Reborn as the Darling of the Delta.

"Old Deng, I know you're happy that Xiao Hao is back, but have you thought about whether we can finish all this food? Even if our side is really strong, there's still not enough room on that table outside!"

Roy and Zhang Hao followed closely behind. Once Roy entered, his food radar started operating at full speed.

"(Sniff) Hmm?! It's... it smells like braised pork knuckle! Wow, it's pork knuckle! I want to eat pork knuckle! And, and apple pie? Deep Blue, you're amazing! How did you know these are all my favorites?! If only I could have some beef noodles like the ones Xiao Hao made before. Hmm, that's enough for me."

"Are you ordering food here, Roy? How did Xiao Hao's medical checkup go? Are there any health problems?"

Now that Xiao Hao is back, Shen Lan seems to have switched personalities, once again becoming the "old father" of the Special Operations Department. He took a moment to reach out and pat Zhang Hao's head, saying, "Oh, Xiao Hao is back! Life is getting better and better."

Upon hearing this, Zoya also handed over the medical report, indicating that Zhang Hao's various indicators were all perfectly normal, except for his slightly abnormal height...

Zhang Hao: Waaaaah 9527, you bastard, you stole my height!!!

"Hmm, it seems that Rometheus still doesn't dare to cause any trouble for Xiao Hao. If he dares to misbehave, I'll take my shield and go over there to teach him a lesson. How dare he play the homunculus trick? He's made our Xiao Hao suffer so much."

Hearing this, Zhang Hao smiled awkwardly. He seemed to have never experienced that kind of pain; it was all borne by the true warrior, Zero.

Thinking of this, Zhang Hao also mentioned that [Zero] had already separated from him and had become two independent entities.

"Oh? How did you do that? Xiao Hao, this is beyond the scope of medicine! Speaking of which, what about that 'Zero' you mentioned? Didn't he come back with you?"

Roy asked curiously, "You said you wanted him to heal you, and he could pull you back from the brink of death. But when it comes to matters of the mind, Roy can only say that he's just a greenhorn."

Zhang Hao also didn't want to expose the existence of 9527, so our Rometheus also took on all of this.

"Hmm... I don't know exactly how it was made, but as long as Uncle Rometheus knows how, that's fine. Now [Zero] is inside the Tower of Babel. Rometheus said that [Zero] can be considered his son!"

Upon hearing that it was Rometheus who had handled it, Zoya spat disdainfully from the side and grabbed Zhang Hao to speak ill of Rometheus. She hadn't expected her old classmate to have such profound skills now. It seemed she couldn't just lie around in the Special Operations Department doing nothing all day; she needed to earn Xiao Hao's admiring gaze!

Rometheus: Sigh, why am I not close to Zero? Achoo! Oh dear, did someone insult me? Oh well, I'll just search online for how to build a good relationship with my child. I've never heard Zero call me "Dad" even once.

If Zhang Hao knew that his casually shifted blame could ignite Zoya's fighting spirit, he would probably only say, "Uncle Rometheus, you did a great job!" After all, Zoya had told him before that after inventing the Firefly, she was already able to handle most combat scenarios, so she had gradually started to slack off. Even Uncle Shenlan's personal persuasion had been useless. Unexpectedly, now that Rometheus had spurred her on, Zoya's fighting spirit had been reignited.

But if Zoya knew the truth, Zhang Hao couldn't help but shudder. What if he was dragged back to his room, dressed in women's clothing, and then thrown out for everyone to see? He'd rather be dead; he couldn't even imagine what that scene would be like!

"Alright, it'll be dinner time in a little while. Xiao Hao, go to your room and tidy up. I'll ask Roy to call you all down for dinner. Roy, come wash the dishes and bring the food over. Remember, no sneaking any food."

So Zhang Hao returned to his room on the second floor. On his way, he passed by Wei Long and Red Wolf's room, where Uluru and Terry were still miserably repairing the worn-out door. Uluru was complaining to Terry:

"Is this even human? It's all smashed to pieces. It's not like the last time Xiao Hao was in that state where you could just put it back together. We'll have to put the new piece back on later. By the way, what were you thinking, using the alarm to wake us up? Couldn't you have just called out to the second floor?"

Terry:............

"You've worked hard, Uncle Uluru! I'll mix you a drink this afternoon!"

"Oh, Xiao Hao is the best. Don't worry, your Uncle Uluru will take care of it right away."

Chapter 244 Trying to poach talent? No way!

Back at the space station, as soon as Claire returned, Mary approached her and said that Ms. Desmulland wanted to see her.

Claire: Seriously? I just ran back late at night and I got found out already? I don't think they need anything from me!

"Claire, you're back? How were your two days with Rometheus? And what did you think of the Tower of Babel?"

As soon as he entered, Demulan asked Claire, who had just arrived and was about to become his right-hand woman, "How come she spent the night at Rometheus's place on her first visit? I hope she doesn't get snatched away by Rometheus!"

So, as soon as Demulan learned that Claire had returned, he called her over, intending to offer her comfort and care to ensure that his newly planted baby wouldn't be poached by bad people.

Demulan: What's the point of having so many people around if Rometheus is so idle all the time? I'm almost wearing out my Relink brain-computer interface by working it out. No, no, I really need to go to Rometheus's place someday and replace my Relink brain-computer interface.

"Hmm, it's not bad, but Rometheus... is a little different from what I imagined."

Upon hearing this, Demulan's heart skipped a beat. Could it be that his new assistant had actually been tricked into working for that shameless Rometheus?

"How...how come one is different?"

Demulan looked at Claire nervously. She greatly admired Claire; she saw a resemblance to her younger self in her. This was a promising talent, and with proper nurturing, it would only be a matter of time before she reached Demulan's current status.

"He seems a bit unreliable... well, he gives me a cynical vibe. Ella seems a bit better than him."

Hearing Claire's description, Demulan breathed a sigh of relief. That's right, this is Rometheus's true face. Back then, he also thought Rometheus should be a serious and cold scientist. Although Rometheus was indeed like that when they first met, after they got to know each other better, Demulan realized that this guy had no intention of staying loyal to the Hafk Group forever.

"Yeah, it's okay. He's always been like that. It's tough on Ella who's always been by his side, having such an irresponsible leader. But Claire, don't worry. With me, there are way more opportunities than with Rometheus."

After promising Claire a few rosy goals, Demulan told her to go back and rest. In a few days, he would start assigning her some tasks. Before that, as a responsible leader, he needed to prepare some necessary safety measures for his new employee.

“Mary, keep a close eye on who goes looking for Claire these next few days. I think some of them are probably getting restless. Just show me the information you’ve gathered in a few days.”

"Yes, Ms. Desmoulins."

After Mary left and closed the office door, Demulan began writing an email, the recipient of which was Jacob Hafk.

Even Richard didn't know that Demulan was no longer the security director who outwardly obeyed him. After being fitted with the Relink brain-computer interface that Jacob and his team had personally prepared for her, Demulan became a pawn directly under Jacob's command. Her role was to help him seize leverage over those high-ranking executives or board members, allowing Jacob to better control them or kick them out of the Hafk Group.

Now, Demulan has also reported that Richard lost the Mandel supercomputing unit that Jacob had previously given him and that it was taken by Reis, which led to the destruction of Hafk's Skynet satellite. He also reported that Audrey was poisoned by the Nameless One. The report also noted that Audrey seemed to have a secret cooperative relationship with the Nameless One, Reis, and others.

After finishing all this, Demulan stood up from his chair, stretched, and then took out his phone to check. His adorable Camille had sent him recent photos and other daily life pictures. Looking at the messages, Demulan patiently began to reply to each one.

If possible, Demulan really didn't want Camille to follow in her footsteps after graduation. The reason was simple: war was just too cruel, and he himself had almost lost his life there.

However, you can't deny that the Hafk Group is indeed arguably the safest and most profitable company in the world right now, but only if you can secure a position at the top.

"Kami, Mom will clear all the obstacles in your way. We'll be alright. You're right. Rometheus kept saying he'd help me find Xiao Hao and his stupid son [Zero] from all angles, but we still haven't heard a thing!"

The thought of Rometheus skipping out on his task again, looking so serious, made Demulan want to ride his bike over right now and stick his North Star into Rometheus's butt. He usually just teases that idiot Robert, but now he's actually trying to fool him.

"Damn it, I'm calling him right now."

Demulan, looking annoyed, found Rometheus's phone number. Just as he was about to call, the image of Rometheus making promises to him earlier automatically popped into his mind.

If I call him this time, he'll probably try to keep me calm and then back out again.

"Alright, alright, I won't call this time. After I'm done with this busy period and reshuffle the senior management here, I will definitely bring my Polaris and M700 to personally go find your Rometheus."

Rometheus, far away in the Tower of Babel, sneezed:

"Oh no, something's not right. I feel like I'm being watched by something. Oh well, I'd better deal with the documents first. Why is Ella leaving all of this to me? Just because she gets along better with [Zero] than me, what's with the act? She acts like I'm her secretary."

Thinking of Rometheus, this eccentric man, Demulan also had a hard time judging him. You could say he was a good person, but he did things he shouldn't have done. You could say he was bad, but he would embezzle public funds to help the refugees around him.

“Alas, Rometheus, did you leave these incriminating clues for Jacob on purpose? But that’s far from enough.”

Chapter 245 The Gluttonous Dragon

"Go to Roy and call everyone down for dinner. Don't let Xiao Hao go hungry."

Roy turned around and curled his lip. Starving Xiao Hao? What a joke! Xiao Hao can't possibly go hungry. The potato chips in Mai Xiaowen's room are no joke, and there's also iced cola in the fridge if you're thirsty. Instead of worrying about this, why don't you take better care of your treasure doctor in the Special Operations Department?

However, Roy mentally rehearsed the consequences of telling Deep Blue this, and in the end, he quietly went upstairs and called everyone down for dinner.

Upon reaching the second floor, Roy saw Uluru and Terry repairing the dark blue room's door frame, and he stood by, shaking his head and making clicking noises. (Talking Tom style)

"Damn it, Roy, you're asking for it again, aren't you? Don't force me to go to your room in the middle of the night!"

Uluru was already getting irritated from repairing the gate, and then Roy, that "jerk," dared to provoke him in front of him. This almost made Uluru so angry that he was ready to give Roy a good shove.

"Hey, what are you trying to do? Let me tell you, Deep Blue is right down there. If you touch me, do you think you can escape? Just bear with it. Remember to come down for dinner. I'm leaving now."

Roy patted Uluru's bottom with a grin and ran off to Zhang Hao's room.

"Xiao Hao, dinner's ready! Hey? What are you guys doing? Luna, you're here too?"

When Roy pushed open Zhang Hao's door, he thought that Xiao Hao, the internet addict, would be at his computer desk starting his day's battle (after all, even when he was invited to Rometheus's place, Xiao Hao still played games). But to his surprise, what Roy saw when he opened the door was Zhang Hao, Mai Xiaowen, and Luna sitting on Zhang Hao's bed, playing some game on their phones.

"Hey! Can you hear me? Is it really that fun? Let me see what it is!"

Seeing that none of the three people paid any attention to him, Roy curiously went over to see what kind of game could make even a special operations unit's Happy Bean be ignored.

Roy: Damn it, when did I become inferior to mobile games? Speaking of which, isn't Xiao Hao a gaming "genius"? Has he actually found a game that suits him? He's a "genius" who can even play Tetris terribly!

"Oh? It's Roy. Uncle Deep Blue must have invited us to dinner. He'll be right there."

At this moment, Zhang Hao looked up and saw Luo Yi walking over, indicating that they would be going down to eat soon.

"Huh? A tower defense game? And it even has... beautiful girls in it?"

When Roy went closer to take a look, he realized that all three of them were playing this game.

"Oh, this was recommended to us by Sister Luna. Originally, Sister Xiaowen asked me to come here to play that MOBA game, but after looking at this game, it seems pretty good, so Sister Xiaowen and I both downloaded it to try it out."

Seeing Roy's enthusiastic expression, Zhang Hao gave him a brief introduction to the basic gameplay of the game.

"Oh! I see, it's pretty simple. I'll go download it and play it later. By the way, you guys should hurry down and eat, don't keep Deep Blue waiting."

After Roy finished speaking, he tossed his phone to Zhang Hao, asking him to pass it on to the next person so he could play with it, as he still needed to call the remaining people to go eat.

After Zhang Hao and the others came downstairs, everyone sat down. Looking at the table full of delicious dishes, Wei Long and Roy's eyes widened. Roy even copied Wei Long and took off his belt to avoid greatly weakening his fighting ability when the battle started.

Wei Long: Thanks to Xiao Hao, I can have a blast today! I'm evolving at noon! I've become a Perfect Dragon! A gluttonous dragon!!!

Meanwhile, Terry, realizing today wasn't his indulgent meal, lost his initially pleasant mood. As if noticing Terry's low spirits, Deep Blue patted him on the shoulder, pointed to the kitchen, and said:

"I know today isn't your day to indulge, so I made you some low-fat, high-protein stuff in there. These are all things Xiaohao taught me to make, and they taste pretty good."

Terry's eyes lit up when he heard this. He smiled at Deep Blue, went into the kitchen, took out his special rice bowl, and happily started eating.

"Alright, everyone, stop just watching. Help yourselves to whatever you want to eat. Come on, Xiao Hao, have this chicken leg, and this pork knuckle. I've stewed it until it's very tender, I guarantee it will be delicious."

Hearing Shenlan's words, everyone started to devour the food in front of them! Shenlan frantically piled food onto Zhang Hao's plate, saying that eating more now would help him grow taller.

Zhang Hao: Why does everyone keep telling themselves that eating more will make them grow taller? Do you think I don't know whether they can grow taller or not? (;'??Д??`)

Meanwhile, Wei Long and Roy seemed to be comparing themselves, and the two began to frantically devour the food in front of them. Their bold actions even caught the attention of Uluru sitting on the other side. Goodness, how long have these two been starving? If a high-ranking member of GTI were to come down for an inspection at this moment and see this situation, he would definitely question Deep Blue's team members about why they couldn't even get enough to eat.

Wei Long scooped a large handful of the dark blue Mapo Tofu into a bowl, then filled it with rice, stirred it well, blew on it a couple of times, and then started a quick sweep, muttering a few words as he breathed:

"Mmm, smells delicious! It's not as good as Xiao Hao's, but it's still very good. More, more! I can still fight!!!"

Meanwhile, Roy grabbed the pork knuckle with his bare hands and started gnawing on it, eating with great relish. After his mouth was full of oil, he showed an expression of enjoyment.

Zhang Hao was also stunned by the two's behavior. What was going on? Had Wei Long and Luo Yi not eaten anything while he was away? Or had Uncle Shen Lan's cooking skills evolved to an extraordinary level? This... this couldn't possibly be due to them eating like this.

Zhang Hao also turned to look at Mai Xiaowen, who was sitting to the side, and looked at her with a questioning gaze.

Mai Xiaowen also covered her face in embarrassment. Weilong was fine before, but ever since he ate Xiaohao's Mapo Tofu here, it was as if a seal had been broken. He would turn into a glutton after eating the delicious Mapo Tofu.

As for Roy, well, this guy is just pretending to be crazy to accompany Wei Long. His appetite is about the same as Red Wolf's. If he wants to surpass Wei Long... he'd better go back and practice more before coming back.

Chapter 246 The Big-Eater Dragon

"Um, I'm full, Uncle Shenlan, please stop putting food in my bowl."