.

With Anran’s strength, she naturally had no reason to fear fighting them. However, being detained here would be troublesome.

Her priority was to shake off the two pursuers. Afterward, Anran and Aila dashed aboard their spaceship, flew out of Ruilanduo Star, and headed directly for a nearby planet.

A player had just accepted her quest anyway. She could contact them through the Hunter Guild, arrange a place to obtain the technology, and everything would proceed perfectly smoothly!

…

“…”

Two robots stood guard outside. When the three people entered the automated booth and saw the scene inside, they were completely dumbfounded.

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Their boss had been stripped down to her underwear.

“Get out! Get out! You two, hurry up and chase those two people!”

The two men were shoved straight outside.

The remaining young woman looked troubled. If she took off her own clothes and gave them to Maggie, she would end up looking exactly like this. It would be better to wait for the companions who were still on their way, so she urged them again.

“Guard the entrance. Don’t let anyone come inside.”

“Command received.”

The large robots faithfully took up guard positions.

Damn it. What a mess.

The young woman’s head began to ache.

…

At a Star Hunter Guild branch located 178 light-years from Ruilanduo Star, Anran finally contacted the player named [starshine]. After the two agreed on a meeting place and another four days passed, Anran finally obtained the anti-gravity blueprint.

Although she had lost four million Bilu in one go, Anran did not feel distressed in the slightest.

As for the follow-up quests, Anran directly assigned [starshine] a series of errands and miscellaneous tasks. Although the reward for each individual quest was not very high, the combined rewards were still quite generous.

[starshine] was very satisfied.

[I accepted a quest at the Star Hunter Guild and spent some time running errands for an NPC named Anran. By the end of it, I had earned 850,000 EXP and four million Bilu. My god!]

[Holy crap, four million Bilu?]

[Even at the current exchange rate, that should be worth seven or eight hundred thousand in cash, right? Bro, you’ve struck it rich!]

[Anran? Which Anran?]

Hmm?

A private message arrived from Leading the Escape.

[starshine] opened the chat window.