"You weren't joking when you said Bob made a mean English breakfast this is delicious, Well done Bob."

Bob just nodded.

"So E, I have some questions about this firm," I said.

"Ok shoot, I'll answer all that I can," he said.

"How do we collect payments from villains, I've only seen in the contract, that it has something to do with collectors?" I asked.

"We usually got paid with resources, technologies, magic or slaves. The people that collected the payments are called collectors, I know it's not a very creative name," he explained.

"What happened when they don't pay?"

"All I can say is that we have our ways to make them pay, one way or another," he said with a business smile.

"You sound like a generic villain when you say that, what about this firm? How do you guys keep it a secret from the heroes union?" I asked curiously.

"We have spies inside the heroes union that covers our tracks."

"Your spies must be pretty high up in the heroes union for me not to know about them, it was the right choice for me to join this firm," I said amused.

"One last question, what is it that you do E?"

"I'm a managers manager, I gave managers jobs, food, shelter, and most importantly I made sure that managers do their job."

"So you're essentially my nanny?"

"Basically yes, I'm your and one other guy nanny."

"Now, that I've answered all of your questions it's time for you to go back to work."

"Can't I at least take a shower? I just got back from a demon-infested place. I smelled like sulfur and desperation."

"Sure, I think you're gonna like this job. This world has a functioning toilet and spaceship."

"Sounds good already."

I finished breakfast and quickly took a shower. I changed into a new suit that Bob prepared and headed straight to the basement where Mr. E was waiting. He explained to me about my new job. It has something to do with managing space pirates. He said I'll know more when I see it myself. 

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I step through the portal and there it was the blinding light. I was welcome with screams and weapons pointed at my face. Damn E, you said I would like this job. It looks like I was inside a command center. It was full of computers and other high-tech gadgets. I looked through a window and saw stars and a planet. Fuck I'm inside a spaceship.

"How did you get here?" asked a man.

"We should just blow his heads off," suggested another man.

"All of you shut up," said a woman. 

"Yes Ma'am," all the man said in unison.

It seems she was the captain of this ship. She wore a black and white uniform and a skull helmet. They all wore the same uniforms and helmets. She seemed to be the only woman here. That means she is either really strong or really smart or even both. I better explain myself before I get myself killed or they get themselves killed for pissing me off.

"Are you from overlord consultancy firm?" she asked.

"Yes, I thought for a second there, I was inside the wrong spaceship," I said while smiling.

"I like you, the fact that you're still smiling when you have guns pointed at you."

"Guys, it was a surprise that I planned for our three year anniversary in forming the Ivory Skull Pirates. I thought we could do bonding with the help of this man," she explained while pointing at me.

All of the ship crews started to praised and cheered for their captain. She've got to be kidding me. She wants me to help them bond, what am I camp counselor? Well, as long as I get paid later, I don't care I guess. 

"What do you want me to help you with exactly?"

"Nothing says bonding like robbing a very secure, state of the art bank. Your job is to prepare us for the heist."

"That's going to be hard. Your ship is a light cruise spaceship right?"

She nodded.

"So it probably has five fast attack craft, right?"

She nodded again.

"You want us to rob a secure bank with only that? We'll die before reaching the planet. Let's do it then," I said.

She began clapping before the rest of her crews lower their weapons and also started clapping.

"It was a test to see if you are capable of making the right decision based on our situation and your courage to continue even in the worst of circumstances. If you fail we would've blown your head off," she explained.

A little girl test me? I'll show what I was capable of doing. I was starting to get pissed off and killing intent starts to slip out unexpectedly. When they felt my killing intent, their weapons were pointed at my face again, even the captain. But, I saw they had troubles breathing, their hands were shaking. I should probably stop before someone gets killed. I released my killing intent, they began to lower their guns and started taking deep breaths.

"Stand down men. I didn't know what came over me, sorry for pointing our weapons at you again," she said.

"No problem."

"Yeah, we're not robbing the bank using this ship. This ship is a scouting ship that we used to test your skill. That's our real ship S.S. Vorchin," she said smiling.

It was a black battleship. It seems to be 300 meters long and 40 meters wide. It looked like a giant revolver. The back of the ship had a revolving cylinder that looked like a bullet chamber. The front part looked like a barrel for a gun. Lastly, the hanger looked like the handle for the gun. From the ship design, I can guess their plan. The ship probably had a giant laser or an orbital kinetic bombardment weapon.

"Your ship has a giant secret weapon like a laser or orbital bombardment that will threaten the planet if they don't meet with your demands."

"Bingo!" she said smiling.

"Please don't tell me that it has a small weakness that can destroy the ship."

"There's nothing like that," she said as she turned away and started whistling.

FUCK ME!