Uncle, I am not an ordinary office worker.

As an ambitious person who tried to invade Colombia through commercial means, reporter Kane had done much more in-depth research on Colombia than most of the directors present. He knew very well that there were many unrepeatable coincidences that led to Colombia's achievements today. To some extent, this country was a large cloud of Originium.

The reason why Tremont is Tremont is because he is in Colombia, a country without old aristocrats, with huge demand for emerging technologies, and where new ideas are always born without restrictions. These factors are basically impossible to achieve in Casimir, as the conservative forces here are too powerful.

So, although he was indeed interested in Selina's proposal, if Selina did not give a reasonable explanation, then this interest would only be limited to interest.

But Selina gave an answer very quickly:

"Because of Roy."

"Roy? Knight Heng?"

No one in the Chamber of Commerce could forget this name, the name they both loved and hated.

Reporter Kane frowned, sat up straight, and prepared to listen carefully to Selina's next speech.

Selina glanced at everyone and suddenly chuckled twice:

"Aren't you all very curious about why Roy was able to make Leitania suddenly change its attitude and start seeking cooperation with Casimir?"

"I can tell you part of the truth."

"Because of the [Scourge Weapon]."

Volume 1: Chapter 247: The Knights of the Red Pine

"Long time no see, Dikaiopolis."

Roy took the initiative to extend his hand and shook hands with the bronze-skinned, muscular man in front of him.

They were old friends who had known each other for a long time. The Blood Knight was now a well-known figure in the Great Knight Territory, and it was not easy to meet him on weekdays. In order not to cause too much noise, Roy chose to block the Blood Knight on his way home from get off work.

Dikaiopolis was stunned at first when he was suddenly called, but then he immediately smiled from the bottom of his heart, stretched out his hand to shake Roy's hand and said, "It's Sir Roy! It's been a long time! Where have you been during this period? I heard that you led the Knights of the Battle to stop the invasion of the Ursus people at the Baibo River. We are waiting for you to come back and celebrate with you!"

Roy nodded thoughtfully. This was the first time he heard the propaganda of his battle in the Great Knight Territory. Leading the Knights of War to repel the invasion of the Ursus Army, well, this sounded reasonable and there was nothing wrong with it.

The Supervisory Council must have been promoting this with the intention of using this battle to enhance the prestige and status of the Supervisory Council, so it was normal that Roy's role would be weakened to a certain extent. Besides, the Knights of the Expedition did make the greatest effort in that battle, almost fighting to the last man, and Roy never intended to look down on those great soldiers and take all the credit for himself. He was not opposed to this way of propaganda.

As for the competitive knights led by the Grand Knight, they want to help me celebrate?

Roy raised his eyebrows and asked tentatively:

“Who came up with this idea?”

Dikaiopolis replied, "Left-hand Knight, Titus Topol. Currently the third-ranked knight in the Knights of Casimir."

"I knew it." Roy rolled his eyes.

He didn't worry about his body, nor did he ask about his condition. His first reaction was to hold a celebration party for himself, or to be a competitive knight. Roy didn't believe that there was no commercial purpose in this.

However, the Left-Handed Knight actually ranked third. How did the Knight Association rank him?

Perhaps having anticipated that Roy would be confused about the ranking, Dikaiopolis took the initiative to explain:

"The ranking of active competitive knights now is you first, me second, and the third place was supposed to be Miss Candle Knight Viviana, but Miss Viviana announced after the finals that she would temporarily stop participating in the knight competition. It caused quite a stir at the time. Many people said... uh..."

"What did they say?" Roy asked curiously.

Dikaiopolis looked away, a little embarrassed:

"They all said that she was heartbroken and had no intention of continuing the competition because you, Lord Roy, insisted on leaving the Great Knight Territory to pursue Miss Brilliant Knight Margaret."

"......." Roy was stunned. His first reaction was: Is this possible? Is there anyone who believes this?

The second reaction was that it seemed possible that someone might actually believe this.

Seeing Roy's subtle expression, Dikaiopolis did not continue the topic involving Roy's privacy, but simply concluded:

"After Miss Viviana announced the suspension of the competition, the fourth-placed Left-Handed Knight was promoted to third place with the second-longest battle with you. To me, he is indeed capable, but he really didn't put his mind into serious knight competitions. In the end, he could only fall to this point. He has recently acquired several new titles among the people, such as [Genius Crusher] and [Strength Inspector]."

As the name suggests, those rising knights who claim to be talented and powerful can truly be called geniuses and strong ones if they can pass this test.

This was also a very high evaluation, almost acknowledging his threshold status of being weaker than the strong and stronger than the weak, but for any knight whose goal was to be number one, this title was somewhat ironic. Even if the Left-Handed Knight himself was happy to see it happen, there were always many people who laughed at him behind his back, saying that he was stuck there all his life and was only fit to be a goalkeeper.

After finishing the small talk, Dikaiopolis also became serious. He straightened his back, looked at Roy, stretched out his hand and said seriously:

"You are waiting for me on my way home so late, is there anything I can help you with?"

Roy nodded. It was easy to communicate with smart people:

"You should know about the demolition of Plot Zero, right?"

"Of course." The Blood Knight said, "I just attended the hearing organized by the National Council the day before yesterday, but I was just an observer and couldn't express my opinion. But I oppose this matter."

There was some anger in his words: "This is a disregard for the lives of all residents of Plot Zero. A representative of the Chamber of Commerce even publicly declared that they are not considered the people of Casimir!"

"Who said that?" Roy asked suddenly.

"A spokesman for Rand Department Store," Dikaiopolis replied.

Roy nodded. "I see. I came to you for this matter. I have a way to dismiss the demolition case of Plot Zero, but I also need to come up with another solution and solve the problem of spies and criminals there. You are the person who is most familiar with that place, and I would like to ask for your help."

"Me?" Dikaiopolis was stunned, and subconsciously wanted to agree, but when the words came to his lips, he stopped forcibly and changed his words, "Sorry, I may not be able to help you in person."

"What's wrong?" Roy blinked in confusion. He thought Dikaiopolis was threatened.

But the Blood Knight just smiled and shook his head, saying: "No, it's just that my child is about to be born. I have to stay with her."

"?" Roy opened his mouth, almost speechless.

He vaguely remembered that the Blood Knight was probably not much older than the Brilliant Knight, but Fengti's physique, long hours of training, and infection with the Ore Disease made him look rather old.

So you're married now? And you have kids?

I was so anxious and was exposed to the sun for no reason.

Roy glared at the Blood Knight speechlessly. Two rather conspicuous blushes appeared on the honest dark face of this winner in life, and he looked embarrassed.

What else could Roy do? He could only roll his eyes and say, "Forget it, forget it. I'll find someone else."

But Dikaiopolis suddenly stopped Roy and added: "It's okay, Sir Roy, although I may not be able to come, I can recommend a few people to you. They are all children who have lived in Block Zero for a long time and are very familiar with the place. Moreover, they are all infected knights. I have investigated them and I trust them. And most importantly, they have been talking to me for a long time about wanting to meet you."

The Infected Knight, who lives in Plot Zero, is a fan of the Blood Knight and me?

Several figures appeared in Roy's mind. As expected, the next second, the Blood Knight said with a smile:

"They have now formed an Infected Knight Order, named Red Pine, and the leader is Sona. How about I take you to meet them tomorrow?"

Volume 1: Chapter 248: A Little Kid with a Big Shrewdness

"Is... is it Mr. Roy?"

"Sona! Didn't we agree on this last night? What's with that expression on your face? What's with that silly smile of yours? Don't embarrass us!"

"But Xiao Hui, this is Mr. Roy, the famous Ever Knight! Do you remember his last game? We had a hard time buying ordinary seat tickets from a scalper. I bet that the pinnacle of knight competition was that game! Don't you think so, Ivona? Hmm? Ivona?"

Wearing a strangely shaped helmet that only covered one ear and had no idea what kind of defensive effect it had, the red-haired Zalak squirrel Flametail Sona looked curiously in the direction where another member of her own Red Pine Knights had just stood, only to find that the knight codenamed Wildmane had already quietly rubbed up to Roy and the Blood Knight while she was arguing with the Grayhair Knight.

Ivona was looking Roy up and down. This little fan's aggressive look, as if she wanted to dig out everything about him, made Roy a little overwhelmed. He almost activated [Water Moon] immediately to let his divergent thinking help him relieve the related pressure.

Fortunately, he held back because he remembered the strange personalities that were split from the [Water Moon] module. If he made some sharp comments in front of these little fans of the Red Pine Knights, or kept saying "kill them all, I'm going to kill them all", Roy could hardly imagine how bad his reputation would be.

"Okay, you sneak away!"

After a while, Sona, who had reacted, pulled Wildbreeze back after trying to do something. At this point, the three little ones finally gathered together and formally introduced themselves to Roy:

"Hello, Pegasus Knight. Leader of the Red Pine Knights, and Flametail Knight Sona, greet you! These two are members of our Knights. She is Greyhair Knight Grenadi Kaliska, and she is Wildmane Knight Ivona Krukovska!"

Yanwei pointed at the two companions beside him. Although Roy already knew their names and code names, he still nodded seriously:

"I was surprised when Blood Knight told me about you. Although he and I jointly advocated the concept of Infected Knights and promoted many bills to allow Infected to enter the arena, you are the first knight group composed of Infected that I have actually seen. We all know that this is not easy."

Roy sighed from the bottom of his heart.

"On the first night I returned to Casimir, I saw a fan standing on the street, wearing the same armor as the Blood Knight, calling for the protection of the Infected Knights' right to participate in the competition. And it was only half a year since I left Casimir."

"But anyway, congratulations. I'm glad to see you're safe."

He stretched out his hand and handed Flametail a gift that he had carefully prepared.

A replica of the Kheshige's Kiss.

It wasn't that Roy didn't want to give the original Kiss of Kexue to Sona, but the sword had already been used as a material for a meteor by Roy in the battle of Baibo River in the form of [Stella!], and he set off fireworks. He hadn't had time to tell the nightmare descendant who gave him the Kiss of Kexue in the Crazy Martin Tavern about this. The only thing he could show off was this replica.

But even though it is a replica, the sword is not inferior to the original in terms of workmanship and quality, and even better. The biggest difference between it and the original is perhaps that it has never been used by a true Kexuedai who served the Nightmare Khan.

Sona took Roy's scimitar with some surprise. She had never thought that she would receive other gifts besides autographs and photos during this meeting. At this moment, she truly realized that Roy did not treat them as just one of the millions of fans, but as equals, as he said, worthy of admiration of infected knights.

"Sona——"

Ivona could no longer suppress her excitement and was about to jump up and snatch the scimitar from Sona's hand.

"Show me quickly!"

Fortunately, the Gray Knight remained calm. He looked at Roy, nodded gratefully, and then got straight to the point:

"Mr. Heng Knight, I heard from Blood Knight that you are looking for us to investigate the situation of Plot Zero?"

Roy affirmed, "Yes. The demolition case of Plot Zero has been publicly heard in the National Assembly. I believe you should have heard about it. The best way to prevent Plot Zero from being demolished and abandoned is to first clear out the criminals on Plot Zero. To do this, I need some people who are familiar with the situation on Plot Zero as guides to help me contact the infected groups on Plot Zero."

"We'll help with this!" Sona raised her hand excitedly, looking at Roy as if he were a hero. "We are familiar with many infected communities in Block Zero. We can contact them for help at any time if it's useful!"

How could she not help? Plot Zero was her home now, and the infected people living there were all her family. When the demolition of Plot Zero happened, many infected people tried to find ways to resist, but neither the Supervisory Committee nor the Business Federation was a giant that they, a group of unorganized infected people, could resist head-on. Now with Roy's help, they undoubtedly had hope!

As for whether the infected people trust Roy, is there any need to ask? Who would doubt a Pegasus Knight who has promoted the Infected Knights' competition system, is a close friend of the Infected Knights' leader, the Blood Knight, is not greedy for fame and fortune, is powerful and is willing to help them?

He is the idol of the entire Casimir and a legend in a living fairy tale. No one will doubt the justice of what he is about to do!

"Thank you." Roy didn't expect this conversation to be so easy. "As for the reward..."

"As for reward, I hope you can play one more game with us."

Sona said seriously before Roy could.

When these words came out, even the Blood Knight beside Roy was shocked and said quickly:

"I need to ask Roy's opinion on this."

He knew Roy's character, and he also understood how much of a stir Roy would cause if he announced another match, given his current influence. Moreover, even if the three Red Pine Knights were combined, they were still a little behind Roy in strength. Sona's challenge to Roy was somewhat unnecessary in the Blood Knight's opinion.

"I'm fine with either." But Roy nodded and smiled.

"It's a deal!" Sona said excitedly, "Let's choose plot zero as the location, how about that?"

Roy was stunned for a moment, then suddenly understood what Sona meant.

This child is not as innocent as he looks.

She was worried that if I couldn't stop Plot Zero from being demolished, at least I could use the competition I had with them at Plot Zero to raise some money to help the infected people find a way out.

She is young and tall, but she cares about my child like a mother.

Thinking of this, Roy couldn't help but agree with some pity: "Okay, all up to you. I will hold a press conference to announce this matter and try to bring in more investors."

Sona scratched her head embarrassedly as her little thoughts were seen through.

Volume 1: Chapter 249: Human Trafficking

Grand Knight Territory, Cavalelia Key, Plot Zero.

This was the first time Roy had personally stepped into this area. In the past, whether he was meeting with Dikaiopolis or doing various surveillance and assassination missions, he would only hang around the edge of this area for a while. It wasn't because there was anything in it that made him feel afraid, but it was simply worthless.

It has no value, that’s the simple reason. It’s the same reason why the Business Association and the Supervisory Committee tacitly agreed to demolish Plot 0.

There are no commercial organizations still in operation in this area. Even if there are, they no longer pay taxes to the National Council and are under the control of the Business Federation. Most of the residents here can't create any social value, and most of them may even cause social instability and are not favored by the Supervisory Council. Even if it is the No Hero Alliance, when it comes to the Blue Gold throne where Roy is, no one will stay in such a place.

This area was so unwelcome. Its actual situation was no different from what Roy had imagined, or even worse.

The whole street looked like the remote city streets of Roy's previous life in the 1940s and 1950s. The abandoned shops had their doors and windows closed, and the signs in front of the doors swayed in the wind, powerlessly covering up the half-collapsed walls behind them. Thick dust covered the cement pavement on the street, and just stepping on it seemed to stir up gusts of dust. It was as if the traces of time had deeply carved scars on the road. The air was filled with a slight damp smell, a mixture of rain and stone, with a hint of oldness and solemnity.

Block Zero might have once been the most glorious neighborhood in the Great Knight Territory, but now, the bustling crowds are no longer there. Only the occasional sound of wind blows through the empty streets and the dilapidated windows, as if whispering stories of the past.

Sona walked through it, her skilled movements like a squirrel that had lived in the ruins of this steel jungle for a long time. She occasionally spoke and told Roy about the history of a certain building and the interesting things that happened there. Occasionally, she would stop and look at a certain ruin and fall into a brief memory. Roy did not interrupt her, but just acted as a listener, silently following the stories to understand the history of the cities that were not mentioned in the plot.

Finally, in front of a three-story building that looked like a shopping mall, Sona stopped and reminded Roy:

"There's a gathering place of infected people ahead. Mr. Heng Knight, would you like to do some disguise?"

The infected people are often not very friendly to outsiders. Physical illness and years of psychological oppression and discrimination have made xenophobia a last resort. But Sona suggested that Roy disguise himself because of his popularity.

She was worried that once Roy showed up in person, he would soon attract all the infected people in the entire neighborhood.

At that time, it would inevitably alert the criminals hiding in the neighborhood, which would go against the purpose of Roy's trip.

Roy obviously thought of this as well. He nodded, took out a green mask from his arms, and put up the hood of his clothes.

If the Blood Knight were here, he would definitely recognize it. This is what Roy wore when he was on a mission as "Blue Gold".

After doing all this, Sona looked Roy up and down, then gave him a thumbs up, turned around and continued walking forward.