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"You mean, compared to them, I'm not much younger than you? Haha~" Nata is very good at finding loopholes.
...It's okay if you understand it this way.
Sora lowered his hand from his scalp, "I had no intention of anything happening with Seele and Bronya, but the extra energy in front of me makes it very likely that I'll end up with 'Really Fragrance'... because extra energy means extra power and security."
"…Just take my energy first. This isn't a reward, just think of it as me helping you with your work. Don't feel any psychological burden."
Nata took the opportunity to throw out the speech she had been brewing for a long time.
Between youth and regret, Nata chose the former.
Even if she felt a little sorry for Xier...if she took the opportunity first, then Xier would be sorry for her - then she could "forgive" her as an elder, hehe~
Natasha was not a person with a bad taste, but when she thought about the twisted relationship, she actually felt a strange sense of excitement.
"… Go back and finish it. I'll take you to the space station to register the research patent."
Kong understood that Nata had made up her mind - even if he might leave her, she still wanted to perfect her "youth". Regrets would only be troubles that would arise in the future.
……
"Hello, I'm Topa, um, hi, wakalimasita, I see, bye."
Topal, who used the space station as a trade hub, had just finished a deal when he saw his boss emerge from the boundary anchorage.
With his two students and Natasha, the purple eyes and Paimon hanging beside him made him particularly eye-catching.
"Boss! Is the work going well?"
"Today's batch is all done. Wallace can still take three batches of goods. Sambo helped us take another batch. We just need to prepare for four batches."
Although Kong's gaze seemed to be fixed on Topa, he unconsciously glanced at Ruan Mei who had been "waiting for a long time" in the distance.
When Kong said he wanted to investigate the flower market in Beloberg, it wasn't just a perfunctory move on Wallace's part. He was helping Ruan Mei collect ecological samples.
But for some samples that might not be of high value, he wasted precious research time squatting, specifically calling up surveillance to find an area that he couldn't see to anchor, and waiting for him in advance...
It's still a bit scary.
This woman... ever since she was clearly rejected by me last time, her obsession has become unexpectedly strong.
Thinking that she was going to introduce Nata to the Knowledge Society, she couldn't let Nata offend her in disguise - Kong had no choice but to wink at Topa helplessly and privately ask her to take Nata to do the registration work first.
When there are more and more women around you who you are not in a confirmed relationship with, your private life will not only be chaotic, but you will also find it hard to cope with them, and ordinary relationships of mutual benefit will become distorted.
[After completing the registration and application for experimental sponsorship, I will take you back to Yalilo - sorry, I have to leave you for a while. ]
[Boss, have you made an appointment with Ms. Ruan Mei? ]
Topa originally didn't dare to ask about the gossip between geniuses, but Kong was too approachable, and he sometimes deliberately kept his mouth shut, so the director's curiosity was piqued.
[No, the woman came up to me on her own. I thought she would wait for me in the lab.]
[Ohhhh, I think I smelled some valuable information——]
[You can't give this information to your department head, can you? Otherwise, there will definitely be trouble.]
[Hehe, I understand, but Ms. Black Tower, do you mind? ]
[…She actually does mind it.]
It would be enough to satisfy Topa's curiosity appropriately. Kong didn't know how much the personal relationship between Ruan Mei and Heita had warmed up, but Ruan Mei was not kicked out of the space station, and the dangerous and secret experiment was not interrupted. This was enough to show that the two of them had eased off.
Then Kong looked around with some concern, but he did not detect any signs of the Black Tower Doll being activated in the main control cabin.
The Black Tower probably doesn't have the time to monitor the two of them... In fact, Kong hopes that the woman with a strong possessiveness will monitor them to avoid misunderstandings.
"I have to go and hand over some samples to Ruan Mei. Let's meet here in three hours. Hua Lin, if you feel bored, go find Haiya. She's still in the archives. Take her out for dinner. Don't keep looking up things and hurt yourself."
"Leave it to us, teacher!"
"Teacher, are you going to date Ms. Ruan Mei behind Ms. Heita's back?"
The reactions of the golden retriever and the black retriever were not consistent.
"...Hua Lin, please don't tell the Black Tower about my relationship with Ruan Mei."
"What about the one with Sister Natasha?"
"...You have become a bad person, Hua Lin. Your teacher is very sad."
"…Senior, the teacher's reaction is different from what we agreed on." Who would have thought that after hearing Sora's pretended grief-stricken words, Karin turned to Ichinose with some confusion.
"This is the leeway that adults have, eh, we're exposed! Hua Lin, you should ask for benefits now!"
...So it was you, Asuna, who taught Karin these methods of intimidating and threatening adults?
The look in Kong's eyes when he looked at the golden retriever was extremely helpless.
"...Hehe, Asuna just wants to get some time out of the teacher, you know? She doesn't have any bad intentions."
Ichinose, who was betrayed by Kakudatsu, stuck out her tongue and said, "For example, let's go on more missions together."
"Asuina, I'm sorry for making you serve as a foil."
Before Kong could respond, Nata took the responsibility on herself and gave Kong a gentle smile that said, "Leave it to me, you go ahead and do your work."
That smile was much more thoughtful than the previous ones, and it was so considerate that it made Kong's heart melt.
"After the registration is completed, I will accompany you to go shopping. Kong's work is really important. You can't keep him busy, okay?"
"Hey, hey! Sister, how can you be so cunning? You're on the teacher's side right after we confirmed our relationship~"
"Senior...we can't really go and file a complaint."
Hua Lin was very open-minded: "It's better if Sister Natasha accompanies us - I also want to learn more about how to deal with the teacher, please teach me."
271. Ruan Mei's Mistake
"...These two?"
Ruan Mei, who had been waiting for Kong for a long time, raised her eyes slightly but did not move immediately.
"Hmm? Neither Ying nor Paimon will reveal our secrets. And even if you want to exclude Paimon from the experiment, you can't. She has to follow me wherever I go."
"No, I'm talking about the two people in Yiting."
What surprised Kong was that her plum-pink eyes were not directed at Isshin Jodo or Paimon, but at the two Rememberers who were traveling through the memes.
"excuse me, may I ask."
Although Kong didn't mind Yi Ting recording the contents of their experiment, this involved Ruan Mei's privacy after all.
He could live without privacy, he was used to it, but even if he was dissatisfied with Ruan Mei in every way, he had to give her the respect she deserved. It was hard to say whether she would appreciate it or not, but it made it easy for him to occupy the moral and human high ground.
[We will continue to protect Miss Natasha. Doctor, you are busy.]
The Messenger and Black Swan were both very tactful and chose to give Sora some private space, but as I said before, Sora could not have any real private space... Even if Paimon and Ying were resting, the system would always be with him.
[The Chaldean Summoning War has ended, and the winner is Kama. ]
[It turns out to be her. It seems that the simulated universe can be very useful. 】
[However, because the battle was too intense, most of the servants had lost their strength. Even if Kama came here, she would not be able to protect herself. Host, she needs time to recover, at least a week.]
[…One week?]
Kong knew that the war for the draft spots would be brutal, but it was a bit too exaggerated to be this brutal.
It took a week just to fight, and I need another week to rest?
[Just to be on the safe side... Is Chaldea still around? Has a new Lostbelt been discovered? ]
[…Host, it is better not to know too much…Those tails fought the most fiercely with Sesshōin, and some of the female servants were almost defeated.]
[…I feel sorry for the director.]
"Ok?"
Kong's expression changed several times, causing Ruan Mei to raise a doubtful voice:
"Dr. Kong, are you feeling unwell? Is there something wrong with my medicine?"
"No, it has nothing to do with the drug you gave me before. I'm just worried about my kidneys."
"...You're so humorous. Even I wouldn't dare to dissect a genius casually." Ruan Mei pursed her lips, as if she felt that Kong's way of opening the topic was too novel.
That is to say, you dare not be “casual”, right?
It’s you, Ruan Mei, who is humorous.
"Eh? Drugging? When did it happen?" Paimon's eyes widened when he heard that.
"She mixed something into the pastry she gave me before. She warned me when she asked me if I wanted to eat it, but I didn't pay attention."
"...Well, although you are immune to all poisons...this is too..."
Paimeng felt that Kong was a little too confident, and that Ruan Mei's behavior was a little too much.
Do you dare to trade with such a woman? Aren't you afraid that she will cut your kidneys?
"I brought back the plants you requested, but the recent snowstorm outside the city has just dissipated, and I haven't found any samples of snow animals yet."
"Thank you. These are enough. My research is not focused on cold-resistant plant cultivation."
"You want to study the effect of the power of the Star God on plants, right?"
"...As expected of you."
Although her attitude towards Kong was still a little stiff, Ruan Mei seemed happy to admit that it was comfortable to communicate with Kong. He was not the kind of genius who would lose interest in the topic after three minutes. When it came to cross-disciplinary and cross-subject topics, he could always get to the point in one sentence, saving a lot of trouble in explanation.
"That physician from Beloberg is also planning to pay homage to the Star God?"
On the way, Ruan Mei felt that she should say something else, but she didn't know Kong's true preferences, and Heita was even less likely to share these experiences with her, so she took the initiative to talk about Nata's situation.
Since it is impossible to get closer to Kong by starting with him, it is better to be kind to the people around him.
After staying up all night to analyze Kong's personality model, Ruan Mei chose a more common social skill.
"She wants to pay homage to abundance."
Although he knew that saying this might cause the Immortal Boat man in front of him to be disgusted, Kong still took the responsibility on himself.
"Using abundance to fight mystery is Nata's most reliable self-protection plan at the moment."
"There are too many people who seek immortality in the name of being a doctor and benefiting others, but they often cannot see the King of Medicine and can only obtain a little bit of power from the path of life."