Saiyan stowaways on the Ark

Please don't do that.

Kal'tsit responded to the joke with a serious expression, which eased the tense atmosphere considerably.

Rhodes Island's ultimate goal is to cure Oripathy.

It's not just about "eliminating the enemy".

Because if the real goal is not achieved, the so-called "enemies" will only be born endlessly.

Thomas is powerful enough that he seems capable of helping Rhodes Island eliminate all existing "enemies," or even "potential enemies."

But he couldn't create a cure for Oripathy.

Kal'tsit knew very well that what Tomat "could do" was not what Rhodes Island "should do".

They wouldn't think that becoming an operator would give him everything he deserved.

This is why she chose to keep her distance and not interfere. In her view, Thomas did the same thing, helping Rhodes Island but not becoming close friends with them.

Rhodes Island treats most operators in this way.

"So, have those kinds of people appeared? Those who know I have enough ability, and then think what I did was very 'excessive,' and think that 'challenging an individual' is easier than 'challenging an organization.'"

When Thomas asked this question, Kal'tsit on the other end of the communication looked at the person who was now in front of her.

That was Chen Huijie, the chief superintendent of the Lungmen Guard Bureau.

In other words, while she was joining the operator under her own name, she "casually" told Kal'tsit about the information she had obtained in Lungmen.

Chen's identity warranted a private conversation with Kal'tsit, and the information she provided—whether it was the destroyed Chernobog or the collapsed Unification—was corroborated.

The footage taken by the messenger of the Scourge doesn't lie, just as the fragment from the hilt of Talulah's sword tells the whole story.

"No, not at all. I heard that the trip to Lungmen was full of twists and turns. It was supposed to be a holiday, but unexpected things happened one after another. Since you have chosen to return, please let Agent Thomas have some free time on this ship."

"Yes, I'll start missing the food at Horn Peak."

The communication ended, and Kal'tsit personally stamped Chen's personnel resume.

"Do you understand now why he's staying on Rhodes Island?"

Kal'tsit revealed Chen's true purpose in joining.

"How did you realize that all along I was just working with you on the content and the 'natural disaster warnings' that needed to be monitored?"

The red stamp on the resume was glaringly bright, as if it were marking Chen's so-called informant operation as a failing grade.

However, Kal'tsit did not immediately answer Chen's question, but slowly said:

“I—Amiya, and by the way, the Doctor, none of us thought about ‘controlling him,’ and he was never here because Rhodes Island needed him. We simply chose to treat him the way of ‘treating operators correctly,’ and he is a qualified operator.”

"So I'm just here to spy on something that doesn't exist, something that 'attracts him to stay on Rhodes Island'."

Chen seemed to be questioning the significance of her trip. She picked up the resume on the table and pondered how to explain what she knew to Wei Yanwu.

"You won't get what you want, but you can learn something else."

Kal'tsit abruptly changed her tone, shifting from her initial denial of Chen's purpose to a more open and accepting one.

"Others?"

Chen's curiosity was successfully piqued.

Will they still give Lungmen some face and give her some valuable information?

"It's about how to be a good operator. Do you mean, after signing the contract, you're thinking of running away?"

Wei Yanwu once said, "This task is perfect for you."

This does not refer to Chen's unparalleled ability to infiltrate.

Even if it is discovered that she came to gather intelligence, her abilities are enough to keep her there.

If we establish a long-term relationship with Rhodes Island, we won't have to worry about getting firsthand intelligence.

Of course, Chen, as the person involved, only felt that while being schemed against by Kal'tsit, he was also betrayed by his uncle.

[Main Text] A Guide to Wandering in Rhodes Island: Chapter Thirteen - Let's Make Friends

Wei Yanwu anticipated that even if Rhodes Island, which values ​​talent, knew the reason for Chen's joining, it would not easily sever its relationship with her, because even if Chen joined Rhodes Island in her "personal capacity," it would still be a much more stable and intimate relationship than the previous cooperation agreement.

Kal'tsit, who took over the matter, understood Wei Yanwu's purpose, but since the other party had sent over a useful talent, there was no need to be polite.

Furthermore, she could understand Wei Yanwu's selfish motives towards his niece, because if she wasn't allowed to participate in something important enough to persuade her to do it, she might disregard objections and go to Talulah because of the Chernobog incident—even if it was just to find a corpse.

The mission to "investigate intelligence on Rhodes Island" was driven by both a sense of responsibility to Lungmen and personal curiosity, both of which temporarily overshadowed Chen's desire to go to Chernobog.

Even though the mission was exposed, making her consider a direct exit, Kal'tsit's hints about "how to treat operators" and "how to be a good operator" made her decide to stay for the time being.

The so-called contract in black and white is just a formality. Neither Chen nor Kal'tsit truly regarded it as a useful bargaining chip. Kal'tsit's previous words were just a way to give Chen a way out after the mission was exposed.

Chen took his stamped resume and left Kal'tsit's private office, which resembled a clinic. The room fell silent again, with only the sound of Kal'tsit writing as she flipped through paper documents.

She stopped writing, stood up, used her key to open the personal filing cabinet in the office, and took out an old book with burn marks on its exterior. It was a book with a title in Ursus language—"Justice and Proof."

Kal'tsit pulled a yellowed photograph from a hidden compartment in the book cover.

It was a group photo of a group of people wearing lab coats in front of a huge building with a roughly square shape. However, judging from their expressions, it didn't seem to be a very serious occasion, because there was even a male red-haired Lupo happily carrying a young red-haired Lupo girl on his shoulder.

The little girl was holding the same book as Kelsey's "Justice and Right".

"red."

"exist."

A brief call was answered in the office where no one else was present. As if emerging from a crack in the wall, in a corner where nothing could be hidden, a Lupo girl in a red hooded coat revealed her striking figure and silently approached Kal'tsit.

"I can tell you seem happy."

Kal'tsit put the photo back into the old book, held it in her hand, and looked at the girl she called Red, whose expression was indifferent but whose tail was wagging slightly.

"Red is very happy because many Lupo people with beautiful tails have also come to Rhodes Island today."

At this point, Red Tail wagged even more vigorously.

"Have you already spoken to them?"

"...The dark blue one ran away, the white one was taken away, and the red one didn't get to speak to them."

Although her voice remained calm as always, the way she lowered her head made her look like a wronged child, and her tail, which had been wagging back and forth, suddenly drooped down.

“Then I’ll take you to meet a new friend.” Kal’tsit took the book and left the office, gesturing for Red to follow her. “And she won’t run away.”

Upon hearing Kal'tsit's words, Red raised her head again, her clear eyes widening, and for the first time, joy and anticipation appeared on her face as she followed closely behind Kal'tsit as she walked out of the office.

What Chen brought was not only her commendable personal combat skills to support Rhodes Island, but also a "local specialty".

An infected criminal in need of "containment and treatment"—the Kingkiller.

It wasn't that the Lungmen Guard Bureau lacked the ability to detain her.

It's not that they lack the technology to treat it.

The reason Wei Yanwu sent her here was simply because he knew about the criminal's connection to Kal'tsit.

Moreover, the Ursus wanted criminals are a hot potato for Lungmen.

"The photos slipped out; the book is too worn out."

Red, who was following behind Kal'tsit, picked up the photo that had fallen to the ground.

But in this old photograph, she saw a face exactly like Kal'tsit's.

Rhodes Island, Deep Zone, Special Confinement Compartment-

The reason why solitary confinement cells were set up was not only because some people on the Rhodes Island would be grounded and detained for violating discipline. As a pharmaceutical company, Rhodes Island often received patients with special circumstances.

For example, some infected individuals suffer from Oripathy, which causes them to become mentally unstable and intermittently enter a violent state.

A person who has accepted a treatment contract but unilaterally resists treatment, is extremely uncooperative, and causes damage.

Or some patients who are emotionally unstable and have self-harm or even suicidal tendencies.

—And those whose identities are special and who need to be prevented from escaping at all times.

"Oh."

The interior is enclosed with soft, shock-absorbing foam, and only narrow iron windows connect it to the outside world.

The Kingslayer was no longer dressed in the clothes she was in when she was first imprisoned. Instead, she was forcibly dressed in a straitjacket that resembled that of a mental patient, with her hands and feet tightly bound. Her face was also fitted with a filter-like device to protect her from Originium Arts.

"First, Talulah called me to Lungmen to hunt down the traitor, then your people sent me to the Guard Bureau, and then the Guard Bureau sent me to Rhodes Island."

Kal'tsit stood silently by the iron bars, watching the kingslayer inside the room. Bound tightly in straitjackets, the king recounted his ordeal in a mournful tone as he slowly rose to his feet. With the cracking of his bones and the twisting of his body, he gradually freed himself from the tighter the straitjackets tightened with each struggle.

"Are you treating me like a football?"

The regicide easily escaped the straitjacket—something she could have done long ago, but only now because she was facing someone she needed to "free her hands" to communicate with.

"Leaving aside Originium Arts, your skills have already improved to an unbelievable level. You can imagine what kind of training you went through in Syracuse."

The lock on the solitary confinement cell began to rattle, the sealed door opened, and Kal'tsit walked straight into the room that was originally used to imprison troubled individuals, facing the Kingslayer face to face.

"I don't want you, Director Kal'tsit, a traitor, to criticize my technology."

The Kingslayer, dressed only in a thin black shirt, showed no surprise at Kal'tsit's entry into the room, nor did she display any hostility or wariness. She simply used her freed hands to remove the filter from her mouth, casually tossing it into a corner of the room, and continued:

"So what are you doing here? Showing me off that you, the one who killed your father and everyone else, are doing so well now?"

“I didn’t mean that.” Kal’tsit handed over the tattered copy of “Justice and Right.” “I just think that now, it should be enough for you to read this book.”

"Shut up!"

The regicide recognized the book; it was the book her father, who was somewhat clumsy in his dealings with his children but always showed tenderness, had once read to her.

Although the Kingkiller couldn't understand the book at that time, and the Kingkiller wasn't called the Kingkiller but Lyudmila—as for Kal'tsit, whom she called a traitor, in her eyes, she was a scientist even more capable than her father.

Instead of taking the book she had been holding, she forcefully knocked it away.

The scattered pages of the book and the old photograph covered the entire confinement room, with only Kal'tsit's outstretched hand still reaching out to her.

“You betrayed everyone, and my father and the others all died because of that bastard emperor’s orders… No, there was one traitor who survived, but I’ve already dealt with him.”

That was an event that even the native Ursus people only knew a little about through rumors.

The scholars of the "Stone Coffin" chose to seal it to prevent the misuse of their research findings, but the Ursus Emperor, who intended to use it to gain greater military power, did not allow it.