The Highest Bounty

A young man in his early twenties, dressed in fancy clothes, entered the tavern and shouted arrogantly, “Who"s Gu Ding?!”

Gu Ding looked at the man, whose Gene Level did not seem very high.

Gu Ding leaped off his barstool. “I"m Gu Ding. How can I help you?”

“I heard your bounty is set at 2.8 billion Universe Credits?” As the young man studied Gu Ding, he could not help thinking that the young man in front of him did not look like someone with a high bounty price.

“Hey, can"t you go and see the bounty yourself?” Lilliath retorted.

“Who are you? I"m talking to your captain; can you just b.u.t.t in like that?” The young man seemed to look down on Lilliath and gave her a sideways glance.

Lilliath dashed and appeared beside him in a flash. The muzzle of her sniper cannon was aimed at his head. “The bullet in this gun is an armor-piercing bullet made of a special material, and with my special primary power, a Rank-12 Gene Body"s head can burst instantly at such close range. Am I allowed to interrupt now?”

“You… You…” The young man was petrified. He had not expected the little girl, who looked the youngest, to be so fierce. However, he still seemed pretty confident. “Do you know who I am?”

“That"s right. Status still matters even when you become a corpse” Lilliath smirked–she was clearly being sarcastic. In terms of status, few second-generation rich kids in the Cosmic Sea could match her.

“I… I… I"m telling you, you… Your behavior is… is a death threat. I… I can sue you.” The man stopped playing the status card, he s.h.i.+fted over to the law.

“Are you still asleep or have you drunk too much? Come on, we"re Interstellar Pirates and we"re wanted offenders. If Federation Law had any power over us, we"d be locked up for thousands of years already,” Lilliath lectured and patted his face.

“Alright, Lili, let him talk.” Gu Ding saw his arrogance subdued and wondered what he was here for.

Lilliath withdrew her gun and sat down in her seat.

“Well, everybody…” The young man sounded distinctly polite. “I"m from the Childe family. Our young master admires Mr…Gu Ding very much. So, I"d like to invite Mr. Gu Ding to his rites of pa.s.sage and challenge him while he"s there. Of course, he"s still young, so he"s very compet.i.tive. He wants Mr. Gu Ding to challenge and let him win. He will pay Mr. Gu Ding handsomely afterward.”

“How handsome is this compensation?” Gu Ding asked with a smile rather than an immediate refusal.

“I don"t know about that. I think you will be pleased, Mr. Gu Ding.” The young man replied with a smile.

“Why me? There must be a lot more people with bounties higher than me who"re willing to do this, right?” Gu Ding asked a question that confused him slightly.

“All I know is that there are two main reasons. First, your age is the closest to our young master"s age. The second reason is that the young master has an older sister who is very close to him and has just turned sixteen. She thinks highly of you and adores you.”

“An older sister that just turned sixteen? Then he"s holding a sixteen-year old"s rites of pa.s.sage?” Gu Ding asked, somewhat incredulously.

“Master has twenty-three wives, so…” The young man explained in embarra.s.sment.

“Oh, I see.” Gu Ding only understood when he heard this explanation.

“What do you think, Mr. Gu Ding?” The young man asked.

“Tell your young master that if he intends to fight fairly with me, I am very willing to accept the challenge. As for this situation, I can only say: Sorry, I"m not interested!” Gu Ding rejected.

“In that case, I shall have to take Mr. Gu Ding away by force.” The young man said and whistled.

Through the door came four men dressed as bodyguards–they were clad in professional-looking black suits and wore frightening shades. They stood behind the young man.

“It"s the young master"s orders. I can"t help it. I"m sorry!” The young man said and pointed his finger at Gu Ding. “Take him away.”

The four bodyguards immediately approached Gu Ding.

Biggie picked up his saber, leaving a shallow mark on the ground. “Whoever crosses that line, dies!”

It was a simple statement, but there was something distinctive in his voice. The four bodyguards were stunned by Biggie"s authoritative stance. Then they noticed that Biggie"s Gene Level had not reached demiG.o.d level and that all four of them were Peak Rank-13 Gene Body powerhouses. Even if the guy who just spoke was a Rank-13 Gene Body, they had nothing to fear. Therefore, they chose to ignore Biggie"s warning.

They stomped past the line, and one of them stared at Biggie in defiance.

However, the next moment, two of the men"s necks began to spew a lot of blood, and their heads completely separated from their bodies.

The scene stiffened the two men who were behind them, they had just raised their feet in mid-air. For a split second their heads went blank. Fortunately, however, neither of them stepped down but withdrew it immediately once they recovered.

Biggie did this in a rather frightening way, and he deliberately used his saber this fast to intimidate his opponent. Only Roland and Carole could see what Biggie had done just now. Even Lilliath, who was gifted at Pupillary Abilities, only saw a figure flash by. Elsa, who was of the same rank as Biggie, did not see Biggie"s move. Gu Ding, of course, failed to capture Biggie"s attack speed that outpaced demiG.o.ds.

However, it was not just Biggie"s move that intimidated his opponents. Even his people looked a little stunned.

“Do you still want to take me away?” Gu Ding could not help but grin at his opponents" goofy expression.

The fancily dressed young man gulped in fear. He had no idea that there was such a terrifying character in Gu Ding"s crew. Of course, he had not researched Gu Ding"s crew before he came. He had only glanced at Gu Ding"s bounty with an unending trail of zeros beneath it. Other than that, he knew nothing about Gu Ding and had not even seen a single video of their fights.

He was used to being arrogant because in Faye Cosmic Nation, not many people dared oppose the Childe family. Every time he mentioned the Childe family name on his mission, things will go smoothly.

However, this time as soon as he walked in the door, he was met with a pushy little girl with a gun. She aimed the gun at his head and did not give him a chance to speak. Then Gu Ding rejected the deal outright. He tried to take Gu Ding away by force, but the two men he borrowed were stealthily taken out by another big guy. It was also his first encounter with Interstellar Pirates, and, unbeknownst to Gu Ding, it dealt the young man a huge emotional wound for the days to come.

“No… Not anymore…” The fancily dressed young man waved his hand, and now he did not doubt that Gu Ding"s crew would dare to touch him.

“You may go once the ground is clean.” Gu Ding pointed to the ground where the two bodies were at.

“I… I understand.” The fancily dressed young man quickly nodded, beckoning the other two bodyguards to drag the bodies out.

“Give him the mop, old man!” Gu Ding turned and smiled apologetically at old George.

Old George went to the bathroom to fetch the mop and handed it to the young man.

Although the young man was somewhat embarra.s.sed, he still took the mop to clean the blood on the ground. He cleaned it with great care, for he did not want to be killed as a result of not doing a good job.

After more than ten minutes, the young man finally cleaned the ground thoroughly. He even washed the mop clean.

“You may go.” Gu Ding finally granted them a pardon.

The three men breathed a sigh of relief at this and left the Old George tavern quickly.

“The Childe family is a first-cla.s.s conglomerate in the Cosmic Sea. You killed their men, Gu Ding. I"m afraid they won"t let you off the hook so easily,” Roland reminded.

“Well, what"s done is done. You could have just kept your mouth shut so that no one could inform them. By the time the Childe family finds out, no one will know where you"ve gone. Now, that pretty boy must have reported it to the Childe family.” Carole chimed in with her opinion.

“I don"t think that"s necessary.” Gu Ding shook his head.

Outside the tavern, Tricke, who had just escaped, dialed a number.

“How are things going with what I asked you to do?” A young teenager"s voice rang across the communicator.

“Young master, the man around Gu Ding was so ruthless that he killed two of our Rank-13 powerhouses in one move.” Tricke was still trembling slightly, apparently still recovering from the shock.

“Send me the footage!” There was something unmistakable in his boyish tone.

Tricke immediately sent the video he had taken secretly to the teenager.

The other end of the communicator was momentarily silent. After a while, the boy finally spoke again, “It looks like they have a pretty powerful crew. Nevertheless, whoever kills our people must pay the price. If they can fight like this, spread word about their presence on Probrand. I"m sure the Army, Dark Sectors, and other Interstellar Pirates will be interested.”

“That won"t do much good, will it? They won"t stay very long on Probrand. Aren"t they going to end up empty-handed?” Tricke raised his concerns.

“Someone will find Gu Ding"s crew"s route. Just do as I say.” The teenager finished and hung up the call.