Chapter 250

Chapter 250. The Chaotic Operation to Win Over the Lovable Icarus-sama (3)

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With Oxianor leveraging their overwhelming home-ground advantage, they managed to win a battle against odds of 1:3.

I successfully repelled the forces of Humanity that had infiltrated the base.

Honestly, I thought most of the infiltrators would end up dead since capturing them alive is way more troublesome than just killing them.

“This is nothing but a scratch!”

“Well, at least they’re alive, right?”

“Hmm.”

As you can tell from the fact that the most severe ‘injury’ was limb amputation, all the infiltrating superhumans were successfully captured alive.

Out of the 7 infiltrators, 5 were brought in with their limbs intact, albeit covered in cuts and bruises. However, one of them had their limbs torn off after being toyed with by Smeragi, leaving them unable to move on their own. They had to be carried around by our unmanned drones.

But as for the last one… for some reason, Gryanarr couldn’t bring them in. Curious, I investigated and was met with a rather shocking result.

“Ah, Commander?”

“Gryanarr, what on earth did you do?”

“Well, the infiltrating superhuman came through the sewage system, so I had the tentacle monster that’s been breeding down there handle it.”

“…”

“But it seems like a bit too much growth serum got in, and the kid doesn’t want to come out.”

They were technically ‘captured,’ but they were stuck in the sewage pipes, unable to move, and being… well, tentacled.

“Can’t we get them out?”

“Nope. A substance that increases sensory sensitivity by 3,000 times is being injected into their body right now.”

“…”

“If we pull them out now, they’ll die of shock.”

“So when can we get them out?”

“Well… the lifespan of that security creature in the sewage system is extremely short, so maybe in 3 hours? We can shower them with neutralizing agents, pull them out, and then put them in a tank filled with neutralizing agents and anesthetics.”

‘Holy moly.’

I couldn’t help but feel a pang of pity for the superhuman, whose name I didn’t even know, despite them being an enemy who infiltrated our base.

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Anyway, the situation afterward wasn’t particularly special.

That ‘Rakan,’ a ‘male’ superhuman, got caught in the tentacle trap and was subjected to… well, you know. When he finally got free…

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-[What the hell, where did my cool loner guy go, and why is there a lewd kunoichi here?]

-[I heard he got gender-swapped after getting caught in the trap]

-[LOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOL]

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For some reason, he had been gender-swapped into a woman, and the damn trap creature had torn his clothes to shreds. When we dressed him up in appropriate attire and showed him off, the commander who owned him broke down in tears in the chat.

Of course, none of that mattered. The important thing was that the so-called peace envoys had the audacity to try and terrorize our base.

“As I mentioned earlier, Humanity Clan has nothing to do with this incident.”

“Hmm.”

“But could you let it slide this time?”

Tiara, along with her adjutant, was bowing deeply in front of me, performing the ultimate act of apology + dogeza simultaneously.

Naturally, the reason was to seek forgiveness for the superhumans who infiltrated our base and their commanders.

Watching Tiara’s apology, I shook my head and said,

“Tiara, would it be easy for you to forgive people who came under the guise of peace envoys and tried to terrorize your base?”

“Well, you’re not wrong.”

In the midst of this, she readily admitted my point and decided to offer me additional compensation, saying that actions speak louder than words.

“Our clan plans to transfer 10,000 gold and 2 battleships to Icarus-sama as compensation for this incident.”

“…Oh?”

“Of course, this will also include 100,000 minerals and 20,000 rare resources.”

Hearing that, I couldn’t help but feel a surge of interest.

Sure, resources aren’t something I’m too concerned about now, since I’ve accumulated a decent amount during the event period… but more resources are always better, right?

Plus, 10,000 gold and 2 battleships—something I can’t even build right now? That’s a big deal.

Hearing that, while they were bowing and not looking at me, I quickly exchanged glances with Jessica, silently communicating.

‘What do you think?’

‘Sounds good, especially the gold. You’ll need it when you build up a proper fleet, Commander.’

‘Hmm.’

After that silent exchange…

After concluding that it was better than expected, I decided to ask Tiara, who was busy bowing in apology and doing a dogeza, about future improvement plans for the current situation.

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And a little later…

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<‘Humanity Clan Representative’ has requested a trade with you!>

<‘Humanity Clan Representative’ (Resources: 150,000, Rare Resources: 50,000, Gold: 15,000, Standard Class Battleship x2) ⇒ Icarus>

<Will you accept the trade?>

<(Y)/N>

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“Ohoho, nice~”

Perhaps the Humanity Clan didn’t want this incident to blow up unnecessarily. Along with their apology for the incident, they offered me a lump sum payment on the condition that I wouldn’t spread the word about it.

Satisfied with their response, I decided to send the four superhumans who were incited by the five commanders back on the stealth destroyer Tiara had arrived in.

And as for the compensation they gave me, I heard that they planned to forcibly collect it from the warehouses of those four clan members who were incited by this incident.

“Oh, poor them.”

Not only were they foolishly incited, but they also got a big slap in the face. Instead of receiving the “support funds” from the Humanity Clan through Tiara, they ended up having their resources and gold forcibly seized.

I couldn’t help but chuckle inwardly at the sight of those idiots, feeling quite refreshed.

But amidst all this, there was one truly unexpected thing…

“But why aren’t we rescuing those superhumans? If we’re going to do it, might as well do it all at once, right?”

“Ah, actually… that ‘Indian Machete’ guy turned out to be a spy for the Loki Clan.”

“Whoa.”

While negotiating with me, the Humanity Clan had conducted their own investigation and discovered that the instigator, ‘Indian Machete,’ was actually a spy for the Loki Clan, their rival clan.

And once the spy was exposed, he immediately left the clan and fled somewhere with his base.

“…Then what about those guys?”

“Well, I was only told to rescue the superhumans belonging to the ‘Humanity Clan.’”

As Tiara shrugged and walked away, I couldn’t help but think that things were quite complicated over there.

But after the Humanity Clan rushed to handle the situation like that, I realized there was another problem…

“Commander, Commander.”

“What is it, Jessica?”

“What should we do with the superhumans of the other three spy commanders, excluding the ones taken by Humanity?”

“Ah.”

That’s right.

Originally, the superhumans who belonged to the spy users didn’t need to be taken by Humanity, so now our base suddenly had three more troublemakers with a friendship? intimacy? level of -100 or lower.

“Isn’t that a good thing?”

“Oh, new test subjects for brain parasites!”

“…”

No matter how much we tried to brainwash those three, since their ‘user’ hadn’t surrendered to me, it was impossible.

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<Event>

<Superhumans Cannot Be Acquired>

<Details>

<Since the superhumans belonging to ‘Indian Machete’ have not been surrendered by their owner, ‘Indian Machete,’ no matter how much you raise their friendship, they will not change to the Commander’s affiliation.>

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“Gryanarr, don’t bother with them since we can’t have them anyway.”

“Tch.”

And just like that, we ended up with three burdens who couldn’t be turned into allies but still took up space and resources.