Rebirth: The Universe's Hidden Heiress-Chapter 142: Are You Ready?

At the front, soldiers already equipped with the improved mechas had regained their combat strength and eliminated a wave of parasites.

Everyone was thrilled to see Kenji safe but dared not approach him, quietly watching him and Yuka.

Once Yuka arrived at the front line, she returned to the training planet, gathered a group to pilot the upgraded Pneyon mechas and some in Oniyon mechas, and boarded a spaceship. They set off to meet Kenji at the front line, preparing to first explore Planet K32 to see if the Queen was truly there.

On Planet K32, Bartland’s subordinate entered his room and reported, head bowed, "Boss, the Alliance Army seems to be coming."

Bartland, touching his opticomputer without looking up, instructed his subordinate, "Shoot them down."

As the subordinate was about to leave, Bartland called him back, asking in a serious tone, "Is it just one spaceship?"

"Yes," the subordinate replied.

Bartland sneered, "A bunch of overconfident fools, daring to attack us with just one spaceship. Blast them into pieces." free𝑤ebnovel.com

The subordinate quickly left to relay the orders. However, as they aimed their cannons at the approaching spaceship, just as it was about to enter their firing range, the spaceship suddenly halted in mid-air, then slowly turned around, escaping the range of their gunfire and trying to leave.

The pirate felt confused.

Aboard the spaceship, Toru pointed at the control panel, indicating the detected threat of the cannon fire marked by red dots, and turned to Kenji and Yuka, saying, "There’s a problem, definitely a problem. This must be the space pirates’ headquarters."

"Are you sure?" Kenji asked Toru. His face was still pale, his arm wrapped in bandages with spots of blood seeping through.

Toru activated a larger-range alarm and nodded at Kenji, saying, "Yes, there’s a serious threat from weapons here."

Yuka, seeing Kenji’s wound reopening, quickly pulled him to sit down and started reapplying the medicine.

As Yuka treated Kenji’s wound, she said to Toru, "We should turn back now. We’re too few to face them head-on."

Toru nodded, ready to press a button on the console in front of him, but his face suddenly changed. "They’re catching up!"

The space pirates, realizing Toru’s spaceship was about to flee, immediately dispatched their illegal spacecraft from the planet to pursue them. They followed Bartland’s orders to blast them to pieces, ensuring they wouldn’t return.

Kenji stood up and moved to the weapons control console, saying to Toru, "Keep flying, I’ll handle them."

Toru immediately increased the spaceship’s speed to the maximum, while Kenji operated the weapon interface, firing at the pursuing spacecraft.

The firepower of the spaceship’s cannon was many times more powerful than a mecha’s, sending the hit pirate spacecraft veering off course, awkwardly crashing back onto planet K32.

"When we come back, their defenses will be even stronger," Yuka said, patting the round head of the butler robot and asking Kenji, "Does the Alliance Army have a detailed map of K32?"

Kenji frowned slightly, "Not in detail. K32 is a fringe planet, poor and underdeveloped. The Alliance Army once sent officials to manage it, but then there was no further communication."

Yuka pondered and said, "I know someone who might be very familiar with this planet, but he’s currently in the Alliance prison."

"You’ve met him too," Yuka told Kenji, "He was with us in the Grand Coliseum, that man called Snakehead."

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On the training planet...

Snakehead’s hands and feet were shackled with special chains. He trudged behind the Alliance Army, disembarking from the spaceship onto the planet, thinking he was about to be executed. He closed his eyes in despair, reflecting on his life.

If there was anything he couldn’t let go of, it was—

"Snakehead."

Snakehead’s eyes snapped open at the sound of his name, surprised and delighted to see Yuka. He exclaimed excitedly, "Boss! Miss Yuka!"

Yuka gestured to the Alliance Army to release Snakehead’s chains. Understanding the signal, they freed him and stepped back, saluting Yuka in respect.

Having completed this task given by Kenji, the soldiers left the place right away.

As Snakehead watched them walk away, he said to Yuka, a bit confused, "Boss, did you get me out? Am I not going to die now?"

"You were never going to die," Yuka glanced at him. "You were just sentenced to ten years. Now, you have a chance to reduce it to five by helping. Are you interested?"

Snakehead eagerly nodded, "Yes, yes, yes! Boss, what do I need to do?"

"You need to describe the terrain of K32 in detail, accurately, without any mistakes," Yuka told him. "Someone will come to ask you about it. You must share everything you know and confirm, they’ll draw a map, and you’ll check it again."

Snakehead nodded, not asking Yuka what the map was for. Having been in the underworld for years, he knew what questions to ask and what not to. Just the chance to reduce his sentence was a huge relief.

While the improved Pneyon mechas were being delivered, Snakehead was questioned by the Alliance Army’s cartographers. Once the Pneyon mechas were fully equipped, the map of K32 was also completed.

In the end, Snakehead bid farewell to Yuka, promising to reform and hoping to follow her once he was released.

Yuka replied, "...Let’s not worry about that for now."

Yuka called in the most outstanding members of the Stellar Corps, who had also become team leaders. After they entered the white building’s conference room, Yuka opened the opticomputer and projected it on the big screen for a remote connection with Kenji.

Kenji and his team, involved in this operation, filled his end of the screen. After brief introductions, they began discussing the battle plan.

"Here’s my plan," Yuka started, "The Alliance Army will leave some forces on the front line, the rest will halt at planet K32, the space pirates’ stronghold, to block them. I’ll lead the Stellar Corps to attack the Queen, eliminating other insectoids. What do you think? Please do share your ideas."

"No," Kenji quickly objected, "Our statistics show that the space pirates aren’t numerous. Their thermal weapons, sourced from the science academy, are low in stock. So, defeating the space pirates won’t take long. The Alliance Army will join the Stellar Corps in combat before the Queen appears."

Everyone else, on both sides of the screen, stayed silent, afraid to interrupt their debate.