About the time I was picked up and adopted by Tallulah

Tallulah, who thought she had read her mind during the love war, confidently pointed and spoke.

“…” “…” “…” “…Well, you’re right.”

Froststar blinked, then nodded.

My dear daughter, I don't want to be too rude, but let's start from junior high school gender education and learn again.

Black Snake sighed silently, he really couldn't carry it.

96. We unite!

In the room next to Xingxiong's house in Orson Rental, Orson, Chen Huijie, Talulah and Shuangxing were sitting at the table. The expressions on their faces were different, but the overall atmosphere in the room seemed very serious.

Although everyone present except Orson had their own little calculations in mind, since it was related to the Longmen slums, no one dared to focus all their attention on what they were thinking.

"During this time, Shuangxing and I have conducted some research in the slums. We've also received assistance from an unlicensed black doctor working there. The clues he provided have been very useful. Combined with what we've seen and heard, we've tentatively identified the following questions."

Orson stood up from the table and walked to the blank wall. He manipulated the rests to spread on the wall as a blackboard, and then took out some chalk from somewhere and scribbled on it.

"The current divisions and rifts between Longmen City and the slums are unavoidable, and the core issue is [Ore Disease]. While this factor isn't decisive, it's the seeding ground for all the tragedies, divisions, and conflicts."

Orson knocked on the blackboard with his knight sword. In order to match the current serious scene, he also changed into a more formal outfit (after all, this is his own home, and clothes are easy to change).

——It’s really cute when you pretend to be serious, hehe

——Is Orson...standing on tiptoe?

——Hmm, I want to rub it again, please hold it in, Frost Star...!

The gold medal lecturer on the stage was expressing his own views seriously, but the girls in the audience turned a blind eye to it while they were supposed to cooperate with the performance. Talulah Chen Huijie Shuangxing watched Orson giving the lecture, and each of them filled in their own classics in their minds.

"We must curb the Originium infection as soon as possible. The existence of the Ore Disease will not only make the people of Longmen City subconsciously dislike and alienate the members of the slums, but it will also cause harm to the health of the infected themselves... Frost Star?"

"Huh? Uh, well, you're right."

Orsen looked at Frost Star while speaking halfway. Snow Rabbit, who was still imagining "after-school field teaching between teachers and students.", didn't react for a moment. After a moment of hesitation, he responded in a panic.

"...Well, anyway, this is the first point we need to solve."

Orson frowned, but then wrote the three big words "Ore Disease" on the blackboard.

"Then there's the second factor. While there are various gangs in the slums, these 'gangs' are more like social organizations. They don't engage in large-scale battles, and their conflicts rarely escalate into direct violence. This is why the Rat King maintains balance."

Orson thought of Mr. Lin Gerui, who looked similar to the masters of the Ninja Turtles. Although he was the "dark" of Longmen, he was surprisingly easy to get along with. It seemed that he would occasionally go to a candy store in Longmen city to act as a waiter and give candy to children.

Orson had no idea how a store with such a big rat wandering around could still have a hygiene compliance business license, but the Rat King was indeed an extremely charismatic leader.

"However, due to the recent infiltration of the Sicilian Gang, the balance of the slums has been completely disrupted. The people living there are now experiencing a lack of guaranteed living conditions, with assassinations and gunfights occurring almost daily. As we all know, it's impossible to communicate effectively with someone in a state of tension and fear. If we want to ensure a smooth transition between the slums and Longmen City, the Sicilian Gang must be eradicated."

Orson then wrote the words "Sicilian Gang" on the blackboard, and then drew a cross on the name.

Whether from the perspective of Texas Lapland, the slums, Longmen, or Chen Huijie, the feud between this gang from Syracuse and Orson is too deep.

But fortunately, the time for reckoning is finally coming.

"The situation is quite delicate now. The slums are far too resistant to the Guard. One of the reasons the Sicilian Gang was able to infiltrate the Guard's dinner and trigger the terrorist attack is that the infected people in the slums tacitly approved the Sicilian Gang's retaliation against the Guard. This 'distrust' almost led Commander Wei to issue an irreversible misdirection. How can we restore the slum dwellers' trust in the Guard? This is also a problem, Officer Chen."

Orson wrote the words "Trust" on the blackboard and turned his gaze to Chen Huijie.

"Huh? Well, this is indeed a very tricky matter."

Chen and Orson's eyes met, a touch of awkwardness on both their faces. While Chen Huijie had successfully pushed Orson several times, using the blue pill and the potion in Orson's body (incidentally, the attraction potion had been removed from his system due to his profuse sweating during the interrogation), and Chen felt a surge of pride and pleasure afterward, she found herself torn between whether or not to surrender herself.

"Don't worry too much, Officer Chen... I will do my best to help."

Orson also turned his eyes away and responded haltingly. Tallulah, who was sitting next to him, frowned and looked at Orson and Chen Huijie, wondering how these two could become like this after going out for a secret date.

Some people think that Tallulah is playing the long game, not revealing anything to her during the meeting, leaving room for maneuver. Let me correct you here. Tallulah never thought that her sister would rely on drugs to rush into the racetrack ()

"Ahem, the next question is about the blockade of the slums. Because the slums have been isolated and sealed off year-round, people have always misunderstood their state. Many people believe that the slums are ownerless places filled with death, chaos, and disease, and therefore instinctively fear them. Similarly, 9% of the slum residents have no idea about the current situation in Longmen City. They mistakenly believe that the other side of the quarantine zone is a paradise of luxury and chaos, with no place for them. In reality, the misunderstandings on both sides are too great. We must find a propaganda method that can show each other the most authentic side. The slums are not chaotic and disorderly arenas, and the people in the city also have their own suffering and sorrow."

Orson wrote the words "Publicity" on the blackboard. Perhaps because he used too much force, the temporary blackboard shook, and Orson's face was covered with chalk dust.

"Ahem...! Finally, there's the issue of Yan Country. In reality, Yan Country has always coveted Longmen's current status, much like the old nobles coveted Qie City, which was led by the new nobles. We must find a way to gain official endorsement from Yan Country and prove that Longmen is capable of handling the current situation. Otherwise, even if we succeed in transforming the slums, it will likely be affected by Yan Country's subsequent actions."

Orson finally wrote the two words "Yan Country" on the blackboard, and when seeing these two words, the expressions of Tallulah and her group became a little solemn.

"Anyway, these are the entries I've compiled for now. What do you think?"

Orson put away the chalk and looked at everyone to ask if they had any other ideas, while Chen Huijie stared at the blackboard with wide eyes.

"You've been able to gather such detailed intelligence in such a short time... If you're able, why don't you join the Intelligence Department of the Imperial Guard Bureau, Orson? You should be able to become department head in less than three months."

Chen lamented Orson's intelligence gathering ability that made him ashamed, while Tallulah snorted softly.

"I've been getting a lot of Froststar running around under the guise of 'gathering intelligence' lately, right? Seriously, I can do that."

"You're being too low-brow, Tallulah~"

Snow Rabbit laughed and mocked Tallulah softly, and as a result, Fire Dragon and Snow Rabbit almost started fighting again.

"I don't have anything to add... and I agree with the intelligence you've gathered, Orson. During my time on duty as a grassroots police officer, I could clearly sense the officers' misunderstanding of the slums due to mineral sickness and a lack of publicity."

Chen nodded in agreement hesitantly. After all, it was a young dragon that had just rushed onto the track, so Chen was not so anxious.

"It looks like we still have a lot to do, and it might take a very long time... Should we prioritize everything first?"

After briefly exchanging a few words with Yukito, Talulah also put away her previous attitude. She looked seriously at the notes on the blackboard and analyzed what should be done next with the black snake in her mind.

"No, what we are trying to do is to change a city, which is extremely difficult, and all plans cannot be completed step by step. While we are hesitating, everything is changing."

"Then you mean...?"

Orson rejected Tallulah's idea. He knocked on the blackboard again and waved his hands forward.

"We unite!"

"what?"

Several people were stunned by Orson's inexplicable words. They looked at each other and still didn't understand what Orson meant.

"Um... I mean, we try to move all the steps forward together and compress the time as much as possible."

Orson rubbed his head awkwardly, his expression as awkward as if you were playing an old joke with your friends but no one responded.

"Advance quickly? That's difficult to do. Apart from anything else, Lungmen currently has no solution to the problem of how to cure the Originium infection of the infected."

Chen frowned, she thought Orson's words seemed a little too unrealistic.

However, after hearing Chen's questioning, Talulah, Frost Star and Orson looked at each other and smiled at the same time.

"Don't worry, Officer Chen. Although I can't guarantee anything else, at least when it comes to treating mineral sickness, we're probably the most professional team in all of Terra."

Orson pushed his non-existent sunglasses, and Frost Star and Talulah beside him also lifted the non-existent void coffin on their shoulders.

"Professional team?"

Chen looked at the Fire Dragon Snow Rabbit in confusion, muttering to himself that this so-called 'professional team' was most likely a 'professional team to snatch Orson's property.

"Of course, we're only responsible for one aspect of this. We still need to contact Rhodes Island for help. Dr. Kal'tsit should have already dealt with Casimir's follow-up matters. In short, how to cure the infected people's oripathy isn't the most difficult part of our to-do list, Officer Chen."

Orson nodded slightly and said to Chen Huijie.

At the same time, Tallulah on the side also looked at Chen Huijie, with a determined look in her eyes, "Keep an eye on my sister, your sister will be able to keep Orson firmly in the hands of all kinds of strange girls, even you, because I am such a reliable sister!"

Frost Star had a conflicted look that said, "I always feel like things have become more troublesome because of me, but if I think about it carefully, I shouldn't be the main reason, right? Anyway, having one more love rival shouldn't be a big deal..."

Chen Huijie showed a bright look. On the one hand, she trusted Orson. She believed that this young man could really bring miracles and change the falling apart relationship between the slums and Longmen.

on the other hand……

——We are now on the same starting line, sister.

Chen, who got on the bus first and had not yet bought a ticket, thought so.

In this way, with their own little thoughts in mind, everyone started this action against the slums.

Although it sounds a bit 'fairy tale' and the time is tight, it is just as Orson said.

'Change the damn world,' they're professionals.

[Ore Disease] - Rhodes Island, Frost Star, Tallulah

【Sicilian Gang】——Texas, Lapland

【Trustworthiness】——Chen Huijie, Shi Huaiya, Xing Xiong

【Publicity】——Penguin Logistics, Emperor, Snow Pheasant

[Yan Kingdom] - Rat King, Lin Yuxia, Jingzhe

——Come to think of it, it feels like it's been a while since I last saw Ms. Mostima. I wonder what she's been up to lately...

As Orson was filling in the task list and candidates in his mind, he suddenly noticed that he had not heard from Mostima since he was hit by Tallulah during the night raid.

———A wasteland a hundred kilometers away from Longmen———

"It seems like the water reserves are running low..."

The blue-haired fallen angel messenger Mostima was currently in the center of the wasteland, leaning against an off-road vehicle, drinking water while flipping through various photos of Orson on her phone that she had secretly taken at some unknown time.

"The doctor's successor, the more I look at him, the more I want to bully him... huh?"

Mastema gave the photo a devilish smile, then suddenly noticed the commotion in the distance. She closed her phone, lightly jumped onto the hill next to her, and took out the binoculars.

“——Haaa.”

After confirming what she saw through the telescope, Mastema laughed.

Oh my... It seems that this land really wants to kill the people living on it without any mercy.

97. Happy Little Killer Whale

Large mobile medical landship, Rhodes Island—this is a fantastic ship.

There are rumors that the keel of this land ship is the crystallization of technology from a lost era. There are also rumors that the so-called "infected medical institution" is just a cover, and Rhodes Island is actually a mobile mercenary platform that breeds all kinds of demons and monsters, including man-eating and marrow-sucking monsters.

There are rumors that the leader of Rhodes Island is a rabbit with donkey ears, but some people refute that the leader of Rhodes Island is actually a thousand-year-old lynx whose only beauty is its appearance.

There are rumors that the existence of Rhodes Island will change the landscape of the Terra world, because it is a sweatshop where children can rub pure gold with their bare hands 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. If this production model is promoted, the entire Terra world will probably usher in a devastating reshuffle.

Among these fancy rumors, there are still a few that are more or less reliable, such as -

Rumor has it that Rhode Island has recently received some "uninvited guests"...

In the infirmary——

"Relax your muscles. This is the last needle. The cost of making a syringe with D32 steel is higher than you think, so I suggest you don't try to tense your muscles—the needle will be crooked again."

Kal'tsit, with a green cat head, bent down slightly at this time as if she was doing a blood drawing. However, after she pushed the syringe in, the blood did not flow out of the guide tube. Instead, the originally straight syringe became crooked after being pulled out.

"I'm sorry, I know this doesn't affect my functioning, but it's hard not to get defensive in the face of obvious aggression."

Sitting opposite Kal'tsit, the red-eyed girl with long silver hair, a strange hat, and a sword as tall as a human on her back gave a slightly hesitant explanation.

"I've seen many people afraid of needles, and it's nothing to be ashamed of. In short, based on the samples taken earlier and the series of physical examinations, there's nothing wrong with your body. No Originium infection, no genetic disease, no internal injuries. Congratulations, Ms. Skadi. Your body is so healthy that you don't look like someone living on this continent, but more like a pearl buried in a deep-sea shell. Furthermore, in the previous physical fitness test, you achieved a score that qualifies you for direct promotion to Elite Operator. Doberman will discuss this with you later."

Kal'tsit threw who knows how many twisted needles there were into the waste bin nearby, and then read out the results of the physical examination to the woman in front of her named "Skadi".

"I see. So...how is Ghost Shark doing?"

Skadi stood up from the chair that was somewhat shaky for some reason. While tying her shawl again, she asked about the condition of another friend who had arrived in Rhodes Island with her.

"Not much different than before—come with me."

Kal'tsit put Skadi's medical examination report into the "confidential" filing cabinet, then left the infirmary and led Skadi to a room further down the corridor.

After passing through two biometrically authenticated isolation doors, the two arrived at a ward hidden deep within the Rhode Island medical area. Inside the ward, amidst various unrecognizable machines, a young girl was lying quietly on a small bed with her eyes slightly closed, amidst these electronic instruments.

“…Ghost Shark”

Skadi gently placed her palm on the thick explosion-proof glass, and a trace of worry finally flashed across her expressionless face.

"Although the medical department conducted a third systematic examination on her yesterday, the conclusion remains unchanged. The cause of Miss Ghost Shark's current condition is not objective. All we can do is use external forces to stabilize her brain activity and prevent her from repeating the violent behavior she displayed upon arriving in Rhodes Island."

"Um, sorry..."

When referring to the commotion caused by the two's initial arrival at Rhodes Island, Skadi apologized to Kal'tsit very frankly, but her face still had a dull expression, as if she wasn't sure if she was dull or just sleepy.

"As payment for your treatment of the Ghost Shark, I will be operating as your operator for a while. I rarely follow orders, but I excel at engaging and killing giant monsters, as well as attacking and destroying fortified objects."