Chapter 80

However... this... thing... is a bit...

"Researcher Mei, Mei, after all, your..." Kiana didn't finish her sentence; she was still a little worried. She was genuinely a little worried that this might be a trap she was setting for herself.

Wouldn't that be terrible?

After all, he had stolen her glasses, and this researcher...

He doesn't seem like a magnanimous person.

Um...

But looking closely, her heart seems to be about the same size as Mei's, right? Or even bigger than Mei's?

Against the backdrop of the navy blue shirt, it does indeed look much bigger than Mei's.

I really want to try it out. I wonder how it compares to Mei's.

Oh! That's not the main problem.

"Are you really sure you can do this?" Kiana asked. "Are you sure I'll buy it?"

"If you don't want to buy it, you can leave it here." MEI pushed up his glasses and said, "Besides, Kiana, you don't need to pretend in front of me."

"There are some things that I see very clearly."

"I don't care anyway."

Mei doesn't really care about this. It would be strange if Kiana didn't try to Mei! She should still be allowed to do it. What if she ends up getting both of them?

Well, it wasn't me who was taken in.

"Oh, right." MEI suddenly remembered something and said, "Also, you could say this is a beverage, a beverage containing a certain amount of alcohol."

"I added some other ingredients to it; you could call it a sports drink."

"It replenishes energy."

"Huh?" Kiana asked curiously, "As a drink?"

"The alcohol content isn't high enough," MEI said, adjusting his glasses. "You could think of it as some kind of sake... right? After all, this method of fermentation is arguably the oldest fermentation method."

"It's not very efficient and has a low alcohol content. I clarified it and then added some other things."

"You could call it an energy-boosting drink."

That's not wrong; in order to buy more openly, Mei knows how to exploit loopholes. Drinking is normally prohibited in the military, but not completely forbidden.

It's important to know that the military itself is also a major consumer of alcohol.

MEI is also trying to subtly change the subject here.

I don't sell alcohol, I only sell beverages containing alcohol.

No matter what MEI said, Kiana was still sold.

The first batch wasn't expensive, and it's actually a very low-alcohol beverage. Even something like Kuchikamizake) needs time to ferment.

How could it possibly be done in one go?

Besides, this is just a gimmick; MEI wouldn't actually take leftovers from Mei for no reason.

From now on, it really will just be an alcoholic beverage using cute girls as a gimmick!

Making empty promises and engaging in false advertising.

Isn't this an essential skill for capitalists?

Conscience is a thing.

Mei touched it and it seemed to have grown bigger again?

"However," MEI said thoughtfully, hands on his chest, "After it's fermented, we really need to find someone to test it."

"Hmm... who should I contact?"

Who should I ask? MEI didn't dwell on this question for long, and soon someone came to my door to taste the product.

Raiden Ryoma!

Having realized, or rather, guessed, the root of the problem, Ryoma naturally wouldn't sit idly by. He wasn't quite sure why someone would try to harm him for this woman. Perhaps the woman herself wanted to harm him.

Regardless of the reason, I have to go and see this woman.

In the past, it would have been easy for him to ascend the Hyperion. But not now. Even though Schicksal and the Adversity Alliance haven't completely broken ties, the mutual sabotage and undermining between them, and even direct armed conflict, indicate that they have essentially broken off relations, except for the fact that they haven't completely severed ties.

Therefore, Raiden Ryoma knew that boarding the Hyperion was not just a matter of getting on a ship.

It's more of a political issue now.

You might end up jeopardizing your future.

Ryoma knew about the problem but had no solution. If he continued to pretend he knew nothing, his future would essentially be ruined.

There are always people causing trouble behind his back; if he doesn't take the initiative, then...

It's bound to fail sooner or later.

In this situation, coming here might mean certain death, while not coming here is even more likely.

Raiden Ryoma decides to gamble!

We have no choice but to gamble; maybe things will suddenly become much easier.

"You are Raiden Ryoma?"

The person who arrived was a girl with double cabbage haircuts. She looked awkward and didn't seem to welcome him at all.

"That is indeed me." Raiden Ryoma nodded slightly and said, "Are you Jie Linren?"

"It's me." The girl with the double cabbage heads said with a look of disdain, "I know why you're here... Let me introduce myself first. My name is Ai Hyperion."

"Hehehe." Raiden Ryoma chuckled lightly without saying anything.

Ai- Hyperion, Raiden Ryoma knows who she is.

The Hyperion's super-intelligent AI is, to date, the only shipborne super-intelligent AI in the world! It is something that cannot be imitated or copied.

Although Anti-Entropy efforts have been made with all our might, we have been unable to break through the key technologies.

They still don't have a super AI like Ai- Hyperion.

Raiden Ryoma scrutinized Ai-chan, naturally wanting to take this opportunity to study her carefully. Although he couldn't delve into it deeply, he couldn't discern anything just by looking at her like this.

But I still watched it carefully.

"You have to follow the rules here," Ai-chan said smugly. "What you should see, what you shouldn't see, what you should go to, and what places you shouldn't go."

"Don't mess around, or no one can protect you!"

"I know." Raiden Ryoma wouldn't create trouble for himself; he came here to solve problems, not to add to them. He knew these basic things.

"One last thing," Ai-chan added, "M... Dr. Mei is not someone you can aspire to."

"For your own life, and for the Hyperion and Anti-Entropy."

"Of course, there's also Schicksal. Don't even think about a toad trying to eat a swan!"

Raiden Ryoma smiled without saying a word. He guessed that this woman who looked so much like Mei must be someone extraordinary. Otherwise, if she had appeared and he had found out, someone would have been plotting against him.

He now wanted to know what was so special about this woman.

"Raiden Ryoma?"

In the lab, MEI looked at the man in front of her with surprise.

She already knew about this man from the photos, but she never expected that he would actually come to the Hyperion.

'This is really a headache!'

MEI put down the file board in her hand and said, "I am not your wife, please do not do anything out of line."

Mei never expected this man to follow her onto the ship, but now that he's here and right in front of her, she knows why he came.

After all, there's a precedent.

Siegfried...

If this Raiden Ryoma were to resort to violence again, like Siegfried...

She really didn't have any good ideas!

Please don't let this happen again!

"I know," Raiden Ryoma said, "So I came here just for some other things."

I have no grudge against you, so why are you going to such lengths to harm me?

Raiden Ryoma really wanted to ask that question, but he gave up.

He looked into those bright, innocent eyes, just like his child's mother's eyes back then. This woman probably didn't have any bad intentions; she couldn't have done these things.

Perhaps this matter is something like, "I don't know you at all, yet you died because of me."

It's possible that some people are just using this as an excuse to trip him up!

"I'm just here to investigate some things," Raiden Ryoma said, "And to check on my daughter as well."

"I have no other intention."

"I reiterate, I am not your wife!" MEI reiterated.

"We must build on this consensus before moving on to the next topic."

Mei is really having a headache. She feels like she was sent to build a harem and compete with others for wives. Now, with three years to spare, she can just settle for grabbing one wife.

Moreover, others clearly have cheat codes and have reached the pinnacle of life.

How did I end up being snatched up as a wife by someone else?

Siegfried hadn't even left yet.

The Thunder Raiden Ryoma arrived right after!

Fortunately, the owner of that "simp diary" couldn't possibly come, otherwise she would have an even bigger headache!

"Okay, I understand," said Raiden Ryoma.

"I..."

"Then let's move on to the next topic." MEI said without hesitation, giving Raiden Ryoma no time to explain. She stated directly, "I can treat you to dinner."

"Let's have a drink while we're at it."

If Raiden Ryoma is a reasonable person and not someone who is blinded by emotions, then things will be much easier to handle from here on out.

Moreover, the arrival of Raiden Ryoma did solve a problem for her.

"I'll cook," MEi said, adjusting her glasses. "There's a small stove here."

MEI has been practicing for a long time.

As for how to imitate Mei's mother's cooking, aside from the matter of instilling love, Mei felt that she could barely graduate from the profession.

But it wouldn't be good to go directly to Mei.

What if she overlooked some details and revealed them, and her plan to complete the mission was completely ruined? It's just in time that this Raiden Ryoma came along.

Let's test this guy first; it doesn't matter if it exposes us.

For now, Mei for the time being.

"Drinking?" Raiden Ryoma hadn't expected this turn of events, nor had he anticipated being invited to drink.

"Yes, it's drinking." MEI pushed up his glasses and said, "It's sake, don't worry too much about it, the alcohol content isn't very high."

Yes, this is your daughter's Kuchikamizake!

Of course~

And mine too!

PS: Things haven't been going too well lately.

P. S.: I'll have another checkup after I get pregnant. The doctor said there were two bright spots on the baby's ventricle after my 4D ultrasound today, so I need to go for another checkup tomorrow.