Alchemists do not need self-cultivation

"I'll kill you all, believe it or not."

Isaac picked up the two kids and took them to their own room.

"wait!"

"Put us down!"

Ignoring their nonsense, I opened their room and threw them onto the bed.

"You're way too far ahead of your time to try and seduce me. I have absolutely no interest in a skinny brat like you." With that, he slammed the door shut.

As soon as he closed the door and turned around, he found Chika standing in front of him.

"what happened?"

"Oh ho~ So Isaac, you like women with good figures. Hmm, now that you say that, I feel relieved." Chika said, nodding to herself.

"...What do you have to be at ease about?"

"Is Isaac interested in me?" Chika suddenly leaned closer and whispered.

"You're all acting really strange today."

Isaac returned to his room with a sigh and glanced at the calendar.

There's still some time before the next holiday, and this period will be quite tough to get through.

Fortunately, there was still some progress in the next step of the plan, so he cheered up and dialed George's number.

"Hey? Boss, we all saw your performance on the field, you were incredibly brave." George brought it up as soon as he answered the phone; they had special means to broadcast the game from New York.

“Oh, thank you,” Isaac said. “Let’s arrange the itinerary; we’ll leave in three months.”

"Huh? Where are we going this time?"

"Thailand."

Chapter 580: You're insane!

Because Sousuke Sagara was to be sent to Mithril, IW couldn't continue their conflict. A month ago, George had a negotiation with the commander-in-chief of Mithril's Western Pacific team.

However, the Commander-in-Chief has changed. The new Commander of the Western Pacific Command is an acquaintance of Isaac's, Tessa Testarossa, with the rank of Colonel. The branch name has also been changed to 'Tuatha de Danaan'.

The two teams agreed to hold bilateral negotiations on the high seas, at the floating factory that Isaac had built there.

On the highest platform at the top of the factory, a huge round table was placed in the middle, and George was already sitting down, waiting for the person opposite him to arrive.

Not long after, a whooshing sound came from the air, and as the air distorted, a helicopter equipped with the ECS stealth system slowly appeared and landed on the nearby helipad.

Two people stepped out of the helicopter. One of them was Tessa, who was wearing a khaki military uniform. The man accompanying her was a middle-aged man named Madukas, whom Isaac had met before.

“Welcome, Mithril members.” George stood up and walked towards them.

When Tessa saw George, she quickly walked over as well.

"Hello, Mr. Shechk, thank you for... ah!"

She was about to reach out her hand when she lost her footing and fell face down to the ground.

George: "...Colonel Testarossa, are you alright?"

Madukas also covered his face.

My late friend's daughter, who is now his superior, is a complete klutz when it comes to sports; she can't even walk straight without tripping and falling. She's made a fool of herself during this crucial bilateral negotiation.

Fortunately, there were no reporters or similar figures here.

"It's alright, it's alright."

Tessa quickly stood up and pretended nothing was wrong, waving her hands and shaking hands with George symbolically before sticking out her tongue at Madukas behind her, looking embarrassed.

"It's alright, Colonel, this way please."

The two men sat at opposite ends of the table, beginning the first meeting between their organizations.

"Mr. Shechk, didn't your mysterious boss come this time?" Tessa asked.

George is a high-ranking employee at IW, but not the owner, a fact well-known in the industry.

“The boss can’t come for the time being, so I’ll handle this meeting in his place,” George said with a smile.

"Is that so?" Tessa chuckled. "Your company is called Isaac, the same name as one of my friends."

"Hahaha, what a coincidence."

Before entering the main area, they joked with each other to ease the serious atmosphere, since both sides were there to strengthen their cooperative relationship.

"The colonel's friend must be about as young as you."

"Yes, he's two years older than me, he should be sixteen now."

"!"

George became somewhat agitated upon hearing this.

'It can't be such a coincidence, can it?'

George continued tentatively, "Do you know the colonel? Are you also a Mithril general?"

“Huh? No, he’s just an ordinary person who’s still in high school.” Tessa quickly shook her head.

She actually vaguely sensed from her brother Leonard's words that Isaac might be a 'listener' like them, so she intentionally withheld information from him.

“Alright, Colonel Testarossa, let’s get down to business.” George coughed twice, glanced around, and continued to Tessa, “Although our two organizations have had some conflicts over Vietnam, they are just minor skirmishes with no casualties on either side, and cooperation between the organizations is still possible.”

"That's what I think too..."

At IW's uninhabited island headquarters, Isaac was giving Sagara Sousuke his final training.

"Sagara, the use of bombs is a very delicate matter. Different missions require different types of bombs, and the amount of gunpowder used also needs to be carefully studied..."

In the training field, he was giving Sousuke Sagara a brief explanation of some basic science.

"Understood, I will do my best to study this issue."

“Very good.” Isaac patted him on the shoulder. “In a few days, you will report to the Mithril recruit training camp. This is the task I am assigning you.”

"Go to 'Mithril'?" Sagara asked, somewhat surprised.

"Yes, you're going there to continue your studies."

"Got it. So you want me to destroy the industrial facilities and weapons factories there, right? I'll make sure the mission is accomplished!"

"No!" Isaac quickly interjected, "It's for you to study."

"Learning...does the instructor mean I should go undercover and steal their technology?"

Isaac couldn't help but cover his face.

This kid is just like me; he always thinks of the most dangerous side of things.

But upon closer reflection, it's actually a good thing to be like me.

After thinking it over, Isaac looked at Sagara Sousuke with great satisfaction.

"That's right. IW won't have many combat missions for a while, so it will be quiet for a period of time. As a combatant, the most important thing for you is experience. Sending you to Mithril, where there are more combat missions, is a way for you to accumulate experience."

"Understood! I will study hard and strive to return to the team as soon as possible to continue serving IW."

“I’m pleased with your intention. Remember to consider yourself one of them while you’re with Mithril. Don’t spend your time thinking about sabotaging their facilities or infiltrating to steal their technology. Our organization has no intention of becoming enemies with Mithril.”

"Yes!"

"Remember to study hard and protect yourself," Isaac laughed. "Don't die, or IW will really go to war with Mithril."

"learn!"

"That's settled then. You've trained here for quite a while now. Congratulations on graduating." Isaac said, taking a watch out of his pocket and handing it to him.

"This is?"

"This is a graduation gift. If you encounter any danger, you can contact me directly with this watch, and I will send troops to support you." Isaac placed the watch in Sagara Sousuke's hand. "Remember, no matter where you are, IW will always be your strongest support."

"Yes!"

……

After seeing Sagara off, Isaac's cell phone started vibrating in his pocket.

He answered, "George, how are the talks going?"

"It was a great success. We signed a cooperation agreement with the Western Pacific branch, which means we've essentially tied this branch to our ship."

"good."

"By the way, boss, their branch commander is a young girl named Tessa. Do you know her?"

"Oh, her? I know her. We've met before."

"Is she your girlfriend, boss?"

"Are you crazy?! Does every woman I know make her my girlfriend?" Isaac yelled, then hung up the phone.

Chapter 581: Roanapura

"Boss, are we really going to Thailand this time?"

On a huge cargo ship, George asked Isaac, who was smoking on the deck.

Is there a problem?

"I always felt there was nothing to gain from that kind of country."

Different places have different impressions of Thailand. In Asia, the common perception is "ladyboys," while in Western countries like the United States, the first thing that comes to mind when people think of Thailand is "brothels."

Anyway, it's best to avoid doing business here; it's not chaotic enough.

"They say we're going to Thailand, but it's really just to some obscure little place there," Isaac said. "Roanapura, have you ever heard of that place?"

"No, there really isn't."

“I hadn’t heard of it before either. I heard about it from a fellow countryman named Shen Hua in Yelkastum a few months ago.” Isaac threw the still-burnt cigarette into the sea. “It’s said that it’s not much different from Yelkastum before, both are places where gangs are mixed together.”

"That really is a nice place."

“And now that that woman mentioned it, I remember that a year ago there was an order that was shipped to the Golden Triangle area in Thailand. The order came from a church organization,” Isaac recalled. “I don’t know where those people are, but I guess they’re in some city.”

"You really like going to chaotic places like this."