Transforming into Kanna on Terra

She had the urge to go all-in on the rest of the cafeteria's food at that moment, but unfortunately, she was short on cash. Her wages from the last mission had been handed over to the evil Kal'tsit, who was keeping them for safekeeping.

Although Kanna was angry, she figured she didn't have to pay for food anyway and her wages would be useless, so she gave up trying to get them back. Now, seeing that there was a betting pool she couldn't join made her feel terrible.

With that thought, Kanna turned her grief into appetite and, to everyone's shock, rapidly devoured the plates of food brought before her.

Rosemary, standing nearby, was also witnessing Kanna go all out for the first time. The speed and efficiency with which she ate a plate a mouthful left her pupils trembling. She stared blankly as food was delivered like an assembly line and then disappeared into Kanna's mouth, almost forgetting to eat herself.

After returning to her room, Rosemary was still in a daze for quite some time. Suddenly, she started to laugh, tears streaming down her face uncontrollably. When she finally tired herself out, she flopped onto the bed.

At this moment, Rosemary's eyes were no longer filled with the fear and unease from before. Although the experiments had left her with poor memory, the names Amiya and Kanna were deeply etched in her heart.

And so, Kanna's days on Rhodes Island entered a rare period of calm.

As for missions, the skill she obtained after completing the last one was the complete Lightning Body Refinement Technique and related skills from Naruto. She was very dissatisfied with this, as it was just a martial art that involved wrapping oneself in lightning and using it with extremely high physical prowess. Even without this skill, Kanna could have easily developed these techniques herself.

The reasons she didn't practice them were twofold. Firstly, laziness. This body refinement technique was like rowing upstream; one either progresses or falls back. She had absolutely no interest in such monotonous and tedious daily practice. Secondly, she didn't want to turn into a muscular monster.

Thinking of her own small body, if she were to strip off her clothes and reveal muscles underneath, and her face became all "JOJO-like," how terrifying would that be?

However, she did copy the body refinement technique and toss it to Kal'tsit.

After reading it, Kal'tsit remarked that while it looked impressive, it was only impressive to look at.

Not to mention, what even was Chakra? Currently, there were people on Rhodes Island who could use lightning as Originium Arts, but if they were to actually practice this technique, they would most likely either die from exhaustion or quickly succumb to Originium infection due to the rapid increase of Originium in their blood, vanishing from the face of the earth with a bang.

Although the crucial methods of lightning induction and body tempering were unusable, some of the offensive and combat techniques within it had merit.

Kal'tsit summoned Ace and Brother Yunlong. After they discussed it, they extracted the only usable combat technique from the book.

As for the Supreme Divine Secret Art of Thunder Body Refinement, written in Kanna's own ant-like scrawl, it was tossed under the table as a makeshift coaster.

The reason for this was naturally that Kal'tsit feared some foolish Operator might find the book and try to learn from it. After all, aside from monsters like Kanna, the only outcome for a normal person learning this technique would be a faster death.

A book that couldn't be thrown away yet couldn't be placed on a shelf naturally found its place under Kal'tsit's table.

After this mission, the new tasks that appeared were the kind that were difficult to complete unless one left Rhodes Island.

Kanna, however, was still angry at the mission system, declaring she wouldn't look at whatever it threw at her. After all, with her increasing proficiency in Palm Thunder and Star Alignment, she had developed quite a few new applications.

Among them, Palm Thunder could now be released through her entire body, and its range and power could be adjusted as needed. Currently, Kanna could successfully condense and release Palm Thunder from the top of the ship's crow's nest to hit a target less than ten centimeters in size erected at the front. The power was also considerable; calculations indicated that without proper protection, a single strike could heavily injure a normal Operator. This precision, accuracy, and power had been praised by the assisting Outcast for a long time.

As for the usage of Star Alignment, Kanna suddenly recalled Gangplank's triple barrel explosion from League of Legends during an experiment.

Gangplank used his abilities to detonate barrels, and the distance between the barrels created a chain reaction of explosions. Kanna felt that Lightning Wedge could achieve the same.

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For this, she specifically consulted Outcast.

Outcast thought her idea was good, but given how terrifying the explosion of a single Lightning Wedge had been during previous tests, and that the strong electrical current could damage other equipment in the training room, it was approved by Kal'tsit to conduct the experiment on the bridge.

The experimental results were very encouraging.

Kanna ensured the three Lightning Wedges were about twenty meters apart. Then, detonating any one of the three would trigger a chain reaction that detonated the other two simultaneously.

Moreover, if the detonation of a single Lightning Wedge was like a clap of thunder on flat ground, the simultaneous detonation of three would cause a violent thunderstorm reaction at that location.

On one occasion, it directly summoned a lightning pillar nearly forty meters thick from the sky.

Fortunately, the tests were always conducted at the edge of the landship, aiming at the barren land outside. Otherwise, even if Rhodes Island itself could withstand that blast, the subsequent maintenance by the engineering department would have broken Closure's heart.

About half a month later, Kanna heard while playing that the squad sent to Leithanien on a mission had returned. She thought of A1 and the dog, wondering if Fen had taken her words to heart and if the dog had successfully joined the island.

Driven by curiosity, she led Popukar and "Rosemary" towards the area where the reserve action group A1 Squad usually operated.

As for why Amiya wasn't with them, it was because the three of them were "unemployed," while Amiya was a leader. Being able to snatch some time to play together was already considered special permission from Empress Kal'tsit, so they couldn't wander around aimlessly like the three of them.

Although Rosemary still forgot many things due to her condition, she had deeply imprinted Kanna's small figure in her memory. As long as she wasn't undergoing treatment or participating in various tests, she would follow Kanna around.

As they approached the vicinity of A1's residence, they could hear Fen's energetic voice from afar.

When they walked over, the members of A1 Squad saw Kanna and rushed over with "admiration."

Upon entering, Ifrit, who usually didn't talk much with Kanna, gave her a rare hug.

Hibiscus said with a hint of lingering fear, "Kanna-chan, could you possibly predict the future? Fortunately, we were bored on the way, so Fen told us what you said. We thought you were playing a trick on us at the time, but we actually encountered an attack from a Perro girl during the mission. It was Closure who remembered your words and knocked her out with some food mixed with sleeping pills. Otherwise, my sister..."

"Ahaha... I can't predict the future, but I know that dog. Did you bring her back?" Kanna looked around, not finding Eyjafjalla's trace.

Seeing Kanna looking around, Fen said, "We brought her back, but her Originium infection is severe, and she's currently receiving treatment in the medical department."

Recalling Eyjafjalla's character, Kanna nodded. A somewhat naive girl who had traveled most of Terra alone, she had suffered severe Originium infection due to her lack of protection.

"Then how was your mission this time?" Since she knew Eyjafjalla had joined the island, Kanna wasn't in a hurry.

The reason she was looking for Eyjafjalla was twofold: first, she liked the somewhat silly dog in the game, and second, she wanted to have a showdown with her to see who was Rhodes Island's true big eater.

Fen smiled and nodded, "It was okay. Besides being attacked by that Perro girl named 'Eyjafjalla,' the journey was relatively smooth."

Kanna patted her chest, "That's good. I'll go see the dog first. You guys just got back, so go rest."

As Kanna led Popukar and Rosemary away, Closure complained to the person next to her, "Are you guys not going to say anything about Kanna-chan's and the two little ones' clothes?"

Speaking of which, Kanna had recently found a tailor on Rhodes Island to make a set of white T-shirts for herself, Popukar, Rosemary, and Amiya.

Each shirt had a few characters from Yan written on it. Kanna's shirt had "Poor Chest" written on the front and "Extremely Hungry" on the back. Popukar's shirt read "Great Strength, Bricks Fly," Rosemary's was "Peerless Cat in the World," and Amiya's was "Donkey Meat Pot Roast."

Although the other three didn't understand the meaning of the characters on them, they gladly accepted Kanna's gifts. After all, compared to Kanna's own shirt, at least these few shirts had less questionable text.

"Hmm, that's true, but the meanings of Yan characters are very multifaceted. We aren't from Yan, and our understanding of their language isn't deep. It would be awkward if we misinterpreted them."

Regarding this, a certain Yato (Shintoushou) involved in making the clothes had something to say. When she received the characters from Kanna, she wanted to complain. Did they think there were no people from Yan on Rhodes Island, or that most Operators couldn't understand Yan characters? Weren't they afraid of being laughed to death?

However, considering that the wearers were either children or Rhodes Island's leaders, they probably wouldn't mock the meaning even if they understood it. So, although Kanna's approach was a bit absurd, it actually hit the perfect balance of everyone's tolerance and brought a lot of joy to Rhodes Island.

For example, after seeing Kanna's text-printed t-shirts, many people found them very trendy and applied to the Engineering and Manufacturing Department for similar clothing. This also allowed Closure to make a fortune after hearing the news.

Kanna and a few others waited in the Medical Department for a while before seeing a Doctor emerge with a blonde Perro girl who looked less than intelligent.

As they walked, the Doctor was emphasizing something to her.

But looking at Perro's bewildered expression and unfocused gaze, it was clear she hadn't taken any of the Doctor's words to heart.

As expected, as soon as the Doctor's attention shifted, she started looking around, as if searching for something.

"Are you looking for that?" Kanna asked, pointing to a bag not far away as Perro's gaze turned towards her.

Perro's eyes lit up when she saw the bag. Before the Doctor beside her could react, she lunged at the bag like a hungry wolf.

After picking up the bag, she looked inside and, finding everything there, wagged her tail in satisfaction.

When her head emerged from the bag, she saw a small child standing beside her, curiously examining the Originium block on her leg.

Kanna reached out and touched it before looking up and asking, "Does it hurt to have this growing on your leg?"

Perhaps due to the good impression Kanna had made by showing her the way earlier, Perro shook her head. "As long as I don't pay too much attention to it, I don't feel it most of the time. It's just a bit uncomfortable when I lie down to sleep."

"We have a very strong blacksmith on Rhodes Island. I see some of your weapons are rusty. How about I take you to get them maintained?"

Chapter 47, Chapter 43: Feeding is the Fastest Way to Increase Friendship

"??? Why do they need maintenance???" Perro took out her weapons one by one and slung them onto her back, then asked curiously.

"Weapons are like you. When they're rusty, they're sick. Maintenance is like treating them, otherwise, they'll die too."

Knowing that overly professional language would be incomprehensible to Eyjafjalla, Kanna used an anthropomorphic approach to explain the necessity of weapon maintenance.

"Ah! Is that so? Take me to the blacksmith!" Eyjafjalla became nervous upon hearing Kanna's words.

"My name is Kanna. I hope we can become good friends," Kanna said, handing over a cookie she had prepared beforehand.

"Mhm, mhm, mhm! My name is Eyjafjalla. I love honey cakes the most, but I like other foods too. Crunch, wow! This is delicious! I declare this to be the second most delicious food after honey cakes." Taking Kanna's food and taking a bite, Eyjafjalla couldn't help but exclaim.

"Rhodes Island has many other delicious things. I believe you'll like it here," Kanna said as she walked in the direction of the Engineering Department.

Seeing the dog following Kanna with a pile of weapons on her back, the Doctor sighed. She had talked for so long, but it seemed the other party hadn't listened at all. She turned and walked back towards the entrance of the Medical Department.

Upon arriving at the Engineering Department, Kanna inquired with the Operators inside and, after a few turns, led them to a secluded small house.

She knocked on the door, and a Hooves with red pupils came out.

Seeing the children at the door, she frowned. As a blacksmith, lively children mostly meant trouble, so seeing so many children made her uncomfortable.

Just as she was about to turn and close the door, Kanna reached out and stopped her.

"Sister Vulcan, this Miss Eyjafjalla has some weapons that need maintenance. The Operators in the Engineering Department recommended you, saying you are the most skilled in weapon forging and maintenance on Rhodes Island, which is why we came here. Don't worry, we are all good children and won't cause you any trouble."

Upon hearing Kanna's words, Vulcan didn't fully believe her, but when she tried to push the door, she found it as if it were welded shut. She realized the child in front of her was no ordinary child.

She reopened the door and nodded. "Alright, but let's be clear. This is where weapons are manufactured and maintained, so there are no toys for children. If you get bored, please go play outside and don't touch anything here."

After Kanna nodded, she stepped aside and let the four of them in.

Once inside, Eyjafjalla eagerly took the weapons off her back. "Big sister, please check them for me. Will they die?"

"Die?" Vulcan looked at Eyjafjalla.

"She means they're too damaged to be used." People who have just met Eyjafjalla might not understand what she means, so Kanna stepped in to explain.

Vulcan nodded and picked up each weapon, examining it carefully.

"They're alright. Although they all have some rust, the problems aren't serious. With a bit of forging and regular maintenance, they can still be used."

After speaking, she took the weapons to the workbench.

The children were very excited to see a blacksmith shop up close for the first time. After ensuring they wouldn't touch anything, they carefully explored the area.

As far as Kanna was concerned, this was very different from the blacksmith shop she had imagined. Apart from the large furnace in the center, it didn't resemble a blacksmith shop at all; it was more like a small workshop.

Various mechanical forging equipment could produce a batch of qualified weapons with just a few button presses. If the person wasn't Vulcan, she would have doubted if she truly possessed sufficient skill.

Vulcan had been working for a long time. Kanna noticed Popukar starting to yawn and Rosemary's eyes drooping, so she decided to leave.

Seeing that Vulcan hadn't stopped yet, she took two cookies from her pocket and handed them to Eyjafjalla.

"Everyone is tired from playing, and we're getting ready to go back. I guess you won't be leaving, so I'll leave these two cookies for you. You can share them when Sister Vulcan comes down."

Eyjafjalla carefully took the cookies and nodded heavily at Kanna. "Mhm, mhm, mhm! I'll look for you to play with after my weapons are saved."

As Kanna and the others left, Vulcan glanced at their retreating figures from above and couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief.

These children were indeed as well-behaved and obedient as the one leading them had said. They had been in the workshop for so long, yet they hadn't shown any curiosity about touching things. But this made her even more nervous.

Playful children were common, but such well-behaved little ones must have significant backgrounds. Moreover, they were all very cute. She worried about how she would explain if something happened in the workshop and someone got hurt.

After Kanna and the others left, Vulcan looked at Eyjafjalla, who was sitting and staring intently at the operation console, and asked casually, "Why aren't you going back with them?"

"Eyjafjalla just arrived here. The person in the white coat told me where to live, but Eyjafjalla forgot. But it's okay. As long as I'm with my weapons, Eyjafjalla can live anywhere."

"Oh? Aren't those little ones your friends?"

"Kanna is Eyjafjalla's friend, she's a good person." Eyjafjalla didn't deny this.

"Then why don't you let her help you find a place to stay?"

"Eyjafjalla's weapon is here, and wherever the weapon is, that's where Eyjafjalla lives!" As she said this, a proud look appeared on Eyjafjalla's silly face.

Hearing her words, Vulcan smiled.

"The room next door is empty, you can rest there. Your weapons will probably take another four to five hours to be fully maintained, so you don't have to stay here the whole time."

Eyjafjalla shook her head, looking at Vulcan with a firm expression. "No, Eyjafjalla isn't going anywhere."

Seeing the other party's resolute attitude, Vulcan didn't say anything more. She turned around and continued working.

After Kanna and the other two left Vulcan's workshop, they headed towards the rest area.

Except for Kanna, the other two were probably overheated in the workshop, so after being taken to their dorms, they quickly fell asleep. Kanna, after some thought, decided to go to the training room to play. Perhaps if she was lucky, she might even see Handi.

When she arrived at the training room, Handi wasn't there. There was only Mad Shark, silently wielding a chainsaw and attacking targets.

Perhaps it was her wide, sweeping attack style, or perhaps it was her appearance that clearly indicated she wasn't mentally stable, but besides the heavy defender operator left behind to prevent any accidents, no one else was around her.

"Hello there, Hardbrick, want some candy?"

Just as the heavy defender operator was looking bored, a little girl's voice came from behind him.

Chapter 48 Chapter 44: Sharky, Oh My Sharky, Why Did You Get Worse After Becoming Six-Star!

Hearing the voice, Hardbrick couldn't help but shudder.

This voice had been like a nightmare for the ACE team recently. Not only did she trick them out of food and drinks, but she also got them punished with cleaning toilets. Thinking of the smell of the toilet, Hardbrick's face turned from red to green, and then from green to purple.