Reincarnated NPC, But Arknights Chapter 39

Bai Ye waved at Ifrit.

"W-what do you want!" Ifrit looked at Bai Ye warily, but her expression slowly softened.

It was their first meeting, and Bai Ye's innate affinity made it difficult for Ifrit to harbor any negative emotions like hostility or animosity.

Even the other consciousness within her had become unusually quiet and well-behaved, unlike its usual self.

Of course, Bai Ye's ability, which in a sense had reached the highest level, wasn't omnipotent. If one's negative emotions were strong enough, they could overwhelm that natural goodwill.

"It's very late, don't shout in the hallway," Bai Ye said, opening the door.

Ifrit tilted her head, sensing that Bai Ye seemed to be inviting her in.

Such a strange person.

But her sensitivity didn't detect any malice from Bai Ye.

"So mysterious..." Ifrit muttered, kicking the door open.

"Shh."

Bai Ye shook his head and then pointed to Hermo, who was sitting on the sofa.

"Hermo! ...Ah..." Ifrit's eyes lit up, and she hurried over.

"She's asleep," Bai Ye said softly.

"She's tired..." Ifrit also lowered her voice subconsciously. "Hermo usually works very late at night..."

Bai Ye nodded. Hermo's race had a reversed sleep cycle compared to others, but her hurried departure that morning indicated she hadn't slept during the day.

"Mmm... mhm..."

Perhaps it was because their voices were still a bit too loud, or perhaps she wasn't deeply asleep, but Hermo woke up quickly.

Slowly opening her eyes, she saw Ifrit standing in front of her.

"How long have I slept..." Hermo quickly got up from the sofa. The atmosphere at Bai Ye's place was too comfortable, making her let down her guard and fall asleep on the sofa.

How embarrassing!

Hermo felt her face burning.

"We're leaving now, Mr. Bai Ye. Please give me your terminal contact number."

Hermo quickly exchanged terminal numbers with Bai Ye, then grabbed Ifrit and left as if fleeing.

"..." Bai Ye opened his mouth but didn't stop them in the end.

"I haven't even said anything yet..." He was a little speechless. "And there's still the second cup of tea..."

Bai Ye had hosted two guests today and made two cups of tea.

However, neither of them touched the tea he had prepared, so he had to deal with it himself...

Perhaps he really was destined to deal with tea lately, because the next day, Bai Ye received an encrypted message from Doctor Kal'tsit, inviting him to her office for "tea."

Of course, that was Bai Ye's own interpretation; Doctor Kal'tsit had merely summoned him to her office for a discussion. However, Bai Ye had a feeling that the old woman Kal'tsit wasn't coming with good intentions.

After tidying up his things, Bai Ye handed over his tasks to Miss Typing Girl and then hurried to Doctor Kal'tsit's office.

"Please insert coin."

Outside Doctor Kal'tsit's office stood a strangely designed gacha machine. It seemed only when Bai Ye inserted a coin and tried to get a capsule would it move. Bai Ye, speechless, pushed it aside and then knocked on the door.

"Enter," Doctor Kal'tsit's voice came from inside the office, sounding no different than usual.

Bai Ye opened the automatic door and walked in.

"Doctor Kal'tsit, there's a gacha machine outside."

"Don't mind it, it's not important. It's just one of Closure's jokes," Doctor Kal'tsit replied expressionlessly, then gestured to the chair already placed opposite her. "Please sit."

This wasn't Bai Ye's first time in the office, and each visit made him feel the atmosphere was quite heavy.

Doctor Kal'tsit was not a pleasant person; she always hid her emotions behind a detached expression, making her unfathomable.

Bai Ye didn't even know if his aura of affinity had any effect on this woman.

Doctor Kal'tsit didn't make tea, so after Bai Ye sat down, she got straight to the point: "Your plan has my approval, but I want to discuss it with you in person."

"Please go ahead," Bai Ye nodded.

"What exactly do you intend to do? How much do you understand about Ursus's frozen lands?" Doctor Kal'tsit gazed at Bai Ye. "I can sense a clear objective in your plan."

Bai Ye was unconcerned by Doctor Kal'tsit's stare; in fact, he was already accustomed to such pressure-inducing gazes.

"Yes, I have many things to do," Bai Ye stated frankly. "First, someone commissioned me to find someone in Ursus."

"I received intel that the last descendant of the Red Dragon is now living in the lands of Ursus."

"I surmise that only the endless frozen lands could accommodate a descendant of a Red Dragon."

The intelligence naturally came from Chen, but even she didn't know much. However, when she told Bai Ye the name, Bai Ye realized he might know more.

His memories from his past life were finally proving useful.

He wanted to go to the ice fields to meet the dungeon bosses he had faced in the past.

"This is your private matter... However, I want to remind you, please don't do anything that harms Rhodes Island." After a moment of silence, much to Bai Ye's surprise, Doctor Kal'tsit didn't ask many questions.

Bai Ye couldn't figure out what the young-looking lady in front of him was thinking.

"I will arrange a helper for you. Ursus is too dangerous, and I don't want Rhodes Island's newly appointed supervisor to lose his life there for nothing," Doctor Kal'tsit continued.

Bai Ye blinked. Was there such a good thing?

"Could it be Rhodes Island's elite operators? Logos? Ace? Exusiai? Scout? Or Outcast?" Bai Ye listed them like treasures. "You're not going to monitor me, are you?"

"Heh... None of them," Doctor Kal'tsit let out a cold laugh, feeling that Bai Ye was dreaming.

Elite operators weren't deployed casually, and even when they went on missions, they mostly operated in squads.

"Don't overthink it, do what you need to do," Doctor Kal'tsit warned. "When you leave, she will accompany you."

"Then thank you very much." Bai Ye accepted gratefully.

"Remember, don't do anything that harms Rhodes Island," Doctor Kal'tsit warned again at the end.

"I understand, Doctor Kal'tsit. No matter what, our goals are the same. We are all working for this land."

Password correct.

Doctor Kal'tsit nodded. "I hope so."

She really doesn't trust me that much...

Bai Ye mused on her attitude as he left Doctor Kal'tsit's office.

Perhaps she already knew something. She knew more than he did.

She knew what Ursus had.

Chapter 17: Separation of Man and Ship

Naturally, Bai Ye didn't know how fantastical Doctor Kal'tsit's past resume was. If he knew that Doctor Kal'tsit had been a scientist in Ursus, taught students, researched ancient technology, planned the assassination of a Grand Duke for revenge, and buried people... perhaps he would have felt awe towards Doctor Kal'tsit.

Yes, just a little bit.

But he didn't know.

So, in Bai Ye's opinion, this mysterious lady was too cryptic, knowing things but unwilling to say them.

However, he was very curious about who the operator accompanying him to Ursus would be.

There weren't many operators from Ursus within Rhodes Island.

Bai Ye couldn't fathom Doctor Kal'tsit's thoughts.

However, he also felt that his privileges within Rhodes Island seemed rather significant. Bai Ye originally thought that his plan wouldn't pass so easily, but Doctor Kal'tsit had granted him considerable authority.

Other departments were also cooperating with the External Affairs Department's plan, and the allocation of various resources was not lacking.

"This preferential treatment is a bit excessive," Bai Ye shook his head, not dwelling on it, and opened his terminal instead.

He had finally received an urgent telegram from Lungmen, and he had made contact with Miss Swire.

It wasn't a simple messenger-to-messenger contact.

Miss Swire had found a more efficient method, using a signal transmitter to find an active port for secondary transmission, then erasing traces until it reached the target port.

Finally, a messenger within the base delivered the telegram to Bai Ye.

Most countries' military transmission equipment did not possess this level of technology.

Bai Ye was unsure how the young lady had obtained such high-end communication technology.

It was just that the cost was a bit too high.

Bai Ye went to his office and then patiently browsed Swire's letter.

She brought good news: "Northern Cross" had registered a logistics company. Although it hadn't recruited many employees, the basic framework had been established.

At the same time, she had drafted a cooperation contract between Northern Cross and Rhodes Island for Bai Ye. In Bai Ye and Swire's vision, Northern Cross could best utilize the well-established office network that Rhodes Island had already built.

And Northern Cross could provide Rhodes Island with higher quality messenger and logistics services through the player community.

This way, Rhodes Island's own messengers could undertake more confidential and complex work tasks.

"She's truly amazing..." Bai Ye read Miss Swire's message and couldn't help but sigh at the young lady's capabilities.

She was indeed very good at these things.

However, Swire also complained in her letter.

She was running out of money.

Yes, even with Swire's assets, doing these things was just a drop in the bucket.

She was already preparing to sell her shares in Victoria and her industries in Columbia. She even wanted to divest some of her mining interests in Rim Billiton.

Of course, she had already dealt with some other assets.

Bai Ye was very touched. This was a testament to her trust in him. Miss Swire believed in him immensely, even investing her own money into this deep pit without seeing any returns yet.

Bai Ye felt the weight on his shoulders.

"What a silly girl, we haven't even known each other that long..."

Bai Ye shook his head as he wrote a letter in reply to Swire, advising the young woman not to waste long-term gains for immediate fixes.

Bai Ye also wanted Swire to retain her mining assets in Lemtu, who knew, maybe one day they could dig up a Rhodes Island Ship from underground themselves...

"We'll have bread, and we'll have money. Also, please send my regards to Miss Chen, I've already started investigating the matter of her old friend, please be patient..."

After finishing the letter, Bai Ye used an encryption tool to convert it into garbled text before handing it over to the messenger.

Closing his eyes, Bai Ye began to rethink the flaws in his previous plans.

Swire had advised him not to overextend himself from the start.

It was better to solidify the foundation first. If he tried to expand in all directions simultaneously, he might end up neglecting one area for another, putting himself in a difficult position.

Bai Ye naturally understood this principle, but Rhodes Island's plans were unrelated to his own businesses. Rhodes Island's branch offices had already established a certain foundation, and they were more like charities, not directly affecting specific interests or attracting too much attention.

However, some aspects could be slightly modified.

In the following time, Bai Ye gradually began to get used to life at Rhodes Island.

He worked during the day, and at the same time, he passed on some of his work experiences to Miss Typing Girl. Bai Ye clearly intended to transfer some of his work to this reliable young woman from Laterano after he left Rhodes Island.

In the afternoon, Bai Ye would go to the training room to hone his skills. His Unarmed Combat skill level was already near mastery, and his personal swordsmanship level would reach expert after he developed a swordsmanship philosophy suited to himself.

Of course, the greatest gains came from the development of his magical talent.

Rhodes Island's Arts department was very interested in Bai Ye's Originium Arts, so the researchers would assist Bai Ye in developing his Originium Arts, and Bai Ye, in turn, had to cooperate with the researchers for a series of tests.

Unfortunately, Bai Ye's magical talent actually had little to do with Originium. Although the development progress was quite smooth, Bai Ye's [Originium Arts Theory] skill only increased by a tiny bit.

Even so, Bai Ye was quite satisfied. The improvements he gained from discussing with the researchers in the Arts department on a daily basis were far greater than what he could achieve by reading basic textbooks himself.

In addition to work and training, Bai Ye also had to deal with the clingy Sanguinarian lady in the medical department.