Nethermark May Decay, but It Will Never Go Bankrupt
"Something's wrong! Doctor Anna!"
Anna, who had been inspecting the Esha Armed production equipment on the third underground level, looked up at the pink-haired girl sprinting toward her.
"You are... Ze Xi? Why are you on the Third Floor?"
Ze Xi froze. "Doctor Anna, I'm the Logistics Department staff member you sent here earlier to maintain the Third Floor. Have you forgotten?"
"Did I? ...I've been too busy. I may have overlooked it."
She only remembered that Ze Xi was from the Logistics Department—Professor Anna had said that she secretly resold supplies to warlords in the Outland for personal gain.
But in truth, Black Market Merchants like that existed everywhere, so Professor Anna had always turned a blind eye.
Anna did not want to be too absolute about it either. Since this girl already had an established network of connections, she was best suited for sales and foreign trade.
"Don't panic, Ze Xi. Tell me what happened slowly."
Her tone was gentle, unconsciously taking on a manner of speaking similar to her teacher's.
"Doctor Anna, that Level 5 Infected—Li Aoz!"
"I'm a professor now," Anna said flatly.
Ze Xi choked up. At a time like this, you're still fussing over something like that?
Vanity. Pure vanity.
No wonder she was less popular than Head Nurse Nordly. If Professor Anna had not suddenly been killed and Nordly seriously injured, how could it possibly have been her turn to take over?
"—Professor Anna," she said. "Li Aoz, the one you sent out to recover the medicine and medical equipment, and rescue the abducted doctors... that guy is back."
"Is that so? That's good news." Anna nodded.
Li Aoz was someone Professor Anna had treated as particularly important. Apparently, he was the sole case