What Do You Mean I'm The Captain Of A Yandere Mercenary Company?

Chapter 107: Donʼt Sell That To Tentacle People

After finishing our docking procedures, our escort job was officially completed.

There was a final call between all of us where Reese thanked all of us for escorting her and we were given the confirmation for job completion.

We bade Samson, Maurice and Clandice farewell before ending the call, only to receive a private call from Reese soon after.

”Alright, Iʼm supposed to wait for the guy on my ship, no idea how they are supposed to know Iʼm the one transporting it but I was assured that they would find me. So come on over here.”

She also attached the location of her ship so that we could find it easily.

I made sure to lock my ship properly before leaving it to meet up with Amber, since weʼre on a station full of outlaws after all.

Amber was already waiting for me outside my ship with a rather sour look on her face.

”Honestly, I think we should have just shot her back at the station and be done with it.”

I grimaced, ”That would have made you a criminal wouldnʼt it?”

”Meh, weʼll just kill her, dump her body in that incinerator of hers, fly her ship out into space and blow it up. No evidence, no witnesses, minimal risks.”

”Uh huh… And what do we tell Samson and the others?”

”Just say that she took off on her own or something. Wouldnʼt be that surprising to be honest.”

”What? Do merchants just leave their escorts without paying them halfway through the journey?”

”It certainly wouldnʼt be the first time it happened in this part of the galaxy.”

Really? I guess I should be happy that Reese wasnʼt screwing us over.

”Well, weʼre already here anyway… And Iʼd like to avoid killing someone that hasnʼt exactly done anything to us.”

Amber slipped her hand into mine, ”Youʼre too nice for this galaxy, Tera. Come on~”

With her holding my hand, we made our way towards Reeseʼs freighter.

Along the way, I noted that the people around us were all visibly armed or at least looked like they were ready to throw hands with anyone that pissed them off.

Yep… Definitely a place of outlaws I would say.

Reaching Reeseʼs ship, we found her waiting at the ramp with her arms crossed, looking less jovial than she usually would.

”What? Having second thoughts about this deal after all?” Amber asked.

Reese scoffed, ”Donʼt be ridiculous. In this place, you need to look tough or thugs would just take advantage of you. Now come on, help me move the boxes out from my ship.”

”Huh? Canʼt you just use your bots to do that?”

”Itʼs to make them think youʼre part of my crew in case anyone is watching.”

I raised an eyebrow, ”You think they are already watching you?”

She shrugged, ”I wouldnʼt be surprised if they were considering where we are. So letʼs go.”

The freighter captain turned back to the ship and we followed after her, letting her guide us to her storage room where the boxes were kept.

We wordlessly started carrying the boxes towards the loading ramp.

As we reached the top of the ramp, we found a group of four cloaked figures waiting at the bottom of the ramp. No doubt these were the people that were waiting for the delivery.

Their cloaks completely covered their features to the point that I couldnʼt even tell what gender they were.

They waited for us to bring the boxes to them and we plopped them down in a row at their feet.

”Captain Reese?” One of the cloaked figures asked, their voice sounding like it came out from some machine.

I suspect itʼs some kind of voice modulator that hides that personʼs real voice.

Reese nodded at the figure before speaking up, ”I brought these from Lenny.”

I was confused about what she was talking about when the figure replied without hesitation, ”Daniel sends his thanks.”

Reese then gestured to the three boxes, ”Theyʼre all there. Do you want to check?”

I realised their earlier interaction was giving each other the password to identify each other while three of the cloaked figures stepped towards the boxes.

Reese, Amber and I moved away to allow them to open them up and they carefully picked up some of the bags to start inspecting them.

Even with my inexperienced eyes, I could tell they werenʼt exactly inspecting the bags but simply digging through them to search for the locked crate.

When one of them lifted up another bag, the surface of the crate suddenly came into view and they immediately dropped the bag they tried to pick up back down, hiding it again.

That particular person turned towards the final cloaked figure and whispered something before moving to close up the boxes.

”This is satisfactory, Captain Reese. Your payment, as promised.”

The cloaked figure reached out one of their hands to reveal a Credit Chip there.

Reese went forward to take it and I saw, just for the briefest of moments, that the hand holding the Credit Chip was not human in nature but some kind tentacle instead.

If I wasnʼt sure about Amberʼs claim that selling this away to someone on this station was a really bad sign, I certainly was sure of it now. Just what the fuck is that thing?

Reese barely even reacted so either she didnʼt care or she didnʼt even notice just what was holding on to the Credit Chip in front of her.

She simply plucked it out from that tentacleʼs grasp and slotted it into her personal terminal to check the Credits loaded into the chip before nodding.

”I have received the payment. Thanks.”

”Donʼt mention it,” The tentacle thing replied, gesturing with its ʼarmʼ to indicate that its comrades should secure the containers.

We watched each of the tentacled things lifted up one of the boxes like it weighs nothing before scurrying away without a second glance back.

The moment they left, Amber sprang into action and grabbed me by the arm to pull along with her to follow after them without saying anything to Reese.

”Letʼs go, Tera!! We need to stop that from leaving this station!!”

I looked at her, ”What are those things? Was I seeing things or did I really see a tentacle reach out to Reese?”

Amber turned to me, ”Thatʼs one of the aliens that come from The Confederation! As if things canʼt get any worse!!”

”What do you mean?”

”I thought that they were just selling to another group within the USC itself, not selling it to someone outside of it!! Do they even know what will happen if they manage to replicate that?! They have sold the entire USC out!!”

Iʼm not exactly sure what was going on but I at least know that those guys were basically betraying not only humanity but also our own allies by what theyʼve done.

”So how do you want to deal with this? Are we just going to run up to them and shoot them in the face? Surely youʼre not--”

”Thatʼs a great idea, Tera! Weʼll just wait until they get to one of the crowded spots and blast them in the face before running off with the box! Then it will look like we were only after the drugs inside them! Letʼs do that!”

… Huh… I actually think that might work…

Before that…

”What kind of drugs are those anyway?” I asked.

”You mean the ones that are used to cover up the box? Theyʼre widely known as White Powder, a kind of recreational drug that gives people feelings of euphoria when mixed with liquids and drunk. Itʼs pretty harmless on its own but people make use of it for all kinds of things so theyʼre sold everywhere.”

”Right… Iʼm not against the idea but Iʼd like to point out that thereʼs only two of us and thereʼs three boxes… All three of them look the same so we donʼt even know which one contains the thing. How are we going to run away with all three? Weʼre not going to just destroy it right in the middle of the street, right?”

Amber stayed silent for a moment though she continued to follow those tentacle aliens.

”I… I can carry two. Tera, youʼll just carry one of them.”

”No, no, no… Youʼre forcing yourself, arenʼt you? I have a better idea.”

She nodded at me to show that I should explain.

”Once we deal with those four, weʼll pretend to lose our grip on one and spill its contents. If itʼs the one with the crate, we spill another one and pack up the spilled over one to take away, leaving the other one for everyone else to grab. If itʼs not the one with the crate, we leave that and take the other two boxes away. How about that?”

She grinned at me, ”Thatʼs a great plan, Tera! Letʼs do that! We can even sell off the drugs later for more profit too if we want to, this is perfect!”

”Just one thing… You sure the people from that Confederation or whatever theyʼre called wonʼt try and start a war over this?”

”Pffft, weʼre in a Free Trade zone, Tera. No one can complain if they die here.”

Alright then… Then letʼs get this show on the road.