"Who are you? A Weirdboy native to this planet?" Cheng Mingrui asked in confusion.
"I'm Crooked Mouth. I ain't a Weirdboy, I'm a Mekboy! I'm good at building all kinds of machinery. I can build battlewagons as big as fortresses and Gargants bigger than mountains. Sneaky Boss, your Great Waaagh is gonna need my skills."
In the planet's south, Crooked Mouth sat cross-legged, an antenna sticking out of his head as he used Psychic Communication to speak with Cheng Mingrui.
He was delighted. The prophecy Gork and Mork had given him had come true: seek out a powerful Boss and join the biggest Waaagh!
He had almost lost patience and was preparing to build a Gargant spaceship to go searching for the Sneaky Boss Gork and Mork had spoken of. He had never expected this Boss to come to him instead.
Cheng Mingrui did not particularly care about gaining another admirer as a subordinate. He had so many tough fighters under his command that he could hardly be bothered to remember them all. But Crooked Mouth's claim that Gork and Mork had guided him piqued Cheng Mingrui's curiosity.
Were Gork and Mork not only protecting me, but also calling on all Orks to join my Great Waaagh?
The answer he got from Crooked Mouth was no. Even praying silently to Gork and Mork brought no response. Cheng Mingrui guessed that this might be a little help from Gork and Mork, encouraging him to keep up his efforts and become even more Waaagh!
In Ork culture, anyone who wanted to become a Boss had to fight his way up and earn the admiration of other Orks. There were no shortcuts. It was entirely possible that he was not the only chosen champion Gork and Mork favored.
When it came to dealing