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Chapter 591: The Beautician’s Sorrow

The four ships docked on Skyfire’s public airfield The pirate battleships hardly fit in with the other ships, but there was nowhere else to put them Skyfire Avenue had called ahead to confirm their arrival so as to avoid any problems When they touched down, the Star Division turned the ship over to Avenue representatives They didn’t need them Whatever treasures they pilfered fro the Division and the Avenue

The Division soldiers exited the ships in orderly lines Each stuck with their Brigade and lined up to await further orders After months in the trenches, they had developed an ironclad faith in their leaders, and it showed I the alien carrier with one swipe had left a deep impression on them

Lan Jue was surprised to find the Wine Master had come personally to meet them at the airfield

“Why’d you coot close

The Wine Master’s face was ominously downcast “It couldn’t be helped The Eastern parliao with you The inforh all of the Alliances Are you sure what you saw?”

Lan Jue smirked dryly “If only I wasn’t Let me dismiss the troops and send theh e brought back I intend to arht nod “You don’t need to worry about that, I can arrange it You just need to make sure you can verify these claih we didn’t independently confirm it, the East has already sent a Bastion ship to the border of the Starfields in preparation”

Lan Jue heaved a sigh “It’s no use If the planets can transfer at will, they could show up anywhere in the three Alliances They’ll be standing vigil over a pointless border”

The Wine Master reacted with a resigned grin “I know, but right noe have no other choice At the very least the people will feel better knowing a Bastion is keeping watch If we had Bastions orbiting inside our galaxies, ould people thing?”

Lan Jue’s brows furrowed as he thought The sudden appearance of the aliens was a real problem

“Hold on for a o”

Star Division wasn’t a trueperiod of hard work, they’d earned soades, ere standing at attention nearby “Everyone has worked hard these last few lory, and you have earned a well-deserved rest Your exploits will be recorded, and your cut will be delivered as soon as possible You’ve got a week, then we strap our uniforet back to work Dismissed”

A week off They were ecstatic, butkept theade, just as they’d exited the ships

Then soht Lan Jue’s eye

The Beautician, pretty as a picture, stood in place looking all around She was beginning to look frustrated in not finding her target, and so she trotted over to Lan Jue

“Jewelry Master, where’s the Barber?”

Lan Jue was silent The Driver, who stood at the commander’s side, also couldn’t find the words The Barber had been in Lan Jue’s Brigade, not to , but when she saw their expressions the sain

Lan Jue took a breath He tried, but found no words could come out The Driver came to his rescue “The Barber, he… sacrificed himself”

The Beautician looked back at him, stunned, as the color drained from her pretty face “No… no that’s i so s What could have happened? How could he have died? You’re just playing with ht? It’s not funny, have him coain!”

Lan Jue’s eyes dropped to the ground, and the Driver had no roup, then He’d learned of the Barber’s fate from Lan Jue earlier