The Mech Touch

come with any markings, emblems or serial numbers that could help him identify its providence.

This was very strange!

The same went for the escape pod.
The interior should have contained a bunch of information such as the manufacturer of the escape pod, the company who purchased it, the date when it was launched and so on.
This was a widespread custom meant to identify escape pods in case they met with calamity.

Losing one ’s life in space was very depressing for those who have been left behind.

The fact that the completely-intact interior did not print out this information meant that there was definitely something wrong with the escape pod and its occupant!

As Ves began to get over his latest shock, he carefully investigated the sleeping body by poking it with the muzzle of his rifle.

It was like poking an actual human body.
The woman ’s skin bent and springed like the skin of a living person as opposed to a mummified corpse!

Ves began to doubt whether Lucky observed a dried corpse at all.
However, he refrained from dismissing Lucky ’s prior observation.
He still trusted his cat to an extent!

”Take a sniff, Lucky.
Is there anything dead about this corpse? ”

”Meow.. ”

”No smell at all? ”

”Meow! ”

”How can that be?! Almost every body releases an odor! ”

”Meow meow! ”

This exploration just got odder and odder.

Acting out on a suspicion, Ves concentrated his mind and attempted to find out whether the dormant woman or the escape pod was affected by spirituality.

The moment he switched to his spiritual vision, he discovered to his horror that a lot of spiritual energy wrapped around the escape pod! Little of it affected the body, but Ves noted from the flows that it appeared to be the source of all of the spiritual energy!

Though Ves hadn ’t touched it directly, it became clear that the quality and strength of the spiritual energy was beyond his own level!

This sleeping woman was definitely capable of beating him on a spiritual level!

His discovery immediately prompted him to reevaluate the risks of dealing with this anomaly.

Despite his superiority in arms and equipment, he began to doubt whether he could gain the upper hand in the event the woman woke up and turned hostile for some reason.

Without sufficient leverage, Ves wouldn ’t be able to remain in control, and that was very bad!

Since he already fell victim from a loss of control, Ves did not relish the prospect of falling into the same trap!

Ves no longer wanted to delve into the secrets of the escape pod and its occupant.
Whatever was behind its mysterious appearance on his ship was clearly above his ability to cope with the situation!

Though Ves often liked to gamble every now and then, even he realized what a loser ’s bet it was to continue his investigation!

Besides, he was already in a very precarious situation! With the Coalition Reserve Corps breathing down his neck, he had to do his utmost to evade pursuit!

He didn ’t have the time or desire to delve into this matter any further!

Since the risks vastly outweigh the potential gains, Ves made the only choice that minimized the risks.

He pulled the lever on the escape pod again to close its cover.
Once he did so, he punched a button on a control panel on the side, activating an emergency measure that automatically flushed the cavity of the escape pod!

A suction occurred as the escape pod rapidly shot through a tube and emerged back in space!

”Good riddance! ”

”Meow! ”

Both Ves and Lucky became a lot more at ease once the weird escape pod left the ship.
The relief was palpable.

Ves relaxed and holstered his rifle on a mount on his combat armor.
Lucky stopped clinging onto him like a scaredy cat and began to float leisurely in the air as if he never shamed himself!

”Let ’s forget about this, Lucky.
This is one anomaly that is best left forgotten!

Both of them exited the escape compartment and returned to the bridge.

There, Ves settled down and inspected the condition of the Scarlet Rose while she was slowly distancing herself from the ejection site of the escape pod.

Hours went by as her FTL drive finally finished cycling.
As soon as the ship was ready to go, Ves instantly punched in the command to transition out of the star system.

With the ship entering the higher dimensions, Ves finally let down his guard.

No mercenary, Fridayman or mummy ought to be able to threaten or infiltrate his ship while she was traveling in FTL!

Ves often considered this period to be a form of respite, as no external threats should ever be able to affect the functioning of the ship.

Only threats from within should be able to endanger the ship, but Ves was pretty sure that no one managed to sneak aboard the ship.

Just to be sure, Ves performed an escape sweep.
The ship and her monitoring system automatically began to search the entire interior of the Scarlet Rose for any anomalies and unanticipated presences.

What was out of his expectation was that the bridge immediately rang an alarm.

”An intruder?! Where?! ”

After manipulating the interface, the projection displayed a very familiar compartment!

The room which held a lot of escape pods suddenly contained a very familiar presence!

He spotted the same damaged and outdated escape pod that he just ejected earlier!

”What?! How could it go back to my ship?! ”

Ves quickly rewinded the footage and discovered it appeared just seconds earlier!

”That ’s impossible! ”

The Scarlet Rose had just transitioned into FTL travel! Nothing should have been able to enter the ship in this state!

”Get rid of it! Now! ”

Ves activated a remote command that forcibly flushed the weird escape pod from the ship yet again!

Even though it was highly inadvisable to eject an escape pod while in FTL travel, Ves did so anyway! Ves did not care whether the escape pod would disappear or get strung out over a thousand different dimensions.
He just wanted to get rid of this eerie object!

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