Arknights, but the family has fallen again

A two-faced demon mercenary!

The suffering of this week has caused Frost Star to accumulate a lot of hostility towards Otto and W again.

"Catch isn't the right word," Ott corrected. "She knew exactly what was going to happen, but she didn't give me a clear refusal when I called her."

Kelsey pointed out another basic fact that Ott tried to cover up: "When a person's brain uses dreams to organize information, it has essentially lost the ability to give you a clear rejection."

"This sounds a bit like a forced sale, Dr. Ott," Alina agreed.

A cold wind blew across my face.

Frost Star came from the front, waving the dagger and staff in his hands, and white ice clusters grew out instantly.

The group stopped immediately.

"Ott, give me an explanation."

To this, Ott responded: "I have many answers, but what is your question?"

Then, he turned around and asked, "Since you are so angry, let me guess...you have been here for a week?"

The hidden premise of Otto's rhetorical question made Frost Star shudder.

Black began to mix into the ice clusters.

She pointed her sword at Ott and demanded sharply, "You deliberately used W's body to invite me out, but you trapped me in this hellhole for a whole week! And you're asking me this question!?"

One week?

Otto understood.

This time, it didn't fail.

Abuse of destiny to reconstruct things that give yourself tentacles... that's called a stepping stone!

"Don't worry, when you return to reality, it will most likely be the same moment you came in."

Then, Ott stretched out his hand and said, "If you don't believe me, I can... wake you up right away."

Frost Star said nothing, but was obviously moved. However, before she could say anything else, she disappeared from Hamlet in an instant.

W rolled his eyes.

Because they were also the guinea pigs in this experiment, W had already guessed what Otto wanted to do... remotely control their bodies from the border.

The difference is that when the experiment was mentioned to W, W had the whimsical idea of standing still and entering the junction, and then being sent back and then having Ott take over to prevent him from falling (Chapter 76).

Your wild idea is a bit unnecessary. Why don't you just lie down and do nothing from the beginning?

In reality, extreme fatigue caused Frost Star to turn over in bed.

At the end of the dream, a whisper came: "Let me in, I want to wake you up."

When speaking Hamlet, the slight sense of identification that arose in him with Otto's last words perversely responded to Otto's inquiry when he broke into the room.

Yelena's eyes opened, but her thoughts were still confused and she was still immersed in sleep in an unsystematic manner.

Successful.

Yelena's expression remained calm, yet she revealed a unique intellectuality. She put on her clothes, walked to a mirror, and said, "Miss Frost Star, wake up."

Under Otto's intentional suppression, Frost Star's brain activity failed to fully recover.

Her own sense of autonomy was not even enough to give a clear refusal, so there was no question of "expulsion" at all.

But she still asked slowly and firmly: "What is going on?"

After standing in front of the mirror for a long time, Shuangxing continued to ask, "You...took away...my body?"

These two questions should be asked together.

Now, in Hamlet, Ott shook his head.

This trick might come in handy someday... but forget it for Froststar. He needed the Ice Mage, the leader of the Yeti Squad.

However, this technique of taking advantage of a person's dream to trick them into opening their defenses, and then suppressing the victim's consciousness, rendering them unable to expel the object voluntarily...can no longer be called an "agency agreement."

Let’s call it sleeping… oh no, call it “telecom fraud”.

Doesn’t it sound too nice, “mind fraud”?

Just barely enough.

Ott nodded and gave this move a new name.

At the same time, he came to another conclusion: if we forcibly connect reality from the border area as we do now, the "time difference" will be eliminated.

Yelena's thin lips opened slightly, and Ott took this opportunity to say to Frost Star: "I can take your body now, forever. But I won't do it."

"I need you to work for me, not me for you."

You steal someone else's body, suppress the original owner's brain activity, and then manipulate it step by step, right?

You don't have to.

Although he is good at this, one of the things that Ott hates most is this behavior that consumes his attention to an extreme degree.

To put it bluntly: he likes to relieve himself and hang up, and it would be best if he could put the person down and then his hands could leave the glass plate.

And he is working towards that direction.

"Okay, I'll be leaving soon. I suggest you come back and catch up on some sleep after confirming the time."

The consciousness that originally controlled her body left, and without an effective handover, Yelena's body went limp. Fortunately, she subconsciously held onto the mirror.

With the sound of the mirror falling to the ground and shattering into pieces, Yelena regained consciousness.

And she just felt cold sweat all over her body.

Hamlet town.

Kelsey crossed her arms and resisted, "How about it?"

"The time difference at the border can be utilized." Ott replied, "I'm considering switching some of the Rhodes Island staff's salaries to weekly or daily payments."

The two seem to have nothing to do with each other...

"Otherwise, eight times the working hours and no change in wages could have a significant impact on morale."

I knew it!

You have to bring people in from Rhode Island to work overtime!

"There is a lack of necessary equipment and working environment here." Kal'tsit struggled.

"There's also a lack of distraction and diversion." Ott said bluntly: "I need a set of blueprints for a landship."

“Even though it’s painted on the existing foundation, it still has to reserve space for subsequent renovations.”

"...Then how are you going to get it out?"

“Sacrifice some personal time.”

Chapter 85 Grand Slam of Victory!

When Ayafara knocked on the door, Otto was still counting his recent gains.

"My name is Eyjafjalla. I was studying volcanic geology before joining Rhodes Island. Due to the influence of oripathy, my hearing is not very good. Perhaps I will have to trouble you more in the future, senior." At first, Eyjafjalla was a little reserved, but soon she began to mention "Ott's scar."

"Regarding your memories, Senior..."

Eyjafjalla arrived at Longmen along with a new batch of inhibitors and reinforcements, accompanied by the landing of Rhodes Island's low-altitude aircraft.

Although it was unknown how the Earth Spirit explained all this to her, the final result was that Eyjafjalla agreed to Otto's arrangement.

"We'll talk about that later. Let's take the inhibitor to the free clinic first." Otto didn't even raise his head as he copied the necromancy on the PRTS terminal.

PRTS can read Ott's surface thoughts to a certain extent. Although it cannot copy the exact drawings from his head, it can omit the vocalization and directly translate what Ott "wants to say".

It was great for his job and he loved it.

"Huh?" Eyjafjalla was stunned for a moment.

Because of the lesion, the lamb has serious hearing problems.

This pause was probably to identify Otto's words.

After confirming again and again, Eyjafjalla hurriedly replied, "Yes!"

"Oh, by the way..." Ott looked up and said, "Rhodes Island has recently mastered a technology to suppress Originium disease based on personal Originium skills, but..."

Wearing a hood while working indoors made Ott somewhat uncomfortable. Now that he was in the base office, he took it off for the time being.

That's why Eyjafjalla saw it.

Due to the long hibernation, Ott's hair was dry and pale. A few black ear feathers were faintly visible in the hair, which combined with his appearance, made him look sickly and haggard.

Although his face was haggard, his eyes were cold and his expression was focused, as if nothing could stop his determination.

Ott paused and said, "My knowledge in this area is no longer enough to discern its principles."

"Huh!?" Eyjafjalla felt a little dizzy and even a little lost.

"Go." Otto lowered his head again.

Not long ago, he finally got a few feathers from the Ghost Shark, so he no longer had to be a hooded weirdo every day.

Kal'tsit would never agree to such a thing. No matter how small the possibility was, she would not allow such an act that might lead to the exposure of Otto's identity.

You can only act first and report later.

But seriously speaking, rather than these pheasant feathers that came from nowhere, Otto wanted something he could talk about.

"The door is over there."

Eyjafjalla blushed and quickly closed the door.

You blush like a bubble teapot!

Thus, in the eyes of the Sarkaz, Ott became a mind flayer disguised as Liberi.

Although Otto would never admit this false identity, it did not prevent him from... taking advantage of it occasionally.

The necromancy he had just been copying was no longer some crude trick unearthed from the bookshelf in the ruins. Instead, it was the precious knowledge Alina had picked up from the necromancer and his research table last night.

Not only was she identified as an "antique dealer," but Alina's hands were also particularly red. The scrolls she had found were enough for Ott to piece together the techniques for "The Dead Never Rest." Furthermore, she had also obtained some research materials for "The Desires of Flesh and Blood."

But when it comes to actual combat, we can only say that further practice is needed.

Unfortunately, the "Second Week" expedition itself is just a "newbie tutorial" copy.

Even though Ott followed Kal'tsit's idea of "must defeat a boss and rescue Ott from schizophrenia", he prolonged the journey and even climbed a mountain, but still did not gain much.

Ignoring the sponsor accessories obtained through codes and the crystal accessories related to the farm, in Darkest Dungeon, accessories generally exist in four levels: white common, green good, blue rare, and orange very rare.

But to be honest, some orange equipment is not as effective as blue or green equipment...

In the second week, Ott only obtained two lowest-level white accessories and an orange ancestral accessory dropped from the Limp Wanderer, in addition to a large number of heirlooms, gold coins and gems.

However, this did greatly speed up the exploration of the ruins, allowing Ott to face the Necromancer in the "third week".

Last night's "third week", which was divided into two parts for further experimentation, was a literal grand slam.

The secret knowledge plundered from the Necromancer still needs further research by Ott, so let's not talk about it for now. But as a large-scale dungeon, in addition to the hunting oranges dropped by the Necromancer and the professional oranges rewarded by the dungeon, one of the benefits of long-term operations is the huge amount of loot.

Because Terra's superhuman physical strength was used to carry the goods physically, the inventory limit was bypassed this time, and a large number of white accessories that were almost equivalent to "garbage" in the main game were retained.

During the battle, she even obtained two green ornaments and one blue ornament. While camping, Alina even used her camping skills to obtain a second blue ornament without any instruction!

In this way, even if we exclude the professional accessories that cannot be found for the corresponding heroes for the time being, the number of spiritual links that Otto can maintain at the same time has exceeded twelve.

In addition, he also gradually developed the "agency agreement", "whispering agreement" and the most despicable "mind fraud" from the most basic spiritual connection. In every sense, he gained a lot.

In addition to these personal benefits, Otto's preparations at Longmen have also begun to show results.

Although "this was not our intention", the nature of Longmen Commercial City still allowed Otto to earn sufficient liquidated damages.

To this day, those tycoons have all smelled the scent of gunpowder from the Longmen officials' unconcealed deployment of personnel and materials.

As of last night, there were less than ten companies that chose to pay liquidated damages and withhold strategic materials.

By noon today...

Ott can only say that, considering their competitors, the remaining handful of companies that did not choose to default...if they made such decisions based on "business acumen" rather than "business ethics", they are destined to live a relatively failed life in Longmen.