A Core Ship From The Start

Chapter 441: Chapter 333: Invitation_3

Chapter 441 -333: Invitation_3

Despite a bit of unease, the pair entered the reception room and met with Duanmu Huai once again.

“Firstly, I would like to ask, why exactly are you two being wanted?”

Looking at two girls, Duanmu Huai brought up this question first. While he was certainly hoping to recruit Lumiaire, he also needed to know why they were being hunted. During his search for the girls, he’d conducted a bit of an investigation into their galaxy. From a certain perspective, it had become a cosmic civilization, having established an organization known as the Star Union. Simply put, the organization was akin to the United Nations and the rulers of the planets were essentially rulers of nations.

The GOTT was a branch of the government under the Star Union. However, contrary to Duanmu Huai’s assumption of it being a tax department, GOTT actually had jurisdictions more akin to the IMF and WTO. They held a certain authority over armed forces, and people like Axelle and Lumiale were somewhat like the international police shown in Hollywood movies, able to appear in any country and investigate cases, or perform protection and scrutiny tasks…

For such people, unless they made a mistake, it would be difficult for them to be expelled from the organization.

In Hollywood movies, one would expect the protagonist to unwittingly uncover a shocking conspiracy, enemies hiding in plain sight, misuse of power to frame the protagonist, eventually leading to the protagonist finding evidence, taking down the enemy, and a triumphant return.

He wondered which scenario applied to these two.

“This…”

Upon hearing Duanmu Huai’s question, Lumiaire showed evident hesitation while Axelle thumped her chest in response.

“I’ll talk. Lumiaire, there’s nothing to worry about. We didn’t do anything wrong!”

Following this, Axelle took it upon herself to explain the circumstances to Duanmu Huai.

In truth, the reason the two were dismissed and put on the wanted list was rather simple—an authority of a planetary ruling body commissioned GOTT to help quell a rebellious protest. This led Axelle and Lumiaire to that planet. Upon their arrival, they discovered that the living conditions of the people were akin to those of slaves which led to their protests.

When the people later expressed their protest in front of the ruling body, the nobility attempted to suppress the protest with force. Seeing the unarmed civilians met with weapons, Axelle couldn’t stand it any longer. In the end, she incapacitated the military force, causing the ruler of the planet to flee.

In their fury, they reported the matter to the Planet Alliance who put pressure on GOTT resulting in a warrant being put out for Axelle and Lumiale.

“Oh… I see.”

After listening to Axelle’s story, enlightenment dawned on Duanmu Huai. Essentially, it was like a civil war was taking place in a country. The United Nations sent peace investigators, who ended up siding with the rebels and chased the rulers away.

It would’ve been strange if they hadn’t reported it to the United Nations!

Since it’s a political issue, there isn’t much that can be done.

Like I mentioned earlier, the Star Union is like the United Nations, an amalgamation of various powers, while each planet maintains its own sovereignty.

In a sense, Axelle’s actions could be seen as an infringement upon another’s sovereignty, so of course it couldn’t be left unchecked.

The act of relieving them from their positions and investigating the matter was GOTT’s last resort.

“Hmm…….”

After listening to Axelle’s narrative, Duanmu Huai fell deep in thought. He didn’t think that they were lying. However, he couldn’t help but feel that Axelle was… quite headstrong.

Of course, the actions of the nobility were inhumane as well.

Although Axelle had a “heroes do what heroes do” manner about her when telling their story, Duanmu Huai could imagine that Lumiaire must’ve taken part in the action as well. Otherwise, the warrant wouldn’t be out for both of them.

Besides, this brainless and rebellious combination was a common trope in many games, movies, and animations, wasn’t it?

Actually, in Duanmu Huai’s opinion, Axelle’s personality would fit better with the Fire Lizards or the Blue Elves.

But having a Fire Lizard in the Tribunal might not be a bad idea, would it?

Of course, this alone was not enough.

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Job seeking is essentially a process of mutual selection. While Duanmu Huai had to evaluate them, he also had to see if they were willing to join the Tribunal. This was crucial. The work Tribunals typically handled was often brutal. If they couldn’t handle it, it’d be better for them to leave.

Otherwise, keeping them could lead to trouble.

This was true in the game too. Each NPC had its own moral position. If players make a choice that the NPC doesn’t like, their favorability towards the player would decrease, which could lead to them rebelling or even running away.

So when recruiting, you must understand the NPC’s bottom line, what they like and dislike.

The same goes for reality. It’s not an issue if they defect, but if they were corrupted by Chaos and become enemies, that would be a real problem.

Furthermore, the game Star Ocean Online was extremely ruthless. The NPC’s favorability was completely hidden and players couldn’t see it at all. Many NPCs had grievances in their hearts, but still appeared amiable on the surface. Many players had been troubled by this, but the officials couldn’t stand to see players suffering. Thus, they considerately launched a “Prophecy Crystal” in the marketplace. If players bought this crystal and targeted an NPC, they could see their favorability and current feelings towards the player.

This item was a consumable and could only be used once. The effect was also a one-time deal and could only be used on one person.

Yes, and you had to pay real money to buy it.

And it was expensive.

Damn, it was merely a cunning tactic to earn more money.

Forget it…… Thinking about this now would only anger me. Let’s focus on the present. Now that they had shown sincerity, it was his turn to introduce the corporate culture of the Tribunal to them.

Now it was up to them whether the Tribunal was their chosen path.