About the time I was picked up and adopted by Tallulah

Amiya refuted Orson's idea seriously.

"The rescue mission in Che City... that was actually the last covert mission we could carry out in Rhodes Island. Everyone... was under a lot of pressure. Especially when I didn't see the doctor in the sarcophagus, I... I'm sorry, I really felt that everything was over at that time."

Amiya shook her head. She almost had a fight with the Reunion Movement because of her emotional breakdown. If it weren't for Orson's obstruction, Rhodes Island would probably have been completely destroyed.

"But at least the final result wasn't hopeless! We received assistance and a contract from Chernobog, and we were able to temporarily cure your oripathy, Orson. That's a pretty good result, isn't it?"

Amiya looked at Orson, the emotion in her eyes pure and innocent.

"The doctor hasn't completely disappeared. Moreover, even if you weren't the doctor, Orson, we'd be delighted to have you come to Rhodes Island! After all, we're sorely lacking an outstanding battlefield commander—"

The excited Amiya was stunned when she said this. She suddenly realized that she had said the wrong thing. Orson was not a "Rhodes Island Operator". His identity was the second-in-command of the Reunion Movement, code-named "Tuner".

Orson also knew very well why Amiya suddenly froze. It was really heartbreaking to see this "commander" who had to shoulder everything before he even reached adulthood, go from being energetic to being depressed.

Rhodes Island was on the brink of collapse, but even so, Amiya decided to launch the rescue operation in Che City and led the team herself. This awareness seemed a bit too heavy for a girl.

"I will try my best to help. After all, you saved my life, Dr. Kel'tsit, Amiya."

Orson wanted to stroke Amiya's ears and tell the child not to worry, but in the end he was glared back by Queen Mother Kai.

As expected, all old men and old ladies are the same! Kal'tsit's protective demeanor is a perfect match for Big Daddy.

"Orson, I—"

"First, stabilize your oripathy, Dr. Orson."

Kal'tsit interrupted Amiya and said firmly that although Amiya is the leader, I am the one who controls this film. You little bastard Zaizhi, don't try to improve Amiya's favorability in front of me.

"Uh... So, what kind of problem is Rhodes Island facing? I remember you're a fairly well-known new pharmaceutical company, right?"

Orson asked curiously. In fact, he really didn't know why Rhodes Island would take such a big risk to poach the doctor.

"Wow... There are many reasons. The casualties among the operators are high, the repairs to Rhodes Island are slow, the routes to the border territories are banned, and the biggest problem right now is—"

Amiya fell silent midway through her words, and Kal'tsit finished the sentence for the little rabbit:

"Maintenance of liquidity chain and financial deficit."

"Huh?" Orson blinked.

"As the saying goes, we're out of money."

"……what?"

"No money."

Kal'tsit repeated it again with an expressionless face.

89. Rhode Island, which does everything except pharmaceuticals

"Um... what exactly is going on with no money?"

"Let's put aside the situation in Rhodes Island for now. Although Amiya agrees and grants you the corresponding authority, this does not mean that you actually have the corresponding decision-making power."

Kal'tsit told Orson that he didn't need to worry about the situation in Rhodes Island for the time being. After all, he was now the leader of the Reunion Movement. If he openly interfered with the internal operations of Rhodes Island, the elite operators might have objections.

(The authority structure within Rhodes Island can be broadly summarized from largest to smallest as [Amiya] - [Kal'tsit] - [Elite Operators' Meeting]. Of course, this is just a generalization, and there are some variations in practice.)

The most important thing is that Kal'tsit herself needs time to think about what kind of existence Orson is.

Although, through the lens of "out of sight", there is little difference between Orson and "The Doctor", there are strong differences between his and her essences, ways of doing things and personalities.

Maybe... I should treat Orson as some kind of heir, a son, who inherited her legacy?

Kal'tsit instantly imagined the scene of the doctor holding the little Orson's hand, and then immediately shook her head vigorously.

No, no, no, this idea is too weird!

"In short, Amiya and I will introduce you to some areas of this facility in Rhodes Island. Putting aside the controversial identity, you are still a patient who came to Rhodes Island for treatment. This is the only accurate definition that cannot be questioned."

Kal'tsit sighed. She found that with the arrival of Orson, the number of times she sighed had increased dramatically. On the one hand, it was because of his experiences and life experience, and on the other hand, it was because of her troubles with his somewhat silly personality.

"Is this okay? Doctor Kel'tsit and Amiya, you guys should be very busy."

Orson asked curiously.

"I just took care of what PRTS needed to do in advance."

"PRTS?"

Orson repeated this somewhat unfamiliar yet familiar word. In his impression, this thing seemed to be the idiot agent who "understands my operation better than I do".

Just as Orson pronounced the word, a synthetic female voice suddenly came from the speaker in the corner of the single room.

"I'm here, Doctor. It's been over 1200 days since you last appeared. During this time, your gender changed and your height has become much shorter. You seem to have forgotten a lot, but your XP remains the same. I've prepared the latest related videos for you. Keywords: Liberi, white hair, shotacon, fencing, night attack, stalking, computer accessories—"

"What the hell is this?!"

Orson yelled, trying to stop this idiot from talking nonsense, but the indoor broadcast was still crystal clear.

"Hmm... Orson, we understand you. The people of Rhodes Island are all very unique. Some might even like the old Ranger, so please don't be afraid."

Amiya smiled knowingly and healingly.

"I don't like this. Don't misunderstand me! I'm the victim here!"

"—"

Kal'tsit didn't say anything, she just stared at Orson with a look that said, "I seem to have accidentally saved a piece of trash."

Orson was in tears.

After a brief commotion, Kal'tsit and Amiya took Orson to visit various facilities in Rhodes Island.

The first place they came to was the dormitory. The structure of Rhodes Island's dormitories was somewhat similar to that of university dormitories, except that the decoration of each room was subtly different.

"Once Orson finishes his recuperation period, he can be moved to the dormitory. Rhodes Island is very particular about the living environment of its operators!"

The three of them walked into a dormitory, and Amiya explained proudly while patting the sofa next to her.

"Indeed, it's much more comfortable than the dorm I imagined, and the furniture is also very elegant. But... why are there so many people here?"

Not long after the three of them sat down, 5,6 or operators inexplicably came into the dormitory. These people didn't do anything, they were just wandering around.

"Ahahaha... let's go somewhere else, Orson?"

Amiya gave an awkward but polite smile, and everyone stood up and left the dormitory that was being used for a walk by a group of people.

"Hmm? The decoration of this dormitory is very atmospheric."

When passing by a dormitory decorated in a country style, Orson said that he liked this type of style, but Amiya shook her head.

"The operators generally say this dormitory has a 'lack of atmosphere'..."

Afterwards, we passed by a room with a messy layout, strangely placed furniture, and even a mysterious prison toilet and iron bars.

"It must be very uncomfortable to live in a place like this. Is it the punishment room in Rhodes Island?" Orson pointed to the dormitory in front of him where dogs would buy wooden boards and build a doghouse overnight if they wanted to move in.

"Uh... this dormitory was designed by Dr. Kal'tsit herself. It's said to be the combination room with the 'highest theoretical atmosphere value'." Amiya scratched her cheek.

"Hmm, I see. There's an invisible order in the chaos, and the seemingly chaotic combination actually highlights the theme of 'freedom'. Brilliant, absolutely amazing—Ahhhhhh!"

"...If you don't know how to flatter, you can just shut up."

Kal'tsit summoned mon3tr to hold Orson in her mouth, signaling him to stop talking.

After leaving the dormitory area, Rhodes Island's cafeteria is not far away.

"This is Rhodes Island's cafeteria. It was originally designed to be used as an auditorium, so it's a bit large."

"Not many people, is that because—uh, uh, thank you?"

Orson walked to the cafeteria window, and before he could finish expressing his feelings, a staff member suddenly stuffed a lunch box into his hand.

Because it looked delicious, Orson, who was a little hungry, opened his chopsticks and prepared to fill his stomach.

"There are usually only two reasons why the cafeteria is empty: the power and water supply are out, and—"

“Puff!”

"—Today's chef is Furong."

Kal'tsit looked at Orson, who was lying on the ground spitting blood, holding a lunch box in his right hand and slowly reaching forward with his left hand, and whispered to him.

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After rescuing Orson, the three of them headed to the next area.

"Come to think of it, I haven't met many people along the way. Is everyone on a mission?"

Orson asked curiously, pushing open the door with "Manufacturing Station" written on it.

"Ah, Orson, it's best not to..."

Amiya reached out her hand in panic to stop Orson, but she was still a step too late.

The moment the door to the manufacturing station was pushed open—

“Help…help me…” “I haven’t slept for 24 hours…” “Bai Ma Lun…give me some Bai Ma Lun…” “My concentration…is already scattered…”

“Wow!?”

A bunch of pale and weird zombie-like office workers crawled limply towards Orson.

"This is not on the planned route."

Kal'tsit pulled Orson out of the manufacturing plant assembly line.

“Dr. Kal’tsit… save me…” “I really can’t complete the order…” “Take a vacation… my vacation…”

Boom!

The door was slammed shut. Orson looked terrified. Amiya lowered her head and put her two index fingers together without saying a word, as if she had been caught doing something bad.

"Kai, Doctor Kel'tsit, that just now——"

“War is accompanied by sacrifice.”

"……Eh?"

“They are the cornerstone of Rhode Island.”

"No, so..."

"This is for the future of Terra. This is a blessing."

"..."

Orson was persuaded by Kal'tsit, or to be more specific, he was persuaded by mon3tr who was sharpening his knife behind Kal'tsit.

90. "I understand your operation" "You know nothing!" (Additional)

After leaving the 007 agent training factory (?), Orson, Kal'tsit and Amiya strolled around other departments.

Power station, trading post, reception room——

Because of the doctor's "legacy", Orson still has some vague memories of the conditions of these facilities.

The thing is... the Rhodes Island in my memory doesn't seem to be such a sweatshop?

When Orson arrived at the power station and saw the operators who could discharge electricity being thrown into the pool, all he could think of was that a certain boss was the "human power plant" of the mind-controlled bald camp.

As for the trade war, the scene was even more tragic. The conveyor belt responsible for transporting goods was running at full speed and sparks were flying, and the group of unlucky operators responsible for delivering logistics were all in overload mode.

"That's pretty much it for Rhodes Island. The medical area is the core of Rhodes Island, so you need to apply to go there. How's it going, Orson?"

After walking around, Amiya smiled and asked Orson what he thought of Rhodes Island.

"Um... uh, I actually have a question. Where do you make your medicine?"

"…Doctor Kelsey?"

Faced with this problem, Amiya played 0V0 for a while and then sought help off the court.

"It's being done."

Kelsey responded calmly.

——Do you really realize that you are a pharmaceutical company?!

Orson complained loudly in his heart.

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