Chapter 232

After being stared at for a long time, Shirou finally spoke up and asked.

The main discomfort stemmed from the other person's gaze; rather than being stared at, it was more like the other person was scrutinizing him.

"No, it's nothing. His name is Shirou, right? It's a very interesting name. In the Higashi language, it means someone Shirou?"

Seeing the other person's puzzled expression as they asked her, Kal'tsit then turned her gaze away and said...

"Someone did say that... but it wasn't that exaggerated."

When the other person suddenly shifted the topic to his surname and code name, Shirou scratched his head and replied awkwardly.

"Really? Don't be so modest, you're capable of taking on that responsibility."

Seeing the other person's embarrassed expression, Kal'tsit didn't intend to continue the conversation. Instead, she turned around and took a terminal from Amiya, who was standing next to her, and looked at the information on it.

Her main purpose in coming here this time is to oversee the cooperation between Lungmen and Rhodes Island. Due to the willfulness of a certain leader, Rhodes Island contacted Lungmen ahead of time, and now they don't have many bargaining chips left.

However, it's not to the point where there's no way to negotiate. At least the Lungmen authorities are still having a lot of headaches dealing with the issue of infected people.

If we approach it from this angle, we can still seize opportunities for cooperation.

"Instead of that boring topic, let's get back to Emiya and Amiya!"

After watching Dr. Kal'tsit and Shirou finish their conversation, Blaze, who had already laughed enough, brought the topic back to the present.

"I don't think this will work. Huang, stop causing trouble. This is the Knights of the Round Table!"

Upon hearing Huang's suggestion, Amiya immediately rejected this somewhat absurd proposal.

This is the Knights of the Round Table! We're having a meeting soon! Don't do anything weird here!

And the person he's talking to is Shirou, whom he'll be exchanging ideas with later!

What if the other person gets upset and refuses to communicate altogether?

Don't make this operation more difficult for them!

"Hmm... why don't you just call me by my Lungmen Mandarin? That way it'll be easier to distinguish me."

Compared to Amiya's many concerns, Shirou's side was more casual.

After spending a long time at Penguin Logistics, Shirou's nerves gradually became less sensitive.

Although it hasn't reached the point where people can engage in street racing and brawls in Lungmen City.

"Oh? Mandarin... is that Shirou?"

Seeing how cooperative Shirou was with his topic, Akira continued to delve deeper into it.

The reason she came along this time was to build a good relationship with Shirou!

She heard from the people at the office that Shirou is an excellent cook!

I need to find a way to get Shirou to cook her a table full of snacks to go with her drinks!

"Um."

Shirou nodded in response to Huang's words.

Then Hoshiguma's voice was heard:

"Lord Wei? Is Commander Wei Yanwu already waiting inside?"

"?????"

Many question marks appeared above the heads of the people present, especially Shirou himself.

"Huh? Wasn't that right? I think I just heard someone call out 'Commander Wei Yanwu'..."

Seeing the blank looks on everyone's faces, Hoshiguma blinked and asked.

She clearly heard someone call out "Lord Wei" just now; some people were calling Wei Yanwu" Commander."

"We're calling him Shirou, uh... it's the Mandarin way of saying Shirou."

Kong, standing nearby, broke the awkward silence.

"Oh, I see? But why did you suddenly switch to Mandarin? Is there a problem with Emiya?"

After understanding the cause and effect, Hoshiguma asked curiously.

She had only come up early to help Old Chen with some pre-arranged matters, but she never expected to encounter something so interesting.

It seems that hard work really pays off.

"Don't say anymore... it's pretty much the same problem."

Shirou felt utterly helpless; he didn't want to stay in this place for another second.

Look at Exusiai next to him, she's laughing so hard she needs his support to keep from falling over.

The others were about the same.

Forget about the people from Penguin Logistics; at least they live in Lungmen and know who Wei Yanwu is.

Why are you Rhodes Island and Blacksteel laughing so happily?

Is it funny to see him encounter the same problem twice in such a short period of time?

It's quite funny, sigh... I'm exhausted.

If you want to quickly build good relationships with others, you really need to rely on topics like this.

Haven't you noticed that the Penguin Logistics team and Hoshiguma have already established good relations with the Rhodes Island team?

He was the only one who got hurt.

The idea of calling Shirou in Mandarin lasted less than three minutes before it was abandoned.

After all, it's only similar in pronunciation to Amiya, but compared to Wei Yanwu's Wei Gong...

If the words aren't clearly labeled, it's really hard to tell who they're calling.

To avoid any strange problems, Shirou felt that the original name was still the best option.

At Hoshiguma's invitation, the group entered the conference room.

Shirou had been here a few times, usually for small-scale operational meetings, so he was quite familiar with the place. He found a seat on the side and sat down.

The Penguin Logistics team waited obediently outside, as this was part of the agreement made from the beginning.

On Rhodes Island's side, only Amiya, Kal'tsit, Rhine Lab International, and FrostNova entered.

The first two represent Rhodes Island, and the last two represent Rhine Lab International.

Ultimately, the two sides are just in a cooperative relationship, and Rhine Lab International needs to step in and understand the situation on its own.

At least on the surface, it has to be a show.

Amiya sat next to Shirou, and next to her was Kal'tsit.

At this moment, the other party's entire attention was focused on the terminal in their hand, and the dense text on it made Shirou's scalp tingle.

However, it is still clear that all the information is related to infected people in the Lungmen Slums.

After only one glance, Shirou looked away. Although it wasn't classified information, it was still impolite to casually look at someone's documents.

"Speaking of which... in what capacity did Rhodes Island participate in this meeting?"

Looking at Amiya, who was dangling her rabbit ears, Shirou suddenly realized this problem.

This doesn't seem like Chen's style, does it?

Given Chen's personality, shouldn't he have thoroughly dealt with the Rhodes Island group, given them a severe dressing-down for several hours, and then warned them not to do it again?

Why did Rhodes Island suddenly get involved?

"Hmm? We participated as consultants for the infected. After all, this was a serious incident targeting the infected, and the Rhodes Island office in Lungmen was the first to report it, so that's how it was arranged."

When Amiya heard Shirou's question, she didn't try to hide anything and told him everything.

Upon hearing Amiya's words, Kal'tsit stopped looking at the terminal in her hand. She glanced at Amiya first, then at Shirou, before continuing to look at the terminal.

"I see... That makes sense, Rhodes Island is also an expert in this area."

After learning about the other person's status, Shirou felt it was quite reasonable.

After all, Rhodes Island's beliefs and industries are related to the Infected, so they naturally understand the Infected very well.

But he's participating as an advisor...? Shirou thought he would be one of the members of yesterday's operation.

In any case, Ace and Huang did manage to catch someone.

One knocked her unconscious while the other dragged her away; their teamwork was impeccable.

"Hehe... it's not that amazing, everyone just did what they were supposed to do."

Amiya said somewhat embarrassedly when she heard Shirou say that they were professionals.

Everyone on Rhodes Island was just doing what they were supposed to do, striving for a better tomorrow for the infected, all for the sake of that belief.

They are working hard simply because of this seemingly simple yet extremely difficult belief.

215 Why make things difficult for a high school student like him!

The meeting began after the arrival of Chen, Swire, and others.

As serious as ever, as difficult as ever.

At least for Shirou, these kinds of situations are quite difficult to endure.

The essence of this meeting was a post-event review. Normally, Shirou's position wouldn't require him to think so much, but this time, few people were involved...

No, I need to pull myself together. Look at Amiya over there; she's listening very attentively!

As an older person, I can't afford to collapse here!

After a period of time has passed since the end of the meeting.

"Thanks for your hard work."

Hoshiguma brought up a few bottles of water to treat Shirou.

Seeing the other person's lifeless eyes, Hoshiguma found it rather amusing.

However, Shirou is indeed not in his best form. In the past, he would at least appear to be listening.

Although I didn't listen to a word they said.

I can understand, after all, Shirou's situation hasn't been very good lately, as Missy mentioned.

Thanks...

Weakly accepting the water Hoshiguma handed him, Shirou tilted his head back and drank most of the can.

Although I want to cheer up, my brain just can't keep up!

The information above is too complicated!

Data on the financial losses caused by the operation, and how much the Knights of the Round Table spent on this operation, etc.

Why make things difficult for a high school student like him!

He hasn't even finished high school yet, why make him read such complicated data!

Although he was internally ranting and raving, Shirou's expression remained unchanged.

"Um...?"

Although most people might not be able to tell, Amiya could still sense that Shirou, who was sitting next to her, was filled with rather complex emotions.

How should I put it... it's kind of like Huang was being forced to read some books and materials?

It's that feeling where you have some inner resistance, but you have to force yourself to absorb this knowledge due to practical constraints.

Although not as carefree as Hoshiguma, Shirou's inner changes are far more complex than Hoshiguma's.

It looks quite interesting.

"What's wrong?"

Kal'tsit, who had been helping Amiya figure out some data that wasn't very easy to understand, naturally noticed Amiya's unusual behavior immediately.

Then she noticed that Amiya seemed to be looking in Shirou.

Kal'tsit's eyes narrowed slightly at this.