That night, a legend began to circulate in the Lungmen food street—why Madam Fumizuki / Wen Yue, as merely a daughter, could become Lungmen's second-in-command was not just because her husband was the Lungmen Governor, but also because she raised a mythical beast, the Taotie.
Fumizuki / Wen Yue also witnessed Kanna's terrifying appetite when she went all out.
And Kanna, for her part, enjoyed a rare feast. Previously, during the film screening and the celebration for the Lungmen exchange personnel, Kaltsit had asked her to hold back.
When the events of that night reached Kaltsit's ears the next day, Kanna explained (or rather, argued) thus:
"Madam Fumizuki / Wen Yue is Lungmen's second-in-command. If I were stingy when she treated me to a meal, wouldn't that be disrespecting her? And disrespecting her is equivalent to disrespecting Lungmen.
Under the gaze of so many people, if word got out that Rhodes Island disrespected Lungmen, wouldn't it affect our relationship because of me? So, I reluctantly, and with great effort, extinguished this crisis… So you should praise me. No, praise is useless. We're so familiar, let's be sincere. I heard that old man Carmen didn't give the money…"
"It's all spent…" Before Kanna could finish, Kaltsit uttered a piece of bad news that made her turn pale.
"Oh no! You demoness, you spent all my money…" Kanna bared her claws, ready to confront Kaltsit, but was promptly picked up by her.
"Previously, Columbia developed a batch of new medical equipment. I only intended to look at it, but unexpectedly, the Iberia envoy arrived with money…" Kaltsit couldn't help but look up at the sky as she said this.
Kanna, upon hearing this, stopped making a fuss, "Fine, it's spent, so consider it a loan from me. Pay me back when you earn money… Everyone's health is more important than money. As long as a few more people are saved, I'll be at ease… Oh, right, how's that thing I entrusted to Nian coming along?"
Hearing that Kanna was no longer dwelling on the money, Kaltsit replied,
"The Engineering Department even dispatched a group of casters earlier. According to them, it will take at most half a month to produce results. Only a week has passed, so you'll have to wait a bit longer."
Kanna hadn't expected her idea to stump Nian.
"There's nothing that can be done. Among the various arts used through natural communication, lightning is the most powerful and also the most difficult to control. Furthermore, lightning's powerful explosive force naturally makes it lack sustainability. Your requirement is for lightning to maintain long-term stability and triggerability, which is inherently contrary to the nature of lightning. I'm already very surprised that they can achieve results so quickly."
It should be known that Kanna's request was for an item that could store Electro elements for a long time, and be small and light enough for Operators to carry and use (trigger).
As soon as they heard this condition, everyone knew Kanna was planning to create the so-called Kanna Grenade. At the time, everyone was full of confidence.
However, as soon as research began, they were immediately met with harsh reality.
They had created trigger grenades that could store Fire, Water, Wind, Earth, and Wood elemental skills for a long time, but they got stuck when it came to Electro.
The reason is simple: Electro arts are naturally in an activated state the moment they appear, and in this state, they consume a large amount of their own energy, making effective preservation impossible.
As far as Kanna knew, the longest they had managed to maintain it was only three days, which was even less effective than her own Electro Seed.
To research Electro arts, but feeling awkward about asking Kanna, they sought out Leizi / Jingzhe from Lungmen. After hearing their request, Leizi / Jingzhe was also very interested. She had reached a bottleneck in her investigation of Hoshiguma and was unsure how to proceed.
At this time, people from Rhodes Island coming to consult her opened up a new path. She attempted a roundabout approach, first integrating into Rhodes Island, and then understanding her target through these Operators of Rhodes Island.
Knowing that what she wanted wasn't ready yet, Kanna stopped concerning herself with that matter.
After a year of mutual understanding, Lungmen decided to engage in deeper cooperation with Rhodes Island. One aspect of this was to rent an entire building to Rhodes Island at a low price in Lungmen's civilian district, where Rhodes Island would establish a large relief center and hospital specifically for the Infected.
Rhodes Island naturally readily agreed to Lungmen's request. After all, as an international metropolis, Lungmen already had a significant number of Infected, and in the year since cooperating with Rhodes Island, Lungmen's attitude towards the Infected had gradually improved, attracting even more Infected.
However, the increase in Infected was clearly a huge burden for Lungmen, which did not have enough professional oripathy treatment organizations. But Rhodes Island's arrival this time gave Lungmen an opportunity to alleviate the emotions of the Infected.
Both sides hit it off immediately. Lungmen would provide the venue and help promote, while Rhodes Island would provide personnel and technology, maximizing the stability of Lungmen's Infected population and their loyalty to Lungmen.
For Rhodes Island, they would rescue these Infected whether they were inside or outside the city anyway. If they were inside the city, with sufficient equipment and personnel, the chances of rescue would be even higher.
A large-scale Infected treatment center like this building not only provides livelihoods for many people but also disseminates the science of Originium disease prevention and generation, ensuring that the uninformed public doesn't fear Originium disease like a tiger.
This is also what Rhodes Island has always strived for and hoped to see.
Perhaps to keep Kanna busy and out of sight, Kanna uncharacteristically accepted a mission to oversee the safety during the renovation process here.
As a Lungmen government project, with Old Man Lin secretly suppressing the gangs, the construction here wouldn't be affected by external factors, and no one would be foolish enough to try and seize ownership of this building (this matter was personally approved by Wei Yenwu / Wei Yanwu, who also arranged for an official construction team to carry out the work).
Therefore, Kanna didn't have to worry about anyone causing trouble for Rhodes Island. She led her squad, which was missing Yuki (who returned to the Lungmen Research Bureau) and Nian (still researching Kanna's grenade), with Ifrit and Dahlia temporarily filling in the gaps. Their main responsibility was the safety of the workers.
For Ifrit, she was very happy to wander around inside and outside the building with Dahlia. By this time, she had passed Rhodes Island's assessment and become an official Operator. This was her first time going out on a mission as an Operator, and she was exceptionally excited.
Dahlia, who also had no stamina limits, was very happy playing with Ifrit. In just one morning, the two of them ran dozens of laps up and down the building.
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