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The mercenaries suffered two casualties as a result of the pirates' initial resistance. It was on the other freighter, the one that Mouse had previously opened and where he did not intervene to deactivate alarms and facilitate the operation. Although the latter had not been in the plans of Ikino and his men, the boy's skills in interfering with the system of the ship boarded but above all his magnificent performance shooting and acting as a mercenary left the mercenary leaders quite impressed.

The benefit that the group was going to get from the operation was great, not only the reward of five hundred million for the capture, but they also now had in their possession the two modified freighters, which could be resold to the system or to a shrewd businessman, and the other three freighters that had been assembled and anchored as a main base.