A Gentle Warning

It took over two weeks to finish moving everything from the abandoned space transfer station and the several treasure locations hidden by Zoshan Taro.

The positioning device had failed its anti-tracking measures. When they initiated the operation, the other party had directly hacked the entire device, rendering it useless scrap metal.

A total of three modified spacecraft were used to hold the surrendered pirates. Besides stocking them with some food and water, their destinations were pre-set.

Each of the three modified spacecraft was sent to a different country. Upon arrival, the spacecraft would automatically signal for that country's military to take them away. The fate of these pirates would then be left to the respective country's authorities.

In Long Fei's office, three mercenary colonels stood trembling before his desk. Long Fei, without a word, was processing documents, making it seem as if the three colonels weren't even present.

Due to the cold air in the office, the temperature was only around 24 degrees Celsius, yet the three colonels were sweating profusely, their hands visibly shaking.

After finishing his documents, Long Fei didn't even glance at the three colonels. He twisted his neck and leaned back in his executive chair, closing his eyes.

The three colonels dared not make a sound or ask any questions. Seeing their boss's demeanor, they felt extremely uneasy.

"Do you know what good deeds you've done?" Long Fei asked, leaning back in his chair with his eyes closed.

"We know." x3

The three colonels answered simultaneously, their voices trembling.

Long Fei took out a bank card and pushed it towards them.

"Take it."

The three colonels' hands trembled, and they hesitated to take the bank card.

"I told you to take it, so take it. Or has my command become ineffective?"

"Yes, boss." The middle colonel nervously took the bank card from the desk.

"If there's a next time, it won't be a warning. You know the consequences. You may go now."

"Yes, boss." x3

The three colonels saluted and walked out of the office. Once outside, they all wiped the cold sweat from their foreheads and breathed a sigh of relief, knowing their boss was letting the matter slide.

"I never imagined the boss would have such terrifying methods."

"Every move we made was apparently under the boss's watchful eye."

The three colonels saw fear in each other's eyes. They awkwardly shrunk their necks and quickly returned to their posts.

Why did the three colonels have such an attitude?

It turned out that these three colonels had been ordered to retrieve the treasures hidden by Zoshan Taro.

Upon seeing the countless treasures, all three colonels were overcome with greed. They secretly pocketed a portion of the treasures and even called in trusted subordinates to participate in the operation.

However, as soon as they began the operation, the three colonels returned to their offices to find messages on their computers. Upon opening them, they discovered videos of themselves secretly discussing how to embezzle the treasures, as well as footage of their actions.

This terrified them into silence. Furthermore, the transmitted files specified a time to meet with the boss in his office.

This made them realize that the boss had informants within the mercenary group, though they had no idea who they were.

Escape was impossible. If they tried to flee, it would be futile, as the boss's informants would surely act alongside them. They had no idea how many informants the boss had.

Moreover, the subordinates they had trusted had already switched sides. The subordinates had been warned and were given two options: either be dealt with, or keep a close watch on their superiors. By choosing the second option, not only would the boss pretend nothing had happened, but they would also receive a reward of 100,000 universal galactic currency.

Therefore, the three colonels were essentially escorted back. Of course, outwardly, no one noticed; they simply appeared to be returning from a mission.

The bank card Long Fei pushed towards them was an anonymous card containing 3 million universal galactic currency.

Long Fei's actions were akin to an ancient emperor's, delivering a slap before offering a sweet.

The three colonels understood Long Fei's implication: I see clearly whatever tricks you play. This time, it's just a warning.

Long Fei could have easily dealt with the three colonels or publicly announced their crimes to the entire mercenary group.

Why didn't Long Fei want to do that? The primary reason was to avoid unnecessary discord. The Skywing Mercenary Group currently needed everyone to be united.

Additionally, the Skywing Mercenary Group was indeed short-handed at the moment. The three colonels were quite capable, so with the current need for manpower, they were let off for now.

An even more important point was that Long Fei had publicly declared he would not interfere excessively with the operations of the Skywing Mercenary Group. As long as Commander Li Jiaming did not abuse his authority and cause losses to the Skywing Mercenary Group, he would not intervene.

If he had reported this matter to Commander Li Jiaming for handling, it would have made Commander Li Jiaming feel that he had failed in his duties. It would also have led Commander Li Jiaming to discover that his own managed mercenary group had so many informants for the boss, causing Commander Li Jiaming to feel distrusted by the boss. This would have created distrust between the boss and his employees. Therefore, considering this, Long Fei decided to handle the matter discreetly.

Long Fei's actions were largely influenced by his efforts to become a qualified boss after starting his company several years ago. He had read books on topics such as how to be a qualified boss and how to be a chairman who could manage employees.

He had also occasionally watched historical dramas about emperors in his previous life and studied imperial tactics.

The three colonels he had reprimanded earlier were a result of him applying imperial tactics he had learned from historical dramas.

A few days later, Sakchi reported the company's progress to him and also informed him that the attitude of the Mika'ang Nation towards them had gradually changed in recent days.

Initially, when the Skywing Mercenary Group sought intelligence on the Sea Wolf Pirate Group from the Mika'ang Nation authorities before their campaign, the Mika'ang Nation's attitude had been somewhat perfunctory. For a mercenary group that took money to do things, undertaking such thankless tasks was almost unbelievable to other countries.

Thus, the Mika'ang Nation authorities only provided a general location for the Sea Wolf Pirate Group.

After obtaining other intelligence from various factions and pinpointing the accurate location, the Skywing Mercenary Group immediately launched their campaign against the Sea Wolf Pirate Group.

The outcome shocked all parties involved. The long-established and notoriously overbearing Sea Wolf Pirate Group had been annihilated.

At first, countries found it hard to believe, until the Mika'ang Nation and two other countries received signals to receive the surrendered pirates.

The Mika'ang Nation authorities were the most astonished. The Sea Wolf Pirate Group, whom even they feared to some extent, had been wiped out by the Skywing Mercenary Group.

The Mika'ang Nation authorities' attitude towards the Skywing Mercenary Group began to change.