Otherworld Advance Team
Chapter 751 - 744

Chapter 751: 744

Seeing Reimer fall silent, Luoer shook his head, then continued, "Frankly, I have absolutely no interest in threatening others by seizing their weaknesses. I’m just curious about your position, Captain Reimer. If you are on Mu Lansi’s side, then indeed we are enemies; if you despise Mu Lansi, then we can be considered comrades."

"Can you tell me why you despise Sir Mu Lansi? Is it just because he opposes Ronisca’s cooperation with you?" Reimer asked.

"No, no, no," Luoer waved his hand, "It’s not our business to worry about Headquarters and Ronisca’s affairs. We have a personal vendetta with Mu Lansi."

"Personal grievance?" Reimer paused for a moment.

"Captain Reimer, do you recall the civil unrest that happened more than a year ago on Helros?" Luoer asked.

"I remember," Reimer nodded, "There was a conflict between the foreign races on Helros. Eventually, a group of people hijacked a transport plane trying to leave Ronisca, but it was shot down halfway through..."

Upon reaching this point, he suddenly understood, "It was you who hijacked that transport plane!"

Not everyone knows how to operate Ronisca’s aircraft, let alone foreigners who also understand such aircraft. It could only have been someone from Headquarters.

"We merely infiltrated Helros on a reconnaissance mission and did not harm any High-peak people, yet the transport plane we were on was ordered by Mu Lansi to be shot down. My team and I nearly lost our lives," Luoer said calmly.

"That’s all about personal matters for now," pausing for a moment, Luoer continued, "Now, I really want to know, what exactly does Captain Reimer plan to do, where do you stand, exactly?"

Faced with Luoer’s questioning, Reimer fell silent again. After a long time, he slowly raised his head and looked at Luoer, "As the commander of the Air Fleet, I naturally stand by Commander Mooer. However, after all, Sir Mu Lansi is the crown prince of Ronisca. Under no circumstances would I wish him any harm."

"Have you ever considered that the Asirens might have undergone a complete mutiny?" Luoer asked.

"Frankly speaking, I thought of it not long after the incident occurred, but I never dared to believe it. I prefer to believe that a small number of crew members hijacked Sir Mu Lansi and thus controlled the whole Asirens," Reimer said candidly.

"Is the captain of the Asirens also your man?" Luoer asked.

"Um..." Reimer was about to nod, but then he furrowed his brow and quickly caught on, "Wait, that guy, he was recommended by Sir Mu Lansi!"

"It seems the situation is quite clear now," Luoer shrugged.

"Damn it, I should have thought of it," Reimer said regretfully, "Sir Mu Lansi has been hanging around the Asirens all along. It’s likely he was plotting this."

"Captain Reimer, if we kill Mu Lansi in the name of treason, and then retrieve the Asirens, and let him carry the blame for everything, I think that would be a victory for both of us," Luoer revealed a sly smile.

"What do you mean, Captain Luoer?" Reimer goggled at the suggestion the half-elf before him was proposing.

"I’ve said it before, I have no interest in using others’ flaws to threaten them," Luoer said, "Our interests and Captain Reimer’s do not conflict. We are not friends, nor are we enemies. Since that’s the case, why don’t we cooperate and each take what we need?"

"You’re saying that your idea of cooperation is to get rid of Sir Mu Lansi, then retrieve the Asirens?" Reimer asked coldly.

"Indeed, we need Captain Reimer’s mobility platform, and Captain Reimer should also need our combat power, so cooperation can lead to a win-win result for both sides." Luoer nodded and said.

"Hmm..." Faced with Luoer’s proposal, Reimer fell into deep thought.

"This is a prime opportunity. Mulansi has betrayed us, Commander Mooer can use this reason to wipe out Mulansi’s forces. As for our headquarters, we can also take the opportunity to remove the greatest obstacle to cooperation, why not?" said Luoer.

After a long silence, Reimer took a deep breath, seemingly determined, and then looked at Luoer and asked, "So, Captain Luoer, what are you planning to do?"

"Our advance team can break into the Asirens and arrest or kill the Asirens, but we need the help of the air fleet and the ground forces to help us control the entire airship. Once this step is completed, I hope you can best eliminate the unstable forces on the Asirens in order to maintain a consistent story before we are held accountable by Helros, placing the blame for the whole ship’s rebellion on Mulansi." Luoer suggested.

"So what should Captain Luoer say at that time?" Reimer looked at him and asked.

"Rest assured, I have made it very clear, I am not interested in threatening others with flaws, we will say what we have, and you can just cooperate at that time." Luoer said calmly.

Luoer’s intention was very clear, in principle, Mulansi should be captured alive. But for Reimer, if that were the case, Mulansi might very well try to dirty him. After all, the Asirens is a warship under his fleet, with such a large issue of a whole crew rebellion, as the fleet commander, he is bound to be held accountable.

Therefore, Luoer decided to clarify this point, to state the consequences to Reimer and stimulate his intent to kill. Let him kill Mulansi, thus, Commander Mooer of Ronisca will get rid of a strong competitor, and the headquarters will also eliminate an unstable factor.

As for Reimer, as long as he can solve the problem on the Asirens and shift all the blames to the dead Mulansi, no matter what, his sins will not be too grave. After all, he did assist Commander Mooer in ridding him of a major worry.

No matter to Commander Mooer or the HQ, Mulansi’s death would definitely benefit them more than his life. They just haven’t found a reasonable way to kill Mulansi.

When Asirens was hijacked initially, it was stated that the hijackers had seized Asirens and the onboard Mulansi. However, if the results of the advance team’s reconnaissance stand, then Mulansi is a traitor, giving them full justification to deal with him.

The truth is that at this point in the situation, it doesn’t matter whether Mulansi is a traitor or not. Under Luoer’s instigation, Reimer already has the intent to kill Mulansi. Once Mulansi dies, all problems end. Even if he is not a traitor, they could just impose this crime onto him, since he will not be alive to deny it anyway.

This is the result Luoer wants. Whether to HQ or Mooer, it’s not important if Mulansi is a traitor. What they lack is only a legally acceptable reason to kill Mulansi.

Once Reimer’s attitude was clarified, the tense atmosphere between the two parties immediately eased, and they began to discuss how to deal with Mulansi and control the Asirens.

Although the response from the headquarters has not yet been issued, for Luoer, the response from the headquarters is not very useful, because he has roughly guessed the response from the headquarters.

As he speculated, for the headquarter, now is an excellent opportunity to remove the unstable factor of Mulansi. If he were the decision-maker at the HQ, he would not miss such an opportunity.

Admittedly, an internal balance should be maintained in Ronisca, ensuring that Commander Mooer does not fully control Ronisca, but this balance should not be maintained by an unstable factor like Mulansi.

About two hours later, Baiyue and the others, who went to scout, finally returned. The intelligence brought by Fulajie’er proved Luoer and others’ speculation that Mulansi was indeed involved in this hijacking event, not just a simple hostage.

Fulajie’er observed Mulansi’s every move in secret, found that he had free access to every compartment of Asirens, including the most important bridge, and everyone was very respectful to him, showing no signs of him being restricted.

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