Transforming into Kanna on Terra

Ever since the last incident, Kanna had stopped causing trouble to avoid drawing too much attention and jeopardizing her plan to infiltrate the Outcast convoy. However, to avoid appearing suspiciously low-key, she came up with a plan: "Dedicate my precious sleep to Rhodes Island's cleanliness."

Relying on her superior physique and good spirits.

She spent her days wandering all over Rhodes Island.

Fortunately, everyone on the ship had heard about the cub's "glorious deeds." After all, Rhodes Island had never had anyone broadcast a self-criticism speech across the entire ship since its establishment.

So, when people saw her, they would greet her with a smile. Those who were more familiar would even offer her snacks.

Closure reported to Kal'tsit about this, stating that since the young dragon joined Rhodes Island, snack sales had increased by 30%. This showed that the young dragon's ability to freeload was becoming increasingly skilled.

One day, Kanna was arrogantly walking down a corridor with her broom, as usual, when she suddenly noticed several members of A1 Squad standing not far away, fully armed and chatting.

She trotted over excitedly.

"Hi! Fen, Closure, Meteor, Hibiscus, Ifrit, are you guys going on a mission?"

Seeing Kanna approaching with her short legs, Fen gently tapped her forehead and said with a hint of excitement, "Yes, we heard that Elite Operator Logos made some discoveries in Leithanien. Instructor Misery has already led a team to provide support, and our Action Preparation Team A1 has also received orders to go to Leithanien as a reserve and logistics support team to aid the operation there."

Kanna froze upon hearing Fen's words. Leithanien, A1 Squad... wasn't this the incident where that dumb dog, Ke'er, joined Rhodes Island?

Thinking of this, she understood why Eyjafjalla attacked A1 Squad in the story when she was tired and hungry. It turned out they were responsible for logistics and must have brought a lot of food.

Given Eyjafjalla's straightforward personality, faced with a large amount of food while starving, she naturally wouldn't care if there were people around.

Just as A1 Squad was finishing their equipment check and preparing to leave, Kanna grabbed Fen's hand. "If you encounter a dog that looks like it's not very bright, don't confront her. You can just trick her with food. Remember, never try to fight her head-on."

???

Fen looked at Kanna blankly, not understanding what she was talking about.

"You don't need to understand. You'll know when the time comes. Also, remember to bring her back!" Seeing Fen's hesitant look, Kanna put her finger to her lips and shushed her gently, then turned and disappeared with a "dada dada!" sound, looking like a fortune teller.

After returning to the team, the others asked Kanna what she had said. She shook her head. After all, Kanna's words were vague, and coupled with her seemingly unreliable image, Fen naturally wouldn't relay Kanna's cryptic message to others.

As they walked, Kanna began to worry. Once Eyjafjalla arrived, coupled with herself who "can't eat much," Rhodes Island would soon face a severe food crisis.

However, she quickly cast this worry aside because she saw a familiar face.

It was the girl she had met during Rhodes Island's major cleaning a few days ago. At that time, she had lost control and shattered an entire pane of glass. Kanna happened to be passing by and ran over after hearing the noise.

Upon discovering the girl had lost control, Kanna easily pinned her to the ground until she regained control.

When Kal'tsit and the medical team arrived after receiving the news, they only saw Kanna kneeling on the ground and Popukar "enjoying" a lap pillow.

Knowing that Kanna could easily control her, Popukar became Kanna's little follower. They wandered around Rhodes Island together. Several times, Popukar experienced mental instability, which Kanna keenly detected and controlled, preventing further damage.

Coincidentally, Kal'tsit was also happy about this situation, letting the two little ones keep each other in check and help each other, which saved her a lot of trouble.

Seeing Popukar, Kanna quietly walked over and gently patted her shoulder.

By the time Popukar turned around, Kanna had already moved behind her.

Popukar, having seen nothing, turned back in confusion only to find Kanna standing in front of her with a grin.

"Ah! Kanna!" After being startled, Popukar realized it was Kanna and happily hugged her.

Hmm~ My control still needs improvement.

Feeling the strength that could easily knock out an adult man, Kanna couldn't help but nod.

This was already a significant improvement from before.

Although Popukar also possessed incredible strength disproportionate to her size, she lacked corresponding control. Coupled with the occasional loss of control caused by the Originium infection, she had almost no friends her age within Rhodes Island.

Therefore, as soon as Popukar knew Kanna could suppress her, she recognized Kanna as one of her own and cherished their friendship dearly. Every time they met, she would give Kanna a hug that could make any lolicon's heart melt.

However, as she learned alongside Kanna, Popukar's control over her strength grew stronger. It was only when she got excited that she would lose a bit of control; normally, she no longer caused damage to Rhodes Island's property due to mistakes.

For this, her current teammates, the others in Action Preparation Team A6, were all very grateful to Kanna.

Especially a certain dog, although the two little ones often squeezed his hands, wondering why they were so different from others, he never got angry about it. Instead, he would happily trick the two little ones.

Chapter 39 Chapter Thirty-Five: A Successful Infiltration Requires Preliminary Reconnaissance and Investigation

In the Rhodes Island medical bay, Warfarin was unusually focused on a screen, repeatedly dragging the progress bar.

"You're still watching it!"

"Why wouldn't I? Falling from such a height, and look, the surveillance footage clearly shows her hitting the back of her head first. But what happened? She got up in less than a second, and she didn't look injured at all. I went to see the place where she fell; there's still a small dent there.

Kal'tsit, I think I've figured out what Kanna is. I believe with your knowledge, you must know. Are you sure it's safe to keep such a thing on the ship? Are you sure you can guarantee Rhodes Island's safety if Kanna truly loses control?"

"I'm sorry, I can't. But you should also understand that as long as we can make her truly like Rhodes Island, then I can guarantee that Rhodes Island will become one of the safest landships on this continent. Risks and rewards coexist. Since she has goodwill, I believe the benefits of accepting Kanna far outweigh the risks we need to bear."

Kal'tsit didn't get angry after Warfarin's reprimand because Warfarin genuinely cared about Rhodes Island and believed that Rhodes Island could bring new hope to the Infected, which was why she was upset about accepting a creature that was difficult to "control."

"Alright! I hope you're right." Warfarin sighed and stood up.

"I just checked, and we have a significant shortage of medical equipment that needs to be urgently purchased."

"Yes, I'm aware of that. We've already contacted Rhine Lab, and Blacksteel International will be transporting a batch of medical supplies from Rhine Lab to the ship later."

After a brief argument, the two began to discuss and research future surgeries.

Meanwhile, Kanna and Popukar turned a corner and found an Operator lying at the edge of an alley.

The two thought the other was having an Originium infection relapse or had been attacked, and immediately rushed over, only to find the other was simply asleep.

Popukar recognized the other as a Caster from A4 Operations Squad, Durin.

Unlike the Reserve Operations Squad, Durin, as part of an Operations Squad, was a genuine official Operator.

After Popukar's reminder, Kanna realized that indeed, the other was a "veteran" figure of Rhodes Island and a frequent visitor of public recruitment (a nuisance). The four members of A4 Operations Squad were designed as official Operators, but all were two-star in the game. It could be said they were quite pitiful, considering even the reserve team's worst was three-star.

Kanna remembered that Durin's in-game setting was that she liked to sleep and could fall asleep in various situations. Therefore, encountering a sleeping Durin in the corner of this remote and quiet alley was not strange.

Knowing it was Durin, the two did not wake her but quietly retreated. After the two left, Durin opened her eyes and looked in the direction they had left. "Interesting little brats. But what does it have to do with me? I'll sleep a bit longer... snore snore snore..."

"Why were you so nervous just now!" Kanna asked Popukar after they walked out of the passage.

"Ah! Durin is an official Operator. Isn't it normal for me, a reserve Operator, to be nervous in front of an official Operator?"

"But I'm an Elite Operator, and you weren't nervous at all?"

"Eh! Kanna-chan is an Elite Operator! That's amazing! Let me see~"

"Don't suddenly come so close~"

People passing by saw the two little ones hugging like dumplings and couldn't help but smile like doting aunts.

When the two arrived at the entrance of the dessert shop, they saw Blue Poison waiting there early.

Led by her, the three walked in together.

However, last time Blue Poison was making desserts, no one watched Kanna, so she could steal food with impunity.

But this time, Popukar, who was assigned a task by Blue Poison, kept her eyes wide open watching Kanna, giving her no chance to unleash her extremely hungry mouth's abilities.

She could only obediently sit there and wait for Blue Poison to serve the desserts.

After eating, the two little ones squinted their eyes and rested their heads on the table, savoring the taste of the desserts, looking just like two melted dumplings.

After resting enough, Kanna and Popukar left the dessert shop hand in hand, continuing their "great mission" of cleaning Rhodes Island.

The reason Kanna had been slacking off during this period was also because of the mission system. After arriving at Rhodes Island, the two consecutive missions were to kill ten mutated creatures no smaller than three meters and weighing no less than one ton, and to face a Catastrophe head-on.

Kanna had no chance to encounter the former on Rhodes Island. Even if mutated creatures appeared on the ground, when a behemoth like Rhodes Island walked by, those mutated creatures would hide far away, leaving no opportunity to find them at all.

The second one was even more of a dream. There were many Catastrophe messengers stationed on Rhodes Island, and they would assist Rhodes Island in bypassing all Catastrophes under non-emergency and non-essential circumstances.

Therefore, she couldn't encounter them at all, let alone face a Catastrophe head-on.

As for the option of deliberately causing a Catastrophe for her own mission, it never even crossed Kanna's mind.

It was precisely because of this that Kanna had not obtained any new skills during this period.

However, under Outcast's guidance, she practiced using her Palm Thunder and Star Alignment in the training room and had also developed quite a few tricks.

With the cooperation of various parties, Kanna had, unusually, not caused any new trouble before Rhodes Island entered the Columbia border for supplies and infiltration.

Just as Outcast and her group finished organizing their equipment and prepared to set off under the cover of night, Kanna's mission finally refreshed.

"Successfully completed a mission of your own faction. Obtained a skill based on the completion status (skill strength determined by the difficulty of the completed mission)."

Kanna touched her dragon horns. This difficulty was hard to judge.

After all, for it to be truly difficult for her, it would have to be in terms of the complexity and deceptiveness of the information. She didn't like to use her brain much. Problems that could be solved with F2A would usually not be considered for more refined methods.

If it were difficult in terms of strength, she would probably have to encounter some formidable individuals.

Therefore, if she wanted to complete this mission, she couldn't be on Rhodes Island. Given the current situation, even if there were missions for her to complete on Rhodes Island, they would likely be the simplest ones. In that case, the skill she would obtain would surely not satisfy her.

However, she found an opportunity. Through secret observation over the past few days, she knew that the time for Outcast to leave Rhodes Island for a secret mission was imminent.

And through her observations and exploration over the past few days, she had almost investigated all the intersections and surveillance camera locations within Rhodes Island. Sneaking out unnoticed should not be a big problem.

So, when she discovered that Outcast was about to leave, she hid herself first.

Since they were leaving late at night and assumed everyone else was asleep, no one discovered a cub sneakily hiding in the convoy.

Chapter 40: Kanna Goes on an Outing!

"This is bad! Kanna is gone!" Amiya rushed in from outside, panting.

After Amiya finished speaking, she noticed that Kal'tsit was not surprised. She knew that in the morning, worried that Kanna would be sad after Outcast left, she had gone to Kanna's room early. However, there was no response when she knocked. Sensing something was wrong, she immediately broke down the door, only to see an empty bedroom. Seeing the situation before her, she immediately rushed to the central control hub and found Kal'tsit.

"Outcast sent a report ten minutes ago. They discovered Kanna in the car's trunk this morning. After applying for permission, it was decided to include Kanna as a member of this mission's operation team."

At this point, Kal'tsit, uncharacteristically, pinched the bridge of her nose.

"This little brat Kanna has given us quite a few surprises. Notify Ace and his squad, who were on guard duty last night, to clean all the restrooms on Rhodes Island for a month as punishment."

Beside Kal'tsit, surveillance footage from Kanna's bedroom to the workshop flickered continuously, but no camera captured Kanna's trace.

"Notify them to reconfigure all surveillance within Rhodes Island, and do not allow any blind spots. I do not wish to see this situation occur a second time."

"Hehehe, that little brat Kanna, perhaps she has the talent to become a top assassin!" A figure emerged from the shadows nearby. After carefully reviewing all the surveillance, she said in an admiring tone.

"She must have overheard it last time when discussing missions with Outcast. Fortunately, she could hold back. She spent a week and a half using the excuse of cleaning to roam all over Rhodes Island, successfully finding a passage with surveillance blind spots, and then snuck into the departing convoy without anyone noticing. However, because of this, we also know that Rhodes Island's internal supervision currently has significant loopholes."

At this moment, Closure received a message from Kal'tsit and walked in from outside. She had been a bit confused as to why Kal'tsit had called her over so early in the morning.

After watching the video and hearing about Kanna, she looked incredulous. She personally retrieved all the surveillance footage from last night at Rhodes Island but still couldn't find any trace of Kanna leaving.

The next moment, she slumped onto the chair, inwardly relieved that Kanna hadn't acted with malice. Otherwise, Rhodes Island's entry and exit security would have become a joke.

After all, SWEEP would need to know there was an intruder before being deployed. If the intruder couldn't be found at all, then SWEEP couldn't possibly monitor every corner of the entire vessel. If something happened, she, as the chief designer of Rhodes Island's Engineering Department, would be the one taking the blame.

Seven in the morning.

After the Outcast and her group left Rhodes Island, they quickly headed towards their predetermined destination.

According to Kal'tsit, their mission was to receive some children rescued by the Melanite Children's Rights Protection Foundation from an experimental accident. Among them was a special individual.

In addition to her squad, the receiving team included a medical squad led by Touch from the Medical Department, all to ensure safety during the reception.

After driving for a while, they suddenly heard snoring that shouldn't have been in the vehicle.

They immediately stopped to check, ensuring the safety of the operation.

Upon opening the trunk, they found Kanna curled up in a ball, fast asleep and even blowing snot bubbles, nestled deep within a pile of supplies.

Everyone froze upon discovering Kanna in the car.

Fortunately, the Outcast reacted quickly. She first carried Kanna out of the trunk and then discussed with Touch. Due to the tight mission schedule, the convoy couldn't return to Rhodes Island. So, she sent a message to Rhodes Island, deciding to bring Kanna along on the mission.

Although Kanna had no "combat" experience, the Outcast believed her inherent strong qualities and Originium Arts were sufficient to support her participation in a low-risk mission.

When Kanna woke up from her deep sleep and found herself in the Outcast's arms, she shyly lowered her head.

Fortunately, the Outcast didn't blame her for it. She simply stated that such behavior was not allowed in the future. If Kanna wanted to go on an external mission, she should proactively talk to Kal'tsit or Amiya, and they would arrange tasks for her based on their current assignments.

After a sincere apology, Kanna sat in the Outcast's arms, looking forward to the mission.

Because she saw that two squads were undertaking the mission again, it would inevitably involve some difficulty. Participating in that would be more engaging than completing tasks within Rhodes Island.

After the convoy traveled for a day, they arrived outside a warehouse near a small town.

Seeing the arrival of the Rhodes Island group, the people inside the warehouse initially tensed up. However, upon realizing they were the reception party, their guard immediately dropped.