Once all the allied contractors heading to the Treeborn World had arrived, the spaceship's hatch closed. The cockpit door near the front opened, and a drunken old man staggered out. With floating steps, he headed toward the rear of the ship. After opening the rear hatch, he belched and looked puzzled.
Just then, a female attendant who looked like a rabbit spirit ran out of the cockpit and shouted anxiously, "Captain, where are you going? The cockpit is this way!"
"Hm?"
The drunken old man belched again and returned to the cockpit with the attendant's help. After witnessing this, the contractors present looked solemn. They all felt that the captain seemed unreliable.
Amid everyone's hesitation, the spaceship started up. After taking off, it remained still for a moment before suddenly accelerating.
They had expected a bumpy ride, but it was as steady as an old dog. The old captain seemed unreliable, yet he flew the ship very steadily. After the initial gravitational acceleration, they felt no bumps at all.
Before they knew it, the spaceship's roar weakened and the hatch opened. A feeling of lightness arose as gravity had decreased somewhat. That was how space transfer stations were; their gravity was slightly weaker than on Earth and in the Void.
"Brother Byakuya, perhaps we could..."
The National Football Team Three Brothers were just about to suggest cooperation when they noticed that Su Xiao was not looking at them. Instead, he was walking down from the spaceship. Though the National Football Team Three Brothers were idiots, they had fought their way to the eighth rank, and their sense for danger was extremely sharp.
"Big Brother, why isn't Brother Byakuya paying attention to us?"
The third brother scratched his head, looking somewhat dejected.
"There are two possibilities. Either he intends to do