So, Don't Talk Badly About People Behind Their Backs!

Seeing the subtle look in Oute's eyes, Kal'tsit's ears flushed slightly.

Why are you looking at me like that!?

"I think you look better in little leather shoes," Oute teased.

People ask you to recommend shoes when asked about underwear.

After quickly washing up, Oute left the bedroom, while the PRTS terminal eagerly said, "Doc Otter, let me guide you."

Actually, Oute knew where the cafeteria was. Although he had never eaten there before, he still remembered it!

But he was just pretending to be wood; he wasn't actually making a piece of wood.

"As you wish." Oute nodded.

Why are you still installing wood?

The scattered layout of the ship's mess halls reminded Oute of his university days: rushing back and forth between various teaching buildings and shifting between different mess halls.

He usually chooses the one closest to his dormitory.

Isn't this exactly what Kal'tsit hit the nail on the head?

But I specifically chose another cafeteria... I don't want to travel that far.

Just then, a few teenagers walked through the nearby corridor, still discussing their own topics.

"Fighting with your sister again? That's so typical of Lava." The orange-skinned operator Cautus, squinted and yawned.

"What do you mean 'again'?!" the Sarkaz girl argued fiercely. "Besides, isn't it clearly that guy's fault? The one who keeps forcing others to eat nutritional meals!"

"That person and that person, isn't that your sister?" Kuranta, the tomboy, said with a hint of helplessness.

"Phoebe!?" the Sarkaz girl exclaimed in surprise, "Where is it!?"

"I mean..." Kuranta reorganized her words, "Phoebe is your older sister. It's a bit inappropriate to keep referring to her as 'that person,' isn't it?"

"Um... I think Lava has a point..." the girl from Perro said weakly, "The taste of the nutritional meals..."

The girls, without prior agreement, recalled the texture and taste, and unconsciously gagged.

They are Kroos, Lava, Finn, and Beagle from Reserve Op Team A1. And the Phoebe they just mentioned is Lava's older sister and the group's medical officer.

Similar to other operational reserve groups, they are considered legitimate, Rhodes Island -trained new generation.

It's worth mentioning that this half-grown girl with squinting eyes will one day be addressed as "Sister Kroos" by a certain candle-bearer. But as a player, when Oute sees her face, the only thing that comes to mind is that incredibly catchy phrase, "KoKoDaYo (Here I am)."

"Hmm?" Finn hesitated for a moment, then asked her teammates in a low voice, "That person... is it that person?"

Lava immediately retorted, "You were just criticizing me and that person, and now you're calling me 'sister'!"

Kroos also slightly opened her eyes and whispered, "It does seem to be that person!"

Beagle, however, was somewhat dizzy and asked, "Who is that person?"

Why are you describing me like a "mysterious person," "who do you know," or "the monster without a nose"?

"Cough cough."

"He... he's looking over here!" Kroos exclaimed in a low voice.

"So... who is he?"

"Yesterday! When Instructor Dobermann was explaining tactics to everyone, that one!" Lava also lowered his voice, stammering as he recalled the key words, "Classic! Flexibility! Room for maneuver! Tactical timing!"

"Oh! It's Doctor. Oute!" Beagle suddenly exclaimed.

"Don't tell anyone!" Kroos tugged at her sleeve quietly. "He's the leader of Rhodes Island!"

Oute nodded to them.

This is the principle behind the saying, "Only fame and titles should not be lent to others."

Despite the fact that Kal'tsit had placed almost no effective constraints on Oute in the upper echelons of the organization, he naturally possessed charisma as one of the "leaders" whom Rhodes Island had rescued with all its might.

If you can also personally distribute overtime pay and bonuses on time and in full...

"You're from the Operations Reserve Team... agents?"

"Yes!" Beagle exclaimed excitedly.

At this point, lowering the volume further is pointless.

"I am Finn, the pikeman! I am currently the captain of Reserve Op Team A1! My squad and I will do our utmost to become a reliable fighting force for Rhodes Island!"

Finn made this judgment, then put her hands behind her back to conceal her intention to remind her teammates, and quietly nudged Kroos and Lava, signaling them to learn from her.

As for Beagle... Finn regretfully stated that he only has two hands, and it's too late to remind Beagle now.

But Kroos and Lava seemed to completely misunderstand Finn's meaning.

"Hi~Hi~ I'm Kroos ~ I'm still immature, but I'll work harder starting today~"

"Lava, Mage. I joined your group because I was bored and wanted something to do..."

Why is everyone suddenly introducing themselves!?

Beagle, somewhat belatedly realizing what was happening, stammered, "Um... ah! I'm Beagle! Although my recruitment evaluation wasn't ideal, I'll still try my best to help as an intern!"

Oute stared at them for a long while.

Lava is a very interesting character.

She doesn't understand her older sister, often argues with her, and frequently quarrels with her... but she loves her older sister and is loved by her.

If you were to replace all the elements on Lava's body with "family," it would be like a certain white Sui Fragment's view of its "past self."

Chapter 115 So, you see, don't talk badly about people behind their backs!

This kind of parallelism is probably one of the reasons why Yanrong "loves" this Sarkaz girl. However, it is hoped that Lava will not have to wait until a family member passes away to truly feel these things.

In Lungmen, a tattooed White Dragon suddenly sneezed. "Achoo!"

At the table opposite her, a customer stood up and yelled, "If you can't eat hotpot, don't force yourself! Is it crazy to sneeze in front of others?!"

"Oh, sorry, sorry," Nian chuckled. "To make up for it, I'll treat you to your table, but..."

The guest was somewhat intrigued and pressed for more information. "But?"

"But you'll have to change all the half-and-half hot pots to spicy broth."

She glanced sideways at the hot pot on the table; the red and white broth was separated by an arc, resembling a pair of yin-yang fish.

Rhodes Island main ship, a certain mess hall.

Perhaps because the ship was currently docked at Lungmen, Oute saw a large number of Flame-style breakfast items at the canteen window. However, after a fierce internal struggle, Oute chose soy milk and fried dough sticks after looking at the dazzling array of dishes.

I'll definitely try something different next time!

You'll definitely do it next time, right?

Lava stood on tiptoe, glanced at him, and then asked, "Bo... are you from Yan?"

It's unclear what kind of cause and effect this somewhat chuunibyou Sarkaz girl was imagining in her mind, but she stopped halfway and didn't address Oute by his "title" in public.

"From a certain perspective... the Yan is the place closest to my hometown."

"Place of origin?" Lava pondered the word. "Aren't you entirely from Yan? What do you mean by 'nearest' or 'farthest'?"

She is actually a Victoria.

The Victorian Empire, however, saw its Norman Conquest end in failure, the Pasha the Lion failed to purge all the "minor kings" and bind the loyalty (and hatred) of the nation's nobility to his own, and the "Doomsday Book" lacked a solid foundation of power.

For the Victorian Empire, a mature household registration system... was still in a very immature stage. More specifically, a "mature household registration system" was already rising on the horizon of the Victorian Empire's future.

There are four uncertainties: Victoria, Empire, the future, and the horizon.

Although, in the original storyline, the Victoria issue might have been resolved in a way that seemed both "solved" and "unsolved," Hypergryph speaking:

Leaving aside the mighty power of the Hypergryph, given Victoria's current state as a hybrid of English and French... a Victoria who couldn't even digest her own people, the Tara, could, and might not, open her eyes for the last morning after swallowing Gaul.

Oute took his plate from the window staff, who hadn't yet recognized him. By refusing Finn and the others three times, he successfully defended his dignity as a late Homo sapiens, and alone and noblely... placed his plate on the table.

With a rather wicked sense of humor, Oute sat down at the same table as the children from Group A1 and slowly tore the fried dough sticks into pieces, dipping them one by one into the soy milk.

"I have a few minor disagreements about 'Yan' and 'Guo'." Oute slowly scooped the sugar-oil mixture soaked in soy milk from the bowl.

"Hahaha..." Fen was completely confused, but still forced a smile.

Seeing the pressure he was putting on these teenagers, Oute felt a pang of guilt, something he hadn't experienced in a long time.

But thinking about it carefully, these are all future officers of Oute. If they were to falter at the sight of him, then saving their lives would require several trips back and forth.

After figuring things out, Oute's playful side emerged. He looked at Instructor Perro in the distance, intending to tease the children, and said, "How's Dobermann's training going? Is there a problem? Tell me."

This is a tricky question.

If they answer truthfully... Oute won't do anything to them, but others facing this issue should think twice.

Before Originium Infection, Finn, Kroos, and Beagle all served in the Columbia Outer Guard Reserve, at which time they were...

It can only be said that child soldiers and child laborers are an inseparable part of the character of this era.

Although they were expelled from the guard almost immediately after being infected, Finn and her companions' experience with the guard made them vaguely aware of this kind of problem trap.

Or could it be intuition?

Finn's heart pounded with alarm. She quietly nudged the others under the table before replying, "We often have mock matches with Professor Dobermann, but I can't quite grasp his techniques. If the Doctor and Amiya have time to observe our training, could you personally instruct us?"

This time, however, it was Lava who was not alerted in time because he had moved out of Fen's range.

However, she might not understand even after being reminded...

But Fen, you're so reliable! So that's the context in which that line was said?

Oute raised an eyebrow, somewhat disappointed, but he wasn't some kind of devil and didn't necessarily want Team A1 to cause trouble in front of Dobermann.

He shrugged, intending to let them off the hook, and replied, "Oh? Is that so?"