Reborn as the Darling of the Delta.

After finishing his sentence, Demulan hung up the phone without waiting for Rometheus to say anything. Looking at the few remaining documents, he took a deep breath and decided to simply destroy them.

When Rometheus saw that Demulan had hung up the phone, she could only smile helplessly. What she didn't know was that Jacob hadn't originally planned to touch the new Relink brain-computer interface.

"Oh, that's true. Even if the sky falls, there are tall people to hold it up. Why should I worry?"

Rometheus thought about it and realized that it wasn't really his area of ​​expertise. He was too lazy to think about it anymore. If a satellite were to fall and damage his Tower of Babel, it would be Robert, that good-for-nothing who couldn't stand him, who would foot the bill. Hehe, just thinking about it made him a little excited.

“Ella, it’s time for the Black Hawk team to start searching for Zero with all their might. Let’s include that kid that Demulan has been longing for in the search as well. It’s good to do him a favor. Remember, if you find him, politely ‘invite’ him to visit our Tower of Babel. As for Zero, just knock him out and bring him back. He’s not that precious.”

Zero: You're awesome. You're basically going to play the double standard in front of me. Look, I have a body now, whether I cut it or not, you're finished.

Ella rolled her eyes at Rometheus. All this talk about doing a favor? She was just curious about the little boy! She really loved saying one thing and meaning another. So what if he's prettier than your [Zero]? And you're already so hung up on him? I've never seen him care about me like this before. Could it be...?

Ella suddenly thought of a terrible possibility, but... but that's illegal! No, no, as Rometheus's good student, how could she watch her teacher fall into the abyss like this? No wonder she said that she had molded [Zero] into a white-haired boy before, and now that she saw this even cuter little boy, she pretended to be nonchalant and asked her to have the Blue Eagle Squad bring him back.

"I usually dress up in office attire and walk around in front of him every day, and he barely even glances at me. I was wondering if he just didn't like this style, but I never expected Rometheus to be such a pervert!"

Ella, having left the office, irritably started biting her fingernails. Should she... try to seduce this boy-obsessed Rometheus and make him fall in love with women again? But... oh dear, I'm so shy!

Ella was lost in thought until her face turned red. She covered her face and ran to the Blue Eagle Squad's management office.

Rometheus (sneezes): Oh dear, something's not right. I feel like someone's cricketing at me from behind. Speaking of which, only a little boy like that is worthy of being my son [Zero's] friend. Sigh, there's a saying that playing with cute things makes you cute too. I hope my [Zero] can become cuter too, at least he should be able to smile. Oh, I forgot to add the emotion module. Oh no, I'll install it when I get back!

Rometheus never imagined that he was already labeled a perverted shota lover in his beloved student's heart.

Zoya: He really is a pervert. This kind of scum should go to hell sooner rather than later!

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Robert's estate.

"Go and gather information about that new recruit who's about to report to Demulan. If you see her, have her come to see me. If she's willing to serve me, she'll be the best person to keep Demulan in check."

A space station worker was kneeling in front of Robert. Under the lure of money offered by Robert, this worker, who had just been promoted to management, received an exorbitant bribe.

"Yes, Mr. Robert. If that woman comes here to report for duty, I will relay your words to her."

After Robert waved his hand, the man lowered his head and retreated.

"Demulan, Audrey, although I can't be sure which one of you was the mastermind last time, I'm not going to let this go unpunished. You'll all just wait and see!"

Robert thought about how Richard had specifically called him over to reprimand him, and how Richard had forcibly cut off a bunch of his shady businesses, causing him considerable losses. Although Audrey was in a similar situation, Robert, being a petty person, couldn't swallow this insult.

“Richard, that old guy, has lived long enough. If you ask me, he should go down there and take a good rest. It’s time for me to sit in this board seat.”

Robert, like Audrey, also began to have designs on Richard's position on the board. However, unlike Audrey, who wanted to impeach Richard and then find a way to compete for the vacant board seat herself.

As for our clever Robert, his thinking was much simpler. He planned to bribe Desmulan's new subordinate, use him as a tool to kill Richard, and then pin the blame on Desmulan. As for Audrey, Robert never even gave her a second glance.

Robert: Hmph, this board seat will definitely be mine, Robert's.

Chapter 194 Meeting

Time flew by and it was the weekend. The four senior executives and one board member from Asara had all arrived at the space base's meeting room.

“Mr. Richard, I wonder if you think that after Reiss was attacked multiple times, we should make every effort to take over his Longbow Valley to expand our Hafk Group.”

Demulan also chose to ask Richard's opinion first, since Richard currently held the highest position here. Who else could he ask first? Rometheus?

Alas! But there's always one hothead who's going to jump out and court disaster, and that hothead is none other than our laughing man, Robert.

"What are we waiting for? Let's take advantage of his weakness and send troops to wipe out Reis and his men. Then Longbow Valley will all be ours. What are we waiting for? No money? No money? I'll pay you. Let's just send guided missiles and bomb Reis's Diamond Queen Hotel. Let's see how he survives!"

Richard gave Robert a disapproving look. How did this brainless kid manage to convince Mr. Jacob to let him in? It was obvious that Reese had a backup plan that he hadn't used yet. How could he have survived so long in this cannibalistic place like Asara?

"Robert, you'd better keep quiet. No one here will think you're mute."

Seeing that Richard and Demulan were both looking at him, Rometheus had no choice but to step forward and retort to Robert.

Just as Robert and Rometheus resumed their familiar argument in front of everyone, Richard coughed twice and then said:

"Alright, you two, stop arguing. I think Reese and that Hamk guy can be categorized into the same type of people. They're both the kind of people who will stop at nothing to achieve their goals. If that's the case, then things will be easier, won't they?"

Audrey sneered from the shadows. "Just like Hamk, there's a big difference. No matter how bold Hamk is, that's all he is. You only need to worry about whether he'll suddenly bite you in the dark. Otherwise, he wouldn't have the title of 'King of Backstabbing'."

Reese is far bolder than Hamk. When you cooperate with him, you're not just worried about him biting you in the back; he'll devour you whole. He's a beast that's never satisfied.

"Oh? You mean, bribe him with money?"

Upon hearing the word "bribery," Robert immediately puffed out his chest. This was one of his few skills, and his family had plenty of money.

“Mr. Richard, if it’s about bribery, I think I’m capable of doing the job.”

Robert volunteered, believing that Reis, a mere native of Asara who had never seen the world, would be obediently bowing and scraping to him if given 5 million.

Reese: Fuck you, you bastard trying to fob me off, huh? Don't come looking for me for less than two hundred million Haff coins.

"Alright, since you've said so, then I'll leave it to you. Now, let's move on to the second matter, which concerns the upgrade of the Skynet system."

Upon hearing this, Rometheus couldn't help but ask:

"Mr. Richard, is such a large project as the Skynet system being replaced so frequently now? The Skynet system we're using now was only replaced a few years ago."

Richard smiled faintly, and said with a hint of pride:

"Rometheus, you don't understand. Do you know why Mr. Jacob isn't worried at all now that we've had this Mandel brick stolen from us?"

"Um... because you believe we can definitely find it?"

Rometheus already had a guess, but he dared not confirm it, because if it were true, then the power of the Hafk Group would be quite terrifying.

"Hehe, Rometheus, you're thinking too simply. The Mandel Brick that Reis stole is just a civilian version. Besides, it's unusable unless they use it to decrypt. With the computing power of our military Mandel Brick, the upgrade of the Skynet system is just a piece of cake."

Upon hearing this, all three except Demulan showed expressions of surprise. They only knew that the stolen Mandel Brick was comparable to a supercomputer in a developed country, so the military version of the Mandel Brick that Hafk had developed...

"Sigh, I feel like I'm on a pirate ship and can't get off!"

Rometheus sighed inwardly. Judging from the situation, the Hafk Group was not going to let him go so easily. They dared to tell him such a core secret, which meant they wanted to tie him to the group.

"I'll leave the rocket and satellite launch to Demulan next week, so don't worry about that. Demulan, if you need anything, just tell Robert, understand?"

Robert: That old bastard really thinks I'm his ATM. Why doesn't he go find that woman Audrey?

Richard: Isn't that obvious? Audrey has a brain, do you? What can you be besides an ATM?

"Alright, that's enough for the meeting. As for you two..."

Richard turned his attention to Audrey and Robert. These two seemed to be up to no good lately, and apparently didn't take him, a member of the board of directors, seriously.

Robert/Audrey: Isn't that obvious? I'm already thinking about killing/impeaching you, and you expect us to behave?

“You’d better behave yourselves for now, or I’ll talk to Mr. Jacob and have you transferred away from Asara to somewhere else.”

Richard spoke very strongly in the last few words, and his meaning was very clear: if you dare to cause any more trouble, you'll be exiled to the frontier, and all promotions will be out of your reach for the rest of your life.

Audrey said calmly, "Don't worry, I will," while Robert lowered his head and frowned, but still obediently agreed.

Robert: You old bastard, just you wait, you're going to hell soon.

After those people had left, Demulan stopped Rometheus and asked:

"It's been two months, and there's still no word from [Zero]."

Rometheus scratched his head awkwardly:

"Oh dear, haven't I already sent out my Blue Eagle team to search with all their might? I even specially arranged for someone to help you find the little boy you're looking for. If you keep urging me, I won't help you look for him."

Demulan remained silent and quietly took out the Polaris sword he always carried with him.

"Hey, hey, let's talk this out! I'm really doing my best to find them! Hey, hey, hey, murder!!!"

Chapter 195 Mandel Supercomputing Unit

Once Audrey returned to her private estate, she immediately hurried to her room. Earlier that day, when she went to prepare for the meeting, Wuming had promised to bring the Mandel supercomputing unit. Now that the meeting was over, Richard should have gone home, and if she didn't see him later…

When she hurriedly arrived at her room door, she took a deep breath and pushed it open.

"What are you so nervous about? Your heart is beating so fast!"

To her relief, the man she had previously wished would just die suddenly was still lying on her big bed reading a book, looking like an old man.

"What about the Mandel supercomputing unit? Did you leave any trace of it?"

The nameless finger pointed to Audrey's desk where she usually worked. Audrey turned her head and her eyes lit up immediately. There was no mistake. As a senior executive of the group, she had seen the Mandel supercomputing unit before. This must be it.

"As for the traces, don't worry. The one who did the bad thing is Nameless, not you, Audrey. Just don't be stupid enough to go and self-destruct with Richard."

Audrey thought about it carefully and realized that this made sense. This way, Richard would focus all his energy on finding the nameless woman instead of starting to suspect whether she or Robert was responsible, which would buy her a lot of time.

"I'll contact Reis right now and have him come and get the Mandel supercomputing unit. I hope everything goes smoothly. By the way, when are you going to give me the antidote? I can feel some discomfort in my body now."

At this point, Audrey frowned as she looked at the nameless man. This poison was no joke; she had already experienced dizziness and nausea over the past two days, which terrified her, as she always valued her life.

"What's the rush? I'll give you the antidote once Skynet is destroyed, as long as you behave yourself and don't do anything underhanded in the meantime."

Without even looking up, Wuming pulled a small green bottle from his pocket and waved it in front of Audrey, who stared intently at the bottle in his hand.

She had tried various methods, including consulting Hafk's private doctor for a comprehensive medical examination, hoping to find an antidote. However, after the examination, the doctor told her that the virus was a newly developed biological virus by the Hafk Group and had not yet been officially released.

Audrey thought that this was probably something Nameless had picked up in the lab when he escaped the Hafk Group. After all, the Hafk Group had been researching a lot of biological weapons behind the scenes, and she never expected that she would fall victim to it herself.

But now that she saw the nameless man also bring out the antidote, Audrey felt a little relieved. She didn't want to die in Asara, a poor place filled with endless yellow sand.

Saeed: You shameless bastards! We used to have an oasis here. It was you, you damned Hafk!

Audrey also went out to make a phone call to Reese. She just hoped that all of this would end soon, and once she got her hands on the antidote, it would be time for her to start making her move.

After seeing Audrey leave, Nameless scoffed mockingly, "A hopeless case! Desire can completely devour you, leaving not even a bone fragment..."

After tossing the book aside, Wuming took out the laptop from the bedside table, opened it, and skillfully logged into Audrey's account to look at recent events.

"Huh? One of Rometheus's test subjects escaped from the Tower of Babel three months ago? And they haven't been found yet?"

At this point, a document that Audrey had kept long ago, a report to Jacob, caught the attention of the anonymous writer.

He immediately began collecting information about the escaped test subject. As a fellow test subject of the Hafk Group, and also an escapee, Wuming unconsciously developed a sense of sympathy for this person.

"Is the code name [Zero]? Jacob asked Rometheus to create a human-powered weapon of war, but Rometheus's request to add an emotion module was rejected? Heh, that's really the usual style of those beasts."

After briefly reviewing the basic information of this "Zero," Wuming gained a basic understanding of him. This kid was just as unfortunate as himself. However, he ran away before the Relink brain-computer interface was installed. Wuming certainly wouldn't believe that this wasn't Rometheus's doing. Without Rometheus's secret help, could he have escaped from the heavily guarded Tower of Babel?

Rometheus: Huh? I don't know? But how dare you compare yourself to my "zero"? Be careful, or I'll crush you with my little finger! (●ˇ?ˇ●)