“Bring the man in!” The boss ordered with interest.

“Yes!”

Subsequently, a badly beaten-up thin man wearing a white-colored ceramic armor came in while being tugged on by a chain on his two hands and neck. Two 2-meter-tall big-bodied men were in front, pulling that thin man with their monstrous power.

The chain being used here wasn’t the kind of steel chain that people usually used a long time ago. But a special kind of chain made by a material so hard that couldn’t be broken by a bullet of a gun; therefore, the thin man wasn’t able to break the chain despite his genetically modified strength.

“You!! Let go of me! I already told you that thing wasn’t with me anymore!” The thin man screamed while trying to pull the chain from the two big-bodied men.

The two big men snorted in disdain before pulling the thin man with forced and made him fall into the ground hard; thereafter, a shard of broken teeth could be seen under his face.

“Just shut up! The boss is watching!” One of the big men rebuked and kicked the thin man in the stomach and made him throw up.

The silhouette of the boss who was watching seemed to be interested and then inquired with an amusing look, “So, you’re the fool that didn’t know what did you just stole!? I wonder how a stupid man like you were swiftly caught by us?”

“Boss, this fool was bragging in a bar about how he sold a worthless cube for more than a hundred thousand credits.” One of the big men that didn't speak before, reported subserviently to the boss.

Hearing what the big man just reported, a vein seemed to appear on the silhouette of the boss’s head before he stood up and descended the pedestal; hence revealing a face of a one-eyed large bald man that had a long scar on his left eye.

He approached the big man that had just reported before slapping him in the face, so hard that it made him thrown into the pillar of the hall. The big man slumped down from the pillar with his eyes bulging in disbelief, a body mark could also be seen left on the pillar.

Seeing that the big man didn’t twitch after being thrown, the other big man and the scavenger started having a cold sweat and a sound of gulping was heard. A deep fear bloomed in their heart as they flinched and took a step back.

“Foolish!! That means that the Technology Cube wasn’t with him!” The one-eyed boss hit the floor and caused a spider crack on it.

He then approached the thin scavenger and grabbed him on the neck before lifting him into the air like it was nothing. A frightening expression capable to make anyone had a nightmare for days formed on his face as he glared at the scavenger that was out of breath.

“Speak, where did you sell the Technology Cube?" The one-eyed boss gazed full of murderous intent as if he wanted to skin the man and burned him alive.

“Ple…ase sp..ar…. me, I s..old i…t to th…e o…d Hu…sei…n S…tor.” The thin scavenger tried to flail and released the grip of the one-eyed boss his two small hands, but it was to no avail.

He was just like a chicken waiting to be slaughtered, his leg swinging in the air and his face became red as he was starting to gasp for air.

“Him? It should be easy if it was him. Hehe… Technology Cube's as good as mine!" The one-eyed boss grinned with greed.

“Pl….eas..e h…ve m..r.cy.”

“Mercy? You want mercy? I will give you mercy.” Just as he said that the grip of his hand became stronger.

A surprised and despair expression fell into the thin scavenger’s face, and his mouth started to become foamy. As the grip became stronger and stronger, blood started to leak and dripped down from the mouth and all the orifice of the thin scavenger, his eyes bulged out and almost popped out from the pressure.

“C…r….s….e u…..” That was the last two words that the thin scavenger managed to utter before his body became limp and no movement could be seen from his soulless body.

“Dead already? That was no fun…” The one-eyed boss threw the body away before commanding with malicious intent, “Men, prepare the others to get ready! We will be going to the Station!”

“”Yes!!”” The other big men and guards near the entrance replied with fear before they ran out of the room to fulfill his command.

Just as they departed the place, the one-eyed boss smiled and muttered to himself, “This will be entertaining.”

***

Unknown of the predicament that will come, I was leisurely going around the station, gathering supplies and foods that will be necessary for a few months. Of course, I didn’t forget to acquire water as it was indispensable.

After going to the digital supermarket to gather lots of snacks, I gazed at the remaining balance of my credits. There wasn’t even half of the amount of what I had before selling the Golden Star Dust. Frowns started to appear on my head after realizing how money was crucial in my life.

I thought I was already quite rich the moment I got 500.000 credits on my account, but alas it didn’t even last a day before all of that was gone. Guess, I'll just need to gather more money.

Just when I was lamenting how poor I was, a report from manager Lester appeared on my hologram screen; telling that the purchased items were already been delivered. I then lifted my head and saw a hologram clock in the middle of the plaza; It was already 5 in the afternoon.

“Eh? I guess there wasn’t anything more to do here.” Thereafter, I decided to go back to the ship and continue my exploration.

***

Around the same time in the other part of the Blue Moon Station, the short figure of Hussein was in the middle of inspecting a gorgeous and expensive looking golden-colored dust.

Boom! Bang!

Unexpectedly, the door was blasted loudly wherein Hussein was dumbstruck as he was in the crucial stage of his inspection of the Golden Star Dust.

‘Fuck, that was an expensive automatic door! Who dares to blast my door so blatantly?’ Hussein silently cursed as he took cover and readying his hidden plasma gun that he put below his desk.

To his surprise, the desk that he used as a cover was easily lifted by a 2-meter-tall big man as if lifting a feather.

“You… Who are you?” Hussein pointed his plasma gun to the big man and ready to fire.

The big man didn't reply Hussein and instead tried to catch him, of course after throwing the desk to the side. Seeing that, Hussein fired his plasma gun to the big man without much thought. Surprisingly, the big man acted fast and managed to kick Hussein's hand just right when he fired, making the plasma bullet missing to the side and piercing a wall.

“Damn!” Hussein cursed while he backed away.

The big man approaches Hussein with a malicious intent. Right when the distance between the two was around 2 meters, a smirk suddenly formed on Hussein's mouth.

An almost invisible layer of energy shield appeared and surrounded the big man from the tile that he was standing. Suddenly, a spark of electricity emerged from the tile and made the big man convulsed in an electric shock.

“Ahhhhh!!!!!!!” The big man screamed in agony as the voltage became higher and higher.

A few seconds later, a stench of flesh that burned into cinders could be smelled in the surrounding. A black ash figure could be seen standing with his eyes white before falling to the ground, unmoving.

Just then, the voice of a man appeared from outside, “Hussein! You dare to kill one of my men!?” Then, a one-eyed bald man entered the store full of killing intent,

“You are…. The infamous one-eyed space pirate Graham!” Hussein shouted in despair before he tried to get away to a hidden automatic exit behind him.

The one-eyed Graham was infamous around this sector and was one of the more well-known pirates for their cruelness. He got his unique name because of his one eye, which could be easily treated by the technology right now. It was unknown why he kept his one-eyed state.

“Hmph… trying to get away, heh? Did you think you could get away from me?” Graham smiled cruelly before moving so fast that he managed to catch Hussein that was already inside the hidden hole in a split second.

A despaired look was plastered over Hussein’s face before he threatens, “You dare to act so brazenly in the Blue Moon Station!? This wasn't a pirate spaceport! Did you think the multiple companies owning this station will let you off?"

Hearing Hussein's threat, Graham laughed hysterically as he covered his face with his other hand, "Jiahahahahahaha…. Did you think that I don’t have any connection with them?”

Hussein’s face paled just like a sheet of paper after listening to what Graham just said. Looking into Hussein’s face, Graham smiled satisfied before demanding sinisterly, “You should already have some idea why am I here, right? Speak, where did you put the Technology Cube?”