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Chapter 794 Arrest
Inside the hold of the transport ship "Piaoling".

"I consider myself a Jedi Master."

Fu Qinghai looked at the two women and asked:

"Do you have any way to grant me this title?"

"Huh? What makes you think you're a Jedi Master?"

"I ask you with a puzzled look on my face."

"Because I feel incredibly strong right now."

Fu Qinghai spread his hands and said confidently.

“You have some misunderstanding about this title, Aoyama.”

Wei Ran had to patiently explain:
"The title of 'Jedi Master' was awarded by the Jedi Council. Not to mention that the Jedi Order and the Jedi Council no longer exist, the criteria for awarding it were not based on combat ability."

"Oh? What are the standards?"

Fu Qinghai appeared eager to hear the details.

"The only hard requirement to become a Jedi Master is to successfully train a Jedi apprentice to become a Jedi Knight. As long as the apprentice you train graduates successfully, theoretically, you can become a Jedi Master. In addition, there is another situation: joining the Jedi Council—that is, the four Jedi Councils—automatically grants you the title of 'Jedi Master,' which is actually more difficult than training an apprentice to graduate."

Wei Ran explained the rules in detail.

"I understand. So, Jedi Masters and Force-level combat abilities have absolutely nothing to do with each other?"

Fu Qinghai summarized it for her.

That's right.

Wei Ran nodded and said.

No wonder when I watched the movies in my past life, so many of the supporting Jedi Masters seemed to die inexplicably and inexplicably. I thought they were all mediocre masters. Turns out, the title has nothing to do with combat ability. In this light, the title of Sith Lord is much more prestigious. The two-man rule forces the master to carefully select his disciples, and the tradition of killing masters also makes the Sith more experienced in intrigue and power struggles.

Fu Qinghai thought to himself.

"Let's go back to Port Borgo."

Fu Qinghai said to the two women.

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Port of Borgo, berthing space.

A G9 crane ship is moored here.

Fu Qinghai stood in the cockpit, holding a blaster pistol. He looked down at his body for a few moments, then turned the pistol around and aimed it at his waist, abdomen, thighs, shoulders, and the arm of his other hand before pulling the trigger.

"Biu!" "Biu!" "Biu!"

Red lights flashed continuously inside the cockpit.

The scorching energy beam grazed Fu Qinghai's skin, burning his clothes and leaving charred and carbonized marks on his skin. Many charred and melted dents also appeared on the cockpit walls, but the instruments and equipment were not damaged.

He then picked up a bottle of pre-prepared fermented swill and poured it on his shoulder. An indescribable stench immediately spread. He put down the empty bottle and crawled under the control panel, covering himself in dirt and grime.

After finishing all this, Fu Qinghai tossed the explosive pistol aside, plopped down in the pilot's seat, quickly started the spaceship's engine, adjusted the engine output to maximum, set the navigation equipment, and then turned off the transponder.

Ignoring the warnings broadcast over the control tower and the surrounding ferry boats, Fu Qinghai pushed the control stick all the way to the side. The small cargo ship's engine nozzles spewed out streams of ion flames, and a thick steel cable clamped to the tail fin instantly taut.

After tearing off a section of its tail, the small cargo ship shot off, the thick steel cable swinging backward and striking two pursuing ferry boats. The small cargo ship darted left and right through the airport, repeatedly ramming moored ships, before finally escaping the boundaries of Borgo Port.

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Sereno, an Imperial military base.

The G9 crane-cargo ship slowly descended.

The cargo ship was surrounded by armed assault troops.

The hatch opened, and Fu Qinghai, covered in wounds, stepped out. He nodded to the assault team members outside, then turned and opened the cargo hold door. Inside, a large, dark gray square sculpture stood silently, with a woman in the center of the sculpture, her face contorted in a struggle.

Lieutenant Soma Uller, whose body was solidified by carbon.

What are you all standing there for?

Fu Qinghai said to the assault team members:

"Hurry up and find someone to rescue her!"

"Okay, sir."

The assault team members hurriedly left.

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The sixth floor of the military base houses the office of the Imperial Security Bureau.

Soma Uller, disheveled and wrapped in a blanket, huddled in her office chair, her eyes glazed over and her expression dazed.

"Lieutenant? Lieutenant? Are you alright?"

Fu Qinghai couldn't help but tap the table again.

Lieutenant Uller slowly turned his head to look at him.

Fu Qinghai sat in front of Wule's desk.

"Qingshan? We're back at base?"

Ule asked, puzzled and confused.

Did I hit too hard?

Upon seeing this, Fu Qinghai couldn't help but reflect a little.

"Yes, we're back at base."

Fu Qinghai sighed and nodded.

"How...how were we saved?"

Lieutenant Uller frowned, puzzled.

"Us? No, it was I who saved you."

Fu Qinghai shook his head, correcting her:

"After you were knocked unconscious and captured by them, I ran away. I hid in the sewage pipes of Port Borgo, constantly dealing with them, and finally found you sealed inside the carbonized plate. I retrieved our original spaceship and ran back."

"How...how did you do that?"

Upon hearing this, Ule frowned even more deeply.

"Colonel Walpole asked me the same question."

Fu Qinghai spread his hands and said calmly:
"So do I need to repeat myself on how I single-handedly captured a CR90 light frigate?"

"But...those are two Jedi Knights."

Lieutenant Uller still looked incredulous.

"That's what I can't understand either."

Fu Qinghai then said:
"After I escaped, the two Jedi Knights didn't come after me. During the time I hid in the sewage pipes, they never appeared again. Just as abruptly as their appearance, the two aliens seemed to have vanished into thin air."

After listening to Fu Qinghai's description.

Uller fell into deep thought.

Fu Qinghai realized that Lieutenant Wule was slowly recovering from the aftereffects of carbonization and beginning to regain his cognitive abilities.

"Describe the scene again."

Ule raised his head and looked at Fu Qinghai.

How did I rescue you?

Fu Qinghai asked.

"No, even earlier."

Lieutenant Ule shook his head, his gaze sharpening again as he stared intently at Fu Qinghai, speaking each word clearly:
“It all started when you walked into that ‘Rust Tongue’ restaurant.”

……

"So the key point is time."

After listening, Uller squinted and analyzed, saying:

"Do you remember exactly when that Krieg guy turned against you? Around when did they receive the notification?"

"We were all in the warehouse at the time."

Fu Qinghai shook his head and said:
"There was no timing device inside. But I vaguely remember that we disembarked at four o'clock. You can check it in the navigation log of the spacecraft."

"That's right, the key is in this period of time."

A murderous glint flashed in Uller's eyes:
"That Krik man was chatting with you just fine before, but he suddenly turned hostile. It must be because someone tipped him off, and this person must be of a high rank. He probably knew that we weren't really investigating the case of the patrolling army soldiers being killed, but instead left Sereno to investigate the ore smuggling case, so he risked exposing his identity to tip him off."

"But how do we find him?"

Fu Qinghai asked, slightly puzzled:

"Ultrasonic transceivers are so small that, as far as I know, some special models can even be hidden inside the sole of a shoe. Even if you thoroughly search the entire military base, it would be very difficult to find them, right?"

"You know quite a lot."

Ule gave Fu Qinghai a strange look.

"I learned this kind of knowledge at military academy."

Fu Qinghai did not hide this fact.

Fu Qinghai's main purpose in saying this was to prevent Wule from actually ordering a search of the entire military base, because the power armor he kept in his dormitory was hard to explain. Even though it had been transformed into a carry-on suitcase, the inside of the suitcase was still solid, even though there was no ultrasonic transceiver inside.

“We can’t and don’t need to search the entire military base, and Colonel Walpole wouldn’t agree to me doing so.”

Uller shook his head and said.

Then her tone suddenly changed:
“However, we can narrow down the suspects. As I said, not many people in the entire military base know that we secretly left Serenno. We can investigate them one by one.”

"That is indeed one way."

Fu Qinghai nodded in agreement:

"Whom do you plan to investigate first?"

Ule looked at Fu Qinghai silently without saying a word.

Fu Qinghai felt a sense of unease.

"All of our reasoning just now is based on one premise: that what you said is the truth."

Ule looked at Fu Qinghai and spoke calmly.

Fu Qinghai narrowed his eyes slightly upon hearing this.

"But what if you're lying? I don't know what happened after you entered that restaurant, and I have no way of verifying it now, including everything that happened afterward. You rescued me from them, and the two Jedi Knights disappeared? These are all your side of the story, and there is no evidence to corroborate your claims."

Lieutenant Uller spread his hands and questioned.

"You suspect me, Lieutenant?"

Fu Qinghai pointed to himself in disbelief.

"I'm just not ruling out that possibility."

Uller looked at him expressionlessly and said calmly:
"Logically, this makes sense, doesn't it?"

"Okay...okay."

Fu Qinghai opened his mouth but ultimately had nothing to say.

“Don’t worry, I will investigate the other officers in the base who may know about our operation one by one, including Colonel Edmund Walpole, but it all has to start with you first. You are the prime suspect right now, Cadet Aoyama.”

After Uller finished speaking, he pressed a button on the desktop.

Soon, the door to the Imperial Security Bureau's office slid open, and a team of assault team members carrying guns strode in.

"Sir."

The assault team sergeant raised his hand in salute and said.

"Take him to the interrogation room."

Ule raised his finger and pointed at Fu Qinghai.

The assault team members all turned to look at him.

Fu Qinghai reluctantly got up from his seat.

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The seventh floor of the Imperial Military Base.

A flight squadron consisting of three TIE fighters and two TIE bombers slowly landed on the landing gear in the hangar.

The cockpit door of a TIE fighter jet opened, and Elwin, dressed in a black spacesuit, took off his helmet and held it to his side, walking down the gangway step by step with a blank expression.

A ground crew member quickly pushed a cart over and ran over. Ailovi picked up a laser engraving pen from the cart, plugged it in, and steadily etched a "Z" shaped mark onto the outer shell of his fighter jet.

At this point, two "Z" logos and three "V" logos were already engraved on the iron-gray metal fuselage.

"Z" represents the Z-95 Headhunter fighter jet.

"V" stands for V-19 "Torrent" fighter jet.

This means that in less than a week, Eloven has shot down a total of five fighter jets so far.

These are two older fighter jets that entered service at the end of the Galactic Republic's history. They have been phased out by the Galactic Empire and are still used by the Rebel Alliance and some pirate forces. But even though they are old fighters, their combat record is outstanding and impressive in the context of the entire Empire—because the performance and configuration of these two older fighter jets are better than the standard TIE/Ln fighter jets.

After finishing the engraving, Elowin casually handed the pen to the ground crew, looked up at the row of characters on the fuselage, and a satisfied smile appeared on her lips. Directly in front of the cockpit of the fighter jet was a striking white insignia resembling the Roman numeral "II"—her name, the initials of Ivy Elowin, indicating that this was her aircraft.

But then, Elowen's smile vanished, and she reverted to her expressionless, cold demeanor, turning and walking towards the hangar door. The other four boys from the Blade Squad followed quietly behind her, none daring to provoke her.

Aoyama returned to the base this morning.

After that, he stayed in the Di'an Bureau office.

He neither rejoined the Blade Team nor went to find Elwin.

Elwin is extremely, extremely angry.

Previously in the officers' mess, Uller asked to have a private chat with Aoyama, and Elwin left without hesitation, one of the main reasons being that Uller was not good-looking.

Lieutenant Uller had dark skin and a mean face. Elowin thought that with that guy's taste, he would never be involved with a woman like that. He didn't feel threatened at all. After all, he was very popular with girls in Calida. Both of his girlfriends were very beautiful, and his taste should have become quite discerning by now.

As a result, Qingshan has been staying in the Di'an Bureau office ever since he returned to the base, and has not come to see Ailovan yet. Ailovan's dissatisfaction is about to become unbearable.

"Um, vice-captain, what should we do now?"

The boy following behind her asked cautiously.

"Disband."

Elowin turned around and gave him a disgruntled look.

"Ok."

The four boys, feeling as if they had been granted a pardon, scattered and left.

During Fu Qinghai's absence, Vice Captain Ai Luowen served as the acting captain of the Blade Squad. The four boys had a very tough time during this period. Ai Luowen's temperament was much colder than Fu Qinghai's. With her as captain, the team members were under a lot of pressure, fearing that they would be scolded by her if they did something wrong.

Elwin walked toward the dormitory area with a sullen face.

However, before she even reached the sixth floor of the base, she heard some shocking news from the passing soldiers: Aoyama had been locked up in the base's interrogation room.

Moreover, it was Lieutenant Uller who gave the order.

Elowin panicked upon hearing the news.

She quickly changed direction and headed towards the fourth floor of the base.

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The fourth floor of the Imperial Military Base.

Inside the corridor, Elwin strode towards the interrogation room, just in time to see Lieutenant Uller leading a squad of assault troops around the corner. Elwin immediately blocked Uller's path.

"What can I do for you, student?"

Uller spoke indifferently, his gaze cold.

"You locked Qingshan in the interrogation room?"

Elwin stared into Uller's eyes and said in a deep voice.

"I'm sorry, you have no right to ask me questions, and I have no obligation to answer any of your questions, or perhaps..."

Uller paused slightly at this point:
Are you questioning the police department's case-handling procedures?

Uller tilted his head and looked at Elwin.

"Hmph, I was just reminding you."

Elowin stared at her coldly and said:
"You took the initiative to request that Aoyama be transferred to your investigation team. No matter what you are investigating or what you have found, he should not be a suspect. If he has any problems, you are the most suspicious. It would be best to start the investigation from your own perspective."

"You seem to know what I'm investigating?"

Uller smiled and narrowed his eyes slightly.

"Who would talk about this kind of thing in the cafeteria?"

Aloysius's tone carried a hint of sarcasm:
"It's hard for me not to hear when I'm right next to you, isn't it?"

After saying that, she stepped aside.

Uller was not angry when he heard Elwin mock his lack of professionalism; he simply led his stormtroopers forward.

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