I Woke Up Piloting the Strongest Starship, so I Became a Space Mercenary-Novel

“What do you have to say for yourself, big bro?” (Zeke)

“What do you mean?”

Zeke asked me a cryptic question as I led them to the hanger where we kept Krishna. I tilted my head, wondering what he was talking about.

“Are you really in a relationship with those girls?”

“Yes, I am.”

“I’m so jealous I can’t help it…”

“I’m really having a hard time with them, you know?”

“How the heck did that happen?”

“Uh…well…I don’t know. Just good timing and a little bit of luck.”

In the end, whether it was with Mimi, Elma, Tina and Wiska, or Dr. Shoko, whom I have yet to introduce, my relationship with them revolved around the right timing and money, just as I said. Well, money was not the only thing that connected me to these women, but it was a good starting point.

“You have to be ready to throw everything you have at them when the time comes. Both in a financial sense and simply in a life sense.”

“That’s… that seems like a lot of work.”

“I’d have to save someone from a thug in a back alley and take care of their food, clothing, shelter, and right of free movement, or shoulder millions of enel in compensation with the Imperial Space Force, or buy a ship worth tens of millions of enel, or provide the same amount of equipment for a ship…”

“Impossible. I don’t think I could earn that kind of money no matter how many times I had to redo my life.”

“Other than that, I had to fight off an assassin of space fleet class sent by a noble family in their heir dispute, or run into an invasion fleet of the Vereverem Federation, or run into tens of thousands of crystalline life forms, or fight a group of fully armed Imperial Marines with live bioweapons that would turn you into scrap armor… And… there’s more.”

“I think I’ve had enough of this…I mean, seriously?”

“I’m serious. You can ask Mimi or Elma if you want.”

“So you were talking not only about money, but also about life. If you’ve been through that many ordeals, I can see why killing all those Bradys would be a walk in the park.”

Heinz, who had been silently listening to Zeke and me until now, also chuckled bitterly. Laser weapons scare me, though. The ninja armor had thin armor, so if you get hit directly by a bunch of those without shields up, it would be very dangerous.

“It’s not like killing them is fun, though. If it’s a space pirate or something similar, I just don’t think about it. And I have no mercy for people who are actively trying to kill me.”

“That’s very cold, isn’t it?”

“That’s how mercenaries behave. And here we are, this is my beloved machine.”

“Oh, it’s big, isn’t it?”

“It’s still small for a combat ship, though.”

I guided Zeke and Heinz, who looked impressed, in and out of the Krishna, and also showed them around the hangar and storage room for my white combat gear.

“It’s so romantic to have your favorite weapons on display side by side, like this, ready to use at any time, isn’t it?”

“I can understand that.”

“I can understand as well. I would love to have an arsenal like this someday.”

The White Armor arsenal was a big hit with both of them. They were also very happy that I let them try out the power armor. In addition, I also let them try out the weapons on the shooting range, which was converted from a part of the hangar compartment.

“When you use it like this, you can see how important it is to have good quality weapons.”

“Right? I think you need a good quality weapon to do a good job.”

“The weapons in my big bro’s arsenal are a bit too much for us to use, though.

In the lower areas of the city, where security was poor, stories of people killing and being killed seemed to be an everyday occurrence, but it was unlikely that they would ever get into a fight with the kind of military-grade weapons that I had in my arsenal. After all, if a person were to be killed, the decontamination team would have to be dispatched and government authorities would have to intervene.

While I was talking about the situation of outlaw weapons, my small information terminal rang. I wondered what it was. I took out my small information terminal from my pocket and checked the caller, and found that the caller was Hartmut.

“Sorry, there’s a call for me.”

I told them and answered the call as I left the armory.

“This is Hiro. How can I help you?”

[I’m going to be straight with you, I’m sending you the data now so you can track down the marked ship and you can either capture or shoot it down.]

“Roger that. You’ll have to pay me a reward, okay?”

I responded immediately without asking for further details, knowing Hartmut’s personality quite well by now. He usually showed respect to me, but he must have something going on to ask me for such a favor.

“I’m going to make an emergency departure with Krishna and Antlion. I’ll leave the formalities to you, okay?”

“Small and medium battlecruisers. I understand. Don’t let them get away.”

“Yes.”

After giving instructions to a soldier behind him, Hartmut cut off the transmission. After the communication I returned to the armory.

“I have an urgent call from the Lord Chancellor. I’m going to depart urgently. I’m sorry, but I’ll leave Tina and Wiska in the rest area to take care of you, so please be quiet on the ship.”

“Okay, big bro.”

“Roger that.”

Heinz and Zeke nodded at me, and I nodded back at them.

I didn’t know what was going on, but the fact that they were asking me for an emergency dispatch meant that the target had probably already left the port. In order to make it in time, I have to launch Krishna as soon as possible, leaving not even a second to spare.