Arknights, but the family has fallen again

The person who came was Meteorite.

"Doctor...you're looking for me?"

Although he had seen it several times, Meteorite still hesitated in front of Otto's true appearance.

Ott carefully pushed a pile of trembling documents and a sum of cash to her, pointing to the cash and saying, "This is overtime pay and allowance. Also, our ship will dock in about twenty minutes. There's a batch of cargo that's been waiting at the port for half a day. I need you to inspect it."

This kind of thing should have been announced in advance.

But if we do that, we can't maximize the exploitation... No, we can't fully exercise the meteorite's ability to stand on its own.

"I've already made arrangements with the port," Otto said nonchalantly. "By the way, Rhodes Island has a batch of pipes that need replacing."

He pointed to the top of the pile of documents and said word by word, "Make sure this batch of piping materials is delivered to the Engineering Department as soon as possible, no matter what."

Although he was puzzled, Meteorite still nodded heavily.

"clear."

"No matter how profit-driven Longmen's business alliance is, there are still some companies willing to pay for large quantities of goods." Ott also sat back down and said casually, "The original text materials are all here. Once they arrive, they will be handed over to Kal'tsit."

"……clear."

Ott emphasized it twice, which made Meteorite serious.

Unlike the Spellcasting Unit, seamless steel pipes aren't something regulated on Terra. But it's best not to shout through a megaphone, "I bought them to make gun barrels!"

"And one more thing!"

Just as Meteorite was about to leave, Ott said, "On your way back, go talk to the real estate agent across from the office. Rent that piece of land as well. The space we have now won't be enough in the future."

"But they didn't rent it before. If we talk about it now..."

Although the office's current address is relatively the best solution, we still negotiated with other landlords for safety reasons.

The land that Otto talked about was not in the best position, but if it was not taken now, it would indeed be enough to serve as a tactical fulcrum.

On the other hand, since this piece of land has been taken, if that piece of land cannot be obtained in time during the war, the office will be threatened to a certain extent.

The best way to secure a piece of land during a war is to garrison it before the war.

"The past was the past, and the present is the present. They should agree, probably." Otto was not so sure.

After all, there are idiots in the slums who dare not give face to the Rat King...

Meteorite waited for a long time, and only left slowly after making sure that he would not hear "one more thing" again.

After the meteorite left, Otto switched the terminal screen back to the drone camera, and Huaihu and Jie had just finished their conversation.

This drone was originally a two-pronged approach.

Chapter 100: War can wait, but Scale Ball cannot

Otto had hoped to quietly "glance" at Rat King Lin Gerui from here and gain some possible intelligence advantages. Indeed, sending the operators on such a mission would indeed make Rat King Lin Gerui aware that Rhodes Island was investigating them.

But in fact, Jie's arrival already means that Lin Gerui, the "local rat", has acquiesced to Rhodes Island's armed defense of the slums.

Since they had already expressed their opinions, the probability of Ott obtaining any useful intelligence through such snooping was not very high. Moreover, if he continued to dig into Shi Huaiya and Jie, even if he obtained any useful information, he would most likely not see the day when it could be turned into profit.

Otto was determined to find out something from the line of "Jie → Uncle Dong → Rat King", but this was just the energy of this scum of the world who didn't even trust the person next to him.

In reality, the arrival of Shi Huaiya and Jie essentially signified that both the underworld and the underworld had opened their arms to Rhodes Island. With Wei Yanwu's unwavering resolve regarding war, the Rhodes Island office in Longmen would become a "private institution" effectively managing the entire slum area.

Otto even considered quickly stealing similar powers from any country before being tainted too much by Lungmen and Dayan... What he meant was to contract, to contract the affairs of the infected in a certain area.

It is not easy to find a good helper like Black Snake, and Otto does not expect to get the opportunity to project power over ordinary people elsewhere.

Terra practiced a literal superhuman politics, where individual military prowess alone was enough to stir up trouble. Even in the relatively peaceful and somewhat wondrous Great Yan, a politician's military prowess was a powerful bargaining chip to attract others to place bets.

Regardless of whether Lao Li was willing or not, he was a crucial link in the Dragon Gate's black and white circles. And now, both sides had already placed their bets, while Lao Li, the gray side, hadn't made any moves yet...

As the saying goes, as long as you have enough plans, changes will not keep up with your plans.

When Huaihu and Jie parted ways, he hesitated for a moment and then immediately chose to spy on Laoli - Otto chose Plan B.

After Huai Hu had done his duty, he went shopping before returning to the office. The layout of the Li detective agency gave Otto an opportunity: its windows were made of glass.

There is nothing strange about this matter itself. Nowadays, people who use paper to paste windows are either very poor or very rich. Who doesn’t use glass windows?

And this means...

When Huai Hu opened the door, the drone slowly landed on a building near the office, and a beam of infrared laser invisible to the naked eye shot from the drone towards the glass window of the office.

Just as it had been for years and decades since it was installed in this building, the glass windows continued to vibrate under the impact of indoor and outdoor sound sources.

But only this time, through laser reflection, the drone faithfully recorded the vibration of the glass window.

Although this drone is not a professional laser eavesdropping device and has some defects in obtaining laser reflections, it is barely enough.

"Noise reduction in progress, Doc Otter, please wait a moment."

After a short delay, the good housewife Miss PRTS reprocesses its laser feedback into sound.

"...Oh, how can this be the same as the information from others..." The person on the other end of Lao Li's communication was obviously Wei Yanwu, "Isn't my level much higher than theirs?"

The sound of the door opening.

"Put the scale pills aside for now, we are talking about business." Old Carp said casually.

"There are no scale balls today. Brother Jie's stall is closed. He went to Rhodes Island to be the chef." Huai Hu's voice was vague, probably because he was a little far away from the window.

To be precise, Ji is the chef at the "Rhode Island Office in Lungmen".

"...Good for you, Old Wei!"

Lao Li's voice suddenly became clearer. Apparently, as the volume increased, the "vibration" on the glass window became much greater.

He said unreasonably, "Still playing dumb, huh? You've already taken away my favorite scale pill! And you're still pretending to be stupid?"

If we really want to know who ruined Jie’s scale ball stall...it should be Uncle Dong.

The Rat King could have sent some other personnel, and Lin Yuxia could have recommended others. But now, Jie was the one to lead the charge, most likely because Uncle Dong had volunteered for Jie's future.

As an elder, it was not difficult to guess what Uncle Dong was thinking: since Rhode Island was destined to dominate the slums in the future, then the position of this company, although not a public office, was not much different in this small piece of land in the slums.

In that case, this is a "professional position"!

In fact, the gap is quite large, but the difference between the two has never mattered to the slums.

On the other end of the communication, Lao Wei must have agreed to something.

Lao Li's voice dropped again. He said, "You can't afford to be cheated! You must not have seen a lot of video footage!"

It seems that he is planning to sell the intelligence on Rhodes Island that he just collected to Wei Yanwu.

"How can you say that? Although the decision has been made, if you take a closer look, maybe..." Lao Li deliberately prolonged his tone and said mysteriously, "You can still discover it sooner..."

"Uh... discovered some talent?"

After another round of back and forth, Lao Li ended the communication.

But judging from his words, Wei Yanwu seemed to have bought the information summarized by Lao Li.

There was a faint rustling sound.

"Tsk." Lao Li said, "I'm used to their cooking, this is totally unacceptable."

"It has to work, even if it doesn't work. Jie has already quit, do you still expect Uncle Dong to come back?"

"How about I bring you all to Rhodes Island? Isn't that kid Jie the chef? Then, you can bring me a serving of scale pills when you eat!"

"Just for Scalemaru?"

Lao Li said evasively, "What else?"

The dragon and the rat are in charge of the black and white worlds respectively, the sick tiger remotely controls the business alliance, and the management structure with the old carp as the middleman has changed.

Could this be a Machiavellian maneuver?

Wei Yanwu is a member of the royal family, and the bad instinct of power struggle has long been imprinted deep in his soul. This is not impossible.

The war is about to break out, and the business alliance is about to become a negative asset. Taking this opportunity to completely expel Victoria's influence from Longmen... In Wei Yanwu's eyes, perhaps this is also an opportunity?

In any case, you should prepare early.

The old carp's eyelids were half open and half closed.

Even old friends often couldn't understand Wei Yanwu's thoughts. Furthermore, Lao Li and Wei Yanwu weren't as close as Lin Gerui and Edward...

In Lao Li's eyes, Wei Yanwu is a dragon who can be said to be hot-blooded or cold-blooded at the same time - he can be affectionate with his children one moment and turn against them the next for the sake of the country and family.

After PRTS's calculations, Ott intercepted some very interesting intelligence without alerting Lao Li: Although all walks of life in Longmen supported Wei Yanwu to varying degrees, on the other hand, they also opposed him to varying degrees.

Chapter 101: I want to sleep under the same quilt with the cat!

"Then what about my studies?" Huai Hu resisted in a roundabout way.

Old Li, in the tone of a strange old man coaxing a little girl, said to the young female university student Huai Hu: "The work in Rhodes Island is very easy, and ah..."

Dragon Face came forward and said cunningly, "Even if you stay in school for 364 out of 365 days a year, they will still pay you!"

Huai Hu was a little tempted, but she asked, "How is that possible? They're not here to do charity!"

Halfway through her words, she realized something and changed her words, "That's not the kind of charity they're doing!"

Hearing the sound of PRTS restoration, Ott raised his eyebrows.

If Huai Hu really did that, he would still pay her salary - but she was too upright and would never do such a thing.

In addition, you can send as many people as you want, as long as they are not put in the same pool with the anniversary limited edition, the more the better!

The old carp said leisurely and greasyly, "Ah, the hermit has a clever plan."

What was his clever plan... At that time, Huai Hu's real job was to erect a statue there as a memorial arch, just like Shi Huaiya and Jie, to tell other people in Longmen that Rhodes Island was not a dragon crossing the river and had no intention of completely destroying the old order of Longmen.

Besides, it would be best if they are willing to work, but if they are not willing, then forget it.

No matter whether Otto really wants to break it or not, in reality and on the surface, it is not Otto who breaks the old order.

As for why Rhodes Island is so rich, well, well, well... that's pie in the sky!

God has given me this gift!

It's all luck!

Not a bit of strength at all!

dong dong.

Otto collected his thoughts and turned off the volume on the terminal.

Ms. PRTS also quietly turned on the recording and reminder functions, ready at all times.

"Please come in."

This ship has been docked for some time, and a large number of personnel are rushing in from this ship to strengthen the Rhodes Island office in Lungmen. They are striving to get this fortress, which is full of makeshift fortifications, up and running as soon as possible.

"Dr. Ott!" Dubin was a little embarrassed and shouted involuntarily.

After personally opening the door, a dignified young man from Liberi was sitting among a pile of documents. His dark eyes seemed to be constantly gleaming with intelligence.

How come everyone who looks at you can see what you want?

When they met again in such a formal occasion, Ott took off his hood and revealed his true face, which made Dubin almost subconsciously want to salute.

Even though the urge to salute suddenly was suppressed, Du Bin still stood in military posture with his hands behind his back.

In other words, "Chest up! Abs in! Head up!"

Quite informative.

"No need to be so serious." Ott stretched out his hand and motioned her to sit in front of him.

"Yes!"