Chapter 155: Scarlet and the Crimson Planet

"So, Scarlet, huh? Who among us are you here for?" Taro asked as he looked around. At this point, he and Thankappan weren't the only ones who were up. The other two were close behind them as well. However, they weren't gonna intervene unless something massive happens that even Taro can't handle. Thankfully, John hadn't returned yet for some reason, so it was more or less peaceful.

"Well, who among you can play with alien technology? Just one, right? I'm here for him." Scarlet stared deep into Taro's eyes and spoke.

"Okay, you're here for me. Why, though? I mean, you just said why, but what's the reason behind it?" Taro asked.

"Oh, you want to hear a backstory, I presume?" Scarlet spoke.

"Yup, a backstory is exactly what I'm asking for." Taro nodded his head along vigorously.

"Cool. Giddy up boys. I don't even know how long it's gonna take." Scarlet spoke.

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Planet Crimson. A seemingly wonderful planet if you were to view it from the outside, but the planet was corrupted to its root.

It was simpler to be a robber for poor people like myself, because that's how it worked. Rich people had their rich people's life with secured education and stuff while poor people lived their lives as pick pocketers and robbers.

So, as a person in the majority in this case, I was also a robber. Life's actually pretty well if you were to just rob as a small time robber.

However, I couldn't afford to do such a thing. Why? Because I have lived with my mom since childhood, who took care of me all along and fell gravely ill in the process. And now, I was the one who should look after her just as she did with me.

Therefore, it so happened that I became a pretty famous robber who even looted from banks and such. Since the rules and regulations were loose and almost non-existent, I could go scot-free every time I did something like that. But, now that I think about it, it would've been better if I was caught by the law back then because I was caught by something even more sinister.

As I said before, one of my most high-profile robberies was the one with the bank. What I didn't realise was that while robbing the bank, I also did rob a small amount of one of the most influential people on the planet, Carmine.

Influential would be the apt word to describe them, because literally every single thing passes through her before it gets out. And when I say that, I mean literally everything.

If the government wanted to pass a law, they ask for Carmine's consent first. If someone wants to smuggle some drugs through a particular path, they need Carmine's permission. So, they were literally the monarch of my planet.

So, unfortunately, my robbery caught Carmine's eye, and they invited me to their base. I thought they were going to dispose of me because I robbed them. But instead, they rewarded me with stuff that I've never even seen in my life.

I wasn't sure to accept it because this sort of reward means that they needed something from me. And indeed they did.

Carmine swung by and asked me to be a galactic ambassador of the Crimson planet. Initially, when I accepted the offer, I thought it was some big shot job, but later I came to know that this was a glorified name for robbing throughout the galaxy.

I really didn't want to do this. If I left the planet, then mother would be all alone and there would be no one left to attend to her. However, I idiotically gave my word to them and now I'm bound by word and it simply cannot be broken.

Therefore, I left my mother with a caretaker and left to venture into the galaxy. After seeing some television shows about how galactic journeys work, I was excited about the opportunity that I just received.

However, reality was far from my expectation. There wasn't any hope. My "teammates" were shit. The ship was a garbage disposal vehicle. And the people in the other planets weren't welcoming at all. I guess the last part is because we are from the Crimson planet.

Here's the thing. Everyone in the entire galaxy knew we are robbers. However, none of them could actually convict any of us because they never get proof of it. And even if they did, the most they could detain was a singular crimson robber, who's offered by the team as a sacrifice.

Anyhow, I could gain a standing among my teammates because of my extreme skills in this sector. I was never happy with them though. Like, if you ask me, being a robber is a chivalric job as well. And when guys like them barge in saying that they're gonna kill some people and various other disgusting stuff, I felt like shite.

And hence, I tried my hardest to get out of the team and it worked when Carmine determined that my team would just shackle me down.

So, I kinda had everything at that point. I had enough money. My mom was doing well. And I was doing solo missions.

It was only later did I realize that it was the calm before the storm. It all went downhill from that point. The first thing that screwed me over was hearing the death of my mom.

As I was stealing people's money to see her healthy, I never really had a decent chat with her. The doctors said that she had a hard time in the end and was asking for me. And as for me, I was looting people. I guess karma struck hard… But it should have been me who died then. Why her?

Anyhow, I heard this news while I was being chased during a mission and guess what? I messed up.

My ship was struck by the chasing one and I was sent through an aberration that existed around the said planet for a long time, which they named the death hole.

Now that I think about it, it's an apt name for that hole as it sent me to this hellhole known as Earth. Ah, I'm truly unlucky, aren't I?

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