Reborn as the Darling of the Delta

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He slowly took a cigar out of his pocket, then quietly put it back after realizing he didn't have a mouth opener.

“Tell your Demurrans that I haven’t even settled the score with you for the last time my house was bombed. Damn it, Saeed took advantage of my misfortune that time. Now the Mandel bricks you want are on Saeed. If you don’t believe me, go check their location yourselves.”

Said: Good bro, so this is how you backstab me, huh? Just you wait, next time I'll have Xiao Hao shoot you right in the middle.

Chapter 192 Thinking

Seeing that Reis was standing in front of him, the Hafk soldier couldn't help but swallow hard and silently took two steps back.

"Wait...wait a minute, I'll go report to my superiors first."

The Hafk soldier obediently took out his phone and hid behind the crowd to call Mary. With Reis standing right in front of him, he didn't dare to say anything reckless. If he angered Reis, he might lose his life here.

"What?! Are you sure you thought before you said that?"

"It's true, Reese is right on my face, why would I need to lie to you?"

This soldier from Hafk is about to cry. What kind of situation is this? Both sides are making fun of each other, aren't they? Sigh, the life of a working person is really not worth living.

Seeing that the matter was no longer within Mary's control, she went to Desmulan to tell him what had happened. Desmulan's reaction after learning about it was beyond Mary's expectations.

"Oh?! It really was taken by Said? Have that soldier give the phone to Reis, I'll ask him myself."

The soldier quickly handed the phone to Reis, said, "Our Commander Demulan wants to speak with you," and then retreated to the back of the crowd.

"Hey! Old woman, I'll say it again: even if you blow my Longbow Valley to rubble today, I still won't have the Mandel bricks you're looking for. You'd better go find Said!"

"Quiet down, I didn't call you here for this."

Reese: Was I just being presumptuous?

"What else could you possibly want from me?"

“I’m asking you, and you’d better answer me honestly: have you seen a little boy with white hair in Saeed’s area?”

"A white-haired boy? There aren't any in Said's area. But I know that damn idiot GTI has a white-haired little bastard who plays sniper, and he messes with me every day. Why are you asking about this?"

When Demulan heard Reese mention a white-haired boy who could snipe, he was already certain that the person was Xiao Hao. After all, there were very few people with white hair in the entire Asara region.

Mai Xiaowen: Me! Me! Me!

"Okay, I got it. And I'm warning you, that person isn't some little beast. If I ever hear you say those words again, your Longbow Valley can expect to be bombarded by missiles!"

Reese: Damn, this old woman's on her period? What a load of rubbish, just a little bastard. I'll curse her anyway, so what? Hey, I'll curse her quietly. So what if you have money to launch missiles? Wait till my hundred million arrives, you'll all be waiting for me. It seems like I can't even clean up the entire space base. Damn, I'm still too poor!

"Let them come back. The Mandel bricks were definitely given to Said by Reis. It's no use looking for Reis now."

Demulan also had Mary call these people back. The situation on Said's side was different from that on Reis's side. Although he didn't know why, from the few encounters with Said, Demulan could clearly feel Said's hatred for Hafk, a hatred that went deep into his bones.

It seems that I need to finish these things here before I can personally lead a team to find Saeed.

As for Said, after Demulan gradually regained his human emotions and after having his information sent over, he felt it was a real pity that this person didn't report to the Hafk Group. He was a great talent, and it would be a waste for him to be the captain of an assassination squad.

"This is troublesome. We don't know if GTI has any connection with Said. If they do, it will be a real problem. If the Mandel Brick falls into the hands of GTI, it won't be easy to get it back."

Although that's what Demulan said, she was already thinking about how to use the Mandel brick as leverage to get Xiao Hao over. It wouldn't be long before her precious daughter graduated and came to live with her.

Zhang Hao: Huh? So I'm roughly equivalent to a Mandel brick? Well, that's fine then, it's more expensive than the previous 50 million.

Demulan: How could that be, Xiao Hao? You are priceless! My Camille is waiting for you. Fifty million is just the price that Rometheus put on a bounty of zero.

It wasn't until the computer suddenly started beeping that Demoulan, who had been sitting at the table lost in thought, was pulled back to reality.

"No, no, this can't be rushed. Let's look at the current situation first. Oh, there's so much to do, Mary! Go send this pile of documents to Rometheus. That bastard is just lying around at the Tower of Babel doing nothing all day, isn't he? I'm exhausted and he's still shaking his leg."

But our Rometheus isn't exactly idle right now; he's currently examining the photo of Zhang Hao that Black Hawk sent him with a magnifying glass. Originally, he'd just glanced at it casually, intending to criticize Demulan's taste, but now...

"Wait, something's not right, something's really not right. Is there really someone in this world who's cuter than my Zero? That's a face I specially created based on Zoa's preferences, but what's going on with this one? It really seems cuter than my Zero? Are they twins?"

On the other side, Ella looked at Rometheus with a lifeless expression. Rometheus had been staring at the photo and muttering to himself all day. Ever since he glanced at it by chance two days ago, he had been staring at the photo like a madman, constantly saying that something was wrong. Naturally, the work for the past two days had fallen to her.

"Beep beep!"

After seeing the pile of files Mary sent and a cheering emoji on her computer screen, Ella, who had been holding back for two days, couldn't take it anymore. She rushed over, dragged Rometheus to the computer desk, and yelled at him:

"Get to work! I've been working for you for two days already. Did the guy in this photo bewitch you? You just abandoned your lovely students and worked overtime for two days, staring blankly at this photo for two days? I'll tear it up, you believe me?"

Rometheus was also stunned by Ella's burst of power. After the shock wore off, he calmly said:

"Oh, you're mistaken. Ella, you should know that if nothing unexpected happens, I'll be handing over the Tower of Babel to you. And this is my test for you. Don't let my current habit of slacking off fool you; if I were to do this, it would be a piece of cake!"

"Then now you can show your good students something. Come on, I'm watching."

Ella looked coldly at Rometheus and said.

Rometheus: Oh no, I think I've gotten myself into this mess. I don't want to do this!

Chapter 193 Pervert...Pervert

After a long day of hard work, Rometheus and Demulan, two corporate slaves, finally finished all their tasks.

"Huh? This document? Hmm... wait a minute, is the Skynet system going to be upgraded so soon? What about all those satellites? Oh no, what about my Tower of Babel?"

Rometheus immediately called Demulan:

"Hey! I haven't received any updates about the Skynet system update you sent me. How are you going to deal with those satellites? Will my Tower of Babel get destroyed?!"

"You came down the same way you went up. What do you know about this? If you don't understand, then go die and go develop your Relink brain-computer interface. It's so annoying. You dump a bunch of things on me. When are you going to give me a new Relink brain-computer interface? This one is not enough."

Hearing Demulan's impatient tone, Rometheus sincerely said that he would come to replace her brain-computer interface with a new Relink brain-computer interface when he had time.

"And also, Rometheus, you told me before that this new Relink brain-computer interface was specially customized for me. I don't want any incompatibility reactions, you know? No matter what Jacob said to you, if he asks you about it, just tell him directly that I will not betray Hafk."

After finishing his sentence, Demulan hung up the phone without waiting for Rometheus to say anything. Looking at the few remaining documents, he took a deep breath and decided to simply destroy them.

When Rometheus saw that Demulan had hung up the phone, she could only smile helplessly. What she didn't know was that Jacob hadn't originally planned to touch the new Relink brain-computer interface.

"Oh, that's true. Even if the sky falls, there are tall people to hold it up. Why should I worry?"

Rometheus thought about it and realized that it wasn't really his area of ​​expertise. He was too lazy to think about it anymore. If a satellite were to fall and damage his Tower of Babel, it would be Robert, that good-for-nothing who couldn't stand him, who would foot the bill. Hehe, just thinking about it made him a little excited.

“Ella, it’s time for the Black Hawk team to start searching for Zero with all their might. Let’s include that kid that Demulan has been longing for in the search as well. It’s good to do him a favor. Remember, if you find him, politely ‘invite’ him to visit our Tower of Babel. As for Zero, just knock him out and bring him back. He’s not that precious.”

Zero: You're awesome. You're basically going to play the double standard in front of me. Look, I have a body now, whether I cut it or not, you're finished.

Ella rolled her eyes at Rometheus. All this talk about doing a favor? She was just curious about the little boy! She really loved saying one thing and meaning another. So what if he's prettier than your [Zero]? And you're already so hung up on him? I've never seen him care about me like this before. Could it be...?

Ella suddenly thought of a terrible possibility, but... but that's illegal! No, no, as Rometheus's good student, how could she watch her teacher fall into the abyss like this? No wonder she said that she had molded [Zero] into a white-haired boy before, and now that she saw this even cuter little boy, she pretended to be nonchalant and asked her to have the Blue Eagle Squad bring him back.

"I usually dress up in office attire and walk around in front of him every day, and he barely even glances at me. I was wondering if he just didn't like this style, but I never expected Rometheus to be such a pervert!"

Ella, having left the office, irritably started biting her fingernails. Should she... try to seduce this boy-obsessed Rometheus and make him fall in love with women again? But... oh dear, I'm so shy!

Ella was lost in thought until her face turned red. She covered her face and ran to the Blue Eagle Squad's management office.

Rometheus (sneezes): Oh dear, something's not right. I feel like someone's cricketing at me from behind. Speaking of which, only a little boy like that is worthy of being my son [Zero's] friend. Sigh, there's a saying that playing with cute things makes you cute too. I hope my [Zero] can become cuter too, at least he should be able to smile. Oh, I forgot to add the emotion module. Oh no, I'll install it when I get back!

Rometheus never imagined that he was already labeled a perverted shota lover in his beloved student's heart.

Zoya: He really is a pervert. This kind of scum should go to hell sooner rather than later!

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Robert's estate.

"Go and gather information about that new recruit who's about to report to Demulan. If you see her, have her come to see me. If she's willing to serve me, she'll be the best person to keep Demulan in check."

A space station worker was kneeling in front of Robert. Under the lure of money offered by Robert, this worker, who had just been promoted to management, received an exorbitant bribe.

"Yes, Mr. Robert. If that woman comes here to report for duty, I will relay your words to her."

After Robert waved his hand, the man lowered his head and retreated.

"Demulan, Audrey, although I can't be sure which one of you was the mastermind last time, I'm not going to let this go unpunished. You'll all just wait and see!"

Robert thought about how Richard had specifically called him over to reprimand him, and how Richard had forcibly cut off a bunch of his shady businesses, causing him considerable losses. Although Audrey was in a similar situation, Robert, being a petty person, couldn't swallow this insult.

“Richard, that old guy, has lived long enough. If you ask me, he should go down there and take a good rest. It’s time for me to sit in this board seat.”

Robert, like Audrey, also began to have designs on Richard's position on the board. However, unlike Audrey, who wanted to impeach Richard and then find a way to compete for the vacant board seat herself.

As for our clever Robert, his thinking was much simpler. He planned to bribe Desmulan's new subordinate, use him as a tool to kill Richard, and then pin the blame on Desmulan. As for Audrey, Robert never even gave her a second glance.

Robert: Hmph, this board seat will definitely be mine, Robert's.

Chapter 194 Meeting

Time flew by and it was the weekend. The four senior executives and one board member from Asara had all arrived at the space base's meeting room.

“Mr. Richard, I wonder if you think that after Reiss was attacked multiple times, we should make every effort to take over his Longbow Valley to expand our Hafk Group.”

Demulan also chose to ask Richard's opinion first, since Richard currently held the highest position here. Who else could he ask first? Rometheus?

Alas! But there's always one hothead who's going to jump out and court disaster, and that hothead is none other than our laughing man, Robert.

"What are we waiting for? Let's take advantage of his weakness and send troops to wipe out Reis and his men. Then Longbow Valley will all be ours. What are we waiting for? No money? No money? I'll pay you. Let's just send guided missiles and bomb Reis's Diamond Queen Hotel. Let's see how he survives!"

Richard gave Robert a disapproving look. How did this brainless kid manage to convince Mr. Jacob to let him in? It was obvious that Reese had a backup plan that he hadn't used yet. How could he have survived so long in this cannibalistic place like Asara?

"Robert, you'd better keep quiet. No one here will think you're mute."

Seeing that Richard and Demulan were both looking at him, Rometheus had no choice but to step forward and retort to Robert.

Just as Robert and Rometheus resumed their familiar argument in front of everyone, Richard coughed twice and then said:

"Alright, you two, stop arguing. I think Reese and that Hamk guy can be categorized into the same type of people. They're both the kind of people who will stop at nothing to achieve their goals. If that's the case, then things will be easier, won't they?"

Audrey sneered from the shadows. "Just like Hamk, there's a big difference. No matter how bold Hamk is, that's all he is. You only need to worry about whether he'll suddenly bite you in the dark. Otherwise, he wouldn't have the title of 'King of Backstabbing'."

Reese is far bolder than Hamk. When you cooperate with him, you're not just worried about him biting you in the back; he'll devour you whole. He's a beast that's never satisfied.

"Oh? You mean, bribe him with money?"

Upon hearing the word "bribery," Robert immediately puffed out his chest. This was one of his few skills, and his family had plenty of money.

“Mr. Richard, if it’s about bribery, I think I’m capable of doing the job.”

Robert volunteered, believing that Reis, a mere native of Asara who had never seen the world, would be obediently bowing and scraping to him if given 5 million.

Reese: Fuck you, you bastard trying to fob me off, huh? Don't come looking for me for less than two hundred million Haff coins.

"Alright, since you've said so, then I'll leave it to you. Now, let's move on to the second matter, which concerns the upgrade of the Skynet system."

Upon hearing this, Rometheus couldn't help but ask:

"Mr. Richard, is such a large project as the Skynet system being replaced so frequently now? The Skynet system we're using now was only replaced a few years ago."

Richard smiled faintly, and said with a hint of pride:

"Rometheus, you don't understand. Do you know why Mr. Jacob isn't worried at all now that we've had this Mandel brick stolen from us?"

"Um... because you believe we can definitely find it?"

Rometheus already had a guess, but he dared not confirm it, because if it were true, then the power of the Hafk Group would be quite terrifying.

"Hehe, Rometheus, you're thinking too simply. The Mandel Brick that Reis stole is just a civilian version. Besides, it's unusable unless they use it to decrypt. With the computing power of our military Mandel Brick, the upgrade of the Skynet system is just a piece of cake."

Upon hearing this, all three except Demulan showed expressions of surprise. They only knew that the stolen Mandel Brick was comparable to a supercomputer in a developed country, so the military version of the Mandel Brick that Hafk had developed...

"Sigh, I feel like I'm on a pirate ship and can't get off!"

Rometheus sighed inwardly. Judging from the situation, the Hafk Group was not going to let him go so easily. They dared to tell him such a core secret, which meant they wanted to tie him to the group.

"I'll leave the rocket and satellite launch to Demulan next week, so don't worry about that. Demulan, if you need anything, just tell Robert, understand?"

Robert: That old bastard really thinks I'm his ATM. Why doesn't he go find that woman Audrey?

Richard: Isn't that obvious? Audrey has a brain, do you? What can you be besides an ATM?

"Alright, that's enough for the meeting. As for you two..."

Richard turned his attention to Audrey and Robert. These two seemed to be up to no good lately, and apparently didn't take him, a member of the board of directors, seriously.

Robert/Audrey: Isn't that obvious? I'm already thinking about killing/impeaching you, and you expect us to behave?

“You’d better behave yourselves for now, or I’ll talk to Mr. Jacob and have you transferred away from Asara to somewhere else.”

Richard spoke very strongly in the last few words, and his meaning was very clear: if you dare to cause any more trouble, you'll be exiled to the frontier, and all promotions will be out of your reach for the rest of your life.

Audrey said calmly, "Don't worry, I will," while Robert lowered his head and frowned, but still obediently agreed.