On the Ark.

"What can't you tell me?" A clear female voice came from behind Amiya.

Lin Ye didn't react immediately, and subconsciously replied, "Something happened to Mostima."

pat.

That's the sound of a heavy object falling to the ground.

Lin Ye suddenly looked up and saw Exusiai standing behind Amiya, with a piece of apple pie lying in front of her.

After a few seconds of silence, Lin Ye couldn't help but rub his forehead.

"grass."

……

……

Author's note: I was supposed to update twice, but I really don't know what to write anymore, it's tough.

Chapter 624 The Identity of a Doctor

Kal'tsit's office.

Lin Ye looked at Exusiai pacing anxiously back and forth and couldn't help but feel a headache coming on.

"Alright, alright," Lin Ye said, rubbing his forehead. "Can you please stop shaking me? You're making me dizzy."

Exusiai was naturally unwilling. She clenched her fists tightly and said, "What's it to you? Mostima is in trouble, and you're not even going to tell me!"

Didn't I already tell you?

"I overheard that by accident!"

"Well, that means I've told you," Lin Ye said. "I told you not to get so worked up. We still don't know if Mostima is alright or what happened to him. It was just a phone call from an unknown number. What if it's a prank? You don't need to scare yourself like that. You've seen your fair share of storms at Penguin Logistics, haven't you?"

“This time is different.” Exusiai bit her lower lip tightly and whispered, “This time it’s Mostima…”

At this moment, Amiya, who had been observing from the sidelines for a long time, spoke up. She advised Exusiai, "Miss Exusiai, please don't get agitated. I think what the Doctor... Dr. Lin said makes sense. The most important thing now is to figure out the truth of the matter, rather than being impatient."

Kal'tsit, sitting behind her desk, nodded slightly, then said in a very calm tone, "Amiya is right. I know Mostima; she's not a reckless person, and since they mentioned she's in Laterano, there's even less to worry about. Laterano is her homeland; who could possibly harm her there?"

Kal'tsit and Amiya's words of comfort calmed Exusiai down a bit, but she did not agree with Kal'tsit's statement.

“Mostima is somewhat special in Laterano,” Exusiai said. “Although I don’t know why, Mostima, as a fallen angel, is different from ordinary Sarkaz… I asked Mostima before, but she didn’t tell me.”

"A fallen angel?" Kal'tsit repeated the word softly, her knuckles tapping unconsciously on the table. After a while, she turned to look at Lin Ye. "Dr. Lin, what are your thoughts?"

"Me?" Lin Ye was somewhat bewildered, so he said with a wry smile, "How can I see it? I don't know what happened either. I don't know as much about Lateran or Mostima as you do."

"Then why would they contact you?" Kal'tsit asked.

"That woman said it was because I was a righteous man of Mostima or something," Lin Ye recalled, "that's why she came looking for me."

"A righteous person?!" Exusiai stared wide-eyed at Lin Ye. "You mean a righteous person?!"

"Yes, yes." Lin Ye felt a little guilty under Exusiai's gaze. "What's wrong with 'righteous man'? Does it have any special meaning?"

Before Exusiai could answer, Kal'tsit said calmly, "If they are righteous, then there is no problem."

Lin Ye turned to look at Kal'tsit: "Do you know what righteousness means?"

“I’ve heard some of it.” Kal’tsit crossed her arms, rested her chin on her hands, and looked at Lin Ye with interest. “Actually, the word ‘righteous’ doesn’t have any special meaning in Laterano.”

"Then why did you say that..."

“But it’s generally used to describe the most important person,” Kal’tsit said. “In most cases, Sarkaz would use that title on his partner.”

Lin Ye's next sentence got stuck in his throat.

“So this is absolutely impossible!” Exusiai was very agitated. “How could he possibly be a righteous man of Mostima! He has only met Mostima once.”

"Is that so?" Kal'tsit asked Lin Ye.

Lin Ye didn't know how to answer; it was the first time he had heard of this matter.

"A righteous man I've only met once?" Amiya looked at Lin Ye with surprise. "Dr. Lin, your rumors are indeed true..."

"Rumors?" Exusiai looked at Amiya. "What rumors?"

"Ahem, there's no rumor. It's nothing important." Lin Ye quickly changed the subject with a cough to avoid hearing anything like "Dr. Lin is really popular with women" from Amiya. He quickly said, "The most important thing now isn't about right or wrong. Let's talk about Mostima. Since that woman has emphasized that I shouldn't tell you, it should mean that this matter is related to you, right?"

The focus of the conversation immediately shifted to Exusiai, who was slightly taken aback: "What does this have to do with me?"

“The other party specifically mentioned not to tell you about this, so this matter must be related to you, right?” Lin Ye shrugged and said, “Maybe you are the most important person in Mostima, but for some reason they need to avoid suspicion, so they can’t inform you and instead inform me, a useless outsider.”

After spouting a string of lies, Lin Ye himself didn't quite believe it, but Exusiai did, naturally because of the line, "You are the most important person in Mostima." She murmured, "Yes, I didn't even think of that..."

After a while, she cheered up again.

"I'm going to find Mostima!"

She was about to leave the office when Lin Ye pulled her back.

"Can you calm down a bit?" Lin Ye said helplessly. "What kind of behavior is this, rushing around like this? Since they specifically asked me to go, they must have their reasons. If you rush back to Lateran like this, you'll easily alert them."

Exusiai turned and glared at Lin Ye: "Then what do you expect me to do? Are you going to rely on you? Do you dare go to Laterano?"

“Even if you don’t use reverse psychology, I’m still going.” Lin Ye turned to Kal’tsit and said, “So that’s the reason. I want to ask for leave to go to Laterano.”

Kal'tsit sighed softly, as if she had already anticipated Lin Ye's response.

“I know I can’t stop you,” Kal’tsit said, “but no matter who they are or what their purpose is, you can’t go there so unprepared. Besides, Laterano is no ordinary place. I hope you’ll think this through carefully and investigate the situation there first. Exusiai, if you don’t trust Dr. Lin, shouldn’t you trust your boss?”

Kal'tsit's words calmed Exusiai down a bit: "Boss?"

“You should know the Emperor better than we do,” Kal’tsit said. “As for Lin Ye, if you still want to go after you’ve found out everything, that’s fine too. But I hope you go as the Doctor, so we can legitimately send people to protect you, and that will be the first time you appear in the world as the leader of Rhodes Island.”

Chapter 625 The Power of Doctors

Kal'tsit had clearly given much thought to Lin Ye's succession as the Doctor.

She didn't want Lin Ye to become a mere tool or mascot... Actually, a mascot wasn't necessarily bad, but at least he shouldn't be a "vase" sitting in the office as a decoration. Moreover, Kal'tsit knew very well that she couldn't keep Lin Ye tied to the warship forever, so even though Warfarin was very dissatisfied with this, she still decided to let Lin Ye do some things when conditions allowed.

For example, this time with Laterano, although she knew very well that it wasn't the best time, it was definitely the most suitable.

“Trade cooperation with Laterano will be crucial to Rhodes Island’s future development.” Kal’tsit handed the document to Lin Ye. “Take a good look at it when you get back.”

Lin Ye took it and scratched his head: "Is it really that important?"

“What do you think?” Kal'tsit said calmly. “To advance the research on the ‘L reagent’ and the ‘Y reagent’, we need a large amount of funding, as does the further expansion of Rhodes Island, and there’s also the debt we’ve been carrying. The total funding gap is approximately…”

"Stop, stop, stop." Lin Ye stopped Kal'tsit's "work report" with a headache. He didn't want to be intimidated by that long string of numbers. "So, if we can sign a trade contract with Laterano, our funding problem can be solved?"

"It can solve at least half of the problems."

"Only half..." Lin Ye said with some disappointment, "What about the other half?"

“That’s something I’ll consider,” Kal’tsit said. “Do you think I’m the kind of person who likes to push everything onto you?”

"Of course I didn't mean that, it's just..." Lin Ye took a deep breath, "Okay, no more just, I'll try my best."

“Yes, just do your best,” Kal'tsit said. “You don’t need to put too much pressure on yourself. This is your first time as a Doctor… well, it’s not the first time either, it’s just that the previous times weren’t as formal as this one. But this is just a practice opportunity, so it’s okay if you fail.”

Seeing that Kal'tsit had offered some rare words of comfort, Lin Ye nodded again: "I understand. So, who should I go with this time?"

“I’m still considering it,” Kal’tsit said, “but I’m leaning towards the A4 squad from the Operations Reserve Group.”

"Squad A4?"

“Yes, Andrcher, a member of the A4 squad, is from Laterano, so having him as a guide will be very convenient,” Kal'tsit said. “Then there’s Steward, another member of the A4 squad, and Ansel, who was just assigned to the squad, and is your old roommate.”

Lin Ye was taken aback: "Ansel is going too?"

"Yeah...why do you have that expression?" Kal'tsit frowned slightly. "Are you underestimating the medical department's operators?"

"How... how could that be?" Lin Ye said with a wry smile. "How could I dare to underestimate those big shots in the medical department? I'm just a little surprised because I've almost never seen Ansel leave the island before."

“That was after you arrived,” Kal’tsit said. “Before you came, Ansel often traded with other groups as Rhodes Island’s representative, but he didn’t like the job, so I transferred him to the medical department.”

"I see." Lin Ye recalled what Shining had told him a few years ago (referring to Ansel being mistaken for a woman and receiving a lot of gifts), and found it somewhat amusing.

After all, he hadn't stopped using skincare creams or anything like that during the two years he'd lived with Ansel.

Kal'tsit was unaware of the wicked thoughts in Lin Ye's mind and continued, "It's just that Melantha, the acting captain of A4 Squad, is not on the island, and A4 Squad's strength is not top-notch on the island. The three of them alone probably can't carry out the mission well."

“I think three people are enough,” Lin Ye said. “And Exusiai is with us too.”

“Exusiai isn’t an official Rhodes Island operator, and your safety must be guaranteed.” Kal’tsit thought for a moment, then said, “How about this, I’ll consider the remaining candidates and try to finalize them as soon as possible. If you have any good candidates, you can decide for yourself.”

"I'll decide for myself?" Lin Ye thought for a moment and felt that Kal'tsit's words made sense. In any case, the more powerful people around him, the safer he would be. So he said, "Then I'll have Nian come with me?"

“Operator Nian? She’s fine, you brought her here after all…” Kal’tsit thought of Nian, then her brows furrowed slightly. “Speaking of which, do you know what race Nian is? I always feel like she’s not a typical dragon, her physical strength is simply beyond the norm.”

Lin Ye thought to himself that Nian was definitely not a dragon; she was a being even more terrifying than the dragon race.

Lin Ye didn't voice his true thoughts, but instead laughed it off, saying, "She's probably not human."

This was actually the truth, but Kal'tsit didn't believe it and gave Lin Ye a meaningful look.

"It seems there are still things you don't want to tell me," Kal'tsit said calmly. "But it doesn't matter, as long as you know the details of Nian yourself."

Lin Ye gave a wry smile. It wasn't a matter of trust or distrust, but rather that Nian didn't want others to know her true identity, so Lin Ye ultimately had to respect Nian's decision.

“Once you arrive in Laterano, remember to be cautious.” Kal’tsit quickly moved on to the next topic, not choosing to linger on unpleasant matters for too long. “Laterano is a place with very strict rules… or rather, dogma, in some ways even more so than Yan Kingdom. Andrcher will tell you this. Although I understand you are eager to find Mostima immediately, please consider your own safety, or the future of Rhodes Island as a whole.”

Kal'tsit said this very seriously, so Lin Ye couldn't help but sit up straight and said in a very serious tone, "I understand, I will be careful and won't do anything reckless."

“Good that you understand.” Kal’tsit nodded. “But you are, after all, the Doctor of Rhodes Island, and you represent the image of Rhodes Island in the outside world… Well, in that case, I will first entrust some of the powers that belong to the Doctor to you.”

"Doctor's authority?" Lin Ye asked, somewhat puzzled. Then, seeing Kal'tsit hand him a small notebook, he asked, "What's this?"

He opened it and found it was an address book with about ten names and phone numbers, including Skadi's name and phone number.

“Rhodes Island’s most elite operators,” Kal’tsit said calmly. “Most of them are not currently on the island, but when you need them, you can contact them directly and have them drop what they are doing and come to your side... That is the Doctor’s power.”

Chapter 626 Untitled

"Ha, you ignore me when things are fine, but when things get tough, you'll be left wanting more."

His tone was highly sarcastic, his chin was slightly raised, and his eyes held a hint of contempt...

Lin Ye expressionlessly reached out and snatched the notebook from Nian's hand. He then unfolded it and found that it was indeed filled with a long string of indescribable, cringeworthy sentences.