I'm a pirate on Star Iron.

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This scene is quite rare; coincidentally, Luffy also spotted Star in the crowd.

So he immediately stepped forward and asked.

"Hey Xing, what happened here?"

Upon hearing Luffy's voice, Hoshi, who was originally planning to leave with the crowd, turned her head.

"Didn't you know? Today, Screw Gum, who belongs to some kind of genius club like Black Tower, came to the space station, so everyone came to the platform to welcome him."

As for her star, she was naturally here to join in the fun.

"Screw Gum?"

"Yes, I heard it's because he found out about the space station being attacked by the antimatter legion, so he came to help!"

Xing and Luffy chatted as they walked toward the space station.

"Luf, look what that person is doing!"

Just as Erjiu {Lin@LianQ is Liuqi (:2) pulled people into the hall of the base section, they saw a clerk-like person standing in front of a portrait of a black tower, touching and groping.

Before Luffy could even say anything, Xing rushed up to the man and questioned him.

"What do you want to do in broad daylight?"

The clerk was clearly startled by the sudden appearance of the star.

However, he quickly realized what was happening.

"I know you, the great hero of the space station, right!"

Upon hearing the title of "great hero," Xing's lips couldn't help but curl into a slight smile.

"Even if you're praising me, I won't pretend I didn't see you touching the Black Tower's portrait inappropriately!"

Upon hearing this, the clerk immediately offered an explanation.

"No, no, no, you've misunderstood. My name is Leonard, and I'm the cybersecurity engineer for this space station!"

To avoid being mistaken for someone suspicious, Leonard quickly explained.

"network management?"

"Um... there's no need to use such an abbreviation."

While it's true that you can call it that, it feels like it carries a different meaning.

"So what exactly are you doing here?"

At this moment, Luffy also stepped forward and asked.

"Actually, I'm involved in disaster reconstruction. As you know, the space station was recently invaded by the antimatter army, and many things were damaged. My job is to assist in repairing various equipment and restoring the space station's cybersecurity!"

"Then what does this have to do with the Black Tower portrait?"

Xing asked, also with great confusion.

Although the portrait is digital, it doesn't look realistic or damaged.

Besides, even if we were to get it repaired, we wouldn't be able to schedule it for this, would we?

"Actually, I discovered the anomaly during the repair process. An unexpected third party, the [Legion], has invaded this place."

"Is it a Star Core Hunter?"

Xing also spoke up and asked.

Leonard shook his head at this.

"I don't know about that; I'm investigating it myself. But there's a high possibility it's a Star Core Hunter!"

Upon hearing this, Xing also became interested.

After all, according to Luffy, he seemed to have been brought here by the Star Core Hunter.

If it really is related to the Star Core Hunters, then maybe we can find clues to our past memories.

"Okay, I'll help too?"

"Thank you very much!"

Upon hearing this, Leonard showed a grateful expression.

Luffy also intended to see how things went.

Leonard continued after Luffy and Star joined the team.

"Actually, I was tracing the traces left on the other side, and then I found that the traces left by that person were on this portrait!"

"Really? I don't think I saw anything?"

Star shook his head as he looked at the portrait of the Black Tower in front of him.

There are many such images inside the space station; Xing has seen them many times elsewhere.

But to Xing, this portrait seemed no different from the others.

"Actually, I designed a decoding program that allows us to see some hidden traces!"

Leonard then took out a camera and pointed it at the wall behind the portrait.

The next moment, the mark on the wall was revealed, and a pattern that looked like a water droplet appeared on the previously empty wall.

Although it may not seem like much at first glance.

But when combined with the image of the Black Tower, it looks as if the Black Tower is sweating.

"So this is the suspicious trace you mentioned?"

Looking at the water droplets on the wall, Luffy and Star looked at Leonard with suspicion.

"Wait a minute, let me take a look!"

Leonard then approached the graffiti and began to examine it closely.

"I see, it's an idea doodle, quite like the style of a punk lord. If I'm not mistaken, it should be some kind of automatic encryption program!"

As someone who can serve as a cybersecurity engineer on the space station, he obviously has some skills.

"I remember there was a girl in Star Core Hunter who was a member of Punk Lord!"

It's safe to say there's a 99% chance the killer is a Star Core Hunter.

"If we decipher it one more time, we can find the real clues!"

As he spoke, Leonard pointed his camera at the graffiti again.

As the shutter was pressed, the teardrop-shaped graffiti suddenly began to distort.

The next moment, several phantom soldiers suddenly appeared in front of the three.

"Wow, there's another fake pawn here!"

Leonard was quite frightened when he saw the dummy soldier.

Fortunately, Luffy and Star on the side are no pushovers either.

In no time at all, he took care of all the illusory soldiers in front of him.

"Thank goodness you're all here!"

Leonard breathed a sigh of relief upon seeing that these pawns had been dealt with.

If he had investigated alone, he would probably be meeting with the Venerable Master Boshi by now!

Fortunately, Luffy and Star were there; otherwise, if the Voidlings had broken in again, the entire space station would have been plunged into turmoil once more.

The commotion caused by the three people here also attracted the attention of the security department.

Leonard had to use a lot of persuasion to get the security personnel to leave.

"They're finally gone! My mouth was so dry!"

He had to put in a lot of effort to convince those stubborn guys in the security department.

Of course, it was all worth it.

After dealing with those few pawns, the real traces appeared before them.

It was a holographic projection of a gray-haired girl.

Upon seeing the girl's appearance, Leonard couldn't help but exclaim in surprise.

"It's the legendary Star Core Hunter, Silver Wolf!"

Volume 1: Chapter 290 The Quarrel Between the Black Tower and Screw Gum

Looking at the projection of the silver wolf in front of him, Leonard's face was filled with excitement.

Leonard couldn't help but want to shout when he found a clue so quickly.

"Wuhu, what a wonderful start! Cheers for me! Why the applause!"

The three then wandered around the space station following the graffiti they had left behind.

During this time, I witnessed Silver Wolf peeking at the Catalogue of Curious Things and using Leonard's information to create fake identities for himself and Kafka.

After wandering around for a while, the three of them finally arrived at the monitoring room.

"Look, there's a unique graffiti over there!"

Leonard was also very excited to see the graffiti on the ground, which was different from what he had just seen.

Xing casually took a picture of the graffiti with her camera.

As the information in the graffiti was deciphered, the virtual image of Silver Wolf reappeared.

This time, however, Silver Wolf's virtual image walked directly into a wall.

Virtual images are acceptable, but that doesn't mean that Luffy and his two companions' physical bodies are.

Looking at the wall blocking their way, the three of them exchanged bewildered glances.

"Could it be a display malfunction?"

Xing said somewhat uncertainly.

"Impossible! I just bought this detector last week, and it's still within the refund period!"

As if he had said something he shouldn't have, Leonard quickly shut his mouth.

Luffy and Star also looked at Leonard with strange eyes.

"Didn't you say you did this?"

"Haha, wait, I know, this must be the effect of the artifact. There was originally a folded space here, which the intruders probably discovered and used!"

Leonard abruptly changed the subject, but fortunately, Luffy and Star didn't seem to care much about the origin of the detector in their hands.

"Let me see, this should be the connected artifact collection room, which is where you were discovered in 'Star You'!"

"It seems like there is that effect!"

Xing covered her head, seemingly trying to recall what had happened before.

But no matter how hard I try to recall, my mind remains a complete blank.

"Alright, stop overthinking it. Let's go check out the curio collection room!"

"Too!"

Seeing this, Xing stopped worrying and the three of them went to the rare artifact collection room where Xing had awakened.

However, the three of them searched the entire place but found no clues.

"Damn it, there was no medicine applied here, the trail has gone cold!"

Leonard looked very sad at that moment.

"I remember now, I encountered Star Core Hunters here before. They ran away as soon as they saw me, so they didn't leave any clues, right?"

"Is that so?"

Leonard was also very frustrated upon hearing this.

"Don't be so sad, how about we go check out the other room with its collection of curiosities?"