The SSS-rank Guide Doesn't Need Saving novel Chapter 54

Chapter 54: Deceptively Lethal Doll

The guard nearly dropped the terminal a second time.

His heart started pounding violently against his ribcage, and a horrified scream almost burst from his throat. He was completely terrified to see the Admiral of the Association in front of him!

He had served the Guide and Sentinel Association transport ship for almost three years now, guarding the transport ships as they sailed up toward the floating island in the sky where the Association headquarters was situated.

In all the time, he had only seen the Admiral exactly twice from a distance. Both times, the man had been surrounded by enough elite guards that ordinary people couldn’t even dream of getting close.

Now, this legendary powerhouse’s face filled the screen in his hand, waiting for an answer.

The guard suddenly felt his soul leaving his body. However, he bit his lips fiercely; he absolutely could not faint in front of the Admiral.

"A—Admiral Zeke," the guard stammered, straightening so fast he nearly bit his own tongue. "This—this girl, we found her with a large sum of—that, um, a passenger claimed—"

"Give the terminal back to her," Zeke ordered flatly.

The guard didn’t dare ask why. He didn’t even have the courage to hold the device for a second longer. He turned the terminal around and thrust it toward Aisha with both hands, bowing his head deeply as he did so. His previous thoughts of currying favor with the arrogant nobleman completely vanished into thin air.

cross the cabin, the midlde-aged man stood there with his mouth hanging wide open. Shock and disblief were written all over his face as he wondered whether his eyes were playing tricks on him.

Aisha took the terminal back with an indifferent expression.

"Is something wrong?" Zeke asked again, his deep gaze finally shifting to lock onto her.

"Someone accused me of theft," Aisha replied calmly. "Apparently, I stole a pouch of star credits that happens to belong to me."

Hearng this, the middle-aged man’s face wen through several colors in quick succession. He opened his mouth to argue, but the moment he remembered the identity of the person on the other end of the call, his throat grew tight and he forced his mouth shut.

The entire cabin fell into a dead silence. Nobody dared to release a single breath.

The young guard who had just tried to arrest her looked like he wanted to find a crack in the floor to sink into. Meanwhile, the passenger who had claimed his money was missing suddenly patted his coat pocket, nervously mumbling that he might have miscounted his money earlier.

The overbearing middle-aged man cleared his throat, gave a stiff, trembling bow toward the screen, and immediately turned around to flee to another section of the ship.

However, a cold voice echoed from the terminal before he could take a step.

"The Association will thoroughly investigate this matter. Once the report is finalized, proper compensation and punishment will be handed down accordingly."

He deliberately emphasized the words ’punishment’ and ’compensation’.

The middle-aged man almost lost the strength in his legs. He opened his mouth, desperately wanting to plead for forgiveness, but his late regrets were completely ignored as he was dragged away instead.

Aisha waited until the surrounding crowd thinned out in fear before speaking into the terminal again.

"Thank you."

"You should use the Teleportation Array next time," Zeke said, his tone perfectly calm. "It’s faster, and you can use my permit to enter for free."

Aisha considered refusing his offer. She hadn’t planned on owing this man anything, nor did she have plans to visit the Association often anytime soon. But a free pass was a free pass. It wasn’t like she enjoyed handing over a thousand star credits just to get through a basic checkpoint.

"Fine," she said.

He gave her the exact coordinates for where to meet him, along with a short note explaining that someone would be sent to collect her once she landed.

Then, the call ended.

***

Inside the Association’s central tower, on the top floor reserved for military strategy briefings, the atmosphere had gone stiff the moment their Admiral started to call.

It wasn’t that the Admiral never took calls during high-level meetings. He did occasionally, but only when the matter was urgent enough to affect the Guide and Sentinel Association.

Even then, he always answered in the same direct manner and ended the conversation within ten seconds.

But this time...

"--It’s faster, and you can use my permit for free."

W--what did they just hear?

Permit? Whose permit again? Was it the personal permit of the second-in-command of the entire Guide and Sentinel Association?!

When Zeke finally terminated the call and turned back to face the room, his handsome face had already returned to its usual unreadable calm. It was as if that conversation from a moment ago had never even occurred. 𝒻𝑟𝘦𝘦𝘸ℯ𝒷𝑛𝘰𝓋ℯ𝘭.𝘤𝘰𝘮

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