The Highest Bounty - Chapter 74

Chapter 74: Continuously Getting Rejected

After going to four repair shops, Gu Ding kept receiving the same answer. “There’s no way to repair it.” The explanations given for why they could not repair it were all different though. Aside from the two previous reasons provided, they were also rejected as ‘the boss was not around’, ‘the business was suspended’, ‘the model was too old’, and ‘the workers have no repair experience’.

“What exactly is going on? Could these people all have seen the media’s report already?” Gu Ding could not fully understand.

“I think someone has had a hand in this. I’ll check around. You wait a while.” Neptune had also noticed the abnormality of the situation. Therefore, he started infiltrating these four repair shop bosses’ intelligent wristwatches. In just a moment, he found the answer.

“I found it! A number has called all these repair shops’ bosses.” As Neptune said this, he played the call’s recording.

“Mr. Callier, I am the Onassis space dock’s Bundy. I’m very sorry to have disturbed you during working hours. The Onassis family has a small issue they hope you can help out with. I’ll send you a couple of pictures later. If you see the people in pictures asking you to repair their ship, or if they have any other request, please reject them. The Onassis family will remember your help in this matter…”

“Mr. Adam, I am Onassis Space Dock’s Bundy…”

…

Gu Ding heard the four conversations in succession. It was all that bastard Bundy’s mischief.

“Neptune, I want all the information on this Bundy.” Gu Ding clenched his fist. He had dared to blow up the Onassis family’s residence, so he definitely would not mind teaching this Bundy a lesson.

“Bundy, 28 years old, an Onassis family branch member. He is the assistant of the current head of Onassis Division’s space dock…”

“This bastard doesn’t seem to be anything special.” After seeing Bundy’s information, Gu Ding made this evaluation. “How did he know we arrived on Constlac?”

Gu Ding was more curious about this matter. They had lost loads of Interstellar Hunters throughout their journey, yet they were found by this bastard.

“He noticed by chance.” As he said this, Neptune brought up the video of the duo eating at the restaurant on the first night. The guy called Bundy was seated two tables away from Gu Ding and Liliath. The video even showed the guy lowering his head to glance at his intelligent wristwatch after spotting the two of them, then hastily settling his bill and leaving. After heading to a corner near the doorway and confirming that he had not been noticed by Gu Ding and Liliath, he dialed a number.

Neptune could even play the contents of that conversation.

“Can you find how that deep-voiced bastard is related to the Onassis family?” Gu Ding wanted to dig up everything on this person in one go.

“I can’t find it. This line’s serial number is the public number of their family, so anyone could’ve answered it. Moreover, I’ve compared this person’s voice to thirty years of the Onassis family’s representatives in the media, and not a single one matches this.”

“What’s the head of the space dock like?” Gu Ding asked next.

“Rob Onassis. 51 years old this year, Rank 7 Gene Body. A branch member of the Onassis family, he has an odd temper. He distanced himself from the family’s main branch the year he turned twenty and is single to this day. He has a hot temper and is an alcoholic…”

“What’re you looking up so much information for? Let’s go straight back to the port, blow it up, then find another planet to repair the spaceship…” Liliath gave an extremely violent suggestion.

“This bastard probably still doesn’t know about our situation. It seems he doesn’t quite get along with the main family branch.” Gu Ding shook his head. “This is a grudge we have with Bundy. There’s no need to involve others.”

“I don’t recommend you two repeat what happened on Fengyuan on this planet.” Neptune also offered his very persuasive opinion. “You two probably saw that Golden Eagle model parked at the port yesterday too. That ship’s owner is a Rank 10 Gene Body powerhouse. If you two launch any attacks on this planet, this Grey-faced Buzzard model will be snapped in half by that bastard in an instant. The probability of you guys perishing stands at one hundred percent.”

Hearing Neptune’s words, Gu Ding and Liliath both fell silent.

They were extremely aware of what a Rank 10 Gene Body was capable of. A Cosmic Nation was composed of numerous cosmoses. The lord of a Cosmic Nation would appoint a realm lord for each of the cosmoses comprising it, whilst each realm lord held jurisdiction over the cosmos they were in. One of the conditions to be chosen as realm lord was that they had to have a Rank 10 Gene Body.

Hence, a Rank 10 Gene Body powerhouse was on par with a realm lord-level powerhouse and definitely had the top combat effectiveness in the cosmos. Provoking a powerhouse of this caliber was tantamount to death.

Although it was part of Gu Ding’s character to be unafraid of anything, he was not foolish. Voluntarily provoking a powerhouse like this was just spell a bad time for himself.

“There are a lot of powerhouses on this planet, so it’s best for you two to remain inconspicuous,” Neptune added.

“Got it. We’ll just give that Bundy a little lesson before we leave, and that’ll be enough.” Gu Ding did not plan to delve too deeply into this matter anymore. That Bundy was just a pawn, so there was no need to waste too much time on him. Even now, he was more concerned with the maintenance of the spaceship. “But all the service shops have been bought by that bastard and are refusing to repair our spaceship. Do we really have to change course and head to the next stop?”

“I don’t think you necessarily need a repair shop to complete this repair job. You can take this chance to recruit a mechanic. All future ship repair jobs can be given to the mechanic, which can save you quite a bit of money,” Neptune suggested.

Heeding Neptune’s suggestion, Gu Ding and Liliath remained at Constlac for another day. During that time, Gu Ding and Liliath paid a visit to six independent mechanics and were rejected each and every time.

These independent mechanics had also been bought by Bundy. They would not help Gu Ding repair his ship, much less entertain the idea of being recruited as an Interstellar Pirate.

“After we eat dinner, let’s pay a visit to Bundy’s house, then leave this planet straight after. What do you think?” Gu Ding did not plan to stay any longer. On the other hand, Liliath did not hear what he said as she squatted in front of a street vendor, her hand fidgeting with a few Crystal Nuclei.

“Gu Ding, don’t leave just yet! On the stall Liliath was looking at was a block of metal the size of a fist. Buy that and the Crystal Nuclei in Liliath’s hand! You must move quickly. It’ll be too late if anyone else recognizes the items!” Neptune’s voice suddenly ordered him. It seemed that he had noticed something good.

Gu Ding walked over to the vendor, reached a hand out, and picked up the metal ball. The vendor did not stop him.

Weighing it in his hand, he did not feel that there was anything special about it, but since Neptune had asked him to do this, he understood that the latter probably had his own reasons. “Boss, I want this metal ball and the Crystal Nuclei in the young lady’s hand!”