Poseidon in Arknights

“No…” Chen Huijie shook her head with a strange expression, “I agree.”

As Chen Huijie finished speaking, before Hoshiguma could say anything, Swire slammed her hand on the table and stood up, her expression even more strange: "What? Commander Wei agreed?"

"Okay, I agree..."

"Are you sure you're not just in a bad mood and trying to make fun of me?" Swire looked at Chen Huijie with suspicion.

"You little brat, why would I make fun of you?" Chen Huijie walked to the water dispenser, filled a glass of water, and said, "You really agree."

“Yes, it’s Pink Sausage Dragon.” Swire nodded. “The person is correct, but why did Commander Wei agree so easily?”

To be honest, they never thought Commander Wei would agree.

Chen Huijie went to the City Lord's Mansion today only to sound out their intentions. If they were firmly rejected, they would have to give up the idea. If it was just a verbal refusal, they could take action on a small scale.

They even considered having Swire invite Shin-i Yuuki to conduct free medical consultations in the slums on behalf of the Swire Group, and then come up with a reason to involve the Lungmen Guard in the protection work, thus acting first and informing later.

They also gave Wei Yanwu other possible explanations and made a ranking to determine how far this matter could go.

But none of them had considered that Wei Yanwu would agree so readily!

They were well aware of Wei Yanwu's attitude towards slums over the years.

“Yes, he agreed. He even just glanced at the information I gave him…” Chen Huijie sat down in her office chair, took out a packet of instant coffee powder from her drawer, and poured it into hot water.

"It's too easy. I have a feeling we've been scammed..."

Hoshiguma, trying to hide her barely suppressed smile with her cup, said, "How could it not be simple? Commander Wei was just waiting for you, Old Chen, to come knocking. Old Chen, oh Old Chen... you weren't just tricked by Commander Wei, you know."

"Hoshiguma." Chen Huijie took a sip of her freshly brewed coffee and looked at Hoshiguma, who had remained silent. "What are your thoughts?"

Hoshiguma shrugged upon hearing this: "I have no idea, I haven't considered this development at all."

This was also Hoshiguma's honest opinion. She originally thought that Commander Wei would verbally refuse and let Old Chen and the others handle the matter privately, giving him a preemptive strike and then pretending to have no choice but to agree to the Lungmen Guard's entry. She really didn't expect that Commander Wei would nod in agreement directly.

“That makes sense…” Chen Huijie nodded, pondering why Commander Wei had agreed to his plan regarding the slums this time.

“There’s a possibility.” Swire tapped the table, drawing everyone’s attention.

"what?"

"That is, Commander Wei knew that even if he agreed, it wouldn't make a difference."

Chen Huijie raised an eyebrow: "What do you mean?"

“You just said that Commander Wei only glanced at the documents casually, so it’s very likely that he already knows something about them.” Swire picked up the documents on the table.

“Look, Miss Xinyi has joined Penguin Logistics here, instead of entering the city as a free messenger as shown in the previous information.” Swire pointed to the entry about the Xiyue Organization in the information.

"This could mean that the other party has given up the possibility of practicing medicine and engaging in medical activities."

Chen Huijie looked at the documents and, combined with what Swire had just said, understood something, but still asked, "What do you mean?"

"If we can't even get doctors to come, then our so-called medical activities are meaningless."

"Wait a minute." Hoshiguma quickly spoke up as the topic of their discussion was getting further and further off track. "Maybe she just wants to find a job? Besides, she didn't say that she gave up on medicine. Last time when Miss Yuzuki introduced herself, she said that she was a medical operator."

“No, Hoshiguma, being a medical operator and giving up being a doctor are not mutually exclusive.” Swire shook her head. “As far as I know, being a doctor is a very contradictory profession. While you are respected, you are also persecuted. The other party may really not want to carry out medical activities related to the slums anymore.”

Chen Huijie nodded after hearing Shi Huaiya's analysis: "That makes a lot of sense. This might explain why Commander Wei agreed to our idea so easily today."

Hoshiguma slapped her forehead. The two of them were completely caught in the strange loop of why Commander Wei had so easily agreed to their ideas.

That makes sense, if Hoshiguma hadn't known the inside story, and hadn't known that Commander Wei had been waiting for Old Chen to come and inquire about this matter these past few days.

Perhaps Hoshiguma will... no, she definitely will join their discussion.

After all, Commander Wei had always avoided talking about the slums before, but this time his attitude had changed so drastically that it was understandable that Old Chen and the others were suspicious.

"Ahem!" Hoshiguma coughed twice, drawing the attention of the two who were discussing. "Well, instead of discussing why here, why don't we just go and talk to that doctor directly?"

“Hmm.” Chen Huijie nodded. “That makes sense. Now that we’ve gotten their consent, let’s go find Miss Xiyue directly.”

“That’s true, um, wait a minute, to prevent her from going out…” Swire took out her phone and did a series of operations on it.

"Alright, I've given her a specific request. Let's go."

Chapter 50: The Visitor

—————The End of the Earth—————

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Texas was holding up her phone, expressionless, recording yet another embarrassing moment of the two shameful people in front of her.

"I don't think that's a good idea, Texas?"

Texas tilted her head slightly to glance at the empty space and the phone that seemed to be casually tucked into her breast pocket.

Texas was silent for a moment before slowly saying, "...Next time, you can hide your phone better so you can appear more innocent."

Kong glanced down at his phone with the camera sticking out of his chest pocket: "Ahem, it's nothing."

Xi Yue glanced back at the two spectators and sighed, then turned to look at the two reckless individuals who were sitting down: "Alright, get up, you two, really."

"Waaah." Exusiai stood up, touching her head. "Croissant, I feel like my aura has gone a little off."

"Don't even mention you, Exusiai, I feel like my horns have been pulled askew." Croissant touched her horns, seemingly checking to make sure they hadn't been pulled askew. "This is a huge loss."

"Yuzuki is clearly a Liberi, how come she's so strong?" Exusiai took out her personal mirror to confirm that her aura hadn't been pulled off course, and looked at Croissant beside her.

"How would I know? Anyway, none of the Li Boli people I know have that much strength." Croissant shrugged. In her memory, Li Boli people, even if they weren't delicate and weak, were not far off.

But the strength that Yuuki showed when she pulled them just now, even though Croissant didn't resist hard and only struggled symbolically, was really not something a Liberi could have.

The two talked while glancing to see if Yuuki had noticed them.

Nengtian continued in an even softer voice, "We've already endured the punishment, so isn't it a bit of a loss to get the recording?"

“That makes sense. We’ve already taken the punishment, it would be a huge loss if we didn’t get the recording.” Croissant thought for a moment and nodded slightly, afraid of attracting Yuuki’s attention, which wasn’t on them.

"You two really have no remorse whatsoever." Yu Yue turned her head, squinting at the two who had instantly straightened up. "I think you two won't be able to find the recording anyway..."

A stream of water stretched from behind Xiyue to the wall, and the surveillance camera they had placed so much hope in was finally pulled down with a click.

Xi Yue pried open the surveillance camera in the water and showed it to the two of them: "You can see for yourselves, it's just a shell."

"Huh? No way?" Croissant looked at the camera in Yuuki's hand, which consisted of nothing but an outer plastic layer and a few wires. "The boss wouldn't be so greedy as to make a fake one, would he?"

"Yeah, yeah, the boss values ​​these bottles of wine so much, he wouldn't stoop to making a fake one to fool us, would he?" Exusiai looked at the lump of plastic in Xiyue's hand with a puzzled expression.

“So it wasn’t fake after all.” Xi Yue casually tossed the pile of fries into a nearby trash can. “But wasn’t the bar demolished yesterday? Although my restoration crystal restored it, things like electronic components are not within the crystal’s restoration capabilities.”

"So~" Yu Yue smiled as she looked at the two reckless individuals, "You're definitely going to get your punishment today, and there's no compensation whatsoever. In your words, today is a huge loss, a super huge loss."

"Ugh!" Exusiai immediately abandoned Croissant and hid behind Texas. "Texas, save me!"

"Hey, do you have to be so quick to betray your teammates?!"

"In this situation, we're no longer teammates, Croissant!" Exusiai made the sign of the cross on her chest and made a prayer gesture towards Croissant. "Please, Croissant, take the punishment for me first!"

Just as Exusiai was shouting like that, Skadi, who had been standing behind Texas, suddenly walked over, lifted Exusiai up from behind Texas, and then walked to Yuuki's side.

Skadi then put down Exusiai, who was still covered, and patted her halo, though it seems she originally intended to pat her head.

"You should apologize properly." Skadi seemed to be urging Exusiai, who was still standing there blankly, and gave her a nudge.

"Are you serious?" Exusiai stared intently into Skadi's eyes, as if trying to find a hint of mischief in her expression.

Unfortunately, Skadi's eyes were completely innocent; she was serious. When she brought Exusiai over, she genuinely just wanted her to apologize properly, without any mischievous intent. After all, she was Skadi.

"Alright, Exusiai, I'll give you two choices," Yuuki said with a smile, stroking Exusiai's head.

"Wha...what?"

"1. Don't expect to encounter anything sweet for at least the next week..."

Before Yuuki could finish speaking, Exusiai crossed her arms over her chest: "Absolutely not, I choose the second one!"

"You've got guts." Xi Yue nodded, her smile widening. "In that case, how about a bite?"

With a smile, Yuzuki took the hangover remedy she had just put back in her pocket and waved it in front of Exusiai.

"This is even more impossible!"

"Then behave yourself, or I might have to take drastic measures next time." Yuuki patted Exusiai's head, put the hangover medicine back in her pocket, and then turned her gaze to Croissant.

Croissant immediately raised her hand and swore to Yuzuki, "I will absolutely not do anything reckless and I will be obedient. If I do it again, I will not touch any money for three days!"

Yuzuki looked at the sensible Croissant and nodded. Just then, Yuzuki's cell phone suddenly rang.

"Hmm?" Xi Yue took out her phone, looking at it in confusion as to why it was ringing, even though no call had come in.

Texas, who was standing nearby, looked at the puzzled Yuuki and said, "It's our app that's ringing. This music must mean someone sent you a special request, Yuuki."

“Specified commission?” Xi Yue opened the app and saw a specified commission displayed in her information bar.

Exusiai, who was standing nearby, curiously leaned over and asked, "Who is it? Who posted the request?"

“Miss Swire…” Xi Yue nodded to the client, then turned to look at the Emperor, who was adjusting his sunglasses and trying to look cool.

"You decide for yourself." The Emperor shrugged, looking at Xi Yue.

"What is it?" Exusiai scratched her head, looking at the two of them. "What kind of riddle are you two playing now?"

"It's nothing, just a medical event. However, I think your rest period may end soon."

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"Is this the place?" Chen Huijie looked up at the bar's signboard.

“No need to look anymore, it’s the end of this land.” Swire also looked up and glanced up. “Only that penguin would have a name like that.”

"Then let's go in." Chen Huijie nodded and pushed the door open first.

"Welcome, Officer Chen, Officer Swire." Xi Yue sat at the innermost table and raised her cup of red tea to Chen Huijie and Swire who had just entered. "Hello, or good afternoon, both of you."

"Good afternoon, Miss Yuyue." Swire walked over casually. "It smells very nice."

"Want a drink?"

"Then I won't be polite." Swire nodded.

Xi Yue picked up the teapot and filled the teacup that had already been placed in front of Shi Huaiya with black tea. "Officer Chen, would you like a cup?"