About the time I was picked up and adopted by Tallulah

"Forget it, just forget the unhappy times. It's enough to remember the moments when you felt happy."

"Ah."

Rosemary looked at the notebook in her hand, which had become much more informative recently, and nodded.

"But it's not easy to find a competitor—huh?"

As Orson and Rosemary were strolling, they noticed a curious pairing of Wolpoa and Ivan, one tall and one short, passing by.

——Isn’t that Razer and Franka? It turns out they’ve already arrived on the island.

"Those two over there!"

Having found their 'competitor', Orson and Rosemary immediately went over to him.

"Hmm? Who are you?"

Franka saw the combination of Orson and Rosemary and asked curiously.

"I'm Orson, the patient currently hospitalized in Rhode Island, and she's Rosemary."

"Rosemary? I think I've seen this child before, but I don't have a deep impression of her... Anyway, she's so cute, let me rub her first~~Ahhhhh!?"

The fat fox gave an old lady's strange smile, but before his palm touched Rosemary's ears, his entire tail and ears were instantly shocked by the electric current and turned into Super Saiyan mode.

"Don't harass someone you just met, fat fox."

Razer complained coldly from the side.

"Ha, so I can harass my Razer colleagues, who are familiar to me, at will?"

"Are you an idiot?"

"But honestly, licking Razer's horn is pretty fun—wooooo!?"

"You, you, you stupid fox!"

Razer chased Franka with a red face and beat her, while the lsp fat fox ran away while laughing.

"Anyway, if you have anything, come find me in the dormitory, Brother Orsen~"

The Black Steel Crosstalk Troupe just ran away like that, and Orsen didn't even have the time to ask for information from their old employer.

High emotional intelligence: Penguin Logistics is actually at Heigang International.

"Orson...?"

Rosemary looked at Orson and asked what to do now.

"Forget it. He can only do crosstalk, and his crosstalk only relies on sticking to make a living. There is no evidence to support him!"

Orson looked confident.

"...Which part of the body does Orson feel superior to?"

Rosemary frowned, then wrote "Mysterious pride in my crosstalk skills" on Orson's page.

It was really difficult to gather intelligence on rival companies in Rhodes Island. After some thought, Orson and Rosemary decided to skip this step and directly examine the distribution of power within the company.

The two followed the clues and ran to Amiya's office. It looked unexpectedly formal. After walking in, they found that Amiya even had to put a carrot box on the chair to reach the documents on the table. The scene looked extremely cute.

"Would you like to have the dormitory heating system adjusted individually? Is it necessary to reduce the space in the cafeteria? Speaking of which, the contract with the partner company also needs to be updated, um..."

"Amiya~"

"Oh! O-Oson?"

Amiya, who was holding a pen and pondering over documents, didn't even notice the arrival of Orson and Rosemary, and was startled by Orson's greeting.

——Come to think of it, Frost Star was always scared by me when she was daydreaming alone. Are all Carters such a easily startled race?

Every time Frost Star was thinking about how to improve Orson's favorability, the person who greeted him would think so.

"We're investigating the commercialization of Rhodes Island! We hope to... You miscalculated this, Amiya. There's something wrong with the formula for operator training material requirements."

Orson was halfway through his words when he noticed the loophole in Amiya's file.

"Hmm? Ugh—really!"

"As for the supplier's contract, they were quite cunning. They only specified the delivery date but didn't provide any specific deliverables. If there were any problems with the transaction, they would have a lot of trouble."

"Well, that's true. Orson, you know a lot about these things. It's quite subtle."

"After all, I used to help deal with this stuff when I was in the Reunion Movement, but Tallulah and Alina are definitely better at it. These unruly people, applying to install a TV? Installing a TV in the middle of nowhere, you dream! Denied."

Orson sat down in the chair very naturally to help Amiya revise the documents, while Amiya noticed Rosemary beside him.

"You are the girl from before, how is your recovery now?"

Amiya came closer to Rosemary and asked her with a smile.

"Um...I am, Rosemary."

Rosemary responded in a shy whisper, this was the first time she had said her "name" herself.

"Rosemary? What a great name! I'm Amiya, and we're actually about the same age."

Amiya smiled and held Rosemary's hands. Although Kitty was a little flustered, she quickly calmed down after realizing that Amiya had no ill intentions.

It was easy for younger people to play together, and Amiya soon became close to Rosemary.

"The medical department is still applying for research funding? They're thinking about Taozi! Tell them they can't give them a penny for more research until they can produce a drug that can be commercialized on a large scale! Give the money to the processing station. If they go to 007 again, everyone will run away."

While Amiya and Rosemary were playing with each other, Orson was scratching his hair while correcting various documents.

After dozens of minutes——

"Got it...! Humph, don't think I'm stupid all the time—No, I'm not stupid at all! Anyway, don't underestimate me!"

Orson let out a long sigh, then thought about why he came here?

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"I'm so sorry... Orson!"

In the corridor, Amiya bowed her head and apologized, Rosemary tilted her head, confused about the situation, and Orson drank rationality fluid while saying not to worry.

"I've also developed a professional illness... I've been looking through a bunch of Rhodes Island internal affairs documents. I guess I've caused you quite a bit of trouble, haven't I?"

"No, no, no!"

Orson, who had originally planned to talk to Amiya about the power relations in Rhodes Island, ended up helping the little rabbit modify a bunch of documents for no apparent reason, rubbed his eyes and said.

Because Amiya said, "It would be better to ask Dr. Kal'tsit about the structure of Rhodes Island," the group's current goal is to find Kal'tsit.

Orson and Rosemary came to Kal'tsit's office under the guidance of Amiya.

"This is Dr. Kel'tsit's office. She should be in the office at this time. Anyway, knock first... Hmm? Is it open?"

As soon as Amiya's palm touched the handle, the office door was pushed open easily. It seemed that Kal'tsit didn't set the no-entry permission for Amiya.

After everyone opened the door, they saw Kal'tsit sitting at the desk, staring at the bloody clinical report and stuffing instant noodles into her mouth.

"—"

Kal'tsit blinked, then slurped the noodles into her mouth.

"Amiya, Dr. Orson, and Rosemary—what are you doing here?"

Kal'tsit was mature after all. She concealed her momentary panic with an expressionless face, then put on her usual attitude and asked everyone.

"Dr. Kel'tsit...? Um, Orson wants to ask about the internal structure of Rhodes Island. I think you should be able to explain it more clearly."

Amiya blinked. It was also the first time she saw Kal'tsit eating lunch, and in such a... down-to-earth way.

"Rhode Island Structure? Are you planning to take over the doctor's previous job, Dr. Orson?"

Kal'tsit frowned and asked Orson.

"No... well, after all, Rhodes Island has run into financial trouble because of my treatment, so I figured I'd help out a bit. I'm currently investigating ways to promote Rhodes Island businesses."

As Orson explained this, Rosemary beside him raised the notebook in her hand for Carlos to see.

Kal'tsit was stunned when she saw various keywords such as "pervert", "crosstalk troupe", "human trafficking", etc. Is this guy trying to promote Rhodes Island's business, or is the Discipline Inspection Commission here to close down the black-hearted factory?

"Let's not talk about that for now, Dr. Kal'tsit. Eating instant noodles alone is bad for both your body and mind. I saw earlier that the cafeteria chef isn't Furong today. Shall we go to the cafeteria?"

"No need, it's just eating, it doesn't matter where or how the food tastes."

Orson made a suggestion, but Kal'tsit simply shook his head in rejection.

"In that case, don't blame me for using my trump card—Amiya, Rosemary, persuade Dr. Kal'tsit!"

Orson summoned Cat and Bunny and used "Coquettish" on Kal'tsit!

Outstanding effect!

“…I understand. Just this once.”

Kal'tsit sighed and agreed to Orson's request.

Afterwards, a group of people came to the cafeteria. Amidst the surprised looks of many operators, the four of them sat at the table. Kal'tsit ate a hamburger while explaining to Orson the general power structure of Rhodes Island.

In short, Amiya has the highest decision-making power, Kal'tsit and the former "Doctor" have law enforcement and administrative powers, and elite operators can also sign new treaties by voting. Of course, the decision maker is still Amiya.

"Looks like Amiya is having a hard time, isn't she?"

Orson looked at the little rabbit with emotion, while Amiya smiled happily.

"I'm fine, Orson. I just feel like... having dinner with Dr. Kel'tsit and everyone else like this is very similar to when the Tower of Babel was first created."

"...I'll try to find time to dine with you in the future. However, Amiya—the Tower of Babel has been destroyed, along with His Majesty and the Doctor's disappearance."

"...Well, I know Orson and the others will return to the Reunion Movement after their treatment, right? But at least for now, I'm still very happy."

Amiya was slightly depressed, but then smiled again.

"It's still uncertain what will happen after you recover, Amiya~"

Orson skillfully stroked Amiya's hair, and then remembered with horror that Kal'tsit was right next to him.

Later, even Mon3tr joined the dinner and had Orson.

While everyone was in chaos because of Kal'tsit's unprecedented appearance and the series of farces caused by Orson, Rosemary remained silent.

——Orson...will leave Rhodes Island?

In fact, I know this matter very well. After all, during the time when I was running around with Orson, Orson often mentioned a place called [Integration Movement]. Every time when talking about it, Orson's tone was very happy.

Maybe that's where Orson should really be.

Although I know this, for some reason, I always find it... hard to accept?

Rosemary didn't understand this emotion, and some "noise" in her mind was getting louder and louder.

The noises kept telling Rosemary that she was just an experimental subject and it was impossible for her to really leave the laboratory and contact the "outside world". Even Orson would be forgotten by her in the end.

"Orson..."

"What's wrong Rosemary, don't you like cilantro?"

"...No, it's nothing."

Rosemary hesitated, but ultimately said nothing.

101. Past Panics

"Your physical condition has been stabilizing lately, Rosemary."

In Rosemary's room in the experimental area, Kal'tsit conducted a routine inspection and looked at the inspection report.

It has been a while since Rosemary was brought from Locke's laboratory to Rhodes Island. Although Kal'tsit has been taking special care of Rosemary, the condition of this Filin has not been very good.

Rosemary's "brain stem" was forcibly implanted with some kind of artificial Originium infection, which made Rosemary an "infected person without mineral disease"

The artificial Originium infection gave Rosemary powerful powers, but also brought various sequelae that even Rhodes Island could not treat, among which "amnesia" was one of them.

"I've been recording a lot recently, Dr. Kelsey."

Rosemary looked at the notebook in her hand, which had a lot of (weird) content recorded, and then carefully put it aside.

"We've previously speculated that your amnesia isn't due to a physiological defect, but rather psychological factors. You consciously and periodically seal most of your memories, a sort of self-protection mechanism."

Kal'tsit said as she reviewed Rosemary's medical report.