[Arrival at destination In 1 hour.]
Hearing the announcement, I continue eating while Nala gets up and goes to her room, probably to get ready.
About an hour later our spaceship turns off the hyper engine, and in the distance I can see the Galactic patrol HQ. Shortly after gazing at the floating HQ base, one of the buttons starts blinking.
[Transmission Incoming. Would you like to accept]
Sage-"Accept."
The moment after I accept a screen appears in front of me with a creature I have never seen on it.
Abra-"This is patrolman abra reporting from galactic patrol HQ. Please state your reason for wanting to dock at HQ."
Sage-"We have criminals on board that I want to drop off."
Abra-"Understood. Please head to docking hangar 23, we will be there waiting for you."
Grabbing the manual controls for the spaceship, I start navigating around the HQ. which for reference looks like a spinning top. Finding the correct hangar after a few minutes of flying around I set the ship to automatic. The next moment I hear Nala coming out of her room, turning around, I am greeted by a woman who looks like she is going on a tourist trip.
Wearing a big hat with sunglasses, a backpack, and a camera device. Looking at how excited she is I just sigh and leave her be, not bothering to tell her how ridiculous she looks.
[Docking complete. Opening air-lock]
Walking towards the storage room I grab a rope and start dragging several criminals. The moment I walk out of the air-lock, I use my Ki to sense the entire HQ. After sensing the entire place I can confirm there is no one even near my strength, but I have no idea if Merus is here.
Sage-'I don't know whether Merus has to use normal ki or not when his power is sealed. Well it wouldn't make a difference anyway, I wouldn't be able to sense his specific ki as I have never met him and I'm sure he could hide all of his ki if he wanted to, completely hiding from me would be easy for him.'
Coming to terms that there is practically nothing I can do about Merus, I just forgot about it. Walking down the ramp to where Nala is, I see she is having a conversation with a patrolman.
Nala-"Ahh. There he is and he brought the criminals as well."
Patrolmen-"I see, we will take those guys off your hand, and thank you for turning them in."
Nodding at them I give them the rope that's tied to the criminals. Before they leave I ask about Jaco, because while I don't know him, he is the only one who might have the authority to give me the map of the universe, plus he is easily scared so I can threaten him.
Sage-"Do you know where I can find Jaco?"
Patrolmen-"You mean the elite patrolman Jaco? If you do, he is currently off duty, so I don't know where he is. But I would recommend checking his sleeping cabin first."
Sage-"Where is his cabin at?"
Patrolmen-"Take a left out of the hangar and keep walking, you should see an elevator that takes you to the recreational floor. After that just keep walking until you see the door with Jaco's name on it."
Nodding at him, me and Nala follow the directions we were given, with Nala taking pictures of everything she sees. We make a left, get into the elevator, and a few minutes later, we are now standing in front of Jaco's room, sensing for Ki inside the room.
Sage-'Only one ki signature, hopefully, it's him.'
Nala knocks on the door, and after nothing happens she knocks again. Getting irritated I grab the handle of the door and forcefully open the door, probably breaking it in the process but it's not my door so who cares.
Nala-"Haaa, Why are you so impatient? You couldn't wait until he opened the door?"
Sage-"He was taking too long, and besides why should I wait for him. He should feel lucky that I even wasted my time interacting with him."
Nala-"And there you go with your pride again, always getting in the way. You can't even have a normal conversation with other people because of it, Let alone make friends."
Sage-"Tsk. Why do I even need to have friends, I already have you."
Nala, hearing me say that, blushes before she starts acting awkward. But her tail seems to be excited, with it moving around everywhere.
Sage-"Dealing with you is already hard enough, I don't want to have another nuisance."
And the moment I say that her happy mood vanishes and she becomes quiet before she explodes out in anger yelling at me.
Nala-"SO I'M THE NUISANCE? ALL YOU DO IS TRAIN, MEDITATE, EAT, AND SLEEP. YOU NEVER CLEAN UP AFTER YOURSELF, SO TELL ME HOW AM I THE NUISANCE SAGE!!"
While Nala is trying to strangle me with her tail, which feels more like a rough scarf. Jaco finally appears, looking confused and a little scared, probably at the situation he's currently looking at.
Sage-"Nala can you get off of me Jaco is here."
Nala-"NOPE I AM DONE LISTENING TO YOUR NONSENSE."
Sage-"If you stay like this you won't be able to explore the HQ and find out all of the secrets."
After saying that she stops yelling, before she gets down off of me and fixes her appearance, before ignoring my existence and presenting herself to Jaco.
Nala-"Nice to meet you Jaco, my name is Nala and I have heard a lot of things about you."
Jaco-"I-It's n-nice to meet you N-Nala, and who is the other person?"
Grabbing her hand that is held out he shakes it greeting her as well.
Nala-"What do you mean it's just me."
Jaco-"The person standing next to you."
Nala-"There is no one standing next to me."
Saying that Jaco became more terrified as she kept squeezing his hand harder, making him have an expression filled with pain.
Jaco-"Y-Yes I understand I must h-have been seeing things."
Nala-"I have come here to talk with you so could I come inside?"
Jaco-"Y-Yes of course."
Nala slithers inside hearing his answer, and when I was about to follow behind her, she used her tail to close the door. Trying to open the door I noticed I couldn't even budge it, seeing this I figured she must've written runes on the door. Sighing, I just leave and decide to wander around the HQ, seeing if I can find anything interesting.