Sometimes, Lin Nai wondered whether the system had given him something that guy had written on a whim.
"Lin Nai, Lin Nai! Look!!"
Kiana excitedly pulled Lin Nai over and pointed at a street below... one brimming with anime vibes.
"That's somewhere we've never seen before! Oh! There are so many pretty characters!"
"Mm-hm."
Lin Nai went along with Kiana, letting her drag him around as he quietly listened to her chatter without stopping.
During that time, Lin Nai also gestured for Kiana to lower her voice a little.
After all, Einstein and Dr. Tesla were sitting not far away, scribbling and drawing over a blueprint.
They were probably improving the mech design.
Meanwhile, Bronya was quietly searching for something on her phone.
Noticing this, Kiana grinned and leaned over.
"Hey, shorty, what are you looking at?"
"Idiot Kiana, don't disturb Bronya."
Bronya mercilessly shoved Kiana away with one hand, turning off her phone screen at the same time.
Lin Nai seemed to have caught a glimpse of Bronya's browser history just as the screen went dark.
Well...
What position was best for two people to play games together.
Just saying.
Was there really any need to search that?
The first result was that.
The second was how to grow taller.
Well, Bronya's emotions had already returned to normal levels.
And Bronya learned at an extraordinary speed.
So by now, she understood many things.
Besides, Kiana always loved getting in Bronya's face and calling her shorty.
Sigh.
What could Bronya do now?
She was only 147 centimeters tall—rounded up, that made her the same height as Hare, 150 centimeters.
Lin Nai had seen Bronya's physical examination report last time.
He had estimated 150 centimeters at first glance. He hadn't expected her to be three centimeters short.
Compared with other areas...
Lin Nai's assessment was that Kiana was already quite well-endowed, while Bronya still couldn't compare.
After all, Duck Duck right now was like that flat-chested girl from Shenzhou who had lived for fifty thousand years without her body changing at all.
If she were post-Honkai Duck Duck, then maybe there wouldn't be a problem.
This only made Kiana even more curious. "Tell me, what is it?"
"No."
Bronya decisively refused Kiana, climbed down from her seat, and ran over to Lin Nai's side.
Kiana still leaned closer, curiously questioning Bronya.
Sitting to the side, Lin Nai felt as if he were looking at a Huskyana.
Kiana was as noisy as ever.
"Dr. Tesla, where are we staying tonight?"
Suddenly thinking of that, Lin Nai asked Tesla.
Tesla, who was biting a pen, looked up. "Of course we're staying at a hotel. What, did you think we'd make you sleep under a bridge after coming all this way?"
"Don't worry, Lin Nai. I booked a luxury suite, so there's no need to worry," Einstein said, looking up as well.
Lin Nai fell silent at that.
As did Kiana and Bronya, who had been horsing around nearby.
How should he put it?
Bronya had been taken in by Lin Nai and Kiana that day.
And Lin Nai and Kiana had formed an unforgettable impression of luxury suites that day.
After all, while they were staying there, a whole group of people suddenly burst in and pointed guns at them.
Well...
Tesla noticed the subtle expressions on the three of their faces and smugly put her hands on her hips, humming twice.
She instantly drew all three of their attention.
"See, Bird's Nest Head! I told you, instead of staying in some luxury suite, we should rent a villa and spend a few days here!"
Tesla's real thought was: rent a secluded villa, and then she could do some research there.
"..."
Einstein had naturally noticed the slightly strange expressions on Lin Nai and the other two.
"Mm... are luxury suites not good?"
"No, it doesn't really matter where we stay. It's just that the three of us... have a slightly strange impression of luxury suites."
Kiana and Bronya nodded in agreement.
Even knowing that incident had been entirely accidental.
To be honest, Kiana and Lin Nai's first reaction upon checking into a luxury suite would probably be to inspect the entire floor.
There was no helping it.
If something like that happened, then the so-called luxury suite would be uninhabitable anyway.
Back then, Lin Nai had not hesitated at all, immediately evacuating with Kiana and Bronya.
He had even remembered to erase their traces on the way out.
Kiana knocked out the security guard in the monitoring room again, while Lin Nai gave the front desk another dose of physical memory erasure.
Then they started deleting their check-in information, while Kiana deleted the surveillance footage.
"A strange impression?"
Hearing that, Einstein tilted her head, her curiosity piqued.
Lin Nai didn't mind and told Einstein and Tesla about what had happened.
And so...
Einstein and Tesla fell silent.
It was fortunate that Lin Nai and the other two possessed such formidable combat strength.
If they had been ordinary people...
They might have already died.
The impression certainly ran deep.
"Then let's listen to Dr. Tesla. We'll rent a villa and stay there tonight."
Einstein picked up her water bottle, unscrewed the cap, and gulped down two mouthfuls.
"Now that's more like it!" Tesla smiled and took out her phone. Though they were only renting it for a few days.
If they stayed in a luxury suite, she would have nowhere to do her research.
And she would definitely have to share a room with Bird's Nest Head then, since Anti-Entropy's budget was limited.
If she shared a room with Bird's Nest Head, Tesla felt she would inevitably have to listen to her nagging for several days.
After all, Tesla's life skills were dreadful. Her room was a complete mess, and she never bothered with her appearance while at home.
Well.
Einstein, the old nanny, often scolded her over that.
If it were a villa, Einstein wouldn't care what Tesla did in her room during that time.
Well...
Why not just buy a villa outright?
Thinking that, Tesla quietly opened a real estate website, intending to go all the way and simply buy one.
That way, she wouldn't have to hurriedly pack everything up and take it away later.
She could just leave it there.
Tesla was already too lazy to clean or organize anything, so she intended to solve the problem with money.
What did a shortage of research funds have to do with Tesla's personal savings?
The Matter of Tesla's Personal Savings
By evening.
The group finally arrived in Changkong City in the Far East.
All that could be said was that Raiden Ryoma was truly rich.
He had specifically found a site where most of Anti-Entropy's aircraft could be parked.
It was just unknown whether the land had been rented, bought by Raiden Ryoma, or simply found somewhere.
Lin Nai leaned toward the first two possibilities.
ME Corp. was, after all, a world-famous multinational electronics company.
Otherwise, it could not have supported Anti-Entropy in the mass production of large numbers of mechs.
Well...
Raiden Ryoma might not only provide locations and manpower—he might provide funding as well.
For ME Corp., with its immense financial resources, owning several plots of land seemed perfectly normal.
It was just a pity.
The wealthy ME Corp. later fell into Cocolia's hands.
Speaking of Cocolia.
Lin Nai felt that, after some time, he needed to visit Cocolia Orphanage and see those children.
As for Cocolia...
Lin Nai thought that as long as she did not become an Executor, it should be fine.
After all, when Cocolia had still been a soldier, she sent money back to the orphanage every month and felt guilty about pointing her gun at innocents.
Sure enough.
Power could change many people.
Especially those with ambition.
"It's been a long time, Dr. Tesla, Doctor Einstein."
Raiden Ryoma said respectfully.
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