Industrial Cthulhu, starting from the island lord

Chapter 286 Why do you have to reveal your identity right from the start?
Zeus raised his head from the throne, glanced around to make sure there was nothing unusual, then gave a wry smile.

I've been so busy lately that I have to rush even my return.

Castel had a lot of work to do. On the one hand, the affairs were complicated, and on the other hand, the people who had previously shared government affairs with him were no longer there.

Chloe, who was in charge of scientific research, died. Although her replacement Richard was better in biology and medicine, he did not have the same enthusiasm for scientific research as Chloe. He always gave Hughes the feeling of punching in and out from nine to five. Although he completed the work assigned to him normally, his efficiency was much lower than Chloe's.

Why are the employees so unhappy recently? You are a cult member but still working peacefully. Don’t you feel ashamed?
On the other hand, Alexi, who originally handled government affairs, is now concentrating on reorganizing the Crusaders. He is now also in charge of the church affairs of the Imperial Truth, which is quite important, so the government affairs are piled on Zeus.

To make matters worse, Connor, the old butler who has always been known for his reliability and who always quietly did everything for Zeus, has now disappeared with the airship. Zeus is really feeling miserable and wants to find someone to handle government affairs on his behalf, but he really can't find anyone!
The original civil servants on the island were basically a bunch of good-for-nothings. Although they had been severely disciplined by Zeus and had participated in advanced classes organized on the island, this was the ceiling of their level and they could not be relied upon at all.

On the other hand, civilians who graduated from advanced classes will have no problem doing scientific research or becoming engineers, as they have received education in this direction, but do they want to handle government affairs?
It has to be said that there is still a certain threshold. Although these islanders have good learning ability, it is difficult for them to take over in a short period of time. You must know that Alexi, who has been rolled up all the way, has to receive a long period of elite education, and also studied as Hughes' deputy for a long time before he can be qualified as the chief clerk.

After all, Castel is not an ordinary territory, and the government affairs that need to be taken care of are not just collecting taxes from the people, coordinating projects, tracking progress, personnel allocation, factory capacity allocation, and the implementation of various scientific research projects. These are far beyond what ordinary civil servants need to deal with.

This is really asking too much. What Zeus needs is a jack of all trades, which is almost impossible for humans to do.

Wait, humans are not up to the task.
Zeus's eyes suddenly lit up. Humans have limited energy, but banshees are different.

Most Banshees can work in multiple threads simultaneously, such as six hands screwing screws on three production lines at the same time.

It would be a waste to use such talents in production. They would be more suitable for handling complicated government affairs.

What's more, Banshees are extremely efficient in communication. Cross-departmental cooperation among humans takes a long time, but Banshees can solve all disputes with just one soul sync. They are almost natural decision makers.

Zeus had considered letting the banshees interfere in government affairs before, but gave up after careful consideration. After all, banshees are not human beings. At that time, their identities had just been revealed and the two sides had not had much contact. Under such circumstances, rashly allowing banshees to hold high positions would easily create a gap between the banshees and humans.

Imagine that one day you suddenly discovered that an alien race that was very different from humans appeared and held high positions. Would you associate it with some conspiracy?
Xius felt that he could, and put himself in other people's shoes. This kind of thing requires a good opportunity.

Now is an opportunity. The banshees have won great reputation for their performance in the war, and the islanders truly regard them as companions. It is most appropriate to let the banshees enter all aspects of the Castell system at this time, so that the banshees can truly integrate into Castell, rather than being objects that people stay away from.

Zeus kept this in mind and will try to assign the banshees to various positions next.

Now that the war is over and there is no need to bring them together specifically to carry out missions, it is time for them to use their strengths.

As for who would be the best person to help him share government affairs, a face quickly emerged in Hughes' mind.
On the ice floe, worker Hughes, who had a big hole in his chest, opened his eyes.

He first looked around and confirmed his situation. He found that he was still frozen in the ice and could not move. He couldn't help but sigh.

I don’t know where this body has drifted to. It was still afternoon when I returned, but it’s almost dark here. Could it be that it has arrived in another time zone?
High latitudes also cause the sky to darken faster, which is quite possible.
I always feel that there is little hope of recovering this body. I shouldn't have relied on the fact that this body wouldn't die a second time and casually threw it on the bottom of the sea.

While Zeus was daydreaming, he reached out and hooked the silk thread, connecting several people in a link.

As soon as the link was completed, Xius received a question from the link.

Gwen: "Ah, I'm connected again. Hello, nice to meet you. I'm Gwen." French Fries: "!!!"

French Fries: "Wow, you're still alive!"

French Fries: "Uh, I mean, it's great to have you alive, uh, it's great to see you again."

captain:"."

Scepter: "Miss Gwen, it's nice to see you again. You haven't spoken in the past few months. We thought you had an accident."

Several people greeted Gwen happily, happy to see their companion return.

But Hughes couldn't be happy. He just felt the hairs on his body standing up and cold sweat seemed to be running down his back.

Because he could feel that Gwen had just greeted him!

It was an inexplicable feeling that was almost intuitive, as if there was also a silk thread on the other side, gently pulling and tugging at Zeus's fingers on the other side.

She, she can sense my presence?
How is this possible? She is just a mortal, a little girl. Even a superhuman like Beatrice only doubts the link itself and has never discovered the existence of Zeus, the person who is behind the scenes to connect them.

Hughes was so confused for a moment that he didn't respond to Gwen's greeting.

But several other people in the link noticed it.

Captain: "When you said it was our first meeting, did you sense a new person joining the connection?"

French Fries: "Oh yeah, why is it our first meeting and there's a new person coming?!"

Gwen: "I'm not entirely sure about this. Just when the connection was established, I felt a presence, a presence I had never encountered before, and I greeted it."

fries:"!!!"

Scepter: "Can you still sense that presence now? Perhaps it's a newcomer, perhaps..."

French Fries: "Maybe what?"

Gwen: "I, I'm not sure either. I just vaguely sensed it."

The corner of Zeus's eye twitched. Beatrice was a little too perceptive. He had to find a way to fool her.

Or just bring in a new person?
(End of this chapter)