About the time I was picked up and adopted by Tallulah

"constitution?"

"You inherited a part of her being, and therefore also changed a part of your structure. The strange difference between your somatic cell infection rate and blood Originium concentration is an example. As for the reason for this situation, I can't tell you for the time being."

"Is it also because of the confidentiality agreement and top secrets?" Orson asked curiously.

"No, it's to keep you safe, Dr. Orson."

Kal'tsit responded calmly, without any evasion in her eyes.

"Your—no, the Doctor's existence itself is one of the foundations of Rhodes Island's existence, not just the PRTS system and her command capabilities. Rhodes Island has experienced a leak of information related to the Doctor before, and the final result of that incident was that she was injured and entered the sarcophagus, and ultimately—vanished from this land, and a part of her legacy was integrated into your body."

The atmosphere became a little heavy. Although Orson didn't know the oath Kal'tsit had made in her heart to protect him, he had guessed that the relationship between Kal'tsit and the doctor was definitely more than just "colleagues". Kal'tsit would definitely blame himself primarily for the doctor's disappearance.

Orson didn't know what to say at this moment. Fortunately, at this moment, the door of the operating room was pushed open, and the supreme leader of Rhodes Island, the little rabbit Amiya, whose ears almost accounted for one-third of his height, entered the operating room with a somewhat panicked expression.

"Dr. Kal'tsit, something bad has happened...!"

"Calm down, Amiya. You need to control your emotions. Fear is a catalyst that makes us concentrate, not a factor that affects our behavior. What's wrong?"

Kal'tsit calmly gestured to Amiya to calm down, and then asked the little rabbit why she was so panicked.

"Rhodes Island's Originium reserves are almost exhausted, but there's still some time until the scheduled resupply... What should we do now?"

Amiya frowned and asked Kal'tsit helplessly. Orson, who was standing next to her, raised his eyebrows after hearing what Amiya said.

Is such a small issue really a big deal? Isn't Ursus next door the largest source stone producing area in all of Terra? Just buy some and it'll be fine.

"This shouldn't be a big deal—Wow, Dr. Kal'tsit, you're reacting so strongly!?"

Orson looked at Kal'tsit calmly, and was then startled by the other's expression.

"Is...is this problem so serious?"

Orson cautiously stretched out his hand and waved it in front of Kal'tsit. The latter came to her senses, shook her head, and twitched her ears in an attempt to return to her original all-knowing appearance.

"Orson, this is indeed a serious problem... Although Rhodes Island can achieve internal self-sufficiency in most resources, the Originium that powers everything must be purchased. And according to our financial budget from a few months ago, it's still nearly two months before we have funds to purchase Originium..."

Amiya said this dejectedly, even her ears drooping. It can be seen that this situation is indeed extremely urgent for Rhodes Island.

"So it all comes down to a lack of funds? I never thought the major crisis Rhodes Island faced would be something like this..."

Orson also sighed. Although he had previously guessed that Rhodes Island had encountered some emergency situation and had to dig out the swordsman, when he learned that the reason was the extremely realistic reason of "no money", he couldn't help but feel disillusioned.

"Okay—there's no point in worrying. Since I was saved by Dr. Kal'tsit, it's time for me to help repay her kindness!"

Orson suddenly found that he finally seemed to have something to do to pass the time, and he became interested again.

"I will resolve Rhode Island's financial crisis! You know, my motto is 'An eye for an eye, a thousand times over'!"

Orson patted his chest and said this, but Amiya gave an awkward but polite smile.

"Doesn't that sound like a business motto...? Thank you, Orson, but... well, isn't there a saying in Yan Country, 'As long as the thought is there, it's all good'?" Amiya said with a smile.

"As a token of my appreciation? It's okay. I don't have much to do anyway, so I'm willing to help."

"What Amiya means is that we don't think you have the ability to handle finances. To put it bluntly - I think you are stupid."

"That's too straightforward!"

Orson raised his hand in protest angrily, but Kal'tsit turned his head away and ignored him.

"Don't look at me like this, I have financial management experience before! I opened an account at the stock exchange and earned 0 yuan, but that same day I surpassed 85% of stockholders!"

"What happened next?" Kal'tsit asked calmly.

"...I lost more than 7000." Orson avoided the question.

Orson and Kal'tsit were talking here, while Amiya next to them was a little dazed watching the scene.

Amiya hadn't seen Kal'tsit communicate with others like this for a long time. Amiya could feel that Kal'tsit was calm at the moment, and even a little subtly happy.

"...Otherwise, let's ask Orson to help!"

Amiya, watching this scene, made up her mind and said this.

Although the next second Amiya was immediately stared at by Kal'tsit's eyes, which said "If you have a fever, go drink water, take medicine and have a sleep", the little rabbit did not retreat. The little leader had made up his mind.

"Amiya, I understand that the situation in Rhodes Island is very dire right now, but this is no reason for us to seek our own destruction."

"It shouldn't be that serious, Dr. Kal'tsit! Besides, doesn't Orson have a part of the doctor? In that case... we should trust Orson!"

In response to Amiya's words, Kal'tsit sighed.

"You're too trusting, Amiya... But let's leave it at that for now. Dr. Orson, do your best without blowing up Rhodes Island."

Kal'tsit sighed, but finally decided to follow Amiya's arrangement. What bad intentions could a cute little rabbit have?

"...No, there's no way we can blow up Rhodes Island. This isn't the Scarlet Devil Mansion or Fuyuki."

Orson complained with an embarrassed look on his face, wondering how much these people didn't trust him.

Business War, a grand series!! (Not really)

94. Open the door! Rhode Island Department of the Interior is investigating corruption!

"Ultimately, the operation of a business boils down to four key words: [Increase revenue and reduce expenditure]! Next, we'll start with reducing expenditure and see if Rhodes Island is wasting money pointlessly. Then, we'll plug the loopholes. Any questions?"

Orson tapped the blackboard seriously, looking like he was sure of victory.

"Um... Orson, why are you wearing a suit and a top hat? And where did that hat and monocle come from?"

Amiya raised her hand and asked curiously. At this time, Orson took off his hospital gown, put on a suit and a hat, and dressed himself neatly.

"Since you want to exploit, then do it to the end. After putting on this outfit, I will become a complete spiritual capitalist!" Orson said, pushing his monocle.

"You're so talented."

Amiya exclaimed expertly.

"More like a bodyguard, and the bowler hat and glasses are stupid—I have things to do, so I'm leaving first."

Kal'tsit took out her cell phone, took a picture, and then signaled Orson to dress more normally.

"Doctor Kal'tsit must also come along! I'll help you work overtime to catch up on the work progress. This is my order!"

Kal'tsit wanted to run away, but was unexpectedly held back by Amiya. The latter was stunned for a moment, and then nodded expressionlessly to show that she understood.

"...As expected of Dr. Kal'tsit."

On the other side, Orsen wiped his sweat. After all, this suit was the same one Orsen wore when he was a senior security guard for Zaolu.

"Anyway, first of all, does Rhodes Island have any bills or something to record the flow of expenditure funds?"

"Originally, it seemed like there was, but then there was a power outage in Rhode Island, and the data in the electronic ledger was somewhat corrupted after that incident. So everyone stopped keeping track and just used pen and paper to record their own department's data."

Amiya replied with a finger on her chin.

"What a disaster... Anyway, first of all, where does Rhodes Island spend most of its funds?"

Orson took out a small notebook and asked in a serious tone.

Although he originally wanted to kill time, this problem is very serious for Rhodes Island, so Orson will naturally do his best to help as much as possible.

"Routine maintenance and repairs on the ship itself, purchase of Originium and supplies, training funds for operators—"

"Operator training funds, this is it!"

"Eh?"

Orson interrupted Amiya with an expression that said Lee Sin had found his highlight.

As someone who had experienced the tragic experience of spending all his money to improve the training level of an operator and then found out that the other party was a mascot, Orson instantly thought that this was the key.

"I have ample reason to suspect that some rogue operators in Rhodes Island have embezzled training funds!"

"Uh... that shouldn't be the case. The operators are all very nice people." Amiya responded with some disbelief.

"No, no, Amiya. People are multifaceted. Even Froststar once secretly hid carrots! She even threw ice at me after I found out... Ahem, Froststar seems to be coming back to Rhodes Island soon. We can get to know each other better then. Anyway, don't tell her what I'm saying."

"Um……?"

Amiya tilted her head, while Kal'tsit beside her turned away her eyes somewhat abnormally.

Since they couldn't find a better way to deal with it, everyone decided to follow Orson's advice and conduct a random check on the operators to see if they could really find the legendary "high-paid mascot".

Arriving at the dormitory area, Orson knocked casually on the door, and a lizard man opened it.

Oh, the first one I met was the prince.

"Dr. Kel'tsit, Amiya, and... the much-discussed Orson lately, what's up?"

12F looked at the trio in front of him, which had a grand appearance but an extremely strange combination.

"Hello, we're currently investigating Rhodes Island's financial flows. Could you please let us take a look at your hobbies and daily spending? We'll only be looking at large transactions with unusual data, and won't be investigating private matters. We hope you'll cooperate."

Orson pushed up his air glasses (his top hat and monocle were so stupid that the intolerable Kal'tsit summoned Mon3tr to eat them) and spoke calmly.

"Amount investigation... I understand."

12F frowned, then cooperated with the investigation while muttering to himself, "Is it strange? Yes, it is strange."

After a while, the investigation was concluded. 12F's training funds weren't much, and his hobbies were relatively ordinary. There was nothing special about the bill, just a single row of -648.

"I've been playing the mobile game Girls Frontline lately..."

12F tilted her head and explained.

"I understand - I will be personally responsible for your operator performance evaluation next month." Kal'tsit nodded and responded lightly.

"DAMEDANE!" The prince's wails were blocked behind the door.

After the first victim was apprehended, Orson found another dormitory. This time, when he opened the door, he was greeted by a film operator with long dark blue hair and full of energy.

"Who is it——huh? It's Amiya! Just let me rub it~~~"

"Pfft! Wait, wait a minute, Huang..."

When the happy sawer saw Amiya, he rushed over and rubbed her without saying a word, which made Orson extremely envious and jealous.

"Huang, can I understand that you are trying to attack the supreme leader of Rhodes Island?" Kal'tsit was also a little unhappy and responded in a low voice.

"Wow! Doctor Kaikai Kal'tsit? Why are you here too... Ahaha, this is the Filin way of greeting... Hmm? You must be Orson! The scumbag who defeated Lin Guang and stole her heart."

"I've been in the hospital for the past few days, so why am I still being criticized?!"

Orson complained loudly.

"There's no point in talking so much, let's fight!"

Huang excitedly put on gloves and took out his big baby chainsaw from behind the door, looking eager to fight.

"No, no, no... I'm not a tuner now, I'm a capitalist."

Orson frowned and waved his hand. When Huang heard the word "capitalist", he was stunned for a moment, then took out a street lamp and continued to ask for a fight with Orson and hang him up.

Huang Maomao is not an elite operator yet, but because she is participating in the elite operator training test, she has also received a lot of funds.

Unlike 12F, Huang's expenses were unexpectedly low. 7% of her expenses were compensation paid out of her own pocket for accidentally dismantling something during the operation, and the remaining 3% was spent on buying a lot of B-level movies.

As expected of a Chainsaw Man with a Flame Fist, Huang Maomao's taste in movies is truly far ahead of the average person. Ordinary people simply can't match her loneliness.

After Amiya was forced by Huang to watch half of "Ghost Shark vs. Kamen Rider W", the little rabbit fell into sage mode for a while, thinking about the meaninglessness of the world.

"After I become an elite operator, let's have a barbecue together tonight, then watch a videotape that's said to kill people, and then stay in a villa deep in the mountains and play Pen Fairy to build up our courage!"

Huang set a lot of flags in one breath, but Orson was not too worried. After all, no matter how you look at it, Huang is the character in the horror movie who chases and kills the protagonists.

After that, they found a bunch of operators one after another, and their initial goal gradually changed from "finding the whereabouts of the funds" to "interacting intimately with the operators."

Commonly known as poking the trust bubble.

All of ACE's funds were used to subsidize Rhode Island, and his own hobby was growing flowers and plants.

At first, Orson felt that ACE had a heart of a tiger but could still smell the roses. However, when Orson asked ACE why he planted flowers and he replied that it was "to prevent a zombie outbreak", Orson vaguely felt that there was something wrong with ACE.

SCOUT's hobby is collecting all kinds of Rutland rifles. This hobby is somewhat similar to W's, except that W's collections were all snatched from some unlucky guy, while SCOUT bought them from blind boxes on the black market.

When the usually serious SCOUT excitedly told everyone how awesome the [Dragon Legend (Factory New)] hanging on the wall was and how many Lungmen coins it cost, Queen Mother Kai's face became noticeably gloomier.

After SCOUT finished introducing the Rutland rifle, he seemed to be reluctant to leave. After all, he didn't usually have anyone to share his collection with. So SCOUT was kindly preparing to introduce his collection of knives to everyone, but was finally interrupted by Orson.

Queen Mother Kai didn't say anything in the end, but silently recorded SCOUT's assets in the "Rhodes Island Final Emergency Reserve" column.