"Back to the hangar."

"What about him?" Li pointed to Nishizawa, who was held in his hand, and the meaning in his eyes was clearly asking if he was going to kill him.

"Take him with you."

Robin smiled kindly at the pale Nishizawa and strode out of the crowded business district.

Back in the hangar, Robin uses his electronic card to open the hangar gate and pushes Nishizawa inside, closing the hangar gate with his hand.

"You ...... What do you want to do? ”

Seeing Robin and the others surrounding themselves with ill intentions, this fat man named Nishizawa suddenly regretted it, regretting that he shouldn't have provoked this group of outlaws. However, when he kept retreating out of fear, he suddenly slammed into the nose of the F-6 space shuttle behind him with a 'bang'.

"Ahh ~You damn fat man! ～”

Angstone, who regarded the F-6 space shuttle as a treasure, let out a terrible scream, kicked away the fat man who was stumbling on the back of his head, and crouched down where the space shuttle had been hit to take a closer look. That's more gentle than when he cares for women.

"Huh? This is...... This is the F-6 space shuttle! ～”

The fat man half-lying on the ground opened his mouth in surprise like a toad, looking at the brand-new F-6 space shuttle in amazement, and almost instinctively estimated the value of this space shuttle.

"Hey! ~" Seeing that the fat man didn't seem to have the intention of getting up, Robin could only lift him up from the ground, shook him vigorously and asked: "You said that Byron Heavy Metal Trading Company is currently in crisis due to lack of supply, so, is your company rich?" ”

"Yes." The fat man nodded desperately, and the fat on his face looked like jelly swaying up and down.

"Then you can't buy the goods if you have money?" Robin let go of the fat man, found a place to sit down, and asked.

"That's because Elliott is getting in the way." The fat man gritted his teeth and explained with a hideous face: "Our Byron Heavy Metals Trading Company has the best refining technology, and after joining the Hermes spaceport business district, our company has obtained a large order from Alex Machinery Company with its high-quality product quality, and this order originally belonged to Elliott Company. Elliott Corporation is a trading company that originally began to operate the acquisition and refining of rare substances in the Hermes spaceport, and they are very familiar with the large free people team in the entire northern star field, and they also operate the middleman business, so the bulk trade of rare substances related to the entire Hermes spaceport is basically monopolized by them. After we relied on refining technology to grab an order from Alex Machinery, my boss was attacked and killed by a group of interstellar thugs on the way back from Othello, and Elliott began a supply blockade against us, trying to prevent us from completing the contract with Alex Machinery due to the lack of supply. Now, the contract delivery time is approaching, and if we can't deliver it on time, then the company will pay a large amount of money to Alex Machinery for breach of contract. At that time, the company without capital and supply is very likely to go out of business, and Elliott can take the opportunity to buy and get our company's refining technology in this way. ”

"Alex Machinery?" Hearing this familiar name, Robin suddenly remembered that he had pretended to be a mechanic of Alex Machinery Company when he was on a sabotage mission behind enemy lines on Pluto, but he didn't expect that this was still a large enterprise operating various machinery industries in the Federation.

"You're familiar with Alex Machinery?" Seeing the nostalgic look on Robin's face, the fat man couldn't help but ask cautiously.

"No, just heard of it." Robin gathered his mind and began to think carefully about what Nishizawa had just said.

What Nishizawa just talked about was the nakedness of the most naked enterprises in the Federation, and for Robin, this kind of thing is undoubtedly too complicated. Except for Robin, who could barely understand a bit, the others were basically black-eyed and couldn't figure out what the hell was going on.

After barely sorting out his thoughts and thinking through the key points one by one, Robin once again set his eyes on Nishizawa, who was full of anticipation, and asked in a deep voice: "Your boss is dead, so who is managing the company now?" ”

"It's the boss's daughter, and Miss Martina is managing the company's business." At the mention of the new boss, two blush suddenly floated on the fat cheeks of the fat man.

"Then she didn't think maybe it was Elliott Corporation who murdered her father?"

"Of course, anyone with a brain knows that they did it! ~" Nishizawa indignantly accused Elliott of the crimes committed, but soon, he sighed like a deflated ball: "But there is no evidence, and that gang of thugs has long been hidden by them, and there are also their people in the space police station at the Hermes spaceport, so ......"

"Looks like the situation in your company is really bad." Robin rubbed the slag on his chin, stared at Nishizawa's small eyes squeezed into a slit by fat and asked, "Since the situation of your company has become so bad, why are you still willing to work for the company?" Not ready for a change of boss? ”

"What do you think I'm Nishizawa! ～”

This timid and fearful fat man crossed his hands on his hips in the surprised eyes of everyone, and said loudly and angrily: "Five years ago, when I was just smuggled here, it was Miss Martina who saved me, how could I be so ungrateful!" ~Even if the company is in a predicament now, I can't leave at this time. At least ......"

Nishizawa glanced at Robin secretly and whispered, "At least when things don't turn around at all...... I'm going to leave ......."

"Stowaway?"

Robin and the others looked at each other in surprise, they didn't expect that this obscene fat man they met by chance was actually a stowaway, and judging from the timid and scared look he had just shown, they really couldn't imagine that this guy still had the guts to smuggle.

"I'll be forced to smuggle here." Nishizawa guessed what everyone was thinking, and said angrily: "I am from the Nine Star Republic, and I am a resident of a spaceport. Damn, I'm doing well, but my boss doesn't know what's going on and he's going to leave the Republic. And in order to prevent leakage of information, he and several stowaways with the same intention took me hostage, so he ...... That's how I got here. ”

“……”

When Nishizawa said that he was from the Nine Star Republic, the shock in everyone's hearts could be imagined. They didn't expect that on the first day they came to a foreign country, they would meet a fellow of the Nine-Star Republic, and this fellow came here purely because he was implicated. Unconsciously, Robin and the others felt a little more sympathetic to Nishizawa's experience.

"By the way, you've been asking me for a long time, but you haven't told me who you are? I've always felt something familiar to me about you......"

As the fat man scratched his fat chin and thought to himself, Robin cleared his throat and interrupted his speculation.

"You don't need to ask who we are, but I can tell you that I have the supply that your company needs, and there are a lot of them, and they should be able to meet your company's needs......"

"Really! ~" Before Robin finished speaking, Nishizawa's eyes lit up, and he began to stare at Robin with his eyes, and he almost drooled.

Robin was furious by Nishizawa's staring, and couldn't help but avoid his hot eyes with an embarrassed face, and said, "But the problem is that we come from far away, and we don't have federal coins. ”

"No problem, as long as you are willing to trade, we are willing to pay all the money at once, then you can get a large amount of money in no time."

"I need to meet your boss and talk about it personally."

"No problem, but I need to take a look at the goods first! ~" Nishizawa said breathlessly.

"Looking?" Robin shrugged helplessly: "My goods are not here, if you want to see them, you have to come with us." However, according to the regulations of the Hermes spaceport, parking here is subject to a fee in the absence of commercial activity. ”

"This ......" Nishizawa turned his head to look at the expensive F-6 space shuttle next to him, and then looked at Robin, who didn't seem to be a liar, and gritted his teeth in pain after struggling in his heart for a long time: "I...... I pay! ～”

"Okay, then that's it, let's go now." Robin casually threw the electronic card in the hangar to Nishizawa, and asked Zoro to accompany him to the card slot on the electronic screen to pay.

While Nishizawa was hanging his head and slowly making payments on the electronic screen, Angus and Lee pulled Robin to the corner and asked in a suppressed voice, "Don't you think it's too risky to put the fate of the entire fleet in the hands of this fat man?" ”

"yes, and it's so coincidental, we just met a fellow when we came, in case it's ......"

Robin looked back at the fat man who was hesitating with his electronic card, and couldn't help laughing: "No, although this fat man is a lot more cautious, it shouldn't be as you think." ”

"Well, even if it's a coincidence. However, judging from what he has just said, it is likely that we are involved in a conspiracy. And the Hermes spaceport may not have a garrison, but Othello, which rules the entire star field, is a military stronghold of the Raymond Federation, and Alex Corporation is a company that has dealings with the military, and if we get involved in it, it is very likely to be exposed! ～”

"It's possible, but if we don't, even if we sell rare substances in batches, the total amount of our transactions will still expose us, and we will be targeted by that Elliott company at that time. Rather than facing this matter alone, we should pull in an ally. Robin hooked Angus and Lee's shoulders and said in a low voice: "A company in distress will meet our needs to the greatest extent in order to get out of the predicament, and as long as this Byron heavy metal trading company completes the delivery on time, then there is no dispute between them and Alex." Even if someone will secretly investigate our identity because of this incident, as an important collaborator, Byron Heavy Metals Trading Company will protect us. This is an opportunity, an opportunity that will allow us to quickly establish ourselves in this strange place. ”

“……”

After listening to Robin's analysis of the whole thing, Angus and Lee could only retract their doubts about Robin, after all, at many critical moments, Robin's keen insight made his judgment always correct. So although there were still some worries in their hearts, Angus and Lee chose to trust Robin's judgment.

Seeing that he had persuaded Angus and Lee, Robin turned around and dragged Christine, who was listening on the side, to him, and whispered: "Send a message to Cecilia, tell her about the situation, and ask her to pack up the items with the Nine Star Republic, and try to avoid the possibility of being identified." ”

"Got it."

Christine nodded vigorously and quickly drilled into the cabin.

When everything was negotiated on Robin's side, Nishizawa also completed the delivery of the parking fee, and walked towards Robin with a painful face: "Hey, don't lie to me, I've been deceived once." If you just want me to pay for you, then make it clear now, and I swear I won't tell you. I don't want to be left alone in the universe again......"

"Don't worry!" Robin laughed twice and patted him on the shoulder: "I promise, you'll see what you want to see!" ～”

……

(To be continued)