Chapter 1278: Exploration Day

Author's Note: Unedited Chapter

("How do we know that Darko has returned? Also, he shouldn't be powerful enough to defeat, much more, kill a Handler. Like you also said, motive... what would be his?") The system raised valid points one after the other which Gustav had to admit were making sense.

"You're right... it could either be Indulus Prime or Falco. Either way I'm not ruling out any of them as suspects... I have a feeling Falco knows something even if he might not be directly involved," Gustav voiced with a contemplative tone.

He wanted to approach Falco but he didn't know the best possible way to do that at the moment. He needed more information.

Gustav found this case to be very sensitive compared to anyone else because it might involve Indulus Prime who he had been investigating or Falco who happened to be someone he cared about.

Either ways, this wasn't something he could just let the Ozis take care of themselves. If it involved Falco, he definitely needed to find out before anyone else did so he could come up with the best way of rendering support.

Gustav realised that, despite their technological advanced civilisation, the Ozis were unable to get footage of the incident and didn't discover it till hours after it happened.

This was obviously due to the power of whatever supernatural creature was responsible which meant there were definitely powerful.

"System, how long has it been since Handler 302 met her demise?" Gustav questioned.

("A little over a day now,") The system replied.

"Then we still have time...." Gustav stated.

("You want me to extract its last memory before death like I did for Danzo?") The system immediately realised what Gustav was up to.

"Precisely. This is the best way to figure out the culprit... So long as the brain of the corpse is still intact, there should be no problem with this, right?" Gustav questioned with a tone of confirmation.

("Yes but how are you going to get to the corpse? Not to mention, you also need to make contact with the head without interruption for fifteen minutes to make sure I successfully extract the last memories,") The system pointed out.

"I'll have to infiltrate wherever the corpse is kept then... Its time to make a little research," Gustav said while getting up.

Shhsshhh~

As he arrived before his room door, it slid open and Gustav spotted Angy up ahead approaching.

"Angy?" Gustav mumbled.

"What are we going to do about Falco's situation?" The moment she arrived before him, she asked.

"Give him some time. If he is still unwilling to participate in the next major challenge, I'll have to pick a substitute again," Gustav answered.

"I think he should come exploring with us tomorrow to help him get his mind off things," Angy suggested.

"Is he going to be up for that?" Gustav asked.

"Since its for fun and not battle, of course he will," Angy responded with an affirmative tone.

"Alright then, we'll talk about it tomorrow," Gustav said while stepping forward to head out.

"Tomorrow? Where are you going?" Angy eyebrows furrowed as she turned around.

"I gotta head out. I might not get back till tomorrow morning," Gustav answered as he closed in on the entrance.

"But... why? You've been staying out a lot these days," Angy pouted while folding her arms.

"Sorry, I'll tell you about it later," Gustav waved without turning around before disappearing out the door.

Endric was at the side watching all this time. He stood up and began heading to his room when Angy stopped him, "Do you know what is going on with him?"

"Yes and no. I only have a little knowledge on some areas but I don't know a lot," Endric answered.

Angy's mouth parted to respond but before she could, Endric interrupted her.

"No I can't tell you about it unless he decides to reveal it himself," Endric said with an apologetic expression before turning around to head into his room.

Angy's mouth remained hung open for some time before she finally pursed her lips with an expression of dissatisfaction.

"So secrrtive humph no wonder they're brothers,"

...

The night went by very quickly and the next day arrived. Gustav was currently making his way back to the accomodation area with a plan hatching in his mind.

Gustav could see everyone lazing around as he walked in. Some were just waking while some didn't sleep for the entire night. Some were channeling their bloodline and some excitedly chatted with others.

They greeted Guatav and some exchanged a little dialogue with him as he made his way in to freshen up. Today was a free day for every top two hundred planet participant on the ranking.

The disqualification round for the planets in the top three hundred had began but they could decide whether they wanted to spectate them or spend their day differently.

The earth participants on the other hand had decided they would use this day to have a little fun. It was obvious that they would still have one or two free days after this since the next major challenge would still take some time before decided upon.

Gustav had changed out of his white and blue battlesuit.

As he walked out of his room, he was clad in a red trench jacket and black pants which had the MBO insignia on it.

"So, who has suggestions for interesting exploration locations?" Aildris asked as everyone gathered in the main room.

-"I heard Kanin falls is a good place for exploration for tourists,"

-"I heard about that one too... I'll definitely like to try the beast riding,"

-"What about the Sero golden waterfalls? I heard its the longest in existence,"

-"The Kabuto caves seem like a good exploration option,"

About seven of them gave different or the same exploration options which Aildris took note of.

"Do you have anyone in mind?" Aildris asked Gustav from the side.

"Not really but the Zero Haven Endric mentioned sounds pretty good to me," Gustav answered.

"Let's vote for the locations we want. The location that gets the highest vote is where we'll head to," Teemee suggested.

After the suggestion, the others who didn't mention an exploration area went on to pick from the locations that had been listed.

At the end, Zero Haven got the highest picks. Endric had suggested Zero Haven because some of the fun activities they could engage in for the others were present here as well with other interesting perks.

Gustav caused a kind of domino effect, since Angy, E.E, Teemee, Aildris and some others decided to go along with his decision.

"So we're headed to the seventh disk then," Aildris announced.

Everyone had looks of excitement as they watched a holographic display of Zero Haven which was equivalent to a resort on earth.

It was located on a part of the seventh disk which was secluded from residential areas. It was erected close to the edge of the disk so the Gravitational laws there was weird.

There was a waterfall that extended from it to the eight disk below. This waterfall followed a ring like path and was mostly used for racing.

Besides that there were lots of sights to be seen there and fun activities like beast racing, glide dancing, exotic supernatural beasts zoo and so many other things.

While everyone else was ready to go and have fun due to the many activities one could engage in, Gustav had ulterior motives for picking this location.

This place happened to be located on the seventh disk. He had business on the seventh disk.

Last night when Gustav was out, he spent the entire night on the seventh disk. He had revisited the location where the homicide occured and from there visited where the corpse was taken.

It turned out that the corpse was still on the seventh disk. Gustav had spent the night discovering the location, understanding its intricacies, shifts and taking note of to properly infiltrate the synogces which had the same function as a mortuary on Earth.

He now had all the information he needed and would be infiltrating the Synogces to extract Handler 302 last memories. The exploration was just a way to kill two birds with one stone for him.

"Falco, are you ready to go?" E.E inquired.

"Yeah..." After Angy's persuasion, Falco agreed to come with them.

...

Within an accommodation area, a large ten feet tall being with multiple limbs and blue star shaped patterns all over his body, opened his eyes.

"How long was I out?" He questioned.

"It's been a day, former Captain," One of the people gathered around him voiced.

"Former... captain? What do you mean Uta?" Strum questioned with a condescending look as he tried to sit up from his lying position.

"The Midelies have decided that you are no longer fit to Captain us. Captain Ostril has taken over," Uta responded while turning to stare at the nine foot tall female by the side with pinkish star shaped marks all over her body.